《Vampire Overlord System in the Apocalypse》 Chapter 1 - I Will Change My Fate! ----- A young man darts through the long corridors of arge building. His entire body is shrouded in sweat as he breathes heavily, filled with the exhration and the adrenaline of what he had just done and the consequences that mighte afterward. Grasping something within his left hand and then putting it inside a pocked within his clothes, he runs even faster than before, disregarding any of his body limits, even to the point that the weak and slim muscles of his legs begin to ache terribly, burning fiercely as he pushes himself to his limits. Running directly towards a wall, he quickly moved to the right, but what greeted his sight made him skip a beat. A group of three men, grinned maliciously at him as they released a tremendous bloodlust. The young man tried to quickly move his body and run away, but one of the men ran towards him with an impressive speed and pulled him down into the ground with a stregth akin to a superhuman. Boom. The young man hit the ground as he clearly felt like one of his ribs cracked a bit, filling his mind with agony, gnashing his teeth, he resists the pain and res furiously at the man that pulled him down into the ground. "I don''t have it! Let me go!" he cried. "If you don''t have it why are you running away from us, shithead?" asked the man at his side. "Give it away!" roared another of the men, running towards the young man and kicking his stomach, the strength of his kick was not that of a normal human, making the young man''s stomach twist in pain as he vomits a mouthful of blood the moment after. "Ngaah¡­! I¡­ don''t have anything¡­" the young man mutters, as he twisted his entire body, grabbing his stomach and resisting the pain. "Then who the hell could have stolen it if it wasn''t you?!" asked the third man, kicking the young man''s face! Boom. The sharp pain is so immense that the young man feels as if his entire face bes dull, and the vision of his left eye is filled with crimson red. "Agh¡­! I¡­ don''t have anything¡­" the young man says once more, leaving the three men in front of him baffled. "We just attacked him with all of our strength, and he keeps saying that he doesn''t have it," "Maybe this idiot doesn''t really have it then?" "Well, he always has lived his life like a moron, so maybe he couldn''t even have dared to steal it¡­" "Oops, our bad then?" The three menugh at the young man in the ground, as they spit on him and slowly walked away¡­ "Get the fuck out of here shithead, if you don''t want to get beaten down again, free of charge!" The young man keeps breathing heavily¡­ he somehow survived the attacks of three Awakened Humans and managed, by chance, to not be discovered of what he had stolen. Of something precious within these headquarters. The young man slowly moved his pained arms around his chest, grasping the fine red jewel that he was protecting with his life¡­ He smiled wickedly, as if he had done something that he could have never imagined possible¡­ All because of this jewel and the voice within. The voice of something calling into him, something calling him to grab it for himself! Since he heard about this strange jewel that these students had brought into the military school that he had begun to hear this voice, even when he went to sleep. And through this voice is that hemitted something that he would have never thought he could ever do. After all, Noah was a mere wimpy and non-awakened human who, by chance, got into this school. He was already bullied and getting beaten down every single day¡­ How could he possibly imagine that he could steal this and get away with it? And yet¡­ "I did it! Did you hear me, you stupid voice?! I finally found you! Will you stop annoying me in my dreams now?!" asked Noah, as the red jewel shined in front of him eerily. "To tell you the truth, I am rather impressed that you even took that beatdown, you should be dead by now¡­" said the voice of a man resonating within his mind as the jewel glowed brighter. "Shut up already, I am tired of your¡­ cocky attitude¡­ You said that you would give me power, right? If I¡­ stole this¡­ I would¡­ get the power I''ve always wanted, right?!" asked the young man, his stare seemedpletely insane, as his emerald eyes shined eerily. "That''s a good look! Not like the wimpy kid you always pretend to be, Noah! It would be nice if you could wear that look every single day, to be honest," said the voice. "¡­I am done with your shit, will you help me or not?" "Help? I am not doing this out of goodwill, you know? We shall have what''s called¡­ a blood contract, littlemb¡­" said the voice. "Blood¡­ Contract?" asked Noah. "That''s right! After all, what you are holding within your hands is my heart, the Blood Core extracted from my original body, which now must be already butchered and processed by you humans¡­ What a terrible fate!" said the voice. "I had my doubts at my first¡­ So you''re really¡­!" muttered Noah. "Indeed¡­ I am the mind of the SSS-Rank Boss that you humans call, ''Blood Progenitor''!" said the voice. "That''s¡­!" murmured Noah. "What you''re holding in your hands is so precious that even the whole nation would kill you if they were to know that you''re holding it in your mere and filthy hands! Rejoice, Noah!"ughed the voice. Noah nced at the jewel as his emerald eyes shined with enormous greed, he swallowed his saliva as cold sweat kept showering his body. He quickly ran away from the school, and without even saying another word, he ran back to his room, closing the door. "A time of change has finallye¡­ Do you ept this Blood Contract, Noah?" asked the voice, as the crimson jewel began to float in midair, gleaming eerily. Noah nced at it, considering everything he had gone through, since the apocalypse came to Earth since the world was devoured by catastrophe, where humans awakened powers, and where animals became monstrous creatures¡­ Since that time when his parents were brutally murdered where he could not do anything at all¡­ Since that day where everyone got Abilities and awakened¡­ while he was leftpletely powerless. Now, finally. Finally! He had a chance to change it all, to change his fate! No matter how evil, no matter how malicious this entity that offered him power was¡­ Noah only had one single answer for him. "Yes, I ept," he said. "Good¡­ Very good!"ughed the voice, as the jewel floated high above, almost touching the ceiling, releasing a stream of red light, and impacting Noah with it! Boom! Noah felt a painful rush of power through his entire body, as the jewel shed like a meteor into his chest, burying deeply into his bones and flesh! Noah could not help but scream in agony! "Nngh...!" "Embrace this suffering! Embrace this power, Noah! Reject your humanity!"ughed the voice, as Noah''s entire self was born anew. ----- Chapter 2 - Become My Power! ----- Noah felt as if his consciousness dived intoplete darkness. His senses were dulled, and he could barely grasp what was going on. However, a very familiar voice as of now awakened him within this darkness. Opening his sight even without eyes, he nced at the gaping abyss, as the figure of a tall man of over three meters, with pale white skin, crimson eyes, and long silvery-white hair wearing formal clothes that someone like a duke of medieval times would wear greeted him. He smiled like the most malicious of viins that Noah could ever remember from any cartoon he ever saw. "Where am I?" asked Noah. "You''re inside of my Blood Core, or what I would call¡­ my soul," said the man¡­ with the same voice that Noah remembered quite well¡­ "You''re¡­! The Blood Progenitor!" said Noah. "That''s me in all of my splendor, Noah!"ughed the Blood Progenitor. "But why am I in here?" asked Noah. "I called you here because we must fuse our souls as one, this is the next step before you can inherit the power I have been slowly amassing since my death, now, Noah, grasp it with all of your might!" roared the Blood Progenitor, as suddenly, Noah was shrouded in an enormous quantity of crimson energy! sh! "Nnngkh¡­!" Noah agonized even within this space, even without a body, his soul was here, fusing forcefully with the malicious soul of a monster, a being born within the dangerous Labyrinths that appeared all over Earth! Such monsters were spected toe from other worlds, different realities, Noah was now fusing with such a dangerous monster, if the nation were to know about such a thing, he would be the target from all Hunters! The enormous wave of crimson energy engulfed Noah, as his entire soul was devoured! "Hahahaha! It seems that my mind might reign over your body! Just as nned!"ughed the Blood Progenitor, he had schemed to take over Noah''s body and mind! Would such a strong being even leave a measly human-like Noah to possess his powers freely? In exchange, he would take his body and mind, of course! "Don''t worry, Noah, as I shall take over you and avenge your parents- Eh?" However, against all the expectations of the Blood Progenitor¡­ Noah was still conscious within the sea of crimson energy! "What? Impossible! You are a mere human! And I am an SSS-Rank Monster in your world!" roared the Blood Progenitor, pouring more power against Noah''s mind, however, something within him, could not falter! The Blood Progenitor red at Noah with his crimson eyes, realizing that something within his very soul was very strange, very, very weird! "W-What?! You are¡­ Impossible! Your ability is awakening in such a situation?!" asked the Blood Progenitor, baffled about the ability that Noah was awakening! However, this was not it. The Blood Progenitor could only realize veryte that this¡­ could not possibly be an Ability at all. What this young man''s soul harbored was¡­ something even deeper, even more abyssal than even himself! The Blood Progenitor nced at the abyss within Noah''s soul, as the abyss began to absorb all of the crimson energy¡­ and even himself! "This cannot be¡­! An Ancient One¡­ in your soul?! In the soul of this pathetic mortal?! What are the odds?!" wondered the Blood Progenitor, it seemed as if¡­ he was being the one schemed against! As his entire self was slowly being devoured by this abyssal gap within Noah''s soul, he nced at the entity deep within the man''s soul! An enormous mass of darkness, with a gigantic crimson eye, ring deeply at him, thousands of tentacles waving everywhere, grotesquely! The hidden power within such an entity seemed endless! However, Noah''s soul was still too weak to contain it all, and the entity even gave the effort of sealing itself for him! Just what¡­ was truly Noah?! The Blood Progenitor could only despair! Despair against the one he thought was a mere pawn for his ns! Struggling against the entity''s power, he tried to escape! But it was toote, the monstrous and abyssal entity smiled eerily, as it extended its tentacles towards the Blood Progenitor, entangling him and¡­ devouring him! "T-This is¡­ Impossible¡­!" he muttered, as he was assimted by Noah''s soul! Darkness once more took a hold of Noah''s consciousness, as he dived into this darkness for a bit longer. sh! The power of the Blood Progenitor emerged from the very core of his soul, raising like a wave of enormous strength! He opened his eyes, as his emerald eyes turned crimson red, his dark hair silvery white, and his healthy and youthful skin turned pale white! Noah''s entire body ached and twisted around, his bones strengthened themselves countless times, as Noah screamed in agony once more! However, just as it began it stopped, silence taking hold of the room. Noah once more opened his eyes, as he nced at his own hands, they were as pale as candle wax. And his body temperature was now incredibly low¡­ And above all, his senses, smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste had increased exponentially! But even more, he felt a tremendous craving¡­ for blood. He felt as if his throat was incredibly sore, even when he drank a whole bottle of water, it still felt dry. Noah, fell to the ground, as he was trying to cope with all of the events going on. He could barely remember it¡­ but within his soul, something had awakened. The Blood Progenitor tried to take over him, but this entity, whatever this grotesque being was, devoured it. However, against what he thought, the voice of that man resonated once more into his mind. "I¡­ Cannot believe it¡­ You! You set me up!" roared the Blood Progenitor within Noah''s mind. "Isn''t it more like the opposite? I had no idea I had some kind of abyssal horror in my own soul, this is straight out of some Lovecraftian book, to tell you the truth," said Noah, standing up. "Grrrr! I¡­ I will get my revenge on you!" roared the Blood Progenitor. "Revenge? I thought this was a mutual benefit pact? Weren''t you the one that tried to take over me? Serve you right," said Noah. "Tch! Anyways, now that things are like this¡­ I might as well contribute to whatever wicked desires you want¡­ As long as you satisfy my craving for blood, of course!"ughed the Blood Progenitor, surprising Noah with his quick eptance of things despite how it turned out for him. "Hah, I see that you''re quick to catch up with who''s in charge here¡­" said Noah, he suddenly felt¡­ freer. As if his mind was clearer and less clouded with insecurities and fear. "Hmph, I am doing this because there is no other option, do you think I want to enrage whatever dwells within your soul, brat?!" roared the Blood Progenitor. "Ah, I guess you''re just a wimpy little vampire then?" asked Noah teasingly. "Shut up! Now that you have an Ability¡­ You should be able to use it!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Oh¡­? Do you mean the power given to all who have acquired an Ability?" asked Noah. "Indeed, Noah! Now¡­ you can finally have it! The System!"ughed the Blood Progenitor. ----- Chapter 3 - Bloodline: Vampire! ----- The System. A wonderful power is given to all those who had awakened an Ability. At first, humanity despaired. On that fateful day, waves of miasma covered Earth, mutating most living beings, not even Humans were sparred. 90% of humanity was wiped out that day, either turned into monstrous beings or dying due to radiation. The entire world was shrouded in chaos, as the entire world began to change, rifts in space opened, and even more, monstrous creatures emerged from distant nes and worlds. However, an entity within the endless cosmos hear the call from humanity and descended. A humanoid figure made entirely out of light appeared and granted his divine protection to humanity in the form of the System and Abilities. He named himself, The System Master. Since that day, humanity had a chance, and they carved their path through theplete insanity that shrouded Earth. Noah, who was left, for some strange reason, powerless, could only see as his parents died while he hides in his basement, only to be rescued a monthter, barely hanging on his own life while starving. He still remembers every day of that month of chaotic despair, he even had to eat cockroaches to survive, to appease his hunger¡­ Now, twenty years after the Apocalypse, the world is barely hanging on, every nation was destroyed, and whatever remained of humanity built a few nations of their own, simply named ''Sectors''. However, instead of these survivors helping Noah, he was thrown into the lowest of the food chain, bullied even by those considered to be F-Rank¡­ But now, things had changed! Yes! Noah nced at the holographic window appearing out of thin air right in front of his sight! This was it! This was¡­ the System! [Noah] [Bloodline: Vampire (Awakening)] [Vitality: 30] [Mind: 30] [Force: 20] [Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Undying Body: 1 (A)], [Blood ws: 1 (C)] Noah smiled so widely that he seemedpletely insane. This was the power that he had always fantasized to have, that everyone had except him! "These stats¡­ Usually, a recently awakened F-Rank individual has around 10 in each stat¡­ but I have 20 in Vitality and Force, and 30 in Mind! Is this the power of the Blood Progenitor''s Blood Core? Although, I was expecting evenrger stats, seeing how you were an SSS-Rank Boss and all¡­" said Noah teasingly, as the Blood Progenitor answered Noah''s question immediately. "You insolent human! Don''t you realize that your power was way too low, to begin with? Your body, as a vessel, was of the lowest quality! Myplete power is sealed within your soul, simrly to¡­ the Ancient One dwelling within it. As you progress and absorb more of those Cores that the monsters within Dungeons and Labyrinths drop, you will realize that you will improve faster than most humans!" said the Blood Progenitor. Cores, aside from Abilities and the System, Cores are an essential part of humanity''s survival. Corese in three types, Vitality Cores, Mind Cores, and Force Cores¡­ However, there are also special types of Cores that give even abilities, some of them are named Dark Cores, Fire Cores, or by the Blood Progenitor''s case, Blood Cores. Humanity was not given the ability to level up or something through the System, but they were able to gain more stats if they absorbed these Cores, this is why they began to finally fight back against the horde of monsters and the powerful Bosses thatmanded them. "So you''re nerfing yourself, so I don''t die out?" asked Noah. "More or less!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Fair enough¡­ Now, I still feel like I hit the lottery because I got three Skills¡­!" said Noah, as he inspected the three Skills abilities. [Blood Progenitor] was a Skill that represented Noah as a Vampire, it brought several abilities packed into one, such as an enhancement on his five senses, increased regeneration of wounds, to regain energy by drinking fresh blood, and even the power to manipte his own blood or convert others into Vampires as well! However, this Skill didnt gave him the ability to regeneraterge wounds other than small scars, for that he had the Undying Body Skill, that let him regenerate wounds endlessly unlike this Skill as long as he drank blood and had enough Mana. The Skill seemed to also point out that it could let Noah awaken new types of Abilities as he progressed and grew stronger, so the young man seemed excited about the possibilities. [Undying Body] was a Skill that enhanced Noah''s physique to even further lengths, giving him an even greater regeneration as long as he drank fresh blood, alongside a body that will not die even with fatal wounds, such as having his heart or stomach pierced, amongst other things. However, it did not seem to say anything if he were to have his head crushed¡­ so Noah did not want to be overly reliant on this. Andstly, [Blood ws] was a simple attack-type Ability, which covered Noah''s hands with crimson ws, which let him release shing attacks with them, each attack drained a bit of his Mind stat, which was something akin to Mana Points in videogames. Due to this, he was not able to simply spam it all the time, however, as long as he could drink blood, his mind would regenerate quickly, and he would be able to use this ability even more. "These abilities¡­ Perhaps I can finally have a chance! And their Ranks¡­ SSS, A and C! Such Abilities would cost a fortune and I got them all for free¡­" said Noah. Amongst the Cores that monsters dropped, there were also Ability Cores, which were often named as Dark Core, Fire Core, Wind Core, and more, such Ability Cores would bring a random Ability within that category, and each Core always had a Rank, from F to SSS! The Ability that Noah acquired, an SSS-Rank one, would cost a ridiculous amount of money, so much that its value could not be easily guessed, even S-Rank Hunters could just hope to have one! "Yeah, brat, you hit the lottery more than once, I was actually going to take over your damn body, you know? Who could have told that you had such an eldritch entity within?" asked the Blood Progenitor. "To tell you the truth, I don''t have any idea why it is even there¡­ But good for me, as it managed to suppress your clich¨¦ viin n," said Noah. "Tch¡­! Anyways, now, let''s go drink some blood! I am thirsty!" roared the Blood Progenitor. "Oh, I guess I am the same¡­ do you share my senses?" wondered Noah. "Sort of¡­ It is rather disgusting, but that''s how it is¡­!" said the Blood Progenitor. "So this sore sensation within my throat will never cease if I don''t drink blood?" asked Noah. "It won''t, and it will get worse! You will begin to feel as if your entire body decay! After all, you are something akin to an Undead, your body will begin to rot away if you don''t drink fresh human blood in 24 hours!" said the Blood Progenitor. "That''s oddly specific, you know? ¡­Although it worries me a bit, for some strange reason¡­ I don''t feel bad at all about what I am about to do¡­ Is this your encroachment within my mind?" asked Noah. "It could be said that it is your own Bloodline that is slowly warping your sense of self, a Vampire is not a human, after all!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Huh¡­ I guess to finally attain this strength, I really had to lose my humanity¡­ Well, I had nothing else to lose anymore¡­ Alright then, let''s go," said Noah, wearing a hoodie to hide his change of appearance and running out of his room within the military school¡­ This day, Noah had stopped being the same as before. Reborn, he is now more than a human. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 4 - Do You Desire Power? ----- Although Noah desired to enter a Dungeon and grind Cores from Monsters, his necessity to drink blood was slowly weakening him, if he wanted to exert his full strength, he had to drink blood, there was no other option! Noah walked through the area of the military school, one of the few schools that remain within Sector D, one of the ''nations'' built by the surviving humans after the Apocalypse. These Military Schools prepare young humans for survival in this new and chaotic world shrouded in apocalyptic insanity. Noah, who had no ability, decided to join in anyway, as he had heard that the Military School would distribute Ability Cores for its students, however, it seemed that such an event has not happened yet, after almost three months in here, he had been bullied due to his low physique,ck of power, and low self-esteem, which made him a great target for those who could barely cope with this world and its insanity, releasing their frustrations on him. He had slowly warped this ce as some kind of living hell at this point, there was not a single day where he did not suffer from bullying to the point that he had thought ofmitting suicide many times. However, before that n could have even been fulfilled, the voice of the Blood Progenitor began to whisper within his mind, leading to this present¡­ where he had finally attained the power he desired, albeit, at a price. ring everywhere, Noah began to feel weaker and weaker, gasping for air. He walked through the empty corridors, most students were now inside of their rooms either sleeping or studying, making the entire ce some kind of dested building. His crimson eyes red to his left, as Noah sensed the smell of a human¡­ "There¡­!" he muttered, walking through the corridors and then upstairs, where he reached the rooftop of the military school¡­ Over there, was a girl of around 18 years old, the same age as Noah. Noah nced at her with a tremendous bloodthirst, as she was also covered in blood, making Noah want to drink it even more! The intoxicating iron smell of her blood almost made him go insane¡­ yet, somehow, he maintained his calm and slowly yet steadily walked towards her. The girl had short bobby-styled brown hair, she wore sses and was of rather small stature. She was wearing the uniform of the school, but her sses were broken, and her clothes were covered in her blood. Her pretty face was swelled up, and her right eye was purple-colored, seemingly recently beaten down. This girl was like him. Noah knew that there were others bullied. Although they had Abilities, they were perhaps even more pathetic than F-Rank, named ''useless-rank''. They were people who awakened an Ability, but the Ability itself was either useless or their stats were even below 10, some of them even reaching 1¡­ This girl right here¡­ Noah knew about her¡­ Her name was Iris, and she was bullied by other girls because of the useless ability she had to simply let her grow fox-like ears atop her head¡­ It did not bring anything but a slight auditive enhancement, and her stats were all around 1-3. Although she could be said to be at least a bit stronger than Noah, she was bullied and treated just as terribly. The girl suddenly woke up from her unconscious state, as she faintly nced at Noah. She could barely see him due to her bad vision, one of her eyes was swelled up, and her sses broken. "Who¡­ Who are you?" she asked, barely managing to ask a few words, her body was beaten down by other girls who used her as a punching bag to release their frustrations. Noah, who clearly looked like the silhouette of a man, slightly scared Iris, as she began to tremble in fear¡­ There was something within him that made her instinctively quiver! "You¡­ Iris, right? Do you feel like you want a change? Do you want to change this fate you have? Do you want to exert revenge, perhaps?" asked Noah. "Ah¡­ What¡­ what are you talking¡­ about?" asked Iris. "Answer me¡­" said Noah. "I¡­ I wish! I wish I could¡­ do something¡­ I wish I could have the strength! I wish¡­ Sniff¡­" cried the girl, as tears began to drip from her eyes. However, instead of pity, Noah nced at her with fascination. Although different in many circumstances, her entire story was very simr to Noah''s. In this world, there were many people like this after all. It would not be hard to find more like these people¡­ The ones in need of a change. The ones wanting things to be better. Those who also harbored an immense rage, frustration, and grudge! Noah felt as if the nature of the Blood Progenitor was now his, and couldn''t help but nod. "Good¡­" he said. "W-What¡­ are you going to do? Why are you even here? Who are you?!" asked Iris. "I am¡­ The one that shall bring you strength, Iris!" said Noah, as he leaped towards the defenseless girl, grabbing her torso as she struggled. "Let me go!" she cried. Noah fell into silence as his impulses were making him gopletely wild! Using his immense strength through his stats, he easily immobilized Iris'' body with his arms, as he moved his lips towards her tender neck! His canines began to grow like sharp des, as Iris felt his cold breath cover her neck! "N-Nooo! Let me¡­ goooo!" cried Iris, as she felt the sharp pain of Noah''s fangs stabbing into her tender neck! "Hyaaaaaaahh! It hurts! It¡­ hurts! Ah¡­ Aaaahh¡­!" Iris cried and struggled, but against Noah''s strength, she was powerless! Noah drank the delicious, warm, and sweet blood of the young girl, as his senses enhanced, his hunger increased, and he could not let go of her neck! More¡­ More! He wanted more! "Nnnguuh... Aahh¡­" Iris slowly began to moan, as if the pain were slowly causing her¡­ pleasure? Noah, however, ignored her moans, as he kept drinking her blood until his entire body felt revitalized! After hours, Noah''s consciousness awakened, as he found himself prostrating on the rooftop with Iris at his side, unconscious, and with a clear mark of his fangs in her neck¡­ "I¡­ Did it¡­" he muttered. He felt no guilt, but a strangeness within him. He felt like the thing he did waspletely alien¡­ yet at the moment he did it, it filled him with exhration! "Congrattions, Noah! You attacked our first victim¡­ She''s still ''alive'', don''t worry¡­ And soon, she shall be reborn!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Reborn?! I¡­ You mean?" asked Noah. "Indeed! The Blood Progenitor Ability lets you convert anyone you drink their blood from their necks into your Subordinate Vampires! Rejoice, as you have finally acquired your first loyal subject!"ughed the Blood Progenitor, drowning into the insanity of the situation! Noah nced at Iris, as she suddenly began to quiver¡­ "Ah!" she cried, awakening as her entire body started to¡­ change! "Unngggg¡­. Unngggyaaaahh¡­!" Iris''s skin turned intoplete pale white, almost like candle wax, her eyes were also crimson red¡­ and her hair dyed red. She slowly stood up as she gasped for air, ncing at Noah, however, instead of fear, she sensed something within him¡­ something deep within her instincts called her to him! "I¡­ This power¡­ What¡­ have I be?" asked Iris. Noah could only nce at her with contemtion, as he released a slight smile. "Iris, I''ve given you the power you wanted, now, shall you join my side?" asked Noah. "This power¡­ you give it to me? I¡­" Iris nced at her nails, as the great ck and sharp¡­ She was no longer powerless, and her muscles and bones felt incredibly strengthened, she then red at her stats, and all of them were over 15! "Answer me, Iris," said Noah. "I¡­ I have nothing to lose¡­ I guess¡­" said Iris, her eyes gleaming eerily as she nced at Noah, something within him called her to him, she could not help but say¡­ "Yes, I ept," Noah smiled greedily. "Good¡­" ----- Author''s Note: If you like the story please give any powerstone you could spare, if we reach a nice number there will be bonus chapters at the end of the week, it all depends on you! Thank you very much for reading! Chapter 5 - Dhampir ----- Iris nced at Noah with a strange feeling of admiration, which made Noah a bit ufortable but easily hide behind his shit-eating grin. "So, Iris, what are your stats?" asked Noah, as he nced at her physical changes, which even included theplete healing of the wounds around her body. "My stats¡­ Well, I think you can see them now that we have this strange connection, right?" asked Iris shyly, as Noah moved near her and nced at the holographic window that had emerged out of thin air. [Iris] [Bloodline: Dhampir (Awakening)] [Vitality: 15] [Mind: 15] [Force: 15] [Skill(s): [Fox Ears Transformation: 43 (F)] > [Demon Phantom Fox: 1 (C)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Undying Body: 1 (A)], [Poisonous ck Nails: 1 (D)] Noah immediately noticed that Iris had indeed changed, especially because he remembered the rumors about her stats, as she wasughed at by having stats of 1 to 3. Aside from this, her only Skill, which was the Fox Ears Transformation that enhanced her auditory sense by creating fox ears atop her head had suddenly ''evolved'' when she became a Dhampir, which seemed to be lower than Vampire. Although Noah could not appraise the Skills of others, even the ones of his subordinates, it was obvious that the Dhampir Skill could be a nerfed version of Blood Progenitor, while Subordinate''s Loyalty might be rted to her new loyalty as a subordinate Dhampir to Noah. Theter Skill is the one Iris immediately showcased when she nced at her own nails, which grew dark and long, like ws, secreting a slightly acidic substance. "Interesting, you''ve grown quite strong now, more than an F-Rank Hunter¡­ Iris, how do you feel? Is this what you desired? What do you think?" asked Noah. "I¡­ I am still very confused¡­ Even more now, I knew that you offered me power¡­ but I even thought of that as a hallucination after being beaten so badly before¡­ Yet, the pain of that beatdown ispletely gone, and my body is filled with energy¡­ And every time I see you in the eyes¡­ I have something deep down within my heart calling me to you¡­ Is this part of this power you have given to me? By the way, what''s your name?" asked Iris. "Oh, I guess I never gave you my name, my bad. I am supposed to be a Progenitor, yet Ick a lot of manners¡­ My name is Noah," said Noah. "Noah¡­ The Useless Noah?! But¡­ didn''t you had no powers?! And I am pretty sure that¡­ your hair and eyes¡­" asked Iris. "I experienced an awakening¡­ Remember the little red jewel that those bastards were carrying around?" asked Noah. "Yes¡­ Wait, is it¡­?" asked Iris. "Indeed, Iris. I stole it and used it for myself. Now I have inherited part of the powers of that Boss, who was something akin to a Vampire, through those powers, I was able to convert you into a Dhampir, and share some of this power with you," said Noah. "You stole that?! But¡­ isn''t that jewel from the little brother of an S-Rank Hunter?!" asked Iris. "That''s right, but it is how it is. We musty low and gather strength and well¡­ more allies, whenever I am finally found out by what I did, I want to be prepared," said Noah. "Prepared to fight an S-Rank? Those are at the pinnacle of the world, Noah-sama! ¡­Eh? Did I call you Noah-sama?!" asked Iris. "It must be a part of your instincts, you see me as someone naturally superior to you," said Noah. "This is¡­ quite freaky, but I cannot deny that you''re right, it is hard to ept it, but I really¡­ cannot help but constantly admire your splendor¡­ Ugh¡­ That sounded a bit cringe¡­" muttered Iris. "Not at all. Do not worry, you do not need to force yourself, I do not care how you address me. Anyways, yes, I am indeed preparing for that¡­ The night is still young, Iris, let us go hunt," said Noah. "Hunt¡­ in a dungeon?! But it''s too dangerous¡­" said Iris. "Dangerous? After seeing how strong we are, do you still fear lowly F-Rank monsters, Iris? Let''s go, I shall protect you, if that gives you some reassurance," said Noah, walking downstairs as Iris could not help but follow her new ''lord''. Noah and Iris walked through the night, as the Blood Progenitor congratted Noah. "Impressive, just a few hours ago you were a wimpy shrimp, and now, you''re have already gotten yourself a loyal subordinate, I can see a future in you, Noah¡­ Also, I am beginning to think that your mind has changed a lot, is this our fusion that has made you act this way? Honestly, it also makes me act strange, I feel strangely more human, despite having been the Progenitor Vampire of my original world, where I ughtered millions and drank their blood," said the Blood Progenitor. "Indeed, our minds, personalities, and natures were mixed, now both of us have a part of the other¡­ Although I do not have your memories, nor you have mine. We are separate minds in the same soul, I guess¡­ I am rather intrigued about your past and what you know, you seem to be an enormous encyclopedia, Blood Progenitor, but I am guessing that I cannot convince you to tell me everything on the go, right?" asked Noah. "You guessed it right, Noah. Although I am cooperating with you because of the Ancient One forcing me to do so, I have no intentions to be your friend¡­ If you want any info from me, you will have to please me thoroughly first," said the Blood Progenitor. "What an annoying bastard. Alright, but for now, I want to hunt monsters and release some stress¡­" said Noah. "Do as you please, I might teach you one thing or two as you get there¡­ If you met my expectations," said the Blood Progenitor. "¡­Fair enough," said Noah with a smirk. Suddenly, Iris nced at Noah with a strange expression¡­ "Err, Noah-sama, who are you talking with? Do you have schizophrenia?" asked Iris. "Schizophrenia? I guess you could call it that. I do have a voice inside of my mind. It is the original Blood Progenitor. Our souls are merged as one, so he can speak freely inside of my mind, he is rather annoying, but I am getting used to him," said Noah. "I-Is that so? So you have¡­ such a high-ranked monster speaking inside of your head? That sounds¡­ terrifying¡­" said Iris. "Terrifying? The only terrifying thing about this bastard is how annoying he is, there is nothing to fear about him, he is more or less trapped inside of my soul," said Noah with a grin. "To have such a strong¡­ monster trapped inside of your soul¡­ Impressive, Noah-sama¡­" said Iris, her fascination with Noah slowly growing as she barely realized. Noah noticed her enamored re as he questioned if he should take advantage of such a woman. However, he quickly realized that hecked any desire as of now, and only saw her as his servant and someone to train to be part of his strength. Noah gently hit Iris''s forehead with his finger, as the girl released a little moan. "Auh¡­" "Don''t lose your focus, we are here," said Noah, as he nced at the wide, blue-colored rift in space. This was a rift that led to another world, a dungeon. ----- Chapter 6 - Slaughtering Goblins ----- When the dark energy of unknown origin named as Miasma shrouded Earth, every living being underwent mutations, bing mutated beasts. However, this was but a superficial change, as the greatest change in the world was within space itself. As if space distorted, cracks in the middle of the air began to emerge one after another, covering the globe. These cracks all opened simultaneously, leading to different worlds filled with monsters and ruthless creatures, Dungeons, and Labyrinths. The world was not only filled with mutated beasts that were hostile to what barely remained of humanity, but of otherworldly monsters that roamed freely as they freed themselves from these rifts. Entire countries were taken over, bing the nests for enormous beings that only the strongest of Hunters could take out. And even then, Hunters entered these rifts and explored their depths. Although many died, many others came back. By killing monsters, they acquired Cores, strengthening themselves and also gaining new abilities, growing exponentially stronger. And as more dungeons andbyrinths were cleared, they slowly began to disappear. Humanity then finally saw some hope. By clearing every dungeon, they could be capable of freeing Earth from this constant invasion of otherworldly creatures. However, as more were cleared, many other rifts emerged, as if fate mocked humanity''s efforts. But everything changed when an S-Rank Rift was miraculously cleared. Not only it closed itself, but many smaller rifts rted to it also closed instantaneously. If Humanity could clear these dangerous rifts, the others could close too¡­ And perhaps¡­ finally save the world. However, that was but a faraway goal, as Humanity kept strengthening themselves and surviving however they could. As the Military School trained young people to be Hunters, they naturally needed to have dungeons for their training, and there were a few rifts within the territory of the School, which were being cleared out of monsters except the Boss every day, to be maintained and used as training and farming areas. One of such rifts was where Noah had brought Iris¡­ The rift was blue-colored, meaning that its danger level was low, and the monsters inside were not that many. "This rift¡­ is a dungeon¡­" said Iris. "Yes, we are getting in," said Noah. "But we don''t have permission from the teachers¡­ Noah-sama¡­" said Iris. "It doesn''t matter, do you see anyone around here caring either? This ce might as well bepletely abandoned, let''s hop in. Stop doubting and be more confident, or at least, trust me, Iris," said Noah. "I¡­ Very well¡­" said Iris, extending her hand to Noah. "Hm? What?" asked Noah. "Y-You won''t take my hand as we enter?" asked Iris. "Why would I? Get in already," said Noah, throwing Iris inside with a kick into her back. "Hyaaaaaa¡­!" Iris disappeared through the rift as Noah hoped in right after with a calm smile. sh! Noah''s sight quickly changed, as the environment around him was different than the Military School buildings and the starry night atop the sky. A cold and dark cave, illuminated by small lights floating near the ceiling, and several blue crystals growing in the walls. Noah nced down below as he found Iris still in the ground with her eyes closed, her butt was puffing up, shaking. Noah sighed. "Can you get up, you''re a Dhampir now, you should be fearless," said Noah. "A-Ah! Noah-sama, why did you hit me?" asked Iris. "I was very gentle," said Noah. "No, you weren''t- Oh? It actually didn''t hurt?" said Iris, realizing that she never had any pain, she was simply scared. "Of course it didn''t, your body is now rather strong, a gentle kick like that wouldn''t have done anything to you, stop being afraid ande at my side," said Noah, as Iris stood up and cleaned her clothes from dirt, ncing around her as she walked at Noah''s side. "This dungeon¡­ What''s the name of it, Noah-sama?" asked Iris. "Goblin''s Lair, it is the lowest F-Ranked Dungeon that there is¡­ Let''s walk around, Goblins should show up soon," said Noah. "Goblins are those¡­ little green men that are always angry?" asked Iris. "More or less, the clich¨¦ weak monster," said Noah rather expressionlessly. "I heard they wield rusty daggers and other weapons¡­ is it fine for us to not bring any equipment with us?" asked Iris. "I believe it should be fine, your strength should be enough for you to crush them with your nails," said Noah with a smirk. "I am¡­ that strong now?" asked Iris, ncing at her long ck nails. As the pair walked around the corridor, they quickly heard the angry shriek of a creature within the shadows of this dungeon. "Nngryar! Graarr!" Small green men wearing a nasty loincloth and a small rusty dagger charged towards Noah and Iris. "The first is mine¡­!" said Noah, rushing towards the Goblin at fast speed, leaving a trail of crimson light behind him as his hands were suddenly covered in crimson ws! The Goblin could not react to Noah''s speed, as it could barely move its head towards his face before it saw two shes of crimson red fall over its body, slicing it! "Grryaaaarrr¡­!" sh! sh! Poof! The Goblin was sliced clean, as its body suddenly exploded into ck smoke, leaving two small spherical jewels behind. Iris was left startled as she could barely see what had happened, everything went on in less than ten seconds. "E-Eh? Is it dead already?!" she asked, as Noah grabbed the two Cores that the goblin dropped. "Yes, what did you expect? A hard fight against a Goblin? This is not Goblin yer," said Noah. "Goblin yer?" asked Iris in confusion. "Never mind. Anyways, these are Cores, they had already taught us this much in School, right?" asked Noah, showing Iris the Cores. "Oh, those that enhance our stats?" asked Iris. "Yes, these will only work for us until we reach stats of 75 points each, as they''re F-Rank Cores," said Noah. "Oh, like the teacher exined¡­ F-Rank Cores can only be used up until a certain amount of stats before they be useless, and we need to absorb higher-ranked ones¡­" said Iris. "Bingo. We will use these up to 75, then we use E-Rank up until 150, then D-Rank up until 300, then C-Rank up until 600, B-Rank up until 1200¡­ And A-Rank up until 2400 and so on¡­ It is a rather linear path. Most of our ssmates have stats averaging 75-150, depending on talent and how efficiently can they hunt these. However, whenever we reach C-Rank, we might as well hit a wall because there are no C-Rank Dungeons around to keep enhancing our stats," said Noah. "I see, Noah-sama, you know a lot!" said Iris, as she extended her hand towards the Cores. "Hm? What are you trying to grab? These are mine, if you want some for yours, hunt them with the power I have given you, Iris," said Noah. "Ah! Well¡­ I guess you are right! I have to do something for myself, now that I finally got this power and all¡­!" said Iris, her eyes gleaming with conviction, however, Noah was already walking away from her. "Eh? W-Wait, Noah-sama! Don''t leave me alone!" cried Iris, rushing towards Noah with her great speed. ----- Chapter 7 - Blood Gathering! ----- Noah darted through the damp and dark caves, as goblins followed him around, raising their rusty weapons and roaring fiercely. "Grryaarr!" "Grrurryaa!" "Greee!" One Goblin emerged from his left, raising its axe and trying to sh Noah''s back, however, Noah evaded in time with a kick jump, as he used his crimson ws to slice off the Goblin''s head in one swipe of his hand. However, there was no time to rx, as two more emerged behind him, one with a sword and the other with a knife, pointing their rusty des into his back, they sliced him cleanly! sh! Noah felt a slight pain as he twisted his body in a split of a second, moving his crimson ws and slicing the two Goblins in half with a vertical swipe. sh! sh! "Grryarr¡­!" The two Goblins exploded into ck smoke, as only a core was left from the two. "Because I got two cores from the first one, I really thought I would get at least one per Goblin, but their drop seems to be lower, I guess I was just being lucky in my first kill¡­" said Noah, since he entered the Dungeon that he has killed around 12 Goblins, but he only had five Cores, including this new one. F-Rank Cores can only give 1 point of stat, so Noah needs a rather big quantity if he wants to hit the max number of stats and be considered an E-Rank Hunter. "T-They''re fast!" cried Iris at Noah''s back, as she used her ck Nails to puncture the Goblin''s chests and faces, injecting a deadly poison into their flesh, making them convulse and die in the ground. However, Iriscked a lot of tactfulness, and often found herself attacked by many Goblins, so Noah had to aid her a bit. But now that a few hours had gone by, she was getting more and more used to move and fight. Noah noticed that the wound on his back had already healed thanks to the Blood Progenitor''s Ability which gave him automatic regeneration and walked near Iris. Iris gently picked the single Core dropped by the Goblin, as she offered it to Noah. "Noah-sama, here, for you!" she said, wiping her forehead from the cold sweat. "What are you doing? You killed them, right? It is yours," said Noah. "Eh? Really? Usually, the Hunters give all the rewards to the leader and then the leader distributes them¡­" said Iris. "What a pain, just grab what you earned, I will do the same, so don''t expect me to gift you anything, Iris," said Noah rather coldly, although Iris found on his cold words a very gentle nature. "Okay then!" said Iris with a stupid smile, just a few hours ago she was someone that everyone stepped on, but she had gained all this power and opportunities from Noah, whose she feels great gratitude. Now, she was even able to gather Cores and grow even stronger, something that she had only fantasized about. Noah felt honestly the same, the exhration of finally having the strength and killing monsters to gather their Cores really did make him feel excited. "Let''s go," said Noah, as he ran through the caves looking for more prey, while Iris nodded and followed him silently. As the two advanced through the caves, a few more Goblins came by, as the two worked together to take them down each time. However, Noah felt like this exploration was rathercking, as the Goblin''s quantity was very small, he wanted to at least get a considerable boost on his stats in these hours, but it seemed rather impossible due to the slowness of the spawn of monsters. "Maybe we should go check an E-Rank Dungeon next?" wondered Noah, as he and Iris came across arger cave section to his left, which emanated an eerie presence. "Hm? Noah-sama, that cave¡­" muttered Iris as her expression turned serious. "Oh? Just when I was thinking of moving to another Dungeon¡­ Could this be the actual nest of the Goblins? Perhaps they are simply sending small groups towards us while protecting the rest of the group in here¡­" said Noah. "That might be it¡­!" said Iris. "There is something odd about this cave, Noah, be careful!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Oh? you''re worried about me?" asked Noah. "Ah?! Of course not. But if you die, I will most likely die too!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Oh, I see¡­" said Noah with a smirk, as he walked slowly into this strange cave section alongside Iris. This cave section was rather different than the others, as there were very few glowing lights in the ceiling or blue crystals to illuminate the area, making it almostpletely pitch ck. However, Noah and Iris had the natural ability to see in the dark as Vampire and Dhampir and seemed to not be affected by something that most Hunters would. "The presence¡­ is increasing¡­" said Iris. "Hm, keep your guard high-" muttered Noah, as he was interrupted by the roar of a Goblin! "GRRRYARR!" sh! Arger than usual Goblin emerged from the darkness, wearing simple leather armor, a shield, and arge de, charging towards Noah as it used it bashed its shield against Noah''s body! Boom! "Ngh¡­! You''re fast¡­" said Noah with a smirk, as he felt the excitement engulf his body! He raised his ws, grabbing the shield that the Goblin had used to push him away, and then with his crimson ws, he destroyed it! CLASH! "Gryar¡­?!" The Goblin was left startled, as Noah charged forward, shing the surprised monster''s chest, slicing through its leather armor like a hot knife through butter! sh! "Grraaarrr¡­!" The Goblin resisted the damage, however, as blood flowed from its wound, making Noah''s senses sharpen! The Goblin gnashed his teeth, as it used its own strength to stop Noah''s arms, and raised its de, trying to slice his torso! However, Noah smiled as he exerted more of his strength,pletely shattering the Goblins'' hand with his ws and then slice apart the arm that held the de! sh! "G-Graaahh¡­!" "Blood Gathering!" said Noah, as he raised his hand and began to gather the blood of the Goblin while it was still alive and did not disappear yet, the Goblin fell into the ground while struggling, but Noah simply put his feet over its chest and pressed lightly, slowly crushing its ribs. Blood Gathering was a special technique that came with the Blood Progenitor Skill, it let Noah manipte the Blood around him, and gather it around his hands for him to drink. Noah drank the blood straight away, although it was that of a disgusting Goblin, and it was worse than Iris'' blood, it was good enough to appease his hunger and recover his Mind a bit, so he could use more of his Skills. "Graarr¡­!" The Goblin cried as Noah sliced its head off with a fell swipe of his ws. Poof! The Goblin disappeared, as two cores were left, which Noah quickly picked up and saved inside of his backpack. Then he nced at Iris, who was fighting against arger Goblin and a smaller one. The smaller one held a bow and was shooting arrows at her, which she was barely evading, while therger one was also using a de and a sword, bashing Iris, and then trying to slice her in half with its enormous de! Iris gnashed her teeth as she jumped towards therger Goblin with her eyes gleaming with crimson light, as she was enveloped in a dark, blue-colored phantasmal aura, showing as fox ears atop her head, and a fox tail at her back, her ws were enveloped by this force, as her speed increased slightly, managing to sh therge Goblin''s face, seeping her poison into its eyes! "Grryaarrr¡­!" Noah smiled as he felt slightly proud of Iris''s progress, however, his face quickly changed as another squad of Goblins came near¡­ one of them was holding a staff and conjuring something. ----- Chapter 8 - Against The Strong Goblin Warriors! ----- "Graaarrr¡­!" Therge Goblin attacking Iris felt the sharp pain of his eyes being sliced open, and the deadly poison seeping inside of the wounds, struggling to maintain any sanity, it moved its de and shield crazily around, as Iris evaded easily and then began to stab the Goblin''s blind stops with her ck ws! sh! sh! "And¡­ there!" said Iris, as she shed open the Goblins'' chest, as an enormous amount of blood sttered over her, which she quickly drank to nourish herself, taking the goblin''s shield to take on the arrows of the one far away, and then throwing it towards that one with incredible precision, knocking it out! sh! "Gryyaarr¡­!" "Phew, well, that''s that- Eh? Even more?" asked Iris, as she quickly grabbed the cores in the ground, saving them on her backpack. "Iris, look out!" said Noah, as Iris sight was greeted by a zing fireball! "That Goblin is a mage?!" asked Iris, leaping out of her position like a frog, just a few seconds before the fireball hit the ground in a loud explosion. "It seems so, I will go take it down, cover my back," said Noah. "Alright!" said Iris, as both former humans rushed through the cave, Noah raised his ws and sliced away the Goblins that came his way, leaving them to Iris! sh! sh! "Grryarr!" "Grooarr!" "Tworge ones¡­ alright, I can do this!" said Iris, charging with the shield she retrieved alongside the de of the goblin, shing against the smallest of the tworge Goblins, and then burying her ws into its eyes! sh! "Grryaarrrr¡­!" The Goblin cried in pain as its partner came behind Iris, pushing her away like a ragdoll with its shield! sh! "Unngh¡­! T-That hurt, you know?!" roared Iris, her fangs growingrger as her crimson eyes gleamed eerily, she moved acrobatically around the air,nding perfectly in her two feet as she shrouded herself in her Demonic Phantom Fox Skill once more. Meanwhile, Noah broke through the group of smaller Goblins, easily slicing them in half or cutting off their heads, reaching the Mage Goblin who suddenly panicked, conjuring a spell! "Grrryaarroo!" sh! Anther fireball emerged from the Goblin''s staff, shing against Noah! BOOM! "Gyahahahaha!"ughed the Goblin, even beginning to dance as it managed to defeat the threatening foe in one hit! Or so, it thought. sh! A crimson shadow emerged from behind the Goblin, as Noah''s burns slowly began to heal¡­ The Goblin''s entire body began to drip with cold sweat, as the deadly presence of the one he thought had died appeared out of nowhere! "That hurt a lot¡­ But nothing that some sweet blood cannot healpletely," said Noah, as his ws moved incredibly quickly, slicing the Goblin''s arms, and then kicking it to the ground, just like it did before. "Yeah, that''s a better look,"ughed Noah, extracting the Blood of the crying Goblin Mage, and drinking it all in a few seconds, as the Goblin Mage cried in agony as he did, dying out of blood lost and disappearing out of thin air. Noah grabbed the Cores without having much time to inspect them, as anotherrge Goblin emerged from his back, this time holding arge hammer that is carried as if it were nothing. "These are surely not normal Goblins¡­ I should have read more of the Monster Encyclopedia''s pages¡­ But these big guys might as well be Goblin Warriors¡­" thought Noah, evading the heavy hit of the Goblin''s hammer, which he was sure could easily blow his head off even if he was now a Vampire. Noah released two crimson shes from his ws, distracting the Goblin to protect himself with his shield, as he quickly ran towards its back, leaped on its shoulders, and buried his ws into the creature''s neck! sh! "GRAAAAA!" The Goblin Warrior roared in pain, using its fists and punching Noah''s back with immense strength. Boom! Boom! Boom! "Ungh¡­! Haha¡­!"ughed Noah wickedly, as he stabbed with his jaw into the monstrous creature and with all the strength of his mouth, he torn apart arge chunk of flesh, which he ate monstrously, the blood sttered all over, which he gathered and drank while just taking the hits¡­ If he were to take more without drinking the blood to heal himself, he would have most likely died, but by using this insane strategy, he pulled off a victory once more. The Goblin Warrior''s lost its vitality by Noah''s monstrous attacks, as its body fell into the ground loudly, disappearing not long after and leaving some Cores behind, Noah immediately realized that Goblin Warriors had a higher chance to drop Cores, just as he desired, although they were particrly harder to kill than simple Goblins. Noah grabbed the Cores as he nced at Iris atst, who was barely managing against the Goblin Warriors she was fighting. One of the Goblin Warriors she fought was suffering from her poison, and its movements were bing lethargic, yet it still held enough energy to rampage around. The other Goblin Warrior was only with a few wounds around his body, and because of its muscle mass, her poison was having a hard time seeping into the rest of the body. Iris suddenly leaped high enough for the Goblin Warriors to not be able to reach her, enhancing her body with the phantasmal enshroud of Demonic Fox Phantom, as she infused more Mana into her ck Nails, falling over the poisoned Goblin Warrior and burying them right inside of its skull! sh! "GRRAAAARRR¡­!" The Goblins shrieked in agony as it died right after, turning into ck smoke, only for Iris to be greeted by the other Goblin Warriors'' shield, bashing her away with immense force! Boom! "Nngaahh¡­! Y-You!" Iris''s eyes gleamed eerily, as she fell into the ground and charged back to the Goblin Warrior right after! sh! Iris ran like a wild beast, her Demonic Phantom Fox Skill gave her a greater speed as its highest enhancement, so she managed to use it to her advantage and have a greater reaction time alongside her Dhampir capabilities. "GRROAARRR!" The Goblin Warriors suddenly roared so fiercely that Iris felt slightly paralyzed, the Goblin Warrior had a Skill! "That''s¡­ Roar? A Skill that temporarily paralyzes an enemy with a roar, but it is only seconds¡­ Although it might be enough for the Goblin Warrior¡­" thought Noah, as the Goblin Warrior smiled, using its feet to kick Iris in the stomach, sending her flying high into the ceiling! sh! "Geeehh¡­!" Iris shrieked in pain as she vomited a mouthful of blood, falling back to the ground, where the Goblin Warrior waited for her with his de raised. "You should go help her," said the Blood Progenitor to Noah. "Is that so? Maybe you are underestimating her? Iris is way fiercer than you think¡­ I realized this a few hours ago¡­" said Noah, as Iris suddenly woke up, her eyes gleaming even redder than before, as the veins around them could be clearly seen! Her crimson hair suddenly began to raise as if something was surging from her, and her teeth and canines becamerger and monstrous! Her Demonic Fox Phantom tookplete possession of her, as she hit the air with a strong shockwave, flying towards the Goblin Warrior while pointing her nails towards it! "Graaaaaaaaarr!" "Greh?!" The Goblin Warrior was left startled by Iris''s sudden change, as it tried to slice her off desperately with its de! However! sh! Iris''s ck nails sliced the Goblin Warrior''s de without any trouble, as she stabbed her ws into the Goblin''s face, and her fangs into its head, crushing its skull and taking arge piece of bone and brain, which she monstrously triturated inside of her mouth! Crunch, crunch! The Goblin Warrior died almost immediately after, exploding into ck smoke, as Iris was left gasping for air, her phantom fox disappeared, and she suddenly felt like her head was about to explode¡­ ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 9 - Blood Projectiles! ----- "Here." Iris heard Noah''s voice she nced up, the young man offered her a sphere of floating blood, which he had extracted from the Goblin Warrior and saved. "Haahhh¡­!" Iris quickly moved towards the sphere, engulfing it with her mouth and drinking the sweet and warm liquid. She slowly felt more at ease, as her Mana recovered. Mana was a part of the Mind stat, as it divided into three pseudo stats, Mana, the energy used to activate Skills, Magic Attack, the amount of damage increased based on the Mind stat number, and Magic Defense, the amount of damage reduced based in the Mind stat number. By being a Dhampir and having some of Noah''s capabilities from the Blood Progenitor Skill, she was able to recover her energy through drinking blood, the pain she had suffered in her head was the overuse of Mana over her own limits, which should have made her braindead if it was not because she had superhuman capabilities as a Dhampir. There were many cases of F-Rank Hunters suffering from head illness and other things when they overused Mana above their very limits. "Thanks, Noah-sama¡­ Phew¡­ Did I overdid it?" asked Iris. "Not at all, that''s the strength I want of you. You did good, but you have to learn to extract the blood of your enemies better¡­ Albeit you drank some from its brain, it was not enough," said Noah. "Yeah¡­ Anyways, it seems that the Goblins stoppeding?" asked Iris, cleaning her clothes from dirt as she stood up. Noah nced at the darkness ahead of him. "Not at all, they''re preparing¡­ Let''s charge at them and surprise their troops before they are ready to fight again," said Noah. "Alright!" said Iris, following Noah through the vast darkness. The pair of vampires charged in, as they quickly came into a small group of normal Goblins led by arger Goblin who was dual-wielding axes. "I will take the big one, you take the little ones, I don''t think it will be much of a trouble. Make sure to extract their blood as I have taught you," said Noah. In these little minutes that they explored the caves, Noah taught Iris how to use Blood Gathering as well, and now this was the time for her to try it out. "GRAA!" The dual-wielding Goblin Warrior raised its axes and roared, rushing towards Noah straight away, while the smaller Goblins evaded him andughed perversely, rushing towards Iris! It seemed that the Goblin Warrior had the same idea as Noah, which made Noah''s life easier. sh! Noah used his crimson ws to intercept the Goblin''s axes with great speed! "GRRRAAA!" The Goblin Warrior, however, was suddenly enveloped in a red aura, reinforcing its skin and muscles! "Oh, a Skill?" thought Noah, as he evaded the Goblin Warrior''s double shing attack by jumping away! sh! sh! "Grrr¡­!" The Goblin Warrior seemed to be enraged by Noah''s flexibility and nimbleness, groaning, and then charging towards him like a red meteor! "UUGRRAAA!" CLASH! The axes once more hit the ground, as Noah moved like a spider around the Goblin Warrior''s log-like arms while using his crimson ws to sh away through the reinforced skin and muscles without much issue! "GRROO¡­!" The Goblin Warrior groaned in pain, as it suddenly extended its hand towards Noah, grabbing his clothes and throwing him away! "Nnggh¡­!" sh! Noah hit the walls directly, creating slight cracks behind him. This Goblin Warrior was indeed stronger than the previous ones, and it seemed to have an enhancement-type Skill that strengthened all of its capabilities by a small amount. Noah nced at it with contempt, but then, revealed a sphere of floating blood on his hand. "After Blood Gathering is activated, I can gather blood in a sphere¡­ and by using other techniques, I can also weaponize it, right, Progenitor?" asked Noah. "Oh? So you have figured out that much, indeed, Blood Gathering isn''t simply so you can drink blood, that would be too dull! I remember using the blood of those hunters against them, crystallizing them as floating crimson des, and impaling them to death!"ughed the Blood Progenitor. "Crystallized¡­ Like blood coagtion?" thought Noah. "GRRAAA!" The Goblin Warrior did not wait for Noah to think through things, as it quickly charged towards him, raising its axes and shing against the wall with them, Noah barely evaded, although a sh reached his leg, making him lose blood. However, instead of feeling annoyed, he smiled. "I should use my blood as well, I suppose," he thought while in midair, gathering the blood that dripped from his wound before it slowly closed, and making his sphere of bloodrger. "Now¡­! Blood de!" said Noah, as the Goblin Warrior was still giving him his back, Noah willed it through Blood Maniption, as the blood within the Blood Sphere started to coagte, bing harder and thicker until it began to crystalize! Then, he shaped it as arge de, and fired it without thinking it twice towards the Goblin Warrior! FLASH! "Nngraah!" The Goblin Warrior, however, realized the crimson de flying his way, as he quickly raised his axes once more, unleashing a barrage of slicing attacks towards it! sh! sh! The crimson de was crushed into bits! "Well, that''s good enough," said Noah, as he used the opportunity where the Goblin Warrior had to destroy the de to rush near it again, his crimson ws seeping into the Goblin''s muscr knees, slicing them, and making it fall immediately! "GRRAAAAKKH¡­!" Boom! Struggling to stand up but realizing that its knees werepletely sliced off, the Goblin Warrior nced back at Noah with scorn, as it moved its arms fiercely, using them to aim punches at him or slicing attacks with one of his axes, as the other one was sent flying when it fell into the ground. "GRAAAKH! GRAA!" Noah smiled, as he used his own legs to kick away the Goblin Warrior''s fist, and his ws to grab the axe and apply pressure on it, splitting it into pieces! Crash! "GRRUH?!" Noah''s eyes gleamed eerily with crimson light, as he jumped over the Goblin Warrior''s back, seeping his ws into its back as blood began to flow like a river! For some reason, Noah could not get enough of this¡­ of bathing in the warmth of blood! "Blood Gathering!" he said, as an enormous sphere of blood began to form over his right hand, the Goblin Warrior struggled, but it felt as if its entire energy was being drained away at a fast speed! "GRAAAAAAA¡­!" As ast stand, the Goblin Warrior''s body was shrouded in this crimson energy, gaining ast bit of strength which is used to twist its body and extend its hands towards Noah! "Blood Spear," However, before that could ever happen, Noah shaped a part of the blood into a sharp spear made of crystallized blood, impaling the Goblin Warrior''s heart, and immediately draining all of its blood away! "Nngggruuoooh¡­!" The Goblin Warrior vomited blood, as it became motionless, not long after, exploding into ck smoke, as a few Cores fell to the ground. Noah nced at therge sphere of blood, his new weapon, and nourishment. "You''re getting better at this than I imagined¡­!" muttered the Blood Progenitor in contempt, realizing that because Noah was putting himself in these challenges is that he was adapting and discovering his new capabilities incredibly fast. Noah nced back at Iris, as she was done with the smaller Goblins, which now presented no problem to her, she even had gathered a Blood Sphere of her own, amusing Noah. "Noah-sama¡­ I''m done¡­ Phew, that one you killed was very big!" said Iris. "Indeed¡­ And there is a bigger one waiting for us past that corridor," said Noah, pointing to his front, as Iris could feel the overwhelming presence of something dwelling within the darkness! "That''s¡­!" muttered Iris in surprise. "Yeah, it seems that a Mid-Boss spawned¡­" said Noah with a smirk. ----- Chapter 10 - Against The Goblin Fencer! ----- Noah and Iris charged towards the darkness, as the presence of the creature within grewrger! As they rushed through this cave section, more and more Goblins emerged, although they were just the small Goblins, which Iris and Noah defeated by shing off their necks and draining their Blood, managing to gather arge amount of Blood for this uing battle. As if this entity was awaiting them, it remained still within arge cave. "I wonder why there are stronger Monsters in here than what is supposed to spawn¡­ It is quite puzzling¡­" said Iris. "I wonder the same thing. However, I imagine that we might because of this¡­" said Noah. "Us?" asked Iris in surprise. "Hm¡­ More like just me. Or well, what''s inside of my chest, the Blood Core of the Blood Progenitor," said Noah. "E-Eh?" asked Iris. "So you even figured that out¡­ Indeed, this is because of the strong core that you have fused into your body, Noah. An SSS-Rank Core of a Monster is a precious source of energy, even if you cannot perceive it, the essence it exudes makes the Dungeons capable of spawning more Monsters! This might also be some kind of authority, as I remember that more Monsters that aided me would appear in the battle where I was killed whenever I willed it¡­ Perhaps you might one day learn to master this ability," said the Blood Progenitor, revealing to Noah the actual truth. "Is that so? Iris, the Blood Progenitor had just confirmed it¡­ It is indeed my fault, I suppose. Although it is not like it is a bad thing at all¡­ The stronger the monsters, the better for us," said Noah, shing away the head of a Goblin that charged against him. "W-Well, as long as they are not out of our league, I suppose it''s fine¡­!" said Iris nervously, as she shed a Goblin, making it drop into the ground in pain, groaning due to her poison''s effect on its flesh. "Grryaarrr¡­!" "Grroooaarrr¡­!" "Grrryyhhh¡­!" As the pair of nocturnal vampires ran through the darkness of the cave, Goblins and more Goblins emerged, like an endless army of creatures from hell itself, it seemed that Goblin Warriors had now be rare. Noah and Iris employed their ws, slicing them creatures apart or draining their blood as much as they could while they did not die yet, it was truly a blood fest! sh! sh! sh! Iris and Noah then came to arge section within the cave, where arge army of Goblins waited for them, alongside two Goblin Mages and three Goblin Warriors! And behind them, arge figure sat down, ring at them with its bright crimson eyes, gleaming eerily within the darkness¡­ "I-It''s huge!" said Iris. "Around¡­ three meters? That''s¡­ A Goblin Champion¡­" said Noah, recalling some of the monster encyclopedia pages he read, there was arge section solely for Goblins, who had many variants, some more dangerous than others. Although it was not as strong as the Goblin King, the Goblin Champion would not pale inparison, being right below it in the strength hierarchy, it was a powerful F-Rank Monster almost at the peak of such strength, where the Goblin King already passed to be E-Rank! "Goblin¡­ Champion?!" asked Iris in surprise. Noah nced at the monster''s crimson eyes, as it seemed oddly calm. "He seems to not see us as aplete threat yet¡­ If he''s sitting there, he might also be quite prideful¡­ Excepted of a ''Champion''¡­" said Noah. "They''reing!" said Iris, gnashing her teeth as her crimson eyes gleamed with voracity. Arge army of over a dozen Goblins armed with shields and weapons, three Goblin Warriors, and two Goblin Mages rushed towards them! "GRRAAA!" The three Goblin Warriors roared, as their bodies were engulfed in a red aura, this was the same enhancement-type Skill that the Goblin Warrior that wielded two axes possessed! "Gyahahaha!" The two Goblin Mages did not move from their position, unlike the rest, keeping a distance while being surrendered by several small Goblins wielding bows. The Goblin Mages did not waste any more seconds, as they conjured arge fireball each,unching them towards Noah and Iris! Iris and Noah leaped out of their original positions, baring their ws, and jumping over therge group of Goblins, slicing them into pieces one after another while bathing into their blood for nourishment! sh! sh! sh! Boom! Boom! The two fireballs exploded where they originally were, but instead of raging in frustration, the Goblin Mages simply began to conjure more magic straight away! "Grrryaaaa¡­! "Grreeehh¡­!" The Smaller Goblins were not a threat at all for them at this point, as they had grown experienced to their patterns and easy to abuse movements, even Iris was now easily slicing off their heads and bathing in their blood, strengthening herself even more. "GRROOOOOH!" The three Goblin Warriors finally closed into the pair, as two of them targeted Iris, who they deemed as the weakest, while another wielding a long and thin de charged towards Noah! The long de-wielding Goblin Warrior was oddly fastpared to the others, and it even had a slimmerplexion, with a cheeky smile and a very long nose. "This speed and precision¡­ This is not a Goblin Warrior¡­ Could it be a Goblin Fencer?" thought Noah as he gnashed his teeth, the Goblin Fencer managed to reach his body in a matter of seconds, moving at an impressive speed, and unleashing several shes over his chest! sh! sh! sh! "Unngh¡­! Heh, you shouldn''t have gotten closer!" said Noah, as he moved his Blood Sphere above his head and forming a Blood de, sensing it straight towards the Goblin Fencer! sh! "Grya!" However, the Goblin Fencer raised its long de, intercepting the Blood de created by Noah and sending it flying away! sh! Noah used the same tactic as before, by distracting the Goblin Warriors and then rushing to their back with his max speed while the Goblins had to put their strength into destroying this long-ranged attack! sh! Noah was already behind the Goblin Fencer, as his ws were about to seep into its neck! However, the Goblin''s Fencer was filled with a red aura, and red at Noah, following his same speed if not greater! Twisting its body with an incredible showcase of masterfulness, the Goblin Fencer moved its long de right towards Noah''s torso, impacting the left side of his stomach! sh! "Gyahaha- Eh?" Before the Goblin could finally celebrate its victory, it quickly realized that Noah''s body wasn''t sent flying as it believed due to the impact force of its attack. It was standing right before him. And from within Noah''s wound, an enormous mass of blood emerged, puncturing the Goblin''s chest! But how?! And when?! Noah smiled, he waspletely insane, using such an opportunity to deal a fatal blow could have onlye out of his head and no one else¡­ "By amplifying¡­ Blood Maniption into my own fresh blood, it was easy to mold it and use it directly to attack it the moment it opened thisrge wound into my stomach¡­ Right, Blood Progenitor?"ughed Noah. "You''re¡­ more insane than I imagined!" said the Blood Progenitor, Noah was simplypensating for hisck of experience fighting with his insane ideas that abused the body of a Vampire! "GRRRYAAAAAAH¡­!" The Goblin Fencer cried in agony as it tried to struggle, however, the ''blood tentacle'' that punctured its chest was already raining it dry from its own blood, feeding it to Noah directly into his wound! Noah grasped the long de, breaking it into pieces with his crimson ws, his wound slowly closed itself, as the dry corpse of the Goblin Fencer turned into ck smoke¡­ ----- Chapter 11 - Exhilarating Battle! ----- Boom! An enormous fireball impacted Noah''s feet, as he managed to jump away in time, he had no time to rx at all, there were two Goblin Mages behind him and several arrows raining from the sky by the Goblin Archers that protected them! sh! sh! sh! The arrow''s sharp tips were reflected by Noah''s Crimson ws, however, he was rather worried about Iris, as she was left against two Goblin Warriors. Noah decided to nce at her for a slight of a second, realizing that she was still kicking, covering herself on her Demonic Fox Phantom Skill and enhancing her speed and strength, she was giving a hard time even to the two Goblin Warriors that possessed the enhancement-type Skill. "GROOOAAH!" One of the Goblin Warriors wielding arge mace tried to smash Iris'' entire body like a pancake, however, Iris jumped and even ran over the log-like arms of the Goblin Warrior, making sure to seep her poison into it and then jumping straight to the eyes! "GRRRYAAAA!" The enormous Goblin Warrior felt immense pain, groaning in pain as it covered its bleeding eyes, however, Iris kept shing it and draining its blood, while the other Goblin Warrior could hardly catch up to her speed without having to damage its ally in the process! Boom! In that little time, the poisoned Goblin Warrior fell directly into the ground, as Iris leaped like a vicious vixen towards the next one, biting its nose off and drinking the sweet blooding out of it! "GRAAAAAAARRR¡­!" The Goblin Warrior tried to grab her, but she quickly jumped right in time, acrobatically moving around therge and muscr body of the creature, and raining it with slicing attacks, seeping it with poison, and slowly killing it while draining its blood! Noah smiled proudly of Iris''s talent, the more she fought, the more she was showing off her true capabilities, and it seemed that her ability to gather blood for energy and her constant use of Demonic Fox Phantom was enough for her to fend for herself for the moment. Noah kept running around, evading the arrows as some inevitably fell over his shoulders and back, which he mercilessly pulled off without being affected y the sharp pain of doing so. The Goblin Mages realized that he was going after them, and quickly made the Goblin Archers take out their knives and attack Noah at close-range! However, Noah simply waved his ws as swipes of blood emerged from them, slicing apart the Goblins while draining their blood before they became ck smoke! "Gryaar!" One of the Goblin Mages desperately conjured a new Spell, as an enormous spear of ice emerged from a magic circle in front of his staff! sh! The enormous spear of ice left a trail of cold and freezing air behind, closing towards Noah at an immense speed! Noah''s senses sharpened as he felt the cold approach, gnashing his teeth, he moved to the left! sh! The enormous spear of ice impacted his shoulder, tearing apart arge chunk of flesh while freezing his wound instantly! However, for someone who was already cold and Undead, to an extent, Noah didn''t felt any difort other than the inability to use that arm for a few seconds before it could regenerate! The Goblin Mage was left startled as Noah charged towards him! "GRRYARR¡­!" Trying to conjure another spell to finish Noah off, the Goblin Mage tried to create a new magic circle, but Noah was already right in front of it, grasping its head with the ws of his healthy arm, and exerting a monstrous strength! "Die." "Grryaarrrrrr¡­!" CRASH! The entire head of the Goblin Mage exploded into bloody pieces, which Noah absorbed and drank to nourish his body, healing back the lost flesh on his shoulder wound! However! An enormous fireball closed in from his back while he was regenerating, generating a loud explosion of zing mes into his back, blowing Noah off into the distance! Boom! "Gyahahaha! Grryarrr!"ughed the other Goblin Mage, having caught Noah off guard and managing to deal a great amount of Damage, it ordered the Goblin Archers to finish him off with a rain of arrows! Noah hit the wall, leaving several cracks in there he vomited blood, he felt the sharp burning pain of his back beingpletely roasted, he could barely move, and his wounds were beginning to heal slowly again! He poured an enormous quantity of blood from his Blood Sphere into his mouth, drinking it all to regenerate, but before he could even begin to close the wounds, a dozen of arrows reached him! "Noah-sama!" sh! Iris emerged from within the darkness, having finally taken down the other Goblin Warrior she was fighting, she came to help Noah, using herrge ck nails and her strength to destroy several arrows with powerful shing attacks, and taking on the others that managed to get through her attacks! sh! sh! sh! "Aaaghh¡­!" she cried, kneeling near Noah. "Iris?" muttered Noah, finally getting up as he quickly shared his saved-up blood with Iris, emptying his reserves! "Noah-sama, are you okay?" asked Iris with a tired smile. "Yes¡­ Thanks, Iris. I will make sure to give you back this favor¡­ Stay here!" said Noah, charging towards the Goblin Mage! "G-GRYAARR!" The Goblin Mage trembled by seeing Noah''s killing intent, which shrouded him like a crimson aura! Desperately trying to kill him, the Goblin Mage sent the Goblin Archers against him, while the Goblin Mage started to conjure a spell, as a green magic circle emerged in front of its staff! "Graarr!" sh! An enormous amount of concentrated emerald winds emerged from within the Goblin Mage''s magic circle, shaping itself as a small tornado! Noah easily sliced off the smaller Goblin Archers, who were not a threat at all when they desperately fought at closebat realizing that they would not be able to use their bows properly if the enemy were too close to them! sh! sh! sh! "Grryaarr¡­!" Noah smiled wickedly as he began to drain the blood of the Goblins'' corpses before they could disappear, gathering more blood into his Blood Sphere, and finally closing in to the Goblin Mage, who greeted him with an enormous typhoon of slicing emerald winds! sh! "Blood Shield!" said Noah, as he manipted the umted blood he had, shaping it as arge shield that covered his entire body! BOOM! The slicing winds began to prate through the Blood Shield quite easily, but Noah kept charging until the shield easily broke apart and the slicing wind sliced off his skin and flesh! sh! sh! sh! However, this was good enough for Noah, the first impact and most of the power of the Spell was already consumed! Noah gnashed his teeth maliciously, as he resisted the pain and finally reached the Goblin''s Mage, prating its chest with his crimson ws before it could run away! CRASH! "GRRRYAAARRR¡­!" "Blood Gathering¡­!" Noah absorbed all of the blood of the Goblin Mage until its dried corpse disappeared into ck smoke! "Noah-sama, I''ve regenerated my wounds!" said Iris, reaching Noah''s side as Noah began to drink some blood from his Blood Sphere, ncing at the figure sitting in front of them a few dozen meters away. Its eyes gleamed with excitement as if it were being entertained. "Gehehehe¡­ Interesting¡­ Humans!" it said. "It can¡­ speak?!" cried Iris. "It''s not that¡­ but because we are now part Monster due to the Blood Progenitor, we can understand hisnguage a bit," said Noah. "You¡­ Can understand¡­ me? Interesting! Very¡­ interesting!!!" roared the Goblin Champion, revealing its enormous and muscr physique, and standing up while raising its gigantic arms! "Let''s¡­ battle to the death then!" he said. ----- Author''s Note: If you like the story please give any powerstone you could spare, if we reach a nice number there will be bonus chapters at the end of the week, it all depends on you! Thank you very much for reading! Chapter 12 - Against The Goblin Champion! ----- Were Monsters able to understand humannguage? This has always been a question that has puzzled the minds of scientists and other people that investigated the phenomena of dungeons and also of monsters. Certainly, it has been stated and even reported that groups of an intelligent monster such as Goblins, Ogres, Lizardmen, Trolls, Kobolds, seemed to have a tribal system of sorts, and could easilymunicate with each other through their uniquenguages¡­ meaning that they were indeed intelligent beings. Based on this knowledge, there was once a faction of humans that desired to be able tomunicate with monsters and to lead to some kind of peace in between them¡­ However, this never led to anything, and such organization was quickly disintegrated when they tried to socialize with a dungeon filled with Ogres, where they were brutally murdered and eaten. No matter how much humanity tried tomunicate with Monsters, Monsters seemed to have an inherent and instinctive desire to kill any human that invaded their dungeon. No matter how much humanity tried to speak with a Monster, these creatures would never respond to humans kindly, and would often roar in a deration of hostility, orugh mockingly at their attempts¡­ However, Noah was able to understand theirnguage, and the Goblin Champion also understood his words instinctively. Noah hade out with the conclusion that this was because he was no longer a simple human, as he had the Blood Core of the SSS-Rank Boss Monster Blood Progenitor on his chest, fused to his body and soul, he was clearly not human anymore and even considered himself a monster. Perhaps, this was the secret to be able tomunicate with monsters¡­ to be one yourself. However, even then, there was absolutely no room for further conversations, the Goblin Champion clearly seemed like a battle junkie to Noah''s eyes, and he only desired to fight someone strong to the death, no questions asked. And because Noah was not interested in befriending a random Goblin, he happily received his hostility with a pleasant smile. Boom! The giant three-meters tall Goblin Champion rushed towards Noah and Iris with a strong charge, his feet shing over the stone floor and generating cracks! "Strong Fist!" he roared, as the Goblin Champion''s fists were coated in arge amount of energy! "It has a Skill too!" said Iris, as she jumped off the direction of the giant''s fist, impacting the ground and generating a small tremor! Boom! Noah jumped off as well, as both he and Iris separated and rushed around the giant. "Being so big only makes you an easier target, you realize that?" asked Noah teasingly, as he jumped with all of his strength put into his legs, reaching the Goblin Champions log-like arms and seeping his ws into the flesh! sh! "Nnngrruoh?!" Noah managed to slice off a piece of flesh cleanly from the Goblin Champion''s arm, which he then devoured voraciously while drinking the blood in a few seconds! The Goblin Champion directed his fist towards Noah with immense speed, as Noah evaded it in time, only for an enormous boulder to surge from the ground! "What?" BOOM! "Gah!" Noah was impacted by the giant boulder surging from the ground, sending him flying towards the ceiling itself, impacting it, and then falling like a ragdoll! "It has an Earth-type Skill?" thought Noah while drinking from his stockpiled blood, and then baring his crimson ws again as more boulders surged from the ground, is all directed towards him! "Do you like it, human?!"ughed the Goblin Champion, its body was exuding a strong amount of Mana, as he kept using this Skill as if it did not even cost much! The Goblin Champion was not only a good physical fighter but also a mage! This was something that was not registered in the monster encyclopedia that Noah studied, meaning that this was a special variant of the Goblin Champion! Noah gnashed his teeth furiously, as his eyes gleamed with even more crimson light, falling into the ground as he used his crimson ws to destroy the boulders with loud and explosive shing attacks! "Gahahaha! There is more where that came from- Ungh!" The Goblin Champion was about to release an enormous rock spear, however, Iris was there to stop him! She infiltrated through the shadow of the Goblin Champion and then seeped her ck nails into its ankles, seeping as much poison as she could do before the Goblin Champion''s feet tried to stter her like an ant! "Get off, ant!" he roared, kicking Iris with enormous strength, throwing her off the sky, as Noah managed to get some time from Iris distracting the Goblin Champion! "Nnngaaaahh¡­!" cried Iris, falling into the ground as she vomited blood. Noah gnashed his teeth as he finally reached the Goblin Champion''s shoulders! "Hm?!" The Goblin Champion noticed the sharp pain seeping into his strong muscles of his shoulders, as he found Noah there, shing off his flesh, devouring and drinking his blood like a disgusting parasite! "Get off me!" roared the Goblin Champion, using his giant fists and shing against Noah''s back! Boom! Boom! Boom! "Nngaaahh¡­! No way in hell!" roared Noah, his ribs were constantly breaking and regenerating through his Vampiric healing capabilities, while constantly feasting in the flesh and blood of such a strong monster, Noah was tearing apart more and more of the flesh, umting blood! "Get off!" roared the Goblin Champion, managing to grasp Noah and throwing him off the air! sh! Noah fell into the walls like a small ragdoll inparison to the giant Goblin Champion, as the monstrous humanoid charged directly at him! sh! "I will not let you!" roared Iris, her entire body covered in a dark blue phantasmagoric aura, as more fox tails emerged from her body! Like a shing blue light, Iris appeared right before the Goblin Champion, using the wound left by Noah on its shoulder to seep her poison into it with her ck nails! "Unngrryaaaa!" cried the Goblin Champion, punching and then kicking away Iris like an annoying fly! sh! "Aggh¡­!" Iris hit the wall, barely managing to not pass out due to the sharp pain, most of her bones were broken, and although they immediately began to regenerate, this was getting too tiring for her mind. The Goblin Champion began to conjure enormous boulders, as he sent them towards Noah! "Let me kill this one and then I kill you too, no need to rush it!" heughed, as the gigantic boulder fell over Noah who struggled to get up! Too fast for him to escape in time, the boulder fell over his entire body, the gigantic weight was so heavy that his entire body was sttered into pieces! BOOM! "N-Noah¡­?! NOAH!!!" cried Iris, his eyes crying blood as she was barely trying to move towards his flesh pieces¡­ Noah¡­ died! Iris felt like the world was turning over¡­ the one she believed was so strong¡­ died! Was this¡­ useless from the beginning?! Her entire mind began to fragment, the death of her lord would be way too heavy for her mind! ¡­However, something was off. For some reason¡­ She still felt his connection with her! But why? The Goblin Champion smiled wickedly, walking towards Iris with a sick smile. "Gehehe¡­ I have run out of Mana¡­ but I will make sure to regenerate it by eating your little limbs, one by one¡­"ughed the Goblin Champion, moving his giant hand towards the paralyzed Iris! However, Iris immediately noticed something¡­ within the Goblin''s Champion shadow! "Hm?!" The Goblin Champion immediately noticed the strange presence, twisting his body towards it, only to be greeted by Noah who rushed towards his chest! "W-What?! You''re still alive!?" roared the Goblin Champion, trying you use his fists to catch Noah, but due to his tiredness by having used his Mana, he could not manage! "Did you liked my little clone? Well, it cannot move independently so I thought it would be very useless to even make one¡­ But it really became useful to fake my death!"ughed Noah, he had faked his death by creating a Blood Mass through Blood Maniption and shaping it as himself, shrouded in the darkness of the cave, it was hard for the Goblin Champion to even realize its true identity! And because Noah did this when the Goblin Champion was busy dealing with Iris, he was able to somehow pull it off! Noah reached the Goblin''s Champion''s chest, and seeped his Crimson ws into its flesh as blood gushed out like a fountain! "Blood des!" Noah manipted the very blood from the insides of the Goblin Champion that he was touching, as they began to crystalize inside of the Goblin Champion''s body, tearing apart his flesh as he groaned in pain! "Y-YOU¡­! YOU¡­! Human¡­!" "Blood Gathering!" said Noah, gathering an enormous amount of blood at his side in the form of a Blood Sphere, as the des inside of the Goblin Champion prated his chest, reaching to his neck and then¡­ his head! "UNNGRRRYAAAAAAA¡­!" Boom! The entire head of the Goblin Champion exploded into pieces, as Noah closed his eyes, bathing into his blood! Such a glorious scene was seen by Iris, who thought of Noah as someone that came back from death! Her admiration and devotion grewrger andrger for him¡­ Almost like an obsession! Poof! The Goblin Champion''s corpse exploded into ck smoke, leaving a few Cores behind¡­ ----- Chapter 13 - Growing Stronger! ----- Noah began to absorb all the blood he had bathed with, cleaning his tattered clothes, he would have to change them whenever he gets back to his room¡­ the same could be said for Iris, who had most of her shirt torn apart alongside her skirt, revealing a bit of her body. Noah nced at her eyes, however, as he asked her how she felt. "It is done. Iris, how do you feel?" asked Noah. "Ah¡­ (Is Noah-sama worrying for me?!) I am¡­ fine," said Iris. "Good, let''s pick these Cores, and let''s go then," said Noah. "The Cores! ¡­Will you keep the ones that the Goblin Champion dropped, Noah-sama?" asked Iris, quickly standing up as she covered the area of her breasts that was being revealed shyly. "Well, we both used all our strength to defeat it. Although I gave the final blow, you also helped on its defeat quite a lot. I would like you to take a share, if possible. After all, if you grow stronger it is also better for me so I can rely on your strength," said Noah with a cold and expressionless tone, although Iris saw him as someone very gentle¡­ "I-I see! Noah-sama, you''re so benevolent¡­" said Iris. "Benevolent? What are you talking about? Let me tell you that you are my servant, it is normal for me to want you to grow strong. I am not a gentle person, and all I do is within my personal interests, make sure to bear that in mind," said Noah coldly, although Iris kept smiling dumbly. "Alright~," said Iris, thinking of Noah as some kind of tsundere, although he really meant it. Noah sighed as he could not get to convince Iris that he was not really someone gentle, and decided to simply go grab the Cores. The Goblin Champion had dropped six Vitality Cores, Mind Cores, and Force Cores, alongside two Ability Cores¡­ The Ability Cores seemed to be rted to the Goblin Champion''s Skills, and it was the first Ability Cores that Noah had finally found in the whole Dungeon exploration. These Ability Cores were named ''Goblin Champion Ability Cores'' and would give a random Skill that the Goblin Champion possessed. Because in this world, the acquisition of Skills through Monster Ability Cores was rather random, it was very hard to specialize at first, but after more investigation about the monsters and their specialties was made, ssifications of Monster Ability Cores were finally born. The Goblin Champion could be ssified as a hybrid-type monster, who was both good at physicalbat and magic, meaning that his Monster Ability Core could randomly give either magic or a physical Skill. Usually, the ss of a person was decided when their first Ability awakened, whatever it was about would decide the person''s future, who would then seek Monster Ability Cores of certain monsters that specialized in what their ss was about. Noah and Iris were both physical fighters with extreme physical strength and fast speed and could be considered between the ''Berserker'' ss, but Noah is also bing proficient in long-ranged Blood attacks, so he could even be considered an ''Archer'' as well. "I said that I would share, but now I feel rather regretful, I would like to have both of these¡­ But I must keep my word," thought Noah, as his soul and personality were fused with the Blood Progenitor, he was very prideful and decided to keep his word with his subordinate, even if he now regretted it a bit. "Iris, here, have half of the drops," said Noah, handling Iris three of each Stat Core, and one Ability Core. "E-Eh?! This much, Noah-sama, are you sure?!" asked Iris, even she was surprised over Noah''s generosity, which wasn''t truly generosity but his pride. "Take it already before I change my mind. I will not say this twice," said Noah. "Eep! Okay, okay!" said Iris, grabbing the cores and saving them in her backpack, which was still miraculously intact for the most part, aside from the blood and dirt stains. Noah had gathered 23 Cores in this dungeon exploration, counting on the ones dropped by the Goblin Champion, it was a rather bountiful harvest despite this being his very first exploration, and he was already looking forward to exploring the dungeon a few more times tomorrow with Iris. If he were able to provoke stronger monsters to appear, it meant that he would be capable of getting more Cores than originally intended, which was way better for him. Noah and Iris then walked out of the Dungeon without many difficulties aside from a few small Goblins, which Noah sliced off into pieces without much effort, although only one of them dropped a Core, which Noah took for himself, making it 24 Cores. As the two finally left the rift, they noticed that it was already around 3 am, and in a few more hours sses would begin again, although they did not felt sleepy at all and the exhaustion they felt was already dissipating. "Now, Iris, we will march our ways to our rooms, tomorrow let us try toy low and do as usual¡­ If we fight against those that bully us out of nowhere, it might awaken suspiciousness. I am not asking you to not fight back, but if you do, do it in a ce where there are not many people¡­ And even then, they usually thy have higher stats than us. Hm, well, it would be better to avoid them altogether, try to be more evasive. We''ll meet at 10 pm again in here, alright?" asked Noah. "V-Very well!" said Iris. "Make sure to use all the Cores, I want you to be stronger," said Noah, walking away, as Iris quickly do so. "What a concerned Master," said the Blood Progenitor, teasing Noah. "Would you shut up? My mind has most likely be like this because of you of all things," said Noah. "Heh, it''s not like you had anything before that, right? You were a pathetic and suicidal brat, no one ever liked you nor cared about you. I gave you the power and even a BETTER personality, you should be thankful!"ughed the Blood Progenitor. "I am thankful for your power, but not of you pestering my mind," said Noah. "Heh, this is the least I can do, I can''t even control your body or something! I am literally caged inside of your soul, you know?! Let me torture your mind a bit at the very least!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Sigh¡­" Noah sighed, walking within the shadows of the night back to his room, where he sat down on the bed and began to use the Cores immediately. He had gathered 8 Vitality Cores, 7 Mind Cores, and 9 Force Cores, each one gave him a single digit of a corresponding stat because they were F-Rank, but if he were to use one of higher ranking, he would get way more stats. However, just by seeing how he almost died against the Goblin Champion, it was still rather early to even step into E-Rank Dungeons yet, at least Noah wanted to get into the E-Rank stat requirements before jumping into it. sh! The spherical jewels turned into light, infusing Noah''s body and strengthening it. Vitality was something akin to Health Points, Stamina, and Physical Defense, Mind was something akin to Mana, Magic, and Magic Defense, and Force was something akin to Strength, Agility, and Dexterity. By using Cores from all of these, Noah felt not only his magic bing stronger alongside his Mana pool getting a bit bigger, but he also felt like his bones, cartge, skin, and muscles strengthened, and that his vision and sharpness had also been increased. Then, Noah nced at the Goblin Champion Ability Core. "Time to use this thing¡­" said Noah, absorbing the Ability Core as, unlike the one he has fused into his chest, this one turned into light and merged with him differently. sh! Then, Noah sensed that he had gained a new Skill. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 14 - Champions Great Perseverance! ----- [Noah] [Bloodline: Vampire (Awakening)] [Vitality: 38] [Mind: 37] [Force: 29] [Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Undying Body: 14 (A)], [Blood ws: 26 (C)], [Blood Maniption: 31 (D)] (New!), [Blood Projectiles: 18 (D)] (New!), [Champion''s Great Perseverance: 1 (C)] (New!) Noah quickly checked his Attribute Panel, seeing that his Attribute Values had increased, and alongside this, there were three new Skills! "So the Goblin gave me Champion''s Great Perseverance¡­ But what are these Blood Maniption and Blood Projectiles? Did these appear as Skills in the middle of the fight?" wondered Noah. "Didn''t I told you that you would be awakening Skills as you fought, Noah? Blood Maniption and Blood Projectiles are one such Skill. It was rather obvious that they would show up, as you already showed that you were able to use Blood, shape it, and even use it as projectiles. Now, through these Skills, the task should be easier," said the Blood Progenitor. "So these just popped up because I had already gained their proficiency when I manipted blood and shaped it as projectiles¡­ Interesting, I guess they''re rather straightforward and good Skills to have, there is never enough Skills," said Noah, who had grown obsessed with possessing a Skill through his entire life now had plenty of them, which could not make him happier! And the new Skill was also very good, more than he had imagined. "This one Skill is C-Rank¡­ Despite the monster, we killed being F-Rank¡­ This might be a very rare one within the pool of Skills that the Goblin Champion Ability Core has¡­" said Noah. "I guess it is also thanks to me that you got such a Skill from the Goblin Champion Ability Core," said the Blood Progenitor. "What? How?" asked Noah with intrigue. "Simrly to how I can make more monsters appear, I was also, more or less, capable of generating items¡­ Well, the thing is, they are generated when I die! And those items were the ones that those Hunters brought home. It could be said that now that you possess my power, you can draw higher quality items or Skills from Ability Cores thanks to this passive effect," said the Blood Progenitor. "Huh¡­ It feels more like Luck than the maniption over the System to generate greater items, but alright, whatever," said Noah. "Luck doesn''t exist in this world, and I am pretty sure that there is no Luck Attribute Value either! Everything has a reason to be, I don''t believe that chance governs us all!" said the Blood Progenitor. "And from where did that mentality came from? I can''t believe that you would have developed such a mind by just living inside a Dungeon, right?" asked Noah. "Of course, my life has been very long, being reduced to this simple voice in your mind is quite pathetic¡­ I used to- No, I will not tell you yet," said the Blood Progenitor. "Oh? So you are still into keeping secrets¡­ Very well, keep your secrets,"ughed Noah, as he finally checked what could the Champion''s Great Perseverance Skill do. The Skill coated Noah''s body with a glowing red aura, and it seemed to harden his skin, bones, and muscles. "Oh? It is an enhancement-type Skill, an active one¡­ it is draining my Mana quite crazily," said Noah. Then, Noah also realized another thing, for some reason, he felt like his Mana was connected to his Health. "What is this?" he thought. He then decided to try out something, slicing a bit of his skin with his nails, realizing that the damage he received was partially taken by his Mana too, reducing what he got into his Health. "How odd¡­ Although I am fairly sure that if I get my head blown off, this won''t really help. Nheless, it is remarkably interesting," thought Noah. After some more inspection, Noah finally figured out this powerful Skill. Champion''s Great Perseverance was an active buff skill that increased Noah''s Vitality and Force by a whopping 20 points temporarily, alongside this, it granted him the ability to offset some of the damage done into his Mana, and there was also an extra description saying that if his Health Points ran out, his Mana would begin to be used as Health Points instead. However, the Skill itself drained a lot of Mana, and Noah calcted that without having to drink Blood to recover his Mana, he could use this Skill for around five minutes before his Mana were topletely run out, which also came apanied by a strong headache and soreness all over his body. But Noah simply smiled wickedly! As long as he had a nice amount of Stockpiled Blood inside of his Blood Sphere, which he could store inside of his very body, he could easily recover his Mana Pool fully at least two more times! With that, such Skill could be used even more in battle, and in the many, he was already predicting toe, as he was not nning to be bullied after getting these powers. If possible, he was probably going to kill those that bullied him and drink their blood. Although he had considered converting them into Vampires, it would be a pain to have these guys that Noah hated so much as people at his side, even if they were to be brainwashed, Noah would not be able to trust them. And Iris, who was in a simr situation to him, would most likely think the same about her bullies¡­ Indeed, Noah had grown colder and more calctive now, and he was even nning the death of such people. However, there was a problem. One of the leaders of the group that bullied him is the little brother of an S-Rank Hunter, which is luckily not in Sector D at the moment. If Noah were to kill it, he would have to do it swiftly and in a way where no evidence could be left about him being the one that killed him. It might be hard, but he had already nned something. He simply needed money. By selling Cores, he would be able to gain money, and through money, he would be able to buy special items or other Ability Cores that might offer a pool of skills that could be useful for his ns. One of his first goals was to get his hands into a Spatial Storage Ring. Through it, he was nning to save the corpses of those he killed, simply as that. Another thing he would desire is some kind of essory that could give him a Stealth Effect, and even Camouge, even. Although there could be the chance of getting those Skills in Ability Cores, they werepletely random, and even after the Blood Progenitor told Noah that he was enhancing his luck or something, he really did not want to bet everything on it. So, the best option was to get an essory. Unlike Ability Cores, essories or equipment could bring a Skill without having the randomness of arge pool of them. Specialized Hunters had Skills that could let them embed Skills into items, and such essories were born and sold at high prices due to their rarity and preciousness. However, Stealth and Camouge Pendants were already within Noah''s scope, as the Military School''s Shop sold them, as there was a strong Hunter that was paid by the government to mass-produce these useful essories, and they were selling them exclusively in the Military School or in other areas that were linked to the government. Such items were put in here to bribe people to join these organizations. However, to even get his hands into these two essories, Noah needed a crap ton of money. "I have to quickly grind my way up and then begin to amass Cores and other items to sell¡­" thought Noah. Although he feared that he might not be able to get his hands into those items before a perfect opportunity came to kill those he abhorred. So in that instance, he nned a few other things¡­ ----- Author''s Note: If you like the story please give any powerstone you could spare, if we reach a nice number there will be bonus chapters at the end of the week, it all depends on you! Thank you very much for reading! Chapter 15 - Noahs Schemes ----- If Noah could not have enough money in time, he needed to do something else! He had considered it already. Although Iris was a bit annoying, her strength was useful, and her devotion and loyalty were clear to Noah. Having finally confirmed that whoever he bit and drank their blood would turn into a Dhampir, Noah nned in converting more people. ¡­Someone with money. But who could be weak enough to not be able to fight back against Noah''s assault while also having money? Usually, people with money are rather strong, as they can buy resources to grow stronger. However, Noah knew of someone within his ss. Arthur. Arthur, a boy near his age, was someone crippled. Arthurcked lost his legs, and no matter how much money his family used, they were never able to grow them back, even though the use of special Healing Skills. Even then, he had joined the Military School and was training himself to be some kind of supporter Hunter. Even though he was crippled and could not exactly move by himself, as he had an F-Rank Servant at his side aiding him on it. Although he was very into his dreams, the students clearly did not agree with his mindset, and many thought that a crippled hunter would never be useful. If it were not because of the aid of his maid, he would most likely have died inside a Dungeon. However, this boy''s conviction to be a Hunter was very rooted in his mind, no matter what others said, he trained every day his Skills, polishing them to be useful and help others. Arthur was the perfect target! Although he was rich, he could not fight back, and he was even crippled and bullied. "Blood Progenitor, can a Dhampir regrow lost limbs?" asked Noah. "¡­It would need some confirmation, but I believe it is possible, just like any Vampire. Perhaps, they might need blood as nourishment for them to grow faster," said the Blood Progenitor. Noah smiled at his words. "Oh? Do you have someone in mind?" asked the Blood Progenitor. "Indeed, I am thankful that my school is filled with trash that bullies others, as many vulnerable people are seeking a change that I can offer in exchange for their loyalty," said Noah maliciously! "Quite cunning¡­ But I am sure that the target is not alone if it is so vulnerable and all¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "Indeed, his name is Arthur, and he is rather popr because of being a rich crippled kid that really wants to be a Hunter¡­ Wouldn''t it be such a good opportunity for me to do yet another good deed and give him his legs back?" said Noah ironically. "Heh¡­ Good idea, although I don''t think you''re getting to do this any time soon," said the Blood Progenitor. "It might take a few days¡­ But I will get it done, I have to find a good opportunity, and luckily for us, we are going into an ''excursion'' of sorts in three days to the outside of the Sector D, the wastnd filled with mutated beasts," said Noah. "Sounds like a good n¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "Well, for now, I will meditate, I can''t sleep even if I want to. After absorbing these Cores, my body feels like its overwhelming with energy," said Noah, as he sat cross-legged on the floor, closing his eyes as he breathed slowly, calming his mind. Such a technique was something he learned by himself, he would usually meditate after long days where he got bullied and beaten almost to death. On such days, he would often meditate to calm down his troubling and depressive thoughts. Now that he was a Vampire and that his nature and personality had evolved, he found it possible to meditate even easier than before. For a moment, Noah felt like the energy around his body slowly gathered around the Blood Core inside of his chest, which then moved the energy out, making it course through his body. This energy was abination of both Stamina and Mana, both energies thate from the Vitality and Mind Attribute Values, respectively. The Blood Progenitor quickly noticed that Noah was doing something strange¡­ and something that he did not teach him to do! Just how talented was he?! "This kid¡­ how is it possible? He just figured out a way to Cultivate his Physique and Soul through the power of my Blood Core?! By using the Blood Core as a catalyst of his energies and then using it to send them back toplete the course through his body like rivers, he is actually¡­ cultivating! Something that not even in my original world was widely known! This brat¡­!" thought the Blood Progenitor, he felt frustrated every time Noah grew stronger, as it made his chance to one day overtake his body dimmer¡­ Soon enough, he mightpletely give up on it¡­ And like this, two hours went by flying for Noah, who slowly felt this strange mysticism rush through his body. When his rm clock began to sound, it was already 5 am, time to wake up, have breakfast, and quickly go to ss. Noah opened his crimson eyes, as he discovered that his pale white body had turned slightly healthier, and his eyes went back to his original color, alongside his hair! "What is this?" he said. "Oh, that''s the power of any Vampire¡­ You can shapeshift your appearance so you can look like you did before bing a Vampire! Although whenever you activate your Abilitiespletely, your Vampire appearance might surge," said the Blood Progenitor. "I hope Iris figured this out as well," said Noah, he had nned to simply wear a veryrge hoodie and some kind of scarf to cover his face and head, but it seemed that it wasn''tpletely needed. Noah rushed to the shower and took a warm bath, and afterward, began to think if he even needed to eat normal food anymore. "Although you can drink blood for food, eating food should also be possible," said the Blood Progenitor. "However, it can give you only some stamina, but you still need to drink blood eventually to nourish your Vampiric body," said the Blood Progenitor, adding an important detail. "I don''t feel any hunger at all, but I might as well eat a sandwich," thought Noah, quickly filing his empty stomach, and then finally moving to sses. Many of the students walked around the corridors, talking, and even showcasing their fantastical powers. Noah ignored them as he walked with a dull expression straight toward sses. For a moment, he thought that he might have luckily evaded his bullies, but that was not the case. "But if it isn''t Noah," "Hey useless, how are you doing? Gahaha¡­" "I have some pent-up frustration, so why don''t you let me punch you like you always do?" asked the leader of the three, the bratty Hunter who was the little brother of the S-Rank Hunter that brought the Blood Core into the school, Fernand Firebrand. Noah could not help but smile at him a bit, although he quickly averted his gaze from him before he couldpletely burst intoughter, just knowing that he stole his precious SSS-Rank Core and used it for himself to gain such fantastical powers was insane, and revealing the truth to them would easily break their spirits. However, not yet¡­ "Sure thing," said Noah, as he walked towards the corridor, and was rained with punches. However, through Champion''s Great Perseverance and his Vampire physique, their punches seemed to not hurt at allpared to the shing attacks or the enormous boulders thrown by the Goblin Champion. After ten minutes, the bullies felt incredibly tired, and Noah slightly smiled at them. "Are you done?" he asked. "Eh? Why¡­?" "Has he gone mad? How is he not suffering on the floor?" "Maybe this will do it!" The leader of the gang, Fernand, kicked Noah in the face, although Noah only felt a slight dullness and nothing else, he pretended to be in pain, kneeling. "Aaah¡­ it hurts so much¡­" he said, although a wicked smile surged on his lips by ying it out, the bullies could not see this as he was covered in his own ck hair. "T-That''s it!" "Y-Yeah¡­" "Well, let''s go," As the three bullies walked away, Noah quickly stood up and walked back to sses, for a second, he realized that without the pain of their hits¡­ everything felt quite dull, and not even threatening now. It was all like an act, and he was just letting them live on their own fantasies¡­ so he could break their minds and spiritster on¡­ Noah walked inside the ss as they started, Iris who was in the same ss nced at him a bit, her appearance had changed to her original one, which Noah noticed. And then, Noah nced at a blonde boy sitting over a wheelchair, with a beautiful maid with ck hair and brown eyes at his side, Arthur, who was wearing a hopeful and diligent smile. "There you are¡­" thought Noah. ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 16 - Dont You Want Revenge? ----- [Iris] [Bloodline: Dhampir (Awakening)] [Vitality: 22] [Mind: 25] [Force: 23] [Skill(s): [Demon Phantom Fox: 25 (C)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Undying Body: 10 (A)], [Poisonous ck Nails: 37 (D)], [Lesser Blood Maniption: 17 (E)], [Rage Mode: 1 (D)] As the sses wereing to an end, Noah checked Iris Attribute Panel, her stats had increased by a bit, and her Skills had also raised in proficiency. Noah noticed that she got two new Skills, a lesser version of his Blood Maniption, and ''Rage Mode'', which was something like a lesser Berserk Mode that she most likely acquired from the Goblin Champion''s Ability Core. Noah noticed that Iris was a rather evasive and agile fighter, she was also quite beastly when she shrouded herself on her Demon Phantom Fox, which enhanced her speed and attack even more. By using Rage Mode, such specialization would increase, and she could even enter into a powerup mode to be of greater use and help for Noah''s ns. The teacher of the ss was in fact a military man, an old sergeant who had studied the System and the Dungeons since they appeared twenty years ago. "As you can see, Skills have proficiency levels, as you use them, the proficiency will increase, increasing the strength, speed, and effectiveness of the Skills. There have been cases of Skills even awakening after reaching max proficiency, to the point of reaching the next Rank," said the teacher. Arthur who was always very active in ss and interacted with the teachers a lot raised his hand. "Yes, Arthur?" asked the teacher. "Teacher, is it possible for any Skill to awaken, or only special ones can do?" asked Arthur. "Hm, I believe that every Skill can awaken. The thing is, certain requirements need to be fulfilled for them to awaken. Everyone here has the potential to grow into an S-Rank Hunter if you put your effort and mind into it. Keep training hard, everyone, sses have finished, you can go eat lunch," said the teacher, closing his books as a loud ring alerting the kids that it was break time came, many of the students ignored the teacher and darted out of the sses, chatting, and interacting. Noah nced at Arthur, as he was talking with the teacher after school like he used to be. "Teacher, do you think that there could be a way to regrow my legs if I awaken my healing skills?" asked Arthur. "¡­Well, there might be a chance, Arthur," said the teacher, packing his things. "Wait, teacher, I have a few more questions¡­!" said Arthur, as the teacher already wanted to leave the ss. "Arthur, my time is over, you can ask other questions to the next teacher if you want," said the teacher while ncing at Arthur with annoyance. "Ah¡­ Okay¡­" muttered Arthur, ncing at the floor. The stoic beauty at Arthur''s side, his maid, smiled gently at him. "Arthur-sama, why don''t we go have lunch? I have prepared your favorite meal," she said. "Ah¡­! Right, it''s already Lunchtime, isn''t it? Alright, let''s go, Timassa," said Arthur with a gentle smile, despite that deep inside he was filled with sorrow. Timassa slowly carried Arthur''s wheelchair out of ss, as only Noah and Iris were left pretending to read a book. Iris shyly nced back at Noah¡­ "N-Noah-sama¡­" she said. "What? I told you that we don''t have to talk a day," said Noah. "My bad!" said Iris, as she averted her gaze and took out a little lunch box where she began to eat something. After a few minutes, she nced back at Noah. "Are you hungry? I can share¡­ my lunch with you¡­" she said shyly while flushing a bit. Noah nced at her expressionlessly, and a bit annoyed. "Iris¡­ Stop talking to me," he said. "A-Ah! Right¡­ Sorry¡­" Iris apologized as she kept eating, Noah noticed that she was eating rather healthily, despite being a Dhampir. He began to think that Dhampirs might still need to eat unlike him, as they were more like half human and half vampire than a full-fledged vampire like him. Due to this, Dhampir had a few human necessities. After two minutes, Iris nced back at Noah, and Noah could not help but sigh internally. She then stood up and slowly walked near him¡­ making Noah a bit annoyed. "Iris, what are you do-" Noah''s words did note to an end as Iris gently offered him a bottle of cold green tea. "D-Do you want tea? I brought a second one¡­ by ident¡­" said Iris, averting her gaze shyly from Noah''s angered gaze. "By ident? Sigh¡­" Noah sighed, grabbing the bottle that Iris offered him. Iris''s eyes suddenly glowed with happiness, as she gently sat down in front of him, bringing her lunch box of course. "¡­Iris, that I took the bottle you offered me doesn''t mean that you can sit near me¡­" said Noah. "B-But I want to be with you! We are friends now, right? A-Actually, maybe if you want, we could be more than-" "Shut up. Our rtionship is strictly that of master and servant¡­ But whatever, eat or do whatever you want, I am tired of arguing¡­" sighed Noah, resting on his chair and drinking the tea while ncing at the ceiling. It was cold and sweet, and the taste of green tea was rather refreshing to his throat. "I have found our next target," said Noah. "Next¡­ target?" asked Iris. "Iris, do you think that we would be just the two of us? If we want to survive in this world, we need to build a group, a party. Or even more, an organization. With my ability to turn others into Dhampirs, it is rather an obvious guess," said Noah. "R-Right¡­ I guess I didn''t think about it¡­" said Iris. Noah approached Iris face expressionlessly, as Iris suddenly turned as red as a tomato. "Idiot, you might be rather strong now, but your head is empty," said Noah, gently hitting Iris''s forehead with his index finger. "Ouch¡­" said Iris adorably. "Anyways, the first thing I thought that we needed is a lot of money. Even after the Apocalypse, money and resources move this world¡­ Or whatever it is left of it. I also have some ns in taking care of those that bullied us, are you okay with that?" asked Noah. "T-Taking¡­ care of them?" asked Iris. "Don''t you want revenge, Iris?" asked Noah. "I¡­" muttered Iris, as she stopped eating and nced at the floor. She began to remember all this time she had been bullied by those girls, and how many times they made her suffer. Luckily for her, she did not found them this morning, and through what happened yesterday, she had mostly forgotten about them, but now that she was reminded of the reality by Noah, she realized that things have not changed that much. "You said that you wanted a change, that you wanted power for that¡­ Are you backing down on your words, Iris?" asked Noah. "I¡­ No, I have not¡­ For everything, they did to me¡­ I want to¡­ see them cry, to beg for me¡­ I want to¡­ Crush them with my feet, to sh them with my nails, to seep poison into their agonizing eyes! To¡­" Tack! Noah hit Iris'' forehead again, waking her from her bloodlust. "Ah!" "I see that you have harbored a lot of anger. But calm down now. I am d that we think the same it will make things easier. I would dly help you kill them. After all, it is free blood," said Noah. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 17 - Stop Being So Stupid ----- Noah smiled a bit as she got to know a bit of Iris''s wrath. She was not that different from him. However, she was rather good at making herself seem to be an innocent and shy girl. She was in fact rather the beast inside. Perhaps this was why she had a Skill such as Demon Phantom Fox and even Rage Mode fit her true nature. "Sorry¡­ But¡­ I often keep those thoughts caged inside of my mind¡­ Because they make me¡­ go a bit crazy¡­" muttered Iris. "It is understandable. I have also caged a lot of those feelings, of these thoughts. But now, I feel calmer and somehow, content. I know that as long as I do things right, I will achieve my goals. So, Iris, you better stay at my side and make yourself useful," said Noah rather proudly, as if he were the incarnation of an old and cunning Vampire Progenitor. "O-Of course!" said Iris, behind Noah''s cold words and expressionlessly, she could see that there was a very gentle person, that offered her a lot for very little in exchange¡­ she couldn''t help but admire him more. However, Noah could not understand why Iris was not intimidated by his cold words and demeanor, he wanted her to be intimidated and loyal, but it seemed that she was always happy with him, making him think that he was doing a bad job at being an evil vampire master. After all, inside of his mind, he really thought that he was being an asshole, but it seems that Iris could not see him that way at all. "Anyways, who might that person be?" asked Iris. "Right. Arthur," said Noah. "Arthur?" asked Iris, quickly remembering the blonde and youthful crippled boy that always had a maid at his side. "Yes. He is rich, weak, and bullied. The perfect match for us, right? I have also realized that if I convert him into a Dhampir, he might be able to heal his lost limbs. After all, in the battle against the Goblin Champion, our bones broke into tiny pieces a lot, yet they regenerated nheless, right?" asked Noah. "That''s right¡­" said Iris. "See? If bones can regenerate, why wouldn''t the ones of his legs?" asked Noah with a malicious smile. However, Iris nced at him with admiration, her eyes were even shining. "Uwah, Noah-sama, you''re such a benevolent person¡­ Do you want to help Arthur regrow his limbs? That''s so nice of you¡­" said Iris with a cute smile. "What? What are you talking about? I am not nice, I am in fact aplete asshole. I want to use him as my Dhampir servant, so he can provide us with resources and money¡­ I might convert his maid as well if thingse to it," said Noah. "Is that so? But that''s still a pretty nice act of goodwill¡­ Imagine the face that Arthur will make when his legs are finally back!" said Iris happily. "Geh¡­ Stop twisting the meaning of my actions! I am not doing anything out of goodwill, stupid girl," sighed Noah. "Really?" asked Iris with a smug. Noah was already popping some veins on his forehead out of anger! "Cut it out!" he roared. "A-Ah! Okay, okay!" said Iris shyly. After a few minutes, Noah finished drinking his tea as Iris had left a few of her food aside. "I-If you want to eat some, I have left a bit for you¡­" she said shyly. Noah nced at the food, it was a small portion of white rice with vegetables, and half of a chicken meat patty covered in ketchup, there was also a small piece of sausage. "Iris, I don''t need your food, eat it yourself," said Noah. "But Noah-sama, you haven''t eaten all this time! You need to have a full belly to always be prepared. And your mind is always clearer after a nice meal¡­" said Iris while nodding. Noah could not help but think of Iris as aplete idiot. But she might be right. He perhaps needed to eat some meat to make his brain and thoughts go faster. But he was rather tempted about it because he has not eaten meat in weeks. Noah sighed, averting his gaze, and taking the used fork of Iris, grabbing the chicken patty and eating it without many delicacies. "It is good," said Noah, as he nced at Iris who was blushing. "Eh? What?" asked Noah. "N-Noah-sama, that''s my fork¡­! I used it! M-My saliva is there¡­" she said. "Hm? So what? Why would I care?" asked Noah angrily. "T-That''s¡­ and indirect¡­ kiss¡­" she muttered. Noah was left speechless. What is wrong with this girl? For a moment, he began to regret having made her into his loyal servant. Smack! "Awuh!" Noah smacked Iris''s head with his fist. "Stop talking such stupid things. Thanks for your food, but I am done with talking to you for the rest of the day. Go back to your seat, it''s an order," said Noah. "A-Alright!" cried Iris, walking away from Noah and sitting in her chair. Soon after, the Break finally ended and the students rushed back to sses, including Arthur. The day went by as usual afterward, with many hours of sses where Noah took a lot of attention, as the information taught was often all about monsters, dungeon, cores, and skills, so everything coulde in handy. It was already 7 pm when the sses finally ended, and Noah walked out of the ssroom rather hurriedly, managing to evade his bullies by a pinch and reaching his room. As Noah reached his room, he went to take a rxing and warm bath, and then sat down to mediate a bit more. "He''s cultivating again?! Just how much is he nning to do?!" wondered the Blood Progenitor in anger, he was already getting tired of Noah and Iris''s stupid interactions. After one hour of meditation, Noah suddenly felt a strange wave of energy reaches his mind. It was a call from Iris. It seemed that Noah had a mental connection of sorts with Iris, and even discovered that it might even lead to them being able to talk through Telepathy. Noah then began to hear the wave of voice¡­ it was Iris¡­ weeping? "Iris? What is happening?!" asked Noah. However, Noah could only hear her weeping. "Is she getting attacked by her bullies? But she should be strong enough to take on their hits better now¡­ or is she just crying?" wondered Noah. It was rather normal for people that was bullied and suffered from depression to cry sometimes while being alone, even Noah had done it before, and imagined that it could be the case for Iris. "It could be either of the two¡­ And none would really threaten her life. But it would hurt my pride if she were being beaten and crying like that¡­" thought Noah, grabbing his backpack and quickly running out of his room towards the direction where he sensed Iris¡­ the rooftop. As he ran through the stairs, Noah could hear more easily that Iris was indeed being beaten, as he could hear the voices of others. He slowly took a peek at what was happening, as there were three girls near Iris age, one had long red hair, the other had short blue hair, and the one in the middle, seemingly the leader of the trio had long blonde and shiny hair. "What''s wrong, useless pig? You don''t like my kicking?!"ughed the blonde girl, hitting Iris'' stomach. "How odd, she is not using a lot of her strength, this shouldn''t really hurt that much to Iris, why is she crying then?" wondered Noah. "Fucking disgusting pig, keep crying!" roared the red-haired girl, hitting Iris''s head. "We saw you talking with a guy earlier, were you trying to seduce him or something?"ughed the blue-haired girl. "Who is she even going to seduce? She is just an ugly ass bitch!"ughed the blonde girl, kicking Iris''s head again. For some reason, Iris kept weeping, asking for forgiveness while being in a fetal model. Then Noah finally realized something. Iris was having a panic attack¡­ even as a Dhampir. ----- Chapter 18 - Let All Your Rage Flow Out Of Your Heart ----- "Please¡­ Aaahh¡­ Sniff¡­" Noah nced at the girl that was being so cheerful and happy at his side suffering a panic attack, despite the damage dealt with her being not that much, it seemed that her powers as a Dhampir were being unwillingly weakened in such a state. It was as if Iris herself was letting these girls hit her and made her suffer. "What a fucking disgusting pig, look at her weeping and asking for forgiveness!"ughed the red-haired girl, kicking Iris''s butt several times. "Aaaaahh¡­! Please¡­!" "Shut the fuck up, bitch, and weep harder! I really had a bad day today, so you better weep for all I care!" roared the blonde girl, as her hand was suddenly covered in a golden glow¡­ Noah, someone who was now emotionless and calctive could not help but feel like he had enough. Although he felt no love for Iris, he felt a strange feeling of kinship with his fellow vampire. Since Noah converted Iris to a Dhampir that he had felt this strange thing, which had made him a bit more lenient with Iris. Rushing towards the rooftop, he stood there ncing at the three girls. "I don''t care anymore," he thought, unleashing Champion''s Great Perseverance into his entire body, and rushing like a red meteor towards the three girls. His ws appeared over his hands¡­ His eyes were gleaming with bloodthirst. He was now rather hungry, too. "Aauuuh¡­ Plea¡­ see¡­" muttered Iris inplete panic, her mind could not make any sense now, and she was drowning herself in a crazed state of perpetual and despairing fear. "Shut the fuck up! I am going to mold that ugly pig face you got, you fat ass!" roared the blonde girl, grabbing Iris''s face and pointing her fist towards her! "Let''s mold that ugly face that you got a bit, maybe you''ll end up as pretty as me!"ughed the blonde girl, closing her fist towards Iris''s face with immense speed! "I will also dly mold your body," said the voice of a young man, as a sh of red light emerged out of nowhere, crossing through the blonde girl''s arm! "Eh?" sh! In front of her aquamarine eyes, her arm was sent flying through the air, and a tremendously sharp pain emerged from her wound, as arge quantity of blood began gushing out of her cut off arm like a river of scarlet liquid! Iris''s face was covered in her attacker''s blood, which seeped into her throat¡­ "GGGYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The blonde girl fell to the ground, ncing at her own wound, as the enormous pain would not go away! In a second, her arm was just cut off! It was simply surreal for her! Suddenly, Noah''s figure emerged at her side, while the other girls were still paralyzed in shock. "Aaaahhh¡­! W-WHO ARE YOU?!" "I am your friendly vampire. I believe that now that youck one arm, we should make your body pretty by making it more even!" said Noah, as he used his crimson ws to tear down the other arm of the blonde girl in an instant! sh! "GGRRRRYAAAAAAAA¡­!" Noahughed as he gathered a lot of blood for his Blood Sphere. "Do you like it? This is pain! Something that you might have never heard about!"ughed Noah, as his ws suddenly rushed towards the girl''s legs! The girl struggled as she gnashed her teeth, but all her abilities were about strengthening her upper body and fight with a golden aura, something that she couldn''t do with such enormous pain and a state of panic and fear! "What a pity, these legs are so beautiful and healthy, but we''ll have to take them out if we want you to be more pretty," said Noah ironically, as his ws reached the girl''s legs in an instant, cutting them from the thigh below! sh! sh! "MMMFFGGHHH¡­!" The girl tried to cry louder, but her mouth was covered with Noah''s Blood Tentacle. "Shh, we are doing this in private," said Noah while giving her a wink, the girl''s aquamarine eyes suddenly rolled out, falling unconscious out of fear, pain, and blood loss. "Ada¡­ Adamantine!" "H-Her legs! They''re gone!" "Her arms¡­ oh my god, oh my god, get away from us!" "Runaway!" The other two girls tried to run away, but someone else behind them that they hadpletely forgotten about was lurking at their side! "GRRAAAAAAAH!" Iris emerged, furious and insane! Her entire body was covered in phantom and a red aura, she was using her strongest skills, bing monstrous berserk! "W-What?!" "Is that Iris?! How?! She is just a useless and powerless pig!" "DIE¡­ DIEEE!" roared Iris, rushing towards the girls and raising her ck nails! "Get away from us! Fireball!" "Thunder!" The two girls released their Skills, arge fireball, and a thundershock towards Iris! "GRAAAH!" Iris, however, leaped upwards, evading both attacks and then rushing towards the two immediately after with an immense speed! Although these girls had Attribute Values averaging around 40, Iris was able to reach a bit higher thanks to her Skills, and because of their panicked state, they were nervous and could not aim well! Even more, as both of them were Mages, their physical defenses and strength were verycking! Iris closed in furiously, her ws seeping into the blue-haired girls'' eyes! "Eat my poison, eat my pain!" roared Iris, seeping her poison into the girl''s eyes, as she screamed in agony! The sharp pain of having poison poured into her very eyes made her scream! However, Noah took care of the noises by throwing pieces of coagted blood into the girl''s mouths, letting Iris release all her frustrations! sh! sh! sh! sh! Iris kept roaring fiercely, her ws seeping into the girl''s flesh, seeping poison into their bodies and making them vomit and convulse! "Mmgmghhhuuughhh¡­!" "Gggueeeehgghh¡­!" sh! sh! sh! sh! More shes fell over the girls until they simply stopped moving. "Haahh¡­ Haahhh¡­!" Iris was breathing heavily, barely managing to realize what she just did. "Well, you did it all pretty quickly, I had nned their deaths, but you rushed and ruined my ns. Honestly¡­" muttered Noah, although it was all his fault, as he could have perfectly let Iris get a beatdown, he decided to save her due to his pride as a progenitor. "Noah-sama¡­" cried Iris, moving towards Noah whilepletely shrouded in blood, and hugging him, she began to weep again. "I am a babysitter or something now?" he sighed. "I''m sorry¡­ I am¡­ such a pathetic servant¡­ I have powers now¡­ and even then¡­ I¡­ I panicked and¡­ I could not use my powers¡­ I was so afraid¡­ I did not¡­ wanted to suffer¡­ after being at Noah-sama''s side¡­ I thought that life was different¡­ but everything¡­ everything is always the same¡­" cried Iris. "You''re true quite the pathetic servant. I am really angered with you for having fallen into panic for such feeble girls. The blonde here was the strongest, but even then she was so bad at using her powers that she didn''t even fight back," sighed Noah. The limbless blonde girl at his side was named Adamantine Gold, and she was an F-Rank with Attribute Values averaging of 50, when Noah used his Champion''s Great Perseverance, his stats began simr or even higher than her momentarily, so he managed to catch her by surprise and sh her limbs away. "We have rushed things up, I suppose¡­ But our ns with Arthur remain. Let''s grab these corpses and clean the blood through Blood Maniption, I have a ce where we can let them, and I''ve already nned somethings to cover this up," said Noah. "Noah-sama... Thanks for¡­ing to save me¡­" said Iris with teary eyes. "I just came here because it would hurt my pride to let you be so pathetic in front of them, you''re now a Dhampir, act proudly as one," said Noah, although he himself let the bullies hit him, this case was a bit different than that one, as Iris was terrible at pretending like him andcked his willpower. "Well, with your bullies out of the picture, I guess we don''t have to worry about these girls anymore¡­ Although, I am tempted on making the blonde a Dhampir," said Noah, grabbing the corpses of the two girls and the unconscious Adamantine, by putting coagted blood on her limbs, she stopped losing blood from her cut off limbs. The pair then rushed towards the F-Rank Dungeon where the Goblins roamed¡­ "Although it is not as convenient as a Space Storage¡­ Letting the goblins eat them would be convenient," said Noah. "Ah, that''s¡­ quite smart¡­" said Iris. "Not really, this is a rushed n, it has a lot of ws, but it will be hard to find clues in a dungeon that is always changing," said Noah, dropping the two corpses in a cave deep into the dungeon, where several goblins suddenly emerged, not attacking him but immediately jumping into the corpses, tearing them apart and eating their flesh rather fast. "They were quite hungry¡­ Serves them right!" said Iris, she began to enjoy seeing her former bullies getting eaten. "And about her¡­ Maybe making her a Vampire would not be a bad thing, right? Don''t worry, we''ll make sure to break her mind so much that she will be a zombie,"ughed Noah. "Torture¡­ C-Can I¡­ torture her?" asked Iris, her eyes glowing eerily. "Let all your rage flow out of your heart, Iris," said Noah with a smile. ----- Chapter 19 - Adamantines Despair ----- It all happened too fast. Adamantine Gold was just minding her own business as always. She was with her twockeys, girls that sucked up to her because she was moderately strong. And as always, she was beating the pig that she always liked to kick and insult to let go of her frustrations. It always made her feel better to see others being so pathetic and low before her, it gave her a feeling of fulfillment like nothing. Although originally she never thought of bullying others in the past, after getting to it due to a burst of rage, she could not stop. It was like a drug to her. She loved making others suffer, insult them, and tell them how lowpared to her they were. Especially because she had many frustrations in her life, her parents were piss poor and they could barely maintain a house, while also having weak Abilities that could not make them into good Hunters. She was being given all the pressure of bing a sessful Hunter and maintain the family because of these two useless parents. One day, she exploded and attacked a silent girl that often never did anything to anyone, although she was often ridiculed due to her useless ability, which reminded her of her useless parents. Iris then fell into her bullying, and it was very constant. Almost every day Adamantine woulde with her ''friends'' and insult her, ridicule her, and more. After a few weeks, it finally ended in physical aggression and seeing Iris face all covered in blood while having her teeth broken made Adamantine feel like she was the Queen of the World. She could not stop it. She was addicted to abusing Iris and constantly looked for ways to make her suffer even more. In fact, there was not any grudge against her. Iris was actually a gentle girl that would not hurt anyone. But Iris simply targeted it because of this. She was weak, passive, and gentle. And because no one cared about her, she was the perfect punching bag. Not long after, she grew obsessed with her cries of agony and pain. She was selfish and egocentric, and could not even imagine what Iris was going through, after all, although her life ''sucked'' for her, she was never in the receiving end of bullying. She did not remember thest time she even felt pain after awakening and acquiring the Gold Aura Skill, which let her cover part of her body with a glowing gold aura, which made her as resistant as gold. Iris was undergoing a constant hell, something quite simr to Noah¡­ But perhaps, because she still has not gone as insane like him, she suffered even more, as her innocence was being slowly broken into pieces. She was falling into a constant abyss of suffering and desperation. Not long after, she started to reflectively have panic attacks when Adamantine came to beat her, giving her an even more passive stance in the situation. Adamantine grew so obsessed with hitting Iris and making her shriek in agony that she began to make of this some kind of wicked fetish, to the point of getting sexually aroused when she thought about beating Iris to almost death. Even after Noah made Iris a Dhampir and gave her power, she could not help but fall into a panic attack again. Unlike Noah who had his soul fused with the Blood Progenitor, which made his mind and thoughts warped and different to a human to an extent, Iris still held most of her traumas even as a Dhampir. Although she had new and monster-like instincts, they were rather lesser as she was only a half-vampirepared to Noah, who had be aplete monster. Eventually, although she had been told by Noah that she should simply run away from them with her new agility through her Dhampir powers or to fight back against her and escape afterward, Iris ended up falling into a panic attack when she nced at Adamantine''s wicked smile. As Iris was falling into the abyssal darkness of her own traumas without even being able to fight back even with strength, Noah decided toe and finish this annoying thing. Adamantine was about to hit Iris face as she always loved to do, but within a millisecond, her arm was flying in the air, and a sharp pain took hold of her. Not long after, the figure of a young man emerged from nowhere, which she couldn''t even detect in time. Noah quickly sliced off her other arm within a second, and then, as she cried and struggled on the floor, her legs went away just as easy. Adamantine, someone that was never truly on the receiving end of such abuse was now experiencing what was truly agony and despair. So much that her feeble mind began to quickly break into tiny pieces, her ego and selfishness flew away, and much like Iris, she had be a vulnerable little girl. Falling unconscious over the pain and the fear of death that made her gopletely insane, Iris quickly killed her twockeys mercilessly, surprising those two girls which were perhaps just as insane as Adamantine. Chapter 20 - Breaking The Mind Of A Bully Has Never Been This Easy ----- Iris crimson eyes gleamed eerily, as her fangs grewrger and sharper, extending towards Adamantine''s tender neck. The light of Adamantine''s eyes quickly went off, as only a gaping abyss of despair could be seen¡­ Although she did not know exactly what was going on, she knew that Iris¡­ was not a human anymore. Her presence, her bloodlust, her entire being, what she emanated from her whole being was not even akin to a strong Hunter¡­ Shew as something akin to a monster, the only creatures she had ever felt such bloodlust before. And her gleaming crimson eyes, and the wine-colored hair. Her skin which was youthful and healthy had now turnedpletely white, almost like candle wax. "Please¡­ wait!" cried Adamantine. "Your little piggy is very hungry¡­ Let her have a bite, alright~?" asked Iris gently, as her bloodlust grew to the point of overwhelming Adamantine''s senses, suddenly a sharp pain emerged on her neck, as she saw Iris ncing at her with her crimson eyes while seeping her sharp fangs into her tender neck! "AAAAAAGGH¡­! G-GET AWAY! STOP! IT HURTS¡­ IT HURTS! I¡­ LEARNED MY LESSON! SO PLEASE¡­ I WILL NEVER BULLY YOU AGAIN! I PROMISE!" "Look how much she begs¡­"ughed Noah, he was simply spectating this while casually beheading Goblins from time to time. Iris slowly drank Adamantine''s blood, as her senses began to sharpen, even more, her tongue began to suck the wound more and more, and she was draining all of the vitality off Adamantine in a few seconds! "Nnngggoooohhh¡­! Nnnggggaaah¡­! Mmmffgooohhh¡­!" "Who is the pig in here? Just hear those moans, what a disgusting pig!"ughed Noah. Iris kept tightly grabbing Adamantine''s neck, as she drank more and more of the sweet and warm blood, her senses sharpened even more, as she suddenly felt dizzy and in a trance, she moved her hands towards Adamantine''s breasts and began to squeeze until she shrieked even louder, and then she began to slowly scratch her belly with her nails without putting any poison on them, making her cry even louder! Because she was deep within the Dungeon with Noah, there was absolutely no one that coulde help them, especially at these hours where most people were either sleeping or in the city doing other things. "Nnnnggyyyyaaaaaahhh¡­! Stooop! It hurts¡­! Uuhnngghhh¡­! It hurttttssss¡­! Aaaaaauuuuuhhh¡­!" "Fufu, yes¡­ Keep moaning in pain!"ughed Iris, as she squeezed Adamantine''srge breasts with even more energy, and then squeezing her neck to difficult her breathing. "Mmmgoohhhh¡­!" A few hours passed by as Iris delved into her vengeance, and Adamantine was leftpletely expressionless, her entire face covered in tears, she seemed to have fallen into some kind of vegetative state due to the constant pain. And soon after, her skin turned pale white, and her eyes crimson red, her blonde hair remained, however¡­ "It seems to be a sess! You can turn others into Dhampirs¡­ Oh? It seems that she isn''t a true Dhampir though¡­ Ghoul. How interesting. It seems to be a more beastly vampiric creature," said Noah, checking on Adamantine''s attribute panel as she was now his subordinate even if bitten by Iris. Soon after, Noah moved his Blood Sphere, and poured some fresh blood over Adamantine''s mouth, until she almost shocked herself with it. Suddenly, her crimson eyes gleamed with light, and her entire body began to convulse¡­ Her missing legs and arms began to slowly grow, starting from the white bone growing like a tree, and then the nerves and blood vessels wrapping around, the muscles, cartge, and skin. After about ten minutes, Adamantine''s limbs were back. "Now wake up, Adamantine-chan¡­!" said Iris, pping Adamantine''s face until she suddenly woke up from her daze. "W-What?! Iris?! Ahh¡­! Ungh¡­! My mind, why?! Why does it feel so dizzy?! Boogeeh¡­!" Adamantine quickly began to vomit all the food she had in her stomach, feeling sick and even weakened. "What a nasty pig!"ughed Iris, kicking Adamantine''s ass and throwing her off into the wall. "Bbugeeh¡­ Iris¡­ Stop¡­ Stooppp¡­ Geeh¡­!" Iris grabbed Adamantine''s neck and raised her up the air. "You might be one of us, but your position is clearly different, Adamantine. You''re not a servant, you''re Iris ything now," said Noah with a smile. "y¡­thing?!" "Don''t worry¡­ Just like you grew so obsessed with making me suffer, I will make sure to make you obsessed with all the suffering I give you until you cannot stop but moan for more!"ughed Iris, hitting Adamantine''s face into the wall as her jaw suddenly broke! "GGAAAAHH¡­!" However, her jaw slowly began to reattach itself, but Iris kept hitting her into the wall, making her entire face broken apart, her nose fell off as a fleshy piece, and after many minutes, Noah couldn''t even remember how many times did Adamantine''s eyes burst out into oozy slime and grew back up. One hour¡­ Two hours¡­ Three hours. After three hours of a constant beating, Iris finally grew bored. "How can she enjoy this so much? For some reason, it became quite boring after a little," sighed Iris. "That must be because of your instincts, as part monsters, we seek challenges, and Adamantine is clearly not one anymore," said Noah. Adamantine was left on the floor, barely breathing. Noah gave her a bit more blood as she suddenly woke up, her face was now expressionless and her entire mind was broken, she seemed dull, like a zombie. She nced at Noah with admiration, as he was her progenitor. "¡­Master," she muttered. "Mistress¡­" she said again, ncing at Iris. "You really broke her spirit¡­ Does she rally Adamantine anymore? Well, beats me. We have already cut off her limbs a lot, and they seem to keep growing. We could even use her blood for nourishment, although it did not taste the best¡­ Well, leaving her in here is necessary for the n," said Noah. "Noah-sama¡­ what n?" asked Iris, as she slowly went back to her usual self, her psychopath-like alter ego had finally satisfied itself. "It''s something very simple, we''ll leave her here, alongside the eaten corpses of her friends¡­ Tomorrow, a teacher will most likely find them, Adamantine should be alive through her regeneration, although she smells like a corpse, so I suppose that the goblins might not even notice her¡­ Although we are leaving it to luck on her side, if she survives or not, that''s it," said Noah. "I see, that might work¡­ O-Once again, I''m sorry for¡­" muttered Iris. "Shut up already. All of this conflict never happened, you hear me?" asked Noah. "A-Ah¡­ Alright," said Iris. After Noah and Iris hunted a few Goblins, Goblin Warriors, and Goblin Mages far away from where Adamantine was left and gathered their dropped Cores, they left quickly left the Dungeon while making sure to clean most evidence, running away to their respective rooms. The morning quickly came as Noah and Iris casually chatted through their newfound Telepathy, and Noah even taught her a bit of how to shape blood into crystalized blood weapons, although she was still rather amateur. The two casually walked back to sses as always, but there was a very bigmotion going on, three girls were found in the nearby F-Rank Dungeon, two of them had been killed brutally by Goblins, and the other was being eaten alive, and was barely rescued. It was also said that she had survived after awakening some kind of regeneration ability, but because people cannot see each other attribute panels, they could never tell her race change nor her Vampiric Skills. Noah smiled maliciously behind his hoodie, it seemed that the n was a sess, at least for now. ----- Chapter 21 - The Useless Party ----- Noah walked back to sses, seemingly having avoided his bullies. Now that Adamantine''s issue was dealt with rather smoothly, he still felt like he needed to be cautious. The teacher talked about how it was prohibited to enter Dungeons at night, as the monsters usually multiply there. Even an F-Rank Dungeon filled with weak monsters seemed to be dangerous to inexperienced students, and the security around the Dungeons'' rifts increased. Noah gnashed his teeth a bit, it seemed that he would not be able to enter this ce as smoothly as thest two days. The worst part, E-Rank Hunters would be monitoring the area. Although students can enter to hunt at day, it is usually advised to not do so if not given a task or test by the teacher. However, this was a Military School that trained inexperienced young people to be Hunters, their primary job was to kill monsters after all. So today there was a small test. "It has been roughly two months since sses have started and I believe that it should be finally time for a test. Of course, not written, as we had many like those already. The director had permitted me to allow this ss to go to an exploration towards the F-Rank to E-Rank Dungeon ''Miasma Forest''," said the teacher, as many of the student''s eyes shined brightly, they were finally given the chance to enter a Dungeon through a test, instead of the boring written tests on paper! "Ahem. I am happy that all of you are excited, but all of you must consider the dangers of such a Dungeon, you cannot simply go by yourselves after all. Although I am rather confident that you can defeat F-Rank or E-Rank Monsters without many issues, it would be better if you could form parties of up to five students," said the teacher, as the students began to dart out of their seats, running towards their friends to make parties with. Of course, no one wanted the ''useless'' Noah nor the ''pig'' Iris, so they were left alone, there were also various other outcasts, weak students that have not managed to make parties or were looked down on by the crowd. Noah smiled as it seemed that his ns wereing to fruition faster than he had expected. Arthur was left alone with his maid, which somehow also counted as some kind of student. There was also another boy, with short brown hair and arge scar on his left eye, Noah knew about him a bit, he was nicknamed the ''cyclops Jon''. Much like Iris, Jon had an ability not fitted forbat as much as the other students, which let him enhance his vision through the only eye he could see with. His stats averaged at 3-5, and although he was slightly stronger than Iris originally, he did not evenpare to the strongest students who averaged with stats of 50-70. Although Arthur was not looked down on by his stats or abilities, which were rather decent, he was crippled and seemed rather useless, so no one even took a nce at him. Iris shyly nced back at Noah, as she began to walk to his seat¡­ Noah sighed. He had strictly told her to not approach him in ss, yet there she was, cutely walking towards him with an excited and adorable smile. "N-Noah, let''s¡­ make a party!" she said. Many of the students noticed the ''pig'' Iris asking the ''useless'' Noah to form a party with, and burst intoughter. "Hahaha! So fitting, the pig and the useless one forming a party!" "Oh my, look at her face, she looks so happy to have realized that there is someone as useless as her!" "Damn, all those useless guys should just form a party so they go and die altogether, they would be giving us a favor, honestly," said Fernand Firebrand, the leader of the group that bullied Noah. "What is she going to do in a dungeon? Hear the monstere? Not like she can even defeat them, to begin with!" "Literally everyone can sense monstering, her little ears are very useless," "And that Noah, he doesn''t even have abilities! Does he even has the System?" "Teacher, form a party for all of them, add Jon and Arthur into the mix for maximum useless efficiency!"ughed Fernand, as hisckeys nodded. The teacher seemed to sigh for a moment, although he would have liked to reprimand these students, Fernand was the brother of an S-Rank Hunter, and he could not easily offend him. "Ahem. Please, everyone, be more respectful, those that have not awakened Abilities like Noah might one day do¡­" said the teacher. Iris red at all the studentsughing as her eyes suddenly gleamed with bloodlust, emanating a crimson aura for a few seconds! Somehow, many students that were not strong enough noticed this, and froze in shock! "W-Was that¡­?" "Did Iris just?" "No¡­ It must have been our imagination¡­" "Y-Yeah, there is no way that the pig would ever emanate such a presence," However, Iris was stopped by Noah''s hand that touched her own. "Calm down," he said. "Ah¡­ S-Sorry¡­" muttered Iris. "Alright, there is no helping it, let''s form a party then," said Noah expressionlessly. "He actually epted!" "Good thing you know your ce!" "Just ignore them, soon, they shall know what we are capable of¡­" said Noah telepathically to Iris, as she nodded slightly, averting her gaze from the other students. The teacher quickly noticed the students that were left alone and decided to make a group with them, although it was the same suggestion that the bratty Fernand gave to him, he could not help but think that it made sense to an extent. At the very least, he believed that F-Rank to E-Rank Dungeons, which were in the middle difficulty between these two Ranks would not be much of a problem, especially because Arthur was a good healer and there was also his maid that held some useful offensive Skills. "Very well then, there is no other choice. Jon, Arthur, Timassa, Iris, and Noah shall form a party, you are exactly five," said the teacher with an apologetic smile. Noah nced at his main target, Arthur, as the blonde boy gently smiled at him Timassa, the stoic beauty that was his maid, red at Noah, Iris, and Jon with a sharp look, seemingly quite wary. Jon in the other case, nced at Noah, Arthur, and Iris for a bit, he seemedpletely expressionless, and his face was always down. "Well, now that things are settled, please make sure to grab the items we have left for you outside, our soldiers will distribute them. Alongside basic medicines, there are also weapons that you might pick for yourself, although they are only borrowed, make sure to bring them in a good state if you do not want to pay for it," said the teacher, as the students walked out and were given backpacks filled with medicines and potions mass-produced by Hunters who had acquired Creation-oriented Skills. Noah quickly gathered with his new group, as everyone decided to present themselves a bit. "Hello, it is nice to meet all of you, please take good care of me, I will make sure to take care of your wounds and also to enhance your capabilities, even if you have non-offensive abilities, I am sure that I can make you be able to fight," said Arthur with a gentle smile. "I am also looking forward to you three. As long as you behave in front of Arthur-sama," said Timassa. "You don''t have to be so strict with other people, Timassa-san," said Arthur. "¡­" Jon only seemed to nod shyly, he didn''t seem to even be able to muster a word. "Well, I am looking forward to working with all of you¡­" said Iris adorably, giving a bright smile that made Jon''s dark eyes suddenly shine a bit brightly. "Sure thing, Arthur, let''s work together so we can get a good grade in the test," said Noah. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 22 - Exploring The Dungeon As A Test ----- As the parties gathered in front of the Dungeon, the teacher began to speak, giving instructions. "The instructions for this test are quite simple, each party shall bring 20 cores from any defeated monster, although there might be a time when a monster doesn''t drop any core, you shall y them until you manage to find enough. There is a time limit of seven hours, so make sure to hurry up. Your grade will depend on how many Cores you gather. Do not worry, we shall give you back the cores for you to distribute evenly in the party when we judge your progress. Also, you cannot use cores that you already have gathered beforehand, we will be able to tell through special artifacts, so cheating is prohibited," said the teacher. Some students seemed to have the intention of cheating like this, but their hopes were quickly shattered. "Alright then, let''s do this, killing some E-Rank or F-Rank Monsters will be easy,"ughed Fernand, as he grabbed his Magic Sword which began to glow with fire. The ''Firebrand'' family was known to have the ability to wield Fire-rted Skills, and Fernand''s specialty was to use it on his special Magic Sword, an item specifically crafted to be able to absorb elements and use them to enhance its shing power. The parties then began to hop in one by one, with a window of around five minutes per party, the test would start the moment thest party would enter, which was Noah''s party. Crossing through the rift, the five outcasts reached a different scenario than the one they had seen in the caves of the F-Rank Dungeon filled with Goblins. "A forest¡­" said Arthur, ncing towards the tall trees erecting towards the sky. The forest was almostpletely covered in trees, which made the light that entered the surface very dim. There was a slight white mist floating around the forest, and the temperature was rather cold, the ''sun'' of this dungeon was barely hitting the ground due to the trees taking most of this sunlight, which made the surface filled with mushrooms, not for consumption and logs, tree branches, and small insects. It seemed almost like a normal forest in the old earth, as the forests from the new earth after the apocalypse were chaotic ces filled with mutated nts and beasts. Iris quickly made her fox ears pop up from her head, enhancing her auditory senses, while cyclops used its single eye to detect things nearby. Noah had decided to grab no weapons at all, which had surprised Arthur a bit, but he seemed so confident about it that he did not try to convince him to take one. Iris was the same and was strangely sticking very near Noah, almost touching him with her shoulders. Meanwhile, Jon was in I the middle of the group, while Arthur behind and his maid moving his wheelchair through the areas, such wheelchair was specially adapted to be able to slide through many types of terrain, something that might bepletely useless as crippled people should not even go to dungeons, to begin with, but that Arthur''s rich family gave him the luxury of having. As Arthur chatted with his maid and Iris about the monsters present in this Dungeon, Noah took the time to check his Attribute Panel. [Noah] [Bloodline: Vampire (Awakening)] [Vitality: 43] [Mind: 44] [Force: 36] [Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Undying Body: 20 (A)], [Blood ws: 31 (C)], [Blood Maniption: 42 (D)], [Blood Projectiles: 25 (D)], [Champion''s Great Perseverance: 16 (C)], [Telepathy: 7 (D)] His stats had increased a bit since yesterday as he have grind a few Cores while Iris was torturing Adamantine, and had managed to get two of his attribute values up to 40 in Vitality and Mind, while his Force was still a bit lower than the rest, it seemed that the Blood Maniption and Blood Projectiles Skill used Mind for damage calction, so it made his long-ranged attacks stronger. He had also acquired the Telepathy Skill just yesterday, it was very useful to discuss things with Iris without others being able to hear them. "I am stillcking on stats, Fernand has way higher than mine, even with Champions Great Perseverance boost¡­ I need a bit more to crush him¡­" sighed Noah. "I''ve read that the monsters of the Miasma Forests are mostly Walking Mushrooms that can release poisonous spores, so make sure to stick near me so I can heal you if you guys ever get hit with them¡­ And there are also said to be big cats named Shadow Lynxes, that can manipte shadows to an extent, those are more dangerous, and are qualified as peak F-Rank¡­ We have to react well whenever one appears," said Arthur, he was very informed. "I see, don''t worry, if we all work together¡­ It should be possible," said Noah as he smiled back at Arthur with odd confidence, which Arthur did not remember from the usual bullied Noah. Even Jon noticed this and also Arthur''s maid, but Iris seemed used to this, and oddly close to Noah, making the rest of the group believe that they might be in some kind of secret rtionship, or even be a couple. As the party walked through, noises around bushes emerged, as three creatures leaped out, frantically running towards them with theirrge root-like feet. They were Walking Mushrooms, giant living mushrooms with enormous caps atop them, each one had a different color and marks on them. Although these monsters could be considered to be at the level of the Goblin Warriors or Goblin Mages, theycked a lot of the goblin''s abilities, and their strongest asset, or perhaps the only one was to be able to release toxic spore clouds when they got near a target. "Grrryarr!" "Grrooooohh¡­!" "Grruuururu¡­!" "Arthur-sama, let me handle them!" said Timassa, as she generated an arrow-shaped bolt of lightning, firing it towards the nearest Walking Mushroom! Zap! The lightning bolt hit the nearest Walking Mushroom, as it exploded into pieces of mushroom in an instant! "GRUUOOH!" However, the other two Walking Mushroom approached the party, jumping towards Jon and Arthur! Timassa needed her Mana to recharge for a few seconds before using her powerful Bolt Arrow Skill, as she rushed towards the front of Arthur, raising the shield she brought. "Arthur-sama, I shall protect you!" she said. Meanwhile, Job barely was holding back the creature while being boosted by Arthur''s Skills, he was using a small shield and a short sword, although the Walking Mushroom seemed enraged, as its cap began to inte, meaning that it would soon release a cloud of toxic spores. "Grruooh- Geh!" However, the Walking Mushroom fighting Jon was suddenly stopped on its track, as a sh of crimson light sliced it in half, making it disappear into ck smoke instantly while dropping a core into the ground! "Ah¡­!" muttered Jon, surprised as it saw Noah in front of him, his hands were covered in some kind of crimson material, shaped as sharp ws. "GRRRYARR!" The Mushroom that attacked Timassa suddenly unleashed a barrage of attacks, seemingly being a rare type of monster that possessed more than its base Skill, throwing back the delicate maid who was more oriented at magic! sh! "Nnngaaahh¡­!" "Timassa!" cried Arthur, as he conjured a bright yellow light over her faraway body, as the Walking Mushroom jumped towards him! "GRYHIHIHI!" itughed maliciously, almost celebrating an easy prey! sh! sh! sh! sh! However, in an instant, the Walking Mushroom was showered in slicing attacks, exploding into pieces! Boom! "¡­Eh? Iris?!" asked Arthur in surprise, as Iris showcased her long ck nails, which she used as des to easily slice the monster. Her body was also covered in phantom and a red aura, enhancing her stats a bit more. "We told you that as long as we are together we will manage," said Noah. ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 23 - Against The Shadow Lynx! ----- Noah and Iris had decided to use their Skills immediately, showcasing their true strength to their party members, which Noah had already nned that would be joining their side soon enough as Dhampirs or Ghouls. "That''s¡­ Amazing, those nails simply sliced through that monster¡­!" said Arthur in shock. "Strong¡­" muttered Jon, seemingly admiring Noah''s crimson ws, which slowly disappeared from his hands. "Arthur-sama, are you okay?" asked Timassa, ignoring what was happening and checking if Arthur had received any damage or something else. "Y-Yes, I am okay, Timassa¡­ But¡­ Iris, Noah¡­ Are those really your Skills?" asked Arthur impressed. "It''s all thanks to Noah¡­ He has given me the power to do this," said Iris. "The¡­ power?" asked Arthur. "I have awakened my Ability recently. However, it is a secret for now," said Noah. "I-I see¡­ Well, that''s a relief, I am d that we can have more people to rely on," said Arthur with a mild smile, although he was left intrigued about what kind of power Noah truly had. After all, he was deemed useless andpletely powerless, however, now he seemed to have be apletely different person, especially because of the strong aura he emanated. Iris was also rather ''useless'' and even insulted by most of the ss as a ''pig'' due to her smaller and slightly chubbyplexion, she wasn''t really fat at all, but due to her wide hips and her belly, she was called by those that hated her appearance, such as Adamantine. Was that Noah really the same ''Useless Noah''? And was that Iris really the same ''Pig Iris''? Timassa seemed to have grown wary of Noah and Iris, although they had saved Arthur and Jon''s lives, they emanated a powerful presence that made her instinctively feel like they were up to no good. Jon, in the other case, did not fear them at all, in fact, he was slowly growing strangely fascinated. It was as if something on Noah made him want to follow him, some kind of essence within his existence. As the party continued walking through the Dungeon, the Blood Progenitor, who had been watching things over in silence, spoke to Noah. "You have already shown them your Skills¡­ Are you sure about that? What if they tell the teachers and other students and end up making many people grow interested or suspicious about you? Such things might end up making your ns be difficult to aplish," said the Blood Progenitor. "I know. But it is not like I am letting them go. I will find an opportunity to convert all three into Dhampirs by my bite or Ghouls by Iris'' bite," said Noah, mentallymunicating with the Blood Progenitor. "Hm, well, it seems that you have a n, do you?" asked the Blood Progenitor. "Nothing tooplicated. But I am guessing already that based on how this whole test works¡­ that other students mighte to steal our Cores," said Noah. "What? Oh, you mean¡­?" muttered the Blood Progenitor. "So you realized. Indeed, this whole test seems to be built like this. I don''t know if it is really intentional or not. But there is no way that each party would be able to gather 20 Cores each in 7 hours, there is a limit of how many monsters spawn on a Dungeon through these hours after all. Sooner orter, students will begin to attack each other to steal Cores, and most likely, as we are considered to be very weak, we will fall into their primary target¡­" said Noah to the Blood Progenitor. "Heh. This world is really filled with scum¡­ I like it," said the Blood Progenitor. "The scum is everywhere, even in the teachers, they must have intentionally done it like this, so they can also get to test which students are truly qualified to fight against other hunters, which are often seen as more valuable for obvious reasons. After all, this world is dominated by enormous organizations that fight against each other constantly through the Sectors. What they want the most is not someone that can kill monsters (as everyone with a power can), but those with the talent to fight against other humans with powers," said Noah. "You''ve figured a lot on your own¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "Not really, as a useless human, I studied a lot of how this world worked in my vast free time in between bullying and sses," said Noah. As the party continued their trip, Noah decided to check Iris''s progress through her status panel, as she noticed him ncing at her, she flushed a bit. [Iris] [Bloodline: Dhampir (Awakening)] [Vitality: 26] [Mind: 27] [Force: 27] [Skill(s): [Demon Phantom Fox: 31 (C)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Undying Body: (A)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Poisonous ck Nails: 43 (D)], [Lesser Blood Maniption: 27 (E)], [Rage Mode: 14 (D)], [Telepathy: 5 (D)] Much like Noah, Iris had also hunted a few Goblins on her own yesterday and had mange dot increase her stats by a bit, although not as much as Noah. She had also gotten the Telepathy Skill, which she used to chat with Noah without speaking a word. "Noah-sama, are you looking at my status? I''ve grown a bit more¡­" she said with a slight proudness. "I can see that. Although this is not enough, let''s make sure to hunt any monster wee across in here, you need to grow stronger," said Noah rather expressionlessly. "Sure thing!" said Iris. "GRRAAOOH¡­!" Suddenly, the party was startled by the roar of a giant feline! Arge, two meters tall shadow emerged from within the trees, leaping towards Jon! sh! "T-That''s a Shadow Lynx!" said Arthur, pointing at it as Jon was startled by the fierce emerald eyes of the monster! The mass of shadows then revealedrge paws filled with sharp ws, pointing them towards Jon! "Ah!" cried Jon in surprise, falling into the ground and being left at the mercy of the beast! "Blood de," said Noah, as he summoned his Blood Sphere, taking a chunk of blood from it and shaping it as a de of crystalized blood in less than a second! sh! Arthur, Timassa, and Jon were left in disbelief as Noah suddenly summoned such a powerful long-ranged attack! sh! The de prated right through the Shadow Lynx, shing through its flesh and throwing the beast to the sides, saving Jon''s life! "GRRAAAOOH¡­!" The beast, however, seemed to have arge vitality, as it quickly stood up and fiercely leaped to the nearest target, its mouth was salivating, it seemed to be incredibly hungry,pletely disregarding the wound on its back! sh! "Bolt Arrow!" said Timassa, conjuring her Skill andunching it towards the Shadow Lynx, as the powerful lightning impacted the feline creature with a loud explosion! Boom! "GROOARR¡­!" However, the Shadow Lynxpletely tanked the hit, leaping right towards Arthur, as Timassa was not able to protect him with her shield this time! "It''s rather strong¡­" said Noah, appearing right beside the Shadow Lynx as he unleashed a barrage of shing attacks towards the beast, throwing it through the air! sh! "GRRAAOOH¡­!" The creature quickly stood up, breathing heavily, as Iris emerged right beside it without it noticing in time! "GRAAAH!" Roaring like a beast herself, Iris shrouded her body with her Demon Phantom Fox and Rage Mode Skills, enhancing her Attribute Values and raining the monster with her shing and poisonous nail attacks! sh! sh! sh! "GROAR!" The Shadow Lynx leaped out after taking some serious damage, trying to run away! "You''re not going anywhere!" said Noah maliciously, firing arge Blood Spear towards the beast''s torso, impaling it as it tried to escape! sh! "GRROAARR¡­!" Poof! The creature released a small agonizing shriek before disappearing into ck smoke, leaving some Cores behind. "A-Amazing¡­" muttered Arthur, even Timassa had begun to see Noah differently as well. "Well, things haven''t ended yet, it seems that we got some more unwanted visits," said Noah, pointing at a pair ofrger Shadow Lynxes who emerged from the bush! ----- Chapter 24 - Against Two Big Shadow Lynxes! ...And A Greater Threat Aproaches! ----- "Two¡­ more!" said Arthur in awe, the strong F-Rank monsters, Shadow Lynxes, had great vitality and agility, and deadly ws, he was left almost hopeless against such creatures, and even Timassa, his protector and maid were not able to kill them with her strong Bolt Arrow Skill. The feline beasts nced at Noah and his group and seemed greatly angered. Noah realized that these Shadow Lynxes were in fact way bigger than the one they killed¡­ "Could these be its parents? Do monsters even breed? But how?" wondered Arthur, who was very attentive and also realized the same thing as Noah. "It doesn''t matter what they are, if they try to attack us, we''ll kill them, that''s how this world works, Arthur," said Noah, charging towards one of the Shadow Lynxes who was startled by his offensive! "GROAR!" The second Shadow Lynx tried to attack Noah''s side, opening its jaws, and pointing its sharp ws towards Noah''s torso! "Bolt Arrow!" Timassa assisted Noah, as she conjured an arrow made of lightning, throwing it towards the Shadow Lynx and electrifying it, throwing it not the ground! Noah smiled as he realized that such a fast projectile attack was very useful, and was also more impactful than his Blood Projectiles. "GROAR!" The Shadow Lynx in front of Noah roared, suddenly gathering darkness around itself as several magic circles emerged,rge watermelon-sized shadow spheres emerged in an instant,unching themselves towards Noah! "Blood w!" Noah roared, as he shed his crimson ws, releasing a scarlet energy force, exploding against some of the Shadow Bullets, although others managed to get through his attack and impacted his stomach and shoulder! sh! sh! "Blood Spear!" Noah simply ignored the damage he took, forming a Blood Spear through the blood he had saved on his Blood Sphere, it was fired right into the face of the Shadow Lynx in front of him! CLASH! "NGRRAH¡­!" Poof! One hit kill! Noah managed to immediately y the creature by prating its skull with his Blood Spear, by getting near it so it could not easily evade the fast-speed crystalized blood projectile. Noah fell to the ground as he consumed some of his stockpiled blood, recovering his wounds slowly, as he red at the other Shadow lynx, the one that was hit by Timassa, which was now fighting Iris. "GRAAR!" The Shadow Lynx leaped towards Iris, raising its ws coated in shadows as Iris used her long ck nails coated in poison while enhancing her attribute values with Demon Phantom Fox and Rage Mode, making her numbers a bit over the Shadow Lynx, enough for her to be able to deal severe wounds on its body where poison seeped in, weakening the creature. "Bolt Arrow!" Timassa once more helped with her strong Skill, as a bolt of lightning crashed against the Shadow Lynx, blowing it away into the air! "Now!" said Iris, leaping out of the ground and unleashing a constant barrage of shing attacks, filling the Shadow Lynx with poison while being on midair! sh! sh! sh! "GRRAOOH¡­!" Poof! The Shadow Lynx finally perished, as it exploded into ck smoke, alongside a few Cores that Iris grabbed. "A-Amazing¡­" said Arthur. "Thanks for the help, Timassa," said Iris with a gentle smile. "It is the least I could do," said Timassa. "Nice, with this¡­ we have around 6 Cores, 14 more to go," said Noah with a confident grin. "We are doing this pretty fast, it has only been an hour since we started the test," said Arthur, praising Noah and Iris''s strength. "Strong¡­" said Jon, ncing at Noah with its single eye with admiration. "W-Well, let''s continue then, thanks for your help¡­ Although I am still incredibly surprised about your changes¡­ Why do you want to hide your abilities, Noah, Iris? You seem to be extraordinarily strong, if you revealed them, you might even be more respected¡­" said Arthur, as the party explored more of the forest. "Well, as I said, it''s a secret¡­ Although we have an intention to do so¡­ Being looked down is not so bad, it helps us lower the guard of those we want to target," said Noah with a calm smile. "That''s right, fufu¡­" said Iris with a slight chuckle. "Lower the guard¡­?" wondered Arthur, as Timassa patted his shoulders. "Arthur-sama, it would be better for you to stop asking questions¡­" she said. "O-Oh, was I being unpolite? I apologize¡­" said Arthur. "Not at all, it is normal to feel curious, Arthur¡­" said Noah. "Indeed," said Iris. "Anyways, have you found any type of way to heal back your legs?" asked Noah, as Arthur was a bit surprised by the question, but then nced at the floor. "Oh¡­ No, not yet¡­ There are rumors about an A-Rank Hunter that specializes in healing, but it doesn''t live in this Sector, and it is employed by even richer corporations and organizations, although my family might have some money, we are not an organization nor we hold a great monopoly, so our connections are limited to this Sector, bringing people from other Sectors is hard¡­" said Arthur. "I see¡­ What would you do if someone could give you those legs for free, what would you do for that person?" asked Noah, shocking the whole party except Iris. "Eh? What¡­ do you mean?" asked Arthur. "What would you do, Arthur? Tell me," said Noah rather calmly with a soothing voice. "I¡­ I would be very grateful, in fact, I might really be very grateful¡­ I guess?" said Arthur. "How grateful?" asked Noah. "I¡­ What with that question? There''s no way that you could¡­" muttered Arthur. "Noah, please don''t tease Arthur-sama''s condition¡­" said Timassa with a sharp re. "I am not teasing him. But perhaps I might have a way to help him," said Noah rather carefreely. "What?! R-Really?" asked Arthur. "That''s why I am asking you, how devoted are you to get your legs back. Would you be¡­ something else for that? How important is it for you?" asked Noah. "I¡­ Since I lost my legs when I was very young that my life¡­ even with all of this money¡­ has not been good¡­ Not even being able to go to the bathroom by myself¡­ to not be able to freely move around¡­ I¡­ Every day I wish I could walk again¡­ to finally¡­ be independent¡­" said Arthur, as Timassa was a bit shocked by Arthur''s confession. "Arthur-sama¡­ Have I¡­ not done a good job?" asked Timassa with trembling lips. "Timassa¡­! No, you''ve¡­ done an excellent job. You''re perhaps the only person that¡­ brightens my life and makes it a bit worth it," said Arthur with a gentle smile, caressing Timassa''s hands. "Arthur-sama¡­" muttered Timassa as she flushed a bit, although she looked older than Arthur, they were off around the same age, but Arthur was rather small and looked even smaller while sitting on a wheelchair. "I wonder if Timassa would be willing to follow you on this path," murmured Iris. "Path¡­?" wondered Arthur. "This is already getting quite odd¡­ Could you two please reveal your intentions with Arthur-sama?" asked Timassa. "Heh, that would have to wait, we gotpany," said Noah. "Monsters?" asked Arthur. "No¡­ humans¡­" said Jon at Arthur''s side, who had detected a few figuresing from beneath the shadows of the trees. Five figures emerged, although they were not that familiar to Noah, they were a few of his ssmates. "Well, well, what do we got here? Fernand missed the opportunity to catch you I guess, I will dly take those Cores you have gathered, Useless," said a young man with brown hair and yellow eyes, grinning. "You''re¡­ Esmond? I am sorry but we can''t do that, we would be disqualified from the test if we don''t bring any Cores!" said Arthur. "Hah? And what do I care about that, crippled, give it or you''re getting a beating," said Esmond, one of the students from Noah''s ss. Noah, however, red at him rather carefreely. "Come and get them," he said. "Oh?! Have you finally gone insane, Useless?"ughed Esmond. ----- Author''s Note: If you like the story please give any powerstone you could spare, if we reach a nice number there will be bonus chapters at the end of the week, it all depends on you! Thank you very much for reading! Chapter 25 - Are You Insane Or Something?! ----- Esmond Oswalt was your typical young brat, although he was already 17, he was still rather immature, and liked to go around with girls that sucked up to him due to his strong Abilities. He was not from any important family, to say the least, but was lucky to have been given a strong Ability when he awakened and having acquired a few useful ones when he explored F-Rank Dungeons. He liked to make fun of others and badmouth them, although he usually did not engage in physical bullying, he liked tough and insult Noah, Iris, and even Arthur sometimes, despite Arthur being from a rather rich family, he was very confident in his strength and talent to the point where he didn''t need to worry. "Have you gone insane, useless? Do you want to get killed or something? I am surprised that you have survived up to this point in here, to be honest. Now, give them to me if you do not want to really experience what hell truly is," said Esmond rather smugly. "Hm. You''re right¡­ Sorry for being so disrespectful, Esmond¡­" muttered Noah rather shyly, as he slowly walked towards Esmond while grabbing his backpack! "What? Noah, what are you doing?! Don''t give them to him!" said Arthur. "Sorry, Arthur¡­ but he is way too strong¡­ But we cannot possibly win¡­ It is better to remain alive than to court death¡­" said Noah, as he nced at Esmond with fear in his eyes. "Yeah, that''s the expression I like from the trash like you-" sh. "Eh?" Esmond extended his arms towards Noah to grab the backpack, but in less than a second, he felt like something very sharp prated his chest. He red down below, seeing arge de made of a red crystal puncturing his chest and crossing through his spine, blood gushing out. "W-What¡­. Buuggahh¡­!" Esmond vomited a mouthful of blood, as he fell to the ground! "Eh?" "Ah?" "Huh?" "What¡­ Eh?" The four other girls at Esmond''s side were just as shocked. For a moment, they thought that this was some kind of optical illusion or something. They could not have possibly seen Noah generate a crimson de out of thin air to stab Esmond''s chest, right? No, how could the Useless Noah even do such a thing! He did not even have an Ability nor the System! ¡­Right? Well, it seemed that the truth was different than what their minds had fabricated, as Esmond finally came to his senses, the sharp pain was still there, as he nced above him as Noah''s hair turned white and his eyes crimson red. "I was waiting for someone to show up, I was growing rather thirsty," he said. "Impossible¡­ You cannot¡­ how?! You awakened an Ability and kept it¡­ secret?!" asked Esmond, barely managing to muster words while vomiting blood constantly¡­ if he continued like this, he would die soon after! "Surprise, surprise," said Noah, as he noticed Esmond slowly gathering his Ability on his arms, as a sudden coverage of solid rock emerged, using it as a shield and a weapon, and trying to attack Noah so he could run away and heal in time! "Oh no, you''re not going anywhere!"ughed Noah, evading Esmond''s lethargic punches and kicking him into the face! sh! "Unngggoooohhh¡­!" "Blood Spear," said Noah, walking slowly towards Esmond. "Wait¡­ you can''t possibly¡­ you will¡­ really kill me?! Are you are insane or something?! That''s¡­ murder! You will be a criminal!" roared Esmond, as he covered his chest and around his body with more rocks, and then, pointing his hands towards Noah, firing small rock bullets from his hands! Noah evaded some and destroyed others with his Blood ws, the speed of the attacks was not evenparable to the Shadow Lynxes Shadow Bullets, mostly because Esmond was weakened due to therge wound on his chest and also because such long-ranged attacks spent a lot of energy that he was trying to save. sh! sh! sh! "A Murderer? Didn''t you say that if we resisted you would have killed us? Oh? Maybe you were not actually going to kill us¡­? Oh my, maybe I misunderstood you!" said Noah as heughed and reached to Esmond, using the Blood Spear to prate through his rock exterior, into his stomach! sh! "Gyaaaaaggghh¡­!" Esmond roared in agony as he vomited another mouthful of blood! "Quite the resilient guy, you''re really a Tank ss Hunter are you?"ughed Noah. "Stop¡­ Stop!!!" roared one of the girls that came with Esmond, with white hair and ck eyes, she suddenly generated a ck arrow out of thin air, pointing it at Noah! The other three girls quickly followed her, conjuring their own attacks, a freezing wind, a lightning spark, and a fireball! "How about we cut off your ankles?"ughed Iris, running towards the four girls at an immense speed while being enhanced with Demon Phantom Fox and Rage Mode, extending her ck nails and shing the four girls ankles in a single slice! sh! "Eh?!" "Gyaaaah!" "Unnggaah¡­!" "M-My ANKLES!" The four girls quickly fell to the ground almost as if they were synchronized. Arthur, Jon, and Timassa were still in shock by seeing this unfold. "S-Stop¡­ Please, Noah, Iris, stop! It''s wrong¡­ you shouldn''t¡­ Kill other people! We are growing stronger so we can¡­ protect them!" said Arthur. "Are you kidding me, Arthur? You are crippled and this bastard still dared to fuck with you. Do you think he has any respect for what you believe or about what you are? He''s trash, and I love to take out the trash," said Noah. "B-But he is our ssmate!" said Arthur. "Arthur-sama¡­" muttered Timassa, she was still doubting what to do, while Jon only watched at Iris and Noah with fascination. "ssmate or not, don''t you realize how wicked this whole test is? It was made so conflicts like these urred, this is what our school wants us to do. They want us to kill each other so the strongest and most suitable for their interest surges," said Noah. "That''s¡­ no¡­ it can''t be¡­" muttered Arthur, as a giant fireball was suddenlyunched towards him! "I am going to kill you all!!!" roared one of the girls, in anger and pain over her ankles being sliced off, she fired a giant fireball towards Arthur! "Ah!" cried Arthur in surprise, as the heat neared him! "Bolt Arrow!" said Timassa, generating a bolt of lightning shaped into an arrow, and firing it towards the fireball, stopping it on its tracks as it exploded! BOOM! Iris evaded the attacks of the four girls, as she made her way towards the redhead capable ofunching fireballs! "What a cute neck you get there, care if I slice it?" asked Iris, as she evaded the fireballing to her, nearing her sharp nails towards the redhead''s tender neck! "G-Get away from meee!!!" cried the redhead girl, firing several fireballs and expending all of her Mana! "RAAAH!" Iris roared savagely, unleashing a barrage of slicing attacks and destroying a few fireballs while evading others, although some impacted her and burned her face and chest, she slowly began to recover those wounds, ignoring the pain! "W-What? You took my fireballs into the face and you are still alive?! What kind of¡­ monster are you¡­?! You are¡­ You''re a monster, you fucking pig-" SLASH! Iris did not let the girl finish her words as her head was sliced off her neck in an instant. She manipted the flood of blood and drank a bit while saving the rest in her Blood Sphere, while also grabbing the head of the girl with its hair, which was still convulsing. The three girls and Esmond who was barely tanking Noah''s attacks nced at the scene. "E-Eh?! N-No way¡­! You¡­ actually killed her!!!" cried one of the girls. "Amandaaaaaaa!!!" "You murderers!" "Kill them, kill them!" "N-No way¡­ this must be a bad dream¡­ there is possibly no¡­ way¡­" muttered Esmond, as Noah stood at his side. "Believe it or not, this is reality, Esmond," said Noah. ----- Chapter 26 - Taking Care Of The Trash ----- Reality. The moment Esmond was attacked by Noah, who he believed to be a weakling and useless ability-less human, was when his perception of reality warped. After trying his best to survive by employing his Skills, he managed to cover his body with rocks as he would usually do to fight or defend himself, managing to live a few more seconds than Noah had anticipated. And then, he saw one of the girls that followed him around and with who he had sex some days within the week, Amanda. He really did not even care about her. He did not even love her or anything at all. It could be said that the only person Esmond loved was himself. But still, seeing the girl he has been with a lot of time be beheaded so crudely in front of him really impacted him. He was already pissing and shitting himself out of fear, and now he just finally saw someone from his party actually dying. ¡­Although Esmond did not know that this test was actually designed for such things, he had thought about beating Noah''s party until they could not move and then leave them to the mercy of the monsters. Even if he had some kind of intention of killing these useless people, he was not going to nasty his hands. But Noah and Iris were willing to do so, and very crudely at that. "Y-You¡­ killed Amanda!" cried Esmond, as he tried to st Noah away with another rock projectiles, but he quickly noticed that they began toe out smaller and smaller, his mana was already getting low. If he could reach his backpack and get a potion, maybe he would be able to recover some Mana¡­ But Noah was not letting him do as he pleased. Noah did not want to waste more blood in projectiles as he began to use his Blood ws, crushing the rock exterior of Esmond as he agonized loudly. "Okay, I get it! I will not¡­ bully you anymore! Please¡­! Just do not kill me! I¡­ I have a lot of connections you know?! I could be very useful to whatever you want to do! Please¡­ Don''t kill meeee!" cried Esmond, as his rock exterior went flying into the air through Noah''s crimson ws. "Sounds tentative, but I''ve already made up my mind, I don''t want any of you to remain alive, so you don''t go telling the teachers¡­ Maybe I could convert you, but I cannot really imagine having an idiot like you at my side," said Noah rather calmly, as Esmond roared, using this opportunity to release thest explosion of rocks, which he used to dart away! BOOM! Noah took the hits as he was left with a few wounds while the other rocks were blocked by his ws, he nced at Esmond coldly and expressionlessly. "So you had that trick below your sleeve," he said, as he quickly ran towards Esmond who was trying to run away! Esmond was barely standing, running away until he realized that Arthur was still rather confused, he did not want Noah and iris to do this! "Oi! Arthur, heal me! HEAL ME YOU LITTLE SHIT!" he roared, as he ran towards Timassa, who got into her way! "Get away from Arthur-sama- NGAAH¡­!" CLASH! Timassa was blown away by Edmond''s powerful rock punch, several of her ribs breaking as she was thrown like a bloody ragdoll near a tree! "Edmond¡­ I¡­!" muttered Arthur, as Edmond fiercely grasped Arthur''s neck! "NNGAAH¡­ NNnggooh¡­!" cried Arthur, barely gasping for air. Noah nced at the scene as he stopped in his tracks. "If you give one single step, I am breaking this little rat''s neck! NOW, HEAL ME, YOU PIECE OF TRASH!" roared Edmond. "H-He¡­ He¡­ Hea¡­!" "GET AWAY FROM ARTHUR-SAMA!" Suddenly, an enormous bolt of lightning emerged from the side of Edmond, the same direction where Timassa was thrown, as the gigantic lightning bolt shed against Edmond, throwing him away as Arthur fell to the ground! CRASH! "UNNGGYYAAAAAHH¡­!" BOOM! Edmond''s body fell to the ground, as he vomited mouthfuls of blood, even hisrge vitality was beginning to not work with so many wounds¡­ Noah smiled, appearing right before him. "Sorry for the wait, Blood Spear," said Noah, generating a spear of crystallized blood, right above Edmond''s face! "I should have really just aimed at your forehead the moment I threw that attack at you, but I wanted to see you suffer some more. I guess I shouldn''t have even thought about that," said Noah. "Wait¡­ You¡­ little SHIT! Nnnngggyaaaahh¡­!" cried Edmond, as the Blood Spear prated his forehead, going all the way into his brain and getting out through his skull! CLASH! Noah quickly began to manipte all the blood that Esmond possessed, drinking mouthfuls of it to recover his wounds and strength while saving the rest inside of his Blood Sphere. Meanwhile, Iris had already killed another girl through poison and was dealing with two who could barely move and were simply desperately spamming attacks. The moment they saw Esmond die, theypletely lost all of their hope. "ESMOND¡­! DIEEE!" "H-HE¡­ KILLED HIM?! YOU FUCKING PIG!" The two women began to release lightning bolts and spears of darkness towards Iris, who was barely evading while also shielding herself within the tall trees. The two quickly grew frustrated, as they pointed their spears to weaker targets! "We will take at least one with us!" cried one. "Die, you little shit!" cried the other, as the two girls fired their attacks at Arthur who was in the ground, Timassa had many of her bones broken, and could barely move! "A-Arthur-sama!!!" she cried, trying to exert some of her power but not being able to due to her excessive use of Mana, which even gave her a sharp headache. Arthur was unconscious when his head hit the ground rather strongly, the lightning and darkness closing in! Suddenly, someone who had been hiding this whole time appeared, Jon, grabbing arge shield and putting himself in front of Arthur! BOOM! Lightning and Darkness shed against Jon, his shield broke into pieces and he received arge wound on his chest, sending him flying into the air to fall loudly into the ground. "That''s enough," said Noah, as he and Iris quickly rushed towards the two girls, who had run out of Mana and tried to struggle to the veryst minute, their cries of fear and agony resonated through the forest! sh! sh! Noah ripped apart one of the girl''s head, while the other had her head sliced off by Iris, asrge quantities of blood exploded out of their severed necks like rivers of scarlet nectar. "Ungh¡­!" Noah and Iris quickly walked towards their party, which was barely hanging on their lives. Timassa was barely standing, as she finally reached Arthur, her insides were mostly crushed, and she would soon die. "Please¡­ save¡­ Arthur-sama¡­" she cried, ncing at her unconscious master. "Sure thing and there will be two legs as an extra,"ughed Noah, grabbing Arthur rather brutishly as he seeped his fangs into his neck, surprising Timassa as she tried to resist and attack Noah for what he was doing! "Stop¡­! Ungh¡­!" However, Iris appeared and embraced her, quickly biting her neck as well. "Ah¡­! Aahh¡­!" After a few seconds, Noah was done with Arthur, throwing him into the ground as his skin suddenly turned pale white as if he had died, however, a strange crimson aura emerged from his body. Iris sucked Timassa''s blood from her tender neck until she fell unconscious, leaving her resting while undergoing her transformation as she nced at Noah bite Jon''s tender neck rather hurriedly and without many delicacies, only giving a quick bite and then taking some blood before dropping him into the ground. As the seconds went by, Noah and Iris poured blood into their mouths so they could drink it, making the changes go faster. The changes into their bodies finally began to emerge as their wounds healed themselves, Arthur''s legs slowly began to grow like young saplings, and even Jon''s blind eye recovered. "Wee to our family¡­" said Noah, as Iris smiled at the three new members of their creed, who had just woken up. ----- Chapter 27 - New Vampiric Subordinates ----- Arthur would often dream about having his legs back. He would dream about being able to walk, to finally protect his beloved ones, instead of being the one protected all the time. He always woke up of these dreams while ncing at his legs, only to find them missing. It was as if each day he wished reality was just a mere dream, while his dreams could be reality. But the reality is often disappointing. Arthur woke up from his daze, ncing at his surroundings. He felt a strange sensation, almost alien to him. Somehow, he had something within his legs muttons. There was some strange electrifying sensation growing from them, which began to hurt a lot. He felt a bit of dullness at first but then felt strange nausea and dizziness. He nced at his surroundings once more, finding Timassa at his side¡­ Although her appearance had changed slightly, as her eyes were crimson red and her hair had turned purple, alongside this, her skin was of an unhealthy pale white, almost like candle wax. "Timassa?" asked Arthur. Arthur found his maid, Timassa, crying out loud. Arthur was sure that she had been hit by Edmond and was covered in blood¡­ but now she seemed quite fine. "Why are you crying? What''s going on?" asked Arthur. "Your¡­ legs¡­ Arthur-sama, your legs are back!" cried Timassa, embracing Arthur with a hug as Arthur suddenly realized something strange. The weird pain and dullness that he felt on his missing legs were not just his imagination or the hallucination of theck of oxygen by being strangled by Edmond. He could clearly see them now. His legs. "Eh?" Arthur could not believe what he was seeing with his very eyes. For so long as he dreamed about finally recovering his legs, but after so many years, such a dream seemed to be slowly fading away. He had already begun to think that it would be useless to keep trying¡­ Yet because of Timassa and her support, and because Arthur did not want to make her suffer, he decided to keep striving forward¡­ Although he had long ago begun to give up on his entire life. If it were not because of the woman that was hugging him now, he might have even ended his life before he could have even reached this day. Arthur began to cry, as warm tears started to drop from his crimson eyes. "Aahh¡­ My legs¡­ but how? Is this¡­ another dream? Is this another dream, Timassa?" wondered Arthur. "No, Arthur-sama¡­ Your legs¡­ your legs are really back!" said Timassa with a warm smile, although her appearance changed slightly, she was still the same devoted woman that Arthur loved. "H-How? How is this¡­ real?" cried Arthur, as he finally noticed Jon at his side, he was touching his face. Jon''s brown hair had turned blue, and his eye was scarlet red¡­ alongside that, the blind eye he had suddenly gained its color, and became purple-colored. "My eye¡­ I can see¡­ with my two¡­ eyes¡­" muttered Jon, he had said more words than Arthur had ever heard him say. "So? How do you like your new legs and eyes? Nice, isn''t it?" asked the familiar voice of a young man that has surprised the trio since he joined their party. "Noah¡­ You¡­ You did this?" asked Arthur. "Indeed, I did. And well, Iris also helped Timassa get through it. Now that you are all part of my creed, you will serve me for eternity," said Noah, his crimson eyes gleaming eerily with a dominant aura, which the three could not easily resist. Although Arthur and Timassa seemed to resist a bit, Jon waspletely fascinated with Noah and nced at him with a lot of devotion in his eyes. "Master¡­" he muttered, kneeling to Noah. "Good, Jon seems to get it quite quickly," said Noah. "Our family is steadily growing," said Iris, her crimson eyes gleaming just as eerily and dominant as Noah. "What is going on? C-Can I get an exnation first¡­?" wondered Arthur, he couldn''t feel afraid while being in front of his progenitor but had many questions. "I¡­ I have no clue either¡­ But I am sure that most of my bones had broken and my internal organs were destroyed when I was hit by Edmond¡­ My death was surelying, yet my body feelspletely anew," muttered Timassa. "That''s because of the regeneration that your new race brings to you," said Iris. "New¡­ race?" wondered Timassa. "All three of you can already notice the changes in your appearance, right?" asked Noah. "Check your attribute panels to realize your changes," said Iris. Timassa, Arthur, and Jon quickly checked their Attribute Panels, ncing as their Attribute Values increased a bit, alongside acquiring new Skills and even acquiring a bloodline. [Arthur] [Bloodline: Dhampir (Awakening)] [Vitality: 22] [Mind: 35] [Force: 19] [Skill(s): [Healing Light: 53 (C)] > [Healing Blight: 1 (B)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Undying Body: 1 (A)], [Waves of Erosion: 1 (B)] [Jon] [Bloodline: Dhampir (Awakening)] [Vitality: 15] [Mind: 20] [Force: 15] [Skill(s): [Hawk Eye: 61 (E)] > [irvoyance: 1 (B)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Undying Body: 1 (A)], [Cursed Evil Eye of Phantom Pain: 1 (A)] [Timassa] [Bloodline: Ghoul (Awakening)] [Vitality: 28] [Mind: 45] [Force: 19] [Skill(s): [Bolt Arrow: 61 (C)] > [Dark Bolt Spear: 1 (B)], [Ghoul: - (A)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Undying Body: 1 (A)], [Paralyzing Dark Lightning: 1 (A)] Noah also took a peek at each of the new Vampiric subordinate''s status, finding that they had grown exponentially stronger and acquired very useful Skills as well. Some of them which he would immediately find a good use for. Even Jon who was the weakest of the group acquired two new powerful Skills, irvoyance and Cursed Evil Eye of Phantom Pain, even with his low stats, he could still be useful through irvoyance that let him see anything he wanted in arge scope of vision of several meters around him, and the Cursed Evil Eye of Phantom Pain could inflict direct damage to a target just by ncing at it with it. Arthur in the other case had his Healing Light Skill evolve into Healing Blight, which seemed to be an even stronger healing skill with the ability to also drain health from others, and then there were the waves of erosion, which seemed to let him release waves that could slowly erode things like a deadly toxic substance, however, the effect was limited to a certain range, and the erosion was slow, although it dealth damage, it wasnt as powerful as other attacks from Noah and his subordinates, and due to the slow effect, it could be more catalogued as a Skill that slowed and weakened enemies but didn''t inflicted enough damage to make Arthur good at ying monsters by himselfpletely, but he was a very good support unit. Timassa''s stats surprised Noah a bit, as she seemed to have been fairly okay before bing a Ghoul, being specialized in the Mind Stat, her Bolt Arrow evolved into Dark Bolt Spear, an even stronger version of the former Skill, and she also acquired the Paralyzing Dark Lightning Skill, which could let her release paralyzing shocks of lightning at her target. Noah now had even more useful tools at his disposal! "Dhampir? What is¡­ this?" wondered Arthur in surprise. "And I am a Ghoul¡­?" asked Timassa. "I am a Dhampir¡­" said Jon. "Wee to my creed. I am your Vampire Progenitor, through my bite, and that of Iris who was also converted by me, you have been granted a new chance at life. Rejoice, as only greatness awaits those that follow me," boldly said Noah. "Vampire? Is this your Ability, Noah? To convert others into your race and give them power?" asked Arthur. "Yes, it is an SSS-Rank Ability, after all, named the Blood Progenitor!" said Noah. "Blood¡­ Progenitor¡­" muttered Jon. "Wait¡­ then Noah, are you the one that sole Fernand''s Blood Core?" asked Timassa in surprise. "Heh, that''s right," said Noah. ----- Chapter 28 - Kneel Before Your Progenitor! ----- After Timassa, Jon, and Arthur woke up, they quickly noticed the changes in their bodies. Their skin had turned pale white, their eyes crimson red, and even their hair had been dyed of a different color except for Arthur, whose blonde hair remained of its original color, albeit while having lost some of its lusters. After a little exnation, Timassa realized something¡­ Noah was the one behind the theft of Fernand Firebrand''s Blood Core, the one he was carrying around and showing it off everyone like a fool. Such item was an SSS-Rank Blood Core acquired from the drops of the SSS-Rank Blood Progenitor Boss, which Fernand had gotten his hands into after his older brother, an S-Rank Hunter gifted the item to him so he could grow stronger. However, instead of using it straight away, he showed it off to everyone and even foolishly left it inside of his room, where Noah sneaked in by the instructions of the voice of the Blood Progenitor into his head and stole it, fusing with it and acquiring the powers of the Blood Progenitor! "That''s right, Timassa, I stole it and made it my power¡­ Now that exnations are over, all of you shall join my creed, my family. I expect gratitude from you, as I have saved your lives and also given you a new strength¡­" said Noah. "Kneel before Noah-sama," said Iris. "K-Kneel?" asked Arthur. Jon immediately kneeled again with fervent devotion, as Timassa and Arthur doubted it a bit. Although they had the Subordinate''s Royalty Skill, it seemed that they were resisting a bit, mostly because they were not as mentally vulnerable as Jon was. However, as Arthur started to think about it, Noah did indeed save his life, and he even granted him the greatest wish he always had, getting his legs back. Timassa was also healed from death''s door, which was already amazing, something that not even Arthur''s healing Skill could have done so easily and fast. In the end, Arthur nced at Timassa, as the two realized that they really did not have any other option¡­ Noah had already done so much for them, they felt inherently very grateful, and couldn''t simply live with such guilt now, they had to serve him as much as they could¡­ Although these thoughts seemed natural in their minds, the Subordinate''s Royalty Skill was already taking effect on their minds, encroaching their thoughts to admire their Progenitor, Noah. "¡­Master, we shall now serve you," said Timassa. "Please, count on us from now on¡­" said Arthur rather shyly, he still needed to get used to his legs a bit more. "Good¡­" said Noah with an eerie smile, as Iris nodded in affirmation at his side with a pleasant smile. "Now then, we got a big mess in here¡­ If we stay for too long we may attract monsters. Let''s drain their blood and steal their belongings for now¡­ Such as these!" said Noah, walking towards the dried corpse of Edmond and grabbing his backpack with a blood tentacle, taking out 12 Cores from it. "So many cores¡­" muttered Arthur. "So they all died¡­" said Timassa. "Cores¡­" said Jon. "Indeed, we killed them as they were nning to kill us one way or another. As I said earlier, this test seems to have been made to provoke these types of conflicts, the military does not really care much about us, and it could even be said that we are all Guinea pigs for them," said Noah. "That''s¡­ can''t be true, right?" asked Arthur. "It is true. Edmond and his harem were nning to leave us fatally wounded and then that the monsters were to take care of us. Arthur, can''t you realize the truth already? We are trash, and we are even seen as eyesores to these people. For the sake of the few cores we collected, they would even be willing to kill us, albeit indirectly¡­" said Noah. "That''s¡­ but¡­" muttered Arthur, his mind was still rather confused, but what said Noah slowly began to make sense on his head. Indeed, even as a crippled and rich person, he was hated a lot, even the sole point of being weaker than the majority made him a target of abuse. Although Timassa was at his side so he could not be physically wounded, insults and hateful stares were a thing of every day. "Kill, kill, kill¡­ Is this world just all about killing each other? Even after being¡­ in such an apocalyptic era where we have amon enemy¡­" muttered Arthur. "Indeed, I believe that such thoughts had simply intensified. The times had changed, people are starving on the streets, monsters and mutated beasts roam the world, and more dungeon keep appearing, this world is filled with chaos, even with this seemingly order, it still the survival of the fittest world. Or as they like to say, a dog-eat-dog world," said Noah. "Have I lived in an illusion through the luxury of my family?" wondered Arthur. "Arthur-sama¡­ Don''t say such things¡­" muttered Timassa. "No, Timassa, he''s right," said Iris. "You had indeed lived in a tender illusion. Although I believe that even you had already begun to see this world with other eyes as you lost the hope of regaining your legs, haven''t you?" asked Noah. "I see¡­ But even then, isn''t this still illegal?" asked Arthur. "In this world the strong rules the weak, even in this rearranged society where people live in closed Sectors, it still the same. Hunters of high Ranks are even allowed to kill other people as long as they don''t leave enough evidence or bystanders to use them, the government even encourages such behavior sometimes, against other Sectors, killing the Hunters of other Sectors will help the government of the attacking Sector be able to easily assimte that area and their resources," said Noah. "That''s¡­ So what do we do with these corpses?" asked Arthur. "Arthur, Timassa, Jon, do you feel that your throats are a bit sore?" asked Noah. "Sore? Now that you say it¡­ Yes¡­" said Arthur. "Indeed¡­" said Timassa. "Hmm¡­" nodded Jon. "Then there is a nice buffet here, feel free to drink all these corpses'' blood until they end up as dried mummies, they had died, so make sure to honor their lives by making all the use of their corpses. It is the least we could for them!"ughed Noah, as Arthur, Timassa, and Jon doubted a bit. However, Jon simply waved his head, jumping into the beheaded corpse of a girl and beginning to drink its blood fiercely. Arthur and Timassa ended up epting such thirst, as the delicious scent of blood almost seemed intoxicating to their senses, their crimson eyes only gleamed more brightly. Arthur then started to drink the blood of a corpse, while Timassa, as a Ghoul, gave in to her more beastly instincts, beginning to devour the corpses'' flesh, which she found like the most delectable of meats she had ever tasted. Half an hour passed in this little feast, as only a few carcasses were left, Timassa ate the flesh of two entire corpses in this little time, even her was beginning to doubt if she was really the same as before anymore¡­ Even more, because she felt absolutely no guilt for what she did. "You are all good feed now, Arthur, you have a Dimensional Storage Ring, right?" asked Noah. "Yes, this is where we had been storing the Cores," said Arthur. "Good, how many slots does it have?" asked Noah. "Around fifty¡­" said Arthur. "Alright, put these carcasses inside, it would be better if we simply leave absolutely nothing behind¡­ And oh? Well, look at this¡­" said Noah with a wicked smile, as he took a strange Ability Core that he found above the corpse of Edmond¡­ ----- Chapter 29 - Farming Cores For The Rest Of The Test! ----- "I have found two more Ability Cores too¡­! Did these corpses dropped them?" asked Iris with curiosity, already going back to her cute and shy personality. "Indeed, it seems that we simply had bad luck when you killed those two at the rooftop¡­" said Noah. "Y-You had already killed more people?" asked Arthur. "Yeah, well, she did," said Noah. "A-Ah¡­ Well¡­ I was a bit wild there¡­ Hehe¡­" said Iris apologetically. "Anyways, did you know that Hunters can also drop Ability Cores? The chance is often kind of the same as normal monsters, which is quite low, but it seems that we got lucky this time, with three Ability Cores out of five people¡­"ughed Noah. "I¡­ did not¡­" said Arthur. "Well, that''s because we have never killed a person¡­" said Timassa. "Hmm¡­" nodded Jon in affirmation. "Well, I am not nning on stopping here. There are a few more people I really want to get rid of¡­ but anyways, make sure to save the carcasses and the items they held," said Noah, as Arthur slowly walked with his new legs, still getting used to them as he collected the items. "Now we have¡­ around 18 Cores, we just need to defeat a few more monsters and we should be done in here¡­ We still have around six hours or a bit more," said Arthur. "Hm, let''s grind for five hours then, we cannot waste the opportunity of grinding in such a Dungeon, as they had closed the dungeon entrances at night," said Noah. "That''s¡­ well, it makes sense," said Arthur. "Wouldn''t we be disqualified if we get out of the dungeonte?" asked Timassa. "No, the only thing they care about is getting out within these seven hours, this is why we can stay as much as we want," said Noah, walking around with his new party of vampiric subordinates. "This could also be a good opportunity for all three of you to get more used to your new Skills and bodies," said Iris. "Don''t worry about appearances, as you can get back to your original human ones just by willing it. As long as you do not activate your Skills, that is it," said Noah, showcasing how his hair and eye colors suddenly turned back to normal. "I-I see¡­ Like this?" wondered Arthur, as his pale white skin suddenly turned healthy once more, and his crimson eyes became aquamarine. "Oh, Arthur-sama, your appearance¡­" muttered Timassa, as her purple hair turned ck alongside her crimson eyes turning ck as well. Jon also changed his appearance without saying a word. "I wonder how we will exin my legs growing back¡­ You don''t want to reveal your power yet, Noah?" asked Arthur. "Not yet, until I get my revenge that''s it. After that, I might reveal it and then just leave this ce altogether, with enough strength we can register as Hunters outside of this School and do as we please," said Noah. "R-Really?" asked Arthur. "Yeah, now that you have gotten your legs back and that your strength is surging, do you really care about this school altogether? We can even get our own manor now with your resources, after killing a few bastards in here, we will get out," said Noah, deciding the fate of his party immediately. "I see¡­ now that I think about it, if we can simply be Hunters, it would be better. Military School is just a hindrance," said Arthur. "I will apany you anywhere you go, Arthur-sama¡­" said Timassa with enamored eyes, although she was now devoted to Noah too, she was the most to Arthur. Noah did not mind this as long as she was a loyal subordinate to him, and was not interested in her in the least nor in what she could feel for Arthur. "However, I do have nned some kind of excuse for your legs growing back, so don''t worry. And for Jon''s eye, he can cover it with his hair," said Noah. "I-I see¡­" said Arthur. "Hm," said Jon while nodding in affirmation. The party explored the Dungeon for the rest of five hours, withouting across another party, it seemed that the other parties might had already gathered their Cores and exited the Dungeon or¡­ as Noah thought, they might have been caught by other parties and gotten their Cores stolen and then left to the mercy of the monsters while being wounded. After five hours, the party had gathered up to 43 Cores in total, defeating any Walking Mushrooms and Shadow Lynxes that they came across, alongside the asional Gale Bird, which was arge hawk with the ability to release strong winds. There was not any Ability Core drop through the whole hunt, but Noah had already gotten three, which he nned to gift one to Iris (as she killed three of the girls, one of them that dropped an Ability Core) while keeping another two for himself. Arthur, Timassa, and Jon practiced their new skills a bit more, and Jon''s irvoyance seemed to be very useful in detecting uing Monsters even more than his former Hawk Eye Skill. Arthur practiced his Waves of Erosion, finding out that they were very effective on slowing down monsters and slowly affect them with a decaying effect on their bodies. Lastly, Timassa was able to unleash even stronger bolt attacks, and her speed and mana pool had increased arge amount after bing a Ghoul, she was even able to stockpile energy from the flesh she ate which she could use to heal her Mana quickly, simrly to Vampire''s Blood Sphere, although Ghouls were not able to have these special skills. When the party finally finished their exploration and gathering of Cores, they decided to slowly walk back to the entrance, as Arthur asked Noah what he nned to exin his legs growing back. "Pretty simply, we''ll cut them down, stop them from growing back by patching them with coagted blood, and then you cane back tomorrow with them grown back, giving the excuse that your parents finally found you some kind of potion, you could even use this excuse with your parents, drinking some kind of tonic in front of them so they can see your legs growing back¡­" said Noah. "Oh, that''s such a good idea! I would have never thought about that," said Iris. "Hmm," said Jon, nodding in affirmation. "¡­Eh? You mean¡­ cutting my legs¡­ off?!" asked Arthur. "Is there no other way, Noah-sama?!" asked Timassa. "No, so grab him, it will be quick, and the pain will be a bit dull as you''re a Dhampir, so don''t worry about it," said Noah. "I¡­ But I¡­" muttered Timassa. "I-It''s fine, Timassa, please make sure to grab me tightly," said Arthur with a bitter smile, swallowing saliva as he sat down on his wheelchair again. "Arthur-sama¡­ Very well then!" said Timassa, grabbing Arthur''s arms and chest, and tightly hugging him with her arms, making him feelfortable through the floral scent of her cologne and her hair. "It will be quick!" said Noah,ughing a bit as he extended his blood ws. SLASH! "UNNGGGAAH¡­!" Arthur cried in pain as he gnashed his teeth, his legs tried to slowly grow back, but Noah quickly patched them with coagted blood through his Blood Maniption Skill, stopping the regeneration in time. "Whenever you take off these blood patches, your legs would begin to regenerate again," said Noah. "I-I see¡­" sighed Arthur, he had to bear the pain quite surprisingly, as Noah had expected him to scream louder, but it seemed that while being embraced by Timassa, he felt more reassured. "W-What are you going to do with my legs?" asked Arthur. "Well you can feed them to your wife- I mean Timassa," said Noah. "W-Wife?!" asked Arthur while blushing. "I¡­ would dly receive this gift, Noah-sama, Arthur-sama!" said Timassa, ring at the freshly cut-off legs with a lot of voracity. "¡­Eh?" muttered Arthur, with a bit of nausea. Arthur ended up saving the legs forter, and the party finally walked out of the rift, surprising the many students and teachers who had expected them to have died because of how long they took inside. ----- Author''s Note: If you like the story please give any powerstone you could spare, if we reach a nice number there will be bonus chapters at the end of the week, it all depends on you! Thank you very much for reading! Chapter 30 - Perfect Score! ----- Noah and the rest of his party exited the rift rather carefreely, as they were greeted with the rest of the ss'' parties and the teacher, most of them were raising their eyebrows in surprise and disbelief. "No way in hell¡­" muttered Fernand, he and hisckeys were all dumbfounded. "T-They''re alive?" "How?" "Weren''t they trash? They would have surely died by the monsters¡­" "Yeah¡­" "This doesn''t match at all¡­" "So where''s Edmond?" "True, he hasn''te back with his girls¡­" "Could they¡­?" "Nah, they probably were lucky to not encounter many monsters, the maid of Arthur is a bit strong, so she might have handled the monsters¡­ They were just lucky¡­" "You''re right, the fat pig Iris and the useless Noah couldn''t possibly even beat a walking mushroom¡­ even less that cyclops¡­" Noah and his party ignored the gazes andments of their ssmates, as they walked towards the teacher who had his mouth open wide. Even someone that seemed to be ''gentle'' had already given up on them, and not because he wanted, but because the higher-ups at the Military School told him to forget about the weaklings, as this test would most likely filter them out. However, here they were. Alive. "Did some of them awakened an Ability while fighting? Or perhaps they were simply lucky to not encounter too many monsters? ¡­Then surely, if they did, they must have barely gathered enough Cores-" thought the teacher, as he was stopped by Noah''s words. "We are done. Here, 20 Cores for the best grade, right?" asked Noah with a gentle and innocent smile as he opened his backpack and showed the teacher the twenty glowing crystal spheres, Attribute Value Cores of Vitality, Mind, and Force. "W-What?" asked the teacher, he nced at the Cores, touched them, and realized that they were indeed real. Even then, he had his doubts. "Bring the artifact¡­" he said, as an assistant brought an artifact that resembled a box, where the teacher put the 20 Cores. Ding! The box then showed a holographic window, showcasing that they were indeed harvested in this Dungeon and not brought from another. Every Core, even if they looked exactly the same, had an essence from their respective dungeon origin. Such artifacts were able to detect this essence to immediately tell if these Cores were harvested in this Dungeon or not. "Unbelievable¡­ you actually¡­ did it?" asked the teacher, as Noah''s eyes gleamed with crimson light for a split of a second, as his aura suddenly released just a tiny bit, surprising many, who then immediately began to think that it was just their imagination due to their impression of Noah for so long. "Yes, it was pretty hard, but with a lot of nning and the use of Timassa Bolt Arrow and Arthur''s healing skills, we managed!" said Noah while smiling brightly, pretending to be genuinely surprised himself. "That can''t be true¡­" "Oi, oi, oi, don''t fuck with me, the useless bunch is getting higher grades than us?" "Don''t fuck with me¡­" "Could they had stolen¡­ from someone else?" "Aside from Edmon''s party missing, there are another few missing¡­ but I doubt these weaklings could have stolen their Cores," "This smells fishy," "What if they really did¡­ do something to others?!" As the students began to try to find a reason why Noah and his party could have to find so many Cores while being so pathetically weak, the teacher realized that there might be something going on behind the scenes. Perhaps Noah or any of the others in the party had some kind of reawakening, where they are granted a second Skill and even an increase in attribute values, which is an incredibly rare thing, but not impossible. However, without an Appraisal Artifact at his side, he could only leave such things into conjectures. For the moment, he simply decided to ept the Cores as proof of their skill and give the party a high grade. After all, the higher-ups had told him that this test was made to provoke students to attack each other for the Cores, which could also filter the weaklings while leaving the more useful ones for the ns of the Military to convert them into Awakened Soldiers. "Could they have killed other students to steal their Cores? There is always that possibility¡­ But even then, they should not have enough strength to kill another party with five strong awakened students¡­ I am certain. Someone has most likely reawakened. Or¡­ Could it be? That boy, Noah has¡­ The presence I sensed earlier¡­. Was it really my imagination?" wondered the teacher. "Teacher¡­? What''s wrong?" asked Noah with a concerned expression. "AH. Nothing, you all pass the test with excellent grades¡­ You can go back to your rooms to rest for the rest of the day¡­ Here, make sure to distribute the Cores evenly," said the teacher, giving back the Cores to Noah. "Thank you very much," said Noah while nodding,pletely ignoring the stares andments of his fellow students as he walked away with his party. For some reason, they felt like they did not want to provoke them anymore¡­ Something weird was going on. Not only Noah had released that weird aura that some assumed to be their imagination¡­ But Iris too was rather strangely content, her face seemed in another worldpletely, and she nced at Noah with admiration. Arthur, Timassa, and Jon too seemed strangely close with Noah and Timassa. Certainly, they might have survived together and that could have forged some bonds, but not near as enough for them to be so oddly close together. And even more bizarrely was that all four of them nced at Noah as if he were some kind of leader or a glorious figure. Which made some students particrly sickened. Specially Fernand Firebrand¡­ "What the heck is going on in here?" he wondered, as he walked back to his room. As Noah and his party walked through the Military School interior, the party seemed a bit curious as to where Noah was leading them. "N-Noah, where are we going?" asked Iris, trying to not call him with honorifics while being in public. "To my room so we can talk and distribute the Cores morefortably. I have some drinks there," said Noah. "Oh, Noah''s room¡­" said Arthur. "Master''s room¡­" said Timassa. "Oh¡­" said Jon as he flushed a bit. "E-Eeeh? N-Noah''s room?! But isn''t it a bit earlier to go that far yet¡­?" asked Iris while flushing and covering her face, as a bit of steam came out of her reddened ears. Noah nced at him rather expressionlessly. "Don''t get weird ideas," he said. "A-Ah! O-Of course not¡­" Iris said apologetically. Noah took out his keys as he opened the door of his room, letting his party in one by one. "Get yourselves at home, it is small, but this is my humble domain," said Noah, as Iris sat down on Noah''s bed with a smile, as her lips trembled out of nervousness, the entire room was rather messy and filled with Noah''s scent, which she particrly liked a lot. Arthur and Timassa felt like the ce was way too messy, but were gentle enough to not point it out. Jon was happy to be there and stood at their side. "Well then, do you like green tea?" asked Noah, opening his fridge and offering cold drinks to his vampires. ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 31 - Planning For The Future! ----- Noah offered his allies some cold drinks, as he finally sat down cross-legged on his bed, right in front of Iris, making her even more nervous. Iris swallowed saliva as her thighs pressed against each other rather tightly, everyone else was watching her but she seemed to imagine that she was alone with Noah or something. "Iris is really¡­ in love with Noah¡­" thought Timassa, realizing her obvious facial expressions. "She''s not subtle at all¡­" thought Arthur. "If Iris and Noah get together, would she be our mistress?" thought Jon. Noah simply decided to ignore Iris''s weirdness as he took out the Cores. "43 Cores¡­ I will distribute them based on your current strengths, but don''t expect any generosity of my part, as I hunted most of them myself," said Noah. Everyone nodded in affirmation, the only one that hunted Cores the most was Iris, then came Timassa, Jon, and Arthur. In Noah''s rules where the ones that hunt the most get the most, Arthur should barely get one or two. Noah then decided to distribute the Cores around, keeping 23 for himself, while the other twenty were distributed between the four others evenly, although over ten should have belonged to Iris, she told Noah that she wanted to share them with her new allies and because Noah did not mind, he distributed these 20 evenly, giving five to each one. Of course, just Five Cores was not really that much, to get to cross the E-Rank gap they would need way more, but it was better than absolutely nothing. "Thanks, Master," said Timassa. "Thanks a lot," said Arthur gently. "Hm, thanks¡­" said Jon. "With this, I might be able to cross 30 points in some attribute now!" said Iris with a bit of excitement. "Now that we got that out of the way, let''s discuss our ns for the future," said Noah, as his eyes gleamed with crimson light. "Our future?" wondered Arthur. "Indeed, our future, Arthur. And you are a crucial part of most of my ns, so I am rather d that I have managed to get you into my side," said Noah. "M-Me?" asked Arthur with a bit of embarrassment. "Yes. You have money, right? That''s what weck now. We could make some bucks by selling Cores, but we are better using them on ourselves for now, so I always had the dilemma of money. But with you here, that shouldn''t be a problem right?" asked Noah. "I¡­ Well, perhaps. But Noah, you have to know that my family is not the richest, we have a particr high capital that my father uses to slowly earn more through investing in his shops, but we are not near as rich as the top families of Sector D¡­ We cannot simply buy any Ability Core or Cores you wish for immediately. After all, if that were the case, I wouldn''t be so weak¡­" said Arthur. "You have money to buy a manor, the most basic and cheapest of items for Hunters, and food, right?" asked Noah. "Eh? Yes¡­ In fact, this armor I am wearing alongside my small staff is C-Rank Equipment from the item shops that my father manages," said Arthur. "That''s more than enough then. Can you get me a Spatial Storage Ring?" asked Noah. "Ah! Yes, I have a spare one in my house, I can bring it tomorrow," said Arthur. "Good. We also are just starting our creed, but I aim to create our own Guild to act independently from the government¡­ Although that mighteter on, I want to set things for that moment starting now¡­" said Noah. "A manor as a headquarters then? We could use the abandoned Manor that is within my family''s territory¡­ It used to belong to my grandfather before he passed out, I can tell my servants to clean it for us," said Arthur. "Excellent. We also need better equipment, all of us are just in our day-to-day clothes, if it wasn''t for the borrowed items from the school, we would bepletely naked in dungeons. As we enter more difficult ones, it will be harder for us to get through those Monsters," said Noah. "Equipment¡­ I believe I could ask my father and his employees to make custom equipment sets for all of us¡­ But I would need all of you toe to my manor for all of that¡­ Ah! We could do that on the weekend, which is in two more days¡­ After the small expedition to the wastnds," said Arthur. "Custom equipment? That sounds feasible," said Noah. "Custom equipment for me? I wonder what weapon could suit us?" wondered Iris. "Hm, Noah-sama and Iris wield ws as your main weapon, but perhaps gauntlets that could cover your ws to give extra power into them could work," said Arthur. "That sounds good. Now that we got the technical parts out of the way, I will let you know our next ns¡­" said Noah. "What could it be?" wondered Timassa. "To get stronger quickly," said Noah, his crimson eyes gleaming with conviction. "But¡­ Noah, you''re pretty strong already¡­" said Arthur. "Not enough," said Noah. "How much?" wondered Timassa. "For all of us to reach E-Rank," said Noah. "E-Rank? Well, it should be possible¡­" said Arthur. "In two weeks starting tomorrow," said Noah. "Only two weeks?!" asked Arthur. "To reach E-Rank in only two weeks for all of us¡­ That would mean that we would have to spend the majority of our day at a dungeon, but we have school¡­" said Timassa. "We will attend school as usual, but we will enter the school''s dungeons if necessary¡­ Or we can always escape School and enter another dungeon outside, I am sure that Arthur can get ourselves into one that might be within his family''s possessions," said Noah. "I-I¡­ well yeah," said Arthur. "And it''s not like we are restricted to the military school, we are free to go out to the city when sses are over, as long as we get a stupid pass before that," said Noah. "Sounds good¡­ I want to grow stronger so I can protect you, Noah-sama¡­" said Iris. "Protect me?" asked Noah. "A-Ah! I-I mean, to be useful to you!" said Iris. Noah averted his gaze from the embarrassed Iris as he put it back to Arthur, Timassa, and Jon. "For now, all of you should go to your respective rooms¡­ And Arthur you can go back to your house to get your legs back," said Arthur. "Yes," said Arthur. "Very well, Noah-sama," said Timassa. "Okay," said Jon. "You''re dismissed," said Noah, as his party slowly left his room. Noah sighed as he nced at the ceiling. At his side, there was an embarrassed and cute girl. "What are you doing here? I told you to go back to your room," said Noah. "I-I thought I could stay here a tiny bit more¡­ A-After all, I am your first¡­ converted Dhampir, Noah-sama¡­" said Iris with a shy smile. Noah nced at Iris with an expressionless face. "You shouldn''t disobey my orders," said Noah, gently smacking Iris''s head. Smack! "Awuh!" cried Iris, as she rubbed her head, although it surprised her more than hurting her. "Noah-sama¡­ Can I stay here with you?" asked Iris. "Hm? Why?" asked Noah while drinking green tea. "It gets cold at night¡­" said Iris as she blushed more intensively, trying to approach Noah. "Gahaha! She''s really trying to get with you,"ughed the Blood Progenitor. "I couldn''t be less interested in anything other than growing stronger and breaking the skull of those I despise, Iris, so get out," said Noah. "A-Ah! Okay, okay! S-Sorryyyyy¡­!" cried Iris, as Noah kicked her out of his room. "What a perverted woman¡­" sighed Noah. "But isn''t that good? Maybe you could get some descendants out of her!" said the Blood Progenitor. "That''s for the far future, so no thank you. It is not like I will reject her though, someone as loyal as her must be kept at my side. But I do not believe that it is the right time to get to do such things at night, while there are many threats ahead of my path," said Noah. "You may talk it out rather eloquently, but I believe you''re being shy,"ughed the Blood Progenitor. "Do you want me to tell my Eldritch Horror inside of my soul to eat youpletely now?" asked Noah. "¡­" The Blood Progenitor fell silent. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 32 - Learning Cultivation Techniques For Vampires! ----- As Noah was finally alone, he decided to quickly use the Cores he had gathered. Receiving a great boost of power and several energies going around his body, he closed his eyes and meditated for a bit. Slowly, he perceived the energy that the Blood Core on his chest emanated. He decided to slowly guide these energies within his body, the ones that the Cores gave him, and then moved them to his own Core, intensifying the power, which then flowed back to his body repeatedly. By doing this simple task several times in a row, Noah felt like a small bit of power was being slowly unlocked on his Blood Core. "I can feel it¡­ the hidden powers within the Blood Core¡­ The ones that the Blood Progenitor said I would be able to unlock as I became stronger¡­ Could it be possible to unlock them faster if I use the energy I gain from Cores like this?" wondered Noah, as he continued his meditation. "W-What?! As he just bes even better at Blood Core Cultivation?! This damn genius! To think that he was just a shrimp before I granted him all of this power, and now he just bes a genius at the cultivation of my own world like that?!" sighed the Blood Progenitor, as he recalled his original world. And how he came to be a Boss. "Having lived so long in Abyss, the world of Vampires, just to end up being killed by a raid of Hunters from this measly world¡­ and now, I am trapped in the body of one of these humans¡­ Is this the karma of all the sins Imitted in Abyss? Cursed Sun Heralds!" he thought, recalling his days in his original world, where he reigned arge territory. Abyss, a world filled with Vampires, where the Sun God and the Moon Goddess once reigned, however, the first Vampire to have been born, known as the Blood God, sealed the Sun God and seduced the Moon Goddess, making her his concubine. The world that was once in perfect brilliance at day and in perfect darkness at night became one of eternal darkness and night, with a moon shining brightly in crimson red, due to this, it was renamed as Abyss by their new inhabitants. The children of the Sun God, the Sun Herald, were pushed back by the new race of Vampires, who governed in the eternal night. Aiming to free their God, the Sun Heralds plotted the defeat of the strongest figures of Abyss'' Vampires, and one of them was him, the Blood Progenitor. "If it wasn''t because they set me up in that Sunlight Barrier! However, rifts in Abyss had already begun to ur, bringing monsters from other worlds and well¡­ these Humans who call themselves ''hunters''. At first, it was easy to defeat them, but stronger and stronger groups emerged¡­ until those that call themselves S-Rank emerged, and my defeat came promptly after¡­" sighed the Blood Progenitor. "So that''s what happened¡­" said Noah. "EH?!" cried the Blood Progenitor. "So youe from a world named Abyss¡­ and guys that resemble angels named Sun Heralds set you up in a barrier of some sort? The Hunters entered through the rifts that appear in here and killed you, calling your manor a dungeon¡­" said Noah. "Y-You¡­! Did you read my Mind?!" asked the Blood Progenitor. "When you begin thinking this intensively, I can more or less read it through thebination of my Telepathy Skill. Well, now it became even easier as I think I unlocked a bit more of power from my Blood Core," said Noah. "Y-You!" roared the Blood Progenitor in anger. "Now tell me more about that other world¡­ And what you call "Cultivation", alright?" asked Noah. "I¡­ If I tell you more, you will only grow stronger¡­ (And that''s not what I want if I one day have to take over his body¡­)" said the Blood Progenitor. "Let me tell you something. I am not asking you to tell me, I am ordering you. Whatever you were in the past, it has no meaning to me. You''re my property now, Blood Progenitor, you''re the source of my power and a big library of knowledge¡­ Spit it out," said Noah, his menacing presence intimidated the small mind of the Blood Progenitor! "S-So overwhelming¡­! I¡­" muttered the Blood Progenitor, as he sighed, and ended up answering a few questions while being mildly angered. Noah got to know about Blood Core Cultivation and a few of their techniques, which consisted pretty much in what he was already doing, but a bit better and more refined. One of such techniques was named ''Blood Core Refinement'', where he would use internal energies (such as Mana) to create streams inside of his body, making them be absorbed by the Core and then expelled back to his body, creating a circle of self-nourishment. Another one which needed fresh blood was named ''Blood Absorption Refinement'', where instead of Mana or energies from the Cores, Noah could use the fresh blood of his enemies to do the same process as the previous technique, but this one yielded greater results and even made his blood stronger. Blood Cultivation was necessary for him as a Vampire, as it was the secret behind unlocking new Skills. Noah realized that he had been doing it quite roughly every time he drank blood from his enemies, and now he could do this more efficiently. "Cultivation¡­ An interesting power. I will make sure to use it well, do not worry. Your legacy will keep on going, Blood Progenitor," said Noah with a pleasant smile. "I will not tell you anymore until you earn my trust a bit more!" roared the Blood Progenitor, he was quite the tsundere. And because Noah did not want a grumpy old man roaring inside of his head all the time, he nodded, what he learned today was quite enough. "So youe from a whole other world¡­ the Sun God being sealed, the Moon Goddess bing charmed by the Blood God, the Vampire Families, the Sun Heralds¡­ So interesting¡­ I wonder if one day we would be able to get there?"ughed Noah. "¡­Why would you even want to get there?! You have your own world!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Well, as the Blood Progenitor descendant, I feel like it is my responsibility to take over that world as well¡­ But for now, let''s focus on our own," said Noah. "I know that your personality fused with mine, but you''re way too confident!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Hmph. Now, I will get some new Skills," said Noah, ncing at the two Ability Cores dropped by Edmond and his girls. "Edmond''s abilities were all about covering himself on rocks and throwing them, would I even be able to employ them correctly? And the other, I don''t know which girl this is from, but all of them had useful long-ranged Skills¡­ Well, time to dig in," said Noah, as he absorbed both Cores at the same time. Ding! [External Ability Cores detected] [Triggering [Blood Core] new function] [Assimting information¡­] [Generating new System Function] [Complete] "What?" ----- Author''s Note: If you like the story please give any powerstone you could spare, if we reach a nice number there will be bonus chapters at the end of the week, it all depends on you! Thank you very much for reading! Chapter 33 - New System Function Unlocked, Skill Trees! ----- In front of Noah''s eyes, system windows began to pop up. Something like this would be incredibly rare, as the only system windows he would see was his own attribute panel or sometimes the information about his Skills. But this¡­ Was indeed odd. And what was even the new System Function? And how could it be possible for the Blood Core to affect the System in such a way? "What is this? Oi, Drac, why is the Blood Core affecting the System?" asked Noah. "Drac?! And what are you talking about?" asked the Blood Progenitor, who was now nicknamed as Drac. "The System is¡­ generating a new function through the energy and essence detected in the Blood Core, it is as if the Blood Core itself was giving orders to the System¡­ Care to exin to me how that is even possible?" asked Noah. "I¡­ How? Wait¡­ Could it be? I have more or less figured how the System that you Humans use. It is a special Divine Construction that helps Humans absorb powers and energies from other sources, even from other worlds. This way, such power is converted in yours through Attribute Values and Skills¡­ if the System is doing the same function with the Blood Core¡­ It could be possible that the Blood Core is unlocking more of my capabilities and then inserting them into the System through its ability to assimte energy and power¡­ But this¡­ The Blood Core is doing everything by itself! Could it be that it has harnessed some kind of consciousness due to its high amount of concentrated energy?! But this is¡­ near impossible!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Well it''s happening right in front of my eyes¡­" muttered Noah, as he was greeted by many new System Windows. [New System Functions Generated] [New System Functions: [Ability Core Exchange] and [Blood Progenitor''s Skill Tree] have been created] "Ability Core Exchange and¡­ Blood Progenitor''s Skill Tree¡­ Did you had this before, Drac?" asked Noah. "Stop calling me Drac! And no. To begin with, Abyss never had any kind of strange System like you Humans have, we forged our strength by devouring other beings Blood Cores and Bloodlines, strengthening our Bloodlines Abilities¡­ But Skill Trees are certainly¡­ strange," said the Blood Progenitor. "Maybe it is a way for the System to assimte all the saved up power within the Blood Core that I still cannot unlock yet¡­ This makes it way more convenient," said Noah with a smile, as he checked the two new Functions descriptions. [Ability Core Exchange: Exchange Ability Cores for Skill Points, and use them to learn new skills through the Blood Progenitor Skill Tree, or new Skill Trees that might be acquired or generated after exchanging many Ability Cores] [Blood Progenitor''s Skill Tree: The Skill Tree of the Blood Progenitor, containing many Levels which possess abilities, Attribute Values Bonuses, Cultivation Techniques, and Skills that can be exchanged through the use of Skill Points acquired by exchanging Ability Cores through the [Ability Core Exchange] System Function] "Skill Points, so I can pretty much use Ability Cores to get my own Abilities instead of random half-assed stuff¡­ Well, there is also the option of just using them and ignoring this¡­ but¡­ Skills from the Skill Tree are most likely better suited for me as a Vampire than just covering my hand in rocks¡­" Ding! [Do you wish to exchange [Ability Core (D)], and [Ability Core (C)] for 70 Skill Points?] [>YES NO] "Only 70 Skill Points¡­ Seems like a very small amount¡­ But maybe it is good enough¡­" thought Noah, as he selected the ''YES'' Option. sh! Suddenly, the two Ability Cores that he had gotten by killing his fellow ssmates disappeared into bright light, merging themselves with him. Ding! [You acquired 70 Skill Points] "70 Skill Points¡­ Let''s check this Skill Tree and what''s is all about¡­" thought Noah, as he selected the Blood Progenitor''s Skill Tree. [Blood Progenitor] [Innate]: The Skill Tree of the Blood Progenitor, generated through the innate powers of the Blood Core, using Skill Points will unlock more of its hidden power and the various abilities of this entity. Complete the Level 1 Skill Tree to unlock further Skill Tree Levels, with the possibility of generating a new Skill Tree all together. [Level: I] [Blood Progenitor Sessor (0/50)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Blood Flow eleration (0/5)], [Blood Sacrifice (0/5)], [Blood Retribution: (0/10)] Additional Abilities (II): [Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis (0/10)], [Poisonous Blood (0/10)], [Blood Curse (0/20)] Additional Abilities (III): [Blood Armor: (0/25)], [Blood Potion (0/30)], [Blood Combustion (0/40)] "Oh? This is interesting¡­ Although I will have to go in order, it seems¡­ I cannot cherry-pick whatever I want¡­ But at the very least, these are guaranteed abilities instead of the randomness of Ability Cores, so that''s certainly a plus," thought Noah. Noah then decided to max out the branch and finally ess the Additional Abilities, which seemed rather enticing. Ding! [You have spent 50 Skill Points] [The [Blood Progenitor Sessor (50/50)] Skill Tree Branch has been Maxed!] [You acquired bonus Attribute Values] [You acquired bonus Skill Proficiency] [The power of your subordinates has increased] Noah then felt as his Attribute Values increased by a small amount, it was not anything outstanding, but it was better than nothing. Aside from this, all the Skills he had gained a bit more of Skill Proficiency, bing stronger. Andstly, it seemed that the power of his ''subordinates'' increased when he maxed the level of the Branch, although he was not sure what this could truly mean aside from just making them stronger through Attribute Values bonuses. Noah himself also felt stronger, as if his entire body were being shrouded in an aura of crimson red. And all of this through just two Ability Cores¡­ Ding! [You acquired the [Blood Soul: 1 (A)] Skill] "Blood Soul?!" asked Noah in surprise, as he felt like something within him, not his physical body nor blood had changed. "You¡­ You acquired a Blood Soul already?!" asked the Blood Progenitor. [Blood Soul: 1 (A)] A Skill that changes the nature of the wielder''s soul to that of Blood, being capable of manipting it through Blood Maniption and use it in the same way as other blood could be used. The nature of a soul is unique, as it can bypass material objects and ignore physical damage. However, if the Soul is overused, the soul could receive damage. By consuming blood and enhancing the user''s soul with it, such damage can be mitigated, and the power of your Blood Soul will increase. "Hoh? Isn''t this absolutely amazing then, Drac? Were you hiding this treat from me? Well, too bad!"ughed Noah, as he felt his soul flowing like a river of crimson blood inside of his body, nourishing his Blood Core through Cultivation Techniques now seemed easier! "And now, for the main dish¡­ Let''s get some Bonus Abilities!" said Noah, as he nced at the first Skill on the list, deciding to use thest 20 Skill Points he had. ----- Chapter 34 - New Skills! More Power! ----- Noah felt as his soul evolved, acquiring the power of flowing like blood and therefore being capable of manipting it like blood through Blood Maniption, he had now 20 Skill Points left, which he nned to use on Additional Abilities within the Skill Tree Branch. "Although I cannot check the Abilities as they are, I can check them when I unlock them through Skill Points, although based on their names, I can already guess that Blood Flow eleration might be a buff-type Skill, Blood Sacrifice might involve damaging the user through the sacrifice of my blood, and blood retribution might go in tandem with blood sacrifice¡­" Ding! [You have spent 5 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Blood Flow eleration: 1 (C)] Skill!] Ding! [You spent 5 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Blood Sacrifice: 1 (C)] Skill!] Ding! [You spent 10 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Blood Retribution: 1 (C)] Skill!] "Four Skills in exchange for two Ability Cores harvested from mildly talented kids¡­ How amazing! And even my Attribute Values increased as a bonus! So I am finally bing capable of harboring more of your original power, Drac!"ughed Noah, as he immediately checked the three new Skills. Noah used [Blood Flow eleration] in exchange for somerge quantity of Mana. sh! Suddenly, Noah''s blood began to rush through his body as if there was no tomorrow! "Ohh?!" Noah''s muscles seemed to be stronger and more flexible, his skin was bing a bit redder instead of pale, and even his body was exuding a bit of steam! He was burning calories like crazy! It was as if Noah''s body was an engine, and it had finally started using all the fuel it had! Although Noah could use Mana for the Skill activation, he clearly noticed that this consumed his stamina and calories saved up, and realized that if he wanted to count on this amazing buff, he would have to eat food and not just survive on a diet of blood. "That''s¡­ Blood Flow eleration! Impressive¡­ So you can even do that now¡­! However, if you overuse it, you will fall unconscious, you need to stockpile energy first," said the Blood Progenitor. Noah felt like all of his senses increased, it was a feeling even greater than when he employed the Champion''s Great Perseverance! He moved even faster, and his strength had also increased exponentially! However, he clearly felt like his energy was diminishing at an outstanding pace. He could either drink blood or have a lot of stockpiled energy/calories beforehand. Noah quickly deactivated the Skill, as he realized that if hebined it with the effects of Champion''s Great Perseverance, he would be able to enhance both his defenses, attack and speed! Even if his base Attribute Values did not match an E-Rank Hunter yet, he was now confident that he could fight one on equal footing. The issue was the immense use of energy and mana, to achieve this level of power, Noah was sacrificing a lot of his ''fuel'' and could not maintain this for eternity, he still had to n, plot, and scheme for a good opportunity to fight, and he was not strong enough to overpower everything. "An amazing Skill, but I will need energy stockpiled to use it properly¡­ Well, I will go buy some food then, Arthur left me some of his money," thought Noah. The next Skill to use was¡­ Blood Sacrifice. By sacrificing blood, Noah was able to enhance his Mind and Force Attribute Values, but his Vitality Attribute Value would decrease. The more he used blood, the more his Vitality and Health would decrease, bing frailer, but his Mind and Force would be even greater. It had a clear advantage and a disadvantage. However, as long as he did it moderately, he would be able to enhance himself even more! But if overused¡­ he could even die. By adding up all these buffing Skills, Noah could be able to even get to a peak E-Rank! However, the things he would need to sacrifice and the momentaneous effect of these Skills did not make them as reliable unless he prepared well. "However¡­ there is a Skill that works the more blood I sacrifice¡­" Blood Retribution was a special Skill that enhanced the damage of the attacks Noah dealt based on how much he has lost, not only by using it through Blood Sacrifice but also various wounds and more. With this, he would be even stronger the more cornered he was¡­ but it wasn''t as if Noah enjoyed being cornered, nor was his intention for every fight he might undergo in the future. "These Skills are impressive, with this, my power has be more flexible¡­ Now I am looking forward to acquiring more Ability Cores! However¡­ these Ability Cores were good because I acquired them from humans. The ones dropped by monsters will certainly not give me as many Skill Points based on their lower quality¡­ Hm¡­ Should I go hunt Ability Users to strengthen myself then? No. It is better toy low for now¡­ But perhaps at ater date," thought Noah, as he decided to not be reckless and do something incredibly stupid to get some little more power, which could risk his entire life in the process. After all, if he wanted to kill people, he would have to n it out. Noah walked out of his room, as he went to buy food to stockpile calories. Oddly enough, no matter how much he ate, he never felt full, nor his stomach became fat. It was as if his food was being made into calories incredibly quickly as if his metabolism has been enhanced. After eating more than he had ever done before, Noah decided to meditate until morning. ¡­ Noah opened his crimson eyes, as the light of the sun crossing through the window greeted him. Strangely enough, Noah remembered that Vampires of fiction were weak to sunlight, yet he had no such weaknesses for some reason. Although he might have other weaknesses such as Silver, he wondered why this a thing was. "Sunlight Weakness? Yes, Vampires in Abyss used to have, however, when the eternal night came, we never had to worry about such things anymore¡­ Oh well, as long as you keep drinking blood, possibly human blood, your weaknesses to sunlight, silver, or light and fire will be decreased. This is the power that only Progenitors have, as lowly Vampires that do not have our bloodline do suffer these things even by drinking blood. But as long as you keep yourself nourished, such weaknesses are non-existent. Beings converted by you such as the Dhampirs or the Ghouls converted by your Dhampirs inherit this trait as well," said the Blood Progenitor. "Well, that''s indeed quite convenient¡­ But I am d that there are not such stupid weaknesses inhibiting my goals¡­ As long as I keep myself well fed, that is it¡­ And just yesterday we had a very bountiful harvest, so I do not think I would need fresh human blood in a few days," said Noah. "Indeed, you''re more merciless than I thought you would be, so feeding yourself with human blood shouldn''t be a problem for you as long as your ssmates keep being idiots that underestimate you,"ughed the Blood Progenitor, as Noah walked out of his room, reaching his ss. However, unlike other times, Noah received strange gazes, and Fernand did note to beat him as always even though he saw him walking to ss as well. Perhaps something akin to an instinctual fear had surged within their hearts, as Noah''s presence warped into something strange and bizarre¡­ However, the students gazes quickly averted from Noah as Arthur entered the ssroom with Timassa at his side. This time, Arthur entered walking. ----- Chapter 35 - Arthurs Family Happiness ----- A few hours ago¡­ Arthur reached his manor as he was greeted by the many servants he had, and his parents, who had just recentlye back from a business trip to Sector C, near their current Sector. "Ah, my boy, how has school been? Has Timassa taken care of you?" asked his father, as Arthur sat down with his parents to have dinner together. "¡­Yes, it has¡­ been quite a good¡­ experience," said Arthur, trying to avert from his mind the memories of what had just happened a few hours ago. "Arthur-sama has been an excellent student, my lords. His grades have been always the highest," said Timassa with a gentle smile. Hearing Timassa praises their son so much filled Arthur''s parents with a lot of pride. "Mufu, of course! I couldn''t expect less from my son," said Arthur''s father, a short man of almost the same stature as his son, who had a fat belly and a funny-looking blonde mustache. "We are still searching for a way to bring your legs back, but we had brought some new All-Healing Elixirs that we got in an exchange as souvenirs, why don''t you try them out?" asked Arthur''s mother, a beautiful and radiant woman with silky ck hair and aquamarine eyes, with a slim and slender figure. "Ah! Sure thing¡­ (Should it in here? But¡­ it might be a bit disgusting for them¡­)" thought Arthur, as he decided to simply do it straight away now that his parents were with him. "Alright then! Here goes¡­ nothing!" said Arthur, as he sipped the elixirs mixed together in a ss. They tasted quite bitter, but he endured the taste and then quickly began to force his regeneration on his legs, throwing away the blood patches that exploded into blood on the floor, as his parents became startled and on almost disbelief as they saw their son''s legs grow back like new! From the bones that slowly grew like a sapling to the cartge, muscle, blood vessels, and skin! "Oh my¡­ OH MY GOD!" cried Arthur''s father, almost falling into the ground before a nearby butler caught him in time. "A-ARTHUR! My Son¡­ your legs! They are¡­ they are back!" cried Arthur''s mother, as she jumped towards her son and hugged him tightly, crying all over him. "Carry me to my son!" cried Arthur''s father, as arge and stoic butler grabbed him with his enormous muscles and carried him near Arthur, which he hugged. "I am so happy! Atst! We have finally gotten your legs back!" cried Arthur''s father. "It has been so long¡­ But finally¡­! Finally!" cried Arthur''s mother. "I am also very happy¡­ But could you¡­ not squeeze me so hard?" asked Arthur while trying to breathe. "O-Oh, my bad!" said Arthur''s father. "It has been so long¡­ Since I saw my little boy''s legs¡­!" cried Arthur''s mother, as she kept squeezing him. "I am¡­ also very happy of it¡­" cried Arthur, as he gave in to his emotions and cried quite loudly, Timassa at his side cried silently with a warm smile, and the rest of the servants nced at the scene with a lot of emotion, most of them knew Arthur since he was a little child, and after the incident where he lost his legs due to an ident in the streets that the family has been trying to get his legs back for so long. Now, it had finally happened, and Arthur, who they saw as something akin to their son due to how long they had been taking care of him, had finally gotten his legs back due to the efforts of their lords. ¡­Although not exactly. If it was not because of Noah, Arthur might have had to wait god knows how long to get his legs back. It was certainly something that Arthur could not reveal to his parents¡­ yet. However, what he could reveal was that he had formed a party with Noah, and about the ambitions that he now shared with him. "Oh, our son has finally gotten strong friends at his side! His dream will finallye true!" cried Arthur''s mother. "Oh, such joy! My son had finally made friends! And such strong allies as well! I see I see! We shall tell the servants to go clean my father''s manor, that will be your future headquarters! Don''t worry my son, you will have all of my organization support for your future Guild!" said Arthur''s father, he loved to spoil his son rotten, and barely questioned him when Arthur asked him all the things that Noah wanted. "Really father?" asked Noah. "Of course! However, I would love to meet them! Could you bring your friends here? We can even invite them to pass the night in here, they could get in here early so we can have breakfast, lunch, and dinner with them! Oh, and we could even go through the city to one of our favorite restaurants!" said Arthur''s father, already nning everything, he was a simple man that enjoyed simple things in life, such as eating and going out. "They will surelye, I had already invited them toe at the weekend, in two more days!" said Arthur. "Excellent then! It is decided!"ughed Arthur''s father, he couldn''t be happier right now. "Make sure to be gentle with your friends, Arthur, never treat them unfairly, as they are precious allies that will apany you through your life. Especially in this kind of world, and based on the things you want to aim, having reliablepanions at your side will be of utmost importance!" said Arthur''s mother. "Yes, mother¡­ Noah, Iris, and Jon are good people," said Arthur¡­ although he could not help but remember when Noah and Iris ughtered five students mercilessly. They were not good people at all¡­ In fact, they could be considered to be criminals¡­ and psychopaths. But Arthur wanted to believe that they had¡­ good intentions. At least, for him and his family. Yes, at the very least, he was not the one being targeted, but their ally. He felt rather lucky for that. And well, he got his legs back thanks to Noah, so it was not as if they didn''t do anything good for him. In fact¡­ getting his legs back was his greatest dream. And he even got new Skills and powers out of it as well. It could be said that he was indeed an incredibly lucky person. He might as well embrace his new friends and help them however he can. ¡­. Noah entered the ssroom as he found Arthur walking inside, every student except him, Iris, and Jon were dumbfounded. Their eyebrows were raised up to their foreheads, and their jaws dropped to the ground. Arthur, the crippled and legless rich boy was now walking. And they did not seem like prosthetic legs, they were in fact real flesh legs, as Arthur wore shorts this day to just show everyone he had indeed grow back legs. The teacher dropped his book as he nced at Arthur in surprise. "This¡­ Arthur, you¡­ have healed your missing legs! Incredible¡­ Congrattions! After so many years¡­ I am¡­ very d for you and your parents!" said the teacher, pretending to be happy, although he was very surprised, ording to what he knew, there wasn''t any healer capable of letting other people grow back legs that weren''t an S-Rank Hunter, whose services were so expensive that the little rich family of Arthur could never fathom to pay unless they were to go broke for him. "This is¡­" "No way¡­" "He got his legs back?!" "Is this not an illusion?" "Holy shit¡­" The students began to show their difort as well, as Arthur was always bullied for being crippled¡­ and well, now he was not anymore. Noah smiled at Arthur''s entrance, as he savored the awe of his fellow students. ----- Author''s Note: If you like the story please give any powerstone you could spare, if we reach a nice number there will be bonus chapters at the end of the week, it all depends on you! Thank you very much for reading! Chapter 36 - Mutated Beasts And Subhumans ----- Now that Arthur had regained his legs in just a night, most of the students within ss nced at him with disbelief. Arthur smiled gently as he saw down on his chair instead of recing it with a wheelchair, and now that Timassa did not have to be behind him at all times, she decided to sit down at his side by Arthur''s request. "Master is it really prudent to sit at your side?" asked Timassa while flushing a bit. "Yeah, why not? You''re also a student at this school, Timassa, and my good friend too," said Arthur. "Arthur-sama¡­" muttered Timassa, ncing at Arthur with enamored eyes, she was indeed quite in love with her master, although it seems that their rtionship was still strictly of master and servant. The teacher noticed that the students kept babbling about and that it had already been over ten minutes since sses should have started, so he decided to shut down the students and begin sses. "Silence everyone, enough of yourments. Now that Arthur has his legs back, all of you should be happy for him. Now, let''s begin sses, take out your Monster Bestiary Books and go to page 23," said the teacher. All of the students sighed, taking out their Monster Bestiary Books and ncing at page 23. There, Noah noticed the drawing and pictures on these pages. They were strange and malformed creatures, some looked oddly humanoid, while others resembled a horrifying mutant creature made up of many corpses. However, these creatures were real and not a work of fiction, they existed just a few kilometers away from Noah''s current position, in the outskirts of Sector D, the wastnds, as they call them. "Mutated Beasts¡­" muttered Noah. "As you can tell, tomorrow we will go on a quick trip to the wastnds outside, so you can get more used to that environment. After all, not all threats are inside Dungeons, but in our own world there are countless natural enemies, Mutated Beasts," said the teacher, as he began to write a few things on the ckboard. The teacher seemed particrly good at drawing, as he drew a humanoid figure. "Mutated Beasts can range from normal animals, nts, and well, us, humans," said the teacher. "Teacher, how did Mutated Beast came to be?" asked a beautiful and tall girl with a slender figure, sharp clear blue eyes, and long azure hair, one of the stoic and silent beauties of the ss, Clementina Icespear. "Clementina, I was about to exin that. But Mutated Beasts came to be when the waves of miasma hit our world, twenty years ago, animals, humans, and nts began to mutate randomly. Those that survived the mutations became like us, awakened, acquiring abilities which we employed against the monsters. And well, those that were not so fortunate¡­ became mutated beasts, undead, or other entities," said the teacher as he began to add multiple limbs, masses of flesh, and eyes over the human figure he drew. "This is your typical Human-type mutated beast. They have humanoid figures but are mutated and grotesque, they often possess multiple limbs, eyes, noses, andrge mouths to engulf prey easily. All of them possess superhuman strength, and some had even been seen to be capable of using Abilities like monsters¡­ Mutated Beasts do not give us Cores, however, their bodies are precious resources for the creation of items. Unlike monsters who disappear when we kill them, Mutated Beast''s corpses remain, and are one of our major resource points aside from extracting materials from the dungeons, such as Magic Crystals that often grow inside Dungeons such as the Goblin Caves," said the teacher. "Mutated beasts were former humans, right? Is it okay to kill them, teacher?" asked Arthur as many of the students red at Arthur''s innocent question with annoyed expressions. "Of course it''s fine to kill them, idiot! Do you want to get eaten by them or something? Well feel free to go and die," said Fernand Firebrand, as he provoked theughter of many students. "Don''t dare insult my master!" roared Timassa. "Tch, shut up subhuman ve," said Fernand. "You¡­!" Timassa was about to blow away Fernand with a bolt arrow but was stopped by Arthur. "Calm down," said Arthur. "Master¡­" muttered Timassa. "Ahem. Yes, Arthur. Mutated Beasts that used to be humans had been mostly exterminated at this point, however, their eggs had remained, and they multiply incredibly quickly, those that were former humans had died, but their grotesque offspring are still going around. Although they might have human-like features, they are in fact monsters, and they will try to kill you if you get near them. Make sure to remember that, they are not humans anymore," said the teacher, repeating several times over the ''they are not humans anymore'' words. "I-I see¡­" sighed Arthur. "I do wonder though, are Subhuman considered Mutated Beasts?" asked a bratty student. Subhumans. A word that only existed in fiction before the apocalypse. However, subhuman existed in real life now. Aside from awakened people who remained as humans with powers, subhuman are humans that mutated and became half-beasts, acquiring the power of mutated beasts while remaining their human-like intelligence. There have been many subhuman species detected through these twenty years, but they are often discriminated against and not seen as humans, often ughtered as resources simrly to monsters. The surviving tribes live in the middle of the wastnds, making such dangerous ces their home. "Subhumans? Although they possess a more advanced intelligence, they are the same as mutated beasts. They might be intelligent, but they employ such intelligence to hurt us and prey on us. Subhuman only see us as food and nothing else, and just like Mutated Beasts, they should be exterminated at sight, and if you are not strong enough to kill them, make sure to escape as fast as you can from them," said the teacher, as Noah began to think something. "Subhumans¡­ Could I and my converted vampires considered Subhumans then? I wonder if there might be others like me¡­" thought Noah. "It''s impossible, you are a unique existence due to my Blood Core! Measly Subhumans cannotpare to your power and talent¡­ because it was all mine, to begin with!" said the Blood Progenitor. "No one told you to speak, Drac, shut up," said Noah while being mildly annoyed with Drac. "Noah-sama¡­ Are we Subhumans?" asked Iris through telepathy. "I don''t know, but it could be said that we are¡­ However, as we can remain in the appearance of humans without any issue, our powers can also be simply masked as a new type of Ability," said Noah through telepathy. "I see¡­" sighed Iris through telepathy. "Teacher, if Subhumans are so dangerous, why do people keep them as ves?" asked another student. "Well, that''s simple, simrly to how we keep monsters as pets sometimes if you discipline them well, they be loyal and valuable allies in battle. As long as they wear an Obedience Ne, it should be safe to own them, although they are not cheap at all, and I would rmend you to simply have reliable friends instead of Subhuman ves at your side," said the teacher. "In my house, we have like five of them!" "I like how stupid they are, if I ask them to bark for me, they do!" "Yeah, Subhumans are fun pets, I like to take mine out for a walk sometimes, although she gets crazy sometimes," "You guys sure are rich, we cannot even get more than two Subhuman ves," "Damn, I wish I wasn''t so poor, I would surely get myself a sexy one," Amongst the students, most of those that belonged to rich families held many Subhuman ves, seeing them as pets and not as people. Even Arthur was not the exception to this rule, although Timassa was half-subhuman and mostly had human traits. However, Arthur knew that she had a small cat-like tail hidden below her clothes. The sses continued until break time came and then resumed once more untilte, where the students were finally freed from a military education. "Come to my room in one hour, make sure to be well prepared," said Noah telepathically to his vampires, as he walked back to his room. ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 37 - The Threat Of An S-Rank ----- Sector C, 8 PM. Inside arge skyscraper, a man in his thirties with a muscr figure, with long and spiky crimson hair, nced down below into the beautiful city at night, many lights illuminated this dark night, and the city was very busy even when it was getting quitete. His eyes gleamed with an orange and fiery glow, as he wondered how his little brother might be doing. "I wonder if he already managed to absorb that Core? If he did, he should not even be in that school anymore¡­ I guess I will ask him- Oh?" The man received a phone call from a familiar number. "Talking about the devil, how are you?" The man answered the call as he asked his little brother how he was doing. "I¡­ lost it¡­" said the voice of his little brother. "Eh? What did you lose?" asked the man. "¡­The Core that you¡­ gave to me¡­" muttered the boy. "¡­" "Sorry! I am deeply sorry! I¡­ I don''t know how it disappeared, I had it saved inside of my room, which was even locked when I left it¡­ But when I came back the room was unlocked and the Blood Core¡­ gone," said the young brother. "¡­" "Aniki?" "YOU FUCKING IDIOT! It was meant to be your fucking ticket to my league, and you fucking lost it?! Why didn''t you used it the moment I gave it to you, to begin with?! Were you showing it off your stupid friends?!" asked the man, his eyes suddenly releasing mes of anger! "I¡­ I¡­ Well¡­ Yes¡­" sighed the young brother, as the man simply lost it. "GRAAAARRGHH¡­! Now a random ass kid is going around with an SSS-Rank Core?! Are you fucking insane?! Maybe¡­ he already fucking used it! You gotta find that kid right fucking now!" roared the man. "I''ve tried¡­ But recently no one has shown any signs of showing some kind of Skills rted with the Vampire Boss where you took the Core from¡­" said the young brother. "Then look harder, Fernand! Or I am going to get there and personally beat your ass and whoever stole it!" roared the man, as his brother screamed in fear. "Y-Yes! Sorry! I am very sorry, aniki! Please don''te here! I will find it! I promise!" cried the young brother. "You better fucking do it, Fernand, you better fucking do!" roared the man, closing the call and then suddenly hitting the entire wall with a zing punch! BOOM! The entire building began to tremble, barely stabilizing itself! An enormous hole appeared on it, as pieces of the building fell to the streets down below, crushing a few innocent people. "FUCKING HELL!!!" roared the man, as mes surged over his entire body, like a living torch, he unleashed a gigantic beam of concentrated heat towards the sky, illuminating the entire night for a brief moment! BOOM! A gigantic explosion unfolded in the sky, as many people nced with surprise, many thinking that it was some kind of firework of sorts. "I should have never given that idiot the fucking Core¡­ For once I was trying to be a good older brother and this spoiled shitass ends up having it stolen?!" roared the man, sitting in the building while ncing at the city through the giant hole he made. Suddenly, another call came, as the fire-resistant phone he possessed showed up another familiar number. "What do you even think you''re doing?!" asked the voice of a man. "Ah, chairman¡­ What''s up?" asked the man. "What''s up my ass! Why did you just blow off a piece of the building?! Two people were ttened like pancakes down below by the debris!" "Oops¡­"ughed the man. "Sigh¡­ If you weren''t a freaking S-Rank Hunter I would have sent you to prison a long time ago buddy!" "Haha, yeah sure. I am way too strong for you to waste me in prison, even if I were an A-Rank or B-Rank I bet you wouldn''t even dare touch me anyways,"ughed the man. "Tch¡­! The reparations are going to be discounted from your pay!" "Yeah sure whatever," sighed the man. "Why is an S-Rank Hunter such an immature fucking brat-" The man closed the call midway through as he threw the phone down the building, without a care of the world. "Man, I got pretty angry there¡­ Maybe I should go release some steam in some nearby Dungeon¡­" said the man, covering himself in mes once more and jumping off the building, flying like a meteor of mes through the sky¡­ ¡­ Unaware of the lurking threats that the future awaits, Noah''s party enters his room after an hour of preparing. "Noah-sama, we are ready," said Iris, she had taken out her school uniform and was now wearing simple sports clothes. "Hm," said Jon while nodding, he was also wearing simple clothes which he did not mind getting covered in blood. "Err, Noah, what are we going to do?" asked Arthur. "Oh nothing much, we''ll get out of here for the rest of the night and go grind in the nearby F-Rank Dungeon for more Cores," said Noah. "But tomorrow there is¡­" muttered Arthur. "Yeah, the trip to the wastnds¡­ So what? We still have to train and be stronger, we cannot waste such a beautiful night as this one¡­ And well, is someone hungry by any chance?" asked Noah. "Hungry?" asked Timassa, as she remembered that one day ago she ate two corpses by herself. Since then, she had not felt any hunger and has not drunk nor eaten any other food. "The night is beautiful, and we all are a part vampire. Shouldn''t it be ideal for us to go hunt some innocent and weak civilians?" asked Noah. "B-But that might be dangerous!" said Arthur. "Nah, there are a lot of homeless people around¡­ And well, we have to feed ourselves, right? Oh, a new member is joining us today¡­" said Noah, as the party heard a knocking sound in Noah''s room door. Knock, knock¡­ "Who might be?" wondered Timassa, as she opened the door, which revealed a lugubrious woman. Her skin was pale gray, and her eyes crimson red, her hair was blonde, but it has lost a lot of its bright colors and seemed old. "Oh, Adamantine, so she recovered already?" wondered Iris. "Indeed, although her mind ispletely broken, she had been given the liberty of sleeping in her room, mostly because the teachers and doctors in here do not even care about her anymore, so I went to take her a visit and ordered her toe here in an hour, so here she is¡­ She''s rather hungry," said Noah. "Master¡­ Mistress¡­" muttered Adamantine with a dry voice, ncing at Noah and Iris with wicked fascination. "That''s¡­ Adamantine¡­ She''s one of us?" asked Arthur. "Yes, I guess you had already figured out who killed her two little friends and let her in the dungeon, right? Well do not me me, because that was Iris,"ughed Noah, as Iris gave an apologetic smile. "I¡­ went a bit wild there¡­" she said shyly. "Well, the more people the more strength we have, right?" asked Timassa. "That''s right, although I don''t n on getting any more, too many people all together at night will awaken a lot of suspiciousness, especially if they are us¡­ For now, let''s keep the group small until we get out of this school," said Noah. "Concentrating our resources and growth into a smaller group is better than in arger group after all," said Arthur. Adamantine slowly walked towards Noah, as she kneeled. "Master¡­ Hungry¡­" she said. "Here," said Noah, as he sliced off his hand without any issue and threw it as a snack for Adamantine, who began to devour it like a mad dog. Noah''s hand quickly grew back anew, surprising everyone except Iris. "Noah-sama, I also want to taste your flesh~!" said Iris. "Anyways, let''s get going," said Noah. "Don''t ignore me¡­" sighed Iris. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 38 - Cyberpunk City Night And... Robots! ----- "I wonder what did Adamantine''s parents said about her¡­ changes," said Arthur. "She was smart enough to appear on her human appearance to them, but whenever I am close, her Ghoul colors emerge, perhaps because she is actually still quite hungry. It took Timassa two whole corpses to be satisfied after all," said Noah. "I-I see¡­ Were they affected due to her mind change?" asked Arthur. "Obviously. But it was not as if they could do anything over it, they are a poor family after all. It was exined that her trauma must be due to having been eaten by Goblins and also after seeing her friends being eaten as well, so they have not suspected about us, and it has been two days since then, I haven''t seen anyone investigating it either, mostly because Adamantine and her friend were not seen as valuable by the school, nor they were from rich families," said Noah. "O-Oh, I see¡­" sighed Arthur, as he nced at the expressionless Adamantine who had just recently cleaned her mouth from the blood of the snack she ate, Noah''s hand. "Do you want to help her parents marily?" asked Noah. "Ah¡­ Well, if she is going to be part of our group¡­ Maybe," said Arthur. "Do as you please¡­ Although we should ask Iris what she thinks about you beingpassionate with the girl that constantly beat her to almost death," said Noah. "E-Eh? Did Adamantine do such a thing?" asked Arthur. "It seems that you are quite blind about what is happening in your surroundings," said Noah. "Oh, I am fine. Adamantine is not even the one she was before, it is as if she was reborn both in appearance and mind! She''s like a sweet toddler now, the only thing she has on the mind is eating flesh and perhaps sleeping, fufu,"ughed Iris. "Mistress¡­ Hungry¡­" said Adamantine. "Calm down, we''ll get you a nice snack soon~," said Iris, caressing Adamantine''s chine as she closed her eyes as if enjoying it. "I see¡­ well, I will try to help her parents then¡­" said Arthur, he had apassionate heart even as a Dhampir. As long as it did not affect Noah nor his allies, Noah did not really care what he did for others. The party had already gotten permissions from the guards, who all looked at the group quite suspiciously, but they dint do anything else than as what they were going to do, which Arthur had exined by saying: "I have invited them to have dinner in a restaurant with my parents", which made the soldiers shut up at the end, as Arthur''s father was a big supplier of items to this school, and they didn''t want to provoke their son, although some students didn''t care about this, soldiers were a different thing, they were working in here after all. The party walked through the streets of the central city of Sector D. In Sector D, there was the Central City area where most of the poption and the rich families lived, and then there were three smaller cities each one at one side of the city, connected throughrge bridges where futuristic-looking cars traveled through. Although 20 years ago cars like these never existed¡­ Nor flying cars either. Although Noah was used to this as he lived in the Central City, Jon, who seemed to be a country pumpkin that lived in a faraway town in thest areas of Sector D was always surprised over the wonders of nowadays technology. Such advanced technology would not exist if it were not because of the discovery of magic, of course. By merging magic and technology, humanity was able to do great leaps in technological advancement. Using things such as Magic Crystals as sources of amazing fuel, enormous ships traveled the sky, and cars flew around the sky. And through the war for survival against monsters, they were pressured to generate even better technology, which finally gave birth to what is called, Magic Technology. Magic Technology is mostly used by all of humanity at this point, although the military school where Noah and the rest are does not invest much money in high-tech items unless they will help students learn how to fight better. "Such a beautiful city¡­ To think that the outside world is filled with monsters¡­" said Iris. "Technology has advanced by leaps and bounds since the discovery of magic¡­ But most of this beauty is reserved for the rich, so we cannot enjoy any of it¡­ yet," said Noah. "Ah, look, a robot!" said Iris, as she pointed out to a humanoid-type robot with the appearance of a cute girl, although her skin was silvery gray and decorated with pink and blue lines, her eyes wererge and almost anime-like, with pink twin tails and a cute smile. "It is really a robot¡­ You don''t see these doing such work¡­" said Timassa. "What is it doing?" asked Arthur. "It is promoting that restaurant, it seems," said Noah. "Hello! Come in here, we got delicious porridge! Ham Rice Bowls and even Fried Monster Shrimps! 20% Off only today with this coupon!" said the adorable robot girl, as she moved around as if dancing while carrying arge sign around. The majority of the people ignored her, although some perverted guys nced at her with pretentious smiles. "Look! She looks like those robot whores from the other back street district!" "You''re right¡­ Those are pretty cheap, but what about this cutie?" Two shady-looking men who exuded a mild amount of Mana, F-Rank Hunters, approached the robot girl with perverted smiles. "Oi cutie, do you got some time off?" "How much for a night?" "E-Eh? Are they serious?" wondered Arthur. "Sadly, robots are not only used to serve as soldiers or servants¡­ but like any ve, there are certain models like this one who are modified to have imitations of genitalia, often used as¡­ prostitutes¡­" said Timassa. Noah watched at the scene expressionlessly as he slowly walked with his party, he had no interest in a robot, even less in people¡­ but these two guys, the F-Rank Hunters, seemed weak enough to be good prey. "A-Ah! S-Sorry, I am not¡­ I don''t work in those things¡­" said the robot girl, as she stepped back a bit. "What are you talking about? You''re clearly a Fembot-type robot, you''re made to be fucked," said one of the men. "You''re just our type,e on," said the other man, forcing the robot girl''s harm. Although the girl tried to protect herself, she was modified so she couldn''t hurt humans, she could only struggle and try to talk them out of this misunderstanding. "Please you are misunderstanding something, sir¡­ I work in this restaurant, I am not¡­ a robot for those works¡­" said the robot girl, her cybeic pink eyes seemed to be a bit worried. "There is no misunderstanding in here,e on!" roared one of the men, forcing the girl towards the side of the buildings, streets where the light of the city did not reach. "Please let me go! Don''t touch me!" cried the girl, although the F-Rank Hunters were strong enough to force their way into her. Throwing her into the ground, one of the men quickly moved towards her lower parts, forcibly taking off the metallic parts that covered them¡­ "Oh, we told you that you were made for it! Look at that wet-" sh! "Yeah, she''s ready to take it- Eh? Aniki?" Suddenly, the head of one of the F-Rank Hunters that tried to assault the robot girl flew into the air, leaving a stream of blood all around¡­ "W-What?!" The figure of Noah and Iris emerged at his side, ncing at him. "Hm, he smells quite bad, but I don''t think Adamantine will discriminate," said Noah with a smile. "W-What¡­ who are you!? FIREBALL!" roared the F-Rank Hunter, however, a bolt of ck thunder stopped his fireball from impacting Noah. sh! "E-Eh!?" The man noticed that within the shadows, four more figures emerged, all of their eyes were gleaming with crimson red light below the masks they wore, releasing a strong bloodlust as the little robot girl nced at this scene with surprise and disbelief. "W-Who are¡­ they?" she wondered. ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 39 - Saving A Cute Robot Girl?! Thats Not What Vampires Do! ----- "I-I couldn''t even notice their presences¡­! Just who are you lot?! You know that I am a Hunter, right?! And you just killed one of us! That is a crime! You''ll go to prison for that- GYAAH¡­!" sh! Suddenly, the figure of a blond girl leaped towards the man, as he barely managed to evade her attack, but had his shoulders shed withrge ck ws growing from her hands. "G-Get away from me!" cried the man, trying to run away as he walked, however, he could. "Adamantine, your prey is running away," said the voice of Noah, as Adamantine nced at the man running away and leaped into his back! "A-Aaahh! B-Burn to ashes you horrible subhuman!" roared the man, as he struggled to get off Adamantine from his back, as she began to tear part of his shoulder apart! "FIREBALL!" Roared the man, sting a fireball right into Adamantine''s face! Boom! "H-Hehe¡­ I won!" muttered the man, as he realized that Adamantine''s ws were tightly grabbing his flesh, and her legs were locking into his torso! "Eh?" He noticed that Adamantine''s face waspletely burnt, but the burnt flesh began to fall apart, as new muscles, eyes, and a tongue began to grow on a horrifying sight! "W-What¡­ what kind of monster are you?!" asked the man, as Adamantine opened her still healing jaws, extending her teeth as sharp knives, biting his neck, and throwing the man into the floor with tremendous strength! "G-Gyaa- Mmghhgh?!" A Blood Patch suddenly covered the face of the man, inhibiting his screams. "Has no one told you to not talk while being eaten? Ah, maybe that is not how it goes? Well, anyways, make it quick, Adamantine," said Noah with a pleasant smile, as he nced to the main street. It seemed that people still have not noticed them, thankfully, the light of the city did not reach this ce. Adamantine heard the orders of her master as she carried the corpse deeper into the shadows, breaking it apart and eatingrge chunks of flesh like a wild animal that has not eaten for weeks. Noah walked back to the first man''s corpse, as Iris offered him an Ability Core that he dropped. "Oh, an F-Rank Ability Core? Well, better than nothing¡­ Arthur, save the corpse inside the Dimensional Storage Ring," said Noah, as Arthur nodded and immediately put the corpse inside the special essory. Noah and the rest of the group were wearing all kinds of masks to cover their identities, and the trembling robot girl on the floor could not discern who they truly were. "Y-You¡­ You killed people¡­" she muttered. "Are you okay?" asked Arthur, gently smiling at her as he offered his hand. "Eh?" the girl grabbed Arthur''s hand by reflex and stood up. "It is very rare to see such an expensive model such as you in these areas¡­ I am pretty sure that your strength is equivalent to an F-Rank Hunter, why didn''t you resist?" asked Arthur. "I¡­ I am not programmed to resist humans¡­ It is something that came when I was built¡­" said the robot girl. "So she is indeed a Fembot then," said Noah. "Yeah, but her model is from Axis Corporations¡­ She would cost a fortune to create¡­ I don''t think my family can even afford an Axis Robot, especially those strong enough that are built to deal with Mutated Beasts and Monsters¡­" said Arthur. "If she is so valuable what is she doing working for a restaurant?" asked Iris. "I¡­ I used to be owned by my master¡­ but he died inside a Dungeon¡­ They wanted to sell me to a brothel when they discovered that he died¡­ But I escaped and¡­ wondered the streets until my battery was almost empty¡­ However, I found a group of abandoned robots and we have been¡­ surviving as we can¡­ They helped me recharge my Magic Core Battery, and now I found some work in these restaurants and mini markets¡­ As I do not tire, I can work an entire week without breaks!" said the robot girl. "I see¡­ Robots, huh? How many?" asked Noah, he seemed to havee with an idea¡­ "Eh? W-Well, many of them are damaged¡­ But we are¡­ a few dozen¡­" said the robot girl. "N-Noah-sama, what are you nning?" asked Arthur with a bit of concern. "Hey, wanna work for us?" asked Noah. "E-Eh?" asked the robot girl. "We won''t let you go either way, as you saw how we killed those people¡­" said Noah. "I-I won''t talk! I swear!" said the robot girl. "I don''t believe you. Even more, it feels weird that you are not as affected by what we did, have you seen humans being killed before?" said Noah. "I¡­ my sister¡­ big sis¡­ she was a war machine¡­ she¡­ kills those that try to steal us away¡­" said the robot girl. "Hoh? And you say you are just in the streets? Do you need money? This blondie here is filthy rich, I am sure that we can get you into our new manor, right, Arthur?" asked Noah, petting Arthur''s shoulders. "I-I¡­ I think I could manage¡­ But is this¡­ really okay?" asked Arthur. "Do you want to ask her opinion? Well, she only has two options. She either obeys us, or I break apart every bit that makes her up," said Noah. "Uuueeehh¡­ I will obey, I will obey! P-Please doesn''t pull me apart¡­" cried the robot girl. "Such an obedient girl," said Noah, petting her head with a pleasant smile. "I really thought they were good people for saving me like big sis¡­ but he doesn''t seem good at all!" thought the robot girl, as she led Noah''s party through the streets. "Noah-sama, are you okay with this?" asked Iris. "Yes. I like to take any opportunity given to me. This is one of them, we either grasp it or let it run away," said Noah. "Well it was all quite sudden," said Timassa. "Y-Yeah¡­ But if we really manage to get such expensive models like a Fembot and a War Machine for our future guild¡­ Perhaps with my money, we could repair them and make them into reliable allies¡­" said Arthur. "Do Robots have any System?" wondered Iris. "Our System? No, but they can be packed with magic weapons, Magic Core Batteries, and all types of things, they are like Magic Weapons, but they are independent¡­ That''s why they are so expensive," said Arthur. "Even better then¡­ Although we might have to convince her big sis to obey us¡­ Nothing that we shouldn''t be able to do," said Noah. "Noah-sama, you''re rather confident¡­" said Iris. "Anyways, what''s your name?" asked Noah, to the robot girl. "A-Ah! M-My name is¡­ Sakura¡­" said the robot girl. "Sakura? I would have thought that your name would be a series of numbers and letters that didn''t make sense," said Noah. "Well yeah¡­ But big sis and my other siblings call me Sakura due to my pink hair," said Sakura. "I see, well, it is fitting, you have maintained your colors very well despite having been on the streets this long," said Arthur. "I-I am very careful with all of that¡­ After all, it is thanks to my model appearance that I can get Jobs easily," said Sakura. "I-I see¡­ I guess that''s how robot thinks¡­" sighed Arthur. "Anyways, we are here¡­ This is¡­ my home," said Sakura. ----- Chapter 40 - Abandoned Robots And... A Sudden Fight?! ----- Sakura raised her arms as she showed the entrance to her home to Noah and his party. She lived rather far away from the center of the Central City, almost on its outskirts, within a series of abandoned buildings, where a lot of trash, scrap metal, and junk was thrown. There were also humans living in here, and even the asional young Subhuman running around and hiding from the presence of Noah. "So this is¡­ the part that we don''t see of that splendorous city¡­" said Iris. "Hm, a lot of prey," said Noah. "I-I think we already got pretty filled with what we ate¡­ No need to hunt more, Noah!" said Arthur. "Hmph¡­ You might be right," said Noah, as he nced at his surroundings while walking inside the dark alleys of this abandoned building. There wererge pieces of scrap metals, even pieces of weapons,rge cubes of iron, shattered Magic Core Batteries, and a ton of trash scattered all over. Suddenly, several colorful eyes gleamed within the darkness, startling Noah''s party. "W-Who are those?" asked Iris. "Ah, everyone, you cane out! They are friends¡­ they just saved me from some very shady thugs¡­" said Sakura, as the lights over therge and dark building suddenly covered the entire ce, illuminating it and revealing dozens of robots hiding within the scrap and other things. "Sakura, nee-sama¡­" said a tiny robot boy that was missing an arm and whose left eye was turn off. "Are they really¡­ Good humans?" asked a model simr to Sakura, although she was missing her air and seemed filled with wounds that were patched back with scrap metal. "Sakura, you idiot, get away from them! You shouldn''t have brought them here!" roared another Fembot, although her legs were missing and she moved by being attached to a wheelchair, her eyes were wearing a special lens, that made them seem oddly big, and her hair was long and brown. "But Sugar, they saved me¡­! I was about to¡­ to¡­ Sniff¡­" cried Sakura, as she hugged the one she called ''Sugar''. "They also killed those two F-Rank Hunters like nothing! They are not afraid to kill humans, like big sis!" said Sakura. "T-They killed them?! Really? I would have guessed that they would have allied with them!" said Sugar. "They were easy prey, so we took them down to feed our family. We are not so different from you, we struggle to survive in this world, we are not normal humans either¡­" said Noah, as he showed his vampiric traits, the rest of his party members also did so, surprising the robots. "Subhumans?" asked Sugar. "Hm, perhaps I could tell you more if we can meet your leader," said Noah. "I am here¡­" Suddenly, an enormous mech descended from the ceiling, falling like a tank into the ground! BOOM! "W-What¡­?!" asked Iris. "That''s¡­ really a war machine!" said Arthur. "So big¡­" said Timassa. "I am the big sister of my siblings¡­ And the one that protects them from the trash of this world¡­ That you are a subhuman or that you killed those that tried to assault her does not mean that we are instantly friends. Although I would never doubt Sakura''s words, as she is an honest and goodhearted girl¡­ I won''t ally nor obey weaklings," said the war machine. Her legs were like those of a spider, ck and made of powerful metallic material, ending on sharp ends. Her upper torso resembled a very refined Fembot, with the slender torso, arms, and an adorable face, although she covered most of it with a steel te, only revealing her glowing crimson eyes. The arms of her upper torso carried rechargeable magic shotguns, and she could also separate them into six arms with six des that could slice through rock with ease. Her entire body was ck and gray, and her powerful presence and the enormous magical aura she unleashed meant that she was indeed a powerful War Machine, special Magic Mechs used to fend off Mutated Beasts on the outsides of the Sectors, or even used as incredibly expensive guards for rich people. "Weaklings? So you want to fight me?" asked Noah, as his entire body began to cover itself with a powerful crimson aura. "I see that you''re strong¡­ But if we fight in here¡­ the entire building might fall off¡­ If you want to prove yourself to me, follow me," said the war machine, walking away. "E-Eh?! Do we really need to fight?! Big sis, Noah saved my life with his friends!" said Sakura. "So what? I want to see how strong he is, weak allies are not needed," said Big Sis. "So cold¡­" sighed Sakura. "Well she wasn''t programmed to haveplex emotions like us, although she is very protective, the only way to gain her approbation is by fighting¡­" said Sugar. "W-Wait, Noah-sama, are you sure you can¡­ beat such a thing?" asked Iris. "I-I think you might be overestimating your current capabilities¡­" said Arthur. "I never fight battles I can''t win," said Noah, following Big Sis as his party followed him from behind alongside Sakura and Sugar. Big Sis reached arge empty area that seemed to have once been a stadium, which had now been broken into a wastnd and ruins. However, this ce was wide enough for the battle to begin. Big Sis nced at Noah once more, her body towered almost four meters above the ground. "Are you ready, subhuman? I will not take responsibility if your entire body is broken down into pieces by my bullets," said Big Sis. "Go ahead and do your worst," said Noah, as he quickly activated the Champion''s Great Perseverance, and Blood Flow eleration Skills, enhancing all of his capabilities, as his pale white skin suddenly turned redder, and steam began to flow out of Noah''s body! "W-What is that? A Skill that you humans use?" asked Sugar in disbelief, adjusting her mechanic googles to see Noah with more detail. "I-I don''t know, I don''t remember seeing him use such power yesterday¡­" said Arthur. "It must be something new he got¡­ Amazing, Noah-sama just keeps getting strong every day¡­" said Iris. "Indeed, his strength keeps surging, we have to make sure to grow stronger as well to be more useful to him," said Timassa. "Hm," said Jon while nodding, through this whole ordeal he has been as silent as Adamantine, he didn''t enjoy talking after all. Big Sis nced at Noah''s powerful Aura, through her eyes and Mana Detection devices, she noticed arge amount of power amassing inside of his body, and even an incredibly warmth filling him, it was as if¡­ his entire blood was going around his body incredibly fast, increasing his metabolism to ridiculous levels as if his body had begun to boil! "Interesting, subhuman and humans always have strange Abilities¡­" said Big Sis, opening the cockpits of her shotguns and firing several light bullets towards Noah without even giving him a warning! Boom! Boom! Boom! The bullets were small, but whenever they reached anything, they would explode loudly, as if they were small bombs! The worst part was that they werepletely made out of magic, Light Attribute Magic, to be specific! Noah quickly realized that if he were to intercept the bullets with his ws, they would most likely explode his hand into pieces! However, Noah smiled! This was¡­ exhrating! ----- Author''s Note: If you like the story please give any powerstone you could spare, if we reach a nice number there will be bonus chapters at the end of the week, it all depends on you! Thank you very much for reading! Chapter 41 - Battle Of The Century! Vampire Versus Machine! ----- Noah immediately evaded the Light Bullets, as he leaped into the air. Big Sis specialized Magic Detection eyes quickly followed Noah, as she directed the bullets towards him with excellent precision, if it were not because Noah was enhancing his capabilities through his Skills, he would have already been reduced to pieces! "Hm, you''re good at running away, but can you fight back?" asked Big Sis, as she managed to get near Noah, using herrge spider-like legs as des and beginning to hit the ground, creating small tremors while trying to crush Noah or even impale him! Noah''s senses were enhanced to his limits, as he realized how frighteningly powerful was this Machine! "This thing precision and Magic Detection make it even stronger than the Goblin Champion and the Shadow Lynxes, it makes most of my ssmates seem like jokes¡­ This machine was most likely contracted to fight and defeat monsters above Rank E or even D!" thought Noah. "However, because it possesses high intelligence and decision-making capabilities, it might be even stronger¡­ However, let''s see how hard her shell is!" thought Noah, as he summoned his Blood Sphere and generated arge Blood Spear, throwing it at Big Sis''s upper torso! FLASH! "Oh? Long Ranged Magic¡­" said Big Sis, as she directed the bullets towards the Blood Spear while being in midair,pletely shattering it into pieces! However, that was but a distraction, as Noah emerged behind her and grew his Blood ws like slicing des! SLASH! CLANK¡­! "Oh?" However, instead of doing a prative attack, Noah''s ws only left arge scratch, but did not manage to get through the hard protection of Big Sis metallic shell! "Fool, did you thought that my torso was weaker than my legs because it is smaller?" asked Big Sis, as her chest suddenly opened, revealing another shotgun! "Die!" she said, firing several Light Bullets at the same time, sting away Noah! BOOM! "Gaaahh¡­!" Noah''s chest burned through the Light Bullets, and exploded into pieces, as his body fell into the ground! His chest was blown apart, only leaving a few pieces of flesh connecting it with the rest of his body! A gigantic and burnt hole was the only thing left, as his heart and even lungs were turned into ashes! "Sakura, make sure to dispose of his corpse-" "Oh? Did you think I was dead?" asked Noah, as Big Sis suddenly opened her cybeic eyes wide! There, she saw Noah running towards her again, already reaching her upper body with his ws ready to sh her! Where the giant hole was supposed to be, arge amount of coagted blood was present, connecting his body together, and slowly regenerating the tissue lost, as she could even see a heart growing back! "It took a lot of my blood reserve, but I guess I can also regrow lungs and a heart, who would have known?"ughed Noah, as he unleashed his Blood Soul, covering his ws with them and materializing them intorger ws! "What kind of monster are you!?" asked Big Sis, as she pointed all of her shotguns towards and unleashed a barrage of Light Bullets! Noah, however, unleashed a powerful shing attack, making the Light Bullets explode before they could hit him, as he seeped his ws into Big Sis! CLASH! "Nggh¡­?!" Noah Blood ws seeped into the gigantic mech''s small torso, breaking apart part of her shoulder, as one of her arms was blown off! BOOM! "You broke through myyered Magic Alloy Shell?! That¡­ Should not be possible!" roared Big Sis, as she pointed her shotguns towards Noah, blowing him away in a barrage of Light Bullets! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! As the bullets prated Noah''s body, Big Sis noticed how more blood was poured into his entire body, regenerating it even through midair! "Are you immortal or something?!" she roared, pointing her ws towards him, and employing them as des, trying to slice him into pieces! sh! sh! sh! sh! "Blood Maniption!" roared Noah, as he saw his entire limb being sliced into pieces! However, through Blood Maniption, he manipted the blood in each limb, including the blood inside the muscles and other parts, grabbing them and then forcefully sticking them back to his body! sh! "T-That''s ridiculous¡­!" roared Big Sis, as she pointed her shotguns at Noah. However, she noticed a giant de made of blood that had emerged from Noah''s wounds, as he had employed his own blood and made arge de with it! "Through Blood Sacrifice, I spend my own blood to enhance my capabilities, and through Blood Retribution, the damage of my attacks is enhanced, this obviously includes my long-ranged ones!" thought Noah, smiling wickedly as he had no remorse on using his own body and pushing it to unimaginable levels so he could achieve victory! The de was enhanced by Noah''s Attribute Values, and by the damage, bonus added from Blood Sacrifice! Noah has lost so much blood that the power it achieved was also double its original damage output! sh! "W-Wait!" cried Sugar, as she saw the gigantic de prate Big Sis torso! CLASH! "UNGGAAAKKHH¡­!" cried the giant war machine, as several of her circuits were being broken apart! "You are quite valuable, but I had to do this!"ughed Noah, as Big Sis screamed and suddenly fell over the ground! BOOM! Noah fell into the floor like a ragdoll, he had somehow achieved victory against a giant machine capable of turning E-Rank monsters into ashes. His body was barely regenerating now, and the speed it did had decreased exponentially as he had lost too much blood, and the one he had stored beforehand was all used. Although Noah seemed ''immortal'' to others, he could not achieve this if he did not have fresh blood to drink and nourish his body with! "Big sis!" cried Sakura and Sugar, as they ran towards her as fast as they could. "Ugh¡­ He actually¡­ beat me¡­" muttered Big Sis. "Don''t worry, I will repair you in no time!" said Sugar, as her hands suddenly transformed into dozens of small mechanical arms possessing many types of repair tools. "Let me take this out!" said Sakura, quickly taking away therge Blood de out of Big Sis''s torso, throwing it away as it broke into pieces over the floor. On the other side of the battlefield, Noah''s party quickly ran towards him. "Ah! Noah-sama, that was way too reckless!" said Iris. "But I told you I would win, I don''t fight-" "We get, we get it! Heal!" said Arthur, as he employed his new healing Skill over Noah''s body, managing to close his wounds with more ease. "Here, drink this!" said Iris, as she poured fresh blood from her Blood Sphere over Noah''s mouth, which he drank expressionlessly. "N-Noah-sama, you didn''t have to be so reckless¡­" said Timassa. "Please¡­ get well¡­" said Jon. "You don''t have to worry for me, I am your progenitor! Stop being crybabies," said Noah rather pridefully, although he seemed a bit happy that they worried about him. After a few minutes, he felt anew, standing back up again. "Now, ''Big Sis'', what do you think? Am I strong enough to be fitting of offering you a new life?" asked Noah. "Y-You... are strong¡­ Very well, I trust your strength¡­ But what are your ns?" said, Big Sis. "Seriously, you fight with him to almost death, but you didn''t even ask him what he genuinely wanted beforehand? You really have some loose screws, Big Sis!" said Sugar. "A-Ah¡­ I might have gone a bit too fast¡­ To be honest, I was angered that Sakura brought strange humans here, I was about to dispose of them, but when she tried to protect them, it really made me angry," said Big Sis. "But I told you that they meant no harm!" said Sakura. "I guess I should try to suppress my aggressive program a bit more¡­ Although I seem to have calmed down now," said Big Sis. "You really should! I can''t believe it, you''re so reckless!" said Sugar. "I guess they are not so different than us¡­" said Iris with a bitter smile. "Now that I have your attention, what I havee to offer you is to join our guild," said Noah. "Guild¡­?" asked Big Sis. "Here we go¡­" sighed Arthur. ----- Chapter 42 - Recruiting Robots! ----- "Guild?" asked Big Sis. "But we are robots¡­ we don''t count as people¡­" said Sugar. "Yeah, I guess we would be their servants¡­" said Sakura. "Well, we have not officially established our family as a guild yet, but we will soon do so, perhaps in a few weeks¡­ if things go ording to our ns. For now, we have established a hideout, where you can live quite¡­fortably,pared to this ce. Arthur here has a lot of resources, I am sure that we can get you into a good and functioning condition, your strength shall be useful for my goals," said Noah rather coldly, he wasn''t that good at inspiring people, nor acting gently. However, he had already beaten Big Sis, and if he wanted, he couldpletely shatter all the robots in here¡­ So it was better to obey him. And it was not as if they did not grow some admiration to him. First of all, he saved Sakura, although unwillingly at that time. Second, he beat Big Sis, yet he did not kill her and even forgave her life. Afterward, he offered everyone a better future. There were dozens of damaged Robots of all types in this ce, all of them lived below Big Sis, and would obey her decisions if it meant that they could live better lives. "Big Sis, maybe¡­ we could trust them?" asked Sakura. "Hmmm¡­ Well, I don''t want to get her beaten again, so she better agrees," said Sugar. "Sigh¡­ I am impressed that even after defeating me, you have not tried to take me apart to sell my pieces¡­ Perhaps your intentions are indeed good for us¡­ But why?" asked Big Sis. "Why? A Guild cannot be just one person, I need a lot of strength, and strength is achieved in the group. Although I might be strong myself, I still need to assistance of loyal subordinates. Robots like you with nothing to lose are perfect. Fear not, I treat my subjects fairly, as long as they make themselves useful," said Noah, his presence suddenly became greater for these artificial beings. "How can you¡­ put so much trust in us? We are robots¡­ not people¡­" said Big Sis. "Do you really think I trust you? You arepletely wrong, but I trust in my strength, and that you will not try to defy me¡­ If you do not want to die," said Noah. "Hmph¡­ Well, I was already beaten, you could take my life at any moment, there is no other option¡­ And if you prove to have actually said the truth of what you promised, I will swear my loyalty to you," said Big Sis. "B-Big Sis¡­" said Sugar. "Well, it''s all done now! Let''s move to thatfy mansion!" said Sakura. "It will be rather hard to move such arge group of robots through the streets¡­" said Arthur. "Aren''t robots organic lives? They are simr to items rather than living beings, right?" asked Noah. "Hm? Yeah, why?" asked Arthur. "Then shouldn''t it be possible to save them inside the Dimensional Storage Ring?" asked Noah. "I¡­ That''s¡­ true¡­ But would they¡­ like to be treated as an item?" asked Arthur. "I don''t think they have an option to refuse," said Noah. "Well, this will be a bit weird¡­" said Sugar. After having decided to save the robots inside the Dimensional Storage Ring, Arthur opened the artifact as a small portal that led to the inside of such a ce emerged. Dimensional Storage Rings were special items, often found inside Dungeons of high Ranking inside of Treasure Chests, dropped by monsters, and so on. However, through reverse engineering and the advancement of Magic Technology, Axis Corporations managed to finally find a way to mass-produce these useful items, making them moremon and cheaper to the public. However, such items were incapable of harboring living beings inside, but any type of item, food, or anything else, was possible to be stored inside. Robots were not alive, so such a thing was possible for them. Although they would feel rather ufortable doing so, it was not as if Noah were giving them any choice. Robots from all shapes and sizes entered the Dimensional Storage Ring, some seemed amazed, while others were a bit frightened, however, after a few minutes, Big Sis was thest to enter, having emptied all of this building. The Dimensional Storage Ring had multiple slots where things could be saved, and each slot could save several items together, so it was possible to save every robot without many issues, and with a lot of slots to spare. "I never thought that it was possible to store robots inside the Dimensional Storage Ring¡­ This is a bit surprising¡­" said Arthur. "I bet that many big shots do so, or how would they carry around such a big machine as that War Machine?" asked Noah. "I-I guess it does makes sense now," said Arthur. "Noah-sama, what shall we do now?" asked Iris. Noah nced at the starry sky, and the shining moon, the night was still young. "Let''s go to the Dungeon we decided to go, after that, Arthur will bring the Robots to our Manor, and we''ll go back to school before it begins," said Noah. "Which Dungeon are we going towards?" asked Timassa. "The Scale Dungeon, the one filled with lizards, it should be an F-Rank Dungeon," said Noah, as the rest of the party nodded, quickly rushing through the streets, jumping over buildings, and crossing through the shadows. That night many of the people that lived in these districts reported the sighting of strange crimson-eyed masked people roaming the streets and rooftops. After half an hour, the party finally reached the area where this Dungeon Rift was located, right in the middle of a special park that was surrounded byrge walls, it had a few guards in the entrance, but it was rather easy to let them get inside as long as they showed their identifications of Military School Students. "Going to a Dungeon at this hour, younglings?" asked the guard, rather concerned. "In a world filled with monsters, we cannot ck for a second, sir," said Arthur. "Hm, diligent kids, I like that, then go in, make sure to have brought some provisions," said the guard, as he let the students in without much concern, this was all because this Rift conducted to an F-Rank Dungeon, the monsters were the weakest, and such a big group as they were more than capable of disposing of these monsters even if they came in armies. Noah and his party entered the Dungeon through the Rift, as they found themselves in vast jungles withrge trees towering to the skies. The sky was blue, and the sun was shining brightly, dungeons did not care at all what time it was on Earth, as they seemed to be worlds of their own. The chirping of birds could be heard all around, and even that of small monkeys. However, those were simply animals that appeared in this dungeon, as the real threats were therge, scaled humanoid lizards that roamed around. As soon as the party entered, they were greeted by arge scouting group of Lizardman, humanoid lizards with armor-like green scales and alligator heads, they wore tribal clothes and wieldednces, shields made off their scales, and axes. "UKAKA!" roared the leader, immediatelymanding itsrades to charge after Noah and his party! "Oh? It seems that we got a nice wee party here!" said Noah. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 43 - Machines And Vampires Against Lizardmen! ----- Dismembered bodies flew into the air, sliced heads fell into the ground, a bloodbath unfolded. Noah and his party quickly got to work, and the group of Lizardmen that attacked them was sliced into pieces after less than a minute. Arthur used his powerful Erosion to make the Lizardmen literally melt away, Jon used his powerful Evil Eye to drain the life out of these creatures, Timassa wielded her ck thunder, electrifying her targets, Adamantine used her ck ws and Dark Aura to be a beast, tearing apart her enemies, and Iris used her shing ws and her Demonic Phantom Fox to enhance her capabilities. "That was rtively easy¡­" said Arthur. "Well, we are a big party already, this is to be expected," said Noah, as he umted the blood of the Lizardmen he killed before their corpses were to disappear into ck smoke inside of his Blood Sphere. "Our strength has increased a lot¡­ I usually needed to rest every time I used Bolt Arrow¡­ but now, I can use it several times without getting tired, is this because my Mana regenerates fast due to having eaten corpses?" asked Timassa. "Indeed, all of us can enhance our Mana regeneration and even regenerate itpletely whenever we are fully satiated. This way, we can unleash our Skills without worrying so much about spending all our fuel, something that low ranked Hunters don''t have the privilege of unless they are very talented," said Noah. "My eye¡­ is strong¡­" said Jon. "Oh yeah, Jon, you just drained the life of those monsters! Well done," said Iris, petting Jon''s head, he was rather small, the smallest of the group, and seemed to like to be given attention by Noah and Iris, who he called his masters or lords. "I''ve wondered, do your eyes grant you the ability to drain life and recover it?" asked Noah. "Yes, Master¡­ My Health has recovered¡­ although I did not lose any¡­ So it was wasted¡­ And my Mana¡­ has also filled a bit," said Jon. "Interesting, perhaps we should try to get you a more offensive long-ranged attack for a more immediate effect, this way, you can both kill and recover without even needing to drink blood," said Noah. "I would¡­ be d¡­" said Jon while blushing a bit, talking with his Master could not bring him more happiness, he was truly fascinated with Noah. "Master¡­ Hungry¡­" muttered Adamantine. Although Jon was rather shy, he was not near as strange as Adamantine, whose mind seemed to have regressed to a dependent toddler. "Didn''t you ate some of the flesh of the Lizardmen? Well, have this leg," said Noah, taking out a leg off Arthur''s Dimensional Storage Ring, one of such legs were from the corpses of the two nameless F-Rank Hunters they casually hunted. "Graarr¡­" Adamantine quickly began to eat the leg, tearing apart the flesh and drinking the blood voraciously. "Adamantine-chan is such a voracious little girl now~," said Iris, caressing her silky blonde hair as Adamantine seemed to feel rxed whenever she received affection from her mistress. The party continued their exploration around the jungle, as they came across smaller monsters unrted to the Lizardmen, such as Giant Dragonflies, Roaring Jungle Birds, and Fire Breathing Monkeys, which were disposed of rather easily by Noah''s Blood Projectiles, Arthur''s Erosion Wave, Jon''s Evil Eye, and Timassa''s ck Thunder, while Iris and Adamantine were more closebat fighters, so they could only watch. "Noah-sama, I think I have been managing to create my own Blood Projectiles! Are these okay?" asked Iris, as she shaped the blood inside of her Blood Sphere and showed a thin and long blood needle. "Oh? Have you been practicing diligently? Well done, this one seems sharp and rather strong as well, it would easily prate through flesh, although the Lizardman has scales, so you should try to aim towards their eyes or mouths," said Noah. "I see!" said Iris as she blushed, Noah''s advice was like precious treasures for her. "Hm?" said Jon, as he stopped walking. "What is it?" asked Noah. "¡­There is¡­ a big group of Lizardmening¡­ Over¡­ 50¡­" said Jon, detecting the lizardmen marching towards them from several meters away thanks to his irvoyance Skill. "So many?!" asked Iris. "That''s¡­ a lot¡­ Should we retreat?" asked Arthur. "What are you talking about? This is the perfect opportunity to grind more Cores, let''s wipe them all out! Arthur, take out the War Machine and Sakura," said Noah. "Eh? R-Really?" asked Arthur. "Do as I said," said Noah. "Y-Yes!" said Arthur, as he opened the portal to his Dimensional Storage Ring, and the giant Big Sis and Sakura emerged out of it. "W-What is happening? Is this¡­ a jungle?" asked Big Sis. "Eeeh?! Why are we in such a ce?!" asked Sakura. "This is a dungeon, give us a hand defeating an army of Lizardmen, will you?" asked Noah, as he gave Sakura a sword and a shield made of a cheap magical ore that Arthur carried on his Dimensional Storage Ring. "E-Eh? Fight?! Me?! I used to be a servant to my former master¡­ n-not a fighter!" said Sakura. "I don''t care what you used to be before, I want you to do as I say," said Noah. "O-Okaaay! D-Don''t look at me like that, master¡­" said Sakura, as she braced herself. "Don''t worry, I will protect you, Sakura. Taking care of a Lizardmen is not a problem, my bullets shall tear through their flesh without a problem," said Big Sis, she was a strong War Machine, brimming with confidence. "Grakakh! Gragaaaakkhh!" Arge Lizardman of over two meters led the rest of its group, wearing an armor made of several scales of many different lizardmen, which was painted crimson red by blood. Its face was filled with scars, and it wielded arge spear and shield, leading the rest of the army to charge! The Lizardmen roared fiercely, charging against their enemies! "You go first!" said Noah, as Big Sis nodded, pointing her shotguns against the Lizardman Leader! "GRAKH?!" Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Light Bullets fell over the Lizardman Leader in seconds, tearing apart its body into pieces in front of its army! "G-Graakakh¡­!" "GRAKH!" "GRAAAKHAKH¡­!" The Lizardmen quickly lost their confidence, as they nced at the imposing War Machine in front of them! "Extermination in process," said Big Sis, raining the entire army of Lizardmen with Light Bullets while impaling other Lizardmen with her giant de-like legs! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! sh! sh! sh! sh! "A-Amazing¡­ such destructive power¡­" said Iris. "So this is the true power of a War Machine when fighting against many monsters is when it truly shines," said Arthur. "Well, don''t act all surprised, we also have to harvest some lives ourselves, get moving!" said Noah, leaping into action as she sliced the heads and limbs of two Lizardmen in a second, absorbing their blood and then jumping towards his next prey, grabbing its head and tearing it out of its neck with a loud ''Crack'' sound! "Let''s go then, Adamantine!" said Iris, rushing with Adamantine at her side as the two girls shed through the Lizardmen, breaking their shields and spears with their strong ws, as Iris blinded the lizardmen with her Blood Needles and then finished them off with a rain of shing attacks that seeped poison into them! The entire party joined against the army of monsters, quickly diminishing their numbers! The Lizardmen despaired, as those that tried to escape were greeted by the shy Sakura, whose strength was rather admirable, despite her not realizing it! sh! sh! With two shes of her sword, she ended dismembering two Lizardmen, as she nced at the corpses with surprise before they disappeared into ck smoke. "E-Ehh¡­? Am I that strong?" she wondered. ----- Chapter 44 - Slaughtering Entire Armies Of Monsters! ----- In the span of a few minutes, therge army of Lizardmen was reduced to a sea of Cores, as their dismembered bodies turned into ck smoke and disappeared. "I-I¡­ I killed¡­ monsters¡­" muttered Sakura, as she nced at her sword covered in blood. She had barely received any damage, as her entire body was made of very resistant materials. "Have you never killed monsters before?" asked Arthur. "No¡­ Well, I''ve never entered a dungeon¡­ I always served my former owner inside of his house, I made his bed, cooked for him, cleaned the house¡­ and all of those things¡­ But never invited me to a dungeon¡­" said Sakura. "Look at this treasure throve¡­ There are around 36 Cores¡­ and some Ability Cores as well!" said Noah, as he smiled greedily. "Quickly gather the Cores and let''s get moving, we haven''t explored fully this ce, I can feel the presence of more monsters nearby," said Noah. "Yes!" said Iris and the rest, as they quickly gathered the Cores while Noah cleansed his clothes. "Do you Robots consume Cores to grow stronger?" asked Noah. "No¡­ We cannot, Cores can only be consumed by humans," said Big Sis, as she waved her legs and arms, taking the blood out of her metallic body. "Then how are you nning to grow stronger? Hm¡­ Perhaps new mechanical parts, but they will surely cost a fortune¡­ Well, I suppose that such ns will be forter," said Noah, as his party finally gathered the Cores inside the Dimensional Storage Ring. "I am confident in my own strength. However, War Machines and advanced Fembots such as Sakura can be upgraded through new types of Magic Core Batteries, which can be created through Axis Corporations, or custom created by a talented Creation-oriented Hunter, if enough Cores and Magic Crystals are used, and often other materials mined from Dungeons," said Big Sis. "Oh? Do you detect any of such materials?" asked Noah. "¡­Actually, the trees of this jungle and the soil are filled with Mana, I have been packed with several tools for the mass extraction of Dungeon Resources, as I am an advanced model that not only defended Hunters but also extracted materials safely," said Big Sis. "You''re saying that this soil and the trees in here are valuable? And howe people don''t take them out?" asked Noah. "Perhaps the amount of effort that it would be needed makes it not worth it, especially because this is a low-level Dungeon, and the value of the products does not outweigh the resources spent to mine them," said Big Sis. "And you''re telling me that you can mine them no problem? Then how they haven''t done it yet with your models?" asked Noah. "As I said, my own model is very expensive, the owners of my model would most likely use me in higher level dungeons, resulting in this one being almost abandoned," said Big Sis. "Interesting, then get to mine some, Arthur,e here," said Noah, as he told Arthur most of what Big Sis said. "Eh? Mine this ground and trees?! Well, I think we can save a lot in the Dimensional Storage Ring¡­ But how will we be able to process it?" asked Arthur. "That''s easy, I have a processor within my mechanical parts, it is a very easy thing to do, and as long as I am supplied with Mana by you lot, I should be able to process the dirt and wood intopact magic resources," said Big Sis. "Wow¡­ I never thought about that! So we are mining now?!" asked Arthur. "You help her save the resources, we''ll get rid of the monsters marching to us¡­" said Noah. "Master, there is another army¡­ no, two¡­ Huh? Three¡­ three armies of over 30 Lizardmen are charging towards us," said Jon. "So many? How is that even possible?! Low-level Dungeons are supposed to have low spawn rates!" said Timassa. "Oh, that''s because of Noah-sama! He''s capable of using his powers to enhance the production of monsters within a dungeon!" said Iris. "That''s¡­ Isn''t this cheating?! Such a power would be paid a fortune by higher-ups! The amount of efficiency that it could be achieved by farming so many resources so quickly is baffling¡­" said Timassa. "Well, we can talk more about itter, let''s get to it," said Noah. Big Sis began to shapeshift her gigantic spider-like legs, as the two on front transformed intorge drills, while her arms becamerge ws to take out the dirt. "Hm¡­? I can detect¡­ greater forms of mana below this¡­ Magic Crystals and¡­ Magic Alloy? What are the chances?" asked Big Sis, as she began to drill, after reaching ten meters in a few seconds, she found several shining crystals below the ground! "That''s¡­ Magic Crystals and¡­ Eh?! Magic Ores?!" asked Arthur in surprise, such materials cost a lot of money inrge quantities, and were used for a variety of purposes, such as batteries for technology, the creation of armors, weapons, robots, buildings, flying cars, flying ships, and more! Noah smiled, as he asked the Blood Progenitor if his Blood Core could provoke such things to emerge. "Hmph, most likely. The power of my Blood Core is enormous! By the release of corrupted energy simr to the Miasma that changed this world''s fate, it is possible to make dungeons produce more resources¡­ It seems that the more power you unlock from my Blood Core, the more this ability intensifies¡­ (Grr¡­ Does this means that this brat will end up having even more money now?!)" said the Blood Progenitor. "I see¡­ Thanks for telling me so obediently, Drac¡­ Now time for some ughter, we got arge pack of Cores walking directly towards us! Perhaps today I might finally get to E-Rank in terms of Attribute Values? Well, let''s see how far this can go¡­!" said Noah, darting towards the battlefield and releasing his Blood ws, slicing through the Lizardmen''s ranks like a hot knife through butter! The Lizardmen were left in shock, as Noah''s prowess and speed had been enhanced, the more blood he drank from them, the stronger and faster he grew! "As long as I can drink their blood, I can keep up my buff Skills and almost double my overall power! This is what I call efficiently grinding Cores!"ughed Noah, as he resembled a crimson demon slicing through anything on his path of bloodshed! "Uwah, Noah-sama, he looks so handsome while embracing his Vampiric nature~!" said Iris, as she cut through the ranks of the Lizardmen almost at a simr speed to Noah, slicing them off with ease. "GRRKAKAAHHH!" Suddenly, tworge Lizardmen emerged, wearing harder armor and weapons! "Oh?! Lizardmen Warriors? Do they have simr ranks to Goblins? Interesting!"ughed Noah, darting over the shoulder of a Lizardman Warrior and then generating arge Blood de, slicing through its neck! "GRRAAKKHHH¡­!" sh! "However, I am not as weak as that time when I had to struggle with Goblin Warriors¡­ Killing Lizardmen Warriors shouldn''t be much of a problem," thought Noah, as the Lizardmen Warrior he killed exploded into ck smoke. Noah quickly jumped off it before itpletely turned into smoke, and reached for his next prey, seeping his ws into its eyes as the Lizardman Warrior groaned in agony! "ck Thunder Arrow!" roared Timassa, as the powerful thunder attack reached the Lizardman Warrior, electrifying it as it died on the spot! Boom! The bloodshed continues, as the Vampire Family cannot lose this opportunity to finally gather resources and Cores to grow stronger! ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 45 - Boss Battle! Against The Lizardman King! ----- "GRAAAKKAHH¡­!" Arge, two-meters tall Lizardman wearing leather clothes and wielding a long wooden staff with a skull on top roared, conjuring a spell and forming a magic circle in the process! sh! Suddenly, arge amount of green smoke emerged from the magic circle, reaching Jon! "That''s¡­ poison? Hm, it doesn''t smell as bad as I imagined¡­" thought Jon,pletely unaffected by the poisonous smokescreen! "Gakkahhh¡­!" cried the Lizardman Shaman,pletely surprised by Jon''s resistance over poison! "Because I am a Dhampir, as long as I am well-nourished with blood, my resistance against things such as poison is increased¡­ I can barely feel my health slowly dimming¡­ Well, Evil Eye," thought Jon, as he activated his Evil Eye, ring at the Lizardman Shaman and instantly draining its life force! "GRRAKAKKH¡­!" The Lizardman Shaman cried in agony, as its strength slowly dissipated and it fell into the ground, its life waspletely drained out, and it slowly became as dry as a mummy! Jon felt like his health was back at full now, his new ability was incredible. However, because it wasn''t of an immediate effect, other Lizardman could take advantage of his low attribute values andck of agility to strike him from behind! "Grakakakah!" "Groooaakkah!" Two Lizardmen Spearmen emerged before Jon, raising their spears coated in deadly poison as Jon was not able to drain their lifepletely before their spears reached his flesh! However, a dark figure emerged from the shadows of the jungle, Adamantine roared like a beast, her entire body coated in darkness, as she used her shadows and shaped them as ws over her hands! "GRRRAAAAAAH¡­!" SLASH! SLASH! The two Lizardmen Spearmen were sliced in half on an instant, as Adamantine feasted in the streams of blood that emerged from their bodies before fully dissipating into ck smoke! "Thanks¡­" said Jon. "Friend¡­ Protect¡­" said Adamantine, her mind was broken now, and it had now been reformed into a very young one, however, she saw anyone with the same ''scent'' as her master and mistress as friends she needed to protect, and because Jon was bad at fighting other than using his irvoyance and Evil Eye, most of the time, she was protecting his back. "Let''s fight¡­ together¡­" said Jon rather shyly, as Adamantine nodded innocently and the two joined forces, Adamantine serving as a defender and fast physical attacker, while Jon weakened the Lizardmen that rushed towards them and drained their life force with ease. Like this, the unlikely pair broke through dozens of Lizardmen, annihting an entire battalion by themselves! A path of blood and cores was the only thing left, as Jon began to slowly learn how to use Lesser Blood Maniption, managing to generate his first Blood Sphere, where he stored Blood forter consumption or use. Meanwhile, Iris roamed the battlefield alone, using her Blood Sphere and shaping the blood inside into Blood Needles, targeting the Lizardmen''s eyes or snouts, while she used her long and poisonous nails to slice through their necks or stomachs! sh! sh! sh! sh! "Grrryyakkhh¡­!" "Grruuuooohkkha¡­!" "Grrakakahh¡­!" "Fufu, it has never been this easy before! I have really grown a lot thesest days!" sheughed, coated in her Rage Mode crimson aura and her Demonic Phantom Fox dark blue phantasmagoric aura, her fox tails grewrger as more slowly began to emerge, the more time she spent using this power, the stronger would be the buff, but the more insane she would be! However, for someone who had already embraced insanity, she was not at all that affected, and even enjoyed such a feeling of exhration and bloodshed! Several arrows, spears, and swords reached for her, as she evaded them with incredible agility while using her Blood Needles to attack her enemy''s blind spots, slicing them into pieces not long after! She roamed the battlefield and annihted her weak prey, the Lizardman had no choice but to fall into despair, their kin was being ughtered as if it were child''s y for these invaders! Quickly, Noah reached the leaders, threerge Lizardman Leader Warriors, and arger one, a four-meter tall Lizardman King Shaman! "So we already got into the leader''s territory!" said Noah, as Iris, Timassa, Jon, Adamantine, and Sakura reached his side not long after! "Measly humans¡­ Have youe to annihte our kin as you always do? Burn to ashes!" The Lizardman King Shaman nced at Noah from its bone throne, which was being carried by a dozen of Lizardman Warriors, as it began to conjure several spells at the same time, magic circles emerging out of thin air! Suddenly, a rain of zing rocks emerged from the sky, falling over Noah''s party! "That''s¡­ meteor shower!" said Arthur from the backlines, as he decided to leave what he and Big Sis were doing, rushing to assist Noah and his party! "Evade!" roared Noah, as his group dissipated while moving swiftly through the jungle, evading therge yet slow-falling meteors. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The meteors, which were the size of a car each, fell over the jungle and detonated into zing explosions, burning through the vegetation, and turning it all into ashes! "Jon, Adamantine, Timassa, take care of the Lizardman Warriors and Leaders defending the King! Iris,e with me!" roared Noah, as his party nodded without a shred of doubt over their leader''s tactics, getting back together once more and darting towards the Lizardmen Leader who greeted them with roars of war and enormous weapon attacks! "GRRAAAKAKAKAH!" One of the Lizardman leaders roared loudly as ifughing, rushing towards the party that decided to confront them, raising its gigantic axe and quickly making it fall over them, the weapon''s weight alone could easily crush them without any effort! "GRROOOOOAAAHHH¡­!" However, Adamantine enhanced her entire body with her Dark Aura, shing towards the axe with all of her strength, her giant Dark ws cracked the axe with enormous strength, breaking it apart into fragments, as the Lizardman Leader Warrior was left in shock! "Good work¡­" said Jon, as he nced at the Lizardman Leader from nearby using his Evil Eye, and enhancing its effectiveness with more Mana poured into it, and then, he released several Blood Knives crafted through his Lesser Blood Maniption! sh! sh! sh! The Blood Knives prated the Lizardman Leader''s flesh, as the evil eye effect drained his life away! "Aaaaaaand now¡­!" Sakura ran by pushing the limits of her entire body, raising her de, she released a wave of shing attacks over the Lizardman, disrupting its counterattack! "Dark Thunder Arrow!" Timassa quickly came to finish off the creature, electrifying it with her powerful dark thunder, frying it alive on the spot! "GRRAAAKKHH¡­!" Boom! Turning into ck smoke, the trio had no time to rest, as they quickly moved towards the next target, who was charging directly at them! However, as they rushed towards it, another two more Lizardman Leaders emerged from their backs, raising theirrge hammers and spears! "Waves of Erosion!" roared Arthur, as he attacked the two Lizardman Leaders with a powerful wave of erosive poison, breaking through their flesh and making their scales melt away! "GRRRYAAAKKH¡­!" "Begone!" roared Big Sis, as she used her gigantic drills to break through the Lizardman''s flesh, crushing their legs and then blowing off their giant heads with her Light Bullets, covering herself on blood! Boom! The Lizardman Leaders turned into ck smoke in an instant, as the other group managed to get rid of the ones they were targeting in time! Meanwhile, Noah and Iris rushed through the battlefield, evading the magic barrage of the Lizardman King Shaman! ----- Chapter 46 - Desperate Battle! ----- "You humans¡­! I have never seen someone wiping out my army like this before! You must be exterminated! Burn to ashes! Meteor Shower!" roared the Lizardman King Shaman, enraged by his army''s defeat, he began to conjure more meteors all around, destroying the entire ce and leaving a hellish and burning wastnd! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Noah and Iris evaded each direct meteor, but the mes were too intense that it began to burn through their clothes with ease, prating their flesh and slowly melting their skin! However, through the regeneration of Vampires, and the constant drinking of umted blood, they managed to break through the hellish walls of mes that the Lizardman King Shaman encased itself into! "Noah-sama, we are here!" roared Iris, as she and Noah finally reached the big boss! "Do your worst! Ice des!" roared the Lizardman King Shaman, as he conjured dozens of blue-colored magic circles, making fall a rain of Ice des against Noah and Iris! Noah smiled maliciously, as he suddenly put his own blood and the one he umted into motion! "Let''s make it a bit fair then, you bastard!"ughed Noah, as his Blood Soul was also put into effect, expanding like a crimson aura, andbining with his blood and that of the Lizardman which he harvested when he killed them! sh! sh! sh! sh! Blood Projectiles of all shapes and sizes shed against the Lizardman King Shaman''s Ice des, generating an amazing spectacle of explosions and colors! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! "Oh?! Interesting! Very interesting!"ughed the Lizardman King Shaman, generating more attacks as Noah kept infusing Mana and blood into his! "Iris, slice through the bastard''s neck!" roared Noah, as Iris was already getting into motion, rushing towards the Lizardman King Shaman, and unleashing her blood Needles! However, she quickly noticed that the Lizardman King''s scales were simply way too hard, like metallic tes, her needles were not able to get through! "Tch! How about this then?!" roared Iris as she was covered on her Rage Mode crimson aura and Demonic Phantom Fox dark blue phantasmagoric aura, enhancing her capabilities to her very limits! She coated her ck nails into these powers, and then began to slice through the flesh of the Lizardman King''s arms, as the monster roared in pain, ncing at Iris as his conjuration was interrupted! "D-Damn it!" he cried, as Noah''s Blood Projectiles reached the Lizardman King''s entire body, shing through its flesh and managing to prate its hard scales, unlike Iris'' attacks! sh! sh! sh! sh! "Unngrraaa¡­!" cried the Lizardman''s King, as he shielded himself with hisrge arms, walking out of his throne! Iris smiled devilishly, as she finally reached the Lizardman King''s face! "Do you like poison?" she asked, as she leaped near its eyes, shing through its eyes dozens of times, as blood gushed out of his crushed eyeballs! "UNGRRRAAAKKKHHH¡­!" cried the Lizardman King! Iris jumped out of the monster''s face before she was to be pped like a fly by its gigantic ws, and then rushed back to its neck, abusing Noah''s wounds, and beginning to slice through the tender flesh below the hard scales! However, the Lizardman King''s Aura suddenly changed! "UUUNNNNGRRAAAAAKKKKHHH¡­!" Boom! An enormous wave of magic energy was released from his entire body, as Iris was sent flying through the sky, barely managing to get caught by a Blood Tentacle made by Noah! "A-Ah! Noah-sama, you saved me!" said Iris with enamored eyes, as Noah quickly dropped her to the ground! "Bugeeh¡­!" "Quickly get up, we are not done with this!" said Noah, his face growing fiercer as he nced at the gigantic Lizardman King enhance his body!" "Aarrgghhh¡­! My eyes¡­ You damn monkey! I shall crush you like ants!" roared the Lizardman King, enhancing his body with a Body Strengthening Spell, as his muscles bulged, and his wounds stopped flowing with blood! "We need more back up here!" cried Iris, as she and Noah evaded the enormous and incredibly fast fist that fell over the ground! BOOM! "You want to throw some fists?! We throw some fists then!" roared the Lizardman King, breaking through the sound barrier and twisting his body, as his long tail whipped Iris and Noah through the air! CLASH! "Hyaaaa¡­!" "Nngh¡­! Blood Spear!" roared Noah, shing arge spear of blood towards the Lizardman King, which reached its forehead and got stuck in there! CLASH! "Unngghooo¡­! Gakakakakah! That won''t do it! My scales are as hard as steel!"ughed the Lizardman King, stepping into the ground and generating earthquakes! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Hisrge ws quickly reached Noah and Iris, as Noah threw away Iris from the ws'' range and was embraced by the Lizardman''s King! sh! "N-Noah-samaaaaa!" cried Iris, as she fell to the ground. "GAAKAKAKAH! I caught you! Now di- GEHKKH?!" sh! sh! sh! sh! "I also got ws, lizard!"ughed Noah, as he sliced off the Lizardman''s fingers, making it cry in agony! "GRRRYAAAAKKKHH¡­! M-MY fingers, you monkey! DIE!" roared the Lizardman King, as he moved his tail towards Noah while he fell through midair! Noah''s energy was already low, and he had spent most of his blood on his Blood Projectile Barrage! Without energy, his senses dulled, and¡­ he was not able to move in time! Preparing himself to take the hit, a ck thunderbolt fell from the sky, crashing against the Lizardman''s King, and blowing it off! BOOM! "UNGRRAAKKH¡­ W-What?! I-It can''t be¡­ you already killed my Warriors?!" asked the Lizardman King in shock, ncing at Timassa''s confident smile, as she generated more thunderbolts, falling over the Lizardman''s King! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "UNNGRRAAKKHH..! YOUUUU!" The Lizardman King roared, moving its leg towards Timassa, trying to crush her like an ant! "Waves of Erosion!" "Evil Eye!" However, Arthur and Jon joined in, using their powers to attack the Lizardman''s legs, waves of erosive poison began to slowly melt the skin of the Lizardman''s King, as Jon''s Evil Eye drained off his lifeforce! "UNNNNGKKKHH¡­! You damn¡­ Little Ants! Meteor Shower! ¡­Eh? Why¡­ it doesn''t conjure?! Agh! I ran out of Mana already?!" wondered the Lizardman King, after all, he had used Mana excessively through the entire battle, even monsters were able to run out of Mana, and if they were provoked to use their strongest attacks right away, there were tactics that forced them to tire out of their mana so they could be less threatening! "Well, too bad for you!" said Big Sis, rushing towards the Lizardman King and raining Light Bullets over its legs, crushing them through several explosions of light! Boom! Boom! Boom! "UNNGAAAHKKKH¡­!" "There is more where that came from!" said Sakura. "GRAAAAAAAAHHH!" roared Adamantine. Adamantine and Sakura came right after! Adamantine used her dark ws and dark aura to enhance herself, while Sakura began to slowly get more used to her capabilities, using her sword to break through the Lizardman''s open wounds, slicing more flesh out of it, until both of its legs finally fell! BOOM! "UNGHH¡­ T-THIS! I am¡­ the Lizardman King! I cannot be defeated by measly humans!" cried the Lizardman King, as Noah and Iris darted towards him! "Well, too bad for you. I can only see you as resources, so give me a favor and die," said Noah, covered in his own blood, he gathered it all into a giant de, as he received the support of Iris with her own blood! "Die!" said Iris and Noah, slicing through the Lizardman''s King neck, as a fountain of blood exploded into the sky! "UUUNNGRRRYYYAAAKKKKHHH¡­!" CLASH! Boom! The Lizardman''s head was sliced right off, as his enormous body turned into ck smoke right after, leaving several precious Cores behind! ----- Chapter 47 - Great Rewards ----- With the death of the Lizardman King Shaman, came the recollection of dozens of Cores around this wastnd. Cores had unique properties and were incredibly durable, even after beginning showered in the powerful Meteor Shower of the Lizardman King, they were just as new but covered in a lot of ashes and debris. Thankfully, Big Sis could detect magic elements and quickly dug out every Attribute Value Core and Ability Core. Jon then checked the surrounding of the Dungeon, and only detected very dim presences of lesser and smaller monsters that were actually running away from the area, it seems that for now, the Dungeon was emptied. However, there was also the sealed dungeon boss door, as long as the actual boss of this dungeon was not defeated, the dungeon would be kept existing, making it an easy ce to grind cores and other materials. "That was quite intense¡­ But we did it, somehow!" said Sakura. "Indeed, and the amount of Cores we acquired is ridiculous¡­ But I wonder why there were so many monsters in this cepared to other dungeons we had visited," said Timassa. "Hm, it might be rted with the Dungeon type of structure, or even that this Dungeon had been ignored for a few weeks mostly, so the monsters began to umte," said Arthur. "Oh right, this Dungeon is often ignored, as most F-Rank Hunters are usually at Military Schools using the Dungeons there¡­ And no other Hunter visits this Dungeon due to its annoyingndscape of jungles, where many mosquitoes and annoying bugs live," said Timassa. "Alongside that, there could be another reason¡­ My Blood Core ability to warp Dungeons and make them spawn more monsters has intensified after I have unlocked more of its power¡­ This also means that our rise to power will be rather swift, but not easy," said Noah, although he was easily ying Lizardmen Leaders, the Lizardman King was particrly hard to kill, and it needed the help of all his subordinates to take it down. "That''s amazing if it''s really true¡­ We could grind a few more dungeons and finally get to Rank E!" said Iris. "Indeed¡­ I am beginning to think that we might be able to achieve this tomorrow at night if things go well¡­" said Noah. "That''s¡­ amazing¡­ so fast?" asked Arthur. "Well, Master, you can clearly see that this is the truth, by just looking at the immense amount of Cores we have collected¡­" said Timassa. "We''ll have to hunt on E-Rank Dungeons soon!" said Iris. "Well it''s already near 4 AM, let''s keep finding any monster nearby while the War Machine and Arthur farm the underground resources," said Noah, as everyone nodded in agreement and darted through the jungles, yingrge insects, monkeys, or any critter they found. Meanwhile, Big Sis and Arthur kept mining materials with incredible efficiency thanks to Big Sis''s enormous drills, when it was near 6 AM, they had ground three tons of Magic Crystals and Magic Ores, which were all F-Rank, but valuable, nheless. Just like Cores and Hunters, materials that can be mined inside dungeons had Ranked as well, often determined by the dungeon''s original rank and their level of Mana capacity. "We left an enormous hole in here¡­ Will we not get in trouble leaving this like that?" asked Arthur. "Well, half of the jungle was burned by the Lizardman King, so they might not realize this before noticing all the wastnd and burned trees," said Noah. "R-Right¡­" said Arthur. "Well, don''t dungeons regenerate naturally after some time? After it absorbs enough Miasma from the environment, it will most likely regenerate to its original state, and then make new Lizardman appear," said Iris. "She''s right, there isn''t much to worry about," said Timassa. "Master¡­ Thirst¡­" said Adamantine, as she moved near Noah, grabbing her arm and ncing at him with puppy eyes. "You''re thirsty? Hm, drink this," said Noah, as he cut off his wrist and let Adamantine drink from hisrge wound. "E-Eh?! A-Adamantine gets to do that but I can''t?!" asked Iris. "Well, thest time I checked you didn''t have the mind of a toddler¡­ Or maybe I am wrong? I am beginning to think that you might!" said Noah rather annoyed, as Adamantine drank the blood very peacefully as if a baby drinking milk from her mother. "A-Ah! N-Nooo! Don''t get angry with me, Noah-sama¡­" sighed Iris, as Noah simply sighed and petted her head. "Let''s go back now, there are sses, and we also need to absorb these Cores we acquired. Let''s hurry up," said Noah, as Adamantine finally satiated herself and Noah''s wound immediately regenerated. Arthur saved Big Sis and Sakura inside of his Dimensional Storage Ring and ran back to his house atop the building''s roofs alongside Timassa, while Noah and the rest moved back to the school. The party had gathered 202 Attribute Value Cores, and 8 Ability Cores, which they ended up dividing around, until Noah was left with the most, ending at 50 of Attribute Value Cores and 4 Ability Cores, which also included the one that an F-Rank Hunter they killed dropped. After quickly separating, Noah was finally left alone inside of his room, the sun was about to rise on the horizon, so he needed to quickly absorb the Cores, take a bath, and go to sses. "Hmph, you did quite well¡­ you''re closer to E-Rank¡­ That was¡­ Not even a week has gone by since you acquired my powers! Perhaps¡­ you''re truly innately talented?" wondered the Blood Progenitor. "Thanks for thepliments, Drac, but I don''t need them," said Noah rather coldly, as he began to absorb the Attribute Value Cores. A surge of new power covered his entire body, as the streams of energy began to cross through his muscles, bones, cartge, and blood vessels, reaching his Blood Core and nourishing it further. Noah opened his eyes as they gleamed with crimson red colors, his muscles felt strengthened, his bones became harder, his senses became sharper, and the amount of Mana he possessed increased as well. Without saying a word, he decided to check his Attribute Panel. [Noah] [Bloodline: Vampire (Awakening)] [Vitality: 69] [Mind: 70] [Force: 72] [Skill Points: 0] [Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Undying Body: 56 (A)], [Blood ws: 62 (C)], [Blood Maniption: 78 (D)], [Blood Projectiles: 57 (D)], [Champion''s Great Perseverance: 48 (C)], [Telepathy: 47 (D)], [Blood Soul: 28 (A)], [Blood Flow eleration: 25 (C)], [Blood Sacrifice: 21 (C)], [Blood Retribution: 20 (C)] "Oh? It seems that my Force Attribute might be the first to reach E-Rank! Interesting¡­ I only need three more points¡­ Hmm, that will have to wait. I do not regret giving the other Cores to my subordinates, they are, after all, my own strength as well. If they grow stronger, I grow stronger as well," thought Noah. "Hmph¡­ If you were not so caritative with your ves, you might have already reached E-Rank, foolish human," said the Blood Progenitor. "Caritative? I am not such a person. I only am not an idiot like you. I know very well that in this world, alone you are devoured. The strengthes in numbers. Even if I am strong by myself, by having others at my side, such strength multiplies several times. Maybe I am more of a leader than you, an SSS-Rank Monster was? How amusing, I guess you were an autistic loner," said Noah. "W-What did you call me?! I had hundreds of ves!" roared the Blood Progenitor. "ves? So you cannot even convince people to follow you, so you have to ve them? Pathetic," said Noah. "T-Tch! What do you even know about that?! I won''t talk with you anymore!" roared the Blood Progenitor, cutting his conversation with Noah. Noah shrugged off such a threat and smiled, ncing at his Ability Cores. ----- Chapter 48 - Learning New Skills Through The Skill Tree! ----- Now that Noah had increased his stats, it was time for him to get some Skill Points. By using the Ability Cores dropped by monsters (or humans), he can acquire Skill Points instead of a random Skill within the Ability Core Skill Pool, and be able to select Skills rted to his Blood Core through the Skill Tree he possesses. He now had 4 Ability Cores on his hands, enough for at least a few Skill Points. However, because they were all F-Rank instead of the higher-ranked Ability Cores he acquired from Edmond and his harem, the Skill Points he would acquire were lower. Ability Cores separated themselves in Ranks, but the Ranks themselves were not rted to the being they originated from Attribute Values, it was rted to their strongest Skill. Edmond had a D-Rank Skill, so his Ability Core was D-Rank, the Lizardmen were all F-Rank and only had F-Rank Skills, so their Ability Cores were also F-Rank. Noah knew this very well and did not expect to get such a big boost in power, but honestly, anything that he could get for now was good enough, especially because he was finally getting to the level of strength of Fernand Firebrand and hisckeys, the ones he desired to kill the most. There were also several E-Rank Students in his ss, and some were even close to D-Rank, however, Fernand Firebrand was high E-Rank, however, there could be the possibility of him growing stronger in these days, so there was not any guarantee that at the time that Noah reached E-Rank, Fernand would not be D-Rank already¡­ This was why he needed to grow stronger as much fast as possible! "Absorb," said Noah, as he used the Systemmand to absorb the Ability Cores into Skill Points. Ding! [Do you wish to exchange [Ability Core (F)] X4, for 20 Skill Points?] [>YES NO] "Only 20 Skill Points for four Ability Cores¡­ Well, that should give me at least two new Abilities," said Noah, as he epted the exchange. Ding! [You acquired 20 Skill Points!] "Open Skill Tree¡­" said Noah, as a holographic window emerged in front of his sight. [Blood Progenitor] [Innate] [Level: I] [Blood Progenitor Sessor (50/50)] Additional Abilities (I): [Blood Flow eleration (5/5)], [Blood Sacrifice (5/5)], [Blood Retribution: (10/10)] Additional Abilities (II): [Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis (0/10)], [Poisonous Blood (0/10)], [Blood Curse (0/20)] Additional Abilities (III): [Blood Armor: (0/25)], [Blood Potion (0/30)], [Blood Combustion (0/40)] "I see, I can spend 20 for two Skills, perfect," said Noah. Ding! [You have spent 10 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis: 1 (C)] Skill!] Ding! [You have spent 10 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Poisonous Blood: 1 (C)] Skill!] Suddenly, a bit of the power of therge Blood Core within Noah''s chest was unlocked, as new power rushed into his entire body, alongside new information about how to use this new type of power. Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis could let Noah hypnotize weakened foes, making them subdue or paralyzed for a few seconds, which could be intensified as more Mana was poured into the intensity of the Skill. However, those that had strong wills and were experienced could be able to break through his hypnosis, so he needed to use it with caution, and not treat such power as an ace, as it was notpletely reliable. Nheless, it was a useful Skill. Andstly, Poisonous Blood was simpler, it was a Skill that could let Noah convert his own blood into a poisonous ck ooze, which he could spray on foes or coat his ws with, however, to activate it, he needed to spend his own blood, which was not always favorable. However, he began toe with interesting ways to use this Skill in convergence with others such as Blood Sacrifice and Blood Retribution¡­ or even use this Poisonous Blood and convert them into crystalized Poisonous Blood Projectiles in the form of needles¡­ There were a lot of interesting uses. "Interesting, with these Skills my capacity of battle has increased a lot, and now I have more tools to y around with¡­ Hm, it''s already 6 AM¡­ I will go take a bath and perhaps fill myself with food to use Blood Flow eleration whenever I might need it," thought Noah, quickly getting into the bathroom and taking a warm bath, washing his teeth and then eating several sandwiches in less than five minutes, alongside a lot of greasy food and sugary drinks. This was because Noah needed to umte as many calories as he could, which he spent monstrously through his buffing Skills, and his metabolism was so fast that his stomach would not even bulge a tiny bit even after eating so much. However, blood was still needed forplete nourishment, and he made sure to drink a liter of it, which he had saved inside of his Blood Sphere. Finally finishing his unconventional breakfast, Noah walked out of his room and right to his ssroom. On the way back to the sses, Noah sensed Fernand Firebrand and hisckeys reaching him. "Should I hurry up and get inside the ssroom? No, this will only make them follow me after sses, it would be better to please their lowly minds with some amusement, so they don''t annoy me after ss¡­ it will also be a nice way to detect how strong has Fernand be¡­" thought Noah, as he pretended to be as slow as ever, and was quickly caught by Fernand, who kicked him in the back. The amount of pain he felt was absolutely nothing,pared to the Lizardman King''s grasp, this was like a gentle pat. However, for their sake, he pretended to be weak, falling to the ground. "So there you are! You shithead! I have been looking for this damn Blood Core everywhere! Have you really not seen it?!" asked Fernand, kicking Noah''s face, which felt like a dull pat to him. "I¡­ N-No¡­ Please¡­ I told you that I didn''t have it¡­" said Noah rather weakly, his acting skills were quite good. "I told you that he didn''t do it, look at him, he''s just a piece of shit, what could he even do?" asked one of Fernand''sckeys. "Hmm¡­ You are right I guess! Well, let''s use these minutes to show him his ce. I hope that getting a perfect score on the test did not get into your head! Trash will always be trash after all!"ughed Fernand, kicking Noah alongside his twockeys. To Noah'', such dull insults felt like the words said by a toddler, they didn''t even affect him anymore. And now that his stats were quite high, even if not an E-Rank yet, their kicks and punches that were not charged with Abilities were incredibly dull, and could only make Noah train his resistance a bit. "What with this shithead?" asked one of Fernand''sckeys. "What?" asked the other. "He feels¡­ like he''s a rock or something," said theckey. "EH? You''re imagining things, look how much he''s bleeding,"ughed Fernand, as he kicked for thest time Noah and walked away. Of course, the blood was just part of Noah''s fa?ade and quickly went back inside of his blood, which hade out through his nose. "Oh, he seems to not have grown as strong as I thought¡­ Well, I still need to prepare well¡­"ughed Noah, quickly getting up as if nothing, and walking back to sses. ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 49 - Expedition To The Wastelands ----- Noah walked inside of the ssroom and sat down in his seat, the teacher quickly entered and began sses. "Today is the day, we will be having a quick expedition to the outskirts of Sector D, and we''ll show you all how the world¡­ truly is. Be prepared, as there will most likely be Mutated Beasts, which we''ll have to exterminate if we evere across one," said the teacher. Clementina Icespear, one of the stoic beauties of the ss and someone at almost the peak of E-Rank, raised her hand. "Yes?" asked the teacher. "What is the Rank of power that the Mutated Beasts will have, teacher?" she asked rather directly. "Well, by using our War Machines and Hunters to clean up the area, most of the strong ones have been exterminated, however, there is the chance for Mutated Beasts up to E-Rank to emerge sometimes, but it shouldn''t be anything too serious," said the teacher. "E-Rank¡­ I see," said Clementina, as her eyes glowed with fervent conviction. "It is only an expedition, so our main purpose is not to go hunt Mutated Beasts but to know how the world outside is¡­ Mostly because the majority here hasn''t known about the outside world, and had been born in here," said the teacher. "The outside world¡­ That brings some memories¡­" thought Noah with an expressionless face, as the light of his eyes disappeared, remembering the past he once lived. Noah, unlike most students here, was born in the wastnds. It was not up until he was around six years old when he was rescued and then sent inside of Sector D. He knew very well the living hell that was the outside world. Giant mutated beasts roam everywhere. Monstrous creatures devour each other in endless madness. Armies of crazed zombies ravage anything theye across. Flying malformed creatures catch giant prey in the go. He can still remember it. The day his parents died. The day he was locked inside an abandoned house underground for days. As he heard the cries of agony of his parents being devoured alive. And as he cried until he fell asleep. The agony only continued as the days went on, as he heard beastse and devour the corpses of his parents, bit by bit¡­ However, Noah was different now. He was not powerless. He had the power to change his destiny. He was not powerless to be locked away while hopelessly hear his parents die. Noah swallowed saliva. The outside world was his trauma, perhaps. And by going outside, he would be getting over such a thing. He must know the outside world better and must see how it is now, after so many years of living inside Sector D. Mutated Beasts? They are only materials now, resources. And he will make sure to hunt them down, no matter how ''humane'' they may look. However, there was another topic. Subhumans. Most students saw them as equal to Mutated Beasts, others saw them as lowly ves. But Noah saw opportunities on them. The discriminated, the poor, the powerless. He wanted them at his side. He had the power to give power to others. And who else could they count than on him? Those that had nowhere to go could only see him as their salvation, and swear loyalty to him. Subhumans? Simrly to the robots, they will be his subordinates and his strength. Who cares what Humans think about? He only cared about himself and his family, everyone else could go die. As the teacher kept exining things, Arthurmunicated with Noah telepathically. "Noah, the robots have been introduced to our manor, and seem to be adapting quite fine. However, Big Sis is way too big, so she was left in the garage. She has been processing the materials we harvested, and we might either use them to craft equipment with the crafters that work for my father or¡­ sell them to increase our money, I''ve also bought several new parts for the damaged robots, and Sugar seems to be working hard to repair the majority, if they all get into a good condition, our strength will increase," said Arthur. "I see. Good work. For now, let''s concentrate on what''s ahead of our path," said Noah. "Yes, of course¡­ I guess we will just go explore around and that''s it? Not much of a problem," said Arthur. "I believe that we might be targeted by students, some hold grudges against us as we got perfect scores," said Noah. "O-Oh¡­" said Arthur. "What did you think this expedition was about, Arthur? It''s obvious that the higher-ups are using this one to filter us even more, they want conflicts between us, to separate us as students, and to make us kill each other, the less there are, the more talented we are, and the more useful we be for them, filtering the useless and weak is their priority¡­" said Noah. "That''s¡­ I guess it might be true¡­" said Arthur. "We are not here to be protected and be given opportunities to be Hunters. We are here to be nurtured as Soldiers for the government, after all, this is a Military School. This society is more inhumane than you think. People have long lost their feelings of humanity, this world is shrouded in chaos, you cannot me them, right? Survival is the priority, and only the fittest shall survive¡­" said Noah to Arthur. "Noah¡­ you¡­" muttered Arthur. "If we have to kill, we''ll kill. And if they are too strong for us to kill, we escape as much as we can, and survive, even if we have to struggle. I won''t fight battles that I cannot win, and the same goes for you, if any of you die, my strength will reduce, make sure to stay alive," said Noah. "¡­Yes, I understand¡­ I will make sure to protect your back, Noah," said Arthur. "Well, that''s reassuring, and I shall do the same," said Noah. "Tch¡­ Your stupid human emotions will not let you anywhere! I thought you embraced my power, but you are still a weak and pathetic human! Do you truly believe that bonds will get you anywhere?! They only hinder your growth!" roared the Blood Progenitor. "I see that you talk by experience, were you betrayed before? Perhaps you always sucked at dealing with people and forging bonds of mutual trust. I can''t me you, you were a monster after all,"ughed Noah. "Y-You! I am not a monster! I was-" "A Vampire Progenitor? And where did that came to help you? You were targeted by the Sun Heralds and perhaps betrayed by your ves, but that was because you never held your authority as a true leader. There is a difference between a boss and a leader, you controlled people, but never lead them somewhere. You never promised them something nor gave them results, you only used them. You could have forged better bonds of trust, you could have managed to create strong allies, but you were too self-centered on your hypocrisy and selfishness to even fathom such a thought," said Noah. "Y-You damn¡­ human! How dare you¡­ tell me such¡­ a thing¡­ I¡­" muttered the Blood Progenitor. "What? Why are you stuttering? Did I hurt you somewhere? It seems that I might nail there¡­ Don''te ordering me around again, Drac," said Noah. The Blood Progenitor fell silent, as Noah told him what he failed at, and he could only contemte his own mistakes. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 50 - Iris May Have A Chance?! ----- "Well, as always, all of you will need to form a group to explore the outskirts of Sector D, this time your group can be a bitrger, but nothing above 8 members," said the teacher, as every student began to chat around, moving out of their seats and forming groups. Noah simplymunicated with his vampires as all of them slowly walked towards him, Iris was as always, wearing an innocent smile, she seemed to always be happy when she was near Noah. "Noah-sam- Noah, we''ll form a party today too?" asked Iris happily. "Yes, there is no other choice, we are all the outcasts of our ss¡­ Well it is beneficial this way," said Noah with a mild smile. "Well, it is just an expedition¡­ right? We don''t¡­ have to worry too much¡­ right?" asked Jon rather shyly. "That''s what I would like it to be, but things might be way moreplex as we get there, so let''s keep our guard high¡­" said Noah. "What about Adamantine?" asked Iris. "She shall join us as well¡­" said Noah. The teacher nced at the lonely and expressionless Adamantine, despite having survived being eaten alive by Goblins and somehow recovering through some awakened healing Skill, most of the students and teachers had given her for death, mostly because she seemed to bepletely broken mentally, andcked any of her former intellect and personality. Nheless, she was in good health and was made to go back to sses and¡­ well, handle things however she could. After the incidents that involved her and the death of her friends, most of the students nced at her with disgust, and some even thought of her as having some kind of vegetative state. However, Noah only gave her a telepathic message and she quickly stood up, easing the worries of the teacher to relocate her somewhere. "Ah, A-Adamantine, will you join a group?" asked the teacher. "Group¡­ with Master¡­" said Adamantine, slowly walking towards Noah and the rest. "Master? What does she mean? Maybe she is indeed insane now¡­" sighed the teacher. The teacher nced at Adamantine join Noah''s group, who pretended to be a bit surprised until Arthur gently invited her to join, and Adamantine only nodded expressionless, sitting at Noah''s side, and even grabbing his arm. "So she joined Noah''s group¡­ that group is quite mysterious. Could it be possible for more of them to be hiding abilities? It could not be possible for them to have gotten perfect scores in the test of the dungeon after all¡­ But what would Adamantine be rted to them? Perhaps I am simply specting way too much. After all, as long as they get good grades, I should not really worry," sighed the teacher, letting them be. Adamantine nced at Noah with her lifeless eyes, tightly grasping his arm. "Master¡­ hungry¡­" she muttered, as she slowly licked her lips, she was now getting used to being feed by Noah. "Not here, Adamantine, and don''t touch me in front of the ss," said Noah telepathically, as Adamantine nodded sadly and moved a bit away from Noah. "Grr¡­! Why can she touch you, Noah, and not me?!" asked Iris. "Iris, you touch me all the time," said Noah. "E-Eh? Really?" asked Iris. "Indeed, I remember you grabbing Noah''s arm most of the day yesterday when we were out, and in the dungeon, you also did so," said Timassa. "A-Ah, well, I have been assuming that you two were in some kind of romantic rtionship already¡­" said Arthur. "Please make sure to never have such thoughts again, our rtionship is mere of a creed, a family," said Noah. "B-But there could be the chance to be something more too!" said Iris. "No chance," said Noah. "But Noah-sama!" cried Iris. "Don''t be so loud," said Noah. "Sniff¡­" cried Iris, as Adamantine moved near her and petted her head. "Mistress¡­ no sad¡­" she said. "G-Get off me! I am not sad¡­" said Iris while pouting, as Noah sighed. "Does she really intends to be my romantic partner? I guess it would not be so bad if I were to someday leave offspring¡­ Although I am not nning to die any time soon, so such thought of the next generation is not my priority¡­ Well, looking inside my human side emotions, I do suppose I am quite romantically attracted to her. Should I suppress these useless emotions or embrace them to strengthen the bonds?" wondered Noah. "There might be a chance, but not get your hopes high unless you work very hard to earn it," said Noah. Suddenly, everyone around Noah became dead silent! "Eh? Really?" asked Arthur. "Oh¡­ He really did say it," said Timassa. "Master and mistress¡­ together¡­ as it should be¡­" said Jon. "Happy¡­" said Adamantine. "N-Noah¡­! R-Really?!" asked Iris, her face growing red as she began to breathe heavily, her face was that of a pervert! Noah seemed mildly annoyed. "No never mind, I didn''t say anything, forget it," said Noah, averting his gaze from her. "Geh¡­! H-How can you say that! I will still take it for granted!" said Iris. "Do as you want¡­" said Noah. "Fufu¡­ I will!" said Iris, ncing at Noah with enamored eyes. Although most of this conversation was done telepathically, the students around Noah''s group nced at them strangely. "So Adamantine is joining the useless party?" "To be expected of trash¡­" "I guess she was never someone like us anyways," "Though, weirdly, she''s joining the girl she once bullied¡­" "Oh, the fat pig? I guess now that she''s in a vegetative state, her sanity might bepletely gone." Iris seemed enraged after hearing so manyments, and her deadly aura began to leak out of her body, her eyes seemed to glow red, and she was about to leap and tear apart her fellow ssmates. However, Noah grabbed her hand. "Calm down, not yet¡­" he said. Iris calmed down, as she nced at Noah with an apologetic smile. "S-Sorry¡­" "Don''t be sorry. I do also contain my bloodlust. It is tiring and painful, but it is better than doing something without nning it and ruining our lives, with the possibility of dying," said Noah. "Y-Yes¡­ I understand," said Iris. The group moved towards the special flying bus that was waiting for them, which would transport the ss to the outskirts of Sector D. "Are we really getting inside one of those? Wow¡­" said Iris. "Ah, my father owns a few of them, we use to transport items," said Arthur. "R-Really?! Amazing¡­" said Iris. "This seems to be a flying bus also made by Axis Corporations¡­ It seems that they have overtaken almost everything¡­" said Timassa. "Indeed, it would be nice to convert the leader into a Dhampir and make him my ally¡­ But I guess that would be way too difficult," sighed Noah. "I don''t know how you can even begin to have such thoughts¡­" said Arthur. "T-They are indeed quite insane," said Timassa. "Well, Noah-sama dreams big!" said Iris. "Aside from making a Guild and survive¡­ what is Noah''s dream?" wondered Arthur. "My dream? Make of this world my domain," said Noah. "T-That''s quite ambitious indeed," said Arthur. "Such a long-term goal¡­ But perhaps we might one day¡­ reach it¡­" said Timassa. "Oh, I see that you''re finally beginning to believe Noah-sama''s words! When he says that he will do something, he will do it!" said Iris. "Master is¡­ ambitious¡­ someone worth following¡­" said Jon. While chatting through telepathy, the flying bus flew high in the sky, reaching the outskirts in less than two minutes. ----- Chapter 51 - Exploring The Desolate Wasteland! ...And A New Threat Aproaches! ----- A deste wastnd. Dry Brown earth, barely any strange, alien-looking nts growing in the ground. To the left, there is arge conglomeration of such nts, some were green-colored and looked as if they were made of ooze, others resembledrge corals where a red liquid simr to blood but not being actual blood at all flowed out, andrge flowers with giant tentacles, seemingly waiting for prey to approach, this was a ''forest'' in this Earth, and thankfully, the group would not be exploring this. To the right, there are strange, rat-sized creatures resembling thebination between a lizard and a bird, but without wings, and walking with three legs, the third leg was their tail, and the creature hoped like a frog at great speeds, they moved in groups, and seemed not interested in the students. And to the front, more and more drynd, sometimes, arge flying creature resembling some kind of wyvern would fly around, however, it seemed to not attack humans, perhaps because its kin has been ughtered by the giant War Machines resting all around therge titanium walls that surrounded Sector D, making them grow wary to not mess with the creaturesing from inside the walls. However, the creature was foolish enough to fly above the city, where it hit an invisible maic force that protected the Sector, being electrified and barely alive, it was shot down to pieces by the War Machines. "W-Woah¡­" "So those are War Machines¡­" "I''ve never seen them before in person!" "Damn¡­ They''re strong," "Heh, I got one of those in my manor!" "Amazing¡­" Most of the students admired the outside world, some others seemed rather terrified, and others were fascinated by the chaotic wilderness and wanted to explore around. However, Noah and his group were calmly looking around,pletely silent. Despite this appearance, they were all chatting and discussing through their Telepathy Skills. "Amazing, this is the outside world¡­ So terrifying¡­" said Arthur. "You''ve never gone out, Arthur? I was born in this eternal wastnd¡­" said Noah. "R-Really?!" asked Arthur. "Is that so, Noah-sama?" asked Timassa. "I didn''t know¡­" said Iris. "I was rescued when I was around 5 or 6 years old and put inside an orphanage until I was recruited into the Military School. I survived below an abandoned house basement, it was really a pathetic stage of my life," sighed Noah. "T-That''s impressive¡­" said Arthur. "I''ve wondered this for a while¡­ but what about your parents?" asked Iris. "My parents? They were with me as we survived, but were ughtered and eaten," said Noah rather expressionlessly. "T-That''s¡­" muttered Arthur. "Noah-sama¡­" said Timassa. "Master¡­" said Jon. "I-I see¡­ Well, I never met my parents, so I don''t know how it feels to have them¡­" sighed Iris. "I barely remember them as of now. I only remember my father always telling me to be strong and to follow my ideals, and my mother always told me to be careful and cautious of this world and the people that live in here¡­" said Noah. "Those are very valuable lessons¡­" said Arthur. "You had good parents, Noah-sama¡­" said Timassa. "Yes¡­" said Jon. "I see, so is this why you''re so strong willed, Noah?" asked Iris. "I don''t know. I am simply how I am," said Noah rather coldly. "I guess that''s a response you would expect from Noah¡­" said Arthur with a bitter smile. Seeing all the students gathered around, the teacher nodded. "Hm, we have prepared a few obstacles and small challenges around this area, such as defeating small, mutated beasts, or getting across that one forest. There are many other obstacles too, and Attribute Cores and Ability Coresy waiting for someone to grab them, this is not really a test, but challenges that you might try to do to incentive rivalry andpetitiveness, War Machines will be monitoring this ce, so you don''t have to worry aboutrger monstersing for you, but be careful, small Mutated Beasts can still be dangerous if you underestimate them," said the teacher, leaving the students to do as they pleased. "Really? There are prizes around?" "What kind of stupid game is this? We are not kids anymore," "Well whatever, let''s just go with the flow then," "Maybe we can pick up something to y around with¡­" "Oh yeah, I guess so¡­" "Jon, use irvoyance and try to find any Core that there might be around," said Noah. "Oh, good n, we could just pick them all then!" said Iris. "Yes, master¡­" said Jon, as he used the irvoyance Skill, expanding his field of vision outside of his own eyes. The wastnd was enclosed by several small robots that created some kind of forcefield, so actually escaping from it seemed impossible. Jon also found out, as he explored around with the party, that there were four main challenges, the Forest, a pit that led to some underground caves filled with small insectoid Mutated Beasts, a small, abandoned town filled with small, mutated beasts, and then there were small dunes. All four of such challenges seemed that would take a while toplete, so it seemed that it was not intended for the student groups to gather more than one reward. "Insectoid Mutated Beasts¡­ Let''s go for the underground caves then, we can gather all those corpses and make some good profit from it," said Noah, as the party nodded in agreement, and everyone began to run towards the pit. As the group neared the pit in the desertednd, another group of students nced at them from afar. "So they''re choosing the pit¡­" said a blue-haired man with sharp emerald eyes. "Emerald, do you truly want to target them?" asked a young woman at his side, with long pink hair and purple eyes. "My Danger Detection never fails¡­ Those people¡­ They are not humans¡­" said Emerald. "Shouldn''t we tell this to the teacher instead of trying to kill them ourselves?" asked the girl. "Cathina, I know very well that if we were to tell the teachers, they would see them as valuable soldiers instead of a threat to our society and humanity¡­ But those presences¡­ that bloodlust, and the sickening smell of blood within all of them¡­ I know that they are not ordinary¡­" said Emerald. "So you think it would be better to get rid of them before things get worse?" asked Cathina. "They seem to be hiding their strength. However, I can clearly tell that their power is increasing every day¡­ Most of them are nearing E-Rank most likely, we cannot let these fiends in the disguise of humans grow any stronger," said Emerald. "Do you believe that by killing them, we would be doing a good deed to humanity?" asked Cathina. "No. But I believe it is the right thing to do. And the only way to get rid of them is by doing it with my very hands¡­ Adamantine''s case¡­ they most likely did it," said Emerald. "Are you a detective or something?" asked Cathina. "No, but I am not someone who is fond of beasts within our sses," said Emerald, his eyes glowing brighter as emerald jewels began to emerge out of thin air around him. "Let''s go," he said, walking ahead as his party followed him from behind. ----- Chapter 52 - Emerald Crystal Resolve ----- Emerald Crystal was born in the Crystal Family, a Family of people that served aristocratic families within Sector D. Raised from a young age to be a stoic man that fervently followed his beliefs and the rules of his family, he was taught that mutated beasts, monsters, and subhumans were all the same, invaders, malicious fiends that desired to overturn humanity. After humanity finally took a hold of a ce on earth after the chaotic era twenty years ago, humans had be wary of these beings, too much to the extent that they desired their extermination above all else. However, even though there were some beings, such as Subhumans, that were no different from humans aside from a few different parts on their bodies. However, to Emerald, all such beings had to be exterminated, and he was raised to be a soldier of justice, to save and help humanity, to protect his race. Such fervent belief was instilled inside of his head, to the point of fervent obsession. And through his special Skill, Danger Detection, he was not only able to predict dangering his way but also detect the dangers lurking and hiding near him. This way, he had managed to discover many families of Subhumans living in Sector D as humans, reporting them to authorities for their extermination. However, such Skill was not theplete truth. Whatever Emerald cataloged as something dangerous, even if it weren''t for others, would be detected. And because Noah and his party were Vampiric beings, no longer humans but something stranger and more monstrous, simr to subhumans, Emerald was able to detect them, days ago. At first, he decided to remain silent about this, but as time went by, more and more of these beings began to emerge, until his ss had up to five of them! And then, he began to suspect that something strange was going on. Adamantine was found inside a dungeon, and she had be one of such creatures, and when she joined the sses again, she instinctively felt attracted to Noah''s group. To the paranoiac mind of Emerald, this could only mean one thing. Noah was behind this! He knew it! He had sensed some kind of change within, something grotesque that dwelled within his body! And as days went by, he grew even stronger and more grotesque. He needed to do something! At first, he thought about reporting it to the teachers, but quickly learned that such a thing would be useless, as the school he was attending was part of the government, a bunch of corrupted people that instead of exterminating Subhumans decided to enve them or use them as soldiers, Noah and his party would be used as soldiers instead of being exterminated, something that he could not ept! And so, the only thing he could do was to take justice by his own hands! He had already figured out that Edmond was also killed by Noah and his party, most likely, and that they might have used their special skills as subhumans to get a perfect score. Everything was way too suspicious, and Emerald instantly connected the dots together, figuring out Noah''s enormous scheme! "If he is capable of turning others into Subhumans, he most likely desires to build an enormous group of them! And most likely, like Adamantine and Edmond, exterminate us or enve us with his encroaching powers¡­! However, telling authorities would only be beneficial to him! I have to kill him on my own, and when I do, the father will be proud of my decision!" thought Emerald, his green eyes glowing with fervent fanatism to his beliefs! Cathina at his side was also of a simr family to him, however, she did not have such beliefs, and believed that doing such a thing was foolish, even more as they would be risking their lives. Nheless, because she had to know Emerald since they were children, she saw him as someone precious to her, and wanted to help him as she could¡­ Even if it meant killing her own ssmates. In this world, killing was not seen as much of a taboo as before the apocalypse, the chaotic era, and so, even such things as killing others to survive or if given good enough reasons, can be seen as reasonable. And after all, both of them knew about the truth of this school, and the intention of the higher-ups of filtering students by provokingpetitiveness and fights, so those weak enough died, and the strong ones survived and became their perfect soldiers. Using this logic, it was possible to exterminate other students through such a thing, and if they did it without leaving any trail behind, it would be possible that investigations would not be done, the same way it happened to Adamantine and her group, and also Edmond and his harem. Emerald led his party, all of them were well aware of what they were about to do, but most of them adored Emerald as a hero and wanted to obey and be of use to him. And Cathina, who was hopelessly in love with him, followed him wherever he went. Meanwhile, Noah and his group descended through the pit and reached the underground caves, where they met with arge group of ant-like mutated beasts the size of house cats. "Grryshaa!" The creatures quickly ran towards them formingrge groups, however, Timassa pointed her hand at them, as she released an enormous ck thunderbolt, sting them away! Boom! "Let us help as well," said Arthur. "Hmm," nodded Jon. However, more and more came from all sides, as Arthur and Jon began to use their Skills to slow them down through draining their life force and making them corroded with a corrosive wave. "Grryaarr¡­!" "Let''s take care of them," said Noah, using his ws to slice through the mutated beasts alongside Iris and Adamantine, making quick work of them, and leaving their corpses into pieces. "Uegh¡­ Do we have to really carry them inside the Dimensional Storage Ring? They''re a bit disgusting," said Arthur. "Even if killed their carapaces are rather strong, I believe they can be sold for some money t the very least," said Noah, as he saved the many corpses inside the Dimensional Storage Ring. The party quickly explored more of the caves, defeating the small Mutated Beasts, and reaching arge cave section by Jon''s guidance through his irvoyance. Suddenly, the roars of arger creature resonated! A four-meter-tall Ant-like Mutated Beast emerged, seemingly the Queen, that was protecting the countless eggs lying around her. "Doesn''t look so strong, let''s get rid of it," said Noah, as his party flew towards the creature, releasing their attacks over it. The immense Ant roared, using its gigantic pincers, and attempting to crush Noah''s group with them, and failing terribly due to their great speed and evasiveness. sh! sh! sh! More long-ranged attacks fell over the creature, as its carapace finally opened wide, revealing the flesh within, which Noah, Iris, and Adamantine abused, using thatrge wound to break through the monster''s insides, until it could not be kept fighting, dying out of exhaustion and blood loss. "The blood of these creatures is¡­ disgusting¡­" said Noah, the green-colored blood of the Ant-like Mutated Beasts was horrifyingly bitter, even Goblin Blood was better. "Well, I think it is used to make other fluids often used to clean bathrooms and stuff," said Arthur. "Is that so? Then I should not have even tried it¡­" sighed Noah, as the party chuckled a bit, although Noah seemed annoyed and made them shut up. The party walked towards a hidden room within this cave, where they found an altar where several Attribute Value Cores and Ability Cores rested! "So many¡­ there are around 40 of them and 5 Ability Cores¡­" said Arthur. "Save them for now, we might have the chance to clear another challenge, we didn''t take as long as we imagined," said Noah, as the party decided to walk back to the surface, only to be greeted by the presence of another group of students. "That''s¡­ Emerald Crystal?" asked Arthur. "Ah, they somehow were able to hide their presence¡­ I wasn''t¡­ able to see them through irvoyance¡­" said Jon. Noah red at the party with glowing red eyes, he knew very well that they did not seem toe on friendly terms. "What do you want?" asked Noah. "You don''t have to hide your true appearance any longer, monster. I know all about you and your group, Noah," said Emerald, asrge green jewels emerged out of thin air around him! "I imagine there is no need to even talk then, prepare yourselves, he and his party intend to kill us, don''t falter!" said Noah. "W-What?! How did he know that we¡­!" asked Arthur. "Most likely his ability! Danger Detection!" said Timassa. "Damn it¡­! We will have to fight¡­ yet another student?" asked Arthur. "Don''t falter, Arthur!" roared Noah, as Arthur was brought back to reality. He needed to fight to survive! This was the path he chose, there was no ce to doubt now! ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 53 - Exhilarating Battle! Emerald VS Noah! ----- Emerald, Cathina, and the rest of their party of five appeared in front of Noah''s group, intending to kill them. From what Noah knew about Emerald, he was part of the Crystal Family, a family of ''knights'' or ''pdins'' that protected other aristocrat families. Emerald was also named as ''Second Generation'' by other adults, as he was born from two awakened individuals, inheriting part of their powers, and acquiring his own power when born as a baby. Afterward, he awakened a second Skill, Danger Detection. There was not umon for babies of this age to be born with powers, and whenever two awakened had a child, such chances increased. Noah predicted that in the future, more and more humans would be born with special abilities, even stronger than those that awakened had, and as they acquired new ones through their natural awakening by the system, stronger humans would be born as the generations went by. Emerald was already strong and had acquired a very unique A-Rank Skill when he was born, abination of both of his parent''s awakened Skills, which let him freely generate and manipte jewels. These jewels could be made into sharp objects and easily impale to death enemies, and as Emerald was born with such ability since he was one-year-old that he had been practicing it, his masterfulness over it was outstanding. Even more, with his Danger Detection Skill, he was also able to detect danger, as if it were some kind of foresight ability, being capable of evading deadly attacks in time. This coupled with his amazing Skill that can be both offensive and defensive, he was aplete powerhouse. And because he had been given Attribute Value Cores since a young age, he was already an E-Rank, on his way to D-Rank¡­ Noah knew that this man was an incredible threat. Yet, he knew that there was a chance of winning. And decided to fight him. He quickly analyzed the other students. Two of them seemed like mage-type awakened of upper F-Rank, with stats averaging 60. There was a healer with stats averaging at 50. And Cathina, the small girl at Emerald''s side was a strong physical fighter, being a beginner E-Rank, with stats averaging 70, ording to what Noah recalled after investigating about his ssmates through those months where he was being bullied and had nothing to do than study. He had grown interested in the amazingly powerful students at his side and investigated what they were capable of through the School''s library and the inte, as there was a Hunter Database where every hunter was registered, finding them by their names was not hard. Of course, they did not even know that Noah was so well versed about their capabilities, and he quicklymunicated this alongside his strategies to his group. "Wait, Noah, you can''t possibly fight him alone! Why are we even here then?!" asked Arthur. "To take care of the rest, I wouldn''t be able to fight him leisurely if you don''t take care of Cathina and the other three¡­ Make sure to kill the Healer as soon as possible," said Noah. "Very well, Noah-sama," said Iris. "¡­Make sure to not die, Master," said Timassa. "It is not within my ns to die today, now, go!" said Noah, as Emerald and his group were surprised by how fast the vampires decided what to do by simply ncing at each other and nodding! "Could they have some kind of Telepathy Skill?!" thought Emerald, gnashing his teeth as he quickly generated three one-meter-long spears made of green, blue, and red jewels, each one then began to exude a different element aura, wind, ice, and fire! Noah nced at Emerald with admiration over his amazing power. "Elemental Jewel Creation does not only let him create jewels out of thin air and control them freely over the air, but it also let him generate other elements depending on the color of the jewels¡­ green is wind, blue is ice, and red is fire! I am pretty sure that he can also create white and ck jewels for the light and dark elements! This bastard got an amazing cheat, doesn''t he?" thought Noah, darting straight towards Emerald! "Do you think that you can evade my attacks, subhuman?" asked Emerald rather angered by Noah''s boldness, firing the three spears of elemental jewels towards him! sh! sh! sh! "I am not the same as before¡­ By using my Champion''s Great Perseverance, and Blood Flow eleration, my stats increase, and you and I are not so different Emerald!" thought Noah, smiling as his attribute values began to increase by the use of his buffing Skills! His senses sharpened, his speed became faster, and his flexibility increased! Emerald nced with disbelief as the spears he shot at Noah was evaded by him without any issue! Such spears shot at a speed that should be the same as a bullet! "What?! This monster has grown too strong already!" thought Emerald, trying to generate a new projectile, but being greeted by Noah''s one! Noah opened a wound on his wrist, which he used to manipte the blood inside of his blood vessels, converting it into deadly poison through Poisonous Blood, and shaping it into crystallized blood projectiles in the shape of spears and des through Blood Projectile! "You''re not so unique either!" thought Noah, attacking Emerald with the same type of attacks he used! "T-Tch!" Emerald gnashed his teeth, as the three projectiles reached him! sh! sh! sh! Noah heard a strange sound that was not Emerald''s flesh being torn apart, noticing that Emerald had generated arge wall made of brown-colored jewels! "He''s good¡­ Brown jewels are most likely earth element-based¡­ which is a good element for defense¡­" thought Noah, darting into the air, and immediately trying to run over the wall, reaching Emerald who was gasping for air due to arge amount of energy he had to use to generate the wall! Noah began to umte arge amount of blood in front of his chest, as he jumped towards Emerald, noticing his stupidly surprised face! "Ah! Y-You''re too fast!" roared Emerald, as he had Noah right in front of his face, Noah''s crimson ws nearing his neck and releasing several long-ranged, crimson-colored shing attacks, that rained over his body! sh! sh! sh! Emerald took over the damage, as he began to generate more jewels! "However, it is foolish to think that because you''re close to me, you will achieve victory!" roared Emerald, as suddenly, several needle-sized, red-colored jewel projectiles flew towards Noah, impaling his entire body, as flesh was shed, and his blood sshed out! "Nnngh¡­!" "This is your end! Detonation!"ughed Emerald, as suddenly, Noah''s entire body detonated into an explosion of fire, his entire body falling apart! BOOM! Noah was¡­ dead! ----- Chapter 54 - Did You Really Think Id Die Just Because I Was Killed? ----- Emerald smiled! He had attained victory and defeated the ursed subhuman! The falling pieces of Noah''s body parts began to burn with crimson mes, as Emerald sighed in relief, ncing at the fight unfold outside of his range, where Noah''s allies were fighting his party. "Now, let me assist you so we can get rid of this pest quickly¡­ I must tell this to my father after- Nnnngh¡­! GGaaagghh¡­!" However, against all of his expectations, Emerald felt a sharp object prate his stomach, his guts flying out of his insides! Emerald nced with horror, as his Danger Detection began to ring loud rms inside of his head! But how?! How wasn''t he able to detect it beforehand?! "Was it¡­ because I didn''t saw Noah as a threat anymore¡­?! Unnghh¡­" thought Emerald, tightly grasping his stomach as he nced behind him, the body of Noah was intact, and the dismembered limbs he thought were Noah''s suddenly converted into blood, rushing back to Noah! "Blood Clone has a lot of uses¡­ throwing it in front of his face and releasing shing attacks behind it to make him think that it was indeed me really worked quite well, although Blood Clones cannot really fight¡­ but through Blood Maniption, I can manipte them like a puppet!" thought Noah triumphantly, as he prated Emerald''s stomach with a powerful blood spear! Emerald nced at Noah with rage and pain! "W-What kind of tricks did you use, filthy subhuman!?" roared Emerald, generating dozens of jewel spears, firing them directly towards Noah! Noah, however, instead of deciding to evade, used his own ws and Blood Tentacles emerging around him to destroy the rock on his ground, and digging underground like a mole! BOOM! "W-WHAT?!" Emerald was left in shock as his attacks reached the ground and exploded without being capable of hitting Noah directly! However, the ground below must have surely crumbled, so Noah should be crushed to death by now! "Ngh?! Danger Detection¡­! Below me?!" Emerald nced below his feet, as suddenly, the earth began to bulge, exploding! BOOM! "What kind of monster¡­?!" thought Emerald, generating a disk-shaped jewel, and grabbing, managing to fly above the ground, evading Noah''s underground attack! Emerald noticed as Noah''s ws had grown in size tremendously, by umte crystalized blood around them, he really did look like some kind of mole! "So you can fly¡­ I should be able to do the same then¡­ If I can manipte and make blood float¡­ Blood Patch," said Noah, generating blood patches and sticking them to his feet, and then manipting them to float, giving him the ability to float as well! "Impossible¡­!" asked Emerald in surprise, Noah''s ability to manipte blood was just as good as his ability to manipte created jewels! "You better begin to believe it!"ughed Noah, as he generated more Poisonous Blood Projectiles, firing them towards Emerald! Emerald decided to counterattack with jewel projectiles of his own, as Noah evaded them in midair, although some managed to prate his flesh and seep into his shoulders! However, Noah just used this opportunity to conjure Blood Sacrifice and enhance the damage dealt of any of his attacks, even long-ranged ones! More and more blood flowed out of his wounds, as Noah shaped them as weapons and made them fly towards Emerald! By using Blood Sphere, he nourished himself back with the blood of those he hunted yesterday, and slowly regenerated his enormous wounds! Emerald was left more and more in surprise as despair began to emerge in his eyes! "J-Just how strong is he?! How strong has he grown in this little time?! He''s too dangerous to be left alive! His speed to grow stronger and adapt to battle situations is too much!" thought Emerald, gnashing his teeth as he generated enormous boulders of red jewels, firing them towards Noah like zing jewel meteors! sh! sh! sh! Noah used his outstanding speed and reflexes to move in midair, evading the gigantic jewel boulders in time, and even grabbing some with his Blood Tentacles and firing them back to Emerald! "AGH!" sh! Arge, over three-meter-tall boulder of zing jewels, reached Emerald''s body, crushing him and sending him straight to the ground! Boom! Noah quickly followed him from behind, charging all the power he could, he needed to kill Emerald now or never! His blood was running low, and he began to feel lethargic! His wounds were not regenerating as fast, if he could not kill him now, he wouldn''t be able to get another chance! However, Emerald smiled wickedly, as he nced at Noah mockingly! "Hahaha! You stupid subhuman!" heughed, surprising Noah, did he had an ace before his sleeve?! Noah sharpened his senses, detecting all of his surroundings as he fell directly towards Emerald! And then, from the ground below, gigantic spears of ck and white colors emerged, made entirely out of jewels! Noah finally noticed that Emerald''s hands were seeped into the ground, although he was gravely wounded, he was still nning a victory! Noah desperately evaded the spears, but more and more began to emerge, as one finally reached him, prating his stomach, and busting out of his intestines! "Nnngghaaa¡­!" Noah vomited a mouthful of blood, as he grasped the Jewel Spear with his ws. Emeraldughed in victory, as he vomited blood from his own wound over his stomach. However, against his own expectations¡­ he saw something horrifying! Noah began to¡­ tear himself apart! "W-What¡­?!" Crash! Noah''s torso was torn apart from his own hips, falling into the ground, directly over the weakened and exhausted Emerald! "Y-You¡­ what kind of¡­ grotesque monster are you!?" asked Emerald in disbelief, as Noah''s crazed crimson eyes nced at Emerald with a voracious appetite! "Die and be my nourishment!" roared Noah, falling over Emerald as Emerald tried to generate another jewel spear to impale Noah''s head! However, Noah''s crimson eyes released a strange power, making Emerald paralyzed for a split second! "Unnghh¡­!" This was Noah''s Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis, which have not worked at all through the entire battle because of Emerald''s immense strength of will, however, in thisst moment where he despaired the most, his will faltered, and he managed to hypnotize him enough to make him cancel his move at least for a little time! Noah moved his ws towards Emerald, falling over him and shing his neck! "NNNNGGGYYYYAAAHHH¡­!" SLASH! Emerald''s head rolled out of his body, as for thest seconds of consciousness, he nced at his beheaded body in horror! He¡­ lost! "T-This¡­ can''t¡­ be¡­! Fa¡­ ther¡­" he thought, as his mind faded away into eternal darkness. Noah immediately began to drink all the blooding from Emerald like an insane monstrous creature, managing to nourish himself, his legs began to regrow from the bone to the muscle and skin! He had¡­ somehow made it! ----- Chapter 55 - Iris Growth! Cathina VS Iris! ----- A few minutes before Noah triumphed over Emerald, Cathina confronted Iris in a battle of monstrous strength! Iris coated herself on her Demon Phantom Fox Aura, and her Rage Mode Aura, enhancing her capabilities even further, surprising Cathina who only remembered Iris as the bullied girl that everyone called a fat pig. "What kind of power has she reached?!" thought Cathina, gnashing her teeth as she began to activate her Skills. A coating of pink-colored energy covered her body like a thinyer, and such energy gathered over her hands, likerge gauntlets with sharp ws. Cathina''s ability was Psychokinesis. With this ability, one would believe that she should be good with long-ranged attacks. However, her Psychokinesis was not capable of doing so, as there were many types of such power. Hers was named Psychokinesis Coating, the ability to coat herself in psychokinesis energy materialized into a hard material substance. By spending Mana, she was able to coat herself in this weightless yet incredibly hard armor and even gather it on her hands to create powerful wed gauntlets, which she used to annihte anyone that dared toe her way. Iris Poisonous ck Nails were having a hard time breaking through such strong armor and had even shattered a few times already, growing back to full length once more as she tried to prate Cathina''s defenses. sh! sh! sh! "You''re surprising me, Iris, but that won''t be enough to break through my Psychokinesis Coating!"ughed Cathina, reaching Iris and punching her into the gut! BOOM! "Unngaahh¡­!" Iris vomited blood as she was sent flying into the air, falling over the ground. Cathina smiled rather smugly, she did not particrly enjoy killing other people, but she enjoyed fighting and showcasing her strength! "If you stay sleeping there, I am going to finish you off straight away!" roared Cathina, leaping high into the air and rushing like a meteor towards Iris! However, she noticed that Iris was¡­ smiling!? "What with that stupid smile, subhuman?!" roared Cathina in anger, as she reached Iris! However, something that Iris had unleashed emerged, which she did not realize until they were already touching her coating. Very thin needles coated in deadly poison. sh! sh! sh! sh! Cathina gnashed her teeth, as she began to spin in midair, falling away from Iris, and managing to fend off the needles in time, although they seemed thin and weak, their pration and sharpness were insane, to the point that they had even begun to drill through her Psychokinesis Coating Armor! However, this only gave Iris more chances to attack! Suddenly, Cathina realized the presence of small, phantasmagoric creatures nearing her, their presence was so dim that she was barely able to see them! Then, she noticed that Iris had stood up, and her phantasmal aura emerging from her body was releasing these tiny¡­ fox-shaped phantom creatures, the size of a puppy. "What kind of stupid Skill is this!?" roared Cathina, crushing the phantom foxes with herrge gauntlets one by one! Boom! Boom! Boom! However, the moment she did, Iris smiled! "You should have let them alone¡­"ughed Iris. "Ah!" Cathina then realized that something was stuck to her! Her entire body was covered in strange, phantasmal runes, sticking into her body like tattoos! "W-What the¡­ What is this?!" asked Cathina, gnashing her teeth, as she began to sense as if her speed had been lowered, it was as if each phantom fox she liked made her more tired, and even her weight has increased¡­ more than her own bones could properly control! "This¡­ This is odd! What is this even?!" asked Cathina, rushing angered towards Iris, as she pointed her gauntlets towards her furiously! "Phantasmal Fox Spirits, a new Skill I have acquired after increasing the proficiency of my Demon Phantom Fox¡­ It is more flexible than I thought¡­ I am rather d to have such a new Skill, as being locked in physicalbat was not really good¡­ I need to have many tools to take down my enemies¡­" though Iris as her crimson eyes gleamed eerily. Iris stood still as Cathina reached, intending to kill her! She kept releasing more and more Phantasmal Fox Spirits, which Cathina destroyed and wore their tattoos, although she felt weaker and weaker, she kept rushing towards Iris, nearing her, as her fist was about to crush Iris skull! "Gotcha!" she said triumphantly. "You''re such a fool¡­" said Iris, as she closed her fist. sh! Suddenly, all the tattoos around Cathina began to glow, covering her body with pain! These tattoospletely ignored her Psychokinesis Coating and were worn over her skin, and as Iris willed it, they began to absorb Cathina''s energy even more! "Unnngggaaahhh¡­!" Cathina suddenly fell to the ground, her entire body was aching horribly! "You shouldn''t have destroyed my little children¡­ they didn''t even attack you, you know? I guess that''s the weakness of them¡­ if you notice that they might be suspicious, you can just ignore them¡­ but you kept smashing and smashing them like an idiot¡­ thinking that they would only slow you down a bit¡­" said Iris, putting her feet over Cathina''s head! "Nngh¡­! This¡­ what kind of ursed ability is this?! You subhuman¡­!" roared Cathina, harboring thest strength she could muster, and moving her fist towards Iris! Iris, however, twisted her body and evaded her slow punch, and seeped her ws into her neck! CLASH! "Now that you are weakened, your defenses are too pitiful¡­ You and your group are mere steppingstones for Noah-sama''s ambitions¡­ die, and be our nourishment," said Iris, as Cathina vomited a mouthful of blood, her eyes falling into despair, as her head was sliced off! SLASH! "Eme¡­ rald¡­!" she thought, ncing at Emerald on herst seconds of consciousness¡­ as she noticed that he was being beheaded at the same time¡­ She could not even scream in pain as her consciousness faded away into nothingness. Iris seemed incredibly tired, gasping for air as she began to drink Cathina''s blood and eating some of her flesh. Phantom Fox Spirits were a tricky Skill, she was able to slow down her enemies by covering them in the tattoos they generated when they were killed by a target, but she would also wear part of the burden of her enemy, the number of tattoos that Cathina had were too many, and she was also feeling incredibly lethargic, if she had missed such evasive attack, she might have died¡­ However, now that Cathina died, the tattoos disappeared, and Iris regained some of her strength, however, because such Skill also consumed enormous quantities of Mana, she had used her own blood to convert it into Mana and needed to drink more if she did not want to fall unconscious due to overusing Mana. She nced at the battlefield, as Arthur, Timassa, Adamantine, and Jon ughtered the other three-party members, and were now drinking their blood and eating their flesh¡­ all of them seemed exhausted, it was a close call¡­ ----- Chapter 56 - The Fight Aftermath ----- Noah did not know how long he had lost consciousness after fighting Emerald, drinking his blood, and regenerating his legs. However, his dim consciousness woke up in a strange ce,pletely filled with darkness. Noah, however, remembered a bit of this ce. This was the same ce he saw the Blood Progenitor for the first time when he had to fuse his soul with his. And where the abyssal, Ancient One, emerged to save him from beingpletely eaten by the Blood Progenitor soul. He opened his eyes as he found an enormous crimson crystal floating in the middle of the darkness, emanating an eerie and bright red light. "The Blood Core?" wondered Noah, touching it with his astral projection. sh! Suddenly, the Blood Core gleamed brightly, as its power was transferred into Noah once more. However, Noah quickly took his hand off it, as the power was too overwhelming, if he kept absorbing more of its power, he would surely die due to an overdose of power. "This¡­ Why am I dreaming of this? Can I unlock more of the Blood Core''s powers through this strange dream?" wondered Noah. However, suddenly, Noah felt an overwhelming presence behind him. He nced at it. Abyssal darkness is even deeper than the darkness that surrounded him emerged. Dozens of dark tentacles moved grotesquely, as a single crimson eye opened wide, ring at him directly. Noah felt immense fear. An instinctual fear. Even bigger than just dying. This was if¡­ even his soul was at the risk of being shattered into pieces. His whole existence could end by just facing such an entity. Just what¡­ was this? Noah red at it, however, and braced himself. He wanted some answers, and now that it had called upon him, he wanted to ask it what this entity was exactly. "I am¡­ thankful for what you did against the Blood Progenitor¡­ But¡­ who are you?" asked Noah, gnashing his teeth as his entire astral projection shivered. The entity''s crimson eye kept ring at Noah until somehow, a strange noise that Noah could barely understand was released from its entire existence. "Vessel¡­" "Ah?" asked Noah. "Not yet¡­" "What? What do you mean?" "Not yet¡­ not enough¡­ not prepared¡­" "Not yet? Not Enough? Not prepared? Prepared for what?" asked Noah desperately, as he began to fade away. "You are not ready¡­" said the entity, closing its crimson eye. sh. Suddenly, Noah''s eyes opened, as he found himself ring at the ceiling of the caves he was hunting mutated beasts with his party andter on killed Emerald. He found that his body was aching and a bit, but that he was indeed fine. He quickly stood up, to see that the corpses of Emerald and everyone else that they fought against had disappeared. And that he was surrendered by his group. "You''re finally awake, it really made us worry a bit¡­" said Arthur. "Noah-sama!" said Iris, hugging Noah tightly, as Noah slowly moved her away. "I am fine, why wouldn''t I be? Now, where are the corpses?" asked Noah. "We have already saved them inside the Dimensional Storage Ring, and we have also cleaned the blood and any trails lefts," said Timassa. "They dropped¡­ Ability Cores¡­ Master¡­" said Jon. "Master¡­. Okay?" asked Adamantine. "I am okay, get off me, don''t cling on me¡­" said Noah, moving away from the clingy Iris and Adamantine at his side. "Noah-sama, you''re just as lively as ever!" said Iris while blushing. "Hungry¡­" said Adamantine. "Anyways, did they dropped Ability Cores? How many? And who?" asked Noah. "Emerald and another of the party members did, none other did¡­ After all, they are rare," said Arthur. "Emerald''s¡­ Ability Core?" asked Noah. "I-Indeed¡­ It is an A-Rank Core," said Arthur. "That''s¡­ (I would be able to get a ton of Skill Points with it! ¡­However, there could also be the chance to absorb it and get¡­ perhaps, Emerald''s powerful Skill, Elemental Jewel Creation or Danger Detection, both are incredibly useful¡­)" thought Noah. "Give me Emerald''s Ability Core, whoever killed the one that dropped the other Ability Core can keep it," said Noah, as Arthur nodded and immediately gave Noah the Ability Core of Emerald. "How long have I been asleep?" asked Noah as he nced at the Ability Core, saving it in his pocket. "Around an hour¡­ However, we still should be able to get back to the surface and reunite with the ss¡­ But about Emerald¡­" said Arthur. "It doesn''t matter, perhaps more students will be missing as well¡­ After all, this is what the higher-ups most likely wanted out of this¡­" said Noah rather nonchntly, as he walked towards the pit that led to the surface. The party followed him from behind as Noah began to think about what he had just done. "Emerald emerged out of nowhere to kill me, despite having never interacted with him in my entire life¡­ He even knew to an extent what I truly was¡­ However, hecked knowledge about my abilities, and that was enough for me to pull off a victory. His Danger Detection seemed to be even more powerful than I imagined¡­ I wonder if the Crystal Family will try to investigate the death of Emerald? After all, he was praised due to his talents... If that is the case, things might begin to get even worse¡­ I need to quickly reach the peak of E-Rank at the very least, kill Fernand and then get out of this ursed school¡­" thought Noah. If Noah managed to make an official Guild and could amass enough power and strong members, he would be able to gain reputation, and even those that were to try to target him would be warier and not immediately try to eliminate him, which could give him more time to grow stronger in the meantime. Thinking about such things, Noah reached the rest of the ss, as he noticed that around four more people were missing aside from Emerald. The teacher greeted Noah as some of the students nced at him and his group with awe. "So they''re alive?" "I guess they can kill ants, what a surprise¡­" "Wait, where''s Emerald and his party?" "True, they are not back yet¡­" The teacher decided to wait for the missing students for a little while, but in the end, they were sent back to the military school after an hour of waiting, several students seemed confused about this, and why we''re even more missing students. The teacher could only grimace as he tried to calm down the students, saying that things would be better next time, and that investigations for the missing students were on course. As Noah nced at the technologically advanced city down below through the flying bus, a group of military men gathered around the wastnds, investigating the ce. An old man with a stoic face, muscr build, and a short gray bear with arge scar on his left eye, was ncing at the scene. The dismembered bodies of two students were lying near the forest of this area, these wounds were not made by mutated beasts, although their corpses had already begun to be eaten by smaller mutated beasts. "Sergeant, we found two more corpses¡­ but no signs of Emerald''s group," said a soldier that ran towards the man''s side. "I see¡­ So the filtering has begun¡­ Even Emerald was filtered, despite being praised as a talented prodigy¡­" said the man. "And ording to our scouting, thest time they were seen was when¡­ they entered the underground cave sections, the same group were the Useless Students Party entered, which theyter came out of it without any wound in their bodies¡­ but we have not even found Emerald''s group corpses, sir," said the soldier. "So they even saved the corpses¡­ Huh. Noah and¡­ Iris, Jon¡­ who else? Adamantine, the girl that survived the dungeon¡­ and¡­ Timassa and Arthur as well¡­ All of them have be oddly close ording to the reports, right? Perhaps¡­ Noah has awakened some kind of ability? I cannot fathom to think that a useless human like him would be able to aplish so much out of nowhere¡­ But what kind of ability? And why did Emerald targeted him? Emerald''s Danger Detection most likely has something to do with this¡­ but what did Emerald found dangerous in Noah to target him so boldly?" wondered the sergeant. "There''s something fishy about this¡­" said a soldier at this side. "Nheless, this is what the higher-ups want after all. So it is not like we should worry so much¡­ The filtering is essential to get the soldiers we require, casualties are expected," said the sergeant, walking away from the corpses of the young students without any kind of remorse for their deaths. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 57 - Absorbing Ability Cores! ----- After the expedition to the outskirts of Sector D, the teacher announced a special test with questions regarding what they saw and learned from this trip, which would be done next Monday, as the weekend was finallying after today''s sses. "As if good grades were to even matter at this point¡­ Really, this whole thing is a ridiculous fa?ade," sighed Noah, walking back to his room alongside his party. Whenever he walked with all of them, Fernand would never target him, and would simply watch him from afar rather annoyed, even he knew that it would cause too muchmotion to attack a group of 6 people only with his twockeys. Reaching his room, Noah closed the door as he sat down on his bed. "Very well. Now that we are done with the day, let''s distribute the Attribute Value Cores we acquired, I will take enough to max my Attribute Values to E-Rank, most of you should also be close to that, I imagine," said Noah. The entire group nodded, most of them were nearing 75 in one or more Stats, which is the needed number to be considered beginner E-Rank. They needed just a few more Cores to reach one of such stats to 75, whichever the stat was, they would be counted as E-Rank already. However, Noah wanted them all to be maximize their stats, so getting 75 in all three of them was the best way to do it. After chatting for a while about what they were going to do this weekend, which included traveling to Arthur''s family territory and get to know their new manor where they would make their hideout and also their Guild HQ, Noah absorbed enough Cores to reach the required stats in every of his Attribute Values. Checking his Attribute Panel, he also noticed that some Skills proficiencies had increased a lot. [Noah] [Bloodline: Vampire (Awakening)] [Vitality: 75] [Mind: 75] [Force: 75] [Skill Points: 0] [Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Undying Body: 67 (A)], [Blood ws: 73 (C)], [Blood Maniption: 86 (D)], [Blood Projectiles: 66 (D)], [Champion''s Great Perseverance: 58 (C)], [Telepathy: 59 (D)], [Blood Soul: 37 (A)], [Blood Flow eleration: 39 (C)], [Blood Sacrifice: 34 (C)], [Blood Retribution: 32 (C)], [Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis: 18 (C)], [Poisonous Blood: 21 (C)] "With this¡­ I am E-Rank in strength! And only it has been a week since I acquired these powers¡­ Now, we should be able to begin hunting E-Rank Dungeons from now on, although some of you might not have all attribute values maxed into 75, most of you already have at least one of such attribute values at 75, so all of us are E-Rank at this point, the F-Rank Cores we got in that cave were very useful," said Noah. "Indeed¡­ I never thought I would be able to reach E-Rank this soon in my life¡­" said Arthur. "This is indeed a good thing, we need to grow even stronger to manage to fight all the threats we''ll have in the future," said Timassa. "However, we still need some more Cores if we want to max all our attribute values to 75¡­" said Iris. "E-Rank Dungeons also drop F-Rank Cores, the same goes for higher Ranked Dungeons, they always drop Cores from Rank below them, so we can immediately begin grinding in those," said Noah. Now that all the attribute value cores, which were around 40, were spent, Noah nced at the Ability Core she had. Among the Attribute Value Cores given in the underground caves, there were also Ability Cores, which he distributed with his party, acquiring two F-Rank Ability Cores for himself and Emerald''s Ability Core. Now that Noah had these Ability Cores, he had decided to convert them into Skill Points! Especially an A-Rank Ability Core, which would arge number of Skill Points! However, before that, Noah wondered something. "Do any of you possess Skill Trees?" asked Noah. His party seemed confused, they didn''t know what Skill Trees were. "No¡­ I don''t think I have ever found any like that," said Arthur. "Me neither¡­" said Timassa. "Not me either," said Iris. "No¡­" said Jon. "Skill Trees¡­?" asked Adamantine. "So the ability to convert Ability Cores into Skill Points and exchange them for Skills within a Skill Tree is something only I have¡­" muttered Noah. "It''s obvious, that''s because it is something rted to the Blood Core, none of your subordinates possess a Blood Core, so it''s obvious they don''t have Skill Trees!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Oh, so you woke up already, Drac," said Noah. "Shut up¡­" muttered the Blood Progenitor, mildly annoyed. "Noah-sama you possess such an ability as Skill Trees?" asked Iris curiously. Noah sighed as he had now told them, so he would have to exin to them what it really was¡­ After a few minutes of exnations, everyone came to understand a little bit how Noah''s Skill Trees worked. "Amazing¡­ It is as if you possess your own Skills, you don''t even need to gamble them in Ability Cores¡­" said Arthur. "To be expected of our progenitor," said Timassa. "Actually, I wish you could all have such ability as well, it would make it easier for you to grow stronger as well and be more useful¡­" said Noah, as he decided to ask something to the Blood Progenitor. "Could it be possible for them to acquire Skill Trees too?" he asked. "Hmph, now you ask me? And it is impossible! ¡­Or maybe it is not? Well, such powerse from the Blood Core, if you could find a way to either share them or give them some kind of artificial Blood Core for themselves¡­ Perhaps some kind of lesser yet simr result could be achieved¡­ But all of this is only spective¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "The ability to create a Blood Core¡­ Do you know some way? You lived in a world filled with Vampires after all, and they even seemed to do something called Cultivation," said Noah. "Grr¡­ I¡­ May know a way¡­ But why would I even tell you!? You keep disrespecting me and calling me Drac or whatever! Why would I help you?!" asked the Blood Progenitor. "Oh? Do you want to resist? You are now my own power¡­ Don''t deny such knowledge to your master," said Noah. "Tch! I don''t give a damn anymore!" roared the Blood Progenitor, as his consciousness hid within theirbined souls. "What a pain¡­ Well, I might be able to discover such things myself as I uncover the power of the Skill Tree¡­" thought Noah, as he absorbed the Ability Cores he had on his hands. Ding! [Do you wish to exchange [Ability Core (A)], and [Ability Core (F)] for 105 Skill Points?] [>YES NO] "So an A-Rank Ability Core gives me 100 Skill Points, that''s quite good, although not as much as I imagined, it is good enough!" thought Noah, selecting the ''YES'' option. sh! The Ability Cores turned into bright light, shining iridescently until they exploded into particles of light and embraced Noah''s body, fusing themselves with him and giving him a new surge of strength and energy. Ding! [You acquired 105 Skill Points!] "This¡­ With this, I should be capable of getting quite a good amount of Skills¡­ My Skills are pilling up a lot though, but I use all of them on the battle, as they allbine excellently in battle, something that other people don''t get to enjoy as easily as me, seeing how the power to get new Skills is locked behind random Ability Cores¡­" thought Noah, ncing at his Skill Tree as his party sat down near his room and snacked on whatever he had in the fridge, emptying his reserves. He was rather annoyed by this, but he felt like his vampires were his responsibility, and he was rather busy now, so he decided to pay no mind for now. ----- Chapter 58 - Maxed Skill Tree Level! And... ----- Noah nced at his Skill Tree, as he saw his progression through it. [Blood Progenitor] [Innate]: The Skill Tree of the Blood Progenitor, generated through the innate powers of the Blood Core, using Skill Points will unlock more of its hidden power and the various abilities of this entity. Complete the Level 1 Skill Tree to unlock further Skill Tree Levels, with the possibility of generating a new Skill Tree all together. [Level: I] [Blood Progenitor Sessor (50/50)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Blood Flow eleration (5/5)], [Blood Sacrifice (5/5)], [Blood Retribution: (10/10)] Additional Abilities (II): [Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis (10/10)], [Poisonous Blood (10/10)], [Blood Curse (0/20)] Additional Abilities (III): [Blood Armor: (0/25)], [Blood Potion (0/30)], [Blood Combustion (0/40)] "I have 105 Skill Points¡­ It won''t be enough to clear it immediately, I need ten more Skill Points¡­" said Noah with a bit of bitterness. "Ah¡­ You said that F-Rank Ability Cores give you 5 Skill Points right?" asked Arthur, throwing Noah an F-Rank Ability Core of his. Noah caught it as he nced at Arthur. "Well if you insist, I shall take this offering," said Noah. "Master¡­" said Adamantine, offering her Ability Core to Noah too. "You too? Well, if you insist. I will not stop you, although I was not going to ask you for it," said Noah expressionlessly, although his subordinates knew that he seemed ttered. "This should be enough¡­" said Noah. "Aw! I missed my opportunity to give an offering to Noah-sama¡­" said Iris. "No need for more, keep the ones you have for yourself, grow stronger and be more useful so you can be my strength," said Noah. Ding! [You acquired 10 Skill Points!] "With this¡­ I should be able to max all of them and get four new Skills!" thought Noah, as he immediately exchanged all Skill Points! Ding! [You have spent 20 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Blood Curse: 1 (C)] Skill!] Ding! [You have spent 25 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Blood Armor: 1 (C)] Skill!] Ding! [You have spent 30 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Blood Potion: 1 (C)] Skill!] Ding! [You have spent 40 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Blood Combustion: 1 (C)] Skill!] Noah felt a rush of new power surge through his body, as he acquired several new Skills! All of them seemed useful on their own, and Noah could not help but smile triumphantly. Blood Curse was a Skill that could let Noah curse the blood of a foe, the foe needed to be at least one meter of distance from Noah for the curse to be activated on his blood, and if the blood were visible, this chance for the curse to ur would increase. The curses that could be inflicted were only three, and they would randomly be chosen when Noah unleashed a curse on his foe, which could stack up to three times as well. Such curses were [Muscle Paralysis], [Exhaustion], [Confusion]. Blood Armor was a simple Skill, yet very useful. Although Noah had already used his blood before as some kind of armor, the crystallized blood was way too frail to be used properly as armor. However, with this Skill, it was possible for him to use his or any blood he had inside of his Blood Sphere to generate a full armor set of blood that could cover his body and inhibit part of the damage he took in physical and magicalbat, the armor could be regenerated as long as there was more blood or mana to supply it with, and it looked very useful. Blood Potion was a simple Skill as well, it let Noah convert his blood into a restorative liquid, simrly to how Poisonous Blood could let him convert his blood into poison. Of course, such liquid would not be effective on him, but could be effective in any of his subordinates, and even other non-vampiric beings. The intensity of its healing power was based on the Skill proficiency level, but it seemed to even be capable of healing status effects at the proficiency level of 1. Andst but not least, Blood Combustion was a Skill that could let Noah be capable ofbusting his own blood, making it explode. The power and intensity of this were based on his Mind Attribute Value and the Skill''s Proficiency Level, and he could also use his own blood, throwing it over his foes and then making it detonate, as long as the blood he threw were at least at a distance of two meters from him. Thisst Skill seemed incredibly strong if used correctly, and Noah could not wait to use it in the monsters he was nning to hunt tonight with his family of vampires. However, the System had other ns for him at the moment. Ding! [You havepleted the [Level: I] of the Blood Progenitor Skill Tree!] [You have unlocked [Level: II]!] "Oh, this was quite obvious¡­ Perhaps I should check these new Skills and see how much they will cost me, I would assume that the cost of Skill Points needed will keep increasing¡­" thought Noah, as the System once more startled him. Ding! [Conditions for [Evolution] have been achieved!] [Conditions: Reach 75 in every Attribute Value and unlock all of the [Level: I] of the Blood Progenitor Skill Treepleted!] [Do you wish to evolve into [Level II: Vampire Noble]?] [>YES NO] What was showing in front of Noah was not something he had been expecting. Evolution. Something that, ording to Noah''s knowledge, was not really a concept at all in this world. He had heard that strong enough Mutated Beast would mutate into greater types of beasts, but that was never said to be actual Evolution. And monsters that emerged from Dungeons would never increase their Ranks, so they seemed to not be able to evolve. Yet¡­ he was able to evolve, somehow! "Oi, Drac¡­ What is this? The System says I can evolve into a Vampire Noble," said Noah, as the Blood Progenitor suddenly woke up from his sleep startled! "W-What?! You¡­ You can evolve now?!" roared the Blood Progenitor in awe! This seemed to not be something he did not know about, in fact, he was surprised that he could do it, but not surprised about a concept he did not know about! "Oh? So you know about evolution, spit it out," said Noah. "Tch! ¡­In Abyss, Vampires can evolve after reaching certain stages in our Blood Core Cultivation¡­ You seem to have reached Stage 2, and can evolve into a Vampire Noble. We, Vampires, have many Ranks, which seem to be simr to the aristocratic titles of your world, each of our evolutions is based on one of such titles of nobility. You were a simple Vampire, but now, you can raise into a Vampire Noble, slowly rising in the hierarchy¡­ There are many other Evolutions¡­ My former one was a¡­ Crimson Vampire Blood Overlord! I was¡­ just some steps behind reaching Vampire God!" said the Blood Progenitor. "So that was your actual race, Blood Progenitor is simply your monster name then?" asked Noah. "Indeed¡­ that''s the name that this System has given to me¡­ as a monster¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 59 - Evolving! New Possibilities! More Power! ----- Noah now had the possibility of evolving. Something that he had not expected at all. Although he quickly wondered if there were some side effects to the process of evolving. He thought that, if the system itself asked him if he wanted or not, it meant that it most likely had some kind of process that might take time. However, before starting such evolution, he decided to ask his subordinates if they had been given any evolution option. "Evolution¡­? Not that I remember¡­" said Iris. "I don''t have anything like that either¡­ could it be a power rted to your Blood Core, Noah?" asked Arthur. "It could be that I don''t really feel like ''evolving'' or anything of the sorts¡­" said Timassa. "Me neither¡­" said Jon. Adamantine remained silent as she waved her head. "Then it is simply another ability of my Blood Core¡­ I should simply evolve straight away, all of you protect me as I underwent this transformation," said Noah, as his subordinates nodded and stood around him. Noah rested on his bed as he decided to select ''YES'' in the Evolution Option. Ding! [Initializing Evolution into [Level II: Vampire Noble]!] Suddenly a sh of crimson light emerged from within Noah''s Blood Core, engulfing his entire body! sh! "NNnghh¡­!" Noah felt a sharp pain rush through his entire body, sharper than having his own flesh torn apart, something that not even the several times he used his body in abnormal and grotesque ways could prepare him for! His bones started to crack and repair themselves continuously, his muscles were torn into pieces and regenerated back, his organs exploded and came back, even his heart exploded, and when he felt his brain going through the same thing, he lost consciousness. When Noah opened his eyes again, he felt like his body had been renewed. It was as if he had be something more than before, even more. He nced at his appearance, he seemed to look the same as before¡­ Except that his ears were not sharp, his fangs had grownrger, and his overall physical strength had been enhanced. His muscles felt more flexible yet sturdy, and the same was for his very soul as well. His senses were sharper than before as if he was able to see through his environment without even putting his eyes in that certain direction. "Noah-sama, you''re awake!" said Iris. "It really took you a while now¡­" said Arthur. "This is the second time you fall unconscious this day, master¡­" said Timassa. "How long did I sleep?" asked Noah. "Around three hours¡­" said Jon. "Three hours?! So it''s¡­ what time is it?" asked Noah. "Hmm, around 11 in the night," said Iris. "Sigh¡­ Well, that was a long time wasted, let''s make up for it by hunting on an E-Rank Dungeon, and then we can spend the rest of the night in Arthur''s manor," said Noah. "Sounds good to me!" said Arthur, who seemed excited to finally show his parents his friends. Ding! [You have sessfully evolved into a [Level II: Vampire Noble!] [Attribute Value Bonus Earned] [Skill Proficiency Level Bonus Earned] [The [Blood ws: 100 (D)] Skill has awakened into the [Eviscerating Crimson ws: 1 (B)] Skill!] [The [Blood Maniption: 100 (D)] Skill has awakened into the [Vampiric Blood Control: 1 (B)] Skill!] [The [Blood Projectiles: 100 (D)] Skill has awakened into the [Blood Weapon Creation: 1 (B)] Skill!] "Oh?! Three Skills awakened¡­ into B-Rank Skills!" thought Noah in surprise, this evolution had brought him even more power than he expected! Noah quickly tried to check his Attribute Panel, seeking more changes that he could not easily notice. [Noah] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level II: Vampire Noble] [Vitality: 85] [Mind: 85] [Force: 85] [Skill Points: 0] [Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Undying Body: 78 (A)], [Eviscerating Crimson ws: 1 (B)], [Vampiric Blood Control: 1 (B)], [Blood Weapon Creation: 1 (B)], [Champion''s Great Perseverance: 58 (C)], [Telepathy: 68 (D)], [Blood Soul: 52 (A)], [Blood Flow eleration: 45 (C)], [Blood Sacrifice: 52 (C)], [Blood Retribution: 51 (C)], [Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis: 34 (C)], [Poisonous Blood: 35 (C)] [Blood Curse: 15 (C)], [Blood Armor: 15 (C)], [Blood Potion: 15 (C)], [Blood Combustion: 15 (C)] Noah not only awakened new Skills, but even managed to acquire ten points in each Attribute Value as a bonus for evolving, this was showcased clearly by how stronger his muscles, bones, and skin felt! Alongside that, he acquired bonus proficiency in all of his Skills, making them even stronger! As the Progenitor of his Vampiric Family, he needed to be strong after all, so this was fitting for someone like him! However¡­ this was not enough. No, even with all of this, he was still an E-Rank Hunter. Ten more Attribute Values did not make much of a differencepared to those at higher Ranks, if he were to fight one at D-Rank or above, he might end up getting killed before he could even reach the pinnacle of his potential! This was why he did not want to let his newly found strength get into his head! Noah desired more, more power, this was not enough, not enough at all, not near as enough! "This¡­ You''re already a Vampire Noble¡­ damned brat¡­" groaned the Blood Progenitor. The Blood Progenitor seemed annoyed at Noah, the stronger he grew, the harder it would be for him to even take over his mind one day¡­ and such hope was already being shattered into pieces, while each piece was being turned into pure dust with a giant hammer. Noah''s incredibly fast progression had left the Blood Progenitor in surprise, something that not even him has reached in the past so easily and fast! Noah was indeed being helped by all the strength he had umted this time, which was unrightfully stole from him! But what could the Blood Progenitor even do about this? He was being forced to serve Noah, as a mere second mind, which was simply inferior to him and could not even take over him forcefully! Most of his power was stolen, he had no choice but toment his powerlessness and hope for Noah to one day have some kind of brain tumor and be left in a vegetative state, so he could take over him. But even while Noah slept, it was impossible to him¡­ So perhaps, he should just give up already¡­ "Noah-sama, your strength, and aura¡­ it all feels way higher, way more¡­ venerable!" said Iris. "This is really weird¡­ But it does indeed feels like that as if I were being dragged into¡­ adoring you like an idol¡­ So this is the effect of a progenitor over his converted vampires¡­" said Arthur. "Indeed, Noah-sama feels way more venerable¡­" said Timassa. "Master¡­" said Jon, kneeling over Noah immediately. "So glorious¡­" said Adamantine. "So this is the effect of bing a Vampire Noble as well? I be more¡­ admirable or whatever?" said Noah. "This just shows that you were still rather weak on your authority over your converted ves! It would be a good chance to convert more into your creed, andpletely control them as your ves!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Hmph, that might be a good n¡­ But not now," said Noah to the Blood Progenitor. "Fear not, although my influence in you has increased, I will not force you to do stupid things nor ridiculous things. ¡­And I am talking to you as well, Iris, stop looking at me as if I were some kind of appetizer¡­" sighed Noah, as he nced at Iris almost drooling by admiring Noah''s ''beauty''. "Haahh¡­ It''s just¡­ Your splendor makes so¡­ so excited¡­" said Iris. Noah sighed once more. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 60 - Exploring A Dungeon Overnight! ----- After evolving, Noah had noticed within his Attribute Panel that some things were now added, such as ''Blood Core Rank'', something he did not have before evolving. "Interesting¡­ So the System has adapted itself to even show you such statistics¡­ Indeed, that is your current Blood Core Rank!" said the Blood Progenitor with a smug tone of voice inside of Noah''s mind. "Blood Core Rank?" asked Noah. "In Abyss, the world where I originally belong to, every Vampiric being had a Blood Core which we cultivated by consuming other''s blood or by doing several other Cultivation Techniques¡­ Whenever we reached a threshold and surpassed our Blood Core Limits, the Blood Core Level would increase¡­ You have evolved once, so your Level must be 2¡­ My Blood Core Rank used to be Level 20! You''re but an antpared to my former self!" said the Blood Progenitor. "So that''s how it is¡­ I see. But does that mean that in this world, the way to cultivate bes different? Through the System and Attribute Value Cores, I can easily skip the steps you Vampires need to do to be stronger¡­" said Noah. "That is right, you''re damned world filled with chaos and monsters is an amazing world indeed! Any Vampire with a Blood Core would be able to easily nourish their Blood Cores through the consumption of Attribute Value Cores! Luckily for you, and perhaps unluckily for my Vampire kin, Attribute Value Cores did not exist in my world, and I do not remember the humans we killed from the rifts even dropped any of those," said the Blood Progenitor. "I see, so this chaotic world filled with suffering is beneficial for cultivation of blood cores¡­" said Noah. "Yes, you didn''t even need to cultivate for years to reach Level 2, which took me 3 years, and that''s counting that I was a talented child when I was young!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Three years¡­? I see¡­ Well, I suppose all the power locked inside my Blood Core from your original power is also helping me breakthrough faster¡­" said Noah. "Hmph¡­ Such a talentless ant like you having all of this power given to you! This is truly frustrating! It feels as if I''ve swallowed a bitter bug!" roared the Blood Progenitor. "Anyways, are you going to exin to me how to make a Blood Core for them?" asked Noah. "Ggrr¡­! I will not tell you anything! ¡­yet. Grow stronger and I might!" roared the Blood Progenitor, as he faded away from Noah''s mind. "What a pain in the ass¡­" sighed Noah. After a few preparations, Noah and his party equipped the new clothes and light-weight mass-produced Armor that Arthur has brought, which was mostly ck colored, alongside masks to cover their faces. The group did not even cross through the gate and jumped over the ceiling of the Military School Buildings, disappearing into the highly technological city night. "Which Dungeon are we exploring now?" asked Iris with some enthusiasm, the night was young and any time she spent with Noah made her happy, even if it were by killing hordes of monsters. "The closest E-Rank Dungeon within our route¡­" said Noah. "The closest E-Rank Dungeon¡­ Ah! The Bat Caves?" asked Arthur. "That should do. Bats, huh? I guess they have some rtion to us Vampiric beings?" wondered Noah. "Well none of us look like one, nor we can turn into one like mainstream media makes up Vampires to be¡­" said Arthur. "Are Bats rted to Vampires somehow?" asked Iris confused about the topic. "Well, forget it, let''s go," said Noah, as the group kept jumping over the building''s roofs until reaching an open field, where a blue-colored gate floated in midair. The open field was being protected by soldiers all around, and there were even some small Hunter Shops that sold potions and basic items for any passerby Hunter. "Ah, these are shops from my father''s group¡­" said Arthur. "Oh, I see. If the sellers recognize you, will they call you Young Master Arthur?" asked Noah mockingly. "T-That''s¡­ Well¡­ maybe¡­" sighed Arthur. "Anyways, here we are¡­" said Noah. "I''m so excited! I want to demolish some monsters¡­ Turn them into minced meat!" said Iris as her eyes gleamed with crimson light. "Let''s go," said Noah, walking with his group towards the guards, as they nced at them with some suspiciousness. "What with the ck costumes? Is there some kind of disguise party going on around here?" asked one of the guards, as the one at his side burst intoughter. Noah and his party silently showed their Student Cards, as the soldiers nced at them afterughing without being able to provoke them. "Students from that school¡­ at this hour? Well, it''s the weekend I guess¡­ You can pass, make sure to not do anything stupid kids,"ughed the guard. As Noah simply nced back at him with his Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis. "Sure thing¡­" he said, as the man suddenly fell to the ground in shock! "W-What happened?" asked the guard at his side, without noticing what Noah did. "Ah! I-I¡­ I do not remember¡­ What¡­ What happened?" asked the guard that fell into the ground, forgetting the gleaming crimson eyes of Noah. "Noah-sama, what did you do?" asked Iris in confusion. "Ah, I gave him a little scare¡­ Anyone with weak wills will sumb to my eyes¡­ I gave him a little shock, a scare, and after that, I deleted such experience, only leaving him surprised of not knowing what happened¡­" said Noah. "Y-You can even do such a thing with your eye skill?" asked Arthur. "Impressive¡­" said Jon. "Well, only very momentarily, what I did there was the limit of this Skill as of now. Do not expect me to go asking every enemy we encounter to kill themselves or something, it will not work. Emerald waspletely ignoring my eyes until the veryst moments where he was already drowning in despair¡­ Strong people have naturally strong wills," said Noah. "I see¡­" said Iris. "But monsters are different¡­ So I will try it out around," said Noah. "Ooh~ I am looking forward to that!" said Iris. The party quickly entered the blue-colored gate, as it suddenly turned crimson red. The guards did not notice, as they were not paying attention to the gate, and were even rather sleepy. Noah nced at his new surroundings, as the busy city night environment changed into that of enormous cave sections, with ceilings as tall as fifty meters, covered in magic crystals of various colors, ready to be mined¡­ if they were not so high, stuck to the ceiling, even strong hunters were perhaps not able to fly, so most of them would never try to mine such magic crystals from the ceiling above their heads. "GRRYYAAARRR¡­!" Without even a minute to pass since they entered the dungeon, ten gigantic, over four-metersrge ck-furred bats came flying towards Noah''s party, their jaws wererge and sharp, filled with razor-sharp teeth, their wings were long and even had sharp ck ws, alongside their feet! Alongside this, they held enormous ears andrge crimson eyes, these were Giant ck Bats, E-Rank Monsters! "So the show begins!" said Noah, smiling, as he immediately darted towards his enemy, feeling his entire body lighter and faster due to his evolution into a Vampire Noble! sh! sh! sh! Noah''s hands grew monstrous crimson ws, shing through therge Bat leading the other nine bats, slicing its left-wing, and making it fall into the ground, as the bat struggled using its ws, but Noah did not even falter, slicing through its flesh, and eliminating it in a few seconds! Poof! The bloody corpse turned into ck smoke as Noah''s first E-Rank Core was dropped from it. ----- Chapter 61 - Learning How To Fly! ----- Noah grabbed the E-Rank Core that the Giant Bat dropped when he killed it, ncing at its splendor, it had a slightly bigger size than F-Rank Cores, and a greater splendor, releasing a golden and red hue¡­ This color was a Force Attribute Value Core. "Those that reach 75 in every attribute value cannot gain more stats by consuming low ranked Cores and need to slowly absorb higher ranked ones. And obviously, higher-ranked ones also give more stats¡­ This one would give two points of Force instead of the one point that an F-Rank Core would give¡­ Higher ranked monsters are harder to kill, but the amount of stats that their cores give are higher inpensation¡­" thought Noah, as he evaded the strong winds released by arge Giant Bat rushing towards him, jumping into the air as he manipted the blood rushing inside of his very body and made himself fly, something that he wouldn''t be capable of before bing a Vampire Noble, as his control over Blood was not as excellent and he needed to put blood patches on his feet. Ding! [You acquired the [Flight: 1 (B)] Skill!] "Oh? I guess I can indeed fly at this point¡­" thought Noah while ncing below as the nine other bats rushed towards him, opening theirrge jaws with razor-sharp teeth! "GRRYAARR!" Noah''s ws grew into grotesque crimson nails, as he moved at a great speed and shed through two of the Giant Bats'' wings, making them fall hopelessly into the ground! "Take them out," said Noah, sending the flightless bats towards his subordinates, as Iris and the rest of the group immediately began to pulverize the creature while being weakened. Iris used her sharp nails to slice through it and infest it with her poison, Arthur slowly degraded their flesh with his corrosion, Timassa electrified them with her ck thunder, Jon drained their life out of their bodies, and Adamantine shed them into smithereens. The two Giant Bats were out of the game in mere seconds, theirbined attacks were already way too lethal! Noah smiled, as he intercepted therge jaws of one of the Giant Bats nearing his head with his bare ws, opening the jaw wide open. "Let''s see how far your jaw can go," said Noah maliciously, as he broke open the Bat''s jaw without much trouble, making it disappear into ck smoke the second after for a core to drop from it. The other Giant Bats nced with a bit of fear at Noah, they seemed to have be weary of his power, as one of them was enshrouded in shadows and began to fire ck spears made with magic towards him! "Oh? There''s a talented one in here¡­" thought Noah, darting like a crimson meteor towards the Giant Bat, reaching it in a single second and punching its stomach with enough strength to make it vomit a mouthful of blood! "GRRAAHH¡­!" Boom! The Bat was sent flying into the ceiling, hitting the sharp crystals stuck into the rock and breaking its bones, exploding into ck smoke, and disappearing. "Useless, it didn''t drop anything," sighed Noah, noticing that the other Giant Bats decided to target his subordinates instead, thinking of them as weaker than the monster he was, only to find themselves being torn apart into pieces not long after while being poisoned and drained off their life force. "Phew, that was a good warmup!" said Iris, collecting the dropped cores and saving them inside of the Dimensional Storage Ring. "Amazing, Noah, you can now just¡­ fly?" asked Arthur. "Yeah, by manipting the blood inside of my own body, I can make it float¡­ Of course, a normal person''s body would most likely burst if it were to manipte its own blood to go against gravity, but our bodies are certainly not those of a normal human¡­" said Noah. "Amazing¡­ I wonder if we can do it too?" asked Arthur. "All those with Blood Control should be able, although Ghoulsck such Skill, so they are the exception¡­ However, Ghouls have greater physical capabilities than us, so they could even find a way to jump so high that it might seem like floating¡­ Or maybe find a way to use your current abilities to fly," said Noah, pointing at Timassa''s ck thunder and Adamantine''s Dark Aura. "Wait, wouldn''t that screw our senses of direction?" wondered Arthur. "Not anymore, we are not humans¡­ Our physical senses are vastly dulled out at this point, pain is not as impactful as before, and our senses have be more rted with our own souls, bing pseudo-spiritual, which linger outside of our physical flesh," said Noah. "Amazing¡­" said Jon. "It feels like Noah-sama could be a good Vampire teacher!" said Iris. "Teacher? What a boring job, I will only teach those that serve me, but not anyone else," said Noah. "Using my own thunder to fly? Perhaps¡­ I could find a way, now that you mention it, I am getting some ideas¡­ But it will need a lot of practice," said Timassa. "Practice¡­" said Adamantine, seemingly meaning to say the same thing that Timassa said. "So we Dhampirs have to train Blood Maniption?" asked Arthur. "Yes, yesterday what I did to fly was sticking blood patches into my feet and then manipte them to float, try to do that, Arthur, Iris, Jon," said Noah, as the trio of Dhampirs immediately tried to do as Noah suggested. A little bit after, the three were barely floating a few centimeters before falling into the ground, their sense of direction was still adapting to being spiritual, and unlike Noah, they did not have the help of the Blood Core to give them more power and talent. "Hmm, good. Keep up like that while we kill monsters," said Noah. "W-While we kill monsters?! B-But Noah-sama¡­!" cried Iris, as arge group of over ten Giant Bats emerged from the shadows of caves, the group had already entered deeply into them, and they seemed to have found argeir of these creatures! "Don''t worry, we''ll watch your backs," said Noah, as he floated into the air and began to fight againstrge hordes of Bats without even breaking a sweat, even if such creatures were over three meters tall and had enormous jaws that could tear him apart I seconds! More and more bats began to fall into the ground, their wings were cut off and the rest of the group work was to defeat them! "Nnnghh¡­! Float well you stupid blood!" roared Iris, shrouding herself on her Demon Phantom Fox and Rage Mode Skills and flying like a meteor towards one of the Giant Bats, pulverizing its head with all the weight of her body, but ending up falling terribly into the ground, with some of her bones broken¡­ CLASH! "Augh¡­ I guess I messed up a bit¡­" said Iris, drinking the blood she extracted from the Bat and regenerating her bones. "C-Corrode!" cried Arthur, as he attacked one of the wingless bats and ended up hitting it with his head instead, the bat was knocked out as it hit its forehead, but Arthur''s skull cracked a bit, thankfully, the bat was still alive, and he drank its blood to recover. "That was¡­ not as I expected it would turn out¡­" said Arthur. "Evil Eye," said Jon, he was the one that was managing the best to float around, hovering over three meters now, he drained the life out of a wingless bat that Noah left for him to defeat, sessfully attaining a victory! "Well done Jon," said Noah, throwing even more bats at them. "Is Jon a prodigy at this?" wondered Iris. ----- Chapter 62 - Boss Battle! ----- sh! sh! sh! Arrow-shaped ck Thunder projectiles were fired over therge groups of Bats, electrifying their entire bodies, and making them roar in pain. However, they were now strong enough to resist this, as they were E-Rank Monsters, Timassa alone was not capable of killing them in one hit. And whenever she tried to attack them again¡­ "GRYAR!" The Giant Bats would unleash powerful winds from their wings, reflecting the thunder with it like a shockwave of power, flying towards her at incredible speed to bite her head off! "GRAAAARRR¡­!" However, Adamantine leaped over the Bat and bit into its neck, tearing apart flesh as the creature screamed in agony! Her dark ws began to seep into its flesh, as she shed off its membranes that made up its wings, making it fall into the ground! Adamantine then leaped out, as Timassa finished off the bat while it could not defend, with a powerful ck Thunder Spear! CLASH! "GRRRUUUOOORR¡­!" Poof! Turning itself into ck smoke, the bat only left an Attribute Core. However, the group of Vampires could not rest, as more Bats emerged from all sides, attacking them with strong gusts of wind, almost forming a storm! "These bats are so troublesome, they can fly all they want, p their wings to form storms, and can take more than one hit¡­ or several!" said Arthur. "We have to work together, even more, Noah-sama wants all of us to train ourselves to increase our coordination¡­ and flight too!" said Iris. "Ah, Noah-sama is dealing with them!" said Timassa, as the group nced at Noah breaking through the group of Giant Bats by generatingrge weapons out of the blood he had collected, slicing their flesh and piercing them until they fell almost in death doors! "Take them down!" said Noah, as his group nodded and finished his work, while he kept bringing the bats down from their ''high ground''. The grinding continued until the Bats were finally cleansed from this area, the group finally took a small break. "That was¡­ quiteplicated¡­ those bats are serious issues!" said Arthur, who was still floating around, forced by Noah so he could get better at air maneuver. "It is a good challenge for all of you, and I am enjoying myself flying around as well. I believe I am getting even better at using my Vampiric Abilities¡­" said Noah. "Well that''s good at the very least, you''re getting something out of this Noah-sama," said Timassa. "I can''t wait to fly around at your side- OUCH!" cried Iris, as she fell headfirst into the ground again, losing bnce in midair. Noah raised her into the air again. "If you want to stay at my side you better practice this until you fully master it. I will be able to tell if you did whenever you acquire the Flight Skill, just as I recently did," said Noah. "Y-You got a new Skill by just flying around?" asked Arthur in surprise. "Indeed, with it, your flying ability is enhanced, and it feels as if I had always known how to fly¡­ The System will reward you if you master flying with such a Skill, which you can level up to increase its proficiency," said Noah. "That''s interesting¡­ To think that we can acquire Skills by doing things¡­" said Arthur. "Well we got Telepathy fairly easily bymunicating through our minds, it should be part of the Vampire Bloodline to acquire the Flight Skill as well, I believe," said Iris. "Oh yeah, that''s right¡­" said Timassa. "Well, the best one flying at the moment aside from Noah-sama is¡­ Jon," said Arthur, as he saw Jon hovering above the air rather well, Noah nced at him with a proud smile, which made Jon blush a bit. Although he was happy to receive his master''s attention. "See? Jon has almost mastered it, he''s indeed someone that puts his mind into learning essential things," said Noah. "I am¡­ ttered¡­" said Jon rather shyly, he was fascinated with Noah, receiving his honest praises could not make him happier. Iris red at Jon jealously, as she gnashed her teeth. "Y-You will see! I will also master it in no time!" said Iris, flying up as she was barely managing to keep her bnce, at some point, she began to spin around like a tornado until Noah had to stop her, falling into his arms, both of their eyes meeting romantically. "Ah¡­ Noah-sama, you''ve caught me~" she said, as Iris neared her lips towards his. "You''re hopeless," sighed Noah, blocking her lips with his hand and sending her flying into the air. "Gyaaaaaaaa¡­!" "Oh look, she''s flying now!" said Arthur. "Indeed, Noah-sama simply needed to give her a little push!" said Timassa. "W-Wait, I am not actually flying you know?! I will¡­ hit the ceiling! Hyaaaaa!" BOOM! Iris hit the hard ceiling covered in crystals headfirst, as a few of her teeth fell off her mouth¡­ "A-Auuhh¡­" Her teeth, however, grew back almost immediately, but something within the ceiling began to tremble, as cracks opened within the rocks and crystals! "E-Eh?!" asked Iris in surprise, falling into the ground as she saw the ceiling open wide, revealing arge cave inside! "W-What the?! A monster?!" asked Iris, as she was caught by Noah and put near the ground, the entire group nced at the ceiling explode, severalrge boulders fell into the ground, which they evaded in time. "GGRRRRUUOOOOOOOWL¡­!" An enormous behemoth emerged from the opened ceiling, covered in ck fur that shined with a metallic luster, long wings with sharp ck ws, big feet with even bigger ws, big ears, and crimson eyes apanied by a jaw filled with razor-sharp teeth, allbined into a near eight-meters-tall monster. "So the presence I felt was really a Boss Monster¡­" said Noah. "Noah-sama, you threw me towards Boss Monster?!" asked Iris. "It was just to confirm, and it''s not like you died or something, right?" asked Noah. "Oh! Well yeah¡­" said Iris. "GROOOOWL!" The giant bat suddenly jumped off therge cave it was resting inside, ring at Noah and his group! It pped its wings, unleashing an enormous storm of dark winds! FLASH! Unlike thebined wind of the Giant Bats, this Boss Giant ck Bat wings unleashed tremendous storms of winds whenever they pped, without it even having to do any effort! Noah and his party shielded themselves from the powerful storming wind behind arge boulder, as the Bat roared in anger! "How are we defeating that?! Not only its giant, but it is also flying, and every time it flies it shoots up a storm of wind! And any long-ranged attack will surely get reflected by the wind!" said Arthur. "Even my thunder would be reflected¡­" said Timassa. "Don''t worry, it is after all a monster, not an unbeatable being. And an E-Rank Monster¡­ even as a Boss, it will tire at one point," said Noah, as he dropped those words, the Giant Bat suddenly hit the ground, making the ce tremble! Boom! "I-It really dide down¡­" said Arthur. "GROWL!" The Giant ck Bat Boss quickly noticed Noah and his party presence behind thergest boulder, rushing towards it and raising its wings, which also had tremendous ws, using them to break the boulder into pieces! BOOM! "Growl?" However, Noah and his party were nowhere to be seen! In fact, a second after, it sensed their presence¡­ right above him! Noah appeared atop its head while using his blood tentacles to grab his allies. "Now, fire all your attacks!!!" said Noah, as he summoned dozens of Blood Weapons! ----- Chapter 63 - Gang On It! ----- Noah managed to grab his subordinates with tentacles made off his coagted blood, resembling jelly or slime, and flew high into the air, before the Bat could destroy the boulder, and hiding beneath the debris of the boulder! "Growl?!" The bat was surprised to not find anything, as its sharp senses quickly noticed that Noah''s group was above its head! Noah activated the Blood Weapon Creation Skill and his Poisonous Blood Skill, using Poisonous Blood and Mana to generate Poisonous Blood Weapons out of thin air, forming a dozen in a second, from swords, spears, rapiers, and naginata, while he ordered his group to ready any long-distance attack they had! "Corrosive Waves! Blood Projectiles!" said Arthur, unleashing a concentrated wave of corrosive dark energy, coupled with a dozen of his own blood projectiles! "Evil Eye, Blood Spear," said Jon, using his Evil Eye to immediately drain the life out of the boss slowly, while creating arge blood spear out of thin air,unching it at the bat''s head! "ck Thunder¡­ Arrow Storm!" roared Timassa, infusing all the mana she had into her Skills and generating a dozen of ck thunder arrows in a row! "GRAAAAAARRR!" roared Adamantine, infusing all of her Dark Aura into her Dark ws and unleashing a storm of dark shing attacks! "Phantom Fox Spirits! Blood Spears!" said Iris, generating Phantom Fox Spirits and Blood Spears, the Phantom Fox Spirits jumped over the Bat''s skin, converting into tattoos that slowly made the bat lethargic, and then strong blood spears prated its flesh! Noah and his subordinate attacks all fell over the Bat''s back and head, shing through its flesh and leaving deep wounds all around, Noah made sure to target the Boss'' wings, slicing the membranes it used to fly so it could not generate storms again! sh! sh! sh! sh! "GGGRRROOOOWLL¡­!" The Bat cried in agony as it quickly moved its body away, using its giant ws, raising them upwards and trying to slice Noah and his subordinates into pieces! SLASH! However, Noah managed to maneuver in time around the air, evading the powerful shing attack and flying up into the air! "T-That was close!" said Iris. "So Noah-sama will carry us around now?" asked Timassa. "There is no choice, it is safer in the sky now that the Bat cannot fly anymore," said Noah. "Hehe, as long as I am at your side it''s all good~!" said Iris adorably, as Noah sighed. "GROWL!" The Giant ck Bat Boss, however, had no time to wait for them to talk about a strategy, noticing the wounds on his wings, it quickly decided to simply employ other of its abilities, charging energy within its jaws, shadow energy! "Shadows¡­ on his jaws?!" asked Arthur. "Right¡­ we saw Bats use them before¡­" said Iris. "Let''s evade, for now, drink blood and recharge your Mana!" said Noah, flying around and evading the enormous beams of shadows released by the Giant Bat, breaking through the ceilings and making more boulders fall into the ground! Boom! Boom! Boom! Noah then realized something. The boulders¡­ were big. And they were falling over the bat, a lot of them, in fact. The Bat roared in pain, as it took away the rocks that fell over its body, although it had taken a lot of damage nheless! The bat closed its jaws, seemingly resting from using its Mana, as it grabbed a giant boulder and pointed it at Noah! FLASH! The giant boulder was sent flying towards Noah! Noah evaded by going down each time, but the Bat''s precision was fairly good! "What is this?! It''s acting more like a monkey than a bat to me!" said Iris. sh! sh! sh! Therge boulders hit the ceilings and walls, generating more boulders to fall and more projectiles for it to fire! Although it had its membranes gone, it still had the long fingers that bats possessed, and it used them to grab several boulders and fire them towards Noah! sh! sh! sh! "What a troublesome bastard¡­ Bare yourselves, I will be flying at a faster speed!" said Noah, darting around the air while evading the gigantic boulders, one by one barely reaching him, the enormous shockwaves they created generated loud tremors around the cave, as Noah kept evading, more boulders fell! Until Noah reached above the bat''s head, as the bat seemingly smiled, opening its jaws and charging its shadow beam! BOOM! Noah barely evaded, although half of his body was sted off, he managed to save his subordinates by quickly moving them away with his blood tentacles! "Nnghh¡­!" muttered Noah. "Noah-sama! Y-Your arms¡­ and part of your chest!" cried Iris. "This is nothing," said Noah, covering his wounds with coagted blood as the bones, flesh, arteries, and other things began to grow through it! "Let''s get out of here!" said Noah, flying away like a meteor from the current area as the bat did not wait for him to recover, firing more shadow beams every time! Boom! Boom! Boom! The ceiling began to quickly fall apart,rger rocks followed by enormous boulders! Suddenly, the bat realized that it screwed up! Noah smiled maliciously, he had done something incredibly simple, yet quite smart! He abused the bat''s shadow beam to break the ceiling until a big enough boulder were to fall over it! "GRROOWL¡­!" BOOM! A boulder over three times the size of the bat fell over it, as its body was crushed into the ground, blood exploding out from the surroundings of the rock! "Ah¡­! It buried itself!" said Iris. "You simply used the environment to kill it!" said Arthur. "Amazing, to be expected of our progenitor!" said Timassa. "Stop celebrating you, idiots¡­ It still alive!" said Noah, flying high into the ceiling as he saw the enormous boulder slowly cracking open! CRASH! The bat¡­ was still alive! However, its entire body was bruised, and several of its bones were broken, its jaw was barely not cracking open, and several of its long fingers were twisted horribly! "It''s on death''s door!" said Arthur. "Now, with all we got, kill it!" roared Noah, darting towards the dizzy Bat as he unleashed his Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis, impacting the giant bat''s movements for a few seconds, enough for a barrage of all kinds of attacks to fall over the Bat''s entire body! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "GRYYYAARRR¡­.!" The bat cried in agony, as its entire body was pierced by enormous projectiles and electrify thunder, Noah shed towards its head, as his ws grew bigger, and his blood exploded out of his body! "Blood Sacrifice! Blood Armor!" roared Noah, covering himself with armor, resembling a scarlet knight, his enormous bloody ws prating the bat''s neck, as the creature groaned in agony, he kept seeping his ws into the flesh, tearing it apart as he drank all of the blooding out from the enormous wound! "GROOOOOWL¡­!" The Bat cried onest time, as Noah reached its spine, and cracked it open with his crimson ws, killing it on the spot! CRASH! Poof! The gigantic body then turned into an enormous cloud of ck smoke, quickly fading away as it left several Cores behind, shining brightly and greeting Noah''s greedy crimson eyes. "W-We did it¡­" said Arthur. "Noah-sama did it!" said Iris. "We helped too though!" said Timassa. "Haahh¡­" sighed Noah, resting on the ground and dropping off his subordinates into the floor. He noticed a few gleaming Cores within the pile¡­ Ability Cores! ¡­And alongside that, other strange types of items. "Oh! It dropped equipment too!" said Arthur. ----- Chapter 64 - New Equipment For Everyone! ----- Equipment. Although it could be crafted by talented craftsmen and special high-tech tools, it could also be dropped by strong monsters inside of Dungeons. However,pared to the equipment made by humans, the ones found in Dungeons had special properties that were often hard to imitate and were even said to have special skills and powers within. But Equipment being dropped by an E-Rank Dungeon was often something impossible, low-ranked dungeons would never drop items, and it was more realistic to expect equipment drops from Dungeons above B-Rank. Against such expectations, however, equipment was dropped from the death of the Giant ck Bat Boss. Noah slowly walked towards the pile of Cores, and the pieces of equipment on top of it. "Amazing¡­ I''ve never seen such a big pile of Attribute Cores before¡­ perhaps this Boss was some kind of Hidden Boss?" wondered Arthur. "Hidden Boss? Wait¡­ Did I trigger it?!" asked Iris. "It seems that when you hit the ceiling with your head, you triggered the Hidden Boss, Iris," said Timassa. "See? It was worth throwing you into the ceiling," said Noah. "I-It wasn''t! Well, it''s fine if it''s Noah-sama¡­" sighed Iris, as she walked at his side and nced at the items, grabbing what seemed to be a ck dagger. Arthur red at everything and began to calcte the quantity and the things they were with his sharp merchant-like mind, which he had inherited from his father from all the teachings he imnted on his mind from a young age. "There are around¡­ 60 F-Rank Cores! So many¡­ with this everyone will be able to get 75 in every stat now! And there are also 26 E-Rank Cores, coupled with the other 40 we got¡­ we have 66 E-Rank Cores in total, such a good bounty!" said Arthur. "I see¡­ What about the equipment? Can you discern it?" asked Noah. "Yes, there are¡­ Exactly six items! The dagger that Iris carries, this weird Eye-shaped diadem, a dark-colored gauntlet with ws like those of the bat, this other crimson gauntlet with sharp bony ws, a magic bow, and a¡­ ck staff," said Arthur. "Is it my idea or the items were generated specifically for each one of us?" asked Noah intrigued. "Eh? What do you mean- Oh! You''re right, Noah-sama!" said Arthur. Noah was right, each item seemed specifically made for each of the six-party members! The Dagger Iris was holding was named ursed Shadow Dagger, and it could bind with its user through shadow chains, so she can throw it around crazily while rushing with her super strength and speed. The Eye-shaped diadem was called Abyss Eye of Despair, and it had the power of enhancing Eye-rted Skills, ideal for Jon, he could equip it above his forehead to immediately receive the boost into his Evil Eye Skill. The ck-colored gauntlet with sharp ws was named Deadly ws of the Bat King, and the equipment could extend its ws like long des as long as there was Mana infused into them, this item seemed to be fitting for Adamantine. The other gauntlet, which was red-colored, had sharp bone-like ws, which seemed to have a strong grabbing and shing power, whenever they were swipe, they would release shes of crimson red energy as well, which Noah seemed to find fitting for him. The beautiful magic bow seemed to be made of a mystical metallic material of ck color, covered in beautiful gold-colored decorations, this Bow was named Bat King Bones Bow, and itcked a string, as it was a magic bow, it needed a Mage-type Hunter with a long-ranged magic Skill to use it properly, ideal for someone like Timassa. Andst but not least, there was a long ck staff, with a dark crystal decorating the top of the staff, it emanated dark and eerie energy. The Staff was named Necrotic Staff of Darkness, and it was fitting for Arthur, as the item enhanced healing Skills and long-ranged wide-ranged attacks like his Waves of Corrosion. "This¡­ Noah-sama, can we grab one each? Really?" asked Timassa. "I suppose so. The Dungeon is rewarding us by defeating this Hidden Boss, take your prize, it will help you be stronger, and hence, more useful for me and your family," said Noah with an expressionless face, as he grabbed the gauntlet and equipped it, ring at its metallic luster, he smiled maliciously¡­ this was his first weapon dropped from a Dungeon, and he couldn''t help but feel like he had achieved something great. Arthur grabbed the staff, as it immediately began to glow with a ck light, his magic capacity seemed to have been enhanced a bit. "Equipment dropped from Dungeons are really¡­ something else," said Arthur. Timassa grabbed the Bow and began to use her Skills with it, as a bolt of ck thunder merged,rger and stronger than ever before, she fired t to the wall, as arge explosion unfolded, leaving arge and deep hole within the rock. "Amazing¡­" said Timassa. Adamantine grabbed her ck gauntlet, equipping it on her right hand, as the ws grewrger and sharper the moment she infused mana into them. Her Dark Aura merged with the weapon and made its power and intensity even greater. Jon grabbed the eye-shaped diadem and equipped it, as he suddenly felt his Evil Eye Skill intensifying in power as if he was wielding an overwhelming power over his pupils! "So much¡­ power¡­" said Jon. Iris suddenly saw the dagger she grabbed extended shadow chains around her arm, chaining itself to her very soul, she then threw it around, as she discovered she could move the dagger in midair by manipting the shadow chains. "Oh! Amazing¡­" said Iris. "How can such strong weapons even drop in an E-Rank Dungeon¡­ Now I am beginning to think that the Boss wasn''t really¡­ E-Rank¡­" said Arthur. "Maybe it was¡­ D-Rank?!" asked Timassa. "Was that why it was so freaking strong then?" asked Iris. "Indeed, it was very strong, even after we showered it in several attacks, and even after being buried by enormous, building-sized boulders, it stood back up¡­ If it was not because it ended up damaging itself by burying itself in boulders, we might have not been able to defeat itpletely¡­" said Noah. "That was¡­ a closer fight than we thought then¡­" said Arthur. As Noah heard his subordinates speak, he suddenly felt a strange sensation within the gauntlet he was wearing. A strange presence emerged from it, entering his flesh, and touching his soul. "What?" Noah red at the weapon, as he noticed that something within it, something simr to a small soul, was connecting itself to his soul. "This¡­ Is this a Soul Weapon?" thought Noah, like Arthur and the rest quickly noticed the same thing as them! "UWAH! The staff is touching my interiors!" said Arthur. "What is this? It feels very disgusting!" said Timassa. "S-Should we take them off?" asked Iris, she sensed as the shadow chains slowly merged with her soul! "It is a Soul Weapon¡­" said Noah with gleaming eyes. "A Soul¡­ Weapon!? Really? No way¡­ To think that we would find one in such a ce¡­" said Arthur. "Soul Weapons? What are they?" asked Iris. "Let them merge with your souls, they are good weapons, and can even evolve and be stronger as you do¡­ These are Soul Weapons," said Noah. ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 65 - Soul Weapon! ----- Ding! [Soul Weapon detected] [Binding Soul Weapon with user''s Soul¡­] [Binding¡­] Ding! [Soul Binding Sessful] [User''s [Blood Soul] has been bound with the [Fierce Crimson Bone w (E-Rank)] [Soul Weapon]!] [Soul Weapon Enhancement Function has been unlocked!] [Enhance Soul Weapons with Attribute Cores or Ability Cores to increase their power] "Oh? I did not know about this¡­ So this is the secret behind Soul Weapons, you can enhance them further through Cores¡­!" said Noah. "I also got the same message Noah-sama!" said Iris. "It seems that we all got this System Function¡­ How amusing," said Timassa. "Amazing, Soul Weapons cost a fortune! Not even my family can afford one¡­ and we got one for each!" said Arthur. "I guess¡­ the challenge we went through was worth it¡­" said Jon. "Soul¡­ Weapon¡­?" asked Adamantine. [Fierce Crimson Bone w (E-Rank)] [Soul Weapon] [Attack Power: 20] [Durability: 20] [Mana Capacity: 10] [Skill(s): [Soul Weapon: - (E)], [Blood sh: - (E)], [Self-Regeneration: - (E)], [Blood Absorption: - (E)] "This is¡­ the weapon''s Attribute Panel¡­ Interesting. All Skills are at E-Rank, and it even has Attack Power, Durability, and Mana Capacity¡­ Attack Power must be the added strength it gives to me when I use it to attack, Durability must be something simr to defense or health, if it is hit by something harder, it might break¡­ but it also has Mana Capacity. I would guess this means it can save up Mana? The Skills seem simple, although Self-Regeneration must mean the weapon itself and not me, right? Then even if it breaks, it can regenerate back after some time, most likely¡­" thought Noah. Soul Weapons. Soul Weapons were special types of highly rare weapon-types. They had their own small souls, which they could bind with their wielders, and enhance their capabilities and power by being fed materials or cores, even ability cores could be given to them to grant the weapon a random skill, which, at higher Ranks, could use independently from its wielder. Unlike other types of weapons, such as Magic Weapons, and even Artifacts, Soul Weapons, had an Attribute Panel, as they were part of the System by having a small soul. Due to this, they could be upgraded through simr ways that a Hunter could upgrade itself, consuming Cores! Of course, if you wanted to keep growing with your Soul Weapon, you would need to use twice as many resources to also boost the power of your Soul Weapon. Most of the time, Soul Weapons were incredibly rare, and only the Hunters above A-Rank could even fathom having one, and if even. The number of Soul Weapons sold in the market was very few per year, not being over 4! They were so rare and pricy that only the highest-ranked hunters could even think about getting one. And because whoever was to get them was already filthy rich, it was not much of a problem for them to feed them Cores and other materials to make them stronger¡­ However, for Noah and his group, this was a little dilemma amidst the happiness of such amazing weapons. "The bad part is that we''ll need to feed them equally-ranked Cores¡­ E-Rank Cores! And we already have problems distributing them between all six of us¡­" said Arthur. "Well, we can simply make them wait until we grow stronger ourselves, no need to worry about a weapon''s growth at the moment," said Noah. "I guess you''re right¡­ They are already amazing as they are!" said Iris. "Indeed, I feel like I could now one-shot or maybe two-shot these annoying bats¡­" said Timassa. "There are still a lot more bats¡­ I can sense them¡­" said Jon. "Alright, let''s go hunt until morning!" said Noah with a greedy smile, as his vampiric family nodded in agreement. The entire group darted through the caves, fighting giant bats while using their new Soul Weapons. All of them immediately felt all the benefits of having them and began to y these monsters without as many difficulties as before. Alongside this, Noah made sure to train Iris, Jon, and Arthur on their flying, Jon was getting better and better, while Iris and Arthur were still rather clumsy, but were getting the hang of it a bit. Timassa was now able to fire her bolt arrows even more precisely, sting away enemies from the sky, even the bat''s storming winds produced from their wings pping was enough to dissipate her thunderbolts. Jon used his eyes to drain the life out of the bats even more swiftly, while Iris used her new dagger and her other abilities to sh through the bats, managing to find a way to jump over the bats she attacked, aiming at the other onesing near her. Arthur mostly healed from afar and constantly released his corrosion waves, diminishing the strength of the monsters. Adamantine, simrly to Iris, rampaged savagely around, and Noah practiced his flying and used his ws to sh through enemies. However, in the middle of the massacre, Noah noticed something happening with his Soul Weapon¡­ It began to glow with crimson red light, the more he killed, the more the weapon glowed eerily! Until finally, something within it happened! Ding! [Your [Blood Core] has been bound with your [Soul Weapon]!] [Your [Soul Weapon] has unlocked the [Soul Eating: - (E)] Skill from its bind with your Blood Core!] "Soul Eating?" wondered Noah, as he decided to immediately use the Skill with his weapon, killing a bat and then finding out that the bat''s soul suddenly stopped rising upwards, being sucked by his ws as if it were a ck hole. The soul was then eaten by the weapon itself, as he sensed that the weapon''s stats increased! "What in the¡­ this¡­" muttered Noah, in surprise. How could it be possible for Noah''s weapon to acquire such an amazing ability? Noah checked the Skill his Soul Weapon acquired, growing even more intrigued and surprised! [Soul Eating: - (E)] The Power to eat Souls, your Soul Weapon can not only eat a Soul but can increase its stats randomly by eating one, the stronger it is, the more stats are gained. Souls below E-Rank will not increase stats, and Souls above E-Rank cannot be consumed. Depending on the Rank of the Weapon and the Skill, stronger souls can be consumed for greater strength. ¡­ "Soul Eating¡­ So the weapon was glowing because it was slowly being bound to the Blood Core now? I see¡­ I guess with this, I will not have to necessary waste Cores with it¡­ However, the amount of power it gives with a single soul is almost nothing¡­ I wish I could use such Skill for myself, but this might be enough¡­" thought Noah. "S-Soul Eating?! You acquired such an ability at this stage?!" asked the Blood Progenitor in surprise. "Not me, the Soul Weapon," said Noah. "Even then¡­! Such a powerful Ability¡­ You damn brat, you keep stealing the amazing powers I once had! Now you gave it to your stupid weapon!?" asked the Blood Progenitor. "Well, I didn''t do it myself, the weapon itself bonded with the Blood Core. And so what? All of your power is mine, Drac, don''t get all cocky now," said Noah, as he ignored the ramblings of the old and bitter Vampire and continued grinding and defeating monsters until morning, where the dungeon waspletely emptied of monsters, and the party had gathered several Cores. ----- Chapter 66 - New Manor! ----- Noah''s party had finally finished their hunting session around 5 AM, most of the group seemed mentally exhausted, although their bodies were fine, because they had used their Skills so much, their minds felt tired. "Noah-sama, shall we go to my manor? I believe there should be enough rooms for everyone," said Arthur. "Very well then, lead the way. We have worked diligently, all of you deserve to rest a few hours¡­ Because we will be working twice as hard after that!" said Noah with a proud smile, as everyone nodded tiredly, even Adamantine seemed exhausted despite being always energetic. "T-Twice as hard¡­ W-Well, it is all so we can grow stronger¡­ So it is fine¡­ As long as I am with Noah-sama¡­ and my friends¡­" said Iris, she was mildly falling asleep, so Noah had to grab her while he flew with the rest of the members jumping over the buildings of the city. Noah nced at Iris gave in to her sleepiness, as her adorable face slept soothingly. Noah was expressionless, and his eyes seemed to simply lead to an abyss, so he was not particrly moved by Iris or something. However, he kept looking at her sleep while in his arms, as he considered what she had gone through, and about all the things she had endured and forced herself to do after bing a Dhampir and his subordinate. Although Noah knew that he was a prideful man now, he still could not help but feel grateful for her help. "Thank you, Iris," murmured Noah into Iris''s ears, as Iris moved a bit as she made herself morefortable in Noah''s chest. After half an hour of traveling as fast as possible through the beautiful city, the group finally reached Arthur''s territory, the entrance seemed highly guarded by Guards, whose strength was equivalent to E-Rank Hunters. "Oh, Lord Arthur, wee¡­ Timassa is here as well and- Who might these people be?" asked one of the guards, a tall man with silver hair and sharp blue eyes. "Ah, Gray, these are my friends, the ones that I will build a Guild in the future¡­ I brought them here to pass the night and spend the weekend with me," said Arthur. "Oh, I see! How wonderful, it is nice to see that my Lord has found reliable friends that you trust so much¡­ Pleasee in," said Gray, opening therge gates as Noah and the rest of the party entered arge front yard, resembling a beautiful garden, with arge group of normal trees and nts, which were now often rare to see in the dystopian world they lived in. "What is this?" wondered Jon, ring at the green grass below his feet. "This is grass¡­ it once used to cover the world. It is a type of nt from the old world, which has not undergone mutation into a Mutated Beast. Those are trees, Orange Trees, which produce delicious fruit," said Arthur. Arthur showed therge garden that their family had to everyone, in such a future where most nts had gone extinct, only rich families such as Arthur''s family could ever hope to have actual nts or normal animals that were not all Mutated Beasts. "Amazing¡­ nts from the older world? I was¡­ born after the¡­ catastrophe¡­ so I have never¡­ seen them¡­" said Jon. "Well, most of the vegetables, mushrooms, and fruits we eat are synthetically made inboratories, so it is understandable," said Arthur. "But didn''t we enter a jungle the other day where we killed Lizardmen?" asked Timassa. "Oh right¡­ well, the world used to be like that too, Jon," said Arthur. "Really? I thought¡­ it was something of fantasy¡­ like dungeons always are¡­ so such ces¡­ existed in real life¡­" said Jon. "They still exist. The media tells you that this world is just a wastnd now, but that is false," said Noah. "Eh?" asked Arthur. "Noah-sama¡­? Have you explored the rest of the world?" asked Timassa. "Master¡­?" asked Jon. "How do I know you must wonder? Well, I was born outside of Sector D. I remember the world outside¡­ the ces I and my parents explored. There was not an infinite desert with horrible monsters everywhere¡­ several areas seemed like this ce¡­ surroundingrge masses of water we named Oasis. Alongside this, normal animals were living together with Mutated Beasts¡­ Some ces even had clear water rivers¡­ This world is definitely not as ruined as might it seem¡­ Even more, because many Subhuman people are living in these areas," said Noah. "Is that so¡­? I wonder if we could explore such ces one day¡­" said Arthur. "Perhaps, there are many ces around this world, and Dungeon Gates not only appear near cities, but they also often emerge in the middle of a wastnd, and if they are not treated quickly, monsters might begin emerging from it¡­" said Noah. "So you''re saying that we might go to these dungeons in the future?" asked Timassa. "Most likely. Whenever we be a Guild, we will be clearing Dungeons all week, that''s our work, and the best way to grow stronger and acquire resources after all," said Noah. "Makes sense¡­" said Arthur. "Hmm," said Jon while nodding. "I-Indeed¡­ Although I am rather excited about it, I can''t help but have a slight fear of the dangerous future ahead of us¡­" sighed Timassa. "Don''t worry, as long as we can be stronger, the danger will keep decreasing¡­ Albeit new dangers might arise as well¡­ The only way out of this is by simply bing strong enough¡­ I know I am repeating myself but in this world¡­ I have to be repetitive," sighed Noah. "I understand¡­ Noah-sama, let me tell you that you are not alone, we''ll also make sure to stay at your side and be strong to protect you," said Timassa. "Protect me? I have been the one protecting you this whole time¡­ But I would be happy if you could be strong enough to protect my back a bit, at the very least," said Noah. "Well, we will make sure to grow stronger¡­ Just like today- No, we will work even harder," said Arthur. "Yes¡­ I will work hard¡­" said Jon, his adorable and big eyes gleaming with conviction. "That''s a good spirit," said Noah with a mild smile, although he might look creepy for anyone except his subordinates. "My parents must be sleeping at this moment, so why don''t we go to the Manor that will be our Guild HQ? It used to belong to my grandfather, and I had recently made sure to clean it¡­ Oh right, the Robots are there, such as Sakura, Sugar, and more, some were repaired while others are still waiting their turn¡­ Big Sis rests behind the manor, we could go see her if you want," said Arthur. "No need, let''s go rest, I am not going to stay with Iris on my arms all this time," sighed Noah, who was also rather mentally exhausted. "Very well then, let''s get in," said Arthur, showing the beautiful andrge, gothic-styled manor to Noah, it was made of gray and ck bricks, long windows with ck metallic decorations, arge entrance which had gargoyles atop as decorations too, and it also had a small garden of crimson roses around. "This garden is the one that my mother likes to take care of, she likes red roses quite a lot," said Arthur. "I see¡­ This manor is¡­ quite good. It fits our aesthetic as Vampires quite well¡­ Although I never expected it to be an actual gothic-styled one," said Noah. "Ahaha¡­ Well, my grandparent was someone that liked these styles of things¡­ He used to have an Ability that helped him speak with Spirits before, and such a ce seemed fitting for him¡­ so be built it¡­ When he passed out this house was left mostly abandoned¡­ Until you requested it and I asked my servants to clean it," said Arthur, as he gently opened the door, turning on the lights. "Talk with Spirits? Did he left an Ability Core when he died?" asked Noah. "No¡­ I don''t think so. Well, here we are, the servants must be sleeping and most of them are inside the main manor, so forget if there is no service at the moment¡­" said Arthur. Noah nced at the vast space, beautifully decorated, there were many paintings, and the ce had a finebination of dark and crimson colors, with gold and white floor. There was arge Hall in the middle of the manor, where events such as bads or parties between aristocrats could be made, and there were two stairs that led to the second floor around such arge hall, where over twelve rooms were. "The rooms are on the second floor, here, please," said Arthur, walking at the side of Timassa as he showed his friends the rooms for them to stay. Jon and Adamantine walked to their new rooms and immediately fell over the bed, falling asleep. Meanwhile, Arthur and Timassa went to their respective rooms as well, as they were just very tired. Noah carried Iris towards a room that Arthur had designed for her, gently putting her over the bed. "She''s still sleeping even after I carried her around everywhere¡­ Is she a stone or something?" sighed Noah, as he suddenly felt a sharp pain inside of his chest. "Ungh¡­! W-What¡­?!" Noah suddenly felt his entire senses dulled, and he began to be even dizzy! The pain continued, as it spread through his entire body! Reaching his head¡­ he fell unconscious. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 67 - Waking Up With A Surprise At My Side ----- Noah slept peacefully until morning, as his eyes opened due to the light of the suning from the window. For some reason, he had woken up shirtless, and¡­ the face of Iris was sleeping at his chest. For a moment, he nced at it without actually realizing his situation. Then, his eyebrows furrowed. "Wait, what is the meaning of this?" he said, quickly sitting on the bed, as he moved Iris away from him. "Muh¡­ Noah-samaaa¡­" muttered Iris, as she slowly opened her eyes, ring at¡­ Noah, the one she dreamed of was actually at her side¡­ and shirtless! "E-Eh?! N-Noah-sama, why are you¡­?!" asked Iris, eyeing Noah''s body quite voraciously, as she blushed until she resembled a tomato and her heart began to beat intensively. "I think I remember now. I¡­ fell asleep when a sharp pain emerged on my chest and then rushed to the rest of my body¡­ It was unbearable, and I fell unconscious¡­" sighed Noah. "A-And you were shirtless before that?! W-What¡­ were you going to do with me¡­?" asked Iris rather shyly, although she wanted an answer that Noah would never give her. "I hade to let you here to rest when the pain assaulted me, I wasn''t going to sleep with you or touch you while you were sleeping if that''s what you''re imagining at this moment," sighed Noah. "O-Oh¡­ I see¡­" sighed Iris. "I know why your stupid and weak body was assaulted by that pain," said the Blood Progenitor. "Oh? What is it?" asked Noah. "That''s because you evolved and then exerted your body to your very limits too much yesterday, the Blood Core was unleashing too much power, and your body could not take it anymore unless it were to receive some rest. Due to that, you were assaulted with that pain, which could be something simr to muscle ache or a stroke," said the Blood Progenitor. "You know how different is having some ache in the muscles from a stroke, are you sure it was as you said?" asked Noah rather angered. "Well, whatever you humans suffer! That is the reason! You are not even strong enough to get all of my power and you were getting quite cocky there, serves you right! You should not overexert yourself if you are going to fall unconscious so pathetically! See? You, humans, need to rest after doing too much work, even someone as ignorant as you cannot escape this fact. But well, why do I care what you go through? You might as well die for all I care," said the Blood Progenitor. "I feel like those words were filled with both concern, care, and hate¡­ But whatever," sighed Noah. "Though I have no idea why my shirt is off¡­" said Noah, as someone suddenly knocked on the door, opening it. An adorable robot girl painted with pink colors and having vibrant cybeic eyes greeted the vampiric pair, wearing an adorable Maid Outfit. "M-Master, I''ve brought you your breakfast- UWAH!" cried Sakura, almost making the te she brought fall into the ground. "N-Noah-sama¡­ Iris-sama¡­ W-Was I interrupting something?" asked Sakura. "Not at all, bring the food, I require to ingest more calories inside of my body," said Noah, as Sakura shyly nodded, walking towards the bed and putting the silver te there, which included a cup of fresh coffee, cookies that were chocte-vored, chocte-coated, coated in strawberry jam, and candied orange. There was also arge sandwich with ham, cheese, tomato, and lettuce, alongside a yogurt-based sauce to give it a nice twist of vor. At the side of this, there was also a cup of fresh and creamy milk, freshly baked bread, butter, and blueberry jam. "Ooh! This looks¡­ so good! Thank you!" said Iris, as she began to dig in, eating the cookies first and sipping on the coffee. "Oi, that''s my coffee¡­ Sigh, bring more," said Noah. "A-Ah! Yes!" said Sakura, rushing away to bring another cup of coffee and more food. Noah grabbed the sandwich and gave it arge bite, feeling the vors inside of his mouth, which, thanks to his evolution, had been enhanced thanks to his higher senses. "Delicious¡­ the convenience store sandwiches are never this good¡­" said Noah. "Can I have some?" asked Iris, biting the sandwich without Noah''s permission. "You should have asked before biting it!" said Noah rather annoyed, as he moved the sandwich away from Iris so she would not steal more bites. "Hmm~ It''s so good!" said Iris adorably, as Noah grabbed the coffee and sipped a bit from it. "Haah, that hits the spot, there''s a lot to do today, we have to get ready," said Noah. "N-Noah-sama¡­ y-you gave me an indirect kiss!" said Iris while flushing! "Will you stop with your stupid things for once?" sighed Noah, gently hitting Iris''s head. Smack! "Awuh¡­!" cried Iris, as she gave Noah the puppy eyes! "Your puppy eyes do not affect me," said Noah eerily, as his crimson eyes gleamed with bloodlust! "Well, if it doesn''t bother you then I will keep giving you indirect kisses, fufu,"ughed Iris, as she sipped more coffee from the area where Noah drank it. Noah could not even understand what she was getting from this other than fulfilling her immature fantasies, but he decided to not say anything to not lower the morale of his subordinate. Noah grabbed some of the cookies and gobbled them up, biting them with his sharp fangs and then sipping some more coffee, he then took out all of his clothes in front of Iris, as she almost dropped off the bed. "N-NOAH-SAMA! W-What are you doing?! I-Its big¡­" muttered Iris. "Hm? Don''t you get undressed before going to take a bath? I will go take a bath now. ¡­What? Do you have ament on the body of your progenitor? You better choose your words carefully," said Noah with sharp eyes. "N-Nothing! Y-Your body is¡­ in fact¡­ it is beautiful¡­" said Iris, ring at Noah''srge scars over his body, most of the times he fought, he had torn apart his body several times, such scars persisted even after fully recovering, and would go away in a few more weeks. "ttery will not get you anywhere," sighed Noah, entering the bathroom and taking a warm bath. Iris then fell over the bed while trying to cover her head, steaming out of her red ears, seeing Noah nude was¡­ one of her biggest fantasies! And she could not believe she saw him nude in such an anticlimactic way! "I-I he teasing me or something¡­? Fweh¡­" she sighed. Noah sighed in rxation inside of the bathroom, the warm water rxed his tensed-up muscles and any leftover difort left from the pain before falling asleep was now gone. Noah nced at his own body, thin yet rather muscr, his stomach was as hard as a rock, and his arms were just as strong, although he had a slim build, he seemed to pack more muscles than most folks would guess. He red at his scars, the ones he had won after attaining victory through this hard week. Perhaps, he could have a little break in this bathroom and simply forget about everything for a few minutes¡­ He closed his eyes and rxed inside the bathtub, the warm water soothingly making him feel like he was in peace. "Though¡­ who took out my shirt?" he wondered amidst his meditation. After a few minutes, Noah finally washed his hair and walked out of the bathroom, seeing that Iris was not there anymore. "She left, good, I wanted some privacy," he said. Noah quickly noticed a new set of clothes over the bed, which were more fitting of him, alongside this, someone else knocked on the door, although it did not open it. "Noah-sama, did you go out of the bathroom?" asked Arthur''s voice. "Yes, what is it?" he asked. "Ah, I left you some special clothes that I''ve finally managed to get, they are simr to equipment, and are magically enhanced to repair themselves even if torn off¡­ they are of a style I thought you might¡­ like," said Arthur. Noah quickly noticed that the clothes looked rather modern, but also had an old feeling, like the clothes that the Blood Progenitor wore,bining modern looks with the ancient vampire suit looks. "Hmm¡­ I like them. Good work," said Noah, as he quickly dried his body and wore his new clothes, walking out of the room rather refreshed. "Arthur, I have something to ask you. Why was I shirtless while sleeping?" asked Noah. "Oh¡­ T-That¡­ Well, it happenedst night. You had fallen asleep and when we came to check you with Timassa, your temperature was very high¡­ even as a Vampire, it was surprising. So Timassa ended up forcefully taking your clothes and leaving you shirtless so you could release all the steam¡­ it seems that you are recovered now¡­ Sorry for doing that, I should have stopped her¡­" sighed Arthur. "I see¡­ Well, it is what it is. Let''s go down now," said Noah. Noah walked down the stairs as he met with the rest of his party, alongside a few servants that were Half-Subhuman like Timassa, having small animalistic features such as cat ears, dog ears, or a tail. There was also Sakura and Sugar, who was invited to sit with everyone although they don''t really eat. "N-Noah-sama, you look so good with those clothes!" said Iris, praising Noah, as he noticed that she was wearing a new set of clothes, a white shirt with a red jewel over her tie, a ck skirt, and tight ck stockings over her legs, over her white shirt she was also wearing a beautiful blouse with a simr style than his clothes. The rest of the party was also wearing such clothes, and it made everyone seem to be part of the same team even more, as ck and red were most of their colors,bining their styles. ----- Chapter 68 - Noahs Blazing Conviction! ----- Noah nced at his party as he was greeted by everyone. "You look devilish, Noah-sama¡­" said Timassa. "¡­Devilish? What kind of term is that?" asked Noah confusedly. "A-Ah¡­ well, I was trying to praise your looks¡­ is it wrong?" asked Timassa. "You don''t need to praise me at all¡­" said Noah. "Master¡­ Did you had breakfast?" asked Jon, his clothes made him look like a young little evil prince, wearing shorts that showed his slender white legs, and a cute ck sweater. "Yes, I more or less ate a sandwich and drank some coffee, but to properly utilize my Abilities, I might as well fill myself with more calories. I shall join you on your breakfast as well," said Noah, sitting in front of the table, being able to see all of his subordinates in front of him. "Noah-sama, I''ve counted the Cores we gathered, and we got¡­ over three hundred!" said Arthur. "Oh? That might be enough to reach a high amount of stats¡­ We might as well explore an E-Rank Dungeon today¡­ Now that we are away from that damned school, I can''t help but feel more rxed¡­ We need to keep training, this peace is but an illusion after all¡­" said Noah. "Fweh¡­ And I thought that we could take the day off and go eat outside or something¡­" said Iris. "What kind of stupid n is that? We need to grow stronger, Iris¡­" sighed Noah. "Y-Yeah, Iris¡­ Although I would also like to rx, as we are no longer humans, our necessities and fates have changed¡­" said Arthur. "We certainly need more strength, as much as we can muster," said Timassa. "Master¡­ Eat¡­" said Adamantine, eating arge piece of grilled meat, it seems that it was specifically cooked for her because no one else was eating such a thing. Noah nced at his food as he began to dig in without much trouble, the party chatted around about their ns and what to do this weekend¡­ But for Noah, the only thing worth wasting time doing was training, training, and training! They would at least visit another E-Rank Dungeon and try to get as many Cores as possible, and then, they would train their abilities and Skills, which Noah wanted everyone to at least to awaken one Skill at the very least. After Noah ended distributing the Cores, he acquired 54 Attribute Value Cores and 6 E-Rank Ability Cores. The rest of the party had already maxed their stats to 75 in every single attribute value and were easy to increase even further with E-Rank Cores. After eating a lot, Noah decided to absorb the Cores first, and then check his change in stats. Unlike absorbing F-Rank Cores, E-Rank Cores felt like they had apletely different quality of energy and power they could give, something that he was fascinated with! This surge of power was nourishing his entire body, but not only that, his Blood Core was resonating with it, shining brightly, to the point where Noah''s chest began to exude a bright crimson light! This power¡­ it was exhrating! Noah could not even imagine how it would even feel to absorb a D-Rank Core¡­ or a C-Rank Core¡­ or even more¡­ an S-Rank Core! The feeling of power enveloping his entire existence might end up being way too good, like a strong drug he could not get enough of! After absorbing the Cores, Noah gasped for air, his mind was almost in ecstasy through it. He nced at his allies as he found out that most of them were experiencing the same thing. "It seems that all of you felt such power¡­ Indeed, absorbing greater Mana Cores is¡­ this power s embracing," said Noah while rubbing his chin. As he still felt the energies coursing through his body, Noah began to meditate, using the Cultivation Techniques he extorted from the Blood Progenitor, he began to enhance the usage of energy around his body and their effects over his body and Blood Core! Until suddenly, he felt like he gained more power than he was supposed to receive¡­ this was the power of effectively use such energies through cultivation! "If there could be more effective methods of using these techniques¡­ But not yet¡­" sighed Noah, as the power surging all around his body becamepletely his own. Then, he checked his Attribute Panel. [Noah] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level II: Vampire Noble] [Vitality: 125] [Mind: 120] [Force: 118] [Skill Points: 0] [Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Undying Body: 84 (A)], [Eviscerating Crimson ws: 18 (B)], [Vampiric Blood Control: 18 (B)], [Blood Weapon Creation: 22 (B)], [Champion''s Great Perseverance: 75 (C)], [Telepathy: 74 (D)], [Blood Soul: 61 (A)], [Blood Flow eleration: 56 (C)], [Blood Sacrifice: 63 (C)], [Blood Retribution: 64 (C)], [Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis: 42 (C)], [Poisonous Blood: 40 (C)] [Blood Curse: 27 (C)], [Blood Armor: 21 (C)], [Blood Potion: 20 (C)], [Blood Combustion: 23 (C)], [Flight: 23 (B)] "This power¡­ seems good enough¡­" said Noah, smiling as he nced at his Attribute Panel. His stats all had surpassed 100! Now, he was nearing the 150 stats that are needed to get towards D-Rank! In fact, not only him, but the rest of his subordinates were all surprised, their progress was¡­ way too fast! Just a week has gone by and they were already near D-Rank! From measly F-Ranks! Objectively, it would be impossible to reach this pace if it were not because of their special abilities as Vampiric beings. Normal hunters would need to rest a lot every time they used their Skills and spent their Mana, and they were not able to fully recover it many times by consuming blood so easily as them. They were also humans at the end, and even if superhuman, they would get tired after some time and would have to retreat and call it a day. Even more, normal people would never be able to kill monsters for hours and hours inside a Dungeon like them, although they ended tired at the end, it was not until veryte, something that no human at E-Rank would ever be able to aplish. Potions were also expensive for E-Ranks, so it was impossible to get hundreds of potions and use them to spend hours killing monsters. But Noah and his Vampires were vastly different, they could spend hours grinding without tiring, regenerating mana instantly through blood, and keep spamming their powerful attacks constantly! In a week they did what it would take months for a normal hunter at their Rank, or even years! And now, they were nearing D-Rank just like that! They simply needed to explore a dungeon today and perhaps another tomorrow and¡­ D-Rank! However, even at D-Rank power, it wasckluster. There were still C-Rank, B-Rank, A-Rank, S-Rank¡­ they were all monsters of their own. And would most likely need to grow even stronger if they wanted to stand a chance against these people and this chaotic world! Whenever their abilities are one day discovered by the people is when they will be most likely targeted by many! For that moment, they must remain toy low and gather as much power as possible! Noah thought about it deeply. "Although we are strong, we are not strong enough¡­ Let''s reach D-Rank today, and let''s explore a D-Rank Dungeon tomorrow!" said Noah. "That''s¡­ are you sure?" asked Arthur. "D-Rank¡­ and then a D-Rank Dungeon tomorrow¡­" said Timassa. "B-Rank¡­" said Noah. "Eh?" asked everyone. "B-Rank is the Rank we need to reach to finally be respected by most of the people, and for the majority of the people, hunters, and governments to grow wary of us. As long as we reach this level of power¡­ we will be able to make of ourselves a spot in this world. We need to reach it at all costs!" said Noah, his crimson eyes gleaming with a zing conviction! "B-Rank? That''s¡­ and you want it soon?" asked Timassa. "As soon as possible, this world will keep changing, and I believe that dangers wille towards us one by one¡­ We cannot ck off, not a single day," said Noah. "You''re¡­ You''re right, Noah¡­ We cannot ck off at all! Let''s do it! Let''s raise¡­ to the top! We have to abuse our Vampiric powers and resiliency, and train until we pass out!" said Arthur. "That''s right! This is the path we have chosen¡­ We need to be strong, and getting strong is not an easy path!" said Iris. "We have to do it, we''ll do it¡­! Master, let''s be¡­ B-Rank!" said Jon. "This¡­ I guess I have no option, if Arthur-sama is on the wagon, I don''t know why do I doubt so much¡­ Very well then!" said Timassa. "Train¡­ strong!" said Adamantine. "It seems that everyone agrees! ¡­What about you two?" asked Noah, ring at Sakura and Sugar. "Eh? US?!" asked Sugar, she was a robot, not a hunter. "C-Can I grow stronger like you?" wondered Sakura. "Most probably not, but you will most likely do in your own way as we gather more resources, so you are also into the team!" said Noah with fierce and greedy eyes. "O-Okay then!" said Sakura shyly, as she didn''t have a choice, when Noah decided something, that was it! "I am a repair bot¡­ not a¡­" muttered Sugar. "You too!" said Noah, grabbing Sugar''s hands as she blushed a bit. "E-Eeeeh?! B-But¡­ Sigh¡­ Okay, okay! But you better teach me how to fight well! And get me some weapons too! Grr¡­ making a repair bot like me work like a ve! What a master!" said Sugar. "And Big Sis is included?" asked Sakura. "Especially her, she is a giant War Machine, she is not escaping from our training at all," said Noah, smiling maliciously. It was decided! ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 69 - A New Skill That Will Change Everything! ----- Having finally increased his attribute values and having decided his next ns and ambitions, Noah decided to absorb the Ability Cores he had, transforming them into Skill Points. Ding! [You Exchanged six [Ability Core (E)] for 180 Skill Points!] "Hm¡­? I gained more Skill Points than usual¡­ Why? Should it had been 90?" thought Noah. "Can''t you realize? The stronger you grow, the more power you can extract from this world. Your Blood Rank Level is now 2, meaning that you can extract even more refined power from sources¡­ Those extra Skill Points must be because of that¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "I see¡­ so the stronger I be through the Blood Core Cultivation and Evolution, the more power I can drain from Ability Cores¡­ Good, let''s spend them right away!" thought Noah, opening his System Windows, and selecting the Skill Tree Option, where he found that a new Level of his Skill Tree was unlocked. [Level: II] [Vampire Noble (00/60)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Blood Core Creation (0/50)], [Crimson sh (0/55)], [Vampiric Drain (0/60)] Additional Abilities (II): [Blood Frenzy (0/70)], [Vampiric Wings (0/75)], [Crimson Aegis (0/80)] Additional Abilities (III): [Blood Storage (0/90)], [Blood Servant (0/95)], [Blood Pact (0/100)] "Oh¡­ I see¡­ I can only get two things for now¡­ Wait, Blood Core Creation? This¡­ Can I create Blood Cores with this Skill?" wondered Noah, seeing the possibilities for his subordinates to finally evolve through the acquisition of a Blood Core! "What?! You acquired such Skill already?! Infected beings that be Vampires can form a Blood Core of their own with time and effort¡­ but through that Skill, you most likely can increase the speed of their Blood Core creation and given it to them instantly¡­" sighed the Blood Progenitor, it was hopeless to keep such secrets if Noah had the answers he needed to create a Blood Core in front of his face. Noah decided to spend 165 Skill Points by maxing out the Vampire Noble trait, and Blood Core Creation, and Crimson sh Skills. Ding! [You exchanged 60 Skill Points!] [Attribute Value Bonus Earned] [You acquired the [Mist Form: 1 (C)] Skill!] [You exchanged 50 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Blood Core Creation: 1 (C)] Skill!] [You exchanged 55 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Crimson sh: 1 (C)] Skill!] "Three new Skills¡­ and my Attribute Values also increased by a bit as a bonus. Good¡­ Now, let''s see what these Skills can do¡­" thought Noah. Mist Form was one of the Skills that shocked Noah the most. Such power was something that he barely remembered in some old Vampire media from the Earth before the Apocalypse. It gave him the power to be Mist, just like some Vampires could do in such ancient stories. By converting himself on Mist, he would be constantly spending Mana until it ran out, and he would not be able to recover it back through Blood as his regeneration was disabled, and well, he did not have a stomach on his mist form. This Skill seemed ideal to evade attacks he was not able to, although the damage would not bepletely nullified, the Skill stated that he still received damage, but reduced, although those attacks charged with strong magic or elements might still deal quite some damage, ignoring the damage reduction. With this form he would also be able to free himself from most binding skills or anything of the sort, giving him a nice edge over such powers. Blood Core Creation was, just as the Blood Progenitor exined, the power for Noah to trigger the creation of a Blood Core inside any vampiric being whocked it or was in the middle of its natural formation, it was fairly easy to understand and use Skill, and it seemed that most Vampires in Abyss had it, ording to Drac- the Blood Progenitor. Last but not least, Crimson sh gave Noah the ability to unleash an Aura of Crimson red, which could let him move at fast speeds for a second, it could also be used to evade an attack, or surprise an enemy from behind, however, it only could be used for one second, so multiple activations were needed, which could easily drain all of Noah''s Mana if he was not careful. "All these skills will be very useful¡­ Special Blood Core Creation! I must begin their creation straight away!" thought Noah, as he checked his Attribute Panel to see how his Stats had increased. [Noah] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level II: Vampire Noble] [Vitality: 115] [Mind: 120] [Force: 118] [Skill Points: 15] [Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Undying Body: 84 (A)], [Eviscerating Crimson ws: 18 (B)], [Vampiric Blood Control: 18 (B)], [Blood Weapon Creation: 22 (B)], [Champion''s Great Perseverance: 75 (C)], [Telepathy: 74 (D)], [Blood Soul: 61 (A)], [Blood Flow eleration: 56 (C)], [Blood Sacrifice: 63 (C)], [Blood Retribution: 64 (C)], [Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis: 42 (C)], [Poisonous Blood: 40 (C)] [Blood Curse: 27 (C)], [Blood Armor: 21 (C)], [Blood Potion: 20 (C)], [Blood Combustion: 23 (C)], [Flight: 23 (B)] [Mist Form: 1 (C)], [Blood Core Creation: 1 (C)], [Crimson sh: 1 (C)] "I do have indeed a lot of Skills now¡­ Way too many, perhaps only A-Rank Hunters or above could ever have as many high-ranked Skills as me, especially those of B-Rank, such Ability Cores carrying those Skills would often cost a fortune¡­" though Noah. As the rest of the party finished absorbing their Cores, Noah called them to his side, one by one. The first one was Iris who was right at his side. "N-Noah-sama?" she asked. "I''ve acquired the power to unlock your true potential, but stay still," said Noah rather coldly, as he ced the palms of his hands over Iris''s chest. "E-Eh?!" asked Iris, as she seemed a bit flustered, Noah''s hands were right¡­ over her breasts! "Remain still," said Noah expressionlessly. "Y-Yes¡­" said Iris, as Noah used the Blood Core Creation Skill on her! FLASH! A sudden sh of crimson light enveloped Iris, as her entire body absorbed such essence, making her grow stronger and stronger! "A-Ahhh¡­ W-What is this?!" asked Iris, she felt as if all the power she had umted was now being stored right below Noah''s palms, stockpiling itself until it suddenly began to turn physical, materializing into something within her flesh! "S-Something! Something is growing! Uwaaaahhhh¡­!" cried Iris, gritting her teeth as her breasts bounced a bit in the strange sensations that Noah was producing to her body! "Stop, stay still!" said Noah, ring at Iris''s eyes and using Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis topletely paralyze her! "Agh¡­!" Iris was then made into a living statue until Noah finally finished his Blood Core Creation. Iris felt as if something hard and powerful emerged inside of her chest, and it was a bit itchy. "What I''ve given you is a Blood Core. With such power, you should be able to evolve and even generate a Skill Tree¡­ perhaps," said Noah, freeing Iris from his hypnosis. "R-Really?" asked Iris. "Consume an Ability Core and try it yourself," said Noah. Iris then grabbed the Ability Cores that she had in her pocket, which were some she had been saving for some time now, and used them all! sh! Suddenly, she received several system notifications¡­ and then! "Skill¡­ Points?" asked Iris. "So you got it too! Good, now, use such Skill Points wisely, if you max it, I believe you can evolve," said Noah. "Evolve¡­ me?!" asked Iris. "Yes, make sure to spend your Skill Points," said Noah. Iris checked her System, as she saw a Skill Tree named ''Phantom Fox Demon Dhampir''! In there, she used her Skill Points to unlock the Skills and new powers within, althoughpared to Noah''s Skill Tree, her Skill Tree was simpler, and did not have as many Skills, and they also cost more. Everyone nced with awe as Iris increased her power in a sh, by using Skill Points! "I-I maxed it all but I don''t feel like evolving- AH!" cried Iris, as she was startled with another System Notification! "Did you got any System Notification?" asked Noah. "Yes¡­ It says that requirements have been met and now I can evolve into a¡­ Dhampir Phantom Knightess¡­" "Oh? Evolve then, Iris, don''t think it too much!" said Noah. "O-Okay!" said Iris. ----- Chapter 70 - Blood Core Creation, Evolution! ----- Now that Iris had managed to get her own Blood Core and unlocked her Skill Tree, she was now given the ability to evolve! Although she was surprised by this, she knew that this could give her the power to get a bit near the strength of Noah! She could not refuse to select the ''YES'' Option, as she underwent evolution! sh! "UNNGH¡­!" Iris immediately felt a sudden pain all over her body, as her bones began to crack and regenerate, her flesh twisted around and her blood began to rush so fast around her body that she became incredibly red, releasing a lot of steam from all over. "S-she''s undergoing some changes¡­!" said Arthur. "It''s like when Noah-sama evolved¡­" said Timassa. "Indeed¡­ Hang on there¡­ Iris¡­" said Jon. "Bear the pain, this will make you stronger, Iris!" said Noah, as Iris screamed, her eyes turningpletely red, as suddenly, clear blue phantom aura covered her entire body as if it were a consuming me that ate it all! "Nnngh¡­ Nnngaaaahhhhh¡­!" FLASH! The phantasmal aura suddenly turned into phantom blue mes, coating her entire body! Iris could not bear the pain anymore, as she passed out. The evolution continued its process, and after ten minutes, Iris had fully evolved. Her appearance was rather simr to before. But Noah and the rest noticed that her hair had grown a bitrger now, and her muscles became tighter, harder, and slimmer. Her entire body seemed to have undergone a whole year of constant exercise. Alongside this, a small blue tattoo appeared on her right hand, resembling a blue me and a dagger¡­ Noah quickly woke up Iris as she sat down on the floor. "Eh? What- OH! I evolved too!" said Iris happily, checking her stats and all the new power she gained. Noah also used this opportunity to see her current progress. [Iris] [Bloodline: Dhampir/Phantom (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level II: Dhampir Phantom Knightess] [Vitality: 98] [Mind: 96] [Force: 105] [Skill(s): [Spectral Demonic Fox Transformation: 1 (B)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Undying Body: 51 (A)], [Infectious Poisonous ck ws: 1 (B)], [Blood Maniption: 1 (C)], [Poisonous Blood Projectiles: 1 (C)], [Berserk Mode: 1 (B)], [Telepathy: 46 (D)], [Phantom Fox Spirit: 45 (B)], [Phantom Flight: 1 (C)], [Phantasmal Soul Wounds: 1 (C)], [Phantasmal Aura: 1 (C)], [Phantasmal Soul: 1 (C)] It seemed that Iris had begun to specialize more and more into Phantom-rted Skills, having the power to coat herself in a spectral demonic fox phantom, she is now able to employ such phantom in a variety of ways, from creating small bombs, damaging souls, unleashing a Phantasmal Aura to control and shape it as limbs and other things, and even a Phantasmal Soul to enhance all of those skills even further. Furthermore, her old Skill all awakened into stronger versions of themselves, and even the Rage Mode Skill now became Berserk Mode, a B-Rank Skill! Iris had indeed increased in power a lot and had be an even greater asset for Noah. "A lot of my Skills awakened Noah-sama! Now I can be more useful to you!" said Iris, as her left eye suddenly began to gleam with a phantom me, which Noah thought of it to be part of her new evolution. "Amazing, Iris, you got way stronger now!" said Arthur. "Please, Noah-sama, me next!" said Timassa. "No, me!" said Jon quite boldly. "There will be time for everyone. With this power, all of you can now evolve and specialize even further in the powers you have cultivated. Good work, Iris," said Noah, petting Iris''s head for the first time. "N-Noah-sama¡­ y-you''re giving me¡­ a head pat!" said Iris while blushing. "Hm? What? Why did I do that?" said Noah confusedly, as he took his hand away. Noah''s personality was not like this, he would never head pat anyone. However, it was not as if Noah''s mind was as cold as it is now, this happened after he fused his soul with the Blood Progenitor¡­ "Perhaps this was my ''human emotions'' acting up? Well, if it was just my human side showing affection, there is nothing wrong¡­" thought Noah, forgetting about the issue at hand and quickly calling his subordinates to get their own Blood Cores. Iris was treasuring this moment a lot and was gently touching her head, saying dumb things about Noah petting her there. After around three hours of arduous Blood Core Creation Rituals, all six of the members of Noah''s party had acquired their own Blood Cores, and now, Noah was checking each Attribute Panel, seeing their current stats and also the new skills they had acquired through their inferior Skill Treespared to his. [Arthur] [Bloodline: Dhampir (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level II: Dhampir Corrosion Priest] [Vitality: 97] [Mind: 110] [Force: 96] [Skill(s): [Healing Blight: 72 (B)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Undying Body: 32 (A)], [Blood Maniption: 1 (C)], [Telepathy: 41 (D)], [Corrupt Waves of Corrosion: 1 (A)], [Dark Light Barrier: 65 (C)], [Corrosion Domain: 1 (B)], [Self-Regeneration Tattoo: 1 (B)], [Dark Sphere of Erosive Contamination: 1 (B)], [Corrupt Blood Projectiles: 1 (C)] Arthur had increased his stats, which were more specialized into Mind, and his evolution had taken into a shift towards being a priest sort of deal, as he was now a Dhampir Corrosion Priest, which dealt with healing magic, dark light, and the corrosive properties of his waves of corrosion. His Skills had awakened, and he had also gotten a few new ones after maxing his Skill Tree. Even though Stats numbers could be simr in between Hunters, it was their Skills and what they could do that made them different from each other. So, a simr performance than Iris could not be expected from Arthur, even if their stats were around simr numbers. [Timassa] [Bloodline: Ghoul (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level II: Ghoul ck Thunder Witch] [Vitality: 92] [Mind: 111] [Force: 91] [Skill(s): [ck Thunder Projectiles: 1 (A)], [Ghoul: - (A)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Insatiable Hunger: 85 (C)], [Undying Body: 32 (A)], [Paralyzing Dark Lightning: 64 (A)], [Dark Thunder Armor: 1 (B)], [Electrifying Charge: 1 (C)], [ck Thunder Spirit: 1 (C)], [Dark Thunder Soul: 1 (C)], [Monstrous Electrifying Rampage: 1 (B)] Meanwhile, Timassa''s Skill Set was vastly different than Arthur or Iris, as she was able to use Thunder to attack, using such ck Thunder for various and interesting ways of attacking, even to the point of infusing it on herself and make her body move faster and crazier, alongside the power to generate an Armor of ck Thunder as well. She was now a fast mixed attack, but Timassa still preferred to keep being her distance from her enemies and attack them with her furious ck thunder. Now that she had gotten a Bow as her Soul Weapon, such role had been intensified. [Jon] [Bloodline: Dhampir (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level II: Dhampir Devil Gazer] [Vitality: 94] [Mind: 108] [Force: 92] [Skill(s): [irvoyance: 68 (B)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Cursed Evil Eye of Phantom Pain: 62 (A)], [Undying Body: 25 (A)], [Blood Maniption: 1 (C)], [Cursed Blood Projectiles: 1 (C)], [Telepathy: 31 (D)], [Devil Life Sap: 1 (C)], [Devil Mana Sap: 1 (C)], [Cursed Evil Eye of Distortion: 1 (A)], [Energy Transfer: 1 (B)] Jon has evolved into a Dhampir Devil Gazer, further enhancing his eye abilities, and after filling his Skill Tree, he gained even more useful Skills that went excellently with his Cursed Evil Eye, such as Life Sap, Mana Sap, and more, helping him drain the energy of anyone within the range of his devil eyes skills. Alongside this, he gained the power to transfer stolen energy to his party members too, and also another Evil Eye, which could let him distort an item with a powerful crushing force, although it had a short-range. [Adamantine] [Bloodline: Ghoul (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level II: Ghoul Shadow Berserker] [Vitality: 102] [Mind: 85] [Force: 121] [Skill(s): [Nightmarish Shadow Aura: 1 (A)], [Undying Body: 56 (A)], [Horrifying Shadow Demon ws: 1 (A)], [Ghoul: - (A)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Gluttonous Devourer: 1 (B)], [Shadow Demon Mode: 1 (B)], [Monstrous Abyssal Leap: 1 (C)], [Crazed Frenzy: 1 (C)], [Shadow Bullets: 1 (C)] Andst but not least, Adamantine had evolved into a Ghoul Shadow Berserker, specializing in her ability to coat herself in darkness and shadows and attack her enemies like a crazed monstrous being, she had awakened several Skills to use such fighting style even better and more properly, to the point that her power inbat is incredible. She also learned a Skill that could let her attack from a distance, but this Skill will most likely not be used as much, as she loves to bite and tear apart her enemies with her fangs and ws. ----- If you like this novel please donate any Power Stones you have, you are my motivation to continue writing this novel, each stone motivates me more! Please! Chapter 71 - Blood Core Battery?! ----- Noah smiled as his party had grown very strong now¡­ However, he still felt like there could be something done for those that were not¡­ well, humans¡­ or former humans. Sakura and Sugar nced at Noah confusedly, as Noah thought about something. "Care to experiment with me a bit?" he asked with an excited smile, as Sakura and Sugar seemed a bit intimidated. "Oh no¡­ what is he nning now¡­?" sighed Sugar. "W-What is it? Master, we cannot use Blood Cores, we are robots!" said Sakura. "Is that so? Why don''t we try an experiment? Sakura first, so Sugar can fix her if it doesn''t work," said Noah. "E-Eh?" asked Sakura. "Just obey me¡­" said Noah. "O-Okay!" said Sakura, as Noah asked her something. "Where is your Mana Core Battery located?" asked Noah. "In my¡­ chest," said Sakura. "Very well," said Noah, touching Sakura''s almost t chest, although it seemed very human-like, as she was a Fembot made to feel like a real woman to an extent, she had been given¡­ a realistic-to-the-touch mildly small chest. However, Noah could not care less, as he continued with his experiment. "Hmph. I see... So your power flows into your Mana Core Battery and then crosses back to your body, like a heart¡­ and also kind of like how a Blood Core works too¡­" said Noah. "Eh? Really?" asked Sakura. "Now¡­ Stay still. If it fails, we can rece your battery," said Noah. "N-Noah-sama, the batteries are really not that cheap!" said Arthur. "You''re rich, don''tin," said Noah. "Eh? Even if I am rich they are pretty costly! ¡­Well, whatever, it will be done as master says¡­" sighed Arthur. Noah smiled rather maliciously, as he conjured Blood Core Creation on Sakura''s chest! sh! An eerie crimson light suddenly took hold of Sakura''s body, as she began to tremble around a bit. "Uwawawahhh¡­ Master¡­ this will not wooork¡­" cried Sakura, as the crimson light suddenly enveloped and entered her inner circuits,bining with her internal energy, as it began to flow towards her Battery! The crimson light began to engulf her Magic Core battery until she began to glow with crimson light. "E-Eh!?" "I knew it! It was the same thing at the end, flesh or not, you can acquire a Blood Core!"ughed Noah, as he took away his hand from Sakura and she suddenly felt a new rush of a strange and eerie crimson energy! "W-What is this? I do really have¡­ a Blood Core! No way¡­ this is not¡­ correct, right?" asked Sakura, as the crimson light enveloped her body even more as if the powerful magic of the Blood Core were ''upgrading'' her own magic technology circuits and mechanics! "This¡­ amazing¡­ This is amazing! Me next!" said Sugar, changing her way of thinking almost immediately! Sakura then noticed inside of her chest that her former blue-colored mana core battery had turnedpletely crimson red, and was now emanating eerie and powerful energy, which her circuits were using to self-upgrade themselves through their magic absorption capabilities! "Perhaps she can now absorb power from Cores or materials directly?" wondered Arthur, as he took away a Mana Crystal of around fifty centimeters from his Dimensional Storage Ring. Sakura red at the mana crystal that was extracted from the lizardman dungeon with voracity as she touched it and it suddenly exploded into particles of light! Boom! She absorbed them all! "Uwah! I feel even stronger now! Like I got super mega charged!" said Sakura. "Amazing¡­ Noah-sama can even increase the power of Robots!" said Iris. "To think that it would actually give her the ability to absorb magic from things¡­ Amazing, with this, she will be able to self-update herself," said Noah. "Although she didn''t get ess to the System, we can do this to Sugar, Big Sis (War Machine), and all of the other robots so they can grow stronger without having to wait for new parts to be purchased," said Arthur. "I think I can even¡­ design myself something¡­ Ah, there!" said Sakura, using herrge quantities of mana, she transformed her arms into a mana cannon! "What?! Did you had that ability before, Sakura!?" asked Sugar. "No¡­ but within the protocols of my disk, I know how to construct it¡­ I just needed a ton of mana and energy like this¡­ Perhaps I could even design more parts of my body, as long as I am given a ton of resources!" said Sakura. "Perhaps Sugar who is good at repairing and other things would be able to do this transformation and self-upgrading even better¡­ Now, it is your turn," said Noah, as he did the same ritual with Sugar and transformed her Mana Core Battery into a Blood Core Battery! Sugar had acquired the same power as Sakura, and the two began to absorb a lot of the processed magic crystals generated from absorbing the mana from the dirt, trees, rocks, and ores from the lizardman dungeon, until they were able to self-upgrade themselves one cannon for each arm, alongside propulsors in their feet to fly! Alongside that, Sugar repaired a few of her parts with such power and even got herself new legs. "This is insane! Now we are ready to wreck somewhere, Master! Let''s get to it!" said Sugar, she was incredibly energetic now as if her previous shyness and fear were simply because shecked the power to be of use¡­ but now that she had it, she was ready to fight for her master! "Me too! I will use this upgraded de and shield too!" said Sakura, showing the de and shield she created with her own body through her transformation power! "We also need to do this with Big Sis!" said Arthur. "Yes, we''ll upgrade everyone," said Noah, walking towards Big Sis who greeted him rather surprised. "Oh, it''s you, want me to work?" asked Big Sis. "Before that, I will upgrade you," said Noah, showing his pale white hands to Big Sis. "Eh? Upgrade¡­ me? Did you learn how to repair?" asked Big Sis without even understanding what Noah meant. "No, where''s your Mana Core Battery at?" asked Noah. "Huh? Well¡­ it here," said Big Sis, showing Noah rather embarrassedly her chest, and opening it to reveal a shiny and spherical Mana Core with clear white colors, it was a very high-quality onepared to Sakura and Sugar due to her greater and more modern model as a war machine, who require more energy to fight. "Excellent, now¡­ Blood Core Creation!" said Noah, touching the mana core battery and quickly infusing crimson energy into it, after a few minutes, the ritual was done, and Big Sis felt¡­ anew! "W-What is this?! Ah¡­ I feel¡­ a tad bit¡­ ooh¡­" muttered Big Sis, she was feeling awkward due to the energy flowing through her. "Now try to absorb these!" said Arthur, showing Big Sis a small pile of magic crystals. "Absorb? How would I be able to even do such¡­ hmm¡­ is it my idea or these look pretty tasty? Eh? Why do I feel hunger if I don''t have a stomach?" wondered Big Sis, touching the crystals with her spider-like feet and then turning them into her own power! "AH! It actually worked¡­" she said. After a few minutes, even Big Sis learned how to shapeshift¡­ to the point of even be capable of shapeshifting all of her gigantic lower halves, by turning it all intopressed magic circuits around her body which resembled arge armor¡­ Without her spider legs, she was only around one meter and 90 centimeters, still taller than everyone, although not monstrously taller. "Ah¡­ having such a small body feels very refreshing¡­ Now I can get inside the manor and socialize with everything way better¡­" she sighed in relief. "This power is amazing, isn''t it? Lord Noah is really¡­ someone amazing! I was actually doubting him for a second there, sorry about that, hehe," said Sugar. "Hmph, now let''s get in, we must give this power to all the robots," said Noah, as he and the rest of his party walked into the manor and began to transform every robot Mana Core Battery into Blood Core Batteries. After that, they all absorbed magic materials of low quality, giving them enough magic energy to regenerate lost pieces theycked and even more things. However, Sakura, Sugar, and Big Sis were the strongestpared to the rest, as they seemed to have received some new abilities through this strange transformation of their mana batteries, which others did not do so. Although theycked the System, they seemed to have been gifted by the powers of Noah. The Blood Progenitor could not even understand what was happening anymore¡­ "This is¡­ ridiculous! How can this even be possible?!" he muttered while raging. ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 72 - Who Said Robots Cant Be Vampires?! ----- Noah had surprised the Blood Progenitor, and hadpletely blown his mind by what he had done! The Blood Progenitor knew that high ranked Vampires could be able to hasten the crystallization of Blood Energy inside of Vampiric beings and letting them have a Blood Core faster this way, but he had never thought that it could be possible for non-vampiric and synthetic beings to even be able to ept this power! However, for Noah''s mind, it seemed like somethingpletely obvious! After all, Robots in this world used Magic, they were made of Magic Technology! And each Robot had an equivalent to a Blood Core within their bodies which they used to regte magic energy through their magic circuits! By simply turning that Mana Core Battery into a Blood Core Battery through the Blood Core Creation Ritual, Noah could generate such a thing! Now, they were given the power to absorb magic from resources directly, and even be able to use this magic into their bodies and modify themselves with it! However, aside from Magic Absorption and Shapeshifting, Sakura, Sugar, and Big Sis were gifted with some other kind of special ability, shocking the Blood Progenitor even further beyond! If he had a physical body, his entire chin would have already fallen off his face and his eyes would have been popped off his eye sockets! "How strange, what is this power?" wondered Big Sis, as she began to manipte what seemed to be Shadows around her, coating herself with it and more! A Robot using magic simr to a Skill, something never thought before even less imagined! "This must be a joke! How is it possible!?" roared the Blood Progenitor. "Amazing¡­ Big Sis, it seems that you''ve unlocked the power to use some kind of Ability¡­ even without a System or Skills¡­ Is it because of your Blood Core?" asked Arthur. "No, foolish kid, that''s not a Skill of your world, this is a Blood Core Ability, Shadow Sneak!" said the Blood Progenitor, Arthur obviously didn''t hear him. It seemed that the Blood Progenitor knew about special Abilities from his world that were not rted to Earth''s Hunters, Skills, or Ability Cores! These were Abilities that could be learned based on the user''s Blood Core Affinity, amongst other things. It seemed that the power that each Vampiric Subordinate around Noah was also simr to this power, each Vampire could develop Abilities based on their affinities and their Blood Cores in the world of Vampires, Abyss! Because Arthur and the rest already had the System, such Abilities obviously showed off as Skills, but for Big Sis, Sakura, and Sugar, whocked a System, this fact seemed strange for those that were not familiar with a power not connected with the System itself! "Amazing¡­ Look at me!" said Sakura, as she unleashed an Aura of Freezing Winds around herself, as she practiced it more, she became more adept at it! "Indeed¡­ I didn''t even know we could do such things¡­" said Sugar, as she began to produce ck light from her fingers, which formed into floating des! "T-That''s¡­ Freezing Heart and¡­ Blight Soul! Impossible! How can mere robots possess Blood Core Talents?! I epted your bunch having them¡­ but these beings that are not even made of flesh¡­ How infuriating!" roared the Blood Progenitor. "Shadow Sneak? Freezing Heart? Blight Soul? Spit it out, Drac. What are you even talking about?" asked Noah to the Blood Progenitor. "Tch! Well, I might as well tell you! In Abyss, any Vampire that possesses a Bloodline and a Blood Core has the power to develop certain Abilities depending on their attribute affinities. You and your bunch also have such attributes, which manifest themselves by fusing with your Skills from this damned System of yours¡­ You in specific have the same Ability and affinity as me, that of Blood Attribute Affinity! That blonde boy has Dark and Light Affinity, the maid that serves him has Dark and Thunder Affinity, Iris has Phantom and Poison Affinity, the kid that never speaks (Jon) has Curse Affinity, and that crazed woman (Adamantine) has Shadow Affinity!" said the Blood Progenitor. "So the logic of your world somehow applies to this one?" asked Noah. "Something like that! I cannot believe that those Robots would develop Abilities based on their Affinities so soon! Well, in this world affinities seem to be all over the ce, as people can learn Skills at a whim and acquire the power to wield fire and ice without problems, but their Affinities will always remain as one! However, that this System lets them ignore such rules is another thing," said the Blood Progenitor. "So by giving Blood Cores to the Robots, I have given them an Affinity and the power to develop and use Abilities based on their Affinity? Is this how your Cultivation works?" asked Noah. "Grr¡­ more or less! The worst part is that they are synthetic beings that do not even have a soul¡­ Do you understand what you did?! By giving them a Blood Core, you have given them the power to develop one! This is a terrible taboo! You should not have been given the powers of us proud Vampires to measly and pathetic synthetic beings that are only used as tools or weapons! Do you understand the disgrace you have brought upon our kin?!" asked the Blood Progenitor. "Disgrace? Taboo? I don''t give a damn, honestly," said Noah. "Y-You insolent dog! I have given you everything and this is how you treat your Progenitor?! You should respect your kin and grace us for what we have done for future generations! You have insulted our entire kin! I will tear you apart!" roared the Blood Progenitor, pretending to be strong and intimidating, but, to his unluckiness, he had none of the power he pretended to have when roaring so fiercely or ranting inside of Noah''s head. "Sigh¡­ You groan way too loud, why don''t you go take a break? Go to sleep for a few hours, alright? Now leave me be, I got grinding to do," said Noah. "Wait! Do not dare¡­ cover me in your soul! I will one day have my revenge! I swear to the Blood God! Mmmffgghh¡­!" roared the Blood Progenitor, as his loud voice was suddenly muted, as Noah just used his own soul to cover the part of his soul that contained the Blood Progenitor''s mind. "And done. Ahem, it seems that Sakura, the War Machine, and Sugar have developed special Abilities simr to us. ording to the Blood Core, it seems that Vampires with Blood Cores can develop abilities based on their Affinities, and because I have converted your Mana Core Batteries into Blood Core Batteries, you have the power to acquire an Affinity. War Machine has Shadow Affinity, Sakura has Ice Affinity, and Sugar Dark and Light Affinity¡­" said Noah, surprising everyone due to his great resourcefulness and vast knowledge, which he shamelessly stole from the Blood Progenitor, of course! "Amazing! So this is what we got!" said Sakura happily. "Incredible¡­ now we can truly be even stronger¡­ and not be limited by our designs and original power?" asked Big Sis. "It seems so¡­ It will take some time to even master this power though¡­" said Sugar. "That''s good because I have the perfect ce for you to master it in!" said Noah, smiling maliciously, as the three girls seemed a bit intimidated! "Don''t worry, he meant a dungeon," said Arthur. "Oh¡­" the three robot girls sighed in relief, they thought that Noah was about to torture them or something. "What else would it had been than a dungeon, foolish mechs?" asked Noah. "Well, you always make that weird face¡­" said Sakura. "Weird face? DO you want me to disassemble you?" asked Noah rather offended. "EEEP! No! Sorry! S-Sorry!" apologized Sakura. "You''re acting way too rxed in front of Noah-sama, Sakura, be more respectful of the one who gave us this power!" said Sugar. "Y-Yeah¡­ Sorry, it is just my personality as I was made! I can''t help but be a bit carefree¡­" chuckled Sakura. "I can''t help but agree, you always end up screwing something," said Big Sis. "Eh?! So mean, Big Sis! I thought you were on my side¡­" sighed Sakura. "We are all on the same side, Sakura. Now let us follow Noah-sama, he had already changed our lives¡­ And he will most likely keep doing so as we advance even further into this world and the dangers lying within¡­" said Big Sis. ----- Chapter 73 - F-Rank Hunters? Just Some Easy Meals. ----- Noah and his party had now decided to go explore an E-Rank Dungeon and most probably reach D-Rank tonight or tomorrow morning! Such a bold decision was something that they could only expect of someone such as Noah, their progenitor, a prideful vampire man. However, to even fathom to reach D-Rank in just one or two days after reaching E-Rank was simply insane. Such a concept did not even exist in the outside world, no one else than Noah and his group was progressing at such an insane pace. This was due to their amazing resiliency, endless stamina, and the ability to regenerate mana by consuming blood, which they could constantly extract from the monsters they fought against. This way, they could even spend entire days inside dungeons, until they were to clean everything and get tons of resources! Just like this, Noah''s group had been advancing by leaps and bounds and were close to reaching D-Rank already, and Noah did not want to stop there, but go even further, C-Rank, and B-Rank! If possible¡­ he wanted to reach such Ranks this month! To the rest of the world, he would sound like aplete madman, and they would believe he will simply die out in a dungeon and then be done with it. However, Noah''s subordinates knew that when Noah decided something, he was going to do it no matter what! If he were to reach D-Rank, he might even be stronger than Fernand, the one he wanted to ughter, which would make everything way easier! However, things were not as smooth yet, he needed to work very hard, and undergo many trials before he could reach his goals. And now, the party of Vampires had decided what to do. "Well, there are several E-Rank Dungeons in the city we can explore¡­ There is the Howling Sirens Dungeon whererge bird-like monsters attack with loud cries¡­ there is also the ursed Water Temple where water-type monsters roam, or the Underground Labyrinth, which is a set of intricate undergroundbyrinths where moles and earthworm monsters emerge¡­" said Arthur. "Which one has the highest concentration of monsters?" asked Noah. "Hm¡­ The most dangerous one and the one with the most concentration of monsters is¡­ the ursed Water Temple, it has a variety of monsters from several types. The main Boss is sealed so the Dungeon doesn''t end, but there are several Mini-Bosses as well, and there have been reports of some kind of Hidden Boss as well, although it hasn''t been defeated yet¡­" said Arthur. "Why haven''t they defeated it, isn''t it a low-ranked dungeon?" asked Iris. "It''s because it is too dangerous for E-Rank Hunters who want to easily and slowly get to D-Rank, and D-Rank and above hunters would be wasting their time exploring such a dungeon anyway, as they can go to D-Rank ones and get more rewards," said Arthur. "Sounds like these people are very selfish and uninterested over investigation¡­" said Timassa. "Well, as a Half-Subhuman, you should already know about such things, Timassa, don''t you?" asked Noah. "Indeed¡­ this world is quite rotten, let''s go clear that Dungeon, Noah-sama," said Timassa. "Yes, I''ve already decided before you even spoke, let''s clear the ursed Water Temple and beat all those Bosses¡­ Tonight, we shall reach D-Rank!" said Noah with zing conviction. The party quickly prepared their things as they immediately made their way out of the manor, although Arthur wanted to present Noah to his parents, Noah had promised him to have dinner or breakfast tomorrow with them, so he had nothing to worry about. For now, they left rather quickly, jumping over the walls of the territory, and then flying above the sky while camouging their identities with masks, as if they were some kind of Phantom Thieves knock-off. Crossing through the various buildings, Noah nced down below as the people passed by, he then moved through the alleys with his group, until he found some victims. Of course, although Noah wanted to hunt monsters and get Cores, he also wanted to satiate himself with some better-quality blood, and also flesh for Adamantine and Timassa, so hunting weak F-Rank Hunters that wandered by was quite ideal. "Noah-sama, there''s a prey there!" said Iris, pointing at Noah a small group of people below. It seemed to be a young man who was being assaulted by F-Rank Hunters for his Cores and money. The F-Rank Hunters were all pretty weak, and their presences were too dim. And they also looked like the trash Noah liked to crush. The men were hitting the young man''s stomach, as he vomited blood. Noah could not help but feel a bit reminded of himself by seeing this man getting hit. Although this man was not from his school, he wanted to exert some justice of his own and ughter the bastards that were doing this to him. After all, it did not fit his pride to hunt for those that didn''t deserve to be really punished. "Only three cores?! Is this all you got, you little shit?" "Damn poor bastard, he never gets enough! You gotta keep grinding, put your life on the line a bit more, you cker!" "Yeah, don''t'' you want your family to live happily?" The three disgusting-looking F-Rank hunters nced at the young man with smug smirks, as he suddenly stopped resisting their hits and took away a bag he was hiding. "Please¡­ not¡­ my family¡­" he muttered, barely gasping for air. "See? He had more shit hidden!" "Damn, five more! But this isn''t even enough!" "You little shit, you thought you could hide this from us?" Suddenly, one of the feet from the Hunters neared the man''s face, if this attack were to hit him, he would most likely fall unconscious¡­ However, instead of feeling the imminent pain of a strong kick on his head, he only heard the agonizing cry of the man about to knock him out. sh! "GRRRYAAAAAA¡­!" The young man raised his head covered in blood, noticing the man''s leg being sliced off! "W-What?" Suddenly several figures emerged from within the shadows, all wearing masks and dark costumes! "Hm, this is a fitting meal I suppose," said Noah, grabbing the leg of the man and extracting its blood and drinking it. The man who had his leg sliced off nced at Noah withplete horror, trying to run away! "W-Who are you!? MY LEG! WHY?! HOW?!" "Too loud¡­" said Noah, as a demonic beast covered in shadows emerged behind him, Adamantine, as she leaped over the man, munched his neck, and torn apart his head off, as blood flowed out like a spring! Ssh! "A-Ah¡­ W-What is going on?" asked the young man, without even being able to process what was happening. The other two F-Rank Hunters were trembling in fear, the presence that Noah''s group exuded was way too overwhelming as if they were¡­ monsters! "M-Monsters?! There are monsters in the city?!" "No¡­ No way! Run!" "You''re not running anywhere¡­" said Jon, as he touched the two men''s shoulders, draining their life and mana constantly! "UUNNGGOOOHH¡­! "UNNGAAAHH¡­!" The two men agonized, but tried to attack Jon with their abilities! However,rge ck nails emerged from behind them, slicing their arms off in seconds, as more blood was spurred from the wounds! sh! sh! "EEH?!" "UNGNHH¡­!" "Fufu, it always feels nice to slice up some assholes," said Iris, licking her ws. "W-We haven''t done¡­ anything to you¡­!" "W-Why¡­? Y-You monstersssss¡­!" CRUSH! CRUSH! Noah approached the two men and crushed their skulls with two stomps of his feet, without even looking at them, as if he were crushing ants. "We are done in here, let''s move," he said, as he saved the two corpses inside the Dimensional Storage Ring while cleaning all evidence through his Blood Control. Adamantine joined back the group, as she had eaten most of the corpse left for her, and then let Noah save the rest while she licked the blood out of her ws and mouth. "W-Who are you? You¡­ saved me¡­" said the young man, his eyes that were filled with despair nced at Noah''s party with fervent admiration, the thing he had dreamed the most was to ughter the bastards that were abusing him, and now, such dream came true in a sh. For most people, these beings would be seen as monsters, but for him, they were saviors. "We are the Blood Creed¡­" said Noah, dropping some blood into the hurt man''s mouth by using Blood Potion, slowly healing his wounds! "T-This blood¡­ What is¡­ this?" asked the young man, as he nced back at Noah to find that they were all gone. And not even evidence was left. It was as if everything never happened, and these men simply disappeared. The man felt a strange feeling on his body after drinking the blood, but had no time to assess things, running away back to his home¡­ Meanwhile, Noah and his party finally reached the Dungeon. ----- Author''s Note: If you like the story please give any powerstone you could spare, if we reach a nice number there will be bonus chapters at the end of the week, it all depends on you! Thank you very much for reading! Chapter 74 - Planting A Seed For The Future... ----- "Noah-sama, I don''t want to question your judgment or anything but why did you give your blood to him? I could have healed him¡­" said Arthur. "I did it to leave seed on him¡­ I wanted to experiment," said Noah. "Experiment? Seed?" asked Arthur. "It seems that there are other ways to convert people into Vampiric beings without necessarily biting their necks. I wanted to see if it could be possible for that young man to acquire such power simply by giving him some of my blood," said Noah. "Oh, that''s interesting¡­" said Arthur. "Amazing, if he bes a Vampire, won''t there be some issues with his life?" asked Iris. "Yes, but if he does, a connection between our minds will be made. If he''s willing to join us, he wille to me, and if not, he will remain as himself and live his own life¡­ Heh, don''t worry, I have cursed his own blood as well. Whenever he tries to speak of us to someone in detail, his blood will stop him from saying any words," said Noah. "That''s¡­ very well thought¡­" said Arthur. "Oh, so this way there is no chance for him to speak¡­ Wait, you can do such a powerful curse, Noah-sama?" asked Timassa. "It was possible only because he was so weak. But don''t worry, even if he grows stronger somehow, the curse will grow as well," said Noah while smiling. "Wait¡­ now I get it!" said Arthur. "Oh?" asked Noah. "Noah-sama, you want that man to spread the Vampire bloodline, right? If he makes his own group of Vampires and then, as your loyal subordinate,es back to you, won''t hee back with arge group of new recruits?" asked Arthur. "You''re sharp, Arthur. Indeed. This is my intention¡­ Well, mildly," said Noah. "You''re nning to do the same thing more, Noah-sama?" asked Iris. "Perhaps, as we go around killing those that deserve it¡­ Maybe," said Noah. Noah knew how selfish his words were, ''killing those that deserve'' amounted to anyone he thought deserved it as if he was exerting justice on his own hands, something incredibly selfish. Despite this, he did not care. He was selfish, and did whatever he pleased as long as it did not bring him any kind of loses, and doing this with the young man there was something he had nned carefully filing any loopholes possible. And he nned to do this more¡­ This n is what Noah called ''Indirect Recruitment'', where he would convert others into Vampiric beings and let them infect more people, making them their new allies, which all of them would be given the Subordinate''s Loyalty Skill, immediately bing his subordinates. This way, he could keep expanding his territory and authority around the city, getting new allies without even doing anything himself. It was a small n that would begin rather mild, but if everything went ordingly¡­ Sector D might one day be his entire territory! However, even then, he needed the strength of an S-Rank if he even wanted to make such things happen, so for now, he concentrated on the task given! Entering the Dungeon! The guards asked for Noah''s party identification cards, which they quickly gave. After a few inspections, the guards did not found anything weird, and let the party of young men walk into the Dungeon. "Be careful, and don''t try to kill a Mini-Boss if you''re not strong enough," said one of the guards, a bit concerned about such young people being Hunters. As Noah and his party entered the Gate, the guard spoke with hispanion, another guard. "Such young people entering Dungeons¡­ is this really okay?" wondered the guard. "Well, that''s the world we live in now, man. We went through hell to finally get in here, the outside world is harsh. The government has to force kids to be Hunters at a young age so they can grow strong enough to defend our country," said the other guard. "Well... Yeah, I guess that''s how life is now¡­ That''s the reality we are living in now¡­" sighed the guard. "Hey, cheer up man, I will invite you to a beer tonight, alright?" asked the guard. "Oh? Sure thing," sighed the guard. The world after the Apocalypse was now different than before, these guards who were born before the Apocalypse happened twenty years ago had gone through hell to survive, reaching this ce, and finally getting to live more peacefully, even though they had begun to question the government, they simply wanted to live their lives in peace, and did not want to get into problems or issues that might endanger such lives. It was rather obvious, everyone had their own problems and lives, not everyone had enough time to go toying with other people''s lives nor to spy on them because they seemed weird or suspicious, people were way too concerned about their own lives to even fathom to think that doing such things would bring them any benefit. As an E-Rank Dungeon, the ursed Water Temple was a Dungeon that was not often explored as much, and today was a lucky day for Noah and his party, as no one was inside the dungeon to bother them, meaning that they could go all out and explore and kill as many monsters as they wanted. There was also a way to reserve a dungeon by buying a special license and leaving a sign in front of a dungeon, people would avoid dungeons that were reserved and would not get in until the people using them were to walk out. Noah and his party had bought such items and had left the ursed Water Temple for thempletely, thanks to the money they earned by selling many resources harvested in the Lizardman Dungeon. As they entered the Dungeon, they were immediately greeted by the temple''s beautiful scenario, an enormous ce, seemingly constructed by some kind of ancient civilization, there were several scripts all around the walls and ceilings of the temple, which was made of gray, azure, and blue bricks. The temple wasposed of severalrge ''rooms'' or halls like this one, each hall had arge pool of water where monsters roamed and came from, within the deep of the water, there were often treasure chests guarded byrger-than-usual monsters, and the Mini-Bosses might randomly appear within these pools as well, often emerging after the other monsters were defeated. There were also waterfallsing from the walls of the temple, which constantly poured water into the intricate river system within the temple itself. Compared to anything they had explored before, this Dungeon was indeed something beautiful, making even Noah admire it, to the point of making him wonder what kind of wonders he will meet through his life. However, the dungeon''s monsters were not going to let the party admire the beauty of their home. Not even a minute after their arrival,rge, red-colored crabs began to crawl out of therge pool in front of them, alongside long green-colored eels, and fishes with legs and arms, carrying long tridents and shields made of bones! "Oh? We have a weing party here!" said Noah. "I guess we are getting to work already!" said Arthur, readying his Skills. "Let me shoot them from afar!" said Timassa, charging her ck thunder within her bow and pointing at the monsters. "Adamantine, let''s go in a rampage!" said Iris, as she coated herself in her phantom and her long ck nails emerged from her hands, leaking deadly, purple-colored poisonous liquid. "Rampage¡­!" said Adamantine, coating herself on her shadows and resembling a furious dark demon, her ws grew long and monstrous, as her crimson eyes gleamed eerily. "I will sap their life¡­ let me know whenever you need more Mana," said Jon, as he activated his Evil Eyes and other Skills immediately! Big Sis, Sakura, and Sugar quickly jumped out of Noah''s Dimensional Storage Room, as they pointed their long-ranged weapons at the monster army approaching them! "Let''s make sure to use this power!" said Sakura, beginning to concentrate her icing winds around her. "How should I call this move¡­? Blight des?" wondered Sugar, as five des made of ck light began to rotate around her! "Shadow Sneak!" said Big Sis, as she unleashed arge w made of shadows over the approaching, three-meter-tall giant red crab, grasping it with her shadows and then blowing away its hard exoskeleton with her Light Bullets! Boom! Boom! Boom! The rest of the party immediately unleashed their attacks, and Noah leaped furiously into the frontlines, using his ws and blood weapons to unfold catastrophe over these aquatic monsters, breaking them into pieces one by one! Not long after, arge creature suddenly opened its crimson eyes beneath the water, emerging from it with an explosion! Boom! ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 75 - Exploring The Accursed Water Temple! ----- Therge red crabs, walking fishes, and giant eels emerged from therge pool, attacking Noah and his group with everything they had. Therge crabs had hard exoskeletons and strong pincers, the giant eels were able to unleash electric attacks, and the walking fishes wielded weapons and were more proficient in using them than even Goblins! However, Noah''s party unleashed their attacks and Skills, as they began to tear apart therge army of monsters within seconds! "Let me slow them down!" said Arthur. Arthur released slow yet deadly waves of erosion that slowed down therge groups of dozens of monsters, slowly hurting their health and making them lethargic, while also protecting himself by creating magic barriers that could resist a few hits before shattering! As Arthur was a mage-type of Hunter, he did not have any skill that improved his physical abilities aside from the Dhampir Skill, so he needed to stay in the backlines while using his supporting skills to help hispanions. His healing skill could let others regenerate faster without needing to drink blood, and his barrier protected him and those that were not too strong physically such as Timassa and Jon, alongside his erosion skill that could affect a wide range of monsters and slow them down. "Evil Eye! Energy Transfer!" said Jon. Seeing that Arthur had begun to slow down a group of a few dozen of monsters, Jon immediately began to use his Evil Eyes, absorbing away the life and mana of the monsters, while transferring it to hispanions! Alongside this, he used the Evil Eye of Distortion to deal long-ranged damage that twisted the things that neared his range, however, it had a limited range, and he could only attack monsters one by one, alongside this, the power of the distortion was not so strong, so he needed to activate it several times to kill a monster, however, it was very good at weakening the monsters, especially breaking the hard shell of the crabs! "I will end them!" said Timassa Timassa at the side of the two covered herself in ck thunder-like armor, and enhanced her speed and perception abilities, unleashing immense barrages of ck thunder arrows from her bow, impacting wide groups of weakened monsters, and ending them in one shot thanks to Arthur and Jon''s abilities helping in! Boom! Boom! Boom! The monster''s body pieces flew into the air, as they began to slowly turn into ck smoke, only leaving items behind! Meanwhile, Iris and Adamantine rushed through the Temple, slicing apartrge eels and tearing the walking fishes into pieces, turning them all into ck smoke one by one! Iris unleashed her Phantom Aura, coating her body as fox ears, tails, and ws grew over her body, resembling the incarnation of a phantom demon, she tore apart the monsters around her furiously, her long ck ws seeping deadly poison into their flesh and making them convulse! Near her, Adamantine was covering herself in a coating of shadows, shaped as a deadly demon, she leaped even more furiously and less refined than Iris, using her jaws to tear apartrge chunks of flesh off eels disregarding their electric attacks, and munching away her way like a voracious and gluttonous fiend! Sakura, Sugar, and Big Sis were together near Arthur, Jon, and Timassa, serving as a backup while unleashing their long-ranged attacks and their Innate Abilities from their Blood Core Batteries, Light Bullets prated the flesh of the monsters with ease and blew them into bits, as icy winds froze some into ce for Sugar''s Blight des to slice them into pieces! Noah was fighting on his own, coated in an immense yet light crimson armor made of crystalized blood using the Blood Armor Skill, and withrge spears floating all around his body, he rushed through the battlefield through the Crimson sh Skill, and used the Poisonous Blood Skill to coat his Blood Weapons with, unleashing deadly stabs into the monster''s flesh, which he then made explode through Blood Detonation! Just with these Skills alone, Noah was annihting arge part of the armypletely by himself, making the monsters quickly slow down in numbers and speed, until only very few were left, which were quickly annihted by his powerful explosive blood weapons. However, right after that, a powerful presence emerged from the pool! "Eh?! A Mini-Boss! This soon?" asked Arthur in surprise. "Brace yourselves!" said Noah, as his armor grew with spikes to be even deadlier, as he took ahold into the air! "GROOOOOWL!" A gigantic beast emerged from the pool, resembling an evolved version of the giant eels, however, its body was covered in hard metallic scales and log razor-sharp fangs, with glowing golden eyes and emanating a deadly amount of electricity all around its body! "Iris, Adamantine, at my side! The rest, attack from afar!" said Noah, as Iris and Adamantine quickly rushed at his side, as the three jumped up into the air, reaching the giant monster''s body! They bared their ws, as they began to tear its scales apart with utmost ease! Noah in specific was doing it incredibly well thanks to his powerful Soul Weapon, which extended like bony ws, tearing the flesh apart and making the beast groan in agony! The beast quickly tried to unleash its electricity over Noah, Iris, and Adamantine, but their speed, power, and resiliency were all high, they could even survive being electrified by its powerful electrifying shock! Noah smiled maliciously, as he suddenly created several des and began to tear the inside flesh of the giant monster, making the weapons explode not long after, asrge filets of meat fell from the monster''s body. Arthur, Jon, Timassa, Sakura, Sugar, and Big Sis began to use their long-ranged attacks, breaking through the beast defenses while evading its shocking thunder attacks and deadly bites, which were most of the time being directed to Noah, Iris, and Adamantine, making their life easy as they tore apart the beast''s body into pieces! Boom! Boom! Boom! Noah quickly began to activate his Blood Detonation again, prating the monster''s flesh with long spears and then making them explode! Not long after, the beast gave away itsst cry, falling into the ground and then exploding into ck smoke, leaving various cores behind! "W-Woah, that was fast¡­" said Arthur. "See? This is because all of you have evolved. Your power has be greater, E-Rank monsters, even Mini-Bosses are no threat to us as long as we go all out¡­" said Noah, as he dived into the depths of the pool and grabbed arge treasure chest, alongside several other magic materials resting around, such as corals, seaweed, and more, saving it all inside his Dimensional Storage Ring. Ssh! As Noah emerged out, his armor suddenly turned into liquid blood and entered his Blood Sphere once more, as he took away the treasure chest. "We got so many Cores¡­ I wonder what we will found in these treasure chests¡­" said Iris. "Don''t have your hopes up, it will probably not be anything too amusing, after all this is just an E-Rank Dungeon," said Noah, opening the chest as a few spherical jewels were revealed, alongside other items. "R-Right, it is just more Cores!" said Arthur while sighing, but at the same time being happy that they were Cores, so their progress could be faster. "Hm, around twelve Cores and¡­ three Ability Cores inside a treasure chest, if every room has one of these, we can easily get enough to reach D-Rank tonight!" said Noah ambitiously. "How many Cores did we gather in this hunt?" asked Timassa. "Around¡­ sixty! There were a lot of monsters, but several of them didn''t drop enough," said Arthur. "Sixty¡­ It should be enough if we fight a few more then, let''s go!" said Noah, as he led his party towards the next hall of the ursed Water Temple after saving the Cores inside of his Dimensional Storage Ring. As the party moved through the corridors, they realized that even though the corridors that connected each room were long and wide, there were absolutely no monsters around, and they would only spawn whenever they entered a certain hall. "Perhaps these areas are for resting," said Arthur. "I am quite hungry myself¡­" said Iris. "Iris we just ate¡­" said Timassa. "Me¡­ satiated," said Adamantine. Noah sighed, taking a bag of potato chips from his Dimensional Storage Ring. Iris happily received it, as she devoured the bag and then felt thirsty¡­ "Bwah, now I''m thirsty¡­" said Iris. "Do you think I am your babysitter now?!" said Noah rather annoyed. "Uwah! N-No! D-Don''t get angry, Noah-sama!" said Iris. ----- Author''s Note: If you like the story please give any powerstone you could spare, if we reach a nice number there will be bonus chapters at the end of the week, it all depends on you! Thank you very much for reading! Chapter 76 - Exhilarating Battles! ----- Noah''s group ran towards the next hall after taking a break and eating some snacks, reaching a new hall, with an even bigger pool of water. The second after joining, monsters began to emerge almost instantly, as if a certain trigger within this ce was activated. Aside from the previous hall monsters, this time there were gigantic lobsters, mantis shrimps with strong punching ws the size of elephants, and walking sharks that walked with legs resembling crocodiles! The monstrous creatures rushed towards Noah''s party, as Noah''s party began to unleash their attacks and Skills once more! Noah confronted a group of Giant Mantis Shrimps, finding out their amazing reaction time the moment he got closer to them, as their punching ws reached his body within milliseconds! sh! sh! sh! "Their speed is¡­ way too high¡­ but it is only restricted to their ws¡­!" thought Noah, jumping high into the air, and simply flying up, generatingrge blood weapons and raining the mantis shrimps with them! The mantis shrimp punched some of the weapons apart, but there were way too many for them to resist, being sliced up into pieces not long after! sh! sh! sh! Poof! Dying after being sliced into countless pieces, the sliced corpses exploded into ck smoke, leaving cores behind! Noah recycled the blood used in the blood weapon projectiles and continued to fight, and reaching another group of Mantis Shrimps and Walking Sharks! This time he coated himself on an even stronger Blood Armor, resembling a crimson night floating in midair while using Crimson sh to move at fast speeds! Noah used his eviscerating ws to sh through the monster''s bodies, slicing them up into pieces! The Mantis Shrimps punches were strong, but his Blood Armor barely showed some cracks before Noah sliced and crushed these insolent monsters! Afterward, therge jaws of the Walking Sharks emerged from his back, trying to bite him with all of their jaw strength, only to receive Noah''s ws into their mouths, having their jaws sliced apart, or ending up swallowing arge amount of poisoned blood! Noah kept firing Blood Arrows everywhere, as more monsters fell from them, while those that survived them began to explode into pieces one by one thanks to Noah''s powerful Blood Detonation Skill! Although Noah needed to be closer to the blood to detonate it, thanks to his amazing defenses, speed, and strength, it was not hard for him to get closer to an enemy he wanted to blow up into pieces! Only the Mini-Bosses were able to withstand several explosions, however, even the most resilient of armored crabs or lobsters exploded into pieces after three to four explosions! As Noah led his group and bathed himself in the blood and flesh of these monsters, his group kept using their Skills, assisting Noah and each other, slowing down enemies through Arthur''s Erosion, Jon''s Evil Eyes, and Timassa''s ck Thunder Arrows, falling as a judgment from a dark thunder god over the unfortunate monsters! Boom! Boom! Boom! "We are getting through!" said Arthur, cheering with the rest of his group, as Iris and Adamantine covered their backs, slicing up into pieces a group of powerfulrge eels, as Adamantine jumped over the heads of Mantis Shrimps and crushed their exoskeletons with her powerful shadow ws! Meanwhile, Sakura froze the giant walking sharks, while Big Sis and Sugar sliced and destroyed them into pieces! After a few minutes, the army of monsters had been almostpletely massacred! Noah and his party could not help but wonder just how strong they have be to be able to clean through so many E-Rank monsters with so much ease! This was the power of evolution and their new awakened Skills! As Noah crushed thest Walking Shark into a bloody paste and drank the blood out of it before it turned into ck smoke, the pool once more exploded, another Mini-Boss had emerged right after! Unlike the previous Mini-Boss, this creature was covered in a hard, chitinous exoskeleton covered in spikes, with enormous ws and glowing crimson eyes, a giant crab! The creature''s exoskeleton was gray and metallic, and it seemed to move quite fast despite that, jumping out of the pool with a monstrous leap, generating a loud earthquake! BOOM! nk, nk! The sound of its ws closing and opening resonated through the entire hall, as Noah and his group felt chills run through their spines! However, Noah smiled greedily, ncing at his next prey, this one would surely a nice amount of Attribute Value Cores and Ability Cores! Noah flew towards it directly, as the crab''s ws were directed towards him! The enormous metallic ws reached him, as he generated arge shield of crystallized blood, mitigating the impact and leaping higher into the sky, his Soul Weapon suddenly shapeshifted into a long bony de, as he descended towards its eyes, slicing them off! sh! sh! Without the monster''s eyes, it would have an even harder time catching others! The monstrous creature groaned in agony as its eyes were torn off, unleashing a deadly aura, and trying to slice and crush Noah''s small body with its ws, but now that it could not see him, it was having a hard time finding him, until it suddenly felt him near its back, as he began to quickly crush the exoskeleton with his long eviscerating ws! sh! sh! sh! The metallic ws of the monstrous Crab Mini-Boss reached Noah, as he jumped and evaded one, however, the other managed to reach him, as he had to take the hit! Noah gritted his teeth as he made sure to protect himself with a hard Blood Armor, however, the power of the w was strong enough to send him away into the air! BOOM! "Noah-sama!" said Iris, reaching Noah''s side with Adamantine and stopping him from falling into the ground, as they carried him through the air, Noah took their help and immediately jumped back into the air, using his Flight Skill to reach the giant crab with Iris and Adamantine! Meanwhile, the rest of the group, such as Arthur, Timassa, Jon, Sakura, Sugar, and Big Sisbined their long-ranged attacks, abusing therge wounds all across the monster''s body! Arthur began to slowly corrode therge wounds that Noah made, while Jon started to absorb the HP and Mana from it, and transfer them to hispanions! Timassa dug deeper into the wounds of the monster while extending her ck thunder attacks all around the monster''s body, electrifying it! The monster began to be slower and more lethargic, as Sakura started to freeze its legs, making it move slowly, only for Big Sis and Sugar to cut off three of its gigantic legs, making it fall into the ground and lose its momentumpletely! The entire party then began to gang on the monster from afar, showering it with long-ranged attacks! The crab could only groan in anger and agony, giving itsst breath as its entire body was engulfed in ck smoke, turning into Attribute Value Cores and Ability Cores right after! Poof! "Phew¡­ that was intense¡­" sighed Arthur. "Thanks to Master, we managed to pull through¡­" said Jon. "Indeed. Although I think that your ability to transfer Mana and Life to us is also very useful, especially because you can drain it out monsters," said Timassa. "Yeah, you''re better healer than me now¡­" sighed Arthur. "Not at all¡­ Arthur''s healing is faster¡­ and transferring Life increases physical capabilities a bit and more regeneration, but the regeneration itself is not¡­ instantaneous," said Jon. "Hm. I wish these monsters could leave their corpses. If we could sell such an enormous corpse, we would have made quite a fortune¡­" sighed Noah. "Noah-sama, you were awesome there!" said Iris. "No need to tter me, Iris, now collect the Cores, we need to keep moving, we have cannot waste much time, let''s treasure every hour of this day!" said Noah, as his entire party nodded, looking for the Attribute Value Cores and Ability Cores spread around, while Noah brought back yet another Treasure Chests, which was also filled with even more Cores of both types! "Cores¡­ Cores¡­ Cores¡­" sighed Arthur. "This is the life of a Hunter after all¡­" said Timassa. "Y-Yes, it is already fun and adventurous to explore such a beautiful ce, but when we can only go around ughtering monsters¡­ You get a bit tired of always everything being the same¡­" sighed Arthur. "Hmph. Perhaps increasing your morale with some kind of entertainment aside from Hunting might be a good choice, but after we manage to gather enough Cores for D-Rank," said Noah. "E-Enter¡­ Entertainment?" asked Arthur in disbelief. It seems that Noah wanted to increase the morale of his party by doing something that humans found fun after work. ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 77 - Boss Battle! Against The Sea Snake Emperor! ----- What did Noah even mean by entertainment? Noah had thought that perhaps, doing too many repetitive tasks for his subordinates might be too much for their feeble minds that were not merged with a thousand-year-old vampire from another world. And because theycked the willpower and strength of mind to be capable of doing some repeatedly so much for so many days, he thought about bringing them some entertainment so they can rx and increase their morale. Any leader would always take into consideration the morale of their subordinates, as their morale was something very important that often changed how subordinates worked inside of battle. If they had low morale, you could not expect the best performance out of them, even if you were whipping their backs and roaring to them to do it better. This is why he thought about giving them something to rx their minds and distract themselves. "Entertainment? W-Which one?" asked Iris, rather confused. Although she could not help but imagine having a date with Noah with only him and her. "We shall go to a restaurant, an expensive one, and we will have a good time," said Noah. "Eh?" asked Arthur. "Huh?" asked Timassa. "Oh¡­" murmured Jon. "Food?" asked Adamantine. "A¡­ restaurant?" asked Sakura. "Sadly, we can''t eat, so we won''t enjoy it as much," said Big Sis. "Well it would still be interesting- Wait we are robots, we won''t be able to enter a restaurant anyways," sighed Sugar. "R-Really?! This is not like you at all, Noah-sama!" said Iris. "I will force my way so even you robots can enter¡­ And what do you mean that this is not like me at all?" asked Noah, as he and his party walked through the corridors for the next hall. "W-Well¡­ you''re a strict man," said Arthur. "And very diligent, I don''t think you''ve ever considered having fun," said Timassa. "¡­And the only thing you think about is growing stronger!" said Iris. "I am fine with how Master is¡­" said Jon. "Food?" asked Adamantine. "I don''t want toment into this¡­" said Sakura as she averted her gaze from Noah. "M-me neither¡­" said Sugar. "What''s wrong with being diligent?" asked Big Sis. "I used to be a human just as you, and I understand your low morale. I am doing this to increase your morale, make your minds rx, and make you capable of showing me your best performance in the next dungeons we visit. It is all merely for convenience''s sake. Do not mistake me for a fool who enjoys measly things such as these," said Noah. "I-I see¡­ To think that you would care so much for us¡­" said Arthur with bright eyes. "Indeed, he''s a really good leader, taking our feelings into consideration¡­" said Timassa. "Hm, I am a bit moved," said Jon. "We will eat¡­ good food?" asked Adamantine. "Uwah! Noah-sama, you''re such a considerate leader!" said Iris, embracing Noah on a tight hug as her breast bounced and pressed into his chest continuously. "What are you talking about? I do not care about your feelings. I only care about your performance," said Noah. "Yeah, yeah," said Arthur while chuckling. "Noah-sama really doesn''t want to show that he cares¡­" said Timassa. "Hm, he''s a bit shy¡­" said Jon, who was very shy himself¡­ "He''s just pretending, Noah-sama is always a nice person!" said Iris. "Get away from me, Iris, we are reaching the next hall! And stop rubbing me your body, I am not in the mood for your tomfoolery," sighed Noah, as he led his party towards the next hall, Iris at his side nced at him with a warm smile. As Noah felt this affection being given to him by his subordinates, he could not help but feel a disgusting feeling within his very being. "(How disgusting, what is this feeling? Hm? Oh, my human emotions¡­ perhaps I should take them more into consideration if I don''t want to be like the Blood Progenitor¡­)" thought Noah, thinking about the Blood Progenitor as someone who had given up on his feelings and emotions to be a cold man that only cared about himself, to the point where when he most needed the help of others, no one came to his rescue and even his subordinates which he treated horribly schemed against him¡­ Noah feared such a tragic ending for him to happen one day and decided to make sure to make his subordinates happy¡­ as long as such a thing was within his power. After all, they were loyal people that did everything for him, and all of them felt admiration and devotion towards him, his human side was telling him to treasure such people, as they were what would bring him the most strength. However, his Vampire side and the cold emotions he inherited from the Blood Progenitor told him to not be so affectionate, as it would lower his ability to fight and be more decisive when ruthless things needed to be done, after all, if he were to act too good, he might end up softening up, and this was not something he wanted. Due to this, Noah needed to make a perfect bnce between his two sides, to notmit the same mistakes as the Blood Progenitor. Noah and his group quickly reached the next hall, as a new army of monstrous marine beasts greeted their sight, using their abilities, they paved a way through it, until a new Mini-Boss emerged, resembling a giant octopus. After mercilessly getting rid of it, Noah''s party continued raiding the dungeon, defeating two more Mini-Bosses, one resembling arge whale and another a giant walking fish, showering themselves withrge amounts of Attribute Value Cores and Ability Cores one after another, until they finally reached thest hall, the biggest they had met¡­ However, there was no small monster around in this hall, but only a gigantic presence, which made even the atmosphere in the ce feel heavy! "This is¡­ we already reached the Hidden Boss chamber¡­" said Arthur in surprise. "Here ites¡­!" said Timassa, as she and the rest of the group stepped back, as a gigantic serpentine creature emerged from the pool! Ssh! Its enormous and long body was over thirty meters long, and its head was gigantic, with long razor-sharp teeth, four crimson eyes, an enormous crown of horns growing atop its head, alongside arge blue jewel on its forehead. The rest of the body was covered in azure-colored metallic scales, with arge crest across the rest of the serpentine body and small fish-like fins! "That monster¡­ that''s the hidden boss, the Sea Snake Emperor!" said Arthur, recalling the information he investigated, that was the name of the Hidden Boss from the ursed Water Temple Dungeon that has not been defeated since its sighting, the Emperor of all Sea Snakes, the Sea Snake Emperor! "GRRROOOWL!" The Sea Snake Emperor roared angrily, as its entire body began to be surrounded by water currents! "This power¡­ it can control water?!" asked Arthur in disbelief. "It is a good enough challenge¡­" said Noah while rubbing his chin, as he began to fly into the sky, activating Crimson sh and reaching the Sea Snake Emperor in no time! FLASH! Noah quickly activated all of his buffing skills, as his blood began to boil and elerate its flow, his entire body was reinforced by the Champion''s Great Perseverance, and as he began to use his own blood, he activated Blood Sacrifice and Blood Retribution to boost the power of his body and the damage dealt by his attacks even further beyond! Like a zing crimson meteor, Noah reached the Sea Snake King as his ws grew gigantic, and dozens of enormous Blood Weapons surged around him! The Sea Snake roared towards him, as its jaws approached! "GROWL!" Noah smiled as he unleashed an enormous shower of blood weapons, alongside a storm of slicing attacks with his ws, shing through the Sea Snake Emperor''s jaws and tearing off some of its teeth, alongside slicing a bit of its tongue! The creature groaned in agony as it maniptes the water around itself and showered Noah with an enormous stream of high-pressure water! BOOM! However, before Noah was to be thrown away, he activated Blood Detonation, making the weapons stuck into the head of the Sea Snake Emperor explode, makingrge chunks of flesh within the face of the beast fly into the air! Boom! Boom! Boom! "GRRYYAAARR¡­!" The Sea Snake Emperor groaned in agony, as Noah was thrown away! Noah roared, telling his allies to attack the monster now that he had weakened it, taking advantage of its pain and dizziness! "Now, go!" roared Noah while gritting his teeth. ----- Chapter 78 - The Vampire Familys Might! ----- The Sea Snake Emperor unleashed a powerful stream of pressurized water towards Noah, as he immediately activated Mist Form, making it so his flesh would not be torn apart, however, his Health Points, which were behind his Vitality Stat, still lowered as he was thrown into the ground! sh! Even on his Mist Form, Noah still takes reduced damage, and the weight of the mist is still the same as his body, it was a strange skill, so when he fell into the ground, a loud crashing sound resonated within the hall. "Thankfully, I used Mist Form, or due to the pressure of the water, I would have most likely been crushed into tiny pieces¡­ I do not know if I can regenerate back if my brain is destroyed, so there was no way I would risk it like that. Mist Form can help me not be torn apart in some cases, but the damage was still received, and my Health has dropped¡­ However, Undying body is healing me back quite steadily!" thought Noah. Noah slowly stood back up, as he went back to his solid form, his body showingrge wounds that were not originally there, probably the damage he had taken as a mist was transferred into wounds into his physical body¡­ however, such wounds and broken bones regenerated back to how they were originally quickly after. He had already given the order to his subordinates, as Iris, Arthur, Timassa, Adamantine, Jon, Sakura, Sugar, and Big Sis rushed towards the Sea Snake Emperor while being weakened! Noah had used his amazing speed and outstanding Skills to inflictrge wounds into the Sea Snake Emperor before being blown away into the air! Thanks to that, the Sea Snake Emperor''s face was damaged, with enormous bloody wounds, asrge pieces of flesh had fallen into the water, turning it crimson red. "Grrooowl¡­" The Sea Snake groaned weakly, feeling dizzy and lethargic! Using this opportunity, Noah''s party showered it with many types of attacks! Timassa unleashed her ck thunderbolts shaped asrge arrows as big as spears, shooting them with her Bow-type Soul Weapon, prating the wounds of the creature and making it struggle and groan in agony! Arthur used his corrosion waves to slowly make the wounds even worse, as pus began to grow from them and purple ooze started to fall from them, the flesh was slowly decaying! Jon quickly began to drain the Life and Mana of the Sea Snake Emperor, while also using Evil Eye of Distortion to inflict small yet deep wounds over the alreadyrge wounds in the Sea Snake Emperor''s head! Iris nced at Noah rather worried, but decided to obey her beloved master, as she ran over the monster''s body alongside Adamantine, the two wild girls unleashed all of their powers, their phantom and shadow ws, and their soul weapons sliced and stabbed through the monster''s wounds, making several scales fall apart! Iris unleashed her Phantom Fox Spirits over the Sea Snake Emperor, as the phantom fox spirits exploded and fused into the Sea Snake Emperor''s body, turning into tattoos that started to weaken and slow down the beast''s strength and speed! Meanwhile, Sakura generated a new technique with her Ability, concentrating the freezing winds produced by her Blood Core Battery over her as long spears of ice, firing them towards the beast while using the cannons on her hands and the long mechanical de to slice through the creature! Sugar generated Blight des, prating the monster''s flesh and causing deep and bloody wounds, the beast roared, shaking the entire ce, and making more and more roars, it tried to manipte water, but it did it very badly, its head was spinning around, it was about to fall! Big Sis then emerged, shapeshifting herself into her spider-like form and using herrge cannons to fire countless Light Bullets and also using her Shadow Sneak to hit the creature''s body with! "Grroooowl¡­!" Suddenly, the Sea Snake Emperor''s entire body began to be shrouded in some kind of azure aura, its eyes zing with this bright light! "It activated some kind of ability?!" said Arthur while feeling confused. "It seems to have gained some strength, it''s manipting the water again!" said Timassa, firing a barrage of thunder attacks and making the beast back down a few centimeters, as she and the rest of the party stepped down before being crushed by dozens of currents of pressurized water! "Damn it!" said Arthur in frustration, they almost had it! He would have made Noah very proud of him if they could manage to defeat the beast without any more of his assistance, but it seemed that he needed to grow stronger for such a thing to happen yet. "Good work weakening him, attack from the sides, let''s finish it off!" said Noah, valiantly flying up into the sky as his entire body was shrouded on his own blood, which he manipted and transformed into a venomous and cursed blood armor by fusing the effects of Poisonous Blood, Blood Curse, and Blood Armor together! Noah also merged Poisonous Blood and Blood Curse alongside Blood Weapon Creation, shaping them as giant weapons such as des, spears, and naginata, firing them as projectiles over the Sea Snake Emperor in batches of dozens of them! Boom! Boom! Boom! And just after that, Noah made them detonate when they had prated deep into the flesh through Blood Combustion! "GRRAWL!" The Sea Snake Emperor roared fiercely, as it desperately hanged into life, moving its jaws towards Noah, as he quickly evaded it with a single use of Crimson sh, moving to the side like a sh of red colors! FLASH! CLASH! The enormous jaws of the Sea Snake Emperor closed right beside Noah, as Noah could only smile by the exhration and danger of this fight! Noah quickly used Crimson sh once more, reaching the monster''s head, as the Sea Snake felt weakened by the attacks of his allies, Noah found the perfect moment to strike it down, generating a giant crimson spear! However! The Sea Snake eyes shed with bright light, as it seemed to generate a powerful stream of pressurized water, sending it straight towards Noah! FLASH! However, Noah was not going to fall for the same trick, as he suddenly fell to the ground by deactivating his Flight Skill, pushing himself further down through Crimson sh, and managing to evade the enormous stream of pressurized water in time! BOOM! The water fell into the ground, sting arge piece of the floor away, as Noah quickly activated Flight once more and took a bit more speed through Crimson sh! sh! "GRROOWL- GRAH¡­!" The Sea Snake was about to try and munch Noah away, but was stopped by a powerfulbination attack from all of Noah''s subordinates, which made it groan in pain for a few moments! Noah smiled, as he finally reached the Sea Snake Emperor atst! Using Crimson sh once more, he rushed like a crimson meteor towards the Sea Snake Emperor''s head, shaping all of the blood he had left into arge and pointy crimson spear! "Growl-" CLASH! The sharp blood spear prated through the monster''s bone, cracking the skull, shattering it into pieces, and opening it as the brains inside were revealed, which exploded all over the ce! Noah covered himself on blood and brain as he smiled wickedly as if he had be a mad crimson demon! "GROOOOOOOOOWL¡­!" The Sea Snake cried in agony, as its entire head was sted into pieces by Noah''s final attack, its body was then slowly shrouded in darkness, as it all turned into ck smoke and disappeared! Poof! Ssh! Noah''s weakened body fell into the water, as arger chest than usual greeted his sight¡­ Using thest remaining strength within him, Noah moved towards the chest and grabbed it, saving it inside of his Dimensional Storage Ring and then swimming to the surface, where he rested over the floor. There, he saw all of his subordinates resting and gasping for air, they all did their best, exceeding their limits to the point of being exhausted with Mana, if they were not Vampiric beings, their heads would be about to explode due to the headache. "N-Noah-sama¡­ you did it¡­" said Iris. "Phew¡­ that was¡­ hellish¡­" sighed Arthur. "Will we have to fight such enormous monsters every time we want to increase our Ranks? Oh, Gods¡­" sighed Timassa. "But as long¡­ as we do it together¡­ I think we can triumph¡­" said Jon. "Hungry¡­ hungryyyyy¡­" sighed Adamantine, barely being able to move. "Good work¡­" said Noah, ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 79 - Soul Weapon Upgrade ----- Noah and the rest of the group began to collect all the Cores they acquired from defeating the Sea Snake Emperor. Because the Boss was inside of the pool of water, all the cores it dropped ended deep within the water, and the entire group had to get in and collect the Cores slowly¡­ However, after a few minutes, it was done¡­ Noah gathered with his subordinates, as most of them began to dry out their clothes. Others such as Arthur started to roast therge pieces of meat dropped by the Sea Snake Emperor that did not turn into ck smoke because they were separated from some time from the main body of the creature while it was still alive, bing ''Dropped Items'' instead. The same happened for other monsters, such as their ws, fangs, and other things. However, such materials from low-ranked monsters such as E-Rank Monsters were often not sold for much¡­ but when it came to a Hidden boss-type monster such as the Sea Snake Emperor¡­ it was a different deal. Aside from the delicious, red-colored meat, there was also the hard skin and a few dozen chitinous scales, which shined brightly with azure green metallic colors, Arthur could not help but think that they could make a beautiful shield and a set of armor that could be sold rather expensively, especially if it inherited some of the power from the Sea Snake Emperor. There were also its Fangs, which wererge and incredibly sharp, and just as hard as the scales. "Amazing, we did a good job, especially by how we tore it apart, it dropped so many body parts before dying that a lot of them, instead of turning into ck smoke, became Dropped Items! We really hit a jackpot here!" said Arthur. "Indeed, all these could sell pretty well, or well, we can also use them for our equipment," said Timassa. "I am going to grab two scales and a fang," said Noah, as he extended his Soul Weapon and used it to absorb the materials! Aside from having absorbed the materials, Noah had also eaten the soul of the Sea Snake Emperor with his Soul Weapon, as it suddenly gained a new ability too! Noah had been eating souls with it for some time now, but the stats it gained were not much after eating a bunch, but the quality of the soul of the Sea Snake Emperor was good enough for the Soul Weapon to receive a considerable boost in power! [Fierce Crimson Bone w (E-Rank)] [Soul Weapon] [Attack Power: 36] [Durability: 34] [Mana Capacity: 17] [Skill(s): [Soul Weapon: - (E)], [Blood sh: - (E)], [Self-Regeneration: - (E)], [Blood Absorption: - (E)], [Soul Eating: - (E)], [Crimson Sea Snake Emperor: - (E)] (New!) "A new Skill¡­ what does this do?" wondered Noah, which saw a new Skill within his Soul Weapon, acquired after the weapon ate the soul, scales, and fang of the Sea Snake Emperor. sh! Suddenly, from within the bony crimson ws, a serpentine creature emerged from it, seemingly made entirely out of crimson water, although it was not blood, it had a crimson aura! The creature seemed to be some kind of familiar-type summon monster, it had its own health and could be destroyed, however, it would regenerate after a cooldown if destroyed. Noah could use it to attack, entangle enemies even easily, bite, and other things, or even coat his own body with it to acquire a small boost in power. After seeing Noah''s new power, Arthur and the rest seemed amazed. "Amazing¡­ Noah-sama, you acquired this by absorbing the Sea Snake Materials? We can also absorb them for our Soul Weapons¡­ I didn''t think about that¡­" said Arthur, who only had profited on his mind. "I would rmend all of you to strengthen your Soul Weapons using these materials too. Although generating profits is important, you should receive a nice boost in power through this for the moment," said Noah. "Noah-sama is right, Arthur, don''t think so much about money, we can make some moreter, let''s absorb them!" said Iris, as she grabbed arge scale and a fang, letting her knife absorb them. "Sigh¡­ I guess you''re right, I was thinking too much about it that I forgot about the most obvious thing to do¡­ Anyways, let us do it, I believe there are enough for everyone," said Arthur. After a bit more, all those with Soul Weapons upgraded their stats a bit through absorbing the materials, but unlike Noah they did not acquire new Skills, this was mostly because Noah''s Soul Weapon was able to eat souls. Nheless, their weapons became stronger¡­ however, Big Sis, Sakura, and Sugar nced at the fangs and scales left with a bit of voraciousness. "C-Can we eat these leftovers?" asked Sakura. "Oh.. right¡­ you can eat them, right?" asked Arthur. Sakura, Sugar, and Big Sis had the power to absorb magic materials and items to increase their power, these items dropped from such a strong monster were bound to increase their power a bit, it was as if they had be¡­ Soul Weapons themselves. And then, Noah realized it. "They are really like Soul Weapons, have you not realized?" he said. "Oh right¡­ So that is what happened! They became Soul Weapons but as Robots¡­ that''s really a bit insane," said Arthur. "Indeed, but isn''t it good? So they can grow at our side!" said Iris. "Even as something akin to Soul Weapons, they cannot use the System, which is a pity. It would be the best if they could grab any type of power they could," said Timassa. "I agree¡­" said Jon. "Go ahead, you can pay me back by working extra hard tomorrow," said Noah, as Sakura, and Sugar smiled like silly little girls, while Big Sis nodded happily. The three robots quickly absorbed the leftover materials, as the materials turned into particles of light and strengthened their Blood Core Batteries! All three of them felt as if their bodies and the magic circuits inside of them were rushing with new power, their own self-upgrading ability was now triggering, as the three beautiful robots underwent a small qualitative change! Their bodies became slimmer and a bit taller in Sakura and Sugar''s case, while Big Sis became less packed with stuff and became slimmer. Their eyes became brighter and their presence stronger. "W-What is happening?" asked Sakura in surprise, as the light dissipated, her body seemed to have upgraded itself a bit as if she had evolved! "Me too¡­ Was I this taller?" asked Sugar in surprise. "It seems that this new power has even given us the power to self-upgrade ourselves into higher models¡­ How wonderful," said Big Sis, checking her more ''realistic'' body shape, which was slimmer and slenderer, even her facial expressions became more clearer over her gray and ck colored metallic face. "So they can¡­ even evolve¡­ this is¡­ the power of the Blood Core Batteries they got, right?" asked Arthur. "Indeed, it should be! I cannot exin it otherwise¡­" said Iris. "Amazing, Noah-sama! You''ve even let the robots upgrade so much!" said Timassa. "Powerful¡­" said Jon while admiring the three robots'' stronger magic presence. The Blood Progenitor had seen this through Noah''s eyes and was raging in anger, he couldn''t believe that these strange synthetic beings had evolved thanks to his powers! It was taboo for him! Even though it waspletely nonsensical and stupid, so Noah ignored his baby rants. "Good, now let''s pack things up and leave," said Noah. "What hour is it?" wondered Iris. "It''s¡­ 12 PM?! That is a lot of time¡­ And at which hour we entered here? At like 7 Am? We spent a lot of time inside¡­" sighed Arthur. "Yeah, but now, we have enough Cores to raise to D-Rank!" said Timassa. "How many did we even collect?" wondered Noah. "Around¡­ over five hundred¡­ no way, that''s a lot¡­" said Arthur. "Even then, when we divide it between all of us, it bes almost enough¡­ Nheless, we will be D-Rank now, we are one more step closer from freedom¡­" said Noah, the ''freedom'' he talked about was bing B-Rank and then finally having the freedom of being strong and not controlled by others! Now that everything was done for today, Noah decided to go back to Arthur''s manor, take a bath and then go have some ''entertainment'' to increase the morale of his subordinates! "So where are we going?" wondered Arthur. "I thought you were the expert on this, lead us to a nice restaurant that we can afford, everyone, deserves a break from time to time," said Noah. ----- Chapter 80 - D-Rank! New Skills! Old Skill Awakening! ----- After reaching the manor, Noah and his party decided to take a bath and rest for a few minutes, getting ready to have some fun and rx tonight. After the bath and while dressing for tonight, Noah decided to absorb the Attribute Cores and Ability Cores he acquired. The glowing spherical jewels seemed to release a strong magical aura, resonating with his Blood Core. Noah decided to absorb them all at the same time, putting his hands over them and turning them all into light particles, which were absorbed by his body. Noah felt the enormous and exhrating amount of energy rushing through his body, flowing through his veins, muscles, bones, and more, and then reaching his Blood Core. At that time, he quickly began to use the Cultivation Technique he learned from the Blood Core, manipting these absorbed energies, and making them go across his body over and over again, always reaching the Blood Core for these energies to condense and then be sent back to the body. Like this, Noah continued for a few minutes, until he felt like he used all these energies correctly, feeling a powerful rush of power¡­ his muscles and bones strengthened, and his mind became clearer and vaster¡­ even his soul seemed to have berger and more ethereal. "This is the power¡­ of a D-Rank, isn''t it?" he thought, as he noticed new system notifications. Ding! [The [Undying Body: 100 (A)] Skill has awakened into the [Immortal Body: 1 (S)] Skill!] Ding! [The [Champion''s Great Perseverance: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Unyielding Blood Demon: 1 (B)] Skill!] Ding! [The [Telepathy: 100 (D)] Skill has awakened into the [Fartalk: 1 (B)] Skill!] Three Skills have awakened! This was thanks to the energy Noah absorbed and then cultivated through his Blood Core, the Skills had already reached 100 in proficiency, and were waiting for some qualitative change to ur on Noah''s Blood Core to finally awaken into their next level! "Immortal Body, Unyielding Blood Demon, and Fartalk¡­" said Noah while reading the Skills descriptions. Immortal Body was the powerful evolved version of Undying Body, it did not only granted Noah the power to regenerate lost limbs or entire parts of his body when he lost them, but it granted him the power to withstand an attack that could otherwise kill him with 1 Health Point per day, this could also apply to a wound on his brain, which he had already considered that could be a game over. Aside from this, it also gave him the ability to not need blood to fully regenerate now, however, Blood was still good to enhance the speed of the regeneration and bring back energy and mana. Nheless, this power waspletely broken! Not even S-Rank Hunters could recover limbs so fast like this, even less survive a lethal attack with a single point of health per day¡­ Noah was indeedpletely shattering anymon sense that hunters might even have, thankfully for them, he had not yet revealed his true powers to the world, and whenever he nned to do so, he would already be strong enough. The Champion''s Great Perseverance Skill awakened into the Unyielding Blood Demon Skill, which seemed to be an upgraded version of the former Skill, bringing an even greater boost in all stats when used, as long as constant mana was poured into the Skill activation, Noah would gain +100 to all his stats, already getting into the mid-D-Rank category by simply using it! He could only wonder how many stats it could bring if the Skill were to awaken once more¡­ Ast but not least, Telepathy has awakened into Fartalk, the power to talk through telepathy with someone even from very far away ces, it seemed to have literally no range now, and Noah could even speak with someone at the other side of the globe if he wanted! ¡­As long as there was some connecting with him and such a person, of course, so he was not able to just talk randomly with someone on the other side of the world. Nheless, this was like a literal telephone made into a Skill, something that many people would wish to have! Noah smiled, pleasant by the new boost on his Skills, he decided to check his Attribute Panel. [Noah] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level II: Vampire Noble] [Vitality: 150] [Mind: 150] [Force: 150] [Skill Points: 15] [Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Immortal Body: 1 (S)], [Eviscerating Crimson ws: 31 (B)], [Vampiric Blood Control: 30 (B)], [Blood Weapon Creation: 41 (B)], [Unyielding Blood Demon: 1 (B)], [Fartalk: 1 (A)], [Blood Soul: 72 (A)], [Blood Flow eleration: 74 (C)], [Blood Sacrifice: 72 (C)], [Blood Retribution: 73 (C)], [Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis: 62 (C)], [Poisonous Blood: 50 (C)] [Blood Curse: 47 (C)], [Blood Armor: 41 (C)], [Blood Potion: 34 (C)], [Blood Combustion: 41 (C)], [Flight: 51 (B)] [Mist Form: 23 (C)], [Blood Core Creation: 42 (C)], [Crimson sh: 33 (C)] "Good¡­ 150 in each attribute value is what I wanted, now, to 300!" thought Noah, his smile showing the strong conviction and diligence he had towards aplishing his goals! He desired power more than anything, so he could be given the freedom to do as he pleased! Noah quickly decided to calm down, as he red at the Ability Cores harvested today. The Hunters that he and his subordinates carefreely killed before entering the ursed Water Temple had dropped some F-Rank Cores, which were also present in here, alongside 6 E-Rank Cores, making it 2 F-Rank Cores and 6 E-Rank Cores! With this, he should be sure to acquire at least one or two Skills on his Skill Tree. Noah quickly decided to absorb them and convert them into Skill Points. Ding! [You Exchanged 6 [Ability Core (E)] and 2 [Ability Core (F)] for 240 Skill Points!] With this, Noah had 255 Skill Points if the 15 he had saved from his previous Ability Core absorption ritual were added! With this, Noah immediately opened his Skill Tree, ring at what he could now get. [Level: II] [Vampire Noble (60/60)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Blood Core Creation (50/50)], [Crimson sh (55/55)], [Vampiric Drain (0/60)] Additional Abilities (II): [Blood Frenzy (0/70)], [Vampiric Wings (0/75)], [Crimson Aegis (0/80)] Additional Abilities (III): [Blood Storage (0/90)], [Blood Servant (0/95)], [Blood Pact (0/100)] "Perfect, I can get three Skills with this!" thought Noah, immediately exchanging the Skill Points for new Skills. Ding! [You have exchanged 60 Skill Points] [You have unlocked the [Vampiric Drain: 1 (C)] Skill!] Ding! [You have exchanged 70 Skill Points] [You have unlocked the [Blood Frenzy: 1 (C)] Skill!] Ding! [You have exchanged 75 Skill Points] [You have unlocked the [Vampiric Wings: 1 (C)] Skill!] Noah felt his mind acquire new knowledge and information about these three new Skills, as he smiled maliciously! These three Skills would bring him a nice boost to his power and strength, and also mobility! Vampiric Drain was a skill simr to Jon''s Life Sap or Evil Eye of Phantom Pain, which could drain away Life and Mana from the targets that Noah touched. He could use this inbination with his ws attacks, shing through his enemies while also sucking away any life and mana they could have left! This Skill also seemed to enhance the ability to drain and manipte blood from living targets, making Noah''s work even more smooth. The Blood Frenzy Skill gave Noah the power to enter into a frenzied and insane state, simr to Iris Berserk Mode or Adamantine''s Insatiable Appetite, he would be an insatiable beast, which would increase his Vitality and Force Attribute Values depending on how strong his fury and hunger is, however, this Skill would also begin to slowly drain away Noah''s life, so he could not use it carefreely! Aside from this, the Skill needed arge amount of Blood for activation, however, Noah had no problem with that, as he had umtedrge amounts of Blood inside of his Blood Sphere already. Nheless, it was an amazing Skill, and if used in conjunction with other Skills such as the Unyielding Blood Demon, Noah could bring himself to even greater levels of power. Andst but not least, Vampiric Wings let Noah generaterge, ck-colored bat-like wings from his back, enormous and rather demonic, he was able to p them around and maneuver even better while flying, this Skill coupled with Flight and Crimson sh could bring Noah to amazing levels of speed while flying! With this, Noah felt satisfied for the day, and waited for his subordinates to be ready, however, as he rested over the bed, he suddenly fell asleep¡­ ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 81 - A Talk With Myself ----- Noah suddenly found himself in a ce ofplete darkness. He had begun to think about what just happened. He was just waiting patiently for his subordinates to get ready, and he suddenly fell asleep. And here he was¡­ Was this a dream? Or was this something else? He nced around him, as he found just darkness¡­ But he noticed that his body was the same, even though it now felt¡­ weightless and ethereal. He walked through this space, as he suddenly found a strange distortion within the darkness. He kept walking towards it, and then, it appeared. "Me?" muttered Noah. What Noah met was¡­ himself. Perhaps it reflected himself? Or was it really just him in two different ces? No, this was different. The reflection of Noah walked a few steps back, a bit surprised as well. "Are you my reflection?" asked Noah curiously. "I¡­ No, I am Noah¡­" said Noah''s reflection. "How can there be two of us?" asked Noah. "I¡­ I do not know¡­ But it feels odd. You''re¡­ me?" asked Noah''s reflection. "I am myself, and you''re you. We are different, even if we look alike," said Noah. "No, I am pretty sure that you''re me," said Noah''s reflection. "Exin yourself, I am not in the mood for this dream''s tomfoolery. Is this a trick made by Drac or something?" asked Noah. "Drac? No, he''s there, looks," said Noah''s reflection, pointing at the left, where Noah noticed that within the darkness, enormous ck chains and tentacles were entangling the figure of a tall and proud Vampire, although he seemed just angry. "Noah? And¡­ another Noah? What kind of nightmare is this?" he asked. "Hmph. So this is not a trick? Then what is the meaning of this?" asked Noah. "I think I got it. We used to be fused together, but somehow, we separated into different Wills¡­" said Noah''s reflection. "Hm? You mean¡­ Oh," said Noah. "Yeah¡­ I am your human side, Noah. And you are¡­ well, my new side, the Vampire Noah," said Noah''s reflection with a gentle smile. "What kind of stupid joke is this?" sighed Noah. "There''s no joke¡­" sighed Noah''s reflection, he had a hard time with Vampire Noah. "This is ridiculous, you cannot even do aplete transition to being a Vampire, so your own Soul has separated your mind into two wills¡­ Your Human Emotions, just kill them already! There is no need to be humane anymore, embrace the darkness, Noah! Use your bare hands and strangle him! Kill him! Kill him and you will be able to finally be¡­ like me! Don''t you want strength? Power? Well, there is none of that if you keep such a ridiculous thing as emotions with you!" roared the Blood Progenitor. "Are you ordering me around, Drac? I do whatever I want, now begone, you''re an annoying eyesore," said Noah, waving his hand as the Blood Progenitor faded away within the darkness. "Agh! You damn brat!" roared the Blood Progenitor as he disappeared¡­ for the moment. "Phew, good thing you''re still me," said Noah''s reflection. "I see how it is, so you are simply a part of myself. There is no need to neglect my own self. That''s something that only a fool would do¡­" said Noah. "Good words, it would have¡­ been bad if you tried to kill me. You know that I am a part of your mind right? I think Drac wanted you to destroy me so your very mind and soul would be weakened¡­ like that, he would have managed to take over you, maybe," said Noah''s reflection. "I see. I did not know such a n, I was simply annoyed by his edginess," said Noah. "Oh yeah he gets pretty toxic sometimes, that guy¡­" sighed Noah''s reflection. "So? What do you want now?" asked Noah. "I wanted you to¡­ tell you something," said Noah''s reflection. "What is it?" asked Noah. "Don''t neglect your emotions so much¡­" said Noah''s reflection. "Hm¡­ You are me. So you want me to ept you?" asked Noah. "By epting me, you are also epting yourself," said Noah''s reflection. "You are quite nd, and your way of speech is not direct. I mean no offense, but I cannot be you anymore. I have changed, my entire nature is different¡­" said Noah. "I understand¡­ But even then, I am the Human side that is also part of you. I believe that we have to work together with some more. And I have already seen that you have considered me when you invited your subordinates to rx, that was good," said Noah''s reflection. Noah sighed. "Very well, but don''t get carried away," said Noah, as he touched the right shoulder of his reflection. "Thanks. Also, you should really ept Iris''s feelings, I am pretty sure that you like her," said Noah''s reflection, putting his hand over Noah''s left shoulder. "Is it really worth my time?" asked Noah. "Making yourself and her happy is already something important. You want her happy, don''t you?" asked Noah''s reflection. "¡­" Noah seemed to have fallen silent, as his crimson eyes nced at the dark floor. "It is hard, I know. Do not worry, I get you, after all, you are me and I am you¡­ Let''s do this together," said Noah''s reflection. "You''re asking a lot from me, but after all, you are indeed just me¡­ Very well. Neglecting myself will only damage my own sanity¡­ Although, I have long ago dived deep into the abyss of insanity," sighed Noah. "But even then, you still possess the sanity to be someone great. We are two sides of the same coin," said Noah''s reflection. "Heh. You''re such a hypocrite, I guess, you are indeed me," sighed Noah. "Well yes," said Noah''s reflection, with a warm smile that Noah could not do anymore. Both of them looked at each other. Noah''s reflection or Noah''s Human Side was the same appearance as his human form, healthy and bright, meanwhile, Noah''s current self was pale, his eyes gleamed with crimson light, and his hair was white, covered by darkness¡­ Yet, they were one. As Noah epted each part of his self, a change urred within Noah''s Soul. sh! Ding! [You unlocked the [Parallel Mind Thought Processing: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Blood Soul: 100 (A)] Skill has awakened into the [Yin and Yang Crimson Soul: 1 (S)] Skill!] Noah''s eyes opened, as he felt anew. His Soul had awakened! This strange dream was something he needed to finally awaken! And now, his Soul had be Yin and Yang Crimson Soul! Noah could feel that his soul had now darkness and light within, rotating constantly as if it were in perfect bnce. He now understood it, his Human Side represented his Yang, while Noah''s current self was Yin. To finally awaken his soul and reach a new level of Soul existence, he needed to ept both the bright and the dark side of his own self. No being in the world would ever have only one side, as even one side that can have some of the other sides. Like this, by epting both, Noah''s soul had awakened into something even greater. He could feel it! His Soul seemed vast, and flew constantly as if it were a river! Not only could it be used as Blood now, but he believed that he could use it even more and better, without generally exhausting it as much. And other than that¡­ "Parallel Mind Thought Processing¡­?" Noah had acquired a new A-Rank Skill named Parallel Mind Thought Processing, which brought a new way for his mind to develop! It was as if his mind had now be two, and now, he could multitask more easily, which could increase his way of fighting even more! With two minds, one could be given the task of moving and controlling the body, while the other could be given the task of using Skills, among other things. And it seemed that as long as the Skill increased its proficiency, more of these parallel minds could be created, so Noah could improve his way of fighting even further beyond! ¡­And perhaps, not only fighting, but in general, he would be even sharper mind, more attentive, and perhaps be capable of learning and teaching others with greater proficiency and easiness, making things even smoother. However, it was not as if Noah would ignore the things he spoke with himself in that dream, after all, that reflection was just himself. "To think that the awakening of my soul would bring such changes¡­ Truly, the path that I am walking through is filled with many challenges¡­ but also with many wonders," sighed Noah, standing up and walking out of his room. ----- Chapter 82 - A Night Of Entertainment And... Passion ----- As Noah was about to walk out of the room, the door opened for him to be greeted by Iris. "Ah, Noah-sama! You are ready? Let us go!" said Iris. Iris was now wearing a beautiful crimson dress, which tightly wrapped her petite yet mature figure, she had a beautiful rose essory above her hair wrapping it into a single and small ponytail. "Very well," said Noah, quickly after, he joined with his Subordinates and then traveled through the city within a flying limousine, which Arthur''s family possessed. Flying through the night of the city, Noah admired the beauty of such a ce, the neon lights everywhere, illuminating the darkness with futuristic wonders. It was as if this world waspletely separated from what he had gone through inside a dungeon, or what he had gone through outside. "I have made reservations for a good restaurant, it would be a nice way to celebrate that all of us had finally reached D-Rank," said Arthur. "I think we are the first in the world to reach D-Rank so fast since we became F-Rank¡­" said Timassa, realizing the amazing feat they all have aplished. "It might be a great feat, but what we desire is much, much higher. Do not settle down with what we have, and keep looking for greater goals," said Noah. "Very true¡­" said Arthur, smiling a bit as he knew that Noah only wanted his subordinates to keep being ambitious, and to not settle down with what they had all aplished, as they had a greater potential for a brighter future. "Noah-sama, what are you going to order? I was thinking of some¡­ meat! I wonder if there will be good meat there¡­" said Iris. "Meat¡­?" asked Adamantine, if she had a tail, she would be waving it right now. "I am sure there will be good meat to satiate your appetite, right, Arthur?" asked Noah. "Well yeah, it is a pricy restaurant, even for my standards! And it actually serves a variety of tes, using meat from high-quality Mutated Beasts hunted through the globe or raised in farms," said Arthur. As the party kept chatting about what they were going to eat and drink, the driver alerted Arthur and the rest that they had finally reached their destination. "Lord Arthur, we are here¡­" said the driver, as he slowlynded on the floor near the restaurant, where the party was greeted by a butler the moment they walked outside of the vehicle. "Sir, do you have a reservation?" it asked politely. "Yes, at the name of Arthur," said Arthur. "Oh, very well then, please¡­ follow me," said the butler, as Noah and the rest of his subordinates followed the butler inside the building, where they were greeted by a beautiful hall filled with round tables and golden seats, many refined people were eating inside, some wearing very expensive-looking suits. There was tranquil, jazz music being yed by some musicians, making the entire atmosphere refined and rxing. Noah and his group sat down around arge table for all six of them to fit in, as Big Sis, Sakura, and Sugar had decided to note, as they were robots and could not eat food, so it was kind of pointless to go there with them. Noah did not insist, so they were left in the manor eating magic crystals and helping the other robots to adapt to their new powers. "Wow, there is such a big list of food¡­" said Iris. "And it is also very expensive¡­" said Jon. "Don''t worry, order all you want, today is a day where we shall enjoy ourselves," said Noah with a mild smile. Noah was smiling! And not because of some malicious act! He was just¡­ honestly smiling. His mild smile ended up charming everyone, who seemed to feel as if their progenitor was really trying his best to please them. "Sure thing!" said Iris and everyone else, as they began to order many things, dozens of varied and colorful tes kepting and going from all shapes and sizes. Alongside this, there were good drinks with them, white and ck wine, which Noah and the rest enjoyed rather well with the rest of the food. Even if some looked immature, all of Noah''s group was 17 and above, which was the legal age for the consumption of alcohol in any Sector. Although Noah had not drunk too much alcohol before, the moment he drank the wine sold in this ce is when he finally discovered his love for it, the fine, delicious, slightly sweet, and mildly bitter ck wine which had an aroma of blueberries enhanced Noah''s senses, making him drink several cups as he enjoyed his tes. "This wine¡­" muttered Noah, ncing at it with surprise. "It is pretty good, isn''t it, Noah-sama?" asked Iris at Noah''s side with a bright smile, she was really having fun now. Noah smiled at her, as he began to think that this was not so bad. Iris, who saw Noah directly smile at her, felt even more charmed by the Vampire man, as she flushed a bit and then continued to eat and chat at his side. Like this, the night continued until veryte, where everyone was already mostly done eating and rather stuffed¡­ Arthur had spent every Credit he had bought for this break, but was thankful that nothing more was spent, as he would have ended up using the money from his father''s credit card. In Sector D and any other Sector, the only currency that existed were Credits, a virtual currency that did not exist physically and was always stored in the ount of any citizen whenever they earned it through working, selling, and more. Forparison, 1 Credit was the same as around 1 Dor, and Arthur ended up using all of his 200.000 Credits in the food and drinks tonight¡­ Indeed, it was a rather expensive restaurant. However, Arthur had called it a ''good'' one, which meant that there were obviously way more expensive ones around¡­ Just imagining the prices of tes from restaurants where S-Rank Hunters attended made Arthur rather dizzy, although maybe the dizziness was because of the alcohol. The party got into the vehicle once more as they were quickly carried back to Arthur''s residence, n the way, Arthur had fallen asleep alongside Adamantine and Jon, so Timassa, Iris, and Noah had to carry them back to their beds¡­ "I-I apologize for Arthur-sama falling asleep¡­ he is weak to alcohol¡­" said Timassa. "Don''t worry about it," said Noah, carrying Jon''s petite body back to his room. After leaving Jon sleeping over his bed, Noah walked back to his room to find Iris sitting above his bed, she was red as a tomato. "Iris? This is my room, you know?" asked Noah. "Y-Yes¡­ I know, Noah-sama¡­ I-I just¡­ wanted to¡­ talk with you a bit¡­" said Iris while averting her gaze from Noah. Noah who had now thought about being more considerate to his subordinate (and only his subordinates) feelings, decided to hear Iris as he sat down on his bed at her side. "Yes? It is ratherte, you should go to sleep, tomorrow we are working as hard as today," said Noah. "I¡­ Well¡­ I just wanted to thank you, Noah¡­" said Iris. "Thank me? I do not think there is anything you should thank me for. I believe I have made you suffer a bit. Well, this is the path you choose," said Noah. "I¡­ I do not think I have suffered¡­ or well, really suffered. And I think that each of such hardships had made me stronger, even if it has only been a week since we met¡­ You have changed my life¡­ for the better, I believe¡­ Even if I have be a monster, I have never been so happy, and I''ve never had so many reliable allies and someone to¡­ follow such as you," said Iris. "Has the alcohol made you more intelligent? This doesn''t sound you like you¡­" said Noah. "I-Is that so? Well¡­ I am just me, and the way I spoke now¡­ It is just me saying what I think¡­ I often am rather simple because I don''t like to overthink things sometimes. But Noah, you have to know that¡­ I am like that too!" said Iris. "¡­I understand," said Noah. "I-I''m d¡­ W-Well¡­ I also¡­ wanted to tell you that¡­ I¡­ I love you¡­ E-Even if it has only been a week¡­ it just has felt like over a month, way more than that¡­ Perhaps the time dtion within dungeons is warping my perception of time or something but¡­ that''s what I believe¡­ Perhaps¡­ I am just being impulsive?" said Iris. "Impulsive¡­ It could be said that you have always been like that since I met you. And perhaps you might never change that way of being, Iris¡­ But I do also have an interest in you, a romantic one, and also am attracted to you. It is hard for me to say it because my mind and nature have been warped when I became a Vampire," sighed Noah. "E-Eh?! R-Really?" asked Iris, ring at Noah with happiness, as a phantom fox tail emerged at her back and began to wave around happily. "¡­Yes. I have had enough of trying to contain my human feelings regarding such things. However, it is left to your judgment if you want to¡­ keep going through this, or if you want more time to know me better. Ipletely understand. And I would also agree on this a bit, we are adults now, and we should treat things more maturely, being impulsive might not be the correct thing to do," said Noah. "I¡­ W-Well¡­ Aw, screw it!" said Iris, as she moved her head towards Noah as her rosy, red lips touched Noah''s lips. Noah felt a little bit startled, however, he noticed that Iris was doing her best to kiss him as best as she could, so he decided to embrace her with his arms, cing her head above the cushions and giving her a deep kiss. Their lips touched each other constantly, as their heavy breath merged within their deep kiss, Iris tongue quickly began to touch Noah''s, as both Vampires began to unleash more and more lust, kissing each other shoulders, or licking and biting each other necks with fervent and steamy passion. Their lips quickly separated, as Noah''s body began to produce a lot of heat as he felt something rising, and this was not Blood Flow eleration''s effect. "Don''t regret your decisionter¡­ I will make you mine tonight¡­" said Noah, as Iris smiled at Noah with a warm smile. "I will never¡­ regret my love to you¡­" she said, as both consummated their utmost desires through the night, as the moonlight covered their nude bodies through their act of love and lust. ----- If you are enjoying this novel please make sure to check my other novel: "My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death"! It has simr genres than Vampire Overlord but it is more about personal growth, the main character changes a lot over time until bing a ruthless anti-hero! Check it out! Chapter 83 - Mysterious Entities... And Wife?! ----- Within the confines of the universe, an enormous structure whose technology was so advanced that Earth''s Magic Technology could only pale inparison slowly moved through the vast cosmos. Inside of such structure, entities wearing mechanical suits and covered in enormous auras that epassed the powers within their transcendental souls, nced at arge holographic projection in front of them. In this projection, arge spherical object hovered. It was Earth. The projection did not only showed Earth as it was, but there were also several blue, red, and ck circles around all of it. These were Gates. Gates, the doors that transported people to other worlds momentarily through the conversion of a certain zone of that world into a Dungeon. People could not stay permanently nor leave the Dungeon and enter the rest of the world they were visiting, so their visit was always brief, ying the monsters within these Dungeons and acquiring Cores and other materials for their own substantiality. However, how could it be possible for these mysterious entities to even be able to detect Gates and even have aplete map of Earth if they had not even visited it? Within the projection, there was also what seemed to be Earth''s Core. It waspletely filled with melting ores of all types, however, within the utmost center, there was arge, enormous jewel of various colors, glowing with immense light and ridiculous amounts of Mana. "It has been 20 years since the System Master began his nourishment of Earth¡­" said one of the entities with a mechanical and bizarre voice. "Indeed. This''s Origin Core connects to arger area of the cosmos which is considered as its own ''World''¡­ However, no other has an Origin Core in all of this gxy except this one." "We must harvest it before the System Master does it, even if it is notpletely ripe enough¡­" "Are you sure? Perhaps we can still begin negotiations with that entity." "No, he is too chaotic to make any negotiations, and it is not like we are as carefree to even speak with such a being¡­ After all, someone that can transcend the fabric of reality is too dangerous¡­ Especially when he is apanied by his friend¡­" "We must hurry, we don''t want him to harvest it first¡­" "That''s right. We might as well begin our invasion, extermination of any annoyance, and extraction of the Core while the System Master is busy dealing with others that are trying to mess with his ns in a Different World." "It is now or never. With this strong Origin Core¡­ I believe we might be able to finally cross through the blockage and reach a higher level of existence!" "Hmph¡­ Perhaps finally bing Star Rank will please our lord¡­" "What is the estimation for our arrival?" "Five Months, one week, and two days." "Hmph, that will be still quite long." "We are traversing the Spatial Layers, and even then, it will be a long trip. After all, we are trying to evade the dangerous Outer Void, as the Overseers might notice us there¡­" "However, we can send some Mechanicals and Raid Beasts for the meantime¡­ And if we send Mana Cores as meteors, the world will begin to be poured with even more Mana, and stronger Gates which these lowly lifeforms have never seen before shall emerge promptly after, quickly bringing their end." "Good. It will be a pleasant sight to see these annoying pestspletely exterminated when we finally arrive to harvest the Origin Core." "Very well then, we shall begin immediately." "Go on¡­" ----- The light of the sun showered Iris and Noah''s nude bodies, as Iris opened her eyes slowly¡­ She nced at her surroundings and found¡­ Noah bare-chested while sleeping at her side, again. However¡­ this time he was not simply bare-chested, as the rest of his body was alsopletely nude. Iris slowly nced at Noah''s body, which she found beautiful on its own way, he was filled withrge scars that were slowly fading away, and his limbs were slender yet sturdy¡­ and below the bedsheets, there was the resting beast that gave her a lot of pleasurest night. By just recalling their night of passion Iris could not help but bepletely red, she still could not believe that they had actually done it and that Noah even loved her back! However, she felt a warmth within her heart as she saw the sleeping face of Noah, a man who was ruthless, cold, and strong, sleeping peacefully and innocently at her side¡­ he had shown her all of his utmost desires and feelings to herst night, a privilege that was only given to her (and only her). She rested over his shoulder as she closed her eyes, putting her legs close to his as her feet touched his, feeling each other warmth while being nude was something that felt very special to her. After a few minutes, Noah''s eyes opened slowly, ncing at the sleeping face of Iris resting above his shoulder. However, unlike before, he did not throw her away or something and simply nced at her. He really had¡­ done it tonight. It felt different now, sharing a bed with Iris and doing passionate intercourse with her had changed his perception of her. However, his mind had many things he needed to do, simply delving into romantic things was not his thing. Thankfully, Iris was not a woman who was particrly ''normal'', and enjoyed fighting and growing stronger as well, so they were both quite the good match. Iris suddenly woke up again as she nced at Noah. "Good morning¡­" she said while blushing. "¡­Good morning. Did you slept well?" asked Noah rather politely and with a gentle tone, surprising Iris, as Noah wouldn''t usually ask others how they were or felt. "A-Ah¡­ Yes¡­ Last night¡­ It was¡­ wonderful¡­ I never thought that you could be so passionate¡­ Noah-sa-" said Iris. "Just call me Noah, Iris. There is no need for formalities," said Noah. "R-Really?" asked Iris. "Indeed. Sharing bed with mest night means more than you imagine. It means that you are in a simr position to me within our family, and others must call you with honorifics now. You''re the... Hm... Wife of the progenitor," said Noah with a mild smile. "Wife?!" asked Iris while blushing. "Indeed, though some ritual or some kind of event or gift should be done or delivered to make it somewhat official..." said Noah. "U-Uwah! So fast!" said Iris. "Not now, though, but something can be arranged at ater date¡­" said Noah. "I-I''m so happy about what happenedst night¡­ It all feels like a dream¡­ I am still wondering if this is real¡­" said Iris. "It is real, Iris¡­" said Noah, kissing Iris''s lips. "Ah¡­ I am¡­ so happy¡­ Noah¡­ do you really¡­ love me back?" asked Iris, her eyes suddenly turning crimson red, as a slight fascination and obsession grew within her heart. However, Noah did not fear such obsession as he did not see the necessity of taking any other woman than Iris in his life, he was not fond of harems or any of such stupid things, and was a man devoted to only one lover. "Yes¡­ I really do, Iris¡­" said Noah, as Iris took the initiative this time, jumping over his chest and kissing him more passionately. Noah was a bit startled by her impulsiveness, but he embraced her with his arms and caressed her smooth pale white skin, grabbing her plump cheeks and thick thighs. "Ah¡­" moaned Iris, as she separated her lips from Noah, then, she suddenly felt something rising beneath her abdomen, the beast that had tamed herst night¡­ "Noah¡­" she muttered while blushing, she began to breathe heavily, as her heart started to beat faster¡­ she seemed to be in the mood for some morning activities. "Shall we seal our bond with some more passion? Let us make up for the time we missed when we had yet to know each other¡­" said Noah with a seductive and possessive smile, grabbing Iris''s delicate chin. "Ahh¡­ Y-Yes¡­" said Iris, as Noah embraced her within the bedsheets, and the bed once more began to resonate loudly as a new session of passionate and steamy mating began¡­ Arthur and Timassa who had woken up and walked into Noah''s room found a messy scene, which made Timassa instinctively close the door. "I-I think they are busy¡­ Arthur-sama¡­" said Timassa while blushing. "Y-Yeah¡­" said Arthur, he was also as red as a tomato¡­ "Aaahh~ Noah! Harder~!" moaned Iris, startling the pair as they quickly ran away from the scene to not disturb their progenitor and his new wife. ----- Chapter 84 - The Vampire Family Misstres ----- As Noah and Iris finished their¡­ issues, they decided to take a quick bath before going downstairs. ¡­However, they got caught in the passion and ended up doing it in the bathroom as well. Arthur and the rest of Noah''s subordinates who were already having breakfast downstairs seemed all a bit flustered as they heard their master doing love to their new mistress, however, they felt relieved when they finally were done and walked downstairs¡­ Iris seemed brighter than ever, however, Noah seemed with the same serious and expressionless face, he was bad at showing how he truly felt at times. "G-Good morning, Noah-sama¡­" said Arthur. "Good¡­ morning." Said Noah as he sat down on his usual seat, while Iris sat down at his side and hugged his arm while rubbing her face on his shoulder. "Today is¡­ a nice day¡­." Said Timassa. "Indeed¡­" said Noah. "T-The food is¡­ good¡­" said Jon. "Yes, I can see it¡­" said Noah. "Master!" said Adamantine. "¡­What?" asked Noah. "Master and Mistress¡­ mated like rabbits!" said Adamantine. "¡­" Noah was left speechless. "W-Well¡­ Yes, fufu¡­ B-But keep that a secret!" said Iris while blushing. "I-It is¡­ clearly not a secret we all know about it¡­" said Arthur. "N-Noah-sama¡­ eerr¡­ will Iris¡­ be your mistress?" asked Jon. "I was¡­ also wondering the same¡­" said Timassa. The environment was too awkward at the moment, and Noah did not know what to do other than to answer as he always does, direct and cold. "Yes. Iris, from this day on, is my... well, future wife, and the mistress of the family. Make sure to treat her with due respect. Any disrespectful behavior is an insult to me as well, bear that in mind from now on," said Noah, he really didn''t mean to sound rude, but he was too serious about it. "Fufu, don''t worry, all of you can treat me as always! After all, you are all my good friends¡­ I am just happy that Noah has epted my feelings¡­" said Iris while blushing. "I can see that he epted more than that¡­" said Arthur, as Noah red at him rather sharply, making him almost jump out of his chair. "S-Sorry!" said Arthur. "Hehe, it doesn''t matter¡­ I-I never thought that Noah¡­ would be so energetic¡­" said Iris. "Iris, it would be better if you could omit such remarks¡­ Anyways, let us start today''s ns!" said Noah. "ns¡­ Well, Noah-sama, now that we are D-Rank, you said that you were going to see my parents," said Arthur. "¡­Right. I had that in mind. Yes." said Noah. Arthur gave a bitter smile as he imagined that his Master had his mind a bit elsewhere after having so much¡­ intercourse. Although he probably was just thinking about going to a D-Rank Dungeon and farm Cores. "I-I want to congratte you two for having¡­ consumed your love, I will make sure to serve both of my Masters from now on," said Timassa politely. "Oh yeah, me too, sorry for my attitude," sighed Arthur. "I am¡­ happy¡­" said Jon. "Babies!" said Adamantine, as she startled Noah and Iris with a single word! Noah seemed a bit worried about this¡­ However, Iris nced at Noah with a wide smile as her crimson eyes shined brightly¡­ "Baby¡­" said Iris. "¡­We can discuss that topic for another¡­ time. For now, let us enjoy breakfast," said Noah. "Sure thing!" said Iris, as everyone seemed to rx after the awkward moment and things went back to the usual atmosphere. However¡­ Iris was now very¡­ mellow with Noah. "Here, say ''aaah''!" said Iris, pointing a piece of juicy steak stuck into a fork towards Noah. "Iris, there is no need for this. I can feed myself¡­" said Noah. "B-But this is what couples do!" said Iris. "Iris, we are not a¡­ conventional couple," said Noah. "Buh¡­" sighed Iris, as her crimson eyes nced at the floor, Noah could not help but sigh. "(Just how much does she want to ridicule me? ¡­But fine, just this once)" thought Noah, as he opened his mouth a bit, which Iris immediately answered by feeding him the piece of meat. "T-They are truly¡­ quite the close¡­" said Arthur. "I-I am happy for them¡­" said Timassa. "Anyways¡­ Have all of you reached D-Rank, right?" asked Noah. "Yeah, I am D-Rank!" said Arthur. "Me too. There is one stat that hasn''t reached 150, but the others did," said Timassa. "Hm. D-Rank," said Jon. "D-Rank?" asked Adamantine. "Adamantine, D-Rank is when the numbers of your Attribute Panel are 150," said Noah, as he checked her status and found that she had 150 in two of them, which was enough to be D-Rank. As long as one single stat reached the number benchmark, the Hunter would be qualified to be of that Rank, even if the other Attribute Values numbers were lower than the required number. Such Rank was made because Hunters usually specialized in one or two attributes, and were not good all-rounders like Noah. "I am¡­!" said Adamantine. "Good girl!" said Iris, petting Adamantine''s head, as behind Adamantine''s back, a tail made of shadows with a pointed end began to wave like a puppy, Noah could not help but remember Iris who also did this when he showed her affection¡­ Were Iris and Adamantine not so different? Noah did not want to say that out loud, so he kept such thoughts for himself. "We should be able to get all of you to 150 in all Attribute Values by going to the next Dungeon, but for now let us spend some time with your parents, just so you can stop annoying me about it," said Noah. "Yes, thank you! They are very excited to meet you¡­" said Arthur. After the breakfast, Noah, and everyone else walked out of their manor and went towards Arthur''s parent''s manor, as they were greeted by servants in the entrance, most of the servants of Arthur''s parents were half-subhuman, who were adopted from orphanages at a young age and educated by the manor''s old servants, Timassa was a half-subhuman, which showed itself on the cat-like tail she hides beneath her skirt. Timassa was bought into the manor from a young age, and since she was a little girl that she was assigned to the shy and little Arthur, apanying him through his entire life, their bond was obviously very strong, and Arthur often treated her as a part of his family. Entering therge manor, Arthur led his group through the corridors, reaching arge room where his parents were. "Oho, so here they are¡­ Noah, right?" asked Arthur''s father, a short man of almost the same stature as his son, who had a fat belly and a funny-looking blonde mustache. "Oh my, Arthur finally brought his friends¡­ It is a pleasure to meet all of you," said Arthur''s mother, a beautiful and radiant woman with silky ck hair and aquamarine eyes, with a slim and slender figure. Arthur''s father''s name was Aran Strongarm, and his mother''s name was Bellice Silvermoon, although she gained the Strongarm surname after marrying Aran, so Arthur''s entire name was Arthur Strongarm Silvermoon. "It is a pleasure to meet the parents of my good friend. I am Noah, as you might have guessed. She is Iris, my¡­ fianc¨¦e. Then there is Adamantine, and Jon," said Noah. "Hello, it is nice to meet Arthur''s parents," said Iris politely. "Nice¡­ to meet¡­. You¡­" muttered Adamantine, mustering words as hard as she could. "A pleasure to meet my friend''s parents¡­" said Jon. Arthur''s parents were surprised by their son''s friends, who seemed to be very polite, something they did not particrly expect of people that were of a lower social ss than them, but it seems that should have expected better from their son''s friends. "You have done a good job in finding such polite and strong friends, Arthur. Please, everyone,e to our side, let us share some teatime, make sure to tell me all the amazing things my son has done! I bet he must be more valiant inside dungeons than he seems outside, right? Fufu,"ughed Arthur''s mother. "Indeed, I can''t wait to hear my son''s amazing prophecies!" said Arthur''s father. Although Arthur was not at all someone that cked off at battle, he was a supporter, and what he could do in battle is support his allies so monsters could be in more easily, but he¡­ did not particrly take down any monster by himself. However, Noah was willing to lie for his friend and subordinate, as he began to tell a bunch of fantastical events that never happened, or that Noah himself did to surprise Arthur''s parents¡­ ----- Chapter 85 - The Crystal Family Schemes ----- Within the residence of the Crystal Family, the notice of Emerald''s presumed death impacted the family greatly. Although they had never expected their son to truly die due to his talents, and would always believe that he could be surviving somewhere else, Emerald''s father, Granite Crystal, knew that this was¡­ the truth. It was all thanks to the special essory he possessed, which connected to his son''s vitality signals, something rather normal for rich aristocratic families to give to their young Hunter children. Emerald was a young man filled with talents and great Skills, and he was always at the side of his friend, so Granite could have never expected his son to suddenly be murdered¡­ Even more, because he did not know about the schemes and ns of the government within the military school, who nned to filter the strongest students and incentive them to kill each other without the consent of their parents for such barbaric acts. Especially because they wanted to seek a new batch of Soldiers, which the government of Sector D was trying to amass for the imminent war that was approaching against Sector B for resources and territory, as Sector D and Sector B have been battling against each other for the ownership of arge area within the wastnds whose deep and dark caves were filled with valuable Magic Crystals of high qualities, something that was usually very rare within Earth, as most Magic Crystals were harvested from Dungeons, and after C-Rank, Dungeons would be too dangerous to safely harvest them. However, Magic Crystals from higher Ranks, even up to A-Rank had been seen and extracted from these underground mines, which both Sectors wanted for themselves to increase their resources, profit, and more. Although Granite was aware of this dispute, he did not know that such a Military School was so involved with it to the point that the government would do something so ruthless as incentivizing hate and fights to filter suitable and strong soldiers for them¡­ However, through his insiders, he managed to learn an important piece of information¡­ "They saw Emerald enter the same cave as the group of a student named Noah¡­ after the incident, they saw Noah and his group walk out¡­ but Emerald¡­ did note back¡­ and not even his corpse was¡­ left behind¡­" muttered Granite, remembering the bitterness of such a thought. The beloved son he had taught so many things, which he had trained and made stronger through these years, and who he had helped develop his unique ability to this point was now¡­ killed by a nobody¡­ who somehow did not even leave his corpse¡­ It was very obvious why Noah would not leave the corpse there, as it would be more than obvious evidence of the act, so he had saved it alongside the other members of the party inside of the Dimensional Storage Ring, and had cleaned all the blood around through Blood Control, leaving nothing behind to be used as a clue¡­ "Noah¡­ This damn brat¡­ I cannot believe that my¡­ that my Emerald¡­ my boy¡­ would die to this piece of trash! He must have used some¡­ underhanded method to kill my precious son! I cannot¡­ let such a filthy street rat do such an offense to my family¡­ Killing my precious son will only lead to his death! I cannot¡­ bear with the pain of my heart¡­ I need his head below my feet, I want his head at all costs...! I will not rest until¡­ he is exterminated! Servants!" said Granite, as he called upon two butlers. "Yes, Granite-sama," they said at the same time. "Call my children¡­ There will be a meeting¡­ We shall discuss¡­ the extermination of Noah and all those rted to him! We will not rest until we avenge Emerald!" said Granite, as the two butlers who resembled more as ninjas darted out of the room while nodding. sh, sh! Granite''s eyes were filled with sorrow, as he nced through the window into the bright and futuristic city of Sector D¡­ the death of a son to a father could be said to be the most painful thing to ever happen to them, simply thinking about his son would bring him terrible pain on his heart, as if he was running out of air. He sat down on his chair, as the man nced at the photos of his son, remembering all the times he used to be with him, teaching him, guiding him,ughing with him at his side. Granite was so proud of his son, so much as he was the only thing that his wife had left after she died out of an incurable disease within this new apocalyptic world, a disease that often affected people older than 30 years of age, named Mana Cancer. Mana Cancer was provoked when the cells of a person could not properly adapt to the contaminated and high-density Mana flowing through Earth, although some would still awaken Skills, the Mana Cancer would continue to slowly eat the person''s from the inside out, their cells would begin to mutate and degenerate, as the person would slowly turn more¡­ monstrous as if it were bing a Mutated Beast. However, unlike Mutated Beast, the person would not be able to bear with the mutations and would die out quickly after if not well treated¡­ Granite could still remember the death of his wife as if it were yesterday, and how he had left Emerald for him to take care of alongside the rest of his siblings¡­ She was a good mother who had many children, and Emerald was thest one. Granite had met her when the Apocalypse had still not stabilized, and everything was still chaotic when humanity was still fighting for survival¡­ The man began to cry desperately, his sorrow was so big that his proud face resembled that of a pathetic man who had lost his soul¡­ However, his children were soon toe, although Emerald was the youngest and brightest, he still loved each one of them¡­ And wanted to ask them the favor to exterminate Noah and anyone at his side, just to teach him what was to suffer the same things as him. Quickly after, all four of his children had gathered in the same room as Granite. "Father¡­ So Emerald¡­ No¡­ It can''t¡­ it can''t be¡­" cried a petite woman in her early twenties, with short red hair and green eyes, wearing a beautiful crimson dress, she was Ruby, the third daughter of Granite Crystal, a C-Rank Mage-type Hunter. "Who¡­ Who could¡­ have done such a thing¡­ Emerald was so strong¡­ he was destined to be at¡­ our side soon enough! You shouldn''t have let him go to that damned School¡­" muttered a young and slender man in his early-twenties, with short blue hair and iridescent green eyes, Sapphire, the first son of Granite Crystal, a C-Rank Archer-type Hunter. "Emerald¡­ No, Sapphire, this is not the father''s fault. This is our fault. We should have been more attentive to him, more protective¡­ The weight of his death¡­ falls upon our shoulders to bear¡­" sighed a beautiful young woman in her mid-twenties with long green hair and glowing rainbow eyes, Agate, the second daughter of Granite Crystal, a C-Rank Warrior-type Hunter. "I understand why you called us here¡­ father¡­ I can¡­ barely bear in my mind that our little Emerald is now¡­pletely gone¡­ Leave it to us¡­ We will make sure to show that trash¡­ what hell truly is¡­ we will make sure that¡­ he will suffer the most painful of deaths¡­" said a startling beauty with long golden-brown hair and yellow-gold eyes, her figure was slender and beautiful, with wide hips andrge breasts, she was Amber, the first daughter of Granite Crystal, a B-Rank Mage-type Hunter. Granite noticed as his four children unleashed enormous magical auras from within them, they were enraged¡­ incredibly enraged and filled with sorrow¡­ They could barely resist their sorrow and wrath, they needed to avenge their little brother, the one that had brought so much happiness to their lives, the one they loved so much¡­ the one they were so proud of¡­ They needed to exert revenge¡­ To tear apart the one that did this to their brother! To break his spirit¡­ To make him go throughplete hell! To make him understand the pain they had gone through! They would not rest until¡­ they were topletely tear his entire body not pieces and then burn it into ashes as he screamed in agony! This was the only way¡­ They could not do anything else. They could not bring the dead back to life¡­ There was only¡­ the option of appeasing their wrath. Granite dropped some documents and pictures over the table, showing Noah and his party. "There are their names and information¡­ Noah, Iris, Adamantine, Jon, Arthur, and Timassa¡­ What a pity, Arthur might have been from a family which was a bit respected, but nothing I would even care about anymore! If he dared to kill or help to kill my son¡­ I do not care what his position is! The Strongarm family is not near as strong as ours¡­ Bring me his head alongside Noah''s!" said Granite, his face beginning to disfigure as he showed a monstrous and wrathful expression on his face! He was filled with bitterness, with anger, with sorrow! His children could not help but think the same, they wanted to appease their wrath, sorrow, and bitterness, they were frustrated about their own mistakes, and about how it brought Emerald''s end¡­ "Yes, father!" said the four Crystals, their bloodlust emerging like a vicious beast! ¡­However, they did not know that the one they wanted to show hell had already gone through it, and had been reborn as something they would neverprehend. ----- Chapter 86 - New Dungeon Exploration! A Scorching Desert?! ----- After spending most of the morning with Arthur''s parents, Noah and his group were finally freed from their ws¡­ Noah had begun to believe that the ability to speak so much without stopping could be a Skill from Arthur''s mother because the woman literally never stopped asking things, and Noah was trying his best to answer her as much as he could, however, it was rather hard for him to socialize with ''normal'' people¡­ or perhaps it was better to say that it was hard to speak with someone that was constantly bbering so much. The party slowly walked out of the manor as they finally decided to move towards a D-Rank Dungeon when it was around 1 PM, and nned to grind as many Cores as possible¡­ Noah''s goal was obviously to achieve C-Rank now, two steps before reaching B-Rank and finally having enough strength to hold a good position within Sector D. "We are now¡­ two steps closer to B-Rank, Noah, will we really make up a Guild after that?" asked Iris. "Yes, that''s the n¡­" said Noah. "Well, Noah-sama, you also wanted to¡­ kill Fernand and his party, right?" asked Timassa. "Yes¡­ I had thought about it¡­" said Noah while thinking about things. "I wonder if you have nned things through¡­ I know that you freaking hate him after all this time bullying you, Noah-sama¡­ but¡­ doesn''t Fernand have an S-Rank brother? Wouldn''t it be bad to kill him? We might trigger his brother toe for our heads¡­" sighed Arthur. "I had indeed thought about it a lot, and yes. It might be too dangerous to kill him for now. Even if we reach B-Rank and Fernand be but an ant in front of us¡­ there is no worth in killing an ant to provoke a tiger toe after us. Perhaps my revenge can wait until I have at least be an upper A-Rank¡­" said Noah. "That''s good¡­ I was worried that we would be killed by an S-Rank¡­" sighed Arthur. "However, we had to fight someone who also belonged to a big family, Emerald," said Noah. "Ungh¡­ You are right¡­ And the guy was dead-set in killing us because he realized our identities¡­" sighed Arthur. "We could not do much in that situation, we were pressured to fight or die¡­ Escaping was not an option due to their strong long-ranged abilities¡­" said Timassa. "And even if we escaped, the bastard would have tried toe after us sooner orter. This is why I also want to be stronger quickly. His family is also quite popr, as they belong to the Crystal Knights Guild. Although it has few members, he had three C-Rank siblings and a leading B-Rank sister named Amber¡­ This is why¡­ even if today, we have to grind as much as possible even if it implies not resting up to tomorrow morning, I don''t really care if we miss a day at school at this point," said Noah. "That''s right... We could not do anything over Emerald''s intentions¡­ We have to quickly grow stronger if we don''t¡­ want to die!" said Arthur. "Indeed¡­ I will not let them kill any of us! I will always stand at your side, Noah¡­ I will make sure to protect your back!" said Iris. "Thanks, Iris, I will also make sure to look for your back, although I always do that¡­ Anyways, let''s make sure to kill as many monsters as possible. We must reach C-Rank tomorrow morning at all costs! The imminent threat of Emerald''s family is lurking behind us¡­ although just two days had been since then¡­ We cannot rest until we reach B-Rank¡­ Because most likely, they wille for our head¡­ perhaps the entire Guild of Crystal Knights¡­" said Noah. "We have to be stronger¡­ to survive¡­" said Jon, gritting his fists. "Indeed, Jon. This world is filled with dangers, we cannot give ourselves the privilege of resting, not even for a single day," said Noah, as he and his group traveled through the rooftops of the smaller and older buildings of the city, reaching their destination after an hour of traveling, D-Rank Dungeons were more dangerous than the previous ones, and due to being packed with stronger monsters, they requiredrger quantities of mana to emerge. Usually, the government had taken measurements to destroy the dungeons above E-Rank that resided within the inside of the city and had only left any of such dungeons from D-Rank and above whose Boss Rooms were sealed outside the city, or within the outskirts of it, almost at the end. Usually, these ces where were poor people lived, those that could not afford to livefortably in the city and lived in abandoned houses, old buildings, and ruins of the past¡­ only those with strong enough Attribute Values or abilities could one day make it into the big city and explore Dungeons to be stronger and gain money to sustain themselves. However, since some time ago that many of the children within these suburbs have been being recruited into military schools or sent to orphanages until they grew enough to be sent into military schools, such people were Iris and Jon, and well, Noah as well. Within these ces was where there were also the Gates that connected to D-Rank and above dungeons, which were often guarded insiderge domes, that often looked way too out of cepared to their surroundings filled with ruins and poverty. Noah and his group finally reached one of such ces, today''s destination, the D-Rank Dungeon that they would visit today. Arthur had gathered enough money by selling several materials that they got from their ursed Water Dungeon Exploration, and had already bought a reservation to one of such dungeons for an entire day. Getting a reservation was not so hard, as he was from a prestigious family that administrated equipment to the government, and he could enjoy some small privileges¡­ as long as he paid, of course. And Arthur had also made sure to pick the most dangerous and evaded of all the D-Rank Dungeons because he knew that Noah was someone who enjoyed great challenges, and well, the more the monsters and challenges there were, the better rewards, resources, and Cores there would be. "Here we are¡­ the Ash Desert Dungeon, one of the most dangerous amongst the D-Rank Dungeons¡­ Where every single monster is at least over five meters tall and¡­ dive through the sand as if it were water¡­" said Arthur, just thinking about the creatures living in such a ce made him shiver. "Alongside that¡­ it is a desert, right? It must be filled with strong sunlight¡­" said Timassa. "An arid ce¡­ Good thing we packed up a lot of food and drinks¡­" said Iris. "Hm¡­ a fitting challenge¡­ Let''s go. We will not leave this ce until we have managed to reach C-Rank!" said Noah with great boldness and ambitiousness, perhaps too many of the people around them he sounded like apletely insane man, but to his party¡­ he sounded deadly serious, in fact, they knew that he would now work them almost to death! "Oh boy¡­ Here we go again¡­" sighed Arthur, as the party entered the dungeon after being checked by the guards, as an enormous desert of gray ash greeted them, a strong sun immediately embraced their bodies with its powerful light, as they could feel like it was slowly burning their skin! "Agh! Now I remember why it was so evaded aside from the giant monsters¡­ the sun is so strong that it even burns the skin a bit¡­! And because we are all pale white, it is literally burning us even worse¡­" said Arthur. Noah, however, seemedpletely fine with his skin slowly being fried, as it was quickly regenerating constantly, and so did the skin of everyone. "This is an excellent ce for all of you to train your Undying Body Skill, make sure to boost your regeneration capabilities with this training!" said Noah, as he began to fly a few centimeters above the ground, ncing at this surroundings¡­ This Dungeon, unlike many others, had no path or form, it was simply an endless amount of dunes. To the right, to the left, in front, and to his back, Noah could only perceive an endless sea of gray ash sand¡­ However, a second after, the party sensed the dunes trembling, as something enormous emerged out of it! BOOM! ----- Author Here! Thanks for reading up until now, please make sure to Vote and alsoment any crazy ideas and suggestions you have about the novel, I love to add my readers ideas and concepts into my novels, so feel free to say anything you want! Chapter 87 - Insane Battle! Against Giant Sand Worms! ----- As Noah''s party entered the Ash Desert Dungeon, they began to perceive that there was no maze or form to this dungeon, it seemed to be just an endless sea of gray ash sand, with a strong, scorching sun atop the sky, whose sunlight was so potent that it was burning their skin constantly, triggering their regeneration abilities. Noah, however, found this as a plus, as it would boost the regeneration of everyone if they constantly received damage into their skin and then regenerated back, increasing their proficiency. However, just when Noah was about to explore the dunes through the sky a bit more, the sand below the feet of his subordinates started to tremble, as a gigantic creature emerged from it, with a long and coiling body! BOOM! The gray sand exploded out from the ground, as the enormous creature made its way to the surface, ncing at its new meal. Noah and his party nced at the creature with awe. It resembled a gigantic worm-like creature, towering over ten meters, with a hard exoskeleton that did not hinder its flexible body. It possessed a spiraling, jawless mouth with hundreds of tiny razor-sharp teeth inside, and over six eyes spread around the mouth, which had a long and slimy tongue, secreting a purple liquid, poison! This creature that should be more like a Boss Monster was in fact a normal D-Rank Monster, it is size and might intimidated Noah''s party! "This is¡­ A Giant Sand Worm¡­!" said Arthur. "It''s secreting poison from its tongue, watch out!" said Noah, as the party was brought back to reality, their senses sharpened as everyone enhanced their bodies with their respective skills, darting away from the scene as the Giant Sand Worm did not wait for them to get ready, immediately charging towards them with its mouth wide open! BOOM! "GROWL!" The Giant Sand Worm began to swim through the sand, generating tremors after tremors! Barely being able to evade, Noah and his group gathered into the skies, Iris, Jon, Arthur was able to fly through their Flight Skill and natural Blood Control, while Timassa and Adamantine were able to fly through their Thunder and Shadow Aura, managing to fly near Noah! The group nced at the Gian Sand Worm as it dived into the sand, looking for them until it finally noticed that they were high into the sky, jumping towards them like a monstrous tower! BOOM! "GROOWL!" "Now!"manded Noah. Noah and his party had already readied their attacks, as a shower of ck thunder, shadow bullets, blood weapons, and corrosion fell right into the Giant Sand Worm''s mouth! sh! sh! Boom! The ck thunder electrified the creature''s interiors, frying it up alive, the shadow bullets broke its flesh directly, leavingrge holes, the blood weapons sliced and punctured through the monster''s flesh with ease, and the corrosion began to slowly make the open wounds decay even further! Noah and his group quickly flew up high into the skies as they kept showering the monster with long-ranged attacks! The best way to fight against such a giant monster was to abuse their ability to fly and shower it with everything they had! "Growl¡­!" The Giant Sand Worm suddenly feel lethargic, as it lost too much blood and gave out itsst growl, falling over the sand and exploding into ck smoke! "See? Even if it is big, flying is a powerful ability, we can fly into the skies and evade its charging attacks while showering with long-ranged attacks," said Noah. "Amazing, we did it!" said Iris. "It was¡­ easier than I imagined," said Timassa. "We are really strong¡­" said Jon. "I didn''t think about that in the middle of the panic of such a giant thing being a normal monster¡­ I really thought it was some kind of hidden boss¡­" said Arthur. "Well, you already studied the monster bestiary, this creature is a mere D-Rank monster¡­ and there are more toe¡­" said Noah with a smile, pointing his index finger into the dunes, as the party nced at the sands tremble below them! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Five! Five enormous Giant Sand Worms emerged out of the sand, roaring loudly as if Noah and his party had offended them greatly! Perhaps the one they killed was some kind of member of their group? This thought arose on Arthur''s mind as he realized that these worms were even bigger than the other, at least¡­ twice their size! And these things were simply just random monsters in a D-Rank Dungeon! Arthur could not even imagine how an actual Boss would end up looking like! He sighed in relief knowing that the Boss Room was sealed somewhere so this Gate could be kept open and active even after defeating many monsters. As long as the Boss was not killed, the Gate would not be destroyed, and the Dungeon would remain. However, this did not mean that Hidden Bosses would not spawn¡­ which were even stronger than the actual Boss at times, and those could be killed without fearing for the Dungeon to be destroyed¡­ And just by thinking on that, Arthur began to worry again. But there was not any time for that, as five Giant Sand Worms attacked the party! Their bodies were twice the size of the ones they killed, most likely these monsters had reached their adult stage! "Grooowl!" sh! A monstrous and fierce Giant Sand Worm reached Arthur and the rest of the group in a millisecond, their speed was even higher than the smaller one they killed! "Corrosion!" said Arthur, desperately attacking with waves of corrosion that made the Giant Sand Worm choke with the strange sensation of its mouth being slowly corroded and decay, however, the creature was too big, and such wound was nothing! But after that, dozens of blood projectiles shaped as swords fell over its eyes, making it shriek in agony! "GROOOWL¡­!" The Giant Sand Worm roared in pain, like Noah and the rest of the party that was evading the gigantic monsters by flying pretty high into the sky quickly took the opportunity that the scared Arthur created! "Good one, Arthur!" said Iris. "Let us finish it for you," said Jon. "Five arrows should be enough!" said Timassa. Iris used her phantom chains and her knife to sh through the creature''s exoskeleton, taking away several pieces, while Jon unleashed all of his powers, draining the life and mana out of the creature while unleashing distortion attacks over its mouth and tongue, and then Timassa released five ck thunder arrows inside of the creature''s mouth, destroying its insides as it gave out itsst groans of pain before dying, falling into the floor, and exploding into ck smoke! "GROOOWL¡­!" Boom! After seeing this, the other Giant Sand Worms were even more enraged, darting towards the group! Two Giant Sand Worms reached the party, as Noah quickly intervened after he evaded the attack of another! His Soul Weapon extended like a giant bony w of crimson colors, as Noah unleashed his several Skills, such as Blood Flow eleration, Unyielding Blood Demon, Blood Sacrifice, Blood Retribution, and Blood Frenzy! "Eviscerating Crimson ws!" Conjuring the name of his favorite Skill, Noah''s ws grew even bigger, to ridiculous proportions, as he controlled them with his superhuman strength and crazed strength, shing through the flesh of the Giant Sand Worm, opening a wide-open wound all over its stomach, as its intestines and other internal organs sted out of its body! Noah, however, was not done, as he had poured his blood inside of the creature''s body! "Blood Combustion!" Closing his ws, Noah made the blood he poured inside his prey explode, as the entire Giant Sand Worm, which reached at least 20 meters exploded into pieces,pletely radicalizing the enormous creature that brought such fear to Arthur! BOOM! The other Giant Sand Worms quickly rushed towards Noah, who they saw as the biggest threat! A big mistake! A moment after, Iris and Adamantine leaped over the head of one of the Giant Sand Worms, destroying its eyes and making it cry in agony, as they unleashed strong slicing attacks all over its mouth, making it vomit blood constantly! Timassa came right after, flying through the skies with her thunder acting simr to Noah''s Crimson sh, as she unleashed arge ck thunder spear into the Giant Sand Worm, entering its wide mouth and making the projectile explode inside of its flesh, inting like a balloon to explode right after! BOOM! Noticing the death of yet another member, the other Giant Sand Worms roared, as one of the biggest ones suddenly opened its mouth and gatheredrge quantities of purple liquid! ----- Chapter 88 - What An Intense Battle... ----- Iris, Adamantine, and Timassa ruthlessly annihted yet another Giant Sand Worm in the small opening they got when all of the creatures targeted Noah, making their body blow into pieces! BOOM! Noticing the death of yet another member, the other Giant Sand Worms roared, as one of the biggest ones suddenly opened its mouth and gatheredrge quantities of purple liquid! Everyone noticed that something wrong was going on, as the Giant Sand Worm suddenly spit therge sphere of poison not towards Noah and his group, but the sky! Ssh! And in a second, a rain of acidic poison began to shower everyone! The Giant Sand Worms were unaffected by it thanks to their natural immunity and chitinous exoskeletons, but the rest of the party had to quickly take cover! If it were very simple poison it wouldn''t be an issue as their bodies as Vampiric beings and their fast regeneration made them very resistant to toxins¡­ however, the poison was also very acidic, to the point of dissolving living matter when it touched it! Noah noticed that his subordinates were in danger, but he saw them all quickly take shelter into shields and barriers made by Arthur, as Noah simply showered himself in the acid-like nothing, his regeneration kicking in instantly, regenerating the deep and deadly wounds over and over again! Taking this opportunity where the Giant Sand Worms thought to have made a big hit on their enemy''s group, Noah decided to fly towards the biggest Giant Sand Worm of the bunch, using his wings that constantly were torn apart and then regenerated back alongside Crimson sh, reaching the Giant Sand Worm who he cataloged as a leader instantly! FLASH! "GROWL!" The Giant Sand Worm did not take Noah''s appearance lightly, roaring angrily as it tried to devour him with one singly bite, rushing with its enormous body towards him at incredible speeds! However, Noah evaded it with Crimson sh coupled with Mist Form, evading the deadly razor-sharp fangs of the beast as he pointed his ws towards its eyes, covering his body with armor and shaping the armor around his ws, making the theme extra resilient! "Now''s my turn," said Noah, his ws sliced through the creature''s flesh, taking away pieces of its exoskeleton and spreading poisoned and cursed blood all over the wounds! Activating Blood Combustion, Noah began to make the Giant Sand Worm explode into bits from all sides of its body, the creature agonized, roaring loudly, as it tried to st Noah away with a giant sphere of acid, forming within its maws! sh! Noah evaded in time, just in time for the Giant Sand Worm''s tail to hit him like an immense and incredibly heavy whip! BOOM! "Unghh¡­!" Noah did not manage to use Mist Form in time, as he felt his bones break apart¡­ this was the strength of a D-Rank Monster! If he were a normal hunter, he would be done for at this moment! However, he was Vampire! There was nothing normal, nothing at all with such a being! Noah simply smiled with excitement, as his bones broke apart and tore through his flesh and skin, only for them to immediately go back to their original positions and regenerate! This was the amazing power of Immortal Body! He didn''t even need to drink blood anymore to trigger this powerful regeneration effect, and Noah went right back to action, grabbing, shing towards the monster''s tail with Crimson sh and his Vampiric Wings, and then beginning to slice through the beast'' tail up to its head, where it unleashed dozens of blood weapons! sh! sh! sh! SLASH! The Giant Sand Worm was overwhelmed, groaning, and asking for the help of its allies, only for it to find out that they were being dispatched by Noah''s allies! The Giant Sand Worm''s crimson eyes red at Noah with hate, as the creature exerted thest bit of strength it could, moving towards Noah''s body and biting it while he was slicing through its long body! CRUNCH! However, Noah simply detached his torso out of its own legs and an enormous part of his stomach like nothing, flying up into the sky as his intestines fell off his upper body, the Giant Sand Worm nced at this with horror, on its small and inferior mind, it could notprehend how this small creature could still live after having half of its body eaten! "Enjoying yourst meal?" asked Noah, as he made the part of his body explode inside of the Giant Sand Worm''s mouth! BOOM! "GROOOOWL¡­!" The Giant Sand Worm Leader gave away itsst cry of agony, as its head was blown off into bits and the rest of the body dissipated into ck smoke. Within these seconds, Noah''s legs had grown back, and he employed his blood maniption over his skin, manipting itsponents and texture, and then coagting it into pants! The resto the clothes that were left were made of a self-repairing material, which slowly began to cover his pants and fused with the blood, recovering his usual body attire, although it seemed that absorbing his blood seemed to change his clothes nature, however, Noah didn''t have time to see his clothes evolve or whatever, as he joined back with Arthur and the rest, killing thest Giant Sand Worm. The party then rested above the ground for a few minutes, gasping for air. "That was intense!" said Arthur, taking out a cold green tea bottle from his Dimensional Storage Ring and drinking until it was almostpletely empty. Noah took a few bottles of cold vored tea and gave one to everyone else, as the Vampiric family calmed down their thirst and exhaustion with some cold drinks. "Indeed it was¡­ phew¡­ Fighting with one giant monster was already a handful, but many at the same time¡­ this is¡­ truly quite tiring¡­" sighed Timassa. "But we did it¡­ Hm¡­ ck clothes are not so good below the sun¡­" sighed Jon. "Hungry!" said Adamantine. "Thanks, Noah, you gave me the vor I like too! Uwah, we are really like boyfriends now¡­" said Iris while blushing. "I don''t know your favorite vor, I think that was just coincidence¡­" said Noah. "Hehe, I know you like to pretend you don''t know¡­" said Iris. Noah sighed internally as he let her be, grabbing arge piece of the meat left as dropped items by the Giant Sand Worm and giving it to Adamantine. "You can eat this," he said. "Hmm!" said Adamantine, licking her lips as she began to eat the slimy piece of flesh. "Ah! But that''s a material that would cost around 30.000 Credits!" said Arthur. "There are plenty Arthur, you don''t have to worry so much," said Noah. "O-Okay¡­ If that is what you think, Noah-sama¡­" sighed Arthur. Usually, within Dungeons, after arge group of monsters was killed, there would be a small window of time before arger group would emerge, the Vampire used this window of time to get as much food and drinks as possible before beginning yet another fighting session. "We got a nice amount of Cores¡­ usually, Hunters would be barely capable of killing one of these through an entire day and on an immense group of people, but we did it on our own and not only one but many¡­" said Arthur, ncing at therge Attribute Value Cores and Ability Cores. "This is because of our endurance and strength, despite being D-Rank, we might be several times stronger than a conventional D-Rank Hunter, and perhaps more than those Talented¡­ I believe that we might rival C-Rank in strength, perhaps¡­ initial C-Rank at most," said Noah while eating a sandwich to stockpile calories that he used for his body-boosting Skills and to naturally generate more blood. "And if we keep working together, we can do even more. I believe that as we train our coordination, we will be even better than most D-Rank Hunter Parties¡­ Thanks to our connection to Noah, we can coordinate better without interruptions, and even feel if any of us goes through danger to cover them," said Iris. "That''s right, at that moment when I panicked a bit¡­ you sensed my fear and came right to help me¡­ S-Sorry for being so useless¡­ I am trying my best to adapt to this lifestyle¡­" sighed Arthur. "It is fine. We are all naturally wed. As long as you notice those mistakes and do everything you can to notmit them again, I am fine with it. However, I hope this does not repeat, or I might as well let you be eaten alive¡­" said Noah rather intimidatingly. "S-Sure thing! I will do my best!" said Arthur a bit scared, it seems that Noah''s tactic of scaring him to be more diligent worked. ----- Chapter 89 - Giant Desert Monsters One After Another! ----- As Noah and the rest of the party rested, the Giant Sand Worms immediately began to appear, furiously assaulting them and interrupting their meal! Noah and the rest quickly set into another deadly battle, however, this time the Giant Sand Worms were not alone, as they brought new friends! Noah and the rest flew high into the skies, as they saw two gigantic insect jaws emerge from the sand! "An¡­ Antlion?!" asked Arthur in surprise. Antlions were special types of insects in Earth''s past, who specialized in creating traps in the ground, using their gigantic jaws to grab any little bug that walked into their traps, often made into pits that made it hard for the creatures that entered to get out of it. However, the antlions in this dungeon were fairly different. First of all, they were gigantic! The smallest one was at least ten meters big! And the rest were around 7 to 9 meters! They had dived into the sands and deposited their jaws around the Giant Sand Worms¡­ seemingly attacking whenever anyone came closer to them. They would dart into their prey, jumping off the sand and frically catching their prey! But for some reason, they cooperated with the Giant Sand Worms, most likely out of desperation, or some kind of effect that caused monsters to always cooperate within Dungeons! After all, all monsters inside dungeons always felt this instinctual desire to kill any invaders that entered their domain, sometimes they would not even be hungry or anything, it was a strange order set deep within their minds that they could not easily fight against! However, that was not everything, as more armies of bug insects emerged from the sands, this time, giant, ck-colored scorpions with exaggeratedly long tails and sharp stingers, resembling whips! "Oh? They brought their entire party here! Let us give them a good greeting!" said Noah, leading his group as they evaded frically the attacks of the Giant Sand Worms rushing towards them like enormous predatory beasts, their jaws almost biting them while evading and attacking them from the distance! However, as they flew around, the Antlions quickly perceived them, leaping out of the ground as they revealed their gigantic bodies and enormous jaws, which were deadlier than the Giant Sand Worms! However, Noah charged his mana into his Soul Weapon and unleashed his newly acquired Skill! "Crimson Sea Snake King!" "GROWL!" Suddenly, a gigantic and long sea snake made entirely out of crimson liquid emerged out of Noah''s Soul Weapon, as it grew in size thanks to Noah''s constant Mana, it entangled the Antlion while being in midair, and began to bite itsrge head, tearing apart its hard exoskeleton and then falling back into the sand, as both beasts frantically fought against each other! sh! Boom! Crash! However, the Antlion was superior, beating and destroying the Crimson Sea Snake King, as Noah sensed that the creature died, and he recovered some of the Mana that was making it. "Not as strong as I imagined, but¡­ there is a plus! I can simply summon it again!" thought Noah, as he summoned the creature once more, fighting against a Giant Sand Worm that emerged near him, entangling its head for Iris to use her knives around the creature''s eyes, tearing them apart and making oozy green blood explode out of them! sh! CRASH! The frantic and insane battle in the dunes continued, as Adamantine leaped like a demon made of shadows towards the wounded Sand Worm, breaking apart its flesh and eating it as she broke it apart and filled it with holes through consecutively conjuring her shadow bullets over the open wounds! Boom! Boom! Boom! "Grooooowl!" The Giant Sand Worm cried in agony, dying in the spot and exploding into ck smoke, only for two more Giant Sand Worms to take their ce and rush towards Noah and the rest! However, that was not everything, as the Giant ck Scorpions began to use their tails as long whips, trying to attack Noah''s party with poisonous whips! sh! sh! sh! And from below, the Antlions waited patiently for the time to strike, they not only had to evade the frantic attacks of the giant Sand Worms and the Giant ck Scorpions but also to evade the possible surprise attack of the Antlions! This battle would be seen as hopeless by anyone other than Noah and his group! But this was the path they had chosen, these were the immense challenges they needed to get through to achieve their far-away goals¡­ they had already done it several times before, reaching D-Rank¡­ now, the opportunity to reach C-Rank was right here, and it was by beating these fiends to death! Even if they had to roar in pain and anger, even if their flesh flew away into pieces and regenerated over and over again, every member of Noah''s group gnashed their teeth and roared furiously, fighting with everything they had! Not only their progenitor was roaring furiously as it broke through the Giant Sand Worms flesh and dispatched them into explosions of blood, but all of them were fighting monstrously, even Arthur quickly began to use more and more of his saved-up power, unleashing everything he had to make a difference! Blood and pieces of flesh flew through the air, as Iris and Adamantine crushed the head of an Antlion while Arthur, Timassa, and Jon diminished a giant ck Scorpion after Noah sliced off its tail and stinger! Big Sis, Sakura, and Sugar had also been called out into this battle, as theybined their strength and unleashed ice, shadows, and blight towards their enemies, while Big Sis also use her potent Light Bullets to tear through the hard, chitinous exoskeletons of these arthropod creatures! Sakura''s ice became very ineffective against a ce filled with the heat of the sun, so she simply used her modified sword made out of her won body and defended with her force shield, every time her weapons of body parts broke apart, she regenerated them back while absorbing the pieces of flesh that were magic materials for her, going back into the fight! Timassa flew into the sky, pointing her arrow towards her enemy while falling from the sky! FLASH! An enormous arrow made of ck thunder fell over a giant Antlion''s head, sting it away into pieces, the creature was already on death''s door as Noah''s Crimson Sea Snake King was fighting against it! BOOM! "Good job!" said Arthur, flying near Timassa. "There are more left, and they keeping! Keep fighting!" roared Iris at the side of Adamantane and Noah, as the trio of w-users shed through their enemies as Iris and Noah also added some blood weapons to the mix, ending with Noah using Blood Combustion into the open wounds of these giant monsters! Boom! Boom! Boom! "We did it!" said Iris, as suddenly, a gigantic Antlion emerged within the chaotic and insane battlefield, reaching towards her as its jaws broke through her flesh! However, Iris simply smiled as she used her nails to prate the Antlion''s eyes, making them bleed as its jaws lost their grip! Iris was freed from the moment after, drinking some blood and recovering right after, as she saw Adamantine, and Noahbine their strength to st the Antlion''s head into pieces! sh! Thanks to Iris''s amazing self-regeneration, Noah did not even have to worry so much about her receivingrge wounds, as she and the others could always regenerate quickly through drinking blood! The group of vampires kept abusing such overpowered Skills, as they broke through the enemies once and for all, battling thest stand of Giant Desert Insects! Thest group standings were three Giant Sand Worm Leader and four Giant ck Scorpions Leaders,rger and deadlier versions of their normal selves, who immediately rushed against Noah and the rest of his party! The Giant Sand Worm Leaders unleashed acidic rain attacks or acidic poison bullets towards the vampires, who tanked them through their blood shields materializing blood or Noah''s own body and blood armor! Like an army of vicious predators, Noah led his group and quickly overwhelmed the Giant Sand Worm Leaders one by one breaking their exoskeletons, cracking them into pieces, and then shing and dealing deep wounds, not the tender and slim flesh below such hard chitinous armor! And after that, thest Giant Scorpion Leaders were mercilessly torn apart by constant long-ranged attacks and the bites of the Crimson Sea Snake Emperor! Poof! Poof! Poof! Thest corpses turned into ck smoke, revealing beautiful Cores left behind, the party sighed in relief, however, something bigger emerged right after, the entire desert trembled! "What is it now¡­?" wondered Timassa. "We triggered¡­ a hidden boss¡­" said Arthur. "Hoh? Good!" said Noah, as the group nced at the enormous behemoth emerge from the dunes! BOOM! ----- Chapter 90 - Hidden Boss Battle! Against The Three-Headed Chimera! ----- Noah knew that the path to greatness was a harsh one. Filled with challenges that would risk his life over and over again! Especially when to grow stronger in this world, he had to enter deadly dungeons, which connected to different worlds and nes of existence, filled with deadly beasts who possessed a million ways to tear him into pieces. However, he had already resolved that he would not stop until reaching the top¡­ and even then, he would keep going further, the sky was not the limit, nothing was the limit. What emerged in front of him was one of such challenges, something that he needed to get over to finally advanced yet another little step into his path. C-Rank¡­ Could it be possible in a single day? Not. It was impossible. No one would ever be able to reach such a rank in just a day. It was unthinkable. No one, not even S-Rank Hunters had ever considered advancing so fast in their entire lives, even the most talented of them all. Whoever thought about such a thing would be called aplete delusional, a fool. But Noah and his group were not humans, standards and limits made by them had no power over them or their decisions and ambitions. They have transcended humans and had be something greater. Through such physique and power, they managed to beat through countless monsters, if any other party of D-Rank Hunters was to fight against such a party, they would all be killed and eaten. However, through blood and sweat, they pulled through such challenges, until the Dungeon began to unleash its greatest challenge, to exterminate these invaders once and for all! The gigantic creature emerged from the dunes, making the entire world around Noah''s group tremble. A gigantic scorpion-like tail covered in golden and metallic exoskeleton emerged out of the sand, alongside arge body resembling a lion, but covered in hard stone scales. It had three heads, that of a furious lion, a dragon, and a goat, all of such heads were covered in rock scales, and alongside that, the gigantic behemoth had two enormous, feathered wings, which would belong to a gigantic bird or an eagle. There was no other name for such an entity than ''Titan'' or ''Behemoth''. It is body surpassing 40 meters in height, and it even had wings big enough to be able to fly¡­ The eyes within its heads shed with eerie crimson light, as it roared with all three of its mouths, ring at Noah''s party with the primal anger of a savage and beastly monster! "GROOOOOWL!" Its aura was unleashed, an enormous pressure took hold of the bodies of the vampiric family, their eyes red at the creature with nothing but fear! But of course, fear was something that not even Vampires could run away from. After all, courage was simply the act of ignoring your own instincts that told you to run away. To save your life! That this was¡­ not worth it! But within the minds and hearts of these Vampires, there was a stronger feeling than fear! The desire to prove this world, to prove the heavens, that they were strong! Prove your bravery! Fight against this materialized fear! Prove that you are, indeed, the wielders of the bloodline of the walkers of the night, Vampires! "S-So strong¡­" muttered Arthur, his air had just escaped out of his lungs and he was barely gasping for air. Everyone else was paralyzed, even Noah himself. Noah''s eyes nced at the creature with contempt. This was it. This was what he wanted, right? Wasn''t this what he seeks? To fight strong monsters that defied everything he knew about? To grow stronger so no one else could trample over him? To grow strong enough to trample over anyone that defied him instead? This enormous titan was the challenge that would lead him one step further towards his Dream. Because even viins dream. Oh, they are the ones that dream the most. Noah gritted his teeth. "Snap out of your fear, stay at my side, and don''t falter!" said Noah, his entire Aura epassed his allies, as his Soul emerged, light and darkness twisting around each other, surprising everyone! Indeed, Noah was not normal anymore, he should not let himself be consumed by the fear! He needed to prove himself- No, he needed to prove to the world that he had already gone past being a human, that he was finally something greater! Feeling inspired by his simple and direct words, Noah''s group nodded in affirmation, swallowing saliva as they prepared for what was toe. And only just a few seconds had passed since the creature emerged, however, thesest seconds felt like an eternity. They were so encapsted in pure fear that they felt as if everything was going slower. However, as if time itself began to rewind itself to its normal speed, everything became faster! The beast moved its wings, flying into the skies! The field that they thought was their trump card over the monsters their previously fought was the same one that this monster felt mostfortable fighting in! Its wings were so enormous that each time they pped, enormous waves of winds began to engulf the party, pushing them away as if it were a storm! "This power¡­ even the p of its wings¡­ This creature is a cmity by itself! If it were to even escape to the city¡­ everything would be destroyed¡­ And now¡­ we have to fight and kill this¡­" thought Arthur while swallowing saliva once more, as he quickly readied his Skills! "GRRROOOOOOOOWL!" The monster rushed towards Noah and his party at an immense speed, generating shockwaves through the air that sounded like lightning itself! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "I will go, all of you, follow my lead! I will open the way!" roared Noah, as his entire body was engulfed in blood and his soul,bining both to generate an enormous crimson armor that was both resilient and also as light as a feather! Dozens of weapons made of poisonous blood and cursed blood emerged around him, rotating continuously! Andstly, several Auras that were made by thebination of several of his boosting skills emerged over him, as he resembled a knight of hell itself! His ws grewrger and monstrous, and his eyes glowed with crimson light! Using Crimson sh and his enormous Vampiric Wings, Noah immediately darted towards the Hidden Boss, the Giant Desert Chimera Emperor! "Let''s go!" said Iris, as she unleashed her Skills, covering her entire body with Phantom, as several Phantasmagoric Fox Tails emerged on her back, alongside long ears atop her head! "GRRRAWL!" roared Adamantine, covering herself with a coating of eternal shadows, making her resemble a fierce and beastly shadow demoness! "We will make it through, at all costs!" roared Timassa, coating herself with an armor of ck thunder and enhancing her senses and speed! "I am counting on all of you!" said Arthur, charging Corrosive miasma within his ws, as he began to fly at the side of Timassa! "I will do my best¡­" said Jon, covering his entire body with the effect of his Life Sap and Mana Sap Skills alongside unleashing both of his Evil Eye Skills on the enemy, draining its life and mana slowly! "Everyone, I will cover your back!" said Big Sis, as her body quickly shapeshifted intorge mechanical spider-like limbs surging from her back, each one shaping itself as sharp metallic des! "Are we really doing this!?" asked Sakura as she flew at the side of everyone else, raising her mechanical de and force field shield! "We don''t get any other option, Sakura! Whatever Master says, we do it!" said Sugar, as she conjures several des made of ck light around her, making them rotate around her body as she flew at max speed alongside the other Robots and the rest of Noah''s party! FLASH! Noah charged into the frontlines of the group, while the rest flew around him in perfect coordination! Their destination? They were charging directly towards the front of the damn Hidden Boss! Madness! However, Noah was like this! He liked to be quite¡­ direct. "GROWL!" The Giant Desert Chimera Emperor released powerful storming winds through the pping of its wings against Noah and his party! However, Noah exerted an even greater force as he charged towards it, slicing through the wind with his shing attacks, and reaching the Chimera''s lion head! ----- Chapter 91 - Charge With Everything You Got! ----- Noah enhanced his entire body with several Skills, boosting his strength, endurance, speed, and perception, as he reached the Chimera Emperor with his ws! Slicing through the powerful storming winds it released through the employment of its very wings, the Chimera Emperor roared in anger over Noah being capable of doing such a thing as boldly reach him! Charging its power within the head of the lion, the chimera began to harbor all of its magical power into a giant sphere, which Noah noticed in time! He knew what this was! When a monster that was capable of unleashing breath-type attacks was about to use them, it would first gather its magic power right inside of its mouth or throat, generating a sphere of power! And through its own breath, it would shot this power as a gigantic cannon of magic towards its foe! The Chimera Emperor was nning to end Noah and his party by vaporizing their entire beings through an enormously strong breath attack made of darkness and fire, ck mes! Noah gritted his teeth as he smiled, this was a golden opportunity! Yes, he could possibly be sted into dust with this attack if he were to take it directly, but he had already nned how to stop it! In fact, Noah had charged against the monster in hopes that it would charge some kind of breath attack, and he was right! Noah began to charge his own power, infusing his very soul essence into the Blood Weapons floating around him, as h directed them through Blood Control towards the monsters,unching them as if they were missiles! "GROOOWL¡­!" groaned the monster, within all of this only a millisecond had gone by and the creature was already about tounch its breath attack towards Noah''s party to decimate them from the face of the earth! However, Noah''s crimson eyes gleamed maliciously! "NOW!" he roared, as heunched his Blood Weapons towards the Chimera''s Lion Head while the rest of his party also did the same with their own long-ranged projectiles and skills! A shower of Blood Weapons, ck Thunder, Corrosion Shaped as Arrows, Light Bullets, Shadow Bullets, des made of ck Light, and more showered instantly over the Lion''s head! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! "GRROOOWL¡­!" The Lion roared in pain as it suddenly swallowed its own breath attack! Noah smiled, as this was not enough, before the energy was to be about to explode, he neared the head of the lion and activated Blood Combustion into the weapons he threw which had now been incrusted deep into its snout! Closing his fists as if activating the effect of the Skill, The Lion''s head was suddenly blown off into pieces from both its nose and neck! BOOOOOM!!! "GROOOWL!" "GRRRYAARR!" The other two heads groaned in agony as they lost one of them, enormous streams of blood began to flow off the decapitated neck of the Lion head, as Noah and the other vampires showered themselves with it and stockpiled Blood into their bodies or Blood Spheres, charging new attacks right away to abuse the other heads confusion! "Amazing, Noa-sama!" said Timassa. "How did you know it was going to use a breath attack?!" asked Arthur. "Instinct," said Noah, as he smiled viciously, creating a giant de and throwing it towards the Goat head! However! CLASH! The Dragon Head suddenly extended its neck as if it were a snake, blocking the de with its gigantic horns, as it unleashed a breath of mes over the Vampires! FLASH! "Nnghh¡­!" Noah gritted his teeth as he resisted the searing mes, while the rest of his party did the same! Arthur unleashed his healing Skills and began to immediately heal the burns over everyone, as their natural regeneration would be too slow for the battle they were having! At the same time, however, the Goat Head had already charged a giant magic spell, as an enormous magic circle emerged above its head, firing giant spears made of darkness and showering the party with them! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Arthur quickly conjured several barriers of dark light, as Noah conjuredrge shields using his crystallized blood and his soul over his allies, although several attacks got through them, the damage they received was not much, as long as their heads were notpletely sted into pieces, holes in the stomach,pletely losing their legs, or any other wound was not much to the Vampires! For a moment, Noah considered to retreat until he could find another opportunity to attack, but Iris and Adamantine came into action,bining their savage way of fighting as they joined with Big Sis, shing against the Goat Head''s enormous size! Iris used her phantom skills to unleash lethargic effects into the Goat head, as her knife prated its skin and leftrge open wounds, while Adamantine used her Shadow ws to sh inside the open flesh and then fire several Shadow Bullets inside! Andstly, Big Sis used her gigantic metallic spider legs to sh against the Goat''s head, prating its flesh even more, as she inserted her Shadow Sneak shaped as snakes inside, alongside her Light Bullets! Boom! Boom! Boom! In a millisecond, the girls managed to pull through, surprising Noah as he was filled with proudness over his concubine and his subordinates might! "GRYYARR¡­!" The Goat Head roared in agony, as it wouldn''t let them damage it anymore, using its gigantic jaw to bit off Adamantine, the nearest to it! CRUNCH! "GRAAAAR!" Adamantine roared in agony and anger as part of her legs was eaten and crushed! However, Iris and Big Sis came to her rescue, breaking the Goat Head''s jaws with a powerfulbined attack of phantom and light bullets! BOOM! BOOM! CLASH! "GRRRRRRAAAAA¡­!" The Goat Head groaned in agony, its jaw falling off its head! Adamantine was grabbed by Iris as the three girls escaped to recover while Noah, Sakura, and Sugar charged into the frontlines, recing them! The Goat felt lethargic, groaning in agony, as the Dragon Head resumed its attack, which was being dyed because it was being distracted by Timassa''s ck Thunder Arrows! Suddenly, the wings of the chimera pped even faster, unleashing a storm of winds towards Noah and the rest of his group! However, Noah sliced through the wind as he did before by charging his Soul Weapon with mana and his soul, unleashing strong slicing attacks towards the wind! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! "Let''s keep going!" he roared, as they finally crossed the wall of wind only to be greeted by a deadly and gigantic metallic stinger! "NOAH!" cried Arthur, as Noah''s chest was stabbed by it, enormous pieces of flesh flew off his entire torso, like his heart, intestines, lungs, stomach, and more were destroyed by the sole impact of the enormous stinger! CLASH! "Unnghh¡­!" Noah''s face twisted in agony, however, he smiled while being covered in blood! "Blood¡­ Combustion¡­!"ughed Noah, even in such a state, he seemed to celebrate a small victory, as he quickly detached himself from the stinger by using Crimson sh backward, and then made all the blood over the stinger explode! BOOM! The stinger was blown into pieces all over the air, as Noah quickly began to recover the enormous hole on his torso, Arthur sighed in relief as he unleashed his corrosion attack over the Dragon Head while Jon used his Energy Transfer to fill Noah with more Mana and Life Energy! Noah felt anew a second after, as he leaped into the air and flew towards the pained Goat Head! The stinger was blown into pieces, but the rest of the tail was still a strong whip! Nheless, more reinforcements came after him, as Sakura and Sugar unleashed a barrage of sword attacks and des made of ck light towards the tail, slicing through it in an instant! The tail began to be torn into pieces, slices after slices were thrown away, as Noah smiled greedily, reaching the Goat Head atst! However, there was another thing they did not think about! The monster had the body of a lion, and naturally, it had gigantic paws and ws! Coating them in ck mes, the Chimera used its ws against Noah, as two enormous paws of over ten meters of height reached him, they would easily tear him into pieces! But he had not advanced without a n, or at least, something to fight back! Using his Parallel Mind Though Processing, Noah conjured a giant Crimson Sea Snake King, ordering it to entangle the right paw, as he quickly created a giant w using his Soul w, catching the other paw, and slicing through its flesh! "ROOOOAARRR¡­!" The Chimera groaned in agonizing pain, as Noah finally found an opening! ----- Chapter 92 - Dont Be So Reckless! I Am Here With You! ----- Noah unleashed his attacks, as the giant Crimson Sea Snake King attacked one of the Chimera''s paws, while his giant eviscerating blood ws shed through the other paw, making the chimera finally groan in pain and lose its focus! Arthur, Timassa, Jon, Sakura, and Sugar attacked the Dragon Head, as Noah finally managed to get an opening towards the damaged Goat Head! Gathering his blood and soul into one, and materializing it as a giant de, Noah reached the damned Goat Head,unching the giant de of soul and blood towards the creature! However, Noah noticed as something within the Goat''s eyes was unleashed, as he felt¡­ dizzy! "A curse! An Evil Eye¡­ how?! It did not use it all this time¡­! Damned monster!" thought Noah, as the Goat unleashed a secret Skill it was saving whenever it was finally corned, Evil Eye of Confusion! Through this Evil Eye, Noah was inflicted with the [Confusion] Status Effect, and his very mind felt confused, dizzy, and lethargic! However, Noah''s de still reached the creature''s mouth, slicing through the bone and getting stuck to it! The Goat Head groaned in agony, as the Dragon Head charged through Arthur and the rest distracting him, and nearing Noah with its sharp fangs, trying to protect the Goat Head! An enormous wave of searing mes was thrown towards Noah, as Noah gritted his teeth! However! Even more, attacks came, as the Goat conjured Dark Spears through its spells, shing towards Noah and slicing through his entire body! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! "Nnnggrrraahh¡­!" However, Iris, Adamantine, and Big Sis had finally recovered, rushing near Noah, and unleashing their attacks against the Goat Head and the Dragon Head, making them back off as Iris grabbed Noah! "Noah!" she cried. "Don''t worry about me¡­ I am¡­ fine! I must¡­ we must win! We must grow stronger! Whatever it takes, Iris!" roared Noah. "But even as a Vampire, your body¡­! I do not like how you constantly tear yourself apart to find an opportunity! There¡­ are better ways to do it!" said Iris, as Noah''s limbs began to grow back. "The path we choose is filled with bloodbath and suffering. Taking my body apart to achieve victory is nothing¡­ Don''t worry about me, and charge!" said Noah, as he darted out of Iris, using Crimson sh, and rushing towards the Dragon and Goat Heads, who began to usebined attacks against the group! "Okay! ¡­No! It is not okay! I am¡­ going to defy you!" said Iris. "Wha¡­?" asked Noah in surprise. "I am not letting you get damaged anymore like that! We are beating this together! You and me, and everyone else, TOGETHER! Why did you even gathered so many people if you''re going to bear all the burdens?!" asked Iris. "Iris¡­! Even then¡­ don''t dare talk to me like that!" muttered Noah. "I told you, didn''t I? I was going to protect your back! No more foolish charge, or at least, let me apany you and bear the burden as well! Our path is not just bloodbath and suffering! Don''t you understand all the happiness that brings to me to be at your side?!" said Iris, as Noah felt his cold heart moved by her words. Such a rtionship was not normal at all. They were not humans, after all, Vampires had a different concept of existence and life, and Iris and Noah were bothpletely insane. Battling at the side of each other was more romantic for them than anything else, hearing his future wife say such moving words filled Noah with power and energy! Noah sighed. He was no pushover, and he was not letting his future wife reprimand him anymore. But she was also mildly right. He epted Iris''s resolve, and decided to join hands with her! "Then make sure to keep up with me!" said Noah, smiling viciously as Iris nodded! FLASH! FLASH! Arthur and the rest were struggling to get through the two headsbined attacks, as their mes and dark spears were way too deadly and fast for them topletely evade! Even more, the Dragon had a high resistance to Timassa''s thunder, and used itself as a shield whenever it had the opportunity! Alongside this, the Crimson Sea Snake King was recently killed, and the paws were finally free from its attacks, going back to the fight and shing through the group! However, two meteors, one of crimson light and the other of phantasmagoric blue mes reached the battlefield once more! Adamantine and Big Sis had alreadye to support the group some more, but they were slowly being pushed back! Thankfully, Noah and Iris finally arrived,bining their auras into one and shing against the annoying Dragon Head with a loud shing attack using their feet! BOOM! "GROOOWL!" Iris smiled wickedly as she unleashed all of her powers, shing through the Dragon Head''s eyes when she was finally given the opportunity, her phantom ws prated the head''s hard scales, and reached to its tender flesh down below, making it groan in agony like the rest of the group quickly joined in, abusing the openings made by Iris! Noah was right beside her, as he unleashed countless blood weapons into the dragon head and the goat head, the rest of the group then showered both heads with more and more attacks while keeping the paws distracted! Noah and Iris joined a charge together once more, rushing towards the Goat Head, and crushing its skull with an enormous barrage of w attacks! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "GRRRRRRYYAAAAARRR¡­!" BOOM! The skull of the damned Goat Head finally exploded into pieces, as its brains flew out into the sky and the magic it was sting off quickly came to an end! The Dragon Head became incredibly nervous now, two of its heads were gone, if it were to die, it was game over for him! The Dragon Head tried to eat Iris and Noah with a single chomp with wrathful pain, however, Arthur led the rest of the group in time, blocking its path with a barrage of attacks! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! "GRROOOOWL¡­!" The Dragon Head suddenly charged another breath of mes¡­! However, it was stopped by countless blood needles coated in phantom spirits, which seeped into the monster''s flesh with poison and curses into its very soul! "Iris attacks!" said Arthur, as Iris and Noah quickly charged back to end this once and for all! "Let''s end this! Crimson Sea Snake King!" said Noah, summoning the Crimson Sea Snake King from within his Blood Weapon once more, and making it coil around the Dragon Head, as its paws tried to attack Noah and Iris while they charged towards it! However, Arthur and the rest made sure to break apart the paws with their constant attacks, as the Dragon was left hopeless! Trying to run away, it began to p its wings and move down desperately! "Where do you think you''re going?! After giving us all this pain in the ass?!" roared Iris. "Come back and let us sh you into pieces!" roared Noah wickedly. Both insane Vampires rushed towards the Chimera,bining their powers into an iridescent meteor of mes of phantom blue and crimson red! CLASH! Their ws and auras broke through the monster''s flesh, reaching all the way down into the head, as their ws stabbed through the hard scales, seeping into the skull and brain, and shattering the bones into pieces! CRASH! "GROOOOOOOOOOWL!" The Dragon groaned in agony as its body fell into the dunes with a loud explosion, however, Noah and Iris kept slicing its very head and brain, covering themselves in blood as they smiled wickedly and obsessively, like two maddened demons from the depths of the abyssal hell! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "DIE!" roared Iris and Noah, as the Dragon Head gave itsst roar of agony before its entire head was blown off into pieces! Boom¡­! Noah and Iris immediately fell over the sand, coated n blood, while ncing at the clear blue sky and the sun, gasping for air¡­ "W-We did it¡­" said Iris. "I told you¡­ we would¡­ manage¡­" said Noah. Iris nced back at Noah who was tired and gasping for air. "S-Sorry for yelling at you back then¡­" she said. "Hmph. I am actually quite angered by that, don''t dare yell me like that ever again!" said Noah. "¡­S-Sorry! I promise! I was just¡­ worried¡­" said Iris. "Worried or not, that didn''t give you the power to yell at me like that. ¡­But I understand your point. It is fair," said Noah. "¡­I am d you understand. I will make sure topensate you for my disrespectful behavior tonight¡­" said Iris with a warm smile. "Are you trying to use sex as a scapegoat?" asked Noah. "E-Eh?! No! S-Sorry!" said Iris while averting her gaze. "Let''s wrap things up. ¡­I will wait for yourpensation tonight," said Noah with a charming smile, as Iris''s heart began to beat quite fast. "Oh, sure...!" said Iris. ----- Chapter 93 - Intense Farming ----- Noah and Iris rested for a bit over the sand, as having killed the Hidden Boss seemed to have stopped the monsters from appearing at least for a small window of time. However, they were sure that new monsters would emerge, so both of them quickly stood up and began to collect all the Cores and Items dropped from the monsters. "Haahh¡­ We did it¡­" said Arthur. "Somehow¡­ It was hard¡­" said Timassa. "Yes¡­" sighed Jon. "Let''s rest for now¡­" said Big Sis, the overuse of Mana made even Robots feel tired. "Phew¡­ and the heat is not helping me rx either¡­" sighed Sakura. "Aaahh¡­ At least we are done with that thing¡­" sighed Sugar. "Good work everyone¡­ Without you, I doubt I would have been able to win by myself. You have proven your worth quite excellently. However, we are not done. It has only been two hours since we entered, and we will be training here until tomorrow morning¡­ We might fight with such a beast at least five more times," said Noah. As Noah''s words dropped, everyone almost fainted! Fight that giant creature¡­ FIVE MORE TIMES?! It was indeed insane to think about! Arthur, Timassa, Jon, Big Sis, Sakura, Sugar, and Iris were all falling into the ground in disbelief! "I-I should have expected such wordsing from you, Noah-sama¡­." Sighed Arthur, almost as if his soul were about to fly out of his body. "I-Indeed¡­ your willpower is¡­ quite mighty¡­ My lord¡­." Sighed Timassa. "F-Five¡­ more¡­ times¡­ I¡­ I have¡­ No¡­ It is fine¡­ for Master¡­ a-anything¡­" said Jon, he was doubting himself a bit but found the resolve as he nced at his tiny and delicate hands. "Oh my¡­ You''re really working us out, aren''t you?" sighed Big Sis. "That''s¡­ Ugh¡­" said Sakura, falling into the dunes and resting. "Y-You''re really insane¡­" said Sugar. "N-Noah¡­ A-Are you serious?" asked Iris. "I am, Iris. We must keep fighting. But for now, let''s rest and eat and drink something," said Noah with a mild smile, as his subordinates were instantly charmed by the smile that he barely shows, nodding in affirmation to their Progenitor''s kindness. After all, Noah desired for all of them to grow stronger at his side. He was not giving them any help, he was letting them grow by themselves, he only gave them the power to do it, but all the effort, resources, and more need to be found by themselves. Although he already felt very grateful for them, as they helped him a lot in the battles. As time went by, the group drank cold drinks, washed a few of their bodies, change clothes, and even ate to their heart''s content. It was a good window of around 30 minutes, but right after that time, more and more monsters emerged. Noah knew that these were the challenges he and his group needed. To keep breaking their limits, to keep improving themselves. The first two hours were already constant and hellish fights¡­ and more than 10 hours were waiting for them¡­ Noah and his group began to smile more and more, greedily, and rather wickedly. All of them were already no humans anymore, both physically and mentally¡­ No human, even Hunters, would be able to go through such an immense amount of stress as them. shing through endless armies of giant and deadly insects, bathing in their oozy green blood, having their bodies filled with enormous and deadly wounds that would kill anyone except Vampires, and more¡­ Battle after battle. Before a scorching sun that seemed to never fade away¡­ Hours after hours of making their muscles burst due to overuse, their bones crack, entire limbs torn apart, life and death situations over and over again. Hidden Bosses emerging, and more deadly battles filled with desperation and burning exhration. After some hours, the entire group seemed to have entered in some kind of trance¡­ It was as if their most primal instincts have taken over their bodies, as they only knew about working together to kill everything else than themselves. Constantly fighting, surpassing their limits, and breaking apart their bodies just to regenerate them back. However, they knew that this was the only way to survive in this world, to grow stronger, to reach even higher ranks, to reach the top. Blood, sun, and sand. Behemoths fell. And new ones raised from the dunes¡­ Enormously roars resonated through the vast ash gray deserts, only for these titans to fall while the Vampires reigned over them, barely surviving each time¡­ Their bonds strengthened with each fight, their coordination became sharper, their senses began to evolve. Cores and Items fell to the sands, as they grabbed them and resumed the fight¡­ They had already lost the concept of time. Without realizing it, they had been fighting for way more than they had previously imagined. At some point, the monsters began to slowly appear smaller and weaker. Until they hadpletely exhausted them¡­ Nothing began to emerge after many minutes¡­ It was done. The entire group fell into the sand. A sea of Cores and Items greeted their sight. How long¡­ have they been battling? Ruthlessly ying monsters and taking over many hits and wounds? How much blood have they spilled and taken back from monsters? Noah suddenly opened his crimson eyes, as he saw that the sun had disappeared. It was now reced by a beautiful moon, and a gentle and cold wind bathed his body. He nced at his surroundings, countless cores all around, and all of his subordinates sleeping. "Did I fall asleep inside a Dungeon? How long¡­ did we fight?" thought Noah, as he began to recap all of his memories. "Ah¡­?! At some point, my mind cked out, yet I kept fighting like a beast¡­ The same happened with everyone here¡­ Hm. Perhaps I might have overexerted things¡­" sighed Noah. Noah quickly gathered all the cores he could find for some minutes, and then gave mana to the robots, who hadpletely run out of energy, and woke them up from their sleep to save battery. After that, he carried the rest of his unconscious party out of the Dungeon, as he noticed that it was still night¡­ "War Machine, what day and hour is it?" asked Noah. "It is¡­ Tuesday, 3 AM! We have been fighting there for¡­ more than a day¡­" said Big Sis. "T-That was insane¡­ did we really do that much?!" asked Sakura. "Amazing¡­ At some point, we all entered in Automatic Mode¡­ Did Noah-sama and the rest too?" asked Sugar. "It seems so. So we already skipped a day of sses¡­ Well, not like I care¡­ hm?" Noah was then asked by a guard near the Dungeon how he felt. "Y-You¡­ You are alive? We had given your group for dead¡­ You have note back for over a day! ¡­But you seem to be¡­pletely fine?" asked the Guard, ring at Noah''s body, he waspletely healthy, and no open wounds were visible, only countless scars. "Fear not, all of my group is fine. We have a very good healer¡­ Arthur is sleeping for now. We were simply¡­ doing our routine of training. We havepleted the dungeon. Thank you very much for taking care of the Gate," said Noah politely, as he walked away with the robots at his side. "Eh? They came with robots?!" thought the guard, as he saw the group walk away. Noah and his group walked back to Arthur''s residence as they entered their manor. Big Sis, Sakura, and Sugar put each of the members in their respective rooms, as Noah carried the sleeping Iris to their bed so she could sleep morefortably. He nced at her sleepy and adorable face with a mild smile. "Good work¡­" he said, as he was just as exhausted, sleeping at her side. ¡­ Noah opened his eyes as he was greeted by the light of the sun crossing through the red curtains of therge window of the manor, he stretched his arms a bit as he found Iris peacefully sleeping while resting her face over his chest. Noah, cold and calctive as he was, could not help but be a bit moved by her adorableness, as he petted her crimson hair and kissed her forehead. Iris slowly opened her glowing crimson eyes as she greeted Noah. "Hm? ¡­Eh? Where¡­ Oh? Are we back? How?" she asked. "All of you fell unconscious while we fought, so I brought you back with the robots. Fear not, we did a splendid job," said Noah. "Sigh¡­ I am d¡­ Aw¡­ I am so tired¡­" sighed Iris. "Are you hungry?" asked Noah, standing up from bed. "Eh? Yeah¡­" said Iris. "I will bring you breakfast. Anything you prefer?" asked Noah. "E-Eh? B-Breakfast? To my bed?" asked Iris. "Yes," said Noah expressionlessly. "I-I¡­ I would like some toasts with¡­ jam¡­" said Iris while blushing. "Very well," said Noah, walking out of the room. Iris could not believe that her progenitor was about to serve her breakfast on her bed! It seemed that Noah was very happy with her efforts, and wanted topensate her. However, each time Iris tried to remember what had happened in the Dungeon, her mind got dizzy¡­ "Uegh¡­ We really went ham there¡­ how much did we even fight? Did it felt like hours¡­ maybe over a day? Wait, what hour is it?" wondered Iris, as she checked the clock. It was Wednesday at 7 AM! "Wednesday¡­ And we went inside the Dungeon on Sunday¡­ Oh¡­ Wait¡­ EH?! We were there for over a day!" thought Iris, as she realized the amount of inhumane training she went through with Noah and the rest. ----- Chapter 94 - Eating Breakfast In Bed... And A Bit Of Morning Passion ----- It has indeed been a pretty arduous training, Noah and his group were all quite surprised by what they did. And their efforts indeed paid off¡­ in the hundreds of Cores and Items they managed to farm through the whole ordeal. They were more than ready to advance into C-Rank now¡­ C-Rank¡­ C-Rank Hunters are already considered celebrities within Sectors, they are given special tasks by the government and even paid to wipe out Dungeons for hefty sums of money. C-Rank was thest step before reaching B-Rank, but anyone that has reached this stage was already very talented and held great connections with many people and guilds. Usually, the strongest group of hunters within Guilds were made of mostly C-Rank hunters led by B-Rank Hunters. Being a C-Rank Hunter meant being above many other people, and it even had a social status simr to an aristocrat if not a bit higher simply by their level of strength. However, although this was a good step ahead, Noah was not going to take it easy for now and live leisurely like a fool. No, there were higher ranks to reach, and he was not going to stop at being a mildly popr mediocre. He wanted to go higher¡­ alongside all those at his side. However, for now, it was fine to take a break and stop thinking about such things, at least for a few hours. Noah walked down the stairs into the kitchen, where he was greeted by a few servants that often cooked food, they were all half-subhumans with animal traits around their bodies. They were often silent and very serviceable, but they seemed surprised when Noah, a handsome vampire with his chest uncovered and packed with muscles and scars reached the kitchen, the women there nced at his figure several types¡­ he was indeed way different than Arthur¡­ Noah greeted them as he began to cook for Iris. Although he did not have much experience cooking, he received the help of the maids there, who were being very gentle with him as he spoke and opened up to them a bit, surprising them when he talked about making breakfast to his partner topensate for her efforts. "It is good topensate those that exert themselves. I am doing something that anyone at my position should do, don''t get so surprised," sighed Noah, as he carried the tes with food back to his room, where he met Iris who was still in bed, she was acting a tad bit spoiled now, but Noah let her be, as she deserver it a bit. "Y-You really brought me breakfast, Noah¡­" said Iris as her lips trembled in surprise and embarrassment. "Well, it is also for me, I am starving," said Noah, as he sat down at Iris''s side and began to drink some coffee at her side. "There were three types of jam, so I brought the three," said Noah, as Iris began to serve herself with toast and pouring butter and jam over it, the butter quickly melted, mixing with the sweetness of the jam, making for a delicious treat in the morning. "Thanks¡­ I am very happy that you brought them all, and not just chose whatever¡­ You are very considerate¡­ I feel like I don''t deserve you¡­" sighed Iris as she ate happily. "Deserve? Iris, whenever I decide something, I do not regret it. If you are my partner, you deserve it," said Noah rather coldly as he bit into a sandwich with ham, cheese, and tomato, abination that Iris noticed that he enjoyed. "Hehe¡­ You''re always like that, aren''t you?" asked Iris with a smile. "Like how?" asked Noah. "Like¡­ you always talk coldly and expressionlessly¡­ yet¡­ I know that you deep down mean a lot¡­ You are just always caging your emotions¡­ But I know how you feel¡­ Hm, maybe it is part of my abilities rted with Phantom?" wondered Iris. "Indeed. Your ability must be rted to it, as you can meddle with souls a bit. And I agree with what you said. I guess it is fine to tell you this. But my soul has changed, and be something different before I became a Vampire. Due to those circumstances, my mind evolved, and now, I have a hard time expressing my human emotions. But fear not, I am not emotionless," said Noah. "Fufu¡­ I know!" said Iris, as she hugged Noah and kissed his cheeks. "I love you¡­ Thanks for being with me all this time¡­ Let''s keep battling monsters and crushing anyone that tries to get in our path¡­" said Iris, her eyes shing with conviction. Noah''s heart waa moved by her words, as a vampire, being told by his partner that they should keep crushing their enemies mercilessly while bathing in the blood of monsters to grow stronger was the most romantic thing. Noah quickly devoured the sandwich as he took Iris to the bed. "Eeeh?! W-Wait! We are having breakfast¡­" said Iris, as Noah nced at her eyes. "If you say something like that you must have been expecting me to react like this, didn''t you?" said Noah, as he began to kiss her neck. "Ah~! W-Wait! At least¡­ let''s put the food elsewhere, you''re going to spill the coffee!" said Iris. "I don''t care¡­" said Noah, as he embraced Iris with a deep kiss, both of their steamy breaths touched together as their tongues danced and entwined around each other, the sound of their lips touching each other passionately didn''t stop as Noah began to slowly undress Iris, his body was already taken over by the burning and beastly passion of a vampire. Iris smiled warmly as she kissed Noah''s neck, biting his neck, and slowly licking his warm blood, her senses began to sharpen as she felt Noah''srge and strong hands grab her breasts, squeezing them and licking them¡­ "Ah~ T-There¡­?" asked Iris rather shyly. "Your body is mine, Iris. And I get to enjoy it as much as I want¡­ every inch¡­" said Noah charmingly, as he began to lick her chest, belly, and down there¡­ multiple times. Iris began to moan more and more loudly, as the coffee finally spilled into the bed, but the two Vampires could not care less, as they kept lovingly hugging, kissing, and ultimately mating passionately like wild rabbits. The sound of their sweaty flesh hitting each other resonated through the room, as Iris loud moans asking for Noah to keep going quickly got through the walls of the old manor, and the rest of their subordinates woke up to the¡­ embarrassing sounds of their master and mistress doing their daily routine. After a slow climax, Noah and Iris quickly resumed their breakfast and finally finished it, afterwards, they called maids and butlers to wash the sheets and change them for new ones, while the pair of vampires went to continue their¡­ business in the bathroom, where they mated before the warm andforting water, feeling renewed after dozens of hours of stress and fighting that they underwent some hours ago. Noah and Iris Stamina as Vampires was incredibly strong, and they could keep going for several hours without stopping, climaxing several times only to go back to it almost immediately¡­ Like this, when it was around 12 AM is when they finally got out of the bathroom, refreshed¡­ although Iris seemed to be a tad bit dizzy, as if mildly drunk by Noah''s fervent passion that seemed to have no end. Because Noah and Iris had a lot of pent-up frustration, whenever they went to the act¡­ it wouldst a lot of time and they always felt as if they needed to release all the stress they had every time they did this, both resulted benefited by this, and so embraced each other passionately,pletely forgetting about everything else around them. "Haahh¡­ That was nice¡­" sighed Iris in relief, as she began to slowly dress at the side of Noah who was doing the same. After both the Master and the Mistress were done, they descended the stairs and met with the rest of their subordinates who were enjoying breakfast as well. "I guess we are not going to sses today either?" asked Arthur. "No, let''s go. We have to attend to not end up being tracked by the government¡­ But finish your breakfast first. There is no hurry. And I personally do not care about missing some sses. Also, we must absorb the Cores and Ability Cores immediately if possible," said Noah. ----- Chapter 95 - New Skills! Skill Tree Complete! ----- As Noah''s group enjoyed breakfast, Noah decided to absorb the Attribute Value Cores and Ability Cores. Due to their memories being not so detailed about who defeated who, Noah simply decided to distribute things mildly evenly, although it was more than enough for everyone to max two stats to 300 and reach C-Rank. Alongside the Attribute Cores he grabbed which were enough for him to max all of his attributes to 300, there was also arge number of Ability Cores, now reaching dozens. Just how many monsters did they defeat? This is what Arthur wondered each time he nced at the ridiculous amount of items they acquired. However, not all Ability Cores were D-Rank, as many were also E-Rank¡­ In the end, Noah still grabbed a nice quantity of them for himself, getting 6 D-Rank Ability Cores and 6 E-Rank Ability Cores, leaving the rest to be distributed to his subordinates, of course, although the difference between him and the rest was only of 1-2 Cores and not anymore, he did not like to grab everything for himself and constantly encouraged his subordinates to grow stronger. Also, what some feared did not happen as Iris did not receive extra rewards for being Noah''s consort, she was happy to share as well, and was not greedy at all herself, distributing everything evenly. "C-Rank¡­ atst¡­ One step before B-Rank! Although it is not like all our problems will be resolved by simply being B-Rank¡­ But still, it is a good goal to look forward to for now. Of course, I am not stopping there. Even if I ever reach SSS-Rank, I will try to strive even further, and perhaps even go to the world of Vampires¡­" thought Noah, nning things for a very far future as he absorbed the Attribute Value Cores. sh! As the many spheres turned into energy, Noah began to refine all the power into his body, letting it all flow into his Blood Core, bones, muscles, nerves, blood vessels, organs, and more. The feeling was of an even greater exhration and excitement, something that almost gave Noah a feeling of ecstasy. This was the feeling of absorbing so many C-Rank Cores! It was¡­ impressive! In fact, it was blowing him off! Noah felt the exhration continue more and more, as he finally settled down after having used the techniques and meditation he had learned to make the energy from the Cores run more smoothly through his body. Noah then felt his Blood Core and Soul resonate with the energy, as he nced at his Attribute Panel. [The [Blood Flow eleration: 100 (C)] Skill and the [Blood Sacrifice: 100 (C)] Skill have merged and awakened into the [Sacrificial Vampiric Veracity: 1 (B)] Skill] [The [Blood Retribution: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Lifeblood Release: 1 (B)] Skill] However, before Noah could see his Attribute Panel, he was pestered with two new System Windows, showing him that his Skills had awakened after reaching max proficiency. Two skills had merged into one unexpectedly, bing the Sacrificial Vampiric Veracity Skill, which granted Noah the enhanced effects of these two Skillsbined. By elerating his blood and at the same time sacrificing it, he would receive a substantial boost to all of his stats, alongside this, his resistance to the elements would increase, and his defenses would increase instead of dampening. And the next Skill, Lifeblood Release was the perfectbination with this Skill, giving Noah the power to release his lifeblood and increase his speed, senses, and strength alongside his damage dealt based on how much vitality has he lost using the previous Skill. With this, Noah''s strength had increased even more! However, his method of fighting had also be more sacrificial¡­ But with his Immortal Body and his ability to stockpile calories and blood, he felt confident in being able to use his power properly. "I wonder how strong this will be¡­" wondered Noah, as he imagined what kind of power could he draw these Skills as they awakened even further. But now, he finally decided to check his Attribute Panel. [Noah] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level II: Vampire Noble] [Vitality: 300] [Mind: 300] [Force: 300] [Skill Points: 50] [Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Immortal Body: 24 (S)], [Eviscerating Crimson ws: 51 (B)], [Vampiric Blood Control: 57 (B)], [Blood Weapon Creation: 53 (B)], [Unyielding Blood Demon: 25 (B)], [Fartalk: 22 (A)], [Yin and Yang Crimson Soul: 26 (S)], [Sacrificial Vampiric Veracity: 1 (B)], [Lifeblood Release: 1 (B)], [Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis: 76 (C)], [Poisonous Blood: 65 (C)] [Blood Curse: 64 (C)], [Blood Armor: 61 (C)], [Blood Potion: 54 (C)], [Blood Combustion: 67 (C)], [Flight: 64 (B)] [Mist Form: 43 (C)], [Blood Core Creation: 50 (C)], [Crimson sh: 50 (C)], [Vampiric Drain: 30 (C)], [Blood Frenzy: 35 (C)], [Vampiric Wings: 32 (C)], [Parallel Mind Thought Processing: 32 (A)] Noah nced at his numbers, 300 in all stats, just as he desired and expected. He was now, truly C-Rank! Was there any C-Rank in their school? Or even in their ssroom? Noah did not remember any person being C-Rank at all. It was ironic how the people they believed to be the weakest had already surpassed them on strength! Iris and the rest also began to absorb the Attribute Cores, as their Blood Cores resonated with new power and even grew in size one by one¡­ "W-Woah¡­" said Arthur. "This power¡­ This is¡­ C-Rank¡­" said Timassa. "It feels¡­pletely different from before¡­" said Jon. "It feels¡­ weird¡­ Master¡­" said Adamantine. "Now we are super strong! Maybe we should just drop school¡­ Is there any purpose in being there now?" said Iris. "Until we get to B-Rank, we cannot¡­ The School is also protecting us from external forces. In a way, the Crystal Family Guild is probably dying their revenge because of the school itself¡­ Until we reach B-Rank, and we are confident in our strength to deal with them, we shouldn''t leave school yet¡­" said Noah. "I see¡­ Well, that''s how it is," said Iris. Noah then nced at his Ability Cores and decided to convert them all into Skill Points. Ding! [Do you wish to exchange [Ability Core (D)] x6, and [Ability Core (E)] x6 for 480 Skill Points?] [>YES NO] "Yes!" sh! The Ability Cores turned into particles after Noah''smand, as they fused with his Ability Core and new Skill Points emerged at his Attribute Panel. 480 alongside the 50 he already had, Noah now ended at 530 Skill Points! With this, he was more than capable of maxing out his Skill Tree! Noah nced at his Skill Tree, checking thest Skills he could unlock. [Level: II] [Vampire Noble (60/60)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Blood Core Creation (50/50)], [Crimson sh (55/55)], [Vampiric Drain (60/60)] Additional Abilities (II): [Blood Frenzy (70/70)], [Vampiric Wings (75/75)], [Crimson Aegis (0/80)] Additional Abilities (III): [Blood Storage (0/90)], [Blood Servant (0/95)], [Blood Pact (0/100)] "Crimson Aegis, Blood Storage, Blood Servant, and Blood Pact¡­ All of them sound interesting¡­ Good, time to grab them all!" Noah smiled maliciously as he imagined the power he could draw from such interesting-sounding Skills, as he immediately spent his Skill Points on them! Ding! [You have exchanged 80 Skill Points] [You unlocked the [Crimson Aegis: 1 (C)] Skill] Ding! [You have exchanged 90 Skill Points] [You unlocked the [Blood Storage: 1 (B)] Skill] Ding! [You have exchanged 95 Skill Points] [You unlocked the [Blood Servant: 1 (B)] Skill] Ding! [You have exchanged 100 Skill Points] [You unlocked the [Blood Pact: 1 (B)] Skill] With this, Noah had maxed the Level II of the Blood Progenitor Skill Tree! And alongside this, a rush of knowledge on how to use these Skills rushed into his head, giving him a good insight into their usage. Crimson Aegis was the Skill Noah had wanted for a while, which his armor could notpletely give to him. Although the armor was good to resist damage in general from all types, when he needed to block an enormous attack, Noah was always thrown into the air. But now with Crimson Aegis, this was a thing of the past¡­ as long as he had enough Mana and Blood! With Crimson Aegis, Noah had the power to summon shields made of hardened blood! However, these shields were not simr to the weapons of blood weapon creation, and had an even greater resiliency and amazing defensive capabilities! With them, Noah could lessen the shock and force of attacks sent against him, even if the shields were to break! ----- Chapter 96 - New Evolution! Level III Blood Core Rank! ----- Noah''s mind kept being showered with knowledge and insights about these new Skills courtesy of the Blood Core, as he learned the power of Crimson Aegis! The other Skills were just as good, such as Blood Storage. [Blood Storage (B)] The Power to Stockpile Blood byrge amounts. Alongside this, you acquire the ability to transform your own blood into dimensional storage limited by the rank of the Skill on its size. Vampiric beings and Blood Servants can be stored as well, however, energy will be drained from your body to feed their life. ¡­ Blood Storage gave Noah the power to stockpile even more ridicule amounts of Blood within his body to consume, use for calories, and more, alongside giving his own blood the power to store things inside! Indeed, this power seemedpletely broken, as Noah had the power to use his own blood like some kind of Dimensional Storage! However, it was now limited to just a few slots, but it could improve as he increased the Rank of the Skill. Alongside this, the Skill description specified that he would be capable of storing Vampiric beings and Blood Servants inside (as the only living beings that he could store)! With this, he could even carry his entire party within this dimensional storage on his very blood, and surprise his enemies as he brought an army to attack them! However, the other Skill that supplemented Blood Storage in the best way possible was the Blood Servant Skill¡­ This Skill was¡­ It simply left Noah baffled by the possibilities it could have. [Blood Servant (B)] As the Blood Progenitor Descendant, you have an unfathomable power over Blood and Lifeblood, giving you the power to summon a living being''s soul through their blood. This Skill grants you the ability to summon a Blood Servant from any living being that you have killed as long as it possessed any blood, of course. By concentrating its blood quality and fusing it with the residual soul, the Blood Servant, whose appearance, and power will be simr to the original self, will be born. Your current max amount of Blood Servants is determined by your Skill Rank, currently, you can only have up to 30. Blood Servants will grow by themselves by defeating enemies and absorbing their souls or blood, increasing their own Ranks, and achieving new levels of power and abilities. To conjure this Skill effect, simply let a drop of your blood fall into the required corpse while reciting the words ''Rise''. The user has 3 chances to rise a Blood Servant, after these three chances are spent and the Blood Servant is not generated, the user will not be able to rise the desired corpse. Until the three chances are used, the monster''s corpses will remain in existence for 24 hours before turning into ck smoke and dropped items. Corpses (No Monsters from Dungeons) that have been dead for over 24 hours cannot be transformed into Blood Servants. ¡­ With this¡­ Noah had the potential to build an army of loyal servants, alongside his already existing subordinates who could be their generals! Did he even need to recruit any more people now if he had such power? "With this Ability¡­ I can rise soldiers made of blood from anything I have killed? I need to try this out immediately¡­ No¡­ I have to calm down¡­ Not now¡­ Not yet¡­ Perhaps in a Dungeonter," sighed Noah, calming down his own excitement as he checked thest Skill. [Blood Contract (B)] As the descendant of the Blood Progenitor, your power over blood is supreme, and you can manipte the blood of someone weakened to control them through a contract. Through Blood Contract, you can generate a Contract with someone''s Blood, forcing these people to do certain tasks orply with a certain order or deal. This Contract can be either made by both sides epting or can be forcefully made if the target ispletely weakened and cannot fight back nor resist. However, sleeping targets will resist, as they can quickly wake up. Evenpletely unconscious targets might not work, as such a contract forces their minds to wake up immediately. ¡­ With this Skill, Noah could literally set contracts with other people, things that both sides needed to agree in doing. Perhaps keeping a secret, or not betray the other side. As long as there was this contract set, it would not be easily vited. And even if the target tried to vite it, they would receive the pain of all their blood turning into needles and grinding into their own flesh. However, the same could happen to Noah, as this Contract affected both sides. But even then, Noah now had the power to do amazing deals with others¡­ or even forcefully enve enemies. "With this¡­ my power over others increases¡­ Yet, I doubt I can even affect anyone above my Rank. Hence, I must grow stronger¡­" thought Noah, as he was surprised by some strange and sudden System Notification Windows. Ding! [You havepleted the [Level: II] of the Blood Progenitor Skill Tree!] [You have unlocked the [Level: III] of the Blood Progenitor Skill Tree!] "Oh? Level III? How many Levels does this Skill Tree process? Well, it keeps improving as I advance in strength, so perhaps new Skills are simply generated whenever I max out the previous one¡­" thought Noah, as new System notification windows greeted his sight once more. Ding! [Conditions for [Evolution] have been achieved!] [Conditions: Reach 300 in every Attribute Value and unlock all of the [Level: II] of the Blood Progenitor Skill Treepleted!] [Do you wish to evolve into [Level III: Noble-Born Vampire Viscount]?] [>YES NO] "Another¡­ Evolution? So soon? But it seems that the Evolution matches the level of my Skill Tree. Hmph¡­ But what will happen with other Skill Trees? Or perhaps only this Skill Tree, as the main one, will be connected to my evolutions? I wonder¡­ Well, I still do not have any other Skill Tree, and these skills are good for now¡­ Should I evolve now?" wondered Noah. Noah thought that they might fall unconscious and do not attend school again¡­ Which was certainly not something he desired to not awaken suspiciousness. However, he remembered that he did not fall unconscious for too long before¡­ And perhaps using his soul, he could suppress such an effect now that it had evolved¡­ "Well, I shouldn''t even doubt¡­" thought Noah, as he selected the ''Yes'' option after telling everyone that he was about to evolve. sh! His Blood Core suddenly shed with crimson light, as Noah was enveloped by a crimson aura, forming a cocoon around him! "Ngh¡­!" And then, Noah felt as if he was¡­ melting! An excruciating, monstrous pain! It was literally as if he were melting! His skin was melting, his flesh, his muscles, his blood vessels even his bones were falling apart and melting! The pain was immense! However, by using his Immortal Body, he kept regenerating and regenerating, his body reformed itself countless times over! "The evolution to Level III is this harsh?!" thought Noah, as the Blood Progenitor''s mind emerged. "That''s because this evolution is where you reform your entire body and remove any impurities within! Last time your body was still formerly human¡­ but now, you will bepletely remade as Vampire¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "That''s¡­ Ungh¡­!" cried Noah within the blood cocoon, as he ended up losing his consciousness at some point within the evolution. Noah found himself in a strange space after that. A dark ce¡­ Completely filled with ckness. "Wait¡­ This ce again¡­" Noah nced at his surroundings, as he finally found it, the Ancient One once more opened its single crimson eyes, and nced at him. "You again¡­!" said Noah. The Ancient One red at Noah as it squinted its eyes as if judging his soul. However, it quickly stopped looking at him. "Not enough¡­" it said. "What? What do you mean?" asked Noah. "Your strength¡­ Is not enough." It said again. "Why? For what? ¡­Wait, do you mean¡­ wielding your power?" asked Noah. "Wielding me? ¡­It could be said like that. You, as a vessel, is not enough," said the Ancient One. "Wait, don''t go away! How stronger do I need to be to wield your power?" asked Noah. "¡­Strong enough to sustain my power¡­" it said, as Noah''s dream quickly fragmented into pieces, his crimson eyes opened as he nced at the ceiling. "¡­How long did I sleep?" he asked Iris at his side. "Ah! Noah, you''re back! Oh¡­ Only twenty minutes," said Iris. "Good¡­ Let''s go now," said Noah. "Wait, you''re not sharing how strong you got?" asked Arthur. "We can talk that through Telepathy, let''s hurry," said Noah, as several System Windows greeted his sight once more. "I can already feel it though¡­ His power has once more increased¡­ and it seems¡­ as if Noah had been born anew?" said Timassa. "Anew?" asked Arthur. ----- Chapter 97 - Overwhelming Auras! And A New Test?! ----- As Noah and the rest went back to the Military School, Noah checked his System Notifications. Ding! [You have sessfully evolved into a [Level III: Noble-Born Vampire Viscount] [Attribute Value Bonus Earned] [Skill Proficiency Level Bonus Earned] [The [Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Vampiric Evil Eyes of Hypnosis and Stupefaction: 1 (B)] Skill!] Noah had gained a good amount of bonus stats, alongside one of his Skills reaching max proficiency and awakening! The new version of Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis was Vampiric Evil Eyes of Hypnosis and Stupefaction, which had an even greater power of hypnotizing, confusing, or attacking the minds of his enemies. Perhaps now he could finally be capable of affecting people with strong wills, albeit the Skill was still not all-powerful, and held its limitations to what it could do. It was not as if he would be able to win every fight using the Skill now, but the Skill served as good support. After checking the new Awakened Skill, Noah nced at his Current Attribute Panel. [Noah] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level III: Noble-Born Vampire Viscount] [Vitality: 330] [Mind: 330] [Force: 330] [Skill Points: 165] [Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Immortal Body: 34 (S)], [Eviscerating Crimson ws: 61 (B)], [Vampiric Blood Control: 67 (B)], [Blood Weapon Creation: 63 (B)], [Unyielding Blood Demon: 35 (B)], [Fartalk: 32 (A)], [Yin and Yang Crimson Soul: 36 (S)], [Sacrificial Vampiric Veracity: 20 (B)], [Lifeblood Release: 20 (B)], [Vampiric Evil Eyes of Hypnosis and Stupefaction: 1 (B)], [Poisonous Blood: 75 (C)] [Blood Curse: 74 (C)], [Blood Armor: 71 (C)], [Blood Potion: 64 (C)], [Blood Combustion: 77 (C)], [Flight: 74 (B)] [Mist Form: 53 (C)], [Blood Core Creation: 60 (C)], [Crimson sh: 60 (C)], [Vampiric Drain: 40 (C)], [Blood Frenzy: 45 (C)], [Vampiric Wings: 42 (C)], [Parallel Mind Thought Processing: 42 (A)], [Crimson Aegis: 20 (C)], [Blood Storage: 20 (B)], [Blood Servant: 20 (B)], [Blood Pact: 20 (B)] "This evolution brought me a good amount of Attribute Values and Bonus Skill Proficiency. I am rather satisfied¡­ Perhaps Dungeon Diving will be swifter as I gather Blood Servants from now on¡­ Despite that, I still believe that fighting Bosses will not bepletely easy¡­" thought Noah. Noah''s group entered the school and got into the second sses, as they were not able to attend the first ones. The moment they entered nothing seemed out of the ordinary, although some people noticed that they had note in the morning, no one seemed to say anything. However, that was merely on the surface. Most of the students¡­ Noticed it. Noah¡­ No, not only Noah but his entire group. The presence they indirectly let out of their bodies, the very residual presence of the true power they were suppressing to not awake suspiciousness¡­ The various student felt it. The power of sleeping beasts. If Emerald were here, he would have been yelling at Noah that he was a monster and trying to tell everyone thanks to his Danger Detection Skill going crazy. But these people did not have such a power, and although they could feel that something deep within them was slumbering¡­ it was not as if they had proof or anything. But even then. It was certainly frightening. Even Fernand Firebrand and his thugs nced at Noah with awe¡­ Even the teacher, who was D-Rank, noticed it. Noah and his group were indeed¡­ something different. Their presence, and the power exuding from them¡­ An Aura of Scarlet Red. Of beastly and insatiable bloodlust. Not only this was produced by their C-Rank power, but also due to their evolutions and incredibly high ranked Skills, which they had in high numbers. Were these people even needed to stay in school anymore? Certainly, Noah nned to leave it whenever he had the chance, at B-Rank. But for now, he and his group remained silent as they nced at the teacher start the sses¡­ Fernand and his thugs began to consider that perhaps¡­ they should not mess around with Noah anymore. An instinctual fear arose in their very existence. Something deep and abyssal came from Noah and his group¡­ Noah noticed that some of the students were ring at him and his group. "Indeed. Being C-Rank and having evolved had made our power too big, even by suppressing it, others can still see its residual aura¡­" sighed Noah through telepathy. "Isn''t this bad? We might get caught!" said Arthur. "¡­Or it could be a good thing too. They seem afraid. If they are afraid, they might not mess up with us anymore. Unlike Emerald, no one here has such a convenient skill as Danger Detection to have some kind of foresight over the power we have¡­" said Iris. "True¡­ This might benefit us instead of being a bad thing¡­" said Timassa. As Noah''s group chatted freely through their telepathy, the teacher began to talk about a new test¡­ "Ahem, as I mentioned yesterday, today there will be a new test inside a Dungeon, simr to the one we had previously. However, there are new rules that the director had made¡­ as he wanted everyone to get a bit more¡­petitive¡­" said the teacher, ring at Noah as he swallowed saliva, he could not even understand what was making him so afraid, yet he felt fear for his mere presence in the ssroom¡­ "New rules?" "What does that mean?" "Morepetitive¡­" "Morepetitive?! Do they want us to kill each other or something?" "Fufu, that sounds fun!" "Oi, don''t joke around that¡­!" "Well, we can always beat up each other to decide who wins, right?" "I don''t like the sound of that¡­" "But rules are rules! Do not worry, haha. You''re part of my party!" "I don''t know¡­ I don''t want to participate¡­" "I am¡­ strangely¡­ I don''t know¡­ afraid?" "Hm¡­" "Y-Yeah¡­ there is something weird in the air today¡­" The ssroom was filled with students talking about many things, some were excited while others are afraid. Many of them did not understand where that strange feeling of dread came from within the ssroom, some of the weaker students were even quivering. "To incentivize your growth and alsopetitiveness. There are new rules. One of the first ones is that there will be a certain limited amount of "Treasures" that you need to collect and fight to acquire. Any group that manages to obtain five Treasures and escapes the Dungeon will receive the highest Grade¡­ There are only 15 Treasures, and groups can only be up to 6 people. These Treasures are high Ranked Gear, which you can keep," said the teacher, as all the students began to chat and to show theirints. This test was indeed very unfair! There were over 30 students, how all groups could get the highest score? Indeed, it was incredibly unfair! Only three groups could get a perfect score! And that was if actually, they were able to collect all five treasures¡­ Conflict and fights were imminent. This entire test was made for students to fight against each other! Noah released a mild smile. All the students were now weaker than him, and if he wanted, he could literally crush them like ants. Oh, how the tables have turned¡­ He was incredibly excited¡­ And all of his party were a bit afraid of his excitement¡­ "N-Noah is about to do something crazy again¡­" sighed Arthur. "Make sure to not kill that many people¡­ You said that we had toy low, didn''t you?" asked Iris. Then, Noah calmed down and suppressed his feelings of bloodlust, which had the whole ssroom quivering! "Right. I had forgotten. We have toy low. Let''s just gather 5 treasures and then we are done," said Noah, he didn''t want any conflicts¡­ But if they were inside a dungeon where no teachers were around¡­ Like many times before, he could¡­ perhaps kill some¡­ And then¡­ raise them as Blood Servants. However, this malicious thought was suppressed, and Noah would result in violence only when the students came directly to harm him or his subordinates. There were also a few students from prestigious Families simr to the Crystal Family, and he thought that it might be better to not kill those IF possible¡­ as he did not want to add more threats to his future. For example, if Fernand Firebrand showed up, he would probably knock him out, steal everything he had, and then leave him alive. Thankfully, Noah had investigated several of his student''s families before even bing a Vampire, and knew which ones should not be killed and which others were free to ughter¡­ ----- Chapter 98 - Gathering Treasures In The Dungeon ----- "The Dungeon you will be visiting for this test is named the Crimson Jewel Caves. It is arge D-Rank Dungeon for all of you to explore and find the Treasures. Please make sure to be prepared, and whenever there is any conflict, try to not damage your ssmates as much, keep the battles friendly," said the teacher. The students felt pressured when they knew that the Dungeon was going to be D-Rank. Although they could not really do anything to change this, they were reassured by the teacher that the dungeon had been cleaned many times in the week, and only had very few monsters. Noah thanked that the dungeon was going to be D-Rank, just as he was C-Rank. This was because Hunters could not enter Dungeons that were two ranks below them. For example, Noah was a C-Rank Hunter now, and could only enter D-Rank Dungeons or the ones above his Rank. This was because whenever a strong hunter entered a very weak dungeon, the dungeon itself would begin to fragment and fall apart. However, this only happened with Dungeons below B-Rank, as even S-Rank Hunters could enter B-Rank Dungeons due to their greater energy and power, giving the dungeons the power to sustain them. Alongside this, Hunters that entered lower rank dungeons than their ranks would not receive any cores from the monsters they killed. And because the restrictions to enter Dungeons were so strict, apany couldn''t employ hunters of all Ranks to grind Cores all the time so they could have arge supply of them in stock. Any dungeon below B-Rank that was maintained within the City was merely there to extract resources and help those of lower ranks to grow stronger because it waspletely possible to erase them all by any high-ranked hunter. Due to these restrictions, high-rank Hunters couldn''t grind low-rank cores and make arge group of people grow stronger. And alongside this, the Government kept most of all the cores sold, so rich people could not buy them in bulks and be S-Rank instantaneously. It was known that the government used these cores to make promising people with powerful skills into B-Rank or A-Rank immediately, converting them into strong soldiers to defend the Sectors they belonged to. ¡­And this was one of the primary goals of the Military School, to find talented and strong low ranked hunters, brainwash them, and feed them cores so they can be very strong soldiers. However, only Noah and his group had kind of figured such intentions, as most of the other kids were left in the blue¡­ After a few minutes of preparations, all the students began to form groups and then walked out of sses, being given simr equipment to previous times, although Noah and his group took some, they were not going to use them at all¡­ As each party began to enter one by one into the Dungeon, they quickly dispersed as they began to look for the Treasures. Noah and his group, which were still qualified as the ''useless bunch'' ended entering thest, as all other groups had already gone deep into the caves. Noah had already assumed that based on this, they would end up fighting at least some groups of students, and depending on who they were, he would let them live or not¡­ Although there could also be the possibility of turning them into Vampiric beings, Noah had lost such interest for now. Noah''s sight immediately changed as he entered therge caves. The caves were made of a reddish stone, and were enormous, being at least 40 meters tall, perhaps just as tall as the caves where they fought against the Bats. What made this dungeon special were the red-colored crystals that adorned everywhere. These crystals were precious materials, being D-Rank Magic Crystals which the owners of the dungeon, the government, extracted daily. And because they grew in a dungeon, they regenerated very fast after a few days, ready to be extracted again to feed on therge energy that the high-tech city required to function properly. Although Noah had considered farming these crystals, he thought that it was not worth the hassle and that if he wanted he could grind even better materials in a C-Rank Dungeon that they will be visiting tonight. "This ce is quite beautiful¡­" said Arthur. "Indeed, the rest crystals illuminate the caves and give them a mysterious red glow¡­" said Timassa. "It is kind of romantic¡­" said Iris. "Romantic?" asked Noah while raising an eyebrow, they could only see these things as materials¡­ What was so romantic about this? "Ah, I mean, the atmosphere¡­ and the colors! Come on, as Vampires, wouldn''t we be attracted to the red color?" asked Iris. "Perhaps¡­ Indeed, it is quite¡­ panoramic," said Noah, he did not agree with Iris, but decided to agree to make her a bit happy. The party marched through the caves, exploring the unknown, the darkness within, and the several sections and secret passages all around. Thanks to Jon''s irvoyance, it was easy for everyone to guide themselves around, and after just one hour, they immediately found two Treasures lying around inside secret passages and rooms. The monsters were almost non-existent, just as the teacher said, but they were also incredibly slow. Such monsters were only one type, Crystal Golems. Crystal Golems were strong and had enormous resilience, but were incredibly slow, and even E-Rank Students were able to run away from them very easily. Especially because whenever one appeared, they would groan very loudly and slowly. Due to them, this ce was very good for tests, as even the monsters were slow and not aplete threat if their numbers were as reduced as of now. Sadly, these golems did not have blood, so they could not be Blood Servants. However, they still counted as monsters for Noah''s Blood Servant Skill, so their corpses could remain for 24 hours! With such a thing, Noah decided to save these golem pieces inside the Dimensional Storage Rings, as he could use them as magic materialster before the 24 hours happened. As the party explored around, they finally found a third Treasure and celebrated by taking a small break. "Phew, nothing better than drinking some iced tea~," said Iris. "And these Bento Boxes are very good, the lunch is still warm¡­" said Arthur. "I did them for everyone taking into consideration your favorite foods," said Timassa. "You even know that I like those tiny tomatoes¡­" said Jon shyly. "Of course, it is my duty as a maid to know everyone''s likings and make delicious food based on that¡­ All of you are also my friends, so it is just my pleasure to make you happy," said Timassa. "Uwah! Timassa, we don''t deserve you!" said Iris as she hugged Timassa. "Indeed, Timassa is way too good for us¡­" said Arthur. As everyone enjoyed a quick lunch, Noah noticed the lurking presence of a group approaching them¡­ "Jon¡­" said Noah. "Yes, I can see them¡­ It is a group of six¡­ Eh? No, there are many other groups, three? They are all about to gather in here, although they seem to have been pursuing each other¡­" said Jon. "Oh? So they are noting for us but to beat each other?" asked Noah. "And three groups to boot?!" asked Iris. Suddenly, one of the groups of six students entered in a hurry, as they noticed Noah and the rest resting in the ground and leisurely eating lunch¡­ "Eh?! Oh! It''s those useless guys¡­ Why are they having lunch?!" asked one of the group members, named Luciliano, a blonde man with brown eyes carrying a ck sword. "What the fuck? We hit a jack pot here! Look, they got three treasures!" said another guy simr to him within Luciliano''s group, a shorty with green hair and aquamarine eyes named Verto, who carried a sharp, green-colored spear. "I told you that it was a bad idea to go around with the treasures like this, Noah-sama¡­" said Arthur. "Oh? Not at all, this was what I wanted, if they can see us carrying them, it means that they will try to take them away from us¡­ And look, they are not from any family, we can simply ughter them¡­ About time, I wanted some Blood Servants," said Noah nonchntly through Telepathy, as he smiled back at Luciliano and Verto with a smile. "Sure thing, friend,e and grab them," he said. "Oh? Quite the bold bastard¡­" said Luciliano. "We are going to put you in your ce! Just because you won that other test doesn''t mean you get to be so cocky¡­ Useless!" roared Verto. ----- Chapter 99 - Luciliano And Verto ----- Luciliano and Verto were good friends since childhood. Both of them were children born already after the Apocalypse appeared, within Sector D. They were from poor families, and often envied those that belonged to rich families or were children of high-ranked Hunters. However, through hard work alone, they practiced and sued their Skills forbat, and slowly began to gather Cores. At some point, they reached E-Rank, and at the same time, they joined Military School. In this world, the strong devour the weak, and one needed to be selfish to survive. Although they were good friends in between the two, to anyone else that was not stronger than them, they were their worst nightmare. Bullying, extortion, even thievery. In their childhood, they had resorted to all these things to survive, and even in school, they did it daily. The only reason why they did not target Noah was that he was already being targeted by an already bigger shot, Fernand Firebrand. But well. Who cares about them anyway? For Noah, they were nothing but fodder. And they could also be a good way to finally experiment with his Blood Servant Ability! Noah smiled at the two¡­ The student known as the Useless who did not even have an Ability or the System smiled at them and even provoked them! "So? What are you waiting for? Are you all bark and no bite? Come on, do your worst¡­" said Noah. "Eh?! You fucking bastard! Alright, let''s fucking kill him!" roared Verto, raising his spear! "Yeah, I don''t care if he is a ssmate or whatever¡­ it is not like this freaking school wasn''t all about killing each other to be recruited by the government, right?" asked Lo. Noah realized that these two had kind of figured out how this ce worked. "Hm¡­ Just because you surprised me a bit there, I will handicap myself. I shall not use any Skill to defeat both of you," said Noah. "Handicap? Skills? Do not talk shit out of your ass! I know that you don''t have any power!" roared Verto, rushing towards Noah while coating himself in green winds and enhancing his spear. "Let''s see if you can even handle one hit from us!"ughed Luciliano, raising his ck sword as darkness began to flow out of it! "Noah-sama¡­ Are you okay with that?" asked Arthur through telepathy. "You don''t have to handicap yourself, we can easily dispose of them for you¡­" said Timassa through telepathy. "Don''t worry, take care of their party, wipe them out," said Noah, as Iris, Timassa, Arthur, Adamantine, and Jon rushed towards the rest of Luciliano and Verto''s party who were smiling as their two leaders went to ughter Noah! Luciliano and Verto''s weapons reached Noah, as they unleashed an explosion of emerald winds and dark shadows, shing against his body and torso into a loud explosion! BOOM! "Haha! So weak, he probably died instantly!"ughed Luciliano. "Yeah, this shithead is already fucking dead," said Verto. The two thugsughed as they imagined Noah''s body, being torn apart and bleeding into the ground like a mush of torn apart flesh¡­ "Is that so?" But Noah was standing still, smiling at them. In fact, he wasughing. Luciliano and Verto quickly noticed that their weapons were stuck. The two thugs nced at Noah''s hands, which had caught the spear and sword of Luciliano and Verto with his bare hands, using his very fingers to catch the tips of the weapons with enormous strength. "W-What?" asked Luciliano. "That''s¡­ He''s¡­ using his fingers?!" asked Verto. Both thug''s eyes were almost popping out of their eye sockets, as they nced at Noah''s insane disy of immense strength. Alongside this, his crimson aura began to coat their bodies, as an immense fear took their entire souls by surprise! They were battling something way too strong¡­ way too insane, way too wicked! A monstrosity! Noah smiled wickedly, as he promised, he was not using any Skill at all! He was simply using the inherent power of a Vampire at Level III, and his C-Rank Stats! That was enough topletely ridicule these two thugs! "What''s wrong? I see that you are rather scared¡­" said Noah. "Ah¡­! DON''T FUCK WITH ME!" roared Verto, taking out his spear was Noah shattered the tip! Crash! "AH?!" "Hm, you might be a goodncer¡­" said Noah while rubbing his chin, as he directed his hands with his ck nails towards Verto''s throat! Crash! "A-Ahggghh! Mmggffgghhh¡­!" Noah grabbed Verto''s neck with his hands, raising him above the ground. "How does it feels, huh? How does it feel to be the one being ridiculed? How does it feel to be the one being trampled?" asked Noah, as he nced at the agonizing and twisting face of Verto as he gasped for air! "Mmmfffgggooohh¡­!" Suddenly, Verto tried to release a burst of winds towards Noah, but the attack was blocked by his own clothes¡­ Because these clothes, were in fact, Noah''s blood. Through the use of Blood Armor, he was now able to merge his blood with his clothes and make extra-resistant armor clothes. The measly attack of an E-Rank was nothing. Crack, crack! "GRRAAAAGGAAAGGGHHH!" Verto struggled to breathe as the pain of Noah''s hands crushing his neck took hold of his senses! "Verto¡­! LET HIM GO!" roared Luciliano, raising his de towards Noah, as Noah let him take it away. CLASH! Noah simply gave a swipe of his free hand and shattered the de that Luciliano carried, grabbing his neck as well with immense speed! Now¡­ he was grabbing both with his bare hands, crushing their necks like lowly creatures that were only good for a small meal! As if they were tiny, and trembling rabbits, left hopeless and inplete despair for their agonizing death! "NNGRAAAGAGGHHH¡­!" "MMMGGGOOOGGHH¡­!" Noah smiled wickedly, as he saw both students die agonizingly, slowly but steadily crushing their necks, as their lifeless bodies fell into the ground¡­ Noah nced at the two corpses rathercently. "Don''t worry, you''re getting to work immediately¡­ Rise," said Noah, as his crimson eyes shed with glowing red light! sh! Suddenly, from within Noah''s hands, a ray of crimson light fell over Luciliano''s corpse, epassing it, and filling it! The blood within the corpse started to tremble, as something phantasmal started to gather around it! ck! However, it suddenly stopped¡­ Ding! [Blood Servant Ritual Failure] [You can try 2 more times with this corpse] "It failed in my first one¡­" thought Noah, as his eyes squinted. Putting more of his intent into it, Noah once more activated Blood Servant, as the sh of red light took ahold of Luciliano''s body again! ck! However, it once again failed! Ding! [Blood Servant Ritual Failure] [You can try 1 more time with this corpse] "What? ¡­Once more," said Noah, as he tried once more, he concentrated all of his aura and soul into using this Skill, pouring more and more mana! sh! The crimson light took hold of Luciliano''s corpse, as the light started to make the blood move around! Phantasmal, crimson energy started to gather within the corpse, as the blood fused with it and began to form a figure! All of the corpse''s blood was extracted, leaving a mummified carcass, as a new and humanoid figure emerged, made entirely out of a crimson phantom and blood flowing all around it! The figure slowly formed more detailed, as it resembled Luciliano but made of pure blood and coated in crimson phantasmagoric essence. Even a spear emerged in the right hand of the Blood Servant, as it kneeled before Noah. Noah could not help but smile due to the amazing feat! Blood Servant was an amazing Skill! Ding! [You have sessfully raised a [Blood Servant Lancer: Normal Grade]!] "Normal Grade¡­ I suppose it is the lowest. However, it should be able to grow on its own just by fighting, as it was stated by the Skill description¡­" thought Noah. Ding! [Do you desire to grant a name to [Blood Servant Lancer: Normal Grade]?] "Name? ¡­Lance," said Noah, ncing at thence and simply calling Luciliano''s Blood Servant as Lance instead of his former name. sh! Suddenly, Lance received its name, as it was hit with a wave of new strength! Its appearance changed slightly, as it gained an armor of hardened, crystallized blood and its mass seemed stronger as if it had be more muscr yet it retained its slim figure. "Oh? It became stronger. Now that''s quite the surprise¡­" thought Noah. ----- Chapter 100 - Blood Servants And Clementina ----- Ding! [The Name: [Lance] has been granted to the [Blood Servant Lancer: Normal Grade]!] Then, as Noah nced at Lance strengthen itself, he felt as if he had lost a bit of his energy. No, he lost a small piece of his soul¡­ Although this did not show in stats lowering or anything, he felt it. "So the strength it gainses directly from a piece of my soul¡­ I should not name all the servants I raise then, as it might end up weakening me too much. Only those deserving of it, I suppose¡­ Like this one¡­ I bet you two will make a good pair, don''t you?" said Noah, ncing at Verto''s corpse with greed on his eyes. Pointing his pale-white hand, he recited the magic words. "Rise," said Noah, as a crimson light came out of his hand, showering the fresh corpse of Verto, as it began to epass its entire body! sh! The blood quickly began to gather, generating a mass of crimson slime, which then formed into a humanoid figure! Verto''s Blood Servant started to form more details, as arge de of crimson red blood emerged at its right arm. Ding! [You have sessfully raised a [Blood Servant Swordsman: Normal Grade]!] "Let''s name you¡­ de," said Noah, his eyes glowing with crimson light as he felt a small piece of his soul fusing with de, bringing it new strength! In a sh, it gained a new armor, and it gained a substantial amount of power! Both de and Lance kneeled before Noah, waiting for any order. They seemed to not be able to speak and were dead-serious as well as if their former lives were non-existent. Noah smiled maliciously, this was an amazing power! "It seems that my soul is regenerating on its own from these two small pieces used¡­ Perhaps if I were to use Naming a couple more times I would finally feel a bit weak¡­ Well, it would be better to wait until then, just raising them is good enough," thought Noah, as he nced back at his subordinates, everyone seemed to have ughtered with amazing swiftness the other members of Luciliano and Verto''s party. "W-Woah, what are those?" asked Arthur in surprise. "Oh, I guess I didn''t introduce you to my new power. Using the Blood Servant Skill I got from the Skill Tree, I can raise corpses into beings made of blood and their soul. They are not as strong as us, but they can grow stronger, and are virtually immortal as well, as they can regenerate as long as I have Mana, and I can call them back into my Blood Storage whenever they are weakened," said Noah. "Amazing¡­ So these are like¡­ our underlings!" said Iris, ring at de and Lance''s expressionless crimson faces, which were now covered in red helmets. She patted them and touched their armor, which was very hard and felt ''real'', as if it were truly iron, even if they were made of blood and phantom. The rest of the group also inspected the Blood Servants around, finding them amazing in many ways. "This is quite useful¡­ how many can you make, Noah-sama?" asked Timassa, as she brought the corpses of the students they killed mercilessly. "I can make up to 30 for now, so these four are also joining the party¡­" said Noah, as he said ''Rise'' and raised the four students into Blood Servants. As Noah raised them, he noticed that they also had different sses, from Magician, Lancer, Swordsman, Bowman, and Rogue. Two of these new Blood Servants were female-looking and Magicians, one was able to throw fireballs, while the other could shot spears of darkness. And another one was a Rogue, using swiftness, stealth, and its dagger techniques. Andstly, the other one was a bowman, carrying a bow made of crystallized blood, and it had the power to generate blood arrows infinitely as long as it had enough Mana. Their appearances were slightly simr to how they looked before, but Noah paid no mind, as he quickly called them inside of his blood through Blood Storage. "With this, we have six new members in a sh," said Jon. "Indeed, that was incredible¡­ I wonder if Noah will make an army next¡­ We have to keep growing stronger, so we are not surpassed by mere Blood Servants, alright?" asked Iris to the group, as everyone nodded diligently, Noah felt content over their resolve, as he was not epting any ckers within his Vampire Family. "Good response¡­ Because if not¡­ You might end up joining them!"ughed Noah, intimidating everyone a bit¡­ although he was joking, he was always so dead-serious that they thought he really meant it. "I don''t want to join them! I will work even harder, Noah-sama!" cried Arthur. "Y-Yeah! Please, rest assured!" said Timassa. "Indeed!" said Jon. "Grawr!" said Adamantine, as she ate the dry corpses left after they became Blood Servants. "Eh? Am I really bing a Blood Servant¡­?" asked Iris with puppy eyes. Noah sighed. "Rx, it was a joke. Just keep working as hard as you have been doing this whole time," sighed Noah, waving his hand as he suddenly noticed a figure emerging from the corner of the cave. It was the bloody body of someone he recognized. She seemed to havee crawling from outside, as Noah recalled that two groups of students were battling outside. Her entire body was covered in wounds, and she was bleeding an entire river, the scent of blood immediately alerted the rest of Noah''s group, as everyone nced at the girl crawl towards them, raising her hands. It seems that she had more or less seen them fight, and was asking for their help¡­ This girl was no other than Clementina Icespear, a beautiful and tall girl with a slender figure, sharp clear blue eyes, and long azure hair, one of the stoic and silent beauties of the ss. However, now, she was on death''s door¡­ Noah walked towards her as he nced at her expressionlessly. "Should I kill her and raise her as a Blood Servant? ¡­No, she is from a rather prestigious family, but then again, why is she bleeding? Wasn''t she rather strong?" wondered Noah, thinking about what to do. Iris appeared right after him, ring at the girl crawling towards them slowly. "Do we kill her?" she asked, her eyes glowing eerily as bloodlust took ahold of Iris''s senses! "¡­No," said Noah, stopping Iris by patting her shoulders, as he walked towards Clementina. "Ahh¡­ Aaah¡­!" muttered Clementina, as she raised her hand towards Noah. "Did you see us fight?" asked Noah. "Yes¡­ Ungh¡­ Please¡­ your strength¡­ what is it?! Unngh¡­ Help me¡­ please¡­ My party got wiped out¡­ I don''t¡­ want to die¡­ not yet¡­!" muttered Clementina, her eyes beginning to cry. "(We could easily heal her through Arthur''s Skill¡­ But wouldn''t it be more beneficial to convert her into a Dhampir?)" wondered Noah, as he nced at Clementina. "You want strength, Clementina? I can give you the strength you want. And I can even heal you back to full through it¡­" said Noah, ncing at the stoic beauty desperately tremble, resisting the pain. "Join us¡­" said Arthur, emerging at the side of Clementina. "Join us¡­" said Timassa, appearing at her side as well. "Join us¡­" said Jon, as scary as ever. "Join¡­ us¡­" said Adamantine. "Are you worthy of joining our creed?" wondered Iris, as all the Vampire''s eyes glowed with crimson light an immense aura covered Clementina''s entire body. "What¡­ kind of overwhelming power¡­ Didn''t you¡­ used to be weak¡­? How¡­? Unnghh¡­!" cried Clementina. "Answers can wait. Do you want to join us, or do you prefer to die hopelessly?" asked Noah. Clementina clenched her teeth, as she realized that whatever Noah offered her was something that could change her entire destiny, her entire fate! Such power could bring a new life to her¡­ Alongside the possibility of avenging her party! And also¡­ to avenge her mother. "Do I¡­ even have another option?" she sighed, as she epted Noah''s offer. "The only option was death¡­ You seem to be intelligent," said Noah with a malicious smile, as he grabbed Clementina within his arms. "W-What¡­ are you¡­ doing?" muttered Clementina, about to fall unconscious due to her wounds. "Giving you the power you desire¡­" said Noah, his eyes glowing eerily as his fangs grew out of his jaw, biting Clementina''s neck as she released a pained moan. "Aahh~ W-Wait¡­ Ooh~! Hmm¡­!" she muttered. The more blood she lost, the more strength began to be poured into her body¡­ She was¡­ changing. ----- Chapter 101 - Clementinas Family ----- Clementina Silvercrown Icespear was born as the third daughter of a family of aristocrats within Sector D. Blessed by inheriting an even stronger version of the Skill from her mother, she gained a lot of recognition in her family and was even given a lot of attention by her father, who her other two sisters fought their attention for. Clementina''s father was a man who had three different consorts, each one having their child with him, who all battled for his recognition and to inherit the family''s wealth. As the three sisters grew older, Clementina''s sisters grew envious and more jealous of her powers, talent, and finesse, which made her their father''s favorite daughter, and alongside their mothers, they nned something horrendous to ruin her life forever. On Clementina''s 13th birthday, terrible news struck her life. Her mother, who was a C-Rank Hunter that usually visited Dungeons to improve herself was found dead. That was the day when Clementina''s entire life began to fall apart. Her mother''s death was not as much as it had initially thought, as her father still loved her and was there for her¡­ However, through maniption, her sisters and their mothers began to slowly make her an outcast of the family, and due to her current psychological state, Clementina was not able to cope with these changes, falling to their emotional maniptions¡­ At some point, due to anger, she attacked her sisters after they insulted her mother. But that was when she fell into their trap¡­ After attacking her sisters in front of their father and their mothers, Clementine was used of being a beastly girl, whose powers were too strong to control her own judgment¡­ They even called her a subhuman. And because of her cold personality due to her ability, she could not preach for forgiveness due to her cold emotions and the emotional instability of her mind. Her father slowly became afraid of her, and of what she could do one day to him. Indeed, her ability named ''Ice Queen'' gives her the power to control ice freely, making her extremely dangerous if she were to go berserk¡­ And fearing that her daughter might not be able to control herself and one day attack and possibly kill him¡­ her father decided to exile her from the family, sending her to live on her own with a monthly sry¡­ At some point, hopeless and alone, she ended up entering the Military School, where she wanted to make many feats and prove to her father that she was not the monster they made her seem to be. Through these months, she worked hard, studying, and getting good grades, and bing a better and better Hunter, reaching the peak of E-Rank, and just close enough to be a D-Rank. Clementina desired to grow stronger and one day avenge her mother, as she believed and suspected that her step-mothers were the ones that had nned her death somehow, as they were also C-Rank Hunters who were rather strong within the Silvercrown Guild, which represented her family. Because she had only taken the surname of her mother, she was only known in sses as Clementine Icespear, despite being Clementine Silvercrown Icespear¡­ Her mother was someone she dearly loved, and her death only fueled her wrath and desire to avenge her death one day¡­ However, due to her nature and cold heart, she was not able to find reliablepanions for such a feat and was always left alone in ss, intimidating most students by her cold nature and strong Ability. ¡­But as this new test started, and she was forced to join a group andplete the test, she had to cooperate with people that feared her and could not trust her well. And it was not as if she could truly trust them either¡­ Despite these differences, they managed to gather up to 3 Treasures and were close toplete the test with a perfect score. However, by a chance of destiny and her unfortunate life, she came across a party of students led by one of the strong students of the ss, Albert Darkeye. Albert Darkeye was a strong student, but was not known for enforcing bullying¡­ But that did not mean he was not ruthless, neither wicked deep inside Especially because his entire party was followers of him¡­ mysteriously. Darkeye was not a prestigious family, but Albert was indeed someone talented. Especially because of the talent he was given, the Ability he possessed, which most students had no clue what it was¡­ This ability let Albert slowly encroach the minds of people¡­ and made them his ves. Such a strong ability was not even well known amongst the teachers because he also had other offensive Skills he had gotten from Ability Cores, and faked that these were his original Skills¡­ Due to this, he slowly brainwashed a group of students which he made his ves, and now, this test was a perfect ce to ughter some of the more annoying and strong students within the ss, as he intended to be noticed by the government and recruited as a Soldier for Sector D. And due to these circumstances, without ever giving a care about Clementina''s family, Albert decided to kill her and her party to get her off the way. But unfortunately for him, Clementina somehow escaped after her party members were all horribly ughtered. Just in time to see Noah and his party ughter another group of students¡­ However, something within Noah made him different than the wicked smile of the perverted Albert. Something deep and abyssal, way above the mundane desires that Albert held. Such an aura called upon her, and unknowingly made her ask for help from Noah and his party instead of cowering in fear after seeing them kill more students¡­ Noah, despite her expectations, decided to help her. Well, not really ''help her''. More like turning her into a Vampire so he could get a strong subordinate, and perhaps a connection to the Silvercrown family, which meant even more money than Arthur''s family could bring. ¡­Sadly, Noah was not aware that she was exiled from the Silvercrown Family. However, it was not as if Noah would not try to get into her family anywayster on, whenever he learned the truth from her words. Clementina was bitten by Noah, as Iris nced at him while pouting cutely. "Grr¡­" she groaned. "I-Iris, are you okay?" asked Timassa. "Yes. I am¡­ perfectly fine. It is¡­pletely okay for Noah to do this, he is a Vampire after all. Yes. I am fine. Fiiiiine." Said Iris, as she resisted her jealously due to her strong love for Noah, as she did not want to annoy him with her slight¡­ possessiveness. She had been promised that Noah would not take any other woman than her, so she decided to trust Noah''s words as he saw him coldly and expressionlessly drink Clementina''s blood. Clementine felt a strange warmness epassed her neck, as she felt dizzy, her senses were sharpening and lowering all the time, and she felt like she was about to die even more than before¡­ But in fact, she was being reformed and born anew. Noah separated his fangs from her neck as a mark of two fangs on her neck appeared like in everyone else, and Clementina was put into the ground. After a few minutes, her wounds regenerated by themselves, and she suddenly woke up. Her eyes had be crimson red, and her hair had taken a grayish tone of color. And of course, her skin tone was not healthy at all now, being incredibly pale, perhaps even more than the other Vampires¡­ "Where am I¡­?" she asked confusedly, as she sat down, finding all the Vampires around her. "Wee to the creed. My family. Now, you serve me, Clementine Silvercrown Icespear¡­" said Noah, with Iris sitting at his side as she crossed her legs, ring at her from above as if trying to exert her dominance and position in the family by being at the side of Noah. However, Clementine still did not understand what exactly was going on, and Noah and the rest had to exin a few things before everything was settled down. "Vampire? So that happened with the core that Fernand was carrying around¡­ Such¡­ an amazing turn of events¡­ This new power¡­ this is¡­ what I needed!" said Clementina, unlike others, she fully embraced her Vampiric powers incredibly quickly. "Oh? She adapted quickly to it," said Timassa. "Now tell me, Clementina. Who killed your party? And¡­ doe he has some interesting Ability? I was thinking that he could be a good Blood Servant¡­" said Noah. "Blood¡­ Servant?" asked Clementina. ----- Chapter 102 - A Parasites Life ----- Albert Darkeye was never from any prestigious family. From the time he could remember having any consciousness, he was living in the streets, crawling in the areas where poverty governed. He had no parents, no family, nothing to call home. The only things he had were his tattered clothes and a small medallion that said ''Albert Darkeye'', which he assumed to be his own name. Many times he was bitten byrge, mutated rats, and had to fight against critters crawling in these ces to survive¡­ However, if such a ce were to only be filled with critters, it would not be so bad¡­ But there were even more terrifying creatures. People. Subhumans and Humans lived in these areas, fighting for survival, stealing from each other, assaulting each other for a mere piece of old and moldy bread¡­ Somehow, Albert was almost killed many times but managed to survive. However, it was always so close, that he could not even count all the times he was at the border of death with the fingers of his hands¡­ But everything changed one fateful day when something within him awakened. As he was fighting another older kid who was trying to stab him in the chest to steal the food he had gathered from the trash, something inside of him awakened. As he gritted his teeth and the knife was already prating his skin, a pink-colored light emerged from his hands. Touching the head of the kid he was fighting. Suddenly, the kid cried in agony as he fell to the ground, a sharp pain emerged inside of his head, as his mind was being¡­ eaten away by something. And then Albert realized that this "something" was from him. This was¡­ his power. And as he awakened it, he gained the System. And found out what it was. Mind-Eating Parasite. A Skill that sounded so eerie that it seemed to havee from a horror movie. With this Skill, Albert''s life gave a total shift. Mind-Eating Parasite gave Albert the power to eat or brainwash the minds of other living beings. As long as they were weaker or of a simr strength than him. He had tried to use it on adults, but many times he was caught and beaten almost to death¡­ But he realized that if he could not brainwash those stronger than him to protect him, he just had to gather a ton of weaklings¡­ And use them as his army. Through the streets, he began to experiment with his power, trying out its limits and what it could truly do. However, due to therge amount of Mana needed to use it, he could barely activate it once a day before his Mana were to bepletely depleted, regenerating very slowly afterward. He only had one chance a day¡­ And each chance had a probability of failure as well, even in weaker beings. If they opposed resistance, he was not able to take over them. The first kid that was attacked by his Skill was startled but managed to get the effect off his head, escaping from him while leaving the knife in the ground. Albert acquired this first weapon and used it to catch a giant mutant rat the size of a house cat. As it was weakened and beaten up, he managed to parasitize, and from there and on, he slowly began to tame rats, making his own rat army. One rat a day¡­ Not too long after, he began to catch kids and finally managed to brainwash one human. But quickly after, he suffered an enormous headache. He discovered that he had a limit of how many minds he could control, and no matter how much the proficiency of the skill increased, this limitation did not change. But that was fine by him. He simply killed one rat every time he took a person. Half a yearter, he had gathered ten kids before him¡­ this was his limit, ten people. However, it was hard to keep them all feed, so he often worked them to death to bring him whatever he wanted. After another year, he had decided to infiltrate into an F-Rank Dungeon and began to slowly rise in power as a hunter, while bringing those kids that managed to survive the most as his loyal pawns. Although the range of his power was limited to a certain amount of people, he could slowly climb the social hierarchy¡­ and if he were to somehow get at the same level as an S-Rank hunter¡­ wouldn''t he be able to also brainwash them? Then¡­ the entire world could be his! With such a zing resolve and a wicked and cold heart, Albert advanced further and further, until the opportunity to enter a Military School arose. He had already reached E-Rank in strength at that time, and now, he had secretly reached D-Rank after these months in the school. Using his pawns as students as well, he infiltrated and faked that his powers were those of the Skills he acquired through dropped Ability Cores. What was his purpose? Use the school as a safety and show off his power to be a soldier of the government, as that would bring him an easier way to grow in power and then meet strong new people to brainwash. Due to this, he had decided to get as many rivals off his path as possible today, ughtering any student party he crossed paths with. It was an easy task for someone who had been hiding his actual strength, and even more, as he realized that this was most likely the intention of the higher-ups anyways. Filtering out the students so only the strongest and most suitable for the task of bing a strong soldier for the Sector would remain. It was a ruthless n, but wasn''t this world already insane? Society had fallen apart, and the world was simply reformed from the ashes, made by people that survived this living hell with blood and sweat. There was no room for ethics anymore, there was no room for human rights either, there was only room for surviving, where only the strong survived. It was that simple, and Albert had understood this world since he was born in it, never having experienced what was the old world where everyone seemed to live peacefully while discussing the most meaningless of things. And like this, Albert came into contact with Clementina''s party¡­ He knew she was from a prestigious family. But did he care? Not at all, he was just about to ughter her if it wasn''t for her very troublesome ability, if he were to getpletely frozen, all of his ns would be gone forever, so he didn''t want to die so meaninglessly¡­ ultimately letting her escape, although based on her wounds, she was already about to die. Despite that, Albert could not help but still have some kind of uneasiness within him, he did not like to leave half-done jobs. After having ughtered yet another party of useless nobodies and collecting their Ability Cores, he walked back to where Clementina went to, looking for her corpse to loot, or if she were still alive somehow, to kill her for once¡­ However, when he finally found her¡­ she was not alone. "What? The useless party? Noah and these other guys¡­ Timassa should only be the only strong enough, and not even that much, seeing how she was F-Rank¡­ Did they found her by chance?" he wondered. Much like many other students, although Albert sensed the enormous power within the ssroom, he did not identify it as Noah or his party''s strength. "He''s here¡­ Albert¡­" cried Clementina, as she gritted her teeth. "Albert¡­ is it?" asked Noah with acent smile. "I was wondering where this littlemb went to¡­ and here she is, with the useless party. I have not been paying any attention to trash like you, but I was wondering why you guys survived that time and even got a perfect score, and seeing you guys still alive¡­ I still do wonder¡­ what''s up with that?" asked Albert rather teasingly. "Albert, you''re interesting. I have an offer for you¡­ Serve me while being alive, or serve me while being dead. Sounds nice, right? What''s your choice?" said Noah. "¡­Ah? What trash are you spitting now? ¡­Wait for a second, that confidence¡­ Don''t tell me that you''ve been hiding your powers like me?" asked Albert. "Oh, hidden? You are revealing your secrets? Does that mean that you are going to kill me anyway? What if I have powers? Do you want to see them? Well, catch this," said Noah, as a de made of blood flew towards Albert! sh! "W-What?!" ----- Chapter 103 - A Quick Revenge ----- After hearing of Albert''s power to ''brainwash other people'', Noah could not help but desire Albert on his party over anything else. He began to ponder that perhaps making him a Vampire could give him a greater potential than a Blood Servant, and had decided to ask Albert if he wanted to see him alive or dead. His answer came in some insults and other things, and then finally guessing that Noah might be hiding abilities. But Noah, who decided to boldly show off his power, generated a de of blood and threw it towards Albert in a whim. sh! "W-What?!" Albert was startled as he saw the de made of blood reach him! "Tch! Shadow w!" roared Albert, unleashing his Skill ''Shadow w'', which unleashed a w-shaped shadow attack using his own shadow! CLASH! The shadow w hit Noah''s blood de, sending it off into the air as it shattered into pieces¡­ "Hah¡­ That was¡­ fast! What kind of Rank is he? Don''t tell me he''s¡­ D-Rank!" thought Albert, as sweat began to drip from his neck! If Noah was D-Rank, it meant that he had been hiding his powers this whole time, maintaining a low profile, and even letting himself be bullied! Just what were the ns of Noah to do that?! Did he intend to do the same thing as Albert? Albert could not help but think all these things, unaware that Noah had gotten this strong in only a bit over a week ago¡­ Unlike him, Noah''s growing speed was insane, and he was already reaching heights he could only dream to all his life! Indeed,paring the two, both were rather simr¡­ but Noah was, perhaps, even more, insane than him to be able to disregard all the humanity he had left, training incredibly hard, literally enving himself into killing powerful monsters over and over again¡­ Although Albert was strong, he had never thought of training in dungeons for so long, and he had gradually increased in power much like any other normal hunter! But Noah was not like this, his growth and his mind were just in another level ofplete insanity! Albert quickly called his brainwashed allies, sending them towards Noah as he decided to do a very obvious thing¡­ Escape! He was not stupid, he was not going to fight someone equally stronger than him or perhaps even stronger! He liked to fight weaker people than him, and Albert hated to take risks! Disregarding the lives of his pawns, he sent them off as he tried to run away! "Where are you going, Albert? I thought we were going to be friends!"ughed Noah, as hemanded his party to go against the rest of Albert''s party, using their varied attacks against them and easily decimating them due to their low Rankspared to them. Just a single ck Thunder from Timassa already sted one of Albert''s pawns into pieces of flesh, Jon drained the life of another, until it became a dried mummy, Arthur used corrosion wave on another until it turned into a sludge of blood and melted flesh, and Adamantine used her ws and shadows to tear apart another with ease. sh! sh! sh! However, Albert''s path was blocked by Clementina, who threw several ice spears against him! "Tch! You bitch! Shadow Bullets!" roared Albert, desperately throwing shadow bullets at Clementina''s ice spears as they sted into pieces! However, Clementina rushed towards him with superhuman speed, creating a rapier made of ice and pointing it towards him! "Noah-sama said that I can kill you¡­ So I will dly give him your head!" roared Clementina, as Albert smiled wickedly! "I don''t know what kind of powers you got now, but you''re far off my league, little rich whore!"ughed Albert, as he suddenly generated a de of shadows, and pointed it towards Clementina''s chest! CLASH! "Ungh¡­!" Clementina vomited blood, as she saw the de prate her chest¡­ "As easy as that¡­ Now get off my- Eh?" Albert noticed as Clementina did not budge, in fact, she slowly approached her hand towards him, as the icy cold winds of her Ice Queen Skill began to activate! The de of shadows dissipated, as Albert nced at Clementina''s enormous wound slowly regenerate until the giant gaping hole in her chest went back to normal¡­ "W-What?! What?! That''s¡­ what kind of¡­?!" cried Albert, his entire body began to tremble in fear! "What''s wrong? Wasn''t this part of your ns as well?" asked Noah while grinning, as Clementina''s generated ice around her, asrge spears of ice emerged, firing towards Albert! "I will not¡­ DIE HERE!" roared Albert, as he unleashed Shadow Bullets, Shadow ws, and Shadow des against Clementina''s attacks, breaking them apart into explosions of ice and shadows, and impaling her body multiple times! sh! sh! sh! sh! Clementina once more vomited blood as she saw several pieces of her flesh fly away¡­ but she was still standing, moving towards Albert, as her eyes began to turn red¡­ glowing eerily! "W-What¡­ are you?!" roared Albert, as he began to step back to escape! sh! sh! sh! However, several spears of ice blocked his path, closing his only escape route! "You are not going anywhere¡­ I am¡­ giving your head to Noah-sama!!!" roared Clementina, her voice sounding like a beast about to unleash her rage! sh! Clementina suddenly leaped towards Albert as he noticed that her wounds were slowly regenerating already! Just what¡­ was she now?! And then he noticed how strong all of Noah''s subordinates were¡­ they was all terrifyingly strong! Clementina unleashed waves of ice towards Albert, as he grinds them away with his Shadow ws until finally, he gained an opportunity! Clementina approached him enough for his hand to manage to touch her forehead with his index finger! "Gahaha! Mind-Eating Parasite!"ughed Albert, trying to brainwash Clementina! "Nngh?! Ngah!" roared Clementina, as she felt a strange power beginning to eat her mind away! However! sh! Suddenly, a greater power, a crimson light destroyed this power like nothing! This was because Clementina was already owned by someone else! "Eh?! It failed?! But you are of a lower Rank than ME!" cried Albert, as he tried to kill Clementina by trying to slice her head off with his Shadow ws! CLASH! Only for Clementina to evade in time, touching Albert''s arm with her hand! "Die, you shitty parasite!" roared Clementina, as the ice began to take over Albert''s entire arm, covering his body, and freezing his skin, muscles, and bones! "Y-You biiitch¡­! ¡­Unngggyyyyaaaahhhh!" The ice reached Albert''s head, as he was made into an ice statue on the spot! "I was¡­ destined for greatness¡­" thought Albert, as he slowly started to die. Albert''s mind began to dull out, his senses disappeared, and thest bit of consciousness he held turned off, his brain had frozenpletely¡­ Ice Queen had this terrifying power, as long as the target did not react in time, Clementina had the potential ofpletely freezing someone to death like this! As long as they did not have body-enhancing Skills such as Albert¡­ they were as good as dead! Clementina sighed, as she rested on the ground¡­ It was over¡­ She exerted revenge against her party members, even if they were not truly her friends, she felt the duty to avenge them¡­ or she would not be able to keep her pride, the only thing left on her heart. Suddenly, Noah appeared at Clementina''s side. "Drink this," he said, pouring his own blood over Clementina, as she instinctively opened her mouth and began to drink as if it were an elixir. Suddenly, she felt with more energy, and her wounds fully recovered now. "This blood¡­" she muttered. "It''s a skill, Blood Potion. As a Dhampir, you can also drink blood to regenerate faster, if Ibine Blood Potion with that ability of yours, your regeneration bes greater, and you even gain more energy as well," said Noah. "Thanks¡­" said Clementina. "No need to thank me. I wouldn''t want my new servant to die out of starvation. Now, step aside¡­" said Noah. Clementina moved away as she slowly stood up, ncing as Noah touched the ice where Albert was frozen to death. "Hm, it still fresh. Good, your powers wille in handy, Clementina¡­" said Noah. "What are you going to do with him?" asked Clementina while being confused, until she suddenly recalled what Noah did with Luciliano and Verto''s corpses! "Wait¡­ you''re going to¡­!" she muttered. "Yes. You guessed it right¡­ Rise," said Noah, as a sh of crimson light emerged from his hand, covering Albert''s entire frozen body! ----- Chapter 104 - Brain ----- Noah decided to immediately convert Albert into a Blood Servant, as Blood Servants were able to inherit part of the original Skills and powers when they were alive, hoping for Albert''s Blood Servant to be strong and capable of using his brainwashing powers. "Rise¡­" said Noah, touching the ice crystal as a crimson light coated Albert''s corpse inside of the ice. Crack, crack! Crash! The ice fell apart as Albert''s stills standing body began to convulse, blooding out of it and amassing itself into arge puddle. Then, his soul emerged out of it, resembling a crimson phantom, fusing itself with the blood andbining together into something greater! This was the power to raise the dead as loyal servants made of blood¡­ Blood Servant! Clementina was able to see it in action, as she saw the man she just killed raise back from the death as something else¡­ something new yet eerie! The blood and phantom fused together, forming a new body that raised high over the ground¡­ "That''s¡­ Blood Servant¡­? My lord''s power¡­ how¡­ amazing¡­ To raise the dead like that¡­ has there been anyone in this entire world capable of that?!" thought Clementina. Albert''s Blood Servant began to form, as his appearance resembled that of his body lightly, however, he was covered in a hood made of leather-like blood mass, and he held a scepter. Ding! [You have sessfully raised a [Blood Servant Warlock: Elite Grade]!] "Warlock? Oh?" And then, Noah got the option of giving it a name. If it was so strong, he was deserving of a name! "A name¡­ Let''s give you the name of the thing you loved to y around with, shall we? Brain¡­" Ding! [The Name: [Brain] has been granted to the [Blood Servant Warlock: Elite Grade]!] Noah felt like a piece of his soul was then fused with Brain, giving it new power, and increasing the quality of the Blood Equipment it held over its body, alongside its overall Mana capacity and presence¡­ The brain quickly kneeled before Noah,pletely forgetting any emotions of hatred or resentment as his former self named Albert. "Good. I can see that you are rather obedient¡­ Iris, bring him to me," said Noah, as Iris nodded, bringing him the still-living member of Albert''s group, who had snapped back to his normal self after Albert died! "Here it is, Noah¡­ You''re going to try it out on him?" asked Iris. "That''s the n¡­" said Noah, grabbing the struggling young man with his blood tentacles. "Aggh! Let me go! What¡­ what is going on?! Where is Albert?!" asked the man. "Shut up, we are doing experiments here," said Noah with a wicked smile, as Brain quickly got to work! "Brain, brainwash him¡­" said Noah. "Eh?! W-Wait! What are you doing?! Who''s- Ah! Albert?! Is that Albert?!" asked the man. However, Brain did not even pay attention to him, as his scepter hit the man''s head. nk. sh! Suddenly, a pink light emerged from Brain, as it flew into the man''s head! "Unggrryyaaaa¡­!" "Now, now, there is no need to cry so loudly¡­ Do not resist and it will be swift. You''ve already gotten brainwashed before!"ughed Noah. Suddenly, the man stopped screaming as he fell silent. Brain smiled eerily at Noah, as it seemed that it was the sign that it worked. "Ah¡­ he smiles rather simrly to Albert¡­" sighed Clementina. "Is that so? Well, some things remain within the Blood Servant, especially if it was made of their souls¡­" said Noah. "Now, obey me, jump," said Noah, as the man suddenly stood up, and began to jump like aplete idiot. "Oh? They arepletely brainwashed¡­ But I suppose it is the same as the original Albert, I cannot brainwash those stronger than me, and depending on the person, they might even resist. This alongside my Vampire Evil Eyes is perfect! Nowe back to my Blood, Brain¡­" said Noah, as Brain quickly entered Noah''s bloodstream through Blood Storage. "Phew, it''s done¡­ And we got another overpowered Blood Servant? Well, the others were not so much," said Arthur. "Not so much for now! I will make them work so hard they will wish they were actually dead! Blood Servants seem to have Ranks, from Normal to Elite, and I guess that there might be higher Ranks as well, I suppose this is their ''evolution'', in a way," said Noah. "I see¡­ Wait, with these Treasures we collected¡­ We have¡­ Eh? 8?!" asked Iris. "I suppose we got more than perfect score." Said Noah. The Treasures themselves were actual equipment pieces marked as treasures by the teacher, which the parties needed to collect to get a perfect score, with the maximum needed being 5. All the Treasures were E to D-Rank Equipment, from gauntlets, armor, helmets, and weapons, but none of them were as precious as Soul Weapons. Nheless, they were still useful items to equip himself and his party, so after Noah raised the rest of the corpses as Blood Servants, the party decided to walk out of the Dungeon andplete the test, leaving three treasures for Clementine to get a fine score, as she was from a separate party. When the two parties walked out, no one else than the teacher was outside¡­ "You are¡­ the first¡­" said the teacher, ring at Noah''s party. "Oh? How nice, I guess we were quite lucky¡­ Haha,"ughed Noah innocently, as the teacher couldn''t help but see him with different eyes now¡­ Noah indeed had many secrets which he wanted to delve into. "And Clementine? Three treasures¡­ W-Where is the rest of your group?" asked the teacher. "W-We¡­ were killed by golems¡­ Sniff¡­" cried Clementine, as she was tattered with fake wounds. "What?! Damn it! Send someone inside! Clementine let''s got to the infirmary!" said the teacher, as he guided the girl to heal her "wounds". Noah smiled at this, deciding to finish sses as he and his party got a perfect score, and walking back to his room with them not much afterward, without even caring about waiting for the rest of the students. "Well, it was a simple n, but it worked, huh?" asked Iris. "Fortunately, she is a good actress," said Arthur. "Just saying that her party was wiped out by golems who are a strong monster in there was rather smart I guess, it is a good enough excuse¡­ and seeing the nature of this ce, they will probably not try to investigate too much over it anyways¡­" said Timassa. "Indeed. Clementina will meet us whenever she is freed from the teacherter, let''s go to my room to rest for a bit and assess what we earned," said Noah. "Hah~ Sleeping at Noah''s bed, I''m looking forward to that, fufu~," said Iris. Noah ignored Iris as the group made their way into Noah''s room, where they were able to finally rx, Noah shared some snacks and cold drinks with his subordinates, and quickly threw himself over the bed, Iris deciding to rest over his shoulder. "How many Blood Servants do we get now?" asked Arthur. "12. My max amount is 30, so the other slots will be saved for stronger things, perhaps C-Rank monsters, like a Hidden Boss¡­ Although it seems that I gained some new slots when the Skill Proficiency increased¡­ Oh? I got 10 more slots¡­ Hm, still, I will save them for stronger beings," said Noah. "Damn, would you imagine a Blood Servant Hidden Boss?! Or like that one Chimera we fought so much¡­ or a giant army of those giant scorpions¡­ Woah, that power really has no limits!" said Iris. "Indeed, with this, we might not even need to worry about recruiting new people for the Guild, Noah-sama can bring an army for himself, and we can be the generals," said Timassa. "Amazing¡­ We are¡­ the Blood Army," said Jon. "Blood Army¡­ Maybe we could call the Guild like that!" said Arthur. "No, it will be Blood Creed," said Noah nonchntly. "Geh¡­!" muttered Arthur, having his little ideapletely destroyed. "Blood Creed sounds good to me. After all, we are all like a creed," said Timassa. "Nam¡­ Hungry!" said Adamantine, as she had just eaten all the snacks. Noah quickly opened the Dimensional Storage Ring and dropped several corpses on the ground. "Feast yourself. You too, Timassa, you need to eat some," said Noah. "Ugh¡­ Alright then¡­ A-Ahem¡­ GRAAR!" Timassa, who often acts delicately like ady maid, bes a beastly monster when it''s time to eat human flesh. After all, she was a Ghoul. "Haha¡­ I am still getting used to this¡­" sighed Arthur, as Noah nced at the Ability Cores he had harvested today. ----- Chapter 105 - New Skill Tree ----- While waiting for Clementina, Noah decided to assess their earnings today. Aside from the treasures that seemed like fine pieces of equipment, there were also some Ability Cores. Although those like Albert did not drop one, Luciliano, Verto, and most of the other humans that were killed did indeed had some, and Albert carried even more that he had acquired when he killed the other parties of students. With these, Noah could have enough to get one new Skill or perhaps two on the Level III Skill Tree Branch. However, Noah decided to let his subordinates keep with the Ability Cores they got from the ones they killed while keeping the ones that Albert had and the ones from Luciliano and Verto. "It should be good that all of you evolved for now. Clementina is going to take her time and I will keep an eye on you as you evolve, so sit on the floor and evolve," said Noah. "Oh, right, well, it''s a good idea," said Arthur. "Right, very well¡­" said Jon. "I have finished arge amount of food, so I feel like I have stockpiled enough energy¡­" said Timassa. "Okay¡­" said Adamantine. "What I hate about evolution is that it freaking hurts! ¡­Well, not like we have not been torn apart in the dungeons before, but still!" said Iris. "Just do it," said Noah. "Fiiine¡­ But if you kiss me¡­!" said Iris with a grin. "Now you need conditions to obey me? Who do you think you are?" asked Noah rather coldly, as he approached his lips towards Iris'' lips and kissed her passionately, their tongues touched for a while, until their lips finally separated, leaving a thin trail of saliva. "Hahh¡­ Hahh¡­" groaned Iris while gasping for air. "Now evolve. I will create a Blood Barrier through Crimson Aegis to not let sounds get out of here, so even if it hurts you can scream all you want," said Noah, creating a blood barrier bybining Blood Control and Aegis. "Fuuu¡­ Okay then¡­" sighed Iris, she was a bit overwhelmed by Noah''s kiss, but decided to obey her future husband as she closed her eyes and began her evolution, quickly being enveloped in blue phantasmal mes that formed a sort of cocoon. The rest of his subordinates did the same, getting covered in cocoons of their different elements, which made Noah find the process rather interesting, it seemed that it was just as the Blood Progenitor had said, and any Vampire with a Blood Core slowly developed their own element. Iris Blood Core Element seemed to be Phantom. Arthur Blood Core Element was either Corrosion or Dark Light, or both. Timassa Blood Core Element was ck Thunder. Adamantine Blood Core Element was Darkness and Shadows. Jon Blood Core Element was Curse. And Noah himself seemed to be Blood Element. Noah also believed that Clementina would develop into Ice Element simrly to Sakura, but even better as she had the Ice Queen Skill. "It seems that you are brighter than I thought¡­ And to think that you have acquired a power not even I had! What is even Blood Servant?! That is something I did never develop! That power¡­ you made it yourself?! I can''t believe that a talentless human like you could ever do such a thing!" roared the Blood Progenitor, as Noah finally freed him from his mind chamber. Mind Chamber was a special technique that Noah had made through the evolution and new powers of his soul, which let him imprison the Blood Progenitor''s mind inside a mental chamber, this way, he would not annoy him every time, and Noah could have some peace of mind. Also, he would not be sharing his mind with him whenever he had intercourse with Iris, which was something he found horrible to even think about¡­ "Oh? So this power is not originally yours? Interesting¡­ So this is a power I made for myself? Perhaps thebination of the System and the Blood Core made it very different from your powers, or the powers themselves are shaping into what I want¡­? Well, whatever it is, it is good for me, so do not get all angry over it. I am making sure to use your powers well enough!"ughed Noah. "Tch! ¡­So now you are C-Rank¡­ and have gotten that woman at your side? Do you really think that having a partner will help you? Love is something that we Vampires cannot experience, it is an illusion, love does not exist! It annoying and will only hinder your growth! Dispose of this woman immediately! Women are demons, they must be exterminated, annoying whores that only drain your desires for greatness with their lust!" roared the Blood Progenitor. "Now, now, you really sound like a loser there¡­ Iris is not a normal woman at all. She has a different view of life. Just like me, we are both beasts that tear anything on our path, do you think she is weak? If she were to hinder my growth I would not have reached C-Rank in a bit over a week¡­ But I do understand your point, however, youmitted the mistake of choosing a weak woman to be at your side, and due to that, when her weakness made her a good target for your enemies, you began to hate feeling love, didn''t you?" asked Noah. "W-What? H-How did you¡­ know?!" asked the Blood Progenitor, it seemed that Noah guessed right. "I''ve already been seeing over your memories, what a sad life¡­ But it is all valuable information and experiences. Don''t worry, all such experiences are mine now, and I will make sure to notmit them," said Noah. "Grr¡­! This is a vition of my privacy! I thought we had a deal about that!" cried the Blood Progenitor. "Well, never believe a liar like me,"ughed Noah. "What am I going to do now? I am really just¡­ hopelessly left as a book for you to read and find info?! Is this¡­ everything I have be¡­?" sighed the Blood Progenitor. "Well, you tried to take over my body before, so it serves you right. Now go to sleep," said Noah, as he used Mind Chamber to entrap the consciousness of the Blood Progenitor once more. "Damn it!" groaned the Blood Progenitor, as Noah was left by himself once more. "8 E-Rank Ability Cores and 1 D-Rank Ability Core¡­ enough for some Points," thought Noah, absorbing them all and receiving the Skill Points immediately. sh! Ding! [You gained 280 Skill Points!] "Good¡­ with this, I have 445 Skill Points if I add the Skill Points I have before¡­ Now, let''s see this new Skill Tree¡­" thought Noah. [Blood Progenitor] [Innate]: The Skill Tree of the Blood Progenitor, generated through the innate powers of the Blood Core, using Skill Points will unlock more of its hidden power and the various abilities of this entity. Complete the Level 1 Skill Tree to unlock further Skill Tree Levels, with the possibility of generating a new Skill Tree all together. [Level: III] [Noble-Born Vampire Viscount (0/400)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Elemental Blood Gem Creation (0/500)], [Blood Beast Transformation (0/550)], [Blood for Blood (0/600)] Additional Abilities (II): [Moon Protection (0/700)], [Blood Mist (0/750)], [Vitality Veil (0/800)] Additional Abilities (III): [Abyssal Connection (0/900)], [Kin Summon (0/950)], [Blood Scion (0/1000)] Noah nced at the new Skill Tree, which was filled with new and interesting-sounding Skills, however, he noticed that the prices increased a lotpared to the previous two branches. "Perhaps this is because my strength had increased significantly after evolving? Well, not like C-Rank Ability Cores would not give me a good amount of Skill Points whenever I get my hands into one¡­ For now, let us fill the first thing on the list," sighed Noah, as he maxed the first thing, so he couldter unlock the Additional Abilities. Ding! [You have exchanged 400 Skill Points!] [You maxed out the branch [Blood-Born Vampire Viscount]!] [You can still unlock Additional Abilities!] [Attribute Values bonus earned] [Bonus Skill Proficiency earned] [You acquired the [Blood Prison: 1 (B)] Skill!] Immediately after using his Skill Points, Noah felt a rush of new power cursing through his veins and reaching his Blood Core, as his Attribute Values increased, his Skills increased in proficiency and he gained a new Skill! "Blood Prison?" ----- Chapter 106 - Evolutions ----- Noah acquired a new Skill, Blood Prison! But what could Blood Prison even do? Noah read its description in detail¡­ [Blood Prison: 1 (B)] Only those who are capable of controlling Blood with incredibly high mastery can use this Skill. Unleash the power of your blood, automatically generating a prison made of hardened, iron-like blood that can entrap a single target for a limited amount of time. While in Blood Prison, the target Mana cost to use any kind of Ability is tripled. Imprison Time: 5 Seconds. Cooldown: 40 Seconds. This Skill does not prevent the target from moving, and the Prison can be destroyed. ¡­ Noah found this Skill rather useful! And as long as he keeps increasing his proficiency, the time for the Imprisonment would increase while the cooldown would decrease! "For now, it is not as impressive, but if it can reach high proficiency and then even awaken afterward¡­ It could be a mighty Skill. I will make sure to use it tonight in the dungeon we shall visit¡­" thought Noah, as he began to use several Skills at the same time to practice their proficiency, even having his Blood Armor on all the time, as his current clothes were in fact made through Blood Armor as well. Noah decided to keep practicing Skills as he ate and stockpiled calories, the hours went by and everyone seemed to have finally finished evolving. "Ah¡­ we are back up¡­ Hm? Well, we didn''t change much¡­" said Arthur. Indeed, everyone seemed rather simr than before, as it seemed that when Vampires evolved, their physical appearances did not undergo drastic changes, but their internal strength did. More than evolution, it seemed like evolutions for Vampiric races were more like sses, and each evolution had a name that reflected the ss a Vampire could be. Noah was a high caste of Vampire, and he became a Vampire Noble and then a Noble-Born Vampire Viscount, while the other members became Knights, Warriors, Priests, or other sses. "Yeah, I am not much different¡­ Hm? I got tattoos?" asked Timassa, noticing a small golden mark in her hand, resembling a thunder. "Oh? I also have one¡­" said Arthur, noticing a ck and yellow one, resembling a staff. "Me too¡­" said Jon, showing a purple one resembling an eye. "Noah, I also got one, what are these?" wondered Iris, showing her blue-colored tattoo that resembled a phantom me. "Tattoo?" asked Adamantina, showing off her own, resembling a ck w. "Interesting¡­ These are¡­ (Blood Progenitor, what are these tattoos?)" asked Noah to the Blood Progenitor, freeing him from his Mind Chamber. "Oh? So when you finally need my help you free me! ¡­Well, not like I have a choice. Those tattoos are named Vampiric Crests, and form in Vampiric Subordinate when they reach a high grade of power, they connect to your Blood Core, and they can draw power from you by activating them," said the Blood Progenitor. "So that''s it¡­ They are named Vampiric Crests, they can connect to my own Blood Core, and whenever you need power, you can draw from me to gain a boost in your strength or magic. Don''t think on abusing it either, as I can easily cut the connection between the two," said Noah. "Ooh?! So that is it! Amazing, Noah! You know so much about this stuff!" said Iris. "Heh, of course, I do!" said Noah, without giving any credit to the Blood Progenitor. "Oi, give me some credit you ungrateful sessor!" roared the Blood Progenitor, as he was imprisoned again in the Mind Chamber. "Amazing¡­ Vampiric Crests, this means that we have all achieved a greater level of power thanks to Noah-sama¡­ I am forever grateful for the opportunities you''ve given to us," said Timassa. "Me too, thanks a lot¡­ And let''s keep fighting and striving for more," said Arthur. "Yes¡­ I am very happy as well¡­" said Jon while smiling adorably. "Master! Strong?" asked Adamantine. "Yes, you are quite strong now, Adamantine¡­ And of course, we shall keep striving forward, there are many things left for us to do! ¡­And don''t treat me as if we were pals in here, I am your progenitor, so treat me more respectfully!" said Noah rather intimidatingly, as everyone nodded while sweating a bit. "A-Ah! Sorry, maybe we went a bit too carefree there¡­" said Arthur. "Hehe, don''t worry! Noah is in fact very happy! He just not showing it but- Nnguh!" Smack! Noah smacked Iris''s head as he made her shut up. "Ouch! That hurts¡­ Geez¡­" sighed Iris while pouting, although it didn''t hurt at all due to her immense endurance. "You are a Vampire, that clearly didn''t hurt at all," said Noah, as he crossed his arms, her emotional maniption wasn''t effective against this cold-hearted Vampire! "Now let me inspect your status, I am curious about your current progress," said Noah, as he slowly began to inspect everyone''s status. [Iris] [Bloodline: Dhampir/Phantom (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level III: Noble-Born Dhampir Phantom mes Knightess] [Vitality: 310] [Mind: 300] [Force: 320] [Skill(s): [Spectral Demonic Fox Transformation: 62 (B)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Undying Body: 71 (A)], [Infectious Poisonous ck ws: 55 (B)], [Blood Maniption: 72 (C)], [Poisonous Blood Projectiles: 68 (C)], [Berserk Mode: 57 (B)], [Telepathy: 77 (D)], [Phantom Fox Spirit: 65 (B)], [Phantom Flight: 55 (C)], [Phantasmal Soul Wounds: 55 (C)], [Phantasmal Aura: 65 (C)], [Phantasmal Soul: 66 (C)], [Phantom Materialization: 1 (C)], [Nether Blue mes Creation: 1 (B)] Iris seemed to have kept specializing in using her Phantom Skills, now she possessed even greater mobility options and a varied Skillset that made her an amazing fighter at the side of Noah, her lover. Phantom materialization could let her materialize her once ethereal phantom, now being able to also deal physical damage with them, and her Nether Blue mes Creation gave her the power to summon blue cold mes, although not as strong as her other Skills. [Arthur] [Bloodline: Dhampir (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level III: Devil Dhampir Corrosion Warlock] [Vitality: 277] [Mind: 320] [Force: 294] [Skill(s): [Healing Blight: 82 (B)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Undying Body: 52 (A)], [Blood Maniption: 62 (C)], [Telepathy: 41 (D)], [Corrupt Waves of Corrosion: 42 (A)], [Dark Light Barrier: 75 (C)], [Corrosion Domain: 35 (B)], [Self-Regeneration Tattoo: 43 (B)], [Dark Sphere of Erosive Contamination: 32 (B)], [Corrupt Blood Projectiles: 56 (C)], [Flight: 43 (C)], [Corrosive Poison Synthesis: 1 (C)], [Corrosion Beast Invocation: 1 (B)] Arthur continued his specialization as well, but now he had the power to fly very well, and generate different types of corrosive toxins through Poison Synthesis, although he could not throw them, and they needed to be stored somewhere or they would simply all off his hands. He could also summon one single beast made of poison at his side, to assist him in battle. [Timassa] [Bloodline: Ghoul (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level III: Ghoul Abyssal Thunder Witch] [Vitality: 292] [Mind: 310] [Force: 290] [Skill(s): [ck Thunder Projectiles: 44 (A)], [Ghoul: - (A)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Gluttonous Hunger: 1 (B)], [Undying Body: 52 (A)], [Paralyzing Dark Lightning: 84 (A)], [Dark Thunder Armor: 54 (B)], [Electrifying Charge: 66 (C)], [ck Thunder Spirit: 67 (C)], [Dark Thunder Soul: 50 (C)], [Monstrous Electrifying Rampage: 43 (B)], [ck Thunderclouds Domain: 1 (B)], [Cursed ck Thunder: 1 (C)] Timassa became an even better witch of ck Thunder, being an excellent offensive long-ranged attacked, now her thunder could even curse enemies. [Jon] [Bloodline: Dhampir (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level III: ursed Dhampir Devil Gazer] [Vitality: 274] [Mind: 320] [Force: 292] [Skill(s): [irvoyance: 78 (B)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Cursed Evil Eye of Phantom Pain: 82 (A)], [Undying Body: 45 (A)], [Blood Maniption: 42 (C)], [Cursed Blood Projectiles: 55 (C)], [Telepathy: 51 (D)], [Devil Life Sap: 60 (C)], [Devil Mana Sap: 60 (C)], [Cursed Evil Eye of Distortion: 35 (A)], [Energy Transfer: 40 (B)], [Cursed Evil Eye of Maddening Fear: 1 (B)], [Third Mystic Eye: 1 (C)] Meanwhile, Jon intensified his specialization over Evil Eyes with a third new evil eye, and also the ability to create a third eye on his forehead to use this third evil eye alongside the others at the same time. [Adamantine] [Bloodline: Ghoul (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level III: Nightmare Ghoul Shadow Berserker] [Vitality: 310] [Mind: 273] [Force: 312] [Skill(s): [Nightmarish Shadow Aura: 54 (A)], [Undying Body: 74 (A)], [Horrifying Shadow Demon ws: 65 (A)], [Ghoul: - (A)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Gluttonous Devourer: 54 (B)], [Shadow Demon Mode: 63 (B)], [Shadow Abyssal sh: 1 (B)], [Monstrous Bloodthirsty Insanity: 1 (B)], [Shadow Spears: 54 (C)], [Shadow Beasts Invocation: 1 (B)], [Cursed Wounds: 1 (C)], [Telepathy: 1 (D)] Andstly, Adamantine became even more beastly, and she now also had the power to summon a shadow beast to help her in battle¡­ oh, and she can now use telepathy too, she waste for the party. ----- Chapter 107 - Interrogation... ----- Seeing how everyone evolved into strong Level III Dhampirs and Ghouls, Noah nodded, confirming all of his subordinate''s Attribute Panels. They were all even stronger now and possessed new Abilities that could make them even more useful in battle. Although Noah was already very strong by himself, everyone else was specializing even further into their desired elements, choosing to not risk getting random Skills through Ability Cores and converting them into Skill Points for their Skill Trees. Nheless, Noah had a greater Skill Tree and was fairly stronger than all of his subordinates, perhaps if they allbined their power, they could match his base strength, but even then, if he were to go all out, he wouldpletely dominate everyone. Perhapster on he could practice battle with his own subordinates and learn more battle techniques from each other, getting used to Skills should not be done in dungeons, but it was not as if they had all the time of the world to leisurely spend a week practicing their new powers, and they could only forcefully learn how to use them through battling for their life inside Dungeons, maximizing their efficiency as they both practiced and gathered Cores to grow stronger. Noah began to consider that reaching B-Rank might not be possible tonight, as they had a limited amount of time in the night to explore the Dungeon, and the needed Cores had increased by a ton now that they were C-Rank, reaching B-Rank would not be as easy. Perhaps another night or more, however, it all depended on the Dungeon, its infrastructure, and the monster inside. If only small amounts of big monsters roamed, they would not get as many Cores. Ifrge amounts of many monsters roamed, there would be the possibility of more Cores. But the ideal Dungeon was like the one they visited previously, one where giant monsters were incredibly abundant, and emerged inrge quantities without stopping! Only these types of Dungeons were the ones Noah was aiming for now! Nothing less would satiate his thirst for power. Noah was racing against time, he was not sure when would the Crystal Family would decide to finally attack him, and he still was not so confident about battling and winning against a B-Rank Hunter. Although he desired to take a break and develop himself and his own rtionship with his subordinates alongside Iris, Noah''s main priority was to get everyone to Rank B, including himself. As everyone was chatting around waiting for Clementina, Noah felt a strange call from her. "Hm?" Noah then, decided to walk outside of his room, telling his subordinates to stay in his room as he walked through the corridors of the school, it was already night, so he easily sneaked through the shadows and then reached the room where Clementina was the infirmary. There, the teacher was interrogating Clementina¡­ "Clementina Silvercrown¡­ Tell me the truth, please, I am your ally in here¡­ Did Noah exhibit some kind of strange ability? Did he killed your party?" asked the teacher. Clementina furrowed her eyebrows as she realized that something fishy was going on¡­ It seemed as if the higher-ups of the military school had asked the teacher to interrogate Clementina about anything odd she saw Noah and his party doing while in the Dungeon. It was already getting very weird how the weakest students were doing so well out of nowhere, and the director of the military school alongside the teacher had already figured out that Noah (and possibly all of his party members) were saving and hiding abilities they did not want to show in public¡­ However, they could not even understand why they would want to hide their abilities. After all, wouldn''t it be better to show them off so they could be respected and recognized as strong people? In the mind of the director and the teacher, there was not any reason to hide such powerful abilities¡­ Unless Noah knew that by doing so, he would awaken the interest of the higher-ups, who would want him to be a brainwashed soldier¡­ But to them, it was very unlikely that an ignorant orphan like Noah could even know the truth about the military school, and hence, began to think that there could be another reason behind this¡­ a shady reason. Perhaps Noah was a spy from another Sector? Or perhaps he nned to abuse his position as a weak student to ughter people unsuspecting of his true powers? Although they did not care if that was his intention with his own students¡­ if he had such intentions with the teachers or the staff of the military school¡­ then Noah and his entire party were an enemy they needed to track down, decipher their powers and weakness, and quickly suppressed. However, suspecting that Noah''s party was the ones that killed and somehow made Emerald''s entire party disappear in that expedition to the wastnds, the director saw great potential on him and his party. Due to this fondness, he wanted to approach Noah on friendly terms but wanted to slowly gather info about him first. The teacher, thinking that Clementina had experienced Noah''s powers who wiped out her party, decided to ask her if he had done anything to her party¡­ or her. "¡­No, Noah-sama- I mean, Noah would never do such a thing¡­" said Clementina. "Hm? You¡­ Clementina, you talk as if you knew him¡­ Are you and Noah acquaintances, by any chance?" asked the teacher. "Eh? Ah¡­ (I screwed up! Due to being a Dhampir, my emotional connection with Noah is as a superior now! I cannot talk to him casually¡­ Or at least not before getting used to him as the other members of his creed¡­)" muttered Clementina, as she began to think that she might have screwed up things a bit by giving a hint that she somehow knew about Noah''s behavior. "Clementina, please, tell me, we are here for you," said the teacher, trying to act as a good and fatherly figure for Clementina, although she clearly saw through the cunning man''s act. However, before she could improvise something, Noah emerged outside of the room and knocked on the door. Knock, knock. "Hm? Who is it? I am busy here¡­" said the teacher. "It''s me, teacher, Noah¡­ I-I wanted to talk a bit with you..." said Noah, using a voice that Clementina almost didn''t recognize, acting like the weak pathetic human he once was. "Noah?" muttered the teacher, ring back at Clementina. "(Could it be that he hade to confess me about his powers now that he has been put into a corner due to Clementina?)" wondered the teacher, as a slight smirk emerged on his lips. "Sure thing, let me go open the door," said the teacher. The teacher was confident that Noah would not try anything funny on him, as there were cameras inside non-private rooms and outside of the rooms, within the halls as well. If they saw Noah attacking the teacher, he would be recorded, and then the authorities would use the videos of himmitting the crime to apprehend Noah, forcing him to either cooperate with the government willingly or by force¡­ There was no way out. Noah was walking in the palms of their hands without him even realizing it! ¡­Or did he? As the teacher walked towards the door, Noah spoke with his Blood Servants, in specific, with Brain. "(Brain, whenever I give you the signal, emerge within my neck, right below my hoodie, and activate your Ability on the teacher)" said Noah to Brain, as Brain nodded in affirmation, as he was resting within a crimson world which was the representation of the space inside of his Blood Storage space. The teacher finally reached the door, opening it slowly, as he nced at Noah who was smiling rather bitterly, as if very nervous, convincing the teacher that even if he hid an ability, that he was still the same cowardly Noah he always knew about. "Ah, Noah. What did you need to talk about? There''s Clementina here¡­ Did you want to address something¡­ regarding her?" asked the teacher, his sharp gaze trying to intimidate Noah, which Noah realized was an actual Skill he had¡­ But the Skill was merely E-Rank. And Noah was a C-Rank Hunter. And the teacher''s strength was¡­ pathetically E-Rank as well. "I wanted something to ask something to you¡­ and Clementina as well¡­ Can shee near? Please, Clementina¡­ (Walk to his left, so I am blocked from the camera with your body)" said Noah with a gentle smile, as Clementina heard his telepathic message! ----- Chapter 108 - We Are Going To Make You Work To Death ----- Clementina''s heard Noah''smands, as she immediately obeyed him, walking at the side he desired, blocking the camera viewpletely from Noah, as if both the teacher and Clementina blocked Noah''s entire body! This way, Noah would be able to execute the n he had made on the go! "Yes, Noah?" asked Clementina rather expressionlessly, as the teacher nced at her back, only to re at Noah once more. "So? You can talk, feel free," said the teacher with a mild smile. And as the teacher spoke, Noah suddenly smiled eerily. "Ah yes, I wanted to get something out of my Brain¡­" said Noah, as his eyes glowed bright red, the teacher could not even act surprised because a sudden spark of energy reached him from within Noah''s eyes, paralyzing him! This was Noah''s Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis and Stupefaction! This Skill could paralyze and even grant the status effect of stupefaction for a few seconds to any target he looked directly in the eyes! Although those stronger or equally stronger than him had a hard time getting affected by this Skill, weaklings such as E-Rank Hunters like his teacher were an easy target, no matter how much he could resist! "Ngh¡­ (I cannot¡­ speak?! What is¡­ this?! Is this¡­ Noah''s Ability?! An Evil Eye that can paralyze?! Unngh¡­! Its effect is immensely strong! What kind of Rank is the Skill? No¡­ even if it were of a higher Rank, a low Ranked Hunter should not be able to have enough Mana to wield higher-ranked Skills that could overwhelm me like this! ¡­Unless he is already a higher rank than me?! Then¡­ is he Rank D?! Or¡­ Impossible! Rank C?!)" thought the teacher, as things were not simply stopping on this¡­ And then¡­ a strange, figure made of blood emerged from within a wound that opened itself over the skin of Noah''s neck, stretching a macabre crimson hand towards his face! The teacher''s eyes were almost popping out of his eye sockets, whatever that creature was, it was not a normal Skill nor power! Noah was clearly¡­ not a Human anymore! Just what was Noah to begin with?! What kind of Human could generate such a monstrous figure from within an open wound on their neck¡­ which wasn''t even there before? How could he even open a wound on his own neck without even using anything? Could he manipte his own skin to open a wound? But then how did he had a strange creature inside his very neck? Or blood? The teacher could not even understand what was happening, on all of his years of research (as he was a researcher and not really a hunter), he had never seen such a thing before! "(This¡­ Noah¡­ what kind of¡­ person are you?! How many secrets¡­ have you kept for yourself?! Ungh¡­! Agh! AGGHHH!)" The teacher began to scream internally, as the bloody hand of the creatureing from Noah''s open neck touched his forehead for just a single second before disappearing. That single second was enough for the teacher toplete feel as if his mind were being eaten from the inside out by something vicious! And due to Noah''s eyes, he could not even move nor scream to show his agony! He was simply¡­ hopelessly sumbing to whatever wicked ns Noah had for him! Clementina''s eyes opened a bit in surprise, but she kept quiet and stood still as everything went on. The teacher felt his entire mind being eaten away, as he slowly lost his own sense of self, and became¡­ something simr to a mindless zombie. Noah then extended his own blood, manipting it as a river, and making it enter inside the teacher''s nostrils. "Blood Pact¡­" thought Noah, mentally saying the name of one of his Skills. Another second after, Noah finally spoke. "W-Well, it would be nice if you could let me go with Clementina, and not bother us anymore over something like this¡­ I guess I am being too demanding¡­ Sorry¡­ I think she might need someone to apany her in this time of mourning for her fallen party members, and I believe that you might be overwhelming her a bit¡­ Is it okay?" asked Noah. Thepletely mindless teacher obeyed Noah, and the Blood Pact, yet another reassurance of Noah, was immediatelypleted. The pact was simple, "don''t bother us anymore, and do everything you can for other people to not bother us either". After that, Noah also used the opportunity to insert one of his Blood Servants inside the blood of the teacher and also to curse him. Feeling that it was finally safe, the teacher was suddenly "snapped back to reality", although he was still now serving Noah. "Ah¡­ Of course, Noah¡­ Sorry about that, it seems that I misunderstood her. I can see that you are a good student¡­ I apologize. You can go back with your friend," said the teacher. "Thank you so much, teacher. I am d to have such a nice person as a teacher," said Noah with a gentle smile, as he walked out with Clementina at his side, back to his room. The teacher then sat down and began to read a book, pretending to be normal¡­ but he had already be one of Noah''s pawns, and even if the brainwash were to wear down one day, he would still be tied with a Blood Pact, a Blood Curse, and also a Blood Servant inside of his very blood, watching over him to not do anything funny, and immediately telling Noah of all its activities through its connection with its master''s blood. Noah had already discovered the ability to insert Blood Servants inside the bloodstream of people, but it was a delicate thing and those that were not almostpletely restrained or willing would not easily let him get a Blood Servant inside their blood, and could easily prevent it counter attacking with any type of offensive Skill. But Noah had already paralyzed and brainwashed the man, so it was as easy as breathing for him to do such a thing. Noah had even discovered that he could leave Blood Servants on his subordinates so they would have apanion that could protect them¡­ but that was not necessary at all, as they were naturally stronger by themselves. "T-That was¡­ amazing¡­" said Clementina, surprised by Noah''s amazing prowess. "It was a bit risky, but it seems to have gone well. If not, we would have been already fighting soldiers to escape¡­" said Noah. "I-Is that so?" asked Clementina with a bit of surprise. "Anyways, let''s speak more in privacy inside my room," said Noah nonchntly as he led Clementina into his room. "(N-Noah-sama''s room?! T-That''s¡­)" she thought, feeling a bit embarrassed about entering another man''s room, which she found rather unsightly, as if it were something lewd, even. "Here." Said Noah, opening the room as Clementina found out that there were all of Noah''s subordinates here, she was not going to be with him alone or something, which made her relieved, as she did not know how she would have been capable of handling such a situation. "Oh, Clementina-chan, wee back!" said Iris. "Wee back¡­ So, how did it went?" asked Arthur. "Did you managed to brainwash the teacher, Noah-sama?" asked Timassa. "Yes. It went rather easy. We have now a very useful pawn in the form of our very teacher! Ah, I will get a lot of important, confidential info from him!"ughed Noah, as he quickly created a soundproof blood barrier through Blood Control and Crimson Aegis. After Noah exined how everything went, the party quickly changed their topic to something more important¡­ Clementina needed to catch up! Clementina was only E-Rank, while everyone else was C-Rank. They couldn''t enter E-Rank Dungeons and help her get Cores to reach D-Rank. And although they had many spare D-Rank Cores, if she were to consume them, the energy would most likely kill her. The only apparent choice was to let her enter an E-Rank Dungeon alone! Cores were all stockpiled by the government, and no one sold them alone, especially because people were selfish and simply used them for themselves, and whenever they reached a higher-ranked dungeon, they went to the next dungeon. Any ndestine market of Cores was often crushed in seconds of starting by the government, and there were very few chances for Noah to find such a market at the moment. But Noah had already gotten something into motion before anyone could figure a solution. He was going to make his own market. But how? "Don''t worry about Cores. Now that the Robots had grown strong enough and I have Blood Servants, I have already sent them towards E-Rank Dungeons, they wille back with Cores for uster, Clementina should be able to catch up with us tomorrow. Of course, you are going with them right now, so pack your things, you will be working until morning," said Noah. Noah was simply going to amass his own Cores now with hisbined forces of Robots and Blood Servants, making them infiltrate low-rank dungeons was not a problem at all! ¡­And Clementina was joining! "R-Really? Is it fine to do so much for me¡­?" asked Clementina while blushing a bit. "Of course, we are going to make your work to death, and to speak all the info you have about your family, and we''ll most likely go there soon enough, generate connections with them, and get a higher amount of money," said Noah. "W-What? But¡­ my family has exiled me¡­" said Clementina. "And why should I care about that? You are going to go meet them again, you want it or not¡­" said Noah, as his eyes glowed with dominance. "Eep! Okay¡­" said Clementina. ----- Chapter 109 - Off-Camera Grind And... ----- Meanwhile, within the depths of the night, a group of crimson, human-shaped beings walked above the buildings of the city, being covered by shadows made by their leader, Brain. The moment Noah was done with the teacher, he sent Brain and all of his other Blood Servants towards a Dungeon, while also carrying a Dimensional Storage Ring that carried the robots, which were not only Sakura, Sugar, and Big Sis, but also most of the repaired ones, which were given Blood Core Batteries and developed new powers. As they were about to enter the Dungeon, they meet with Clementina, who was sent towards them by Noah. Due to not being humans, they were able to ignore any requirements within Hunters, such as not being able to enter lower-ranked dungeons because they could destroy them, and more. Clementina then used her Hunter Pass to walk inside an E-Rank Dungeon with ease, while saving the Blood Servants inside her blood through their special ability¡­ "We are here¡­" she said, as she began to walk through therge cave, as giant bats began to emerge everywhere¡­ she started to produce ice and released all the Blood Servants alongside the robots, and a massacre began to unfold¡­ Clementina, as Noah ordered her, would be here for the rest of the night grinding Cores not only for her but for future members as well, as many as she possibly could! ¡­ And as these events were being unfolded, a group of military men nced at the records of a camera set in the room where the teacher was with Clementina, and about the arrival of Noah¡­ Although they believed that something weird happened¡­ they could not see anything. "Clementina''s body is blocking Noah''s body¡­ we can''t see him clearly¡­" "What happened? They went nk for like a few seconds¡­" "This is¡­ pretty fishy. But we can''t do anything at all about this¡­" "Without concrete evidence¡­" "Well, the teacher was fine, there wasn''t anything wrong with him at all, even when he went through several magic detection devices¡­" "Indeed, I guess it was nothing then?" "You are right, I guess it was really nothing¡­" The soldiers closed the TVs, as they quickly went back to ck off as they always did, unaware of the true dangers that lurked below their very noses¡­ ¡­ Having sent Clementina to grind for Cores with his Blood Servants and the Robots, Noah and his party decided to pack several things and then get moving to their next Dungeon, a C-Rank Dungeon! Unlike F-Rank, E-Rank, or D-Rank Dungeons, C-Rank Dungeon and above were very rare within the city, and C-Rank in specific were only within the outskirts of the city, not even in the poverty areas there were C-Rank Dungeons, as they were cataloged as too dangerous to have in front of the city or their citizens. However, Noah and the rest had already found their target, and because it was night, Hunters going to Dungeons at these hours decreased a lot, allowing them to enter a Dungeon and have it for themselves once more. The Vampire group ran over the buildings while wearing dark clothes and masks, their crimson eyes glowed with eeriness and thirst for strength, to achieve new horizons! Reaching their destination after an hour of traveling around in the dark of the night, the party nced at the wastnd outside, and at the several stadium-like constructions made around these gates. "Here we are¡­ these dungeons are outside of the city¡­" said Arthur. "I wonder if B-Rank Dungeons¡­ how hard will they be to get in? I think there were some around the city too, but far away from her already," said Iris. "Indeed. At that point we will only be able to enter by having Guild Cards, no ordinary person is a B-rank hunter, to begin with. And they do not let enter guild-less hunters into dungeons of B-Rank or above. Even if we tried to infiltrate, it would be useless, as we would be caught and even if we escaped, the government would send B-Rank or above Hunters after us," said Noah. "Oof, so even if we grow as strong as B-Rank hunters¡­ Guilds are always essentials in this society¡­" sighed Arthur. "Of course, why did you think I nned everything to this point so we could easily have everything ready to be a Guild? It was all base din these things and the consequences they would bring if we didn''t do them properly," said Noah. Noah was not someone stupid who believed that doing everything alone like an edgy and immature kid would bring him to sess, he knew that in this society he needed to n, scheme, and cunningly do things ording to the rules that were here. Societies were filled with rules, and although they could be broken through exceptions, even exceptions themselves had rules they could not break. Even more, if breaking them would end up making them be persecuted by strong hunters that could literally end their lives. Indeed, it was not that Noah was any genius, he just did not rush things, even if it seemed like he was indeed rushing things. And even more, he understood that doing things as a group was more beneficial in literally every single aspect. After all, he did not have an almighty system that gave him keys to dungeon or something, he only had the system that everyone had, and his powers, although amazing, were also locked around his Blood Core, and he needed to obey rules and regtions to slowly raise his strength within this society. But even then, he was more than ready to break them when it was necessary¡­ or when he finally had the option or power to do so. As long as he kept increasing his Rank to higher Grades, he could slowly be capable of ignoring more and more rules. And he knew very well that S-Rank Hunters couldpletely ignore most rules in societies, and even manipte the government based solely on their strength that could both save thousands of people¡­ or annihte thousands of people¡­ But even then, even if Noah were to once achieve such heights, he was not stopping there! He was about to reach even higher ones, SS-Rank, SSS-Rank¡­ and even beyond that! He believed that at that point, he would be able to figure a way to travel to Abyss through the unlocked powers dwelling within the Blood Core, which shaped themselves depending on his necessities. It was already shown through the Blood Servants, something that the Blood Progenitor didn''t even have originally, that the original powers of the Blood Core were modifying themselves to suit his needs as he evolved and improved his own strength. He was dead-set in dominating this world and making it his domain, and then also dominate Abyss, and beyond that! He had heard from the blood progenitor that through cultivation, Vampires could even be Vampire Gods! What couldn''t a Vampire God do? If they were considered Gods, they should clearly be able to surpass even mortals in what they could do! And he was sure that many dangers were lurking around¡­ and that the grand scheme of things was not as narrow as it seemed for now, that there might be greater things for him to discover that the Blood Progenitor was keeping hidden from his current knowledge¡­ Noah''s party walked down into the wastnds, as they decided to enter the empty Dungeon after dealing with guards by easily hypnotizing them into epting their demands. A dungeon in the middle of the wastnds, despitemon sense, was very badly guarded down, and due to the darkness of the time of the night, the cameras could not even notice that Noah used his eyes to hypnotize and stupefy the soldiers to do his bidding. It was even better than the soldiers were merely D-Rank, so he was able to easily suppress them, even without Brain at his side who was currently grinding Attribute Value Cores with Clementina. Arthur and the rest felt surprised after what Noah did with so much swiftness and easiness. "I guess we can do that now¡­" he sighed. "Rules and regtions were also made to be broken, having masks also helps," said Arthur. "Wouldn''t we get caught after this, the cameras registered us, right?" asked Timassa. "No, I have left Blood Pacts and Curses into the soldiers, they won''t speak a word¡­ If they don''t want to explode into pieces as their blood bes million of tiny nails¡­" said Noah "That''s terrifying¡­ Well, if we gather enough money, we can do these reservations legally next time¡­" said Arthur. "I suppose," said Noah, as everyone entered the Dungeon¡­ ----- Chapter 110 - A Scorching Volcanic Land?! ----- Scorching heat. Pools withva that could melt ores instantly flowing freely around thendscape. A very heavy air. And monstrous creatures capable of bathing and hiding beneath theva, which is also capable of firing Fire Attribute attacks from distances of over 20 meters. And a C-Rank Dungeon, a level of difficultly that only a very small group of people within the entire poption of Earth can go against¡­ This was the Dungeon that Noah had chosen for tonight, and perhaps for tomorrow as well. "This is¡­ ungh¡­" muttered Timassa. "The dungeon that Noah-sama wanted us to enter¡­ Hahh¡­ The Scorching Hellhole¡­" muttered Arthur. "Hahh¡­ Noah¡­ Maybe this was a bit excessive? Hahh¡­" asked Iris. "If we fall into theva¡­ we are dead¡­ We will¡­ be melted before even being able to regeneratepletely¡­" muttered Jon as he was panting heavily. "Hot¡­ Hahh¡­ Water¡­" muttered Adamantine. "Don''t falter, IRIS, EVERYONE! This is the challenge we needed! Scorching heat, our very skin is melting away at every second! This is even worse than the Desert! We will surpass our limits here, and be B-Rank in no time!"ughed Noah, his face was filled with fascination as he felt the heat burn his skin as he regenerated it constantly! "I see¡­ I guess it is¡­ how it is¡­" said Arthur with a bitter smile. "Hahh¡­ Is Noah-sama, perhaps, a masochist?" asked Timassa. "I never knew this facet of him, perhaps we could adjust our night activities¡­" said Iris. "Shut up, insolent! Because you dare mock me, you will go charge headfirst against that monster, right over there!" said Noah, ordering his subordinates to go against the long-necked giant turtle that emerged out of a small pool ofva. The creature seemed to have a carapace as hard as chitin, and its long neck was covered in hard, red-colored scales that even had some metallic luster! It had six crimson eyes and a long jaw filled with razor-sharp teeth, it looked more like¡­ "Isn''t that¡­ a dragon?" asked Timassa. "It is a lesser Dragon¡­ A Wyrm¡­" sighed Arthur, recalling the monster bestiary he liked to read. "It looks¡­ angry¡­" said Iris. "ROOOOAARR!" The Turtle-like Wyrm roared fiercely, as it began to breathe air, as its neck suddenly began to inte like a balloon! FLASH! Opening its mouth wide, the Wyrm released an enormous wave of scorching mes towards Noah''s group, crossing through dozens of meters, and actually reaching them! "Giant monsters, an enormous range,rge defense, good ways of hiding beneath theva, and an environment that doesn''t benefit us at all. This is the best challenge we could ever ask for!"ughed Noah maniacally, as he generated his Crimson Aegis over his subordinates and blocked the fire attack with ease! BOOM! sh! The mes dissipated as the Wyrm began to pant, it seemed that its all-out attack made it tired! "It''s tired¡­?" asked Arthur. "Of course! Because it used such a strong attack and its body is so big and heavy, it can get tired easily¡­" said Iris. "Indeed. Now go, I will support you from the sides!" roared Noah, as his group nodded, flying towards the Wyrm as he began to imagine the powerful Blood Servant they could get from this creature! Iris was the first to get into the Wyrm, as she unleashed her Phantom Fox Spirits over it! The monster roared in anger, trying to destroy the annoying attack with a swing of its long neck, only to feel something odd as the curse effect of the Phantom Fox Spirits began to take effect! Several tattoos began to emerge all around its neck as the creature roared in confusion and anger! Suddenly, it began to feel lethargic! "It might be big and strong, but it is not near as fast to catch up with us!" said Timassa, as she began to gather ck thunder all over her body and then unleashing it all over the monster in the form of spears of ck thunder, impacting the creature''s neck and slowly beginning to shatter the scales! Crack, crash! "RRAOOAAAAR!" The beast roared in anger, as it suddenly began to absorb air! The vacuum began to even drag everyone towards its enormous jaws! "How about you eat some poison?!" roared Arthur, as he gathered an enormous sphere of purple corrosion, shaping it as a corrosion beast and sending it flying towards the monster''s open mouth! Ssh! The monster suddenly close its jaws as it swallowed the entire sphere of corrosion! "GRRUUOOOHH¡­!" The monster felt as the corrosion began to slowly melt the inside of its neck, as it roared in agony! "Nice one, Arthur!" said Noah with a grin, as he shed towards the monster while it groaned in pain! "ROOOAARRR¡­!" The Wyrm roared in anger, as it tried to p Noah away with its neck! However! "Let''s see if I can do it with such a giant being¡­ Blood Prison!" roared Noah, as suddenly, an enormous cage made of crystalized blood captured the entire creature! sh! "GROOAR?!" The prison was already melting away in theva though, but the seconds gained were enough for Noah to charge all of his boosting Skills over his long ws and his Soul Weapon, reaching the beast''s throat! By using Unyielding Blood Demon, Sacrificial Vampiric Veracity, Lifeblood Release, Blood Frenzy, and Vampiric Drain, Noah gathered an enormous amount of temporal powerups and life drain, reaching the monster''s open wounds made by his group with his long Soul Weapon ws, and shing the tender flesh beneath! SLASH! CLASH! "ROOOOOARRR¡­!" The ws began to enter the flesh freely, as Noah kept rushing upwards while using his long, Vampiric Wings and Crimson sh for mobility increase, slicing through the neck, leaving arge, vertical wound, where all of his subordinates released their own attacks to weaken the beast even more! ck thunder, corrosion spheres, ck shadow bullets and spears, phantom ws, and blueher fire, and three Evil Eye effects all fell over the creature''s neck wound, as Noah kept shing through it mercilessly! Suddenly, the monstrosity raised its ws out of the pool, enormous ws that could tear down an entire skyscraper! However, Noah smiled! It was toote toe and attack him with that, fool! "Blood Combustion!"ughed Noah, as all the blood he had purposely left in the wounds began to explode in session, sting off the entire of the Wyrm''s neck apart! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "ROOOOOAAAARR¡­!" Giving ast and weak roar, the beast died! However, Noah quickly grabbed the corpse''s carapace with his sticky blood tentacles, exerting an enormous strength thanks to his boost due to his Skills, he dragged the corpse to the rock floor immediately, without letting it fall over theva. "We did it¡­" said Arthur. "Eh? Why isn''t it turning into smoke?" asked Timassa. "This is thew-defying effect of my Blood Servant, any monster that dies near me leaves a corpse that canst for 24 hours before turning into smoke, it is so I can turn it into a Blood Servant. But we can also harvest it, cutting it into pieces and converting the pieces into dropped items! This way, we can profit tremendously from these monsters like never before! And even more, whenever we are done, I can turn whatever it''s left into ck smoke if I ever want to," said Noah, as he grabbed the two C-Rank Attribute Value Cores that the beast dropped. "Amazing! With that we really can make an immense profit¡­" said Arthur. "I wonder how dragon meat tastes like¡­" said Iris. "Is that in all you''re thinking about? Isn''t it obvious what''s next?" asked Noah with a grin. "Oh¡­ Wait¡­ Noah-sama, you are really¡­ turning that into a¡­?" asked Timassa. "That''s right! I am turning this thing into a Blood Servant! Rise!"ughed Noah, as he touched the enormous corpse of over 20 meters with his hand, activating Blood Servant into it as a bright crimson light emerged from his hands, touching the entire corpse, and epassing it! Suddenly, the blood within the corpse started to move as if it had taken consciousness of its own, as a giant phantom emerged from the beast''s corpse, fusing with the blood, and flying out of the corpse as it began to take a solid form! "I can''t believe my eyes now¡­" said Arthur in amazement, as he saw the very Wyrm they killede back to "life" as a Blood Servant, now made entirely out of blood and phantom with a solidified exterior¡­ The entire Blood Servant was only a little bit smaller than the corpse, being 17 meters instead of 20-21. However, it was still immense, and it possessed a strong and intimidating aura of greatness! Ding! [You have sessfully raised a [Blood Servant Fire Wyrm: Knight Grade]!] ----- Chapter 111 - Against Giant Fire-breathing Wyrms! ----- The blood of the Wyrm''s corpse gathered together into a gigantic creature, coated in hardened blood and crimson phantom, the monster stood up, walking on its four short legs covered in red scales, and erecting its long-scaled neck, its jaw was filled with razor-sharp teeth, and it had six crimson eyes gleaming with power¡­ Releasing an aura of greatness and intimidating pressure, the monster lowered its head towards Noah inplete submission. Ding! [You have sessfully raised a [Blood Servant Fire Wyrm: Knight Grade]!] Knight Grade! Noah already knew that Knight Grade was even above Elite Grade! Blood Servants seemed to have different rank ssifications, lowly Hunters could only be Normal Grade, but Brain became Elite Grade¡­ however, this creature was Knight Grade! Each Grade also had color on their name, as Normal was white, Elite was blue, and Knight was purple. C-Rank Monsters such as this Fire Wyrm were a Knight Grade right out of the spot! And if Noah kept hunting and converting more of these monsters¡­ he could have a whole army of Knight Grade monsters! He hoped that those he sent to that Dungeon could quickly grow stronger, or they would not be able to catch with these new Blood Servants! At least, Brain had a utility that could not be easily matched, but if de and Lance wanted to be at the side of their master, they would have to quickly raise into Ranks! "Good. Hm, should I name it?" wondered Noah, as he began to think about how much power it could get by a name. But then, he decided to scratch that idea. "Not yet, I will most likely get many like you anyways, I might name a Hidden Boss if we find one, though," thought Noah, deciding that it would be better to name a Hidden Boss and not overuse his soul into naming whatever Blood Servant he found interesting, but only those that truly deserved it. "Wow, this is incredible¡­ Noah, with this Blood Servant we already got a nicepanion at our side! I can''t imagine even more of these guys¡­ dozens¡­ we will go through any dungeon smoothly!" said Iris. "Hmph, don''t get too overly excited, Iris. Monsters be gradually stronger as we advance through the dungeon, and we only have one, fighting one of these already took us some time, let us still be cautious," said Noah. "Of course, you are right, as always," said Iris with a warm smile, she knew that Noah did not want to be hasty nor let his impulses take over him, after all, they were in a dungeon filled with scorchingva and strong air, their entire skin was burning even faster than in the desert dungeon every single second, this was not a ce to rx at all. "Very well, let''s keep going, I can see another few of these monsters resting above theva pools!" said Noah, pointing at theva pool in front of them, as gigantic creatures quickly noticed their presence, finally emerging their long necks out of theva! "Ah, they were really there!" said Arthur. "Water¡­ Hot¡­" muttered Adamantine. "I will give you as much water as you want to depend on how good your work now, Adamantine, so get to work!" said Noah, incentivizing the tired Adamantine! "Water? Later? Really? Then¡­! I fight!" roared Adamantine, as she coated herself in shadows and became a wild shadow beast, jumping out of the floor and hitting with all of her might through her legs and ws against the Fire Wyrm''s head, one of the two Fire Wyrms that were within theva pool, startling it as its head twisted backward! BOOM! "NNNNNGRRROOAAR¡­!" However, the monster quickly readjusted its own neck monstrously, ring back at Adamantine as it raised its giant ws and shed against her might! CLASH! "GRROOOAARRR!" Adamantine roared fiercely, putting immense might into her blows and boosting all of her strength into it! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! However, she was ultimately overwhelmed and thrown away by a series of shing attacks that carried the immense weight of the Fire Wyrm''s legs! CLASH! "Nnnggguuh¡­!" Adamantine was then caught by a barrier made of dark light produced by Arthur, as she saw the rest of the team sh against the Wyrm she fought, as Noah''s Blood Servant Wyrm shed and distracted the other one! Even the Crimson Sea Snake King entered the battle, entangling its own body around the second Fire Wyrm''s neck, distracting it as Noah and the rest ganged over the first one whose Adamantine had fought before! "My Nether Fire is cold, theplete opposite of this ce¡­ with it, I should be able to also damage these creatures easily¡­ I just have to coat myself with it!" roared Iris, entering battle by extending her long ck nails and coating the in blueher mes, shing through the monster''s neck and immediately finding out that the scales scarred to shatter very easily by the power of her shing attack and the coldness of her mes! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! At the same time, Iris used her Phantom Fox Spirits to inflict several tattoos that caused lethargic and slowing effects into the creature, making it roar in anger as it tried to absorb air and eat her through the vacuum pull into its jaws! "Blood Weapons!" However, Noah quickly emerged at Iris side, fusing his Cursed Blood with Poisonous Blood, and enhancing each Blood Weapon he generated with his own Aura generated through his boosting Skills,unching dozens of des and spears made of materialized blood into the monster''s throat, slicing it from the inside! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! The Wyrm started to choke itself with the Blood Weapons as it vomited mouthfuls of blood that Noah used to generate even more weapons against it! "Nether me ws!" roared Iris,bining her skill effects as she unleashed several w-shaped long-ranged attacks made from phantom andher mes, hitting the monster for some extra damage that even affected its soul! sh! sh! sh! Feeling weakened, the Fire Wyrm roared weakly, trying to unleash an attack of fire breath towards the group, but being quickly stopped by arge spear made of ck thunder that fell over its head! CRASH! "NNGRRRUUOOOHH!" The creature groaned angrily, rushing towards Timassa and raising its ws to sh her off, but she intercepted by generating her domain of ck thunder and then barriers with it, defending herself from a single attack and then intercepting the creature with another spear of ck thunder right into its neck! CRASH! "ROAARR¡­!" sh! However, right at this moment, the beast felt as if a small chunk of flesh suddenly twisted around its neck, as a sharp pain surged over its entire being! ring at the culprit desperately, the beast found Jon unleashing his Evil Eye attacks, the eye of distortion was capable of distorting space a bit, which gave him the method of twisting the flesh of the creature to cause small damage that caused a lot of pain. "RROOAARR!" The beast angered, suddenly manipted theva around it with a lot of effort that made it stop moving for a moment, shaping theva as spheres, and firing them frantically around! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! "Wait! It didn''t do that before!" said Arthur, blocking some of theva spheres with his barriers as Noah and Iris charged together against it like a meteor of crimson red and clear blue colors! Unleashing their attacks, theva mes were dried by the coldher blue mes of Iris as Noah used his blood ws to sh the flying rocks that theva spheres converted into! sh! The two reached the monster''s neck, shing through it as the rest of the group used this opportunity to st it away as they did before! The beast ran out of Mana due to its bad specialization in defense which left itckluster in the use of long-ranged magic attacks, as it could not fire moreva spheres and sumbed to thebined attacks of everyone while being finished by Noah''s explosive blood! "Rooooarrr¡­!" BOOM! The pieces of flesh began to fall apart not theva, as Noah grabbed the corpse and threw it out of theva pool, quickly raising it as another Blood Servant, as he noticed that the other Blood Servant was already getting overwhelmed, with many parts of its body already being torn apart! Ding! [You have sessfully raised a [Blood Servant Fire Wyrm: Knight Grade]!] "Heh, just in time! Now go!" Roared Noah, ordering his second Blood Servant Fire Wyrm, which quickly shed against its former ally, meanwhile, the first one started to slowly regenerate through Noah''s Mana, as Noah and his group flew towards their next target without breaking a sweat! ----- Chapter 112 - Intense And Exhilarating Battles! ----- Noah felt a flow of constant mana reach his body, as Jon was constantly absorbing Mana from their foe and transferring it to him through Energy Transfer. Using this Mana, Noah let his first Blood Servant Fire Wyrm regenerate, as the second one took its ce and shed against a former ally fiercely! "ROOOOAARR!" CLASH! "GROOOOAARR!" CLASH! Both giants fought fiercely, using their giant ws to sh each other''s necks. The Blood Servant was obviously weaker, as it lostrge chunks of its body with each attack, but it had the power to regenerate any wound as long as there was Mana to supply. Meanwhile, the giant fire wyrm was barely being scratched, its scales were too tough, and just like the previous Blood Servant ad the Crimson Sea Snake King, it was slowly overwhelming the Blood Servant! "I see, so even against two Knight Grade Blood Servants¡­ C-Rank Monsters are still amazingly superior, huh? It seems that a Blood Servant doesn''tpletely inherit all the power of its original being, perhaps, through the whole process, it loses around 40% of its original strength¡­ mostly due to not having physical bodies to be able to take hits better, as any hit they take to make the pieces of their bodies that were hit vanish¡­" thought Noah. But that was fine! After all, these were all diversions! Suddenly, both of the Blood Servan Fire Wyrms raised their mouths into the sky and began to inte their necks! Opening their jaws wide open, they unleashed a double breath attack against the Fire Wyrm! Their mes were just as potent as their original selves, but were now made of their crimson phantom that zed like real mes, burning through the monster''s scales, and slowly weakening it! FLASH! "GROOOOAARRR¡­!" Noah nced as the beast lowered its guard, atst, deciding tomand his subordinates to fight! "Now, GO!" he roared, releasing a zing crimson aura from his entire body, shing like a meteor towards the beast with everyone flying at his side! "RROOAAR!" The Fire Wyrm suddenly twisted its body, raising a long and sharp, spear-tipped tail! SLASH! With a single swipe, the two Blood Servant Fire Wyrms were dissipated into crimson shadows! "This one seems rather strongpared to the previous ones, and a bit more intelligent too!" thought Noah, as his Blood Servants went back inside of his Blood Storage, where they began to regenerate slowly through his Mana. "I might take a whole minute for them to regenerate if Jon keeps giving me Mana¡­ For now, let us shower with everything we got!" roared Noah, as everyone roared in affirmation! Baring their fangs fiercely amidst a dungeon filled with zing heat and monstrous creatures, the Vampires slowly but steadily began to break all of their limits! ¡­As if they even had limits! "Corrosion Bullets! Corrosion Venom Beast, go!" said Arthur, as he unleashed a giant beast made of corrosion venom and fired several bullets all over the creature''s wounds, as the beast groaned and then began to bite over the scales, breaking them apart until it was caught by the Fire Wyrm''s ws and torn apart! Boom! Boom! sh! "ck Thunder Soul, ck Thunder Domain, ck Thunder Spears!" said Timassa, flying around like a sh of ck thunder, she channeled her ck thunder soul and then generated a domain of ck thunder around ten meters, using her soul and domain to generaterge spears of ck thunder, showering the giant and resilient creature with a constant shower of thundering judgment! sh! sh! sh! "Evil Eyes, Energy Transfer!" said Jon, keeping himself in the backlines as he unleashed the power of his three Evil Eyes, forming the third eye on his forehead as he began to drain the life and mana of the monster, alongside making it afraid and generating dozens of tiny holes all around the long neck and face, small wounds that made it easy for Arthur and Timassa''s attacks to seep inside its tender flesh! "Let''s go, Noah-sama, Adamantine!" said Iris, as she coated herself in her Phantom Fox Skill as an enormous phantom specter resembling a furious phantom fox emerged, unleashing nine tails and long ears, increasing her power drastically as her nails grew in size and were coated in blueher mes, running through the monster''s neck alongside Adamantine and Noah, shing the creature''s flesh and leaving deep wounds! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! "GROOOOAAAAARRRR¡­!" Adamantine roared like a wild beast, coating herself in many shadows that made her resemble a monster that came right from the depths of an abyssal shadow hell! Her monstrous figure rushed like a wild beast, generatingrger wounds than before, as she constantly created a shadow beast to assist her, although it did notst too much! "Now, use all your might!" roared Noah, inspiring everyone as he roared monstrously, his entire body coated in crimson light as his muscles bulged and his fangs grew to like those of a beast! His eyes turnedpletely red, and his ws grew to a ridiculous and monstrous size! His entire powerbined all into his body resembled an explosion of constant rushes of crimson light, shing and shing against the beast''s entire neck and head like enormous meteors of great might, his shing attacks went all out as well, as Noah continuously conjured Blood Combustion, making any of his attacks generate explosive shockwaves by making the blood they were made of detonate into loud explosions! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "Continue, it''s going down!"ughed Noah, as he began to st awayrge chunks of flesh from the monster, while his subordinates supported him by hitting these wounds he left behind and making the theme even worst! "GRROOOOAARRR¡­!" However, against Noah''s expectations, the beast gained some kind of boost on its power, as its crimson eyes shed with a sudden burst of energy, it generates enormous quantities of fire within its throat and suddenly opened its mouth, pointing it at Noah! FLASH! A gigantic beam of pure mes shed against Noah''s entire body! BOOOM!!! "NNGHH¡­! My body is turning into ashes! This fire¡­ No! Immortal Body, don''t fail me now! Show me that you truly make me an immortal being!" roared Noah, infusing all of his energying from his Blood Core into his very body, alongside his very soul, strengthening his physique and even increasing his regeneration speed! Noah noticed as that from within the ashes, he began to regrow new flesh, constantly, expanding and regenerating more and more, only to turn into ashes again! His limbs, chest and more were all turning into ashes and then growing back constantly! The pain is indescribable! But Noah had long gonepletely insane! So, what did you think he did?! He smiled like a madman! While being a Vampire and being bathed in a constant sea of pure mes! "Hahahaha! HAHAHAHA!" heughed maniacally, intimidating even the freaking Wyrm! "GRR..?!" BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Suddenly, enormous attacks fired from Noah''s subordinates fell over the Wyrm, making it roar in agony as it is breath weakened, letting Noah reach its very jaws that exuded the mes! CLASH! Noah reached the creature''s mouth, hitting with all of his might right into its internal flesh, and prating it outside, leaving an enormous wound that started from its throat and prated its very brain! BOOOOOOM!!! "GRRUUUUUUOOOOOOOOHH¡­!" CLASH! The enormous beast had fallen! Its gigantic body fell over the ground, as Noah stopped his insane charge, ring down below. His clothes werepletely burned, and he was nude. "Hmph. So Immortal Body can work in even such situations¡­ As long as I can protect my brain to not fall unconscious¡­ Blood Armor," said Noah, generating a new set of clothes through his very blood, and descending over the giant corpse, analyzing it and then converting it into a Blood Servant. [You have sessfully raised a [Blood Servant Fire Wyrm Leader: Knight Grade]!] "I see! It was a Fire Wyrm Leader, that was why it was stronger and more resilient than the other ones¡­" said Noah, as his party gathered around him. "Noah, are you okay?" asked Iris a bit worried. "Don''t worry. I am as fine as ever. With this, we have three Blood Servant Fire Wyrms, I believe that as we advance and gather more, we can make things smoother," said Noah. "I suppose¡­ Well, I am fine if you are okay... I was a bit afraid when you were bathed in those mes, and we immediately stopped the beast, changing the direction of its breath!" said Iris, as she hugged Noah. Noah received her hug expressionlessly as he patted her head. "Good job. And also a good job to everyone else, but do not rx, there is a lot to do! We are not stopping any time soon!" roared Noah, as everyone gave him bitter smiles¡­ they had no option to refute against their progenitor decisions! ----- Chapter 113 - The Prideful Blazing Wyrm Emperor! ----- Through the scorching mes of the Dungeon, Noah and his party continued breaking their limits, burning, and regenerating constantly, while fighting enormous beasts whose defense and offense were enormously superior, the true might of C-Rank Monsters. However, they had no other choice, they had no other way around this. They needed to continue fighting, to continue breaking through their limits. Burning the flesh and regenerating it back again and again, at some point, their very bodies started to mutate and strengthen themselves, their cells, after dying and being reborn for so long, adapted slowly... More resilient and resistant¡­ And as they fought more Fire Wyrms, eventually, an enormous one emerged. They had been fighting for four hours now, and their bodies were still adapting to the mes, but Noah was the first one to feel how his Immortal Body was awakening to something even more superior. Bathing himself in mes and regenerating back made his very body be something else, slowly, yet steadily. ording to the Blood Progenitor, one of the major weaknesses of Vampires in Abyss was the light of the sun and the mes wielded by the Sun Heralds¡­ yet he was slowly adapting to the scorching mes of this hellhole. Iris at his side had been adapting as well, and by using her unique phantom andher blue mes, she infused such powers inside of her very flesh, counteracting the mes and heat, and slowly making her body adapt. The same was for everyone present, in their own unique ways, their own bodies were changing now. This was both a way to sharpen their fighting styles, gather Cores, and also to improve their own abilities and attribute affinities. "GRROOOAARR!" An enormous beast like the group had never seen before surged from thergest pool ofva they came across since they entered inside this Dungeon. Its giant body resembled a giant reptile, like aodo dragon, but whose entire body was covered in red, metallic scales, it possessed over five heads, all of them covered in the same scales, enormous heads with eyes and a giant tail with a long de-shaped tip. It had six limbs, each one possessing sharp, metallic ws, and many ores of all types grew all over its back, forming a natural carapace. All of such materials were Magic Materials of C-Rank and below, and such a giant quantity, if harvested sessfully, would cost a fortune, even for C-Rank hunters. This was¡­ "The Hidden Boss¡­" said Noah. "It seems so¡­ It is looking at us¡­ Is it my idea or it is quite prideful? Perhaps it is waiting for us to attack first? Can monster even have a sense of pride like that?" asked Iris. "That''s right. Everyone, don''t move. He is not waiting for us to attack first out of courtesy, however. Look carefully around him¡­" said Noah, as he pointed out at the dozens of small pools around this enormous creature whose size surpassed 40 meters¡­ "Ah¡­ How many are there?!" asked Arthur, as he noticed dozens of Fire Wyrms all resting within theva pools surrounding the Hidden Boss! "Around¡­ thirty? No¡­ forty¡­" said Jon, using his irvoyance to detect all the enemies around the Hidden Boss¡­ Indeed, it was an enormous army¡­ Against them, even as a group, they would definitely die, even more against the might of the Hidden Boss, whose entire power seemed to be immense and overwhelming, controlling all o the Fire Wyrms around itself. However, Noah, as always, smiled like the wicked bastard he was. "Not like we are alone either¡­ right?" he asked, as Iris smiled eerily as well, almost as wicked as her beloved. "That''s right¡­ Noah-sama''s army is here with us as well¡­" she said. "It''s time to go out, all of you!"ughed Noah, opening a giant wound on his very stomach, as an enormous sea of blood emerged from it, shaping as gigantic Fire Wyrms one by one! Tens of them, reaching twenty, until thirty! These were all the beasts in by them through this entire dungeon exploration until this point. Each one became one of Noah''s Blood Servants, strengthening his army of Blood Servants as he slowly raised the number of his army, overwhelming the next enemies he found, until the point that he simply showered any Fire Wyrm with his army and then his subordinates attacks and the beasts groaned in agony until they werepletely torn apart into pieces¡­ Now, such an army of destruction emerged, obeying a new master, and confronting the army of the Fire Wyrm Hidden Boss, named zing Wyrm Emperor. And as an Emperor, it had many subjects! All the Fire Wyrms around it raised their heads out of their pools ofva, readying their attacks and inting their throats¡­ For a moment, both armies nced at each other. Time seemed to stop. Noah''s crimson eyes shed against the zing Wyrm Emperor''s eyes, as they red at each other intensively¡­ The battle was about to break out, and the tension was enormously overwhelming for both armies¡­ Who woulde on top? "You¡­ you are not like the other humans that hade here and perished to my fire¡­" And unexpectedly to Noah, the Hidden Boss spoke directly inside of his mind through something simr to telepathy! "So you can speak? I have some good news for you. Today you are perishing and joining me after your death." Said Noah boldly. "Hm?! Hahahahaha! Such boldness! I have never spoken with a human this bold before, and any that had tried to even showcase a small amount of such bravery was burned into ashes or feed to my children¡­ But your presence¡­ it is clearly not human!" said the zing Wyrm Emperor, his eyes gleaming maliciously. "So you can even tell that?" asked Noah. "I am a Wyrm, a race that is a descendant of Dragons, although I am not a pure being such as my progenitors, I clearly have powers simr to them. My perception is amongst many of the beasts that you "Hunters" fight. I can easily tell that whatever you and your kin possess within your chests has never been possessed by any human I have fought before¡­" said the zing Wyrm Emperor. "Oh? Do you see me as a monster?" asked Noah. "I can tell that your presence is simr to us, those that emerge from the Gates into your world. Although it is humiliating to be called monsters, despite being proud warriors and descendants of our Draconic Fathers¡­ Nheless, we had been trapped in this ce since the grand cataclysm¡­ You and your kind continue to kill us as if we were mere materials and resources for you, and my kin keeps being brought to life, despite dying many times¡­ I am the only one that has never been defeated before! Feel honored, you are dying to someone unmatched, odd one!" said the zing Wyrm Emperor with such as much pride as Noah! Noah heard what the zing Wyrm Emperor said with great attention¡­ He knew about the Gates that led to Dungeons and was aware of his existence within an enclosed space. Just as the Blood Progenitor had said, his own domain was once trapped within a different space where gates emerged, and hunters came to constantly try to kill him¡­ could the same be applied to every single Gate? Then, could it be possible that every single Dungeon is¡­ an actual world amongst the vast cosmos of the universe? Somehow connected to Earth through mysterious reasons that not even Noah couldpletelyprehend. And more importantly, the zing Wyrm Emperor spoke that everything started with the "Great Cataclysm"¡­ was this his version of an Apocalypse on his own world? And¡­ the "Draconic Fathers"¡­ were those real dragons? And could they be rted to the Dragons found inside S-Rank Dungeons that Noah has once heard and read about? Were these Dragons rted to the Wyrm Emperor and the Fire Wyrms? Then¡­ did that mean that their world had many Gates and had most of itsndscape somehow transformed into separate spaces made into dungeons that emerged as Gates within Earth? Noah was using his Parallel Mind Thought Processing Skill at its max capacity, as he thought about many conjectures while seeking more of the truth of this phenomenon known as Dungeons and Gates. However, in the end, there was not enough info, and the zing Wyrm Emperor seemed to not want to speak anymore¡­ There was only one thing left to do¡­ To fight and win. "Feel honored? You will feel honored to serve me soon."ughed Noah, as he finallymanded his Blood Servants and Subordinates to move forward! ----- Chapter 114 - Blood Army Against Wyrm Army! ----- The army of giant Blood Servant Fire Wyrms marched through the volcands, creating arge tremor as they walked while being all gathered in a simr spot. The Fire Wyrms around the zing Wyrm Emperor began to immediately use their abilities to fight against their risen siblings, as they could clearly see through their eyes that they were no longer the same as before¡­ They were no longer alive. Dozens of spheres made of boilingva, and breaths of fire began to fall over Noah''s Blood Servant army, as the zing Wyrm Emperor roared towards him. "Serve you after death? Do you mean what you have done to my kin? Certainly, it is a strange power you have there! It reminds me of the Elder Dracolich¡­ Hmph, but you are not evenparable to him! Your little servants are easily dying to the attacks of my kin! We shall avenge our kin and let them finally rest in peace!" roared the zing Wyrm Emperor, as he saw the Blood Servants Fire Wyrms fall apart¡­ However. "Hm? W-What?!" The zing Wyrm Emperor nced as the Blood Servant Fire Wyrms began to regenerate their wounds, forming anew once more within seconds! Perhaps Noah was not able to do this with such speed before, but now that Blood Servant had leveled up enough, and that Jon had a lot of targets to drain Mana from and transfer it to him, he was getting a constant supply of Mana! The zing Wyrm Emperor quickly realized that the small boy behind Noah was the culprit behind Noah''s insane Mana quantities and also that his own Mana was being drained out of his very soul! And even more¡­ his life was also being drained! The Blood Servant Fire Wyrms began to raise from the ground once more, biting and shing the living Fire Wyrms with their bloody ws and razor-sharp crimson teeth! Roars of anger and groans of pain resonated through the battlefield, as an army of giant crimson creatures ganged over one Fire Wyrm at a time! And each time one fell, Noah immediately made it into a Blood Servant right in front of their noses! Crimson mes released from the Blood Servant Fire Wyrms began to sh against the orange-red mes of the living Fire Wyrms, generating constant loud explosions! Although one Fire Wyrms seemed to be capable of taking down several Blood Servant Fire Wyrms, as the enemy kept regenerating back and as the Fire Wyrms kept losing Mana to use their Abilities, the tides of war began to change to Noah''s favor! The "upper hand" in numbers that the zing Wyrm Emperor had beenpletely shattered! The Fire Wyrms were being too overwhelmed by the Blood Servants that were also being supported by Noah''s subordinates, and the zing Wyrm Emperor could not receive any assistance! "Small fry like your kin is no longer a problem for us. We had bathed in the mes of your world and now we had be stronger. You are next. Make sure to give us a good challenge, Emperor," said Noah, smiling provocatively! Noah was a madman! He was provoking a being that was perhaps hundreds of times his size! Covered in enormously hard scales, possessing monstrous, titanic strength and defenses, and above all, several heads with the power to burn an entire city! As the zing Wyrm Emperor nced at his kin being easily overwhelmed and killed toter be converted into Blood Servants, the zing Wyrm Emperor began to feel¡­ zing wrath! "You¡­ So this is it! I have been waiting for fitting opponents for a very long time¡­! Hmph! So be it! I will go all out now, so don''t dare die yet!" roared the zing Wyrm Emperor, suddenly summoning several magic circles and chanting magic through his mind! Noah and everyone else noticed the enormous quantities of mana being used at once, even when Jon was draining its Mana away, it clearly had an immense pool of mana and also vitality! "Infernal Catastrophe!" roared the zing Wyvern Emperor, as the enormous, red-colored magic circle emerged above his body, generating arge shower of mes, covering a gigantic area around him! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Noah and his subordinates quickly gathered on a single spot, as Noah used Crimson Aegisbined with Arthur and everyone else Skills and Attributes, generating a powerful shield which they used to take on the mes while trying to evade as much as they could! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "Noah-sama, I don''t think it was a good idea to provoke him!" said Arthur. "Well, it is Noah we are talking about, he''s quite prideful! But I guess that''s why I love him¡­" said Iris. "I don''t think this is the time to go confessing your love, my mistress," said Timassa. "Not at all¡­" sighed Jon. "Too much fire! It burns!" cried Adamantine. sh! sh! sh! The sphere of blood, ck thunder, phantom, corrosion, and shadows moved around the battlefield, evading the fire while taking other hits it could not evade head-on" BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The zing Wyrm Emperor''s heads suddenly became stiff, as Noah and everyone else noticed his eyes ring at him! As his strong spell dissipated, all of the Blood Servants Noah had were defeated, as their blood went back inside of his body! If the Blood Servants were to be destroyed like this, it would not be possible to regenerate them straight away, and they would need a minute of rest¡­ but because they were many and all the Mana was distributing for each one, Noah calcted that it would take around 11-14 minutes for them to be back to the action! "The Blood Servants¡­ they''re gone¡­" sighed Arthur. "And there are still around ten Fire Wyrms left¡­" said Timassa. "Noah-sama, your orders!" said Iris. "Against such a big monster in such an unfavorablendscape, is there any other strategy left? ¡­We''ll destroy the little ones first, and then we''ll go kill the Emperor!" said Noah, as he quickly flew towards the closest Fire Wyrm, ignoring the zing Wyrm Emperor who thought Noah would charge headfirst towards him! "Hmph? Coward! Confront me!" roared the zing Wyrm Emperor, as he unleashed several fire breath attacks against Noah''s party as all of them flew inside the sphere of various elements! "Hah! Did you really think we were so stupid? We''ll first clean our battlefield so we cannot be bothered, I hope you understand, Emperor!"ughed Noah, as he evaded the fire breaths as much as he could, however, arge attack reached him, and the entire sphere exploded! BOOM! As they rushed through the air, all of Noah''s party flew downwards, targeting the Fire Wyrm in front of them! The beast red at them back roaring in anger as it opened its mouth! It was going for the breath attack straight away! "ROOOOOOAAAAARR!" "Arthur, Timassa!" said Noah,manding his subordinates as the two immediately knew what to do! "Yes! Corrosion Ray!" roared Arthur, who had already gathered arge sphere of corrosion around his arms, firing it as a ray of enormous purple energy against the beast''s open mouth! The mes, however, would easily burn through the corrosion, but that''s where Timassa entered! "ck Thunder Domain¡­ ck Thunderstorm!" roared Timassa, gathering a domain of ck Thunder as ck and thundering clouds emerged around her in an instant, charging them with Mana and then pointing her bow towards the beast''s fire breath! CLASH! Then, she fired a single ck thunder arrow, which detonated and generate an enormous thundering explosion! BOOM! The thunder impacted the fire, generating loud shockwaves that dissipated the fire, right for Arthur''s corrosion ray to enter the beast''s mouth! "GROOOHH¡­?!" The beast chocked itself with corrosion substance as its insides started to melt away agonizingly! The beast began to move in pain, as Noah, Iris, and Adamantine charged towards its head as it finally lowered its guard! "Iris, Adamantine, stick to me, let''s do the usual!" said Noah. "Alright!" roared Iris, as her eyes turnedpletely red, and her entire body was coated in phantom andher mes! "GRROOOOOAAARR!" roared Adamantine, covering herself on her shadows, resembling a furious beast of the night! Noah covered himself on his Soul, which he used as Blood to shape his Blood Armor, generating what he called, Soul Armor! Combining it with his Soul Weapon, Noah resembled a crimson death knight, as he generated dozens of crystalized blood weapons around him! CLASH! The three figures hit the Fire Wyrm''s head in an instant, crushing it with countless and incessant attacks,her mes, bloody ws, blood weapons, shadow ws, and more crushed the beast''s scales, bones, and brains! BOOM! As the beast roared in agony and fell to the ground, Noah quickly converted it into a Blood Servant as the zing Wyrm Emperor gnashed his teeth in anger! "You¡­!" ----- Chapter 115 - The Twisted Sense Of Pride Of The Vampire! Shameless Tactics! ----- As the Fire Wyrm roared in agony and fell into the ground, Noah quickly converted it into a Blood Servant as the zing Wyrm Emperor gnashed his teeth in anger! "You¡­! Confront me!" roared the Fire Wyrm Emperor, roaring in anger as it suddenly conjured more magic, unleashing a giant spear of mes towards Noah and the rest in a second! However, Noah smiled teasingly! "GO!" he said, throwing his newly raised Blood Servant towards the spear of mes, ruthlessly using it as a shield as both the Blood Servant and the Spear of mes exploded! BOOM! The explosion createdrge amounts of crimson smoke, as Noah and his party flew towards their next target! The Fire Wyrm red at them angrily, but felt as if its leader was bing desperate! "GROOOAR!" This Fire Wyrm, instead of trying to fire its breath, decided to simply¡­ sunk into theva! Lava was something Noah and the rest could not touch, or¡­ well, they would melt away agonizingly. Meanwhile, the Fire Wyrms could bepletely immune to fire, so they were able to swim in hotva and even use it to hide beneath it! However, Noah pointed his hand towards it! "Oh, no, you are not going anywhere! Blood Prison!" heughed, as he conjured Blood Prison and suddenly caged the entire beast in a temporal prison of crystallized blood, stopping it from sinking into theva! The prison immediately began to melt into theva, however. But that was good enough time for them to reach the Fire Wyrm in time, showering with attacks and crushing its head into pieces in an instant! Crash! Crash! Crash! BOOM! "GRRUUUOOOH¡­!" Ssh! The beast fell over theva pool, as Noah immediately made it into a Blood Servant and threw it shamelessly against the zing Wyrm Emperor! "GROOOARR¡­!" Shamelessly using his kin against him, Noah only enraged the zing Wyrm Emperor even more! "RRROOOOAAAARR¡­! You have the power to manipte souls and make them be your loyal ves¡­ Hmph! Just as disgusting as a Dracolich!" groaned the zing Wyrm Emperor, using his ws to slice through the Blood Servant Fire Wyrm sent towards him in an instant, two shes were enough topletely destroy the Blood Servant Fire Wyrm in around ten seconds after its creation! BOOM! But that was enough! In those ten seconds, Noah and his party managed to reach another Fire Wyrm, rushing towards its head! Blood Weapons, Bloody ws, Phantom, Nether Blue Fire, ck Thunder Arrows, Shadow Bullets, Corrosion Bullets, Life and Mana Drain, and more! The beast sumbed to Noah''s fierce subordinate attacks, its head and neck falling apart into pieces! "Y-You¡­ in just ten seconds?!" roared the zing Wyrm Emperor, as he began to slowly move out of itsva pool! Although it was incredibly strong, because its body was gigantic, it moved incredibly slow too! "Here, have a present! Rise!" said Noah, raising the Fire Wyrm into a Blood Servant and throwing the Blood Servant Fire Wyrm towards the zing Wyrm Emperor''s face! "GRAAAAH¡­! Stop insulting me like this, insolent! You are no warrior, but a shameless rat!" roared the zing Wyrm Emperor, shing through his former kin into pieces with his ws, as he finally jumped out of theva pool, chasing Noah and everyone else! "I will burn you into ashes!" he roared, opening his jaws, and firing several fire breaths once more! Noah called up to everyone, as they once morebined their powers and generated a sphere made of several elements and barrier skills! sh! sh! sh! Evading the fire breaths that could take down a mountain, Noah, and everyone else rushed through the volcandscape at an immense speed, their hearts racing with excitement as the situation of life and death they were going through! The monstrous Hidden Boss was just chasing them around as they flew over the skies, trying to diminish his little army while gaining time for Noah''s Blood Servants to recover! sh! sh! sh! The zing Wyrm Emperor''s ws stepping into the ground made the entire volcandscape tremble as he chased down Noah, his entire body was too big to move so fast, as the gap between him and Noah''s party started to widen! "Noah, there''s another one there!" said Iris. "Good, let''s harvest him!" said Noah,manding his subordinates as they ganged over the scared Fire Wyrm! Thebined attacks of the desperate Vampires fell over the monstrous behemoth like a shower of death, electrifying it with ck thunder, freezing it withher mes, shing through it with blood weapons that exploded afterward, slowly poisoning and melting it through corrosion, and tearing it apart with shadow bullets and shadow ws! sh! sh! sh! sh! "GRRUUUUOOOOOOHH¡­!" Boom! The beast''s head exploded like a watermelon falling from a cliff, as dozens of bloody pieces fell all over thendscape! Noah smiled, immediately raising the beast like a Blood Servant Fire Wyrm! "Go meet your father!" heughed, as he sent the Blood Servant immediately after the zing Wyrm Emperor, this time the Blood Servant was not instantly killed, as it charged a breath attack and attacked his former leader, bothering him for a few seconds before being shed into pieces! BOOM! "Grrrr¡­! Go rest now, my son!" roared the Emperor, using his long, metallic ws to slice through the Blood Servant within seconds, taking him out of his path! "The only thing you are managing to do is to enrage me even more! My stamina is endless, and my mana is vast, there is no point in trying to tire me! I am fueled by rage, cowardly rat, show some decency and fight me like a warrior!" roared the zing Wyrm Emperor. "Decency? Warrior? Don''t make meugh, the only thing I strive forward to is to survive!"ughed Noah, as he suddenly gathered an enormous amount of energy within his hand that he had been preparing! "Hm?! That''s¡­! Soul Energy!" thought the zing Wyrm Emperor, as he was not able to evade or block Noah''s attack, which was made up from his very soul which he used to rece the blood of his attacks, generating a giant spear of Soul Blood, materializing it and throwing it towards the zing Wyrm Emperor! CLASH! "UNNGRRRUUOOOHH¡­! Y-YOU BASTARD!" roared the zing Wyrm Emperor, feeling the giant spear hit his chest and leaving a deep wound! However, the spear did not stop there, as it suddenly exploded! BOOOOOOOM!!! "UNGRRRAAAAAAAAAAAHH¡­!" The zing Wyrm Emperor suddenly stopped chasing Noah and the rest as he felt agonizing pain, arge chunk of his flesh flew everywhere, as rivers of crimson blood started to pour out of hisrge wound¡­ it was not enough to kill him, but good enough to slow him down! "Amazing, Noah-sama!" said Timassa. "Yeah, were you saving up that attack this whole time?!" asked Iris. "Indeed, using my second mind, it was easy to fight at your side while also gathering this power¡­ However, to fire such an attack I needed several minutes of charging, and I have to admit that my soul feels weakened¡­ Ungh¡­ Nheless, that wound will not regenerate any time, let''s wrap this up with these Fire Wyrms to take him down afterward!" said Noah. Through the use of Parallel Mind Thought Processing, Noah used his parallel mind to gather his Soul''s concentrated power within his chest, right inside of his very Blood Core! With that, and after several minutes of charging power, he quickly used his own Soul Power as blood recement thanks to the Blood Soul Skill effect, which had persisted even after awakening, shaping his soul energy into a giant weapon, and firing it straight into the zing Wyrm Emperor''s chest! By using Blood Combustion, he left the weapon to detonate a few seconds after throwing it, right on time for the attack to prate the zing Wyrm Emperor''s flesh and then explode, dealing great amounts of damage into its chest area, near its heart! However, using such an attack was simr to naming a Blood Servant, as Noah felt as if a chunk of his own soul was lost, weakening him temporarily! But I was not as if he were alone, he knew that he had subordinates to rely on, and decided to be reckless just for this instance! The Fire Wyrms around the zing Wyrm Emperor saw their leader suffering in pain as they angrily roared against Noah''s party, jumping out of theirva pools, anding straight to them! There are 6 left, and Iris and the rest were ready to ughter them once and for all! ----- Chapter 116 - Life And Death Battle ----- Noah''s soul suddenly felt as if arge chunk of it was eaten away in an instant. In simple terms, it was as if you tore apart arge piece of your shoulder, including your arm, and even part of your stomach to throw an attack. However, Noah knew that souls could regenerate, he had already tested it when he gave names to Blood Servants, feeling that the chunks of soul he lost slowly regenerated over time. Even after having lost such a big piece of his soul, Noah knew that it would regenerate, as it had already begun to slowly grow back through the constant flow of Mana. He even discovered that by infusing Mana into his Blood Core, this soul regeneration strengthened, and became way better than before. However, he would need time to go back to his full strength. His attack was certainly devastating, and it bought a lot of time to him and his group, the consequences of it were within his calctions. As Iris and the rest quickly began to ughter the sixst Fire Wyrms, Noah red at the zing Wyrm Emperor, who was panting for air while losing blood constantly. The zing Wyrm Emperor was gasping for air with its several heads, arge piece of its left lung was lost with the attack, making it lethargic. Although the wounds were regenerating and even his lung was doing so, the wound was too big and the hemorrhage was not stopping, the wound would take too long to heal in time. It really was caught off guard. Because Noah and his group were running away, it thought that they were not really a threat, and followed them while lowering his guard. If he had activated a me barrier before time, he would have been able to not receive as much damage¡­ but now, he had paid for his mistake. His "endless stamina" did not seem endless anymore, and because the zing Wyrm Emperor only knew offensive spells, it could not hasten its regeneration through spells¡­ However, it could seal the wound. Although Fire Wyrms were immune to fire, that was only in their exterior. In their insides such as flesh and organs, they were not immune to fire. Noah nced as the zing Wyrm Emperor began to burn his own wound! "Nnnggruuuoooh¡­! Nnngrraaaah¡­!" The wound began to be burned, as the hemorrhage suddenly stopped, the wound was sealed by burnt flesh and muscles, although the bone within could still be seen, he was no longer losing blood, and the constant loss of stamina stopped. The zing Wyrm Emperor sighed in relief, although it felt his entire body aching¡­ the loss of blood made his entire body feel slower, as he needed blood pumping through his veins constantly to move such a gigantic body. He slowly stood up, although he moved incredibly slow now¡­ however, his eyes were zing with anger¡­ he was dead-set to annihte Noah, whom he red directly into his eyes. "You resilient bastard¡­ Even sting one of your lungs off did not work¡­ But now he is weakened and slow¡­ We better hurry before he gets here¡­ Oh? It seems that my army is soon to recoverpletely¡­ Good¡­" thought Noah, as he quickly joined back with Iris and the rest before the zing Wyrm Emperor could catch up with them atst. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Explosions of ck thunder,her fire, shadows, corrosion, and more resonated through the battlefield, as the Fire Wyrm''s enormous bodies began to fall into the ground one by one. sh! sh! sh! sh¡­! "Noah-sama! Four down!" said Iris, as Noah nodded and immediately raised the four Fire Wyrms into Blood Servants, using them to overwhelm the other two left! "ROOOAARR¡­!" "GROOOAARR¡­!" The two Fire Wyrms cooperated to survive, unleashingva bullets and breaths of fire everywhere, trying to desperately breakthrough Noah''s group, but it was all useless! The Blood Servant Fire Wyrms used themselves as shields to protect their masters, as they began to regenerate like undying beasts, roaring fiercely, as they bit, shed, and attacked the twost standing Fire Wyrms! "Die already and be my husband''s soldiers, lowly beasts!" roared Iris, boldly rushing over the beasts while coating herself in her phantom and berserk mode skills, as a coating of clear blue phantasmal aura and red aura epassed her body! Her ck nails grew like beastly fox-like ws, and her fangs grew long and monstrous, coating herself on herher fire, she shed through the beast''s necks, leaving deep andrge wounds all around them, which were then abused by everyone else! "Perish!" roared Timassa, firing ck thunder arrows towards the beasts and worsening their wounds! BOOM! BOOM! Arthur used corrosion to slow them down, Jon kept draining the beast''s Mana and Life and distributing it around the party (mostly Noah), while Adamantine followed Iris around, being as beastly as her! Thest standing Fire Wyrms groaned in agony, their necks exploded into pieces, and their heads were crushed. Even with such strong carapaces, they were not able to cover their heads, even though they were already covered in strong, metallic scales! "ROAAAAAARR¡­!" "GGGRROOOARR¡­!" CLASH! CLASH! The two corpses fell over the body, as Noah immediately raised them into Blood Servants right in time! "Now that you have in thest one, are you satisfied?! Is this what you wanted above all else, cowardly rats?! Now fight me like true warriors so I can burn through all of you!" roared the zing Wyrm Emperor, as he slowly began to conjure magic! "He''s here, Noah-sama!" said Arthur. "Noah!" said Iris. "I know, and they are ready!" said Noah with a grin, he still felt weakened, but it was not as if he had given up on fighting himself! His army was already back to full health, and he had the most genius idea of simply dropping them above the bastard! sh! Using Crimson sh and Vampiric Wings to increase his speed momentarily, Noah reached the zing Wyrm Emperor''s area above his body in a few seconds while evading his jaws trying to tear him apart! "How about of a little family reunion?!"ughed Noah, as he opened a giant wound on his chest, as an entire sea of crimson red liquid and phantom rushed over the zing Wyrm Emperor, shaping as tens of Fire Wyrms! Noah''s capacity for Blood Servants had increased as he raised more and increased the proficiency of the Skill, now he could have 110 of them, so he had room to spare for all these Blood Servants Fire Wyrms! "Ngh?! Your movements are so fast! You bastard¡­ this is because of my own weakened state¡­! Aggh! Get off me!!!" roared the zing Wyrm Emperor, fighting against all of his kin, now raised back as deadly and incessant Undead that kept regenerating from his wounds! Some even started merging together, entangling him like vicious, crimson-colored slimy beasts, while others unleashed breaths of crimson fire towards it, attacking and impacting its scales so he could be weakened forrger wounds to be inflicted over his skin and flesh! Another batch attacked his legs, biting them and trying to burn them with their breaths of fire, which were of a different element than pure fire, simr to blood attribute rather than fire attribute, being able to bypass the Emperor''s immunity and deal damage to the scales, melting them slowly to open a way for the tender flesh beneath to be revealed! Noah evaded the zing Wyrm Emperor''s attacks as he could, but his soul was still regenerating! He kept using several skills to get off his range, but the enormous and long necks the beast possessed served as whips, attacking him, and sting him into the ground! CLASH! "Ungh¡­!" Thankfully, Noah had predicted such an oue, using severalyers of Crimson Aegis to protect himself alongside his Blood Armor, which was shattering into pieces¡­ However, he saw as his Blood Servants began to take the upper hand in battle, entangling and managing to inflict wounds in the fearful zing Wyrm Emperor! "I am¡­ not dying without taking you with me!" roared the zing Wyrm Emperor, as Noah began to run away from his range, however! FLASH! An enormous aura of mes emerged from the zing Wyrm Emperor, as he used everything he could, pouring his very soul into the attack! Yes, his very soul! It was like Noah''s attack, he was using his very soul as a weapon! "DIEEEE!" roared the zing Wyrm Emperor, unleashing an enormous st of zing Soul,ing from his very soul like a cannon that could disintegrate everything! Noah used everything at his disposal, but the attack neared him incessantly¡­! But it wasn''t as if he was alone! Iris andpany emerged near the zing Wyrm Emperor after having charged their power, unleashing an enormous storm ofbined elements over the beast''s heads, moving the direction of its attack to the left, saving Noah from being disintegrated! BOOOOOM! The beam of zing soul shed against the far-away walls of the volcandscape and even the ground below, generating enormous explosions and tremors all around! "NNNGRRRRRUUOOOOOHH¡­!" The zing Wyrm Emperor roared in anger, as Iris and everyone else kept showering him with attacks until the ceiling started to fall apart when his zing Soul Breath hit it, as enormous boulder started to fall over the monstrous creature! As thisndscape was more of an enormous underground volcanic cave, the beast began to bury itself in enormous boulders! Iris and everyone else flew towards Noah, grabbing him and moving him away from danger, as the Blood Servants took care of thest seconds of life of the zing Wyrm Emperor, sucking off his blood from his wounds and tearing apart his neck and flesh! "NNNGRRYYAAAAHH¡­! YOU¡­ YOU COWARDS¡­!" he groaned, feeling like a betrayed warrior who was never given a fitting end, he died bitterly! BOOM! Buried in stones and Blood Servants, the powerful Hidden Boss, the zing Wyrm Emperor, had died. Noah nced with a tired expression at the scene¡­ "R-Rise¡­" he muttered, as the zing Wyrm Emperor slowly began to be a Blood Servant, however, before that, Noah fell unconscious¡­ ----- Chapter 117 - Draconic Fathers ----- Noah once more felt submerged in eternal darkness. As he slowly began to feel like his senses, dulled as they were, began to awaken, he opened his eyes within this darkness, ncing around. Suddenly, he noticed the presence of the Blood Progenitor, who was being entangled in darkness. "You are here to spite on me again?" asked the Blood Progenitor with a bitter expression. "Hm? No, I was transported in here due to falling unconscious. I am beginning to believe that this space is something within my very soul. I wonder if I can employ it somehow in a different way¡­" wondered Noah. "How many times do you n to fall unconscious? Without your subordinates, you would be dead!" said the Blood Progenitor. "That is why I have them, so I can sometimes go all out. I can trust that they will protect my back. That is their whole point¡­ Did you really had a brain when you were alive?" asked Noah. "Tch! Allies will get you nowhere! They are a mere weakness! You will suffer through-" "Silence. More importantly, I wanted to ask you something. When I fought the zing Wyrm Emperor, he talked about his own world, about a cataclysm, and something else as well¡­ What is that all about? Do you know something?" asked Noah, as he spoke a bit about what the Wyrm said as well, such as the Draconic Fathers he mentioned. "Hmph! How would I know something?! That is not my world, do you think that Abyss, the world of Vampires has volcandscapes and giant fire dragons? We would have exterminated them long ago! Abyss is a dark and cold ce, it is filled with Undead, poisonous seas, and abyssal caverns filled with shadow fiends! That Wyrm most likely spoke about his own world, and if he mentioned something about his Draconic Fathers¡­ Perhaps those are his progenitors. The ones he descends from. Before being brought to your world as a Blood Core, I had never visited another world, so my information and knowledge about such things is nonexistent," said the Blood Progenitor. "I guess I shouldn''t have bothered asking you- Wait for a second¡­ You are a Vampire Progenitor yourself, right?" asked Noah. "Yes, why?" asked the Blood Progenitor. "And your level of strength was SSS-Rank¡­ Then, if those Draconic Fathers are also Progenitors like you¡­ their level of strength¡­" muttered Noah. "SSS-Rank too? Hmph¡­ Have Dragons emerged before in your world?" asked the Blood Progenitor. "From the records that I have investigated, there was only one single asion, and it was in the middle of the Apocalyptic Era. The Apocalypse began 20 years ago, the Apocalyptic Era was the first ten years after the Apocalypse began," said Noah. "So a Dragon emerged after five years of the Apocalypse in this feeble, magic-less world?" asked the Blood progenitor. "Indeed. It was said that it caused immense chaos, bringing down entire mountains with its breath, its power was immense¡­ but there was a group of Hunters at that time who somehow defeated it, all of them went missing through the 15 years after that, though¡­" said Noah. "That was an incredibly chaotic era, I can guess¡­ Nheless, did that Wyrm said something about them emerging?" asked the Blood Progenitor. "No, he did not¡­ but something on his tone of voice makes me think that there might be the possibility of theming here¡­ through the gates. There are unexplored S-Rank Gates or even higher Ranks that had been secured by the governments of many Sectorsbined, not even S-Rank Hunters are guaranteed to be capable of cleaning them after all¡­ And they do not want to waste the lives of such a precious resource as them, so they make sure to prepare a lot with such Gates¡­" said Noah. "If the monsters can escape from the gates, and if they are not cleansed continuously¡­ They might escape eventually," said the Blood Progenitor. "If the world ends by those bastards what there will be left for me? I have to be strong enough to stop them before that," sighed Noah. Suddenly, a third voice resonated through the dark space, startling Noah, and the Blood Progenitor. "Youuu¡­! YOU!" Noah immediately remembered that voice! It was the voice of the zing Wyrm Emperor! "That''s¡­ Another soul?! How did it get inside of your own?!" roared the Blood Progenitor while gritting his teeth. "This bastard¡­ I remember making him a Blood Servant before falling unconscious¡­ there''s no way¡­ did he somewhat resist my authority over him and now he''s reveling?!" asked Noah in surprise, readying himself for a soul battle if needed! However, his soul was still weak, he might have to risk it all in such a fight! sh! Enormous quantities of soul mes rushed towards Noah, as he readied himself for the impact! CLASH! ¡­ Wait, sh? Noah opened his eyes, as he noticed that nothing damaged him. However, the body of the zing Wyrm Emperor emerged in front of him on all of his splendor, like an ethereal version of his real body, ring at him while lowering all of his necks and heads. "You didn''t attack me?" asked Noah. "You! You are¡­! You are my Master! Noah-sama!" said the zing Wyrm Emperor, sticking his enormous tongues out of his jaws and beginning to lick Noah''s entire body as if it were a gigantic puppy! This left the Blood Progenitor and Noah paralyzed in disbelief. Slurp, slurp. The zing Wyrm Emperor kept licking Noah happily. "STOP LICKING ME!" roared Noah, unleashing his power and pping the faces of the zing Wyrm Emperor! p! "Agh! S-Sorry Master! Did it cause difort?" asked the zing Wyrm Emperor. "Yes, it did¡­ And more importantly, you are not resisting my domination? And even more, you can speak¡­ you are the first Blood Servant I get that can speak!" said Noah. "Resist? Why would I resist my master''s orders and authority? Master is Master! I live to serve you, my liege! ¡­And I can speak because my soul is strong!" said the zing Wyrm Emperor. "Is that¡­ so?" asked the Blood Progenitor as he nced at this scene from the back. Simrly to him, the zing Wyrm Emperor was a monster with intelligence, and he could speak due to the strength of his soul too, something that not even the former humans Noah made into Blood Servants could do¡­ "(I guess he gotpletely brainwashed when he became a Blood Servant¡­)" thought Noah. "Well, I have a lot of questions for you¡­ but first, let''s give you a fitting name, calling you zing Wyrm Emperor all the time will kill me¡­" said Noah. "A name?! Really?" asked the zing Wyrm Emperor as his long ail began to wave around, just like a dog. "¡­Yes. Your name will be¡­ Because you seemed full of pride before bing my Servant¡­ Pride," said Noah as a piece of his soul flew out of him andbined with the zing Wyrm Emperor! sh! [The [Blood Servant zing Wyrm Emperor: Knight Grade] has received a name!] [The Grade of [Blood Servant zing Wyrm Emperor: Knight Grade: Pride] Grade has increased to Elite Knight!] sh! Suddenly, as he gained his own name, Pride was filled with an enormous rush of aura, epassing all of its entirety! The energy condensed into its soul, strengthening it and making it evolve, increasing his grade! He had now be Elite Knight Grade! "Hmm?! I feel stronger, Master!" said Pride. "Good, you have increased your Grade now. So you can be of greater use for me in the future¡­ But now, Pride, I want you to answer me some questions," said Noah. "Anything!" said Pride. "Tell me who are the Draconic Fathers and about your world," said Noah, his eyes gleaming with intrigue! "Oh, that''s easy! Although I have not met them personally, the Draconic Fathers are the progenitors of all Wyrms, Wyverns, Dragons, and other draconic species. They are figures equal to Gods, they are our creators and eldest ancestors where all of us originated!" "In Vedas, our world, there were once four of them, Agni, the Draconic Father of Searing mes, Varuna, the Draconic Father of Uncontroble Oceans, Vayu, the Draconic Father of Storming Winds, and Indra, the former Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder¡­ In the history of our world, Indra-sama, however, separated into two beings, his evil counterpart, an entity that epassed darkness and drought, Vritra¡­ after a catastrophic battle, Vritra imprisoned Indra and used his powers to bring forth the dead from the underground to the surface, giving birth to Dracoliches, our enemies¡­ Or well, before everything around the cataclysms happened¡­" said Pride. ----- Chapter 118 - Heartwarming Morning ----- Pride revealed a bit of the lore of his own unique world named Vedas, where four Draconic Fathers created all Dragons, however, the fourth one, for a certain reason, separated himself in two, bringing forth the enemy of these four Draconic Fathers, imprisoning his twin and bringing forth the death to the surface of this world. It was an intriguing and fascinating world, which made Noah desire to one day explore it, he did not know how, but such a thought remained within his mind. "Do you know more about the Gates that originated in your world? Are those five nning to get in Earth?" asked Noah. Pride seemed a bit confused as he waved his head. "I am sorry, my lord, but I do not know the details of such things¡­ I was imprisoned in the Dungeon''s space long ago, and before that, the Draconic Fathers had not descended in eons. It is not known if they truly came here or remained within our world," said Pride. Then, Noah decided to tell Pride about the Dragon that appeared in the middle of the Apocalyptic Era. "Ah! Could¡­ could that had been Agni-sama¡­?! He was described to be a walking catastrophe, his breath could consume mountains and shape thend to his liking¡­ Perhaps¡­ He could have been¡­ defeated¡­" sighed Pride. "Hm¡­ I hope so, one less of those guys to deal with," said Noah. "Well, I have no rtion to them anymore, as I serve my liege above all else now," said Pride, quickly recovering. "So I am guessing that this guy will be my roommate or something?" asked the Blood Progenitor. "Master¡­ who could that be?" asked Pride. "He''s the Blood Progenitor, the original owner of my abilities, now, he''s imprisoned inside of my soul, don''t let him manipte you and don''t listen to any order he could give to you," said Noah. "Very well," said Pride, bing wary of the Blood Progenitor. "Hmph, as if trying to convince this lizard would change anything in my situation¡­" sighed the Blood Progenitor. Suddenly, Noah felt as he was slowly waking up. "I suppose this is my farewell, I will meet you in the outside world, Pride," said Noah. "Yes, my lord, I shall await your call," said Pride, as Noah suddenly disappeared from this ck space. Both the Blood Progenitor and Pride silently began to stare at each other¡­ "¡­So¡­" muttered Pride, as the Blood Progenitor red at him rather bitterly. "Err¡­ What do you do to pass the time?" asked Pride. "¡­I sleep," said the Blood Progenitor. "¡­Sleep? Oh¡­" said Pride. "It is better than being reminded of my pathetic situation. At least on my dreams, I can be a bit happy," sighed the Blood Progenitor, as he closed his eyes andpletely ignored Pride. "Hi? Are you there?" asked Pride, as he began to poke the Blood Progenitor with his heads. "What?!" asked the Blood Progenitor. "Did you slept?" asked Pride. "No, not even a second passed since I closed my eyes! Scram off!" roared the Blood Progenitor. "Damn, what is the problem with this guy¡­ How does my lord manage to deal with him?" wondered Pride, resting and deciding to sleep too. Meanwhile, Noah''s senses were beginning to be fully regained now, as he felt the warmth of the sun crossing through the window embrace his face and chest¡­ It seems that he was carried to the manor, as the sun of the window always woke him up. If he were a conventional Vampire, he would be turning into ashes after being hit by sunlight, but it did not even hurt him. Even less after bathing himself in mes so much yesterday¡­ Noah''s eyes began to slowly open, as he found that he was indeed on his bed, with a beautiful young woman sleeping peacefully at his side¡­ "(Iris¡­ She probably carried me here, just like I did for her a few times before¡­ Hah¡­ She looks beautiful when she is not chattering all the time¡­)" thought Noah, releasing a mild smile as he nced at Iris sleeping face, she seemed in peace, and her face looked pure and carefree. Something deep within Noah made him feel like he needed to protect such an adorably sight¡­ To make sure to always let her sleep such as carefreely as she is doing now. "(I have be soft¡­)" he thought, ring at the ceiling, some days ago such a thought would have never surged inside of his mind, but now that he was trying to develop his cold feelings a bit more, such thoughts began to emerge from time to time, and whenever he nced at her, such "human-like" feelings intensified. "(Just as the Blood Progenitor said. I am really a pathetic man¡­)" he concluded, realizing that deep within the life he had gone through, having Iris at his side made arge void within his heart be filled. And without him realizing, the other voids were also being filled by his cheerful and loyal subordinates. He purposedly looked for people who needed to change their lives, that needed strength, and create scenarios where they could only rely on him. Yes, it might have been incredibly scummy, but now that they had be so strong, it seemed to not be a downside at all for them. And it was not as if Noah minded being scummy or not. However, he could not help but have feelings surge within his heart as he nced at Iris. Have his powers somehow brainwashed her mind to make her love him? Or Iris was weak-minded enough to fall in love with the first person that finally gave her the help she needed and the power she desired to change her fate? None of such questions answers mattered in anything. But Noah''s mind or at least a small part of it was being slightly annoyed by them. Nheless, he had almost no feelings of morality, so he had no guilt for anything he had done. But he had pride, and the thought of having brainwashed someone to love him did not suit well with such pride. As Iris slowly opened her eyes and smiled peacefully at Noah, he asked her directly. "Iris, do you feel brainwashed by me?" he asked. "E-Eh? W-What kind of question is that?" asked Iris. "Answer me truthfully," said Noah. "H-How can you even think that? Is it because of the Subordinate''s Royalty Skill, Noah?" asked Iris while ring at Noah with a bit of concern. "¡­Maybe," said Noah. "No, that Skill doesn''t brainwash me¡­ it is more of a contract type of thingy. I have in my mind the w" or "order" of never betraying you¡­ But it is not exactly brainwashing, it is something of a restraint, different from brainwashing¡­" said Iris while furrowing her eyebrows, touching Noah''s nose teasingly. "I see¡­" said Noah, feeling a bit relieved. "I fell in love with you because you brought me many opportunities and¡­ you never discriminated against me, you never insulted me as everyone else did¡­ and if you did, they were always subtle, and only to encourage me to strive to be better and stronger¡­ Have you ever done something bad to me that was not to encourage me to be braver or stronger? ¡­You had never really had bad intentions with me, didn''t you? How wouldn''t I fall in love with such a man? My entire life I had¡­ been always alone¡­ But you always stood at my side, and even protected me and helped me be stronger so I could take care of my own too! ¡­It was obvious that I would end up sticking to you¡­" said Iris with a gentle smile, making Noah a bit flustered¡­ "A-Ah¡­ I see¡­ That''s how it is then¡­" said Noah, although the thought of "the brainwash makes her think that there is no brainwash" emerged on his mind, he quickly decided to eliminate such thoughts, what was done was done anyways, perhaps he needed to be more confident in such things like he is in everything else. "What kind of thoughts were you having?" asked Iris concerned. "Nothing¡­ Never mind what I said," said Noah. "¡­Are you sure? I am¡­ your wife now¡­ you can tell me those things¡­ I want you to open up to me a bit¡­" said Iris. "¡­I suppose it is theck of experience I possess in a rtionship, which had made me slightlyck confidence in such a matter, but your answer has relieved my mind, so let''s not continue this topic. Nheless, there were times where I was way too harsh when you only had good intentions, it was simply my immaturity at that time, I apologize. I will make sure to make up for it," said Noah. "Oh¡­ I see! I felt kind of the same¡­ I am d that I could clean it up for you! And... well, yeah, but don''t worry about it now, we are here now, that''s what matters... And..." said Iris, cheerfully smiling at Noah as she kissed his nose. "I love you¡­" she said. "...I love you too," said Noah rather expressionlessly, although Iris could see through his eyes that he seemed happy. Noah had just¡­ said something big without realizing it! "EH?!" asked Iris in shock! "What?" asked Noah. "You said it! You said¡­ it¡­" said Iris while blushing and releasing steam. "Hm? What are you even talking about?" asked Noah. "T-That''s¡­ the first time you said that Noah! That you love me¡­" said Iris. "Is that so? I thought I had said it before¡­" wondered Noah. "N-No¡­ well, never as direct¡­" said Iris. "Well, I believed that it was correct to reciprocate for your feelings with my own. Was I wrong?" asked Noah. "Eh? No, no! Not at all¡­ It was¡­ it felt nice¡­ no one ever had told me that¡­ Much like you¡­ I am an orphan, you know? And well¡­ this world is so horrible that¡­ It''s just¡­" muttered Iris. "Don''t think about the past anymore. With you at my side, this world does not seem too bad for me, Iris," said Noah, interrupting Iris'' thoughts. "Noah¡­" said Iris, feeling charmed once more by his simple words. ----- Chapter 119 - Vampiric Lust (R18) ----- After being so mellow since he woke up, Iris was being showered by words of love from Noah in the most anticlimactic ways. His expressionless and often cold face made it even more creepy for anyone else that would not be Iris. However, Iris was someone that was deeply connected with Noah and was even capable of discerning his emotions even though he wore an expressionless and cold face. This was mostly because she had such talent from birth, which intensified when she awakened her Phantom Attribute. ¡­Although now that Iris thought about it, there was a bit of an external influence for her falling in love with Noah, but she believed that such an influence wouldn''t have affected her feelings that much anyway, as she would have ended falling for him at the end¡­ which was the supernatural handsomeness that came with being a Vampire Progenitor such as him¡­ such charm intensified when she turned into a Dhampir, but it wasn''t as intense to make her brainwashed or something, but it could be said that it gave Noah a head start. Although Noah did not notice it nor even recognized it, he was indeed very handsome, mostly because his entire life he had never cared about physical appearance, so he never truly realized such stupid, useless things such as physical appearance. However, Iris could recall a bit of him before being a Vampire, and he did not look half-bad then, a bit above average, perhaps. "Hehe, is every morning going to be you talking stuff like this? You are rather the deep thinker in the morning, aren''t you?" asked Iris as she moved her finger around Noah''s chest, slightly teasing his nipples. "Perhaps you want me to be a bit more physical about my feelings? I am rather talented at that, seeing by how much you enjoy it¡­" said Noah rather confidently. "E-Eh? Y-You are so confident now¡­" said Iris, as she felt her heart beginning to race. However, she suddenly swallowed her saliva, as she asked Noah something. "Hm?" asked Noah. "C-Can I take the initiative this time?" asked Iris while blushing, her body began to suddenly get warmer, as sweat began to cover her skin and made everything a bit steamy right away¡­ "¡­I suppose so," said Noah, as Iris''s eyes gleamed with excitement¡­ "T-Then¡­!" said Iris while drooling a bit, as she quickly took Noah''s shirt away and nced at his muscr torso. Noah red at her expressionlessly, noticing that Iris''s expression was as if she was ncing at the most delectable of delicacies¡­ Without even saying another word, Iris started to smell Noah''s manly scenting from his chest to his abs, and entailing smell that filled her nostrils and made her go numb a bit¡­ Without even a second of thought, she stuck her tongue out and began to lick Noah''s abdominals, which were as hard as rocks, as Noah nced at her with amusement over the things she got excited about¡­ "Hmm~ Hahh~ Noah-sama''s abs are so tasty~" she moaned. Noah sighed internally as he let her do as she pleased for a bit. Slowly, Iris began to move her tongue upwards, reaching his chest as she began to kiss it and lick it rathersciviously¡­ Reaching Noah''s nipples she began to touch them slowly and gently, gripping them with her fingers until she moved her warm lips towards the closest one. "Ahh~ Such hard and manly nipples~ Nam," said Iris, as she began to suck Noah''s nipples shamelessly! "N-Now¡­ what are you doing?" said Noah, as he felt the stimtion making him a bit shocked¡­ he never thought such a shameful act would make him excited, but the erection emerging below his pants said it all¡­ Iris kept slurping Noah''s nipples, using her warm and slimy tongue to touch the tip and the suction force to pull them inside of her mouth, using her teeth to gently bite them as well, making the stimtion all the better¡­ "Smooch¡­ Hahhh~ Don''t you like it? I can tell that you do¡­" said Iris teasingly, as she slowly began to stroke Noah''s cock with her fair hands, quickly moving away from his pants. "Hahh¡­ Y-You¡­!" moaned Noah, as he felt a bit angered by Iris''s acts, but due to the excitement of the moment, he didn''t force her out of his chest, her hands grasping his cock began to stroke harder as she sucked Noah''s nipples and yed with them¡­ "Hahh¡­" Noah felt like his body temperature quickly increased, he began to sweat intensively, which only made Iris lick his own sweat too... She was a bit¡­ kinky, it seemed. And Noah''s mellowness might have allowed her to unleash a bit of that side. However, she slowly moved her tongue and lips down through Noah''s abs, reaching his penis, as she moved her nose over the tip of it, smelling its manly and strong scent. "Hmm~ Hahh~ Thanks for the meal~," she said, beginning to lick the tip of Noah''s penis yfully, moving her warm and slimy tongue around the nds and below it, making Noah felt an amazingly delicious pleasure! He could not help it any longer, as he moved his hand over Iris''s head and decided to fight her teasing! Pushing her down, Noah''s penis entered Iris'' mouth and even reached her throat in an instant, making him twitch a bit in surprise. "If you are going to be like this, don''t me for being a bit rude as well!" said Noah, grasping Iris'' hair and beginning to move her down his hard cock, as he felt her warm tongue suck his penis all around, while her warm breath epassed the tip¡­ her hard teeth did not bit him, but slowly rubbed against his skin, making it all an epassing andbined experience that made it an incredibly good blowjob. Iris, however, liked Noah to be rude with her, and happily obliged to his demands, sucking his cock fervently, as if her life depended on it! The delicious salty vors of Noah''s cock resonated through her warm tongue, as she sensed his precuming out from the tip from time to time, which she happily drank each time¡­ "Hahh¡­ This¡­!" muttered Noah, he felt like something wasing! Gritting his teeth and pushing Iris''s head right to the base of his cock, Noah ejacted inside the depths of Iris''s throat, as a creamy wave of warm seed was instantly swallowed by his wife. Noah''s hip trembled a bit by reflex, as Iris slowly began to clean his cock while drinking it all, slowly moving to the tip and release Noah''s dick from her mouth''s imprisonment. "Phew¡­ Noah, you came so much¡­ It was a delicious breakfast, fufu~" said Iris, noticing that Noah''s cock was still as hard as before¡­ "We are not done here¡­" he muttered, quickly sitting on the bed, and grasping Iris''s shoulders, throwing her on the bed, and kissing her neck and shoulders. "Aaahh~ Noah¡­ So intense~" she moaned, as Noah moved his lips and tongue down to her breasts, which he had noticed were always growing a bit each time she evolved¡­ Squeezing Iris'' breasts and sucking them off, Iris started to moan loudly, as Noah quickly sneaked his fingers down her wet pussy, which was waiting for some stimtion. "Aaah~! W-Wait! Oh~! Oof~! N-Noah~!" Iris felt as Noah''s strong and hard fingers started to slowly spread her vagina walls, her natural juices acted as lube, making of his exploration and preparation for his cock swifter. "Oohh~! Y-You are spreading it¡­! Hahhh~!" moaned Iris, as Noah slowly moved his mouth down there, tasting Iris insides once and for all. His tongue quickly entered her wet pussy lips, exploring the insides of her vagina and tasting the vor of her juices, like an intoxicating liquor which he could not get enough of, he kept sucking it off for more and more, until Iris moaned even louder than before, almost entering inplete ecstasy! "Oooohhh~! S-Shit¡­! N-Noah, you''re sucking me off so good~!" moaned Iris. Suddenly, Noah stopped, leaving Iris gasping for air, as she had expected a bit more before she could climax herself¡­ But Noah had other ns, gently shoving his cock inside of Iris''s wet pussy¡­ "A-Ah! It''s inside¡­! C-Come!" said Iris, embracing Noah in a tight hug as she immediately leg-locked his hips with her strong legs, leaving them in a passionate mating press position. "Let''s make this morning worthwhile¡­ shall we?" asked Noah charmingly. "Hahh¡­ Yes~" said Iris, smiling with enamored eyes at Noah. Noah immediately began to kiss Iris passionately, moving his hips faster and faster, as they continued mating through the morning, disregarding all of their concerns at least for a few minutes and giving out to the pleasures of their mortal flesh. ----- Chapter 120 - The New Member And Some Introductions ----- Clementina suddenly opened her eyes, finding herself inside arge room within a manor¡­ "Eh? Where am I¡­?" she wondered. She sat down in thefortable bed, and felt like sleeping for a few more hours, but the light of the sun crossing through the window would not probably let her do as she pleased. However, she could not remember how she got into the bed to begin with¡­ Memories ofst night slowly came to her mind. After being turned into a Vampire by Noah and then saved from an interrogation, she was sent alongside Noah''s Blood Servants and Robots towards a Dungeon to grind as many Cores as possible with them. She remember battling there for hours and hours, overusing her powers constantly while recharging her mana by drinking the blood of the monsters present in there¡­ At some point, after many hours, her consciousness started to be cloudy, and like a wild beast, she fought and massacred constantly anything on her path, until shepletely lost her consciousness¡­ And now, she woke up in here. "I have to explore around then¡­ But¡­ Hm? I feel the presence of very strong people in here¡­" thought Clementina, walking through the room she was in and lightly opening the door. She found a long corridor, walking through it, she heard the voices of people talking and eating downstairs¡­ "Hm? Are those¡­?" she wondered, as something at her back emerged¡­ A figure coated in shadows, extending a hand, and touching her shoulder! "AAAH!" cried Clementina, startled by the hand as she fell over the floor. She nced at the culprit! ¡­It was a beautiful and thin robot girl, with gray and ck colors, her beauty was like that of a robotic princess, with a stoic and expressionless yet beautiful face. She was wearing a maid outfit too, for some reason. "¡­Eh? You¡­ Ah! You are the robot they call Big Sis, right?" asked Clementina. "Indeed, sorry to startle you, but I used Shadow Travel toe right towards you as I see that using my Blood Core Battery Ability is more efficient than walking sometimes¡­ Clementina, right?" asked Big Sis, who still has not gotten a proper name, although Noah called her War Machine. "Yeah. Was I carried here while I was unconscious?" asked Clementina. "Precisely. I carried you, in fact. You were unconscious even after we reached the manor, so I left you inside a room by Arthur-sama''s orders. Did you sleep well, Clementina?" asked Big Sis. "Yes¡­ Thanks for taking care of me¡­ in the dungeon we did not had much time to talk with each other, but you seem to be very nice¡­ I have never actually spoken to a robot before, sorry if I am a bit awkward," apologized Clementina. "Not at all. Noah-sama had given me and my sisters an introduction of who you were, Clementina Silvercrown Icespear. Oh, he seems to be calling you downstairs, so please, follow me," said Big Sis, as she touched Clementina''s shoulder and covered her in shadows, both of them suddenly disappearing in a puddle of shadows¡­ sh! Just a second after, both of them emerged right behind Noah, who was having breakfast with the rest of his subordinates. "Here she is, Noah-sama." Said Big Sis while gently bowing down her head, after having her Mana Core Battery converted into a Blood Core Battery, she gained a greater connection with Noah simr to his converted subordinates, and after yesterday''s training, she assimted a lot of Cores and monsters materials, enhancing and evolving her Shadow Attribute within her Blood Core Battery and developing the Shadow Travel Ability, giving her the power to travel through shadows of people she has "marked" with her shadow, who were at least less than 30 meters near her. "Thanks, Noire," said Noah. "N-Noire?" asked Big Sis. "This is your new name, calling you Big Sis is not suited for me, and War Machine is too long," said Frank, as Noire suddenly felt a light amount of power enter her Blood Core Battery after being named¡­ simrly to Noah''s Blood Servants! "Ah¡­ such a wonderful name. Thanks, Noah-sama," said Noire. "Wait¡­ how did I got here?" asked Clementina in shock, in just a few seconds, she was teleported from the second floor to the first floor¡­ "Noire brought you here through her special Ability. Clementina, I see that you worked very hard, my Blood Servants and the Robots said that you were the one that fought the most. There should be enough Blood Cores for you to reach C-Rank now," said Noah. "C-Rank?! Me?" asked Clementina. "Yes, there are enough Cores, we don''t need them as we are C-Rank, we had already achieved that Rank. And soon, we shall achieve B-Rank, in fact," said Noah. "B-Rank¡­?" asked Clementina, thinking that Noah was, perhaps, making a joke. There was no way that someone could advance to B-Rank in the span of a day and a half¡­ Or was it? "Clementina, believe Noah''s words, he''s talking the truth," said Iris. "I-I see¡­ well, I better adapt to this ridiculousness fast¡­ Now that I am a Dhampir and all¡­" sighed Clementina. "Also, here," said Frank, as he gently touched Clementina''s chest (not breasts, but the area above them) and activated Blood Core Creation. "Eh?! Ungh¡­!" cried Clementina, as she felt the materialization of her energy begin to grow within the inside flesh of her chest. sh! The crimson light quickly took ahold of itself, materializing and forming her Blood Core! Quickly, after, Clementina experienced all of the System notifications regarding the Blood Core creation. "You harvested arge amount of Cores, so you have enough for everything at the moment. However, we do not have enough B-Rank Cores for you, so you will go harvest them with the rest of my servants until you can catch up with us tomorrow¡­ Do I make myself clear?" asked Noah. "Yes¡­ I will work hard to grow stronger, Noah-sama¡­ And I will help however I can. You have given me a great opportunity to grow stronger, but I know that it depends on my efforts to actually be stronger¡­" said Clementina, realizing the wonders of serving Noah atst. "It is good that you understand, so I don''t have to force you to obey me," said Noah. "F-Force me¡­?" asked Clementina, as her answer was left unanswered, being asked to join the rest of the family''s breakfast by Timassa. "Anyways, now that we are all present now, I shall assess a few things first. First of all, the zing Wyrm Emperor had be my Blood Servant, his name is Pride, and he is capable of speech," said Noah, as Pride emerged from a wound that opened on his shoulder, only poking out a single, enormous head made of crimson and crystallized blood. "It is a pleasure to meet all of my lord''s subordinates- And also his beloved wife¡­" said Pride respectfully, bowing to Iris, who he immediately realized was Noah''s wife as he felt the scent of Noah''s bodily fluids impregnated all over her body, and even inside of it through his sharp smelling sense. Even though they had taken a bath after doing it, they also did it while bathing so¡­ perhaps she was still covered in Noah''s scent. "Eh? (How does he knows?) ¡­Yeah, nice to meet you Pride," said Iris with a gentle smile. "Damn, so it is really the Wyrm Emperor¡­ He became so serviceable now¡­" said Arthur. "Indeed, it is surprising¡­ Especially when he was so prideful and bold before¡­" said Timassa. "I guess that''s why the name of Pride¡­" said Jon. "Oh right! ¡­I guess," said Arthur. "Noah-sama naming sense is on point once more," said Timassa. "Dragon meat! It was tasty!" said Adamantine, who had eaten arge piece of roasted Wyrm meat that was harvested from yesterday''s dungeon exploration, the meat was hard but very vorful. "Well, I am not really a Dragon¡­ But I am happy that my corpse could had been enjoyed by my lord''s subordinates," said Pride, being theplete opposite of his past self, the name of "Pride" didn''t really fit him now. "Aside from this, we have finally gathered enough Cores for all of us except Clementina to reach B-Rank¡­ After our relentless effort, we had finally reached our first milestone!" said Noah, raising a cup of Wyrm blood. Noah opened his Dimensional Storage Ring, as arge pile of hundreds of C-Rank Attribute Value Cores flowed out like a river, they were too many! The intense battles they had yesterday paid off! By doing something that no hunter could ever do such as battling tens of Fire Wyrms and even defeating the strong Hidden Boss who had taken many hunter lives¡­ they were properlypensated for their efforts! Everyone''s crimson eyes shined brightly with excitement¡­ it was finally time to leave school and do as they pleased! ----- Chapter 121 - B-RANK! ----- Any Hunter would think of Noah and the achievements of his subordinates asplete bullshit. No one would ever believe that a group of young Hunters went inside a C-Rank Dungeon filled with volcandscapes with searing heat everywhere and somehow survive there for hours without burning alive from the heat alone, while also taking down giant, armored Wyrms with the ability to attack from long distances and even hide beneath boilingva¡­ The Dungeon was already considered one of the hardest within the C-Rank Dungeons, within the few B-Rank Hunters that existed, not many of them had gone into it, and even as B-Rank, they did not n to go any time soon. It was simply a dungeon that was too inconvenient in too many things. It had a terrible environment, not all Hunters, even after bing B-Rank, had resistance to Fire Attribute, or if they had, it did not mean they had regeneration abilities. Simply put, one requires great regeneration and resistance to be able to survive in this Dungeon for more than an hour, which was often the limit Hunters could take before leaving the Dungeon to take a break outside. And if things were not more terrible, themon monster there was immense, bigger than 10 meters, with enormous carapaces that could easily take most C-Rank Skills to head-on, strong metallic scales, powerful ability to manipte Lava, and breath attacks that could reach several meters¡­ the Fire Wyrms were indeed absurd¡­ And that without even considering the possibility of having to fight the Hidden Boss, the zing Wyrm Emperor¡­ a monster even stronger than the Boss who resided within arge underground cave, which was sealed so the Dungeon could be kept for harvest Cores and other materials¡­ The zing Wyrm Emperor''s strength was¡­ overwhelmingly absurd too, perhaps too much in some areas. Normal Hunters that were C-Rank would never be able to fathom doing all of what Noah and his subordinates did in a single night. It would take the months, perhaps years to reach the number of Cores they gotst night, as the adventurer parties would often be able to just fight one monster and then leave due to the searing heat¡­ But Noah and the rest kept fighting and fighting, burning their entire bodies, and regenerating constantly¡­ They were not humans at all, they were more like monsters. Even if B-Rank Hunters could still enter C-Rank Dungeons, they would still prefer to not try their luck in such a dungeon despite being of lower rank than them, as often, lower rank than them didn''t simply mean that a B-Rank Hunter would be able to treat C-Rank monsters as ants and stomp them over easily without a problem, a Fire Wyrm was still a challenge to a B-Rank Hunter, as arge pack of them could be an even greater challenge, perhaps even putting the B-Rank Hunter on the line¡­ It could be said that Noah and his subordinates were easily viting any concept that there was once thought and understood about Hunters and their power levels,pletely shattering any belief there was, which intensified even more as they were able to get powerful Skills and awaken them quickly into higher Grades, making their attacks and everything else even greater. And now that they were about to reach B-Rank, they might as well slowly revolutionize the entire world and bring forth a new Era, the Era of Vampires. ¡­However, that will have to wait. As Noah put the pile of C-Rank Attribute Cores over the floor, everyone nced at the shiny spheres with bright crimson light within their vampiric eyes, after so long, they had finally achieved the ability to reach B-Rank, the opportunity they had been waiting for so long, they had simply forged it through their sweat, tears, and pain! Noah''s soul still felt weakened even after resting, but he knew that after he absorbed all of these Cores, he would be able to regenerate his soul through the use of the energy given by the cores, making it flow through his body and into his Blood Core, which was directly connected to his soul. Like this, he could nourish his soul which such energies and trigger a greater and faster regeneration. "Very well, now that we finished breakfast, let''s all absorb these Cores and be B-Rank immediately!" said Noah, quickly separating arge pile of Attribute Cores for himself, and so did everyone else, without leaving a single one to spare left¡­ Of course, Noah had enough to max all of his stats, while his subordinates who were more specialists did not need to increase their stats to the max in each number to exceed more in what they did, however, whenever they went to another dungeon they would be able to. After all, only one stat is required to reach the required threshold to be a greater Hunter Rank, not all three stats. Touching the Cores with great greediness son his crimson eyes, Noah felt the pile slowly turn into particles of light, engulfing his entire body and fusing themselves with his very existence. The rush of energy made his entire mind feel inplete ecstasy, it was like never before, even more, exhrating than any other Core he had ever absorbed before! This was¡­ the energy and power of C-Rank Cores, and he could not wait to taste the enormous power that B-Rank, A-Rank, or S-Rank Cores could even give to him! And not even mention SS-Rank or SSS-Rank Cores! If the Blood Core were already so amazing, he could not even imagine what it could be to collect its equals inrge numbers! For a slight moment, Noah had imagined extracting the Core of one of the Draconic Fathers and acquire an evenrger strength! ¡­However, such things would have to wait, as Noah gritted his teeth and resisted the pleasure, as he felt like if he gave in to it, he would not be able to use this enormous quantity of energy properly! He could not rx, he needed to unleash his Cultivation Technique! Noah closed his eyes as he immediately started to meditate, putting his intent into his very body and using his will to move the energies given by the cores, moving them all around his body over and over again through his blood vessels, and then letting the energy rest inside of his Blood Core to beter moved around the body once more¡­ By repeating this process many times, Noah felt as if his soul was slowly beginning to heal¡­ And then, its speed increased more and more¡­ He felt like his Soul was finally regenerating at a decent pace! The missing pieces of soul started repeating once more, as existing pieces stretched themselves to fill in the empty spaces! Noah kept doing this method incessantly, until all the energy was properly assimted, without leaving any leftover or residual energy¡­ Noah sighed in relief, resting his head on his seat. He slowly opened his crimson eyes once more, ring at his surroundings as he found all of his subordinates meditating in a simr way to him, it seemed that they had also developed specific ways of using their internal energies and the power they gained from Cores to strengthen themselves a bit more. Perhaps it was something instinctual or that they figured out by their own intelligence, or perhaps a thing provoked by their Blood Cores¡­ Noah made sure to ask them whenever they were done, but for now, he decided to assess his own Attribute Panel, being pleasantly surprised by therge change in stats! ¡­ [Noah] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level III: Noble-Born Vampire Viscount] [Vitality: 610] [Mind: 610] [Force: 610] [Skill Points: 45] [Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Immortal Body: 45 (S)], [Eviscerating Crimson ws: 71 (B)], [Vampiric Blood Control: 77 (B)], [Blood Weapon Creation: 73 (B)], [Unyielding Blood Demon: 45 (B)], [Fartalk: 42 (A)], [Yin and Yang Crimson Soul: 41 (S)], [Sacrificial Vampiric Veracity: 30 (B)], [Lifeblood Release: 30 (B)], [Vampiric Evil Eyes of Hypnosis and Stupefaction: 20 (B)], [Poisonous Blood: 92 (C)] [Blood Curse: 94 (C)], [Blood Armor: 97 (C)], [Blood Potion: 91 (C)], [Blood Combustion: 96 (C)], [Flight: 80 (B)] [Mist Form: 67 (C)], [Blood Core Creation: 70 (C)], [Crimson sh: 70 (C)], [Vampiric Drain: 50 (C)], [Blood Frenzy: 55 (C)], [Vampiric Wings: 52 (C)], [Parallel Mind Thought Processing: 52 (A)], [Crimson Aegis: 36 (C)], [Blood Storage: 40 (B)], [Blood Servant: 53 (B)], [Blood Pact: 30 (B)], [Blood Prison: 22 (B)] ¡­ Noah could not help but release a malicious smile after seeing this, as he touched the several Ability Cores he had stockpiled as well¡­ ----- Chapter 122 - Picking New Skills! ----- B-Rank. The Rank that any Hunter wished to reach as fast as possible. It was at this Rank when things became different for them. B-Rank Hunters were considered special people, celebrities, even. They were treated excellently by the society of any Sector, and they were able to be above thew, and even the government often decided to not mess with them and even help them, incentivizing their growth so such Hunters would stick with them and also, at the same time, protect the Sector through their dependence to the government thanks to their treatments. Noah decided to reach B-Rank as fast as possible so he and his party could get out of the school without being persecuted by the government anymore. They would easily be able to prove their strength by going into a Guild Registration center, register as B-Rank Hunters by upgrading their license cards, and then, by paying arge fee, register a guild for themselves. With a guild, they would have the power to be a force by themselves within the society of Sector D, and the government would not be able to easily touch them anymore! Even other guilds such as the Crystal Family guild would not be able to do much, and even if they tried to sneak attack them, they were B-Rank now and had great chances of crushing them back. Of course, many guilds were greater and bigger¡­ butpared to the many that were lesser than them, they were at a greater advantage as long as they did not provoke such monsters¡­ However, it was not as if Noah and the rest were done with school, there was a little thing Noah wanted to do before leaving it, involving Fernand Firebrand¡­ Now that Noah had decided to not kill the bastard due to being the spoiled little brother of an S-Rank Hunter that he did not want to enrage, Noah decided to simply brainwash the brat and use him to extort his big brother to give him materials, which would go directly to Noah and his guild instead! Fernand was the only kid that was a little brother of an S-Rank Hunter in the whole school, so there was not any other important target aside from him¡­ However, how he would do it, what type of brainwash it would be, and what else could it be done to him were topics that should be discussed a bitter, as Noah was now simply obsessed with the thought of absorbing these C-Rank Ability Cores. He had grabbed all the ones he had personally harvested, which included the ones dropped from Pride, the zing Wyrm Emperor! This pile was big! "Over a dozen C-Rank Cores¡­ If I recall correctly, each one should give me around 40-50 Skill Points, however, as I Leveled up my Blood Core Rank, I might get even more Skill Points due to the efficiency of energy assimtion¡­" thought Noah, already imagining the new Skills he could unlock with all of that! Noah calcted that he had 26 C-Rank Cores that he harvested, while he left the rest of the Cores to his subordinates. sh! Absorbing them straight away, Noah converted all the Ability Cores that could have otherwise given him crappy random abilities into Skill Points, which he could use to get the Abilities that benefitted and suited him the most, which were even specifically tailored for him by the System and the Blood Core! Noah had the power that many would envy and die for! However, he realized how easy it would be to give such power to anyone else, such as his subordinates who were all vampiric beings of immense strength, who had Blood Cores and even lesser versions of Skill Trees, and could even unlock more skills by absorbing Ability Cores and turning them into Skill Points! Ding! [You exchanged several C-Rank Ability Cores for 2.395 Skill Points!] Over two thousand Skill Points! Amazing! With this, Noah could be able to easily unlock many Skills all at once and increase his strength to greater levels never seen before in new B-Rank Hunters! And by adding the 45 Skill Points he had left, Noah ended with a whooping 2.440 Skill Points! This was more than enough for Noah to achieve a greater level of strength right away! And without even thinking it twice, Noah decided to unlock more Skills, which always came with bonus skill proficiency for all of his Skills and even a little boost on his Attribute Values, as it always did. "I should check the Skill Tree once more," thought Noah, opening the Skill Tree of the Level III branch. ¡­ [Level: III] [Noble-Born Vampire Viscount (400/400)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Elemental Blood Gem Creation (0/500)], [Blood Beast Transformation (0/550)], [Blood for Blood (0/600)] Additional Abilities (II): [Moon Protection (0/700)], [Blood Mist (0/750)], [Vitality Veil (0/800)] Additional Abilities (III): [Abyssal Connection (0/900)], [Kin Summon (0/950)], [Blood Scion (0/1000)] ¡­ Noah had already maxed the first part of it, which cost arge number of Skill Points being at 400! However, he had acquired a Skill out of it on Blood Prison, which came very handy in his dungeon exploration. And even more, Noah had also acquired bonus Attribute Values and Skill Proficiency! With the current Skill Points he had, it should be possible for him to unlock the entire first level of Additional Abilities and¡­ perhaps one Skill from the second level right away! "With this, I can unlock, perhaps, up to four Skills¡­ And with the Bonus Skill Proficiency, I will get, I wonder if the Skills nearing maximum. Ding! [You exchanged 500 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Elemental Blood Gem Creation: 1 (B)] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 550 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Blood Beast Transformation: 1 (B)] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 600 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Blood for Blood: 1 (B)] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 700 Skill Points!] [You unlocked the [Moon Protection: 1 (B)] Skill!] Four new Skills! With these four new Skills, Noah felt his power surging through the skies, soaring higher and higher, and never stopping! He was bing unstoppable little by little, a power to be reckoned with! Each new Skill brought something new to the table as well, having their own unique abilities and effects, which Noah took the chance to inspect to quickly get used to their powers! The first one in the list, the Elemental Blood Gem Creation Skill seemed to be a fusion of Emerald''s Skill with Noah''s Blood Weapon Creation Skill, now he was able to transform his own blood or the blood he manipted into hardened crystals enhanced with elements! These gems could not only be used as projectile weapons and a great upgrade to the Blood Weapon Creation Skill which could be fused with it for greater effects but these gems could also be used as materials to be sold and resources to be used in the robots or Soul Weapons of everyone! It was an amazing Skill overall, with both types of utility, in battle and as materials and resources. In battle, he couldbine them with either Blood Weapon Creation to generate amazing and giant floating weapons of crystalized gem blood coated in elements,bine it with Blood Armor to create elemental armors (although that would take some time to properly create), orbine it with Crimson Aegis to generate stronger and even more amazing barriers than ever before! The possibilities were broader than Noah had imagined at first when he saw the name of the Skill for the first time! The next Skill was just as amazing, as it could let Noah enhance himself even more by coating himself in blood and transforming into a Blood Beast, momentarily enhancing all of his capabilities in exchange for his judgment to an extent! But simrly to things such as Blood Frenzy, Noah was already insane, so such aftereffects were nothing to him! Noah could already picture himself abusing this Skill inbination with many more, going into a full-on berserk mode simrly to Iris or Adamantine, if not deadlier and more monstrous¡­ However, using so many Skills like these together would put a terrible strain on Noah''s body as his vitality would be drained incredibly quickly, if he did not want his blood to dry out too fast, he would not be able to use all of thisbination right away, and would still try to leave it for when the enemy could be closer to death or on hisst moments when there was no other option, to not waste around precious energy¡­ For this reason, Noah decided to leave it as ast resort powerup. ----- Chapter 123 - Skill Awakening! ----- Noah continued inspecting his Skills in detail. The third new Skill he acquired was the Blood for Blood Skill, which was an offensive Skill that coated Noah''s ws on his own blood, if he were to deal damage into weakened areas of a foe, such as wounds, the damage dealt would increase, almost doubling if proficiency were to reach a high number. However, this Skill was not only for his ws, as it could also be used for any other method of attacking, meaning the more damaged his foe became, the more wounds it had, the more damage he would be able to deal and the faster he would be able to finish them! This Skill coupled with other Skills such as Sacrificial Vampiric Veracity, Unyielding Blood Demon, or Lifeblood Release, Noah would be able to enhance all of his capabilities even more while being able to deal extra bonus damage to enemies the more he made them lost blood alongside him losing blood. Although Noah had begun to consider that such Skills were beginning to pile up a little, and he hoped that there could be a way for him to fuse Skills. Although some Skills had fused when awakened, he desired to fuse them by himself, which could create even stronger Skills. However, such a dream was still rather far from his grasp, he believed. The fourth andst Skill he learned today was the Moon Protection Skill, which had a rather simple effect. As long as Noah fought below the moonlight, all of his Stats would increase based on the proficiency of the Skill, as of now, it increased them by 100, but it could go higher as he increased its proficiency, simrly to other stat-boosting Skills. "With these Skills, my power has increased once more. Good, just good enough for our debut in the Guild Registration test¡­" said Noah while smiling eerily, however, he suddenly hear new System notifications. Ding! [The [Poisonous Blood: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Toxic and Poisonous Fluid Secretion: 1 (B)] Skill!] [The [Blood Curse: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Bloodline Curse: 1 (B)] Skill!] [The [Blood Armor: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Crimson Vampire Armor: 1 (B)] Skill!] [The [Blood Potion: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Blood Elixir: 1 (B)] Skill!] [The [Blood Combustion: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Blood Detonation: 1 (B)] Skill!] Five Skills have awakened! Noah knew that he got some Skill Proficiency in all Skills, but they had just recently awakened! All such Skills seemed like amazing upgrades to their original versions. The [Toxic and Poisonous Fluid Secretion seemed to be an even better version than Poison Blood, as Noah was able to generate toxins and poison through his bodily fluids, so it was no longer limited to blood. Of course, based on how strong Hunters became, their resistance to things such as poison and toxins grew, so he believed that even if he used such things, their effects may vary, and the possibility of instantly killing a person with poison was still quite dim, at least on those that were not weaker than him. However, it could still bring good results or temporary effects depending on how he tweaked such things, and he even had the insight that this skill was not just limited to deadly things, but that it could also be used to generate different types of fluids, even things such as drugs to ease pain or treat certain ailments, if not more. The Bloodline Curse Skill was an advanced version of the Blood Curse Skill, which seemed to keep its usual effects but intensified to even greater effects, which could even give Noah the power to curse a person''s bloodline, and depending on how he used such power, great benefits could be acquired, although those that were strong enough could resist, perhaps there were ways to slowly diminish them¡­ The Crimson Vampire Armor was an even better version of the Blood Armor, as it let Noah generate a full set of armor immediately, but also to shape his blood into different fabric or metallic textures, although their strength was based on the Skill proficiency. Noah was already beginning to upgrade his usual clothes with such blood, as he had done before, fusing his very blood with the special equipment clothes that could regenerate made them into special types of blood equipment. Such Skill only amplified the possibilities even more, while strengthening such creations. The Blood Elixir Skill was the awakened version of the Blood Potion Skill and intensified the regeneration capabilities of his blood to the point of being like a healing elixir. The Blood Detonation Skill was the awakened version of the Blood Combustion Skill, and it was a big upgrade. The Blood Combustion Skill let Noah not only use his blood tobust and explode to deal strong damage against an opponent, however, with the Blood Detonation, but Noah could also use his blood to detonate at a certain time, whenever he willed it instead of having to be close to it and activate it. It meant that he could even generate bombs and make his projectiles explode from long distances, enhancing their strength and power in battle to greater heights! "I''ve seen enough, I am satisfied," thought Noah as he had deciphered his new Skills capabilities and felt eager to experiment with them in battle. As he finished assessing his things, everyone around him woke up from their slight meditation, as Noah inspected their stats¡­ All of them had two stats at 600 at the very least¡­ all of them were B-Rank! Even more, they had also purchased new Skills on their own lesser Skill Trees, so they had new toys to y around with. Because everyone was formerly F-Rank just a bit over a week ago, this change in their strength was very impactful, they felt that not only their strength increased, but their very lives were about to give aplete twist. "Amazing¡­ this is the power of a B-Rank. For some reason I really do feel like a different person¡­" sighed Arthur. "Well you were always kind of fearful, even as a Dhampir, but it seems that you had finally kind ofe out of it," said Noah. "Hahh¡­ This power, I feel like I don''t deserve it," sighed Timassa. "The power you have acquired is solely based on your own strength. I have not given you anything other than an opportunity, the path you''ve walked, the efforts you have put, and the rewards you have earned, it is all your own effort alone," said Noah. "Noah-sama¡­" said Timassa. "That is right, Timassa, this is all because of your own strength¡­ Well, our own strength¡­" said Arthur. "Hm, I feel really happy for some reason¡­" said Jon. "Me too¡­ We havee far¡­ Haven''t we, Noah?" asked Iris with a gentle smile. "It has only been over a week but¡­ A lot has indeed happened. And there is a lot more to happen as we continue through our journey. I believe in individual strength, but I also believe that we did not help each other, we would have never reached this far. If I were to be alone, I would have probably died even with this new strength. It was a brilliant idea to recruit subordinates," said Noah, praising everyone and even himself. "Fufu, as prideful as ever¡­" said Iris with enamored eyes. "Strong¡­ I am strong?" asked Adamantine. "Yes you are, Adamantine, and we shall keep going forward," said Noah. "I am happy as long as I am with Master and Mistress! And food!" said Adamantine. "Food is always important for her¡­" said Arthur. "Indeed, and talking about food, shouldn''t we go hunt a few before going to register our guild?" asked Noah. "Oh, sounds good¡­" said Timassa, as her eyes glowed with crimson red. "Food?" asked Clementina. "You, for now, shall go with my Blood Servants and the Robots, Clementina. Talking about them¡­" said Noah, as he inspected his Blood Servants. He realized that de and Lance had advanced into Elite Grade overnight, which could beparable to low D-Rank, they still had a long way to go. Meanwhile, Brain became Knight Grade, and his capabilities had increased exponentially since then, however, there were many more Grades they needed to go through to beparable with Noah and the rest, but at the very least they were strong inrge numbers. "Hm¡­ and about you three¡­" said Noah, as he nced at Noire, Sakura, and Sugar, who were all wearing maid outfits¡­ "Why are you wearing those clothes?" he wondered. ----- Chapter 124 - Robot Maids?! ----- Noire, Sakura, and Sugar, the main robots of the house and who were already considered as members of the Vampire Family after they acquired Blood Core Batteries, enhanced versions of Mana Core Batteries that could self-upgrade themselves, giving various power such as body self-modification, magic material absorption, and even the ability to wield an attribute of magic which they developed into Abilities. And as they consumed more materials, they grew even stronger. Noah felt like they were even developing Souls of their own, and that they could perhaps one day be benefited by the System if they kept developing such souls or something. And even if not, they were already plenty strong and could keep advancing at the side of Noah and everyone else by consuming magic materials and dropped items from Dungeon Monsters. However, for now, Noah was giving them the task of apanying Clementina into low-ranked Dungeons, as they could enter weaker dungeons unlike them. This was not out of goodwill, Noah was asking them to gather more and more low-ranked cores, as he wanted to build up a giant treasure of Cores of all Ranks. He already had even tons of F-Rank, E-Rank, and D-Rank Cores, and he kept umting them, something that seemed to actually be illegal by the government, as they always wanted to keep all the Cores for themselves and not allow their selling. However, Noah was not saving them to sell them, no¡­ He was nning something with them, even bigger. As he became a Guild, it was obvious that he would need a ton of Guild Members, he had already nned on turning into Vampiric beings the several servants around the house, and even Arthur''s parents, even, and making them grow stronger fast would be a good idea. And it was not as if he werepletely babysitting them, as they would pay him back by also going to grind and farm Cores and Treasures in Dungeons in exchange. Like this, he could build an army of Vampires, Blood Servants, and Robots! It was really as if he was slowly building his own Empire¡­ He simply needed to keep striving forward! To keep seeking more! But he was concerned, or just weirded out by something. "Why are you wearing maid outfits?" he asked. Sugar, Noire, and Sakura nced at each other, the three girls were all adorable Fembots at this point, their beauty in pair with living girls, but perhaps given an even greater charm. Alongside that, Noah noticed that the design of their bodies had slightly changed as they kept growing stronger, something a bit simr to evolution¡­ Oh, and their cybeic eyes have all turned red, and their auras were simr to those of Vampires to an extent. "W-Well¡­ We wanted to serve you as maids too, Noah-sama!" said Sakura. "It was Sakura''s idea," said Sugar. "Indeed, it was her idea," said Noire. "Eh?! You traitors!" said Sakura. "¡­I see. Well, whatever quirky thing you do shouldn''t really bother me as long as you get your work done," said Noah. "Oh, thank you! ¡­Do we look cute?" asked Sakura adorably. "¡­No," said Noah. "Geh¡­!" Sakura touched her chest as if she felt her heart shatter into pieces, kneeling as if defeated. "Noah that was a bit mean¡­" said Iris. "Iris, you are the only person I would ever call "cute". I don''t have any interest in robots," said Noah nonchntly¡­ he was a very direct man with his words! "Aw¡­" said Iris, feeling moved by Noah''s words. "Anyways, you three make sure to keep improving and eating as many magic items as you can harvest with your own effort, perhaps tomorrow we can finally all join into a Dungeon exploration," said Noah. "Nice!" said Sugar. "That will be rather good, I am eager to explore new Dungeons," said Noire. "So where are we going today?" wondered Sakura. "You are going to the C-Rank Dungeon we went to yesterday, good luck¡­ Perhaps your element will be at a great disadvantage there, Clementina. Do your best for your own growth, so you don''t fall behind," said Noah expressionlessly, trying to give her encouraging words, although this only made her worry. "C-Can I at least get an Ability Core? I saw that you had a few¡­" said Clementina. "No!" said everyone at the same time! The Vampire Family was unified as a family, but they were also selfish! The only one they would give anything they earned would be Noah himself, for everyone else, you better do it yourself! This was part of Noah''s inner policy within the family. Even with all the Cores, he was stacking up, he would make those that benefited from the pay a lot. Or even more, he had evene out with the possibility of opening a shop or a Guild Contribution Point System to reward those that worked very hard with such cores and items. After all, if Noah''s greatest desire were to conquer the world, wouldn''t he need loyal and strong subordinates? Blood Servants, Robots, and also a ton of Vampires! Noah was ambitious, and malicious as well! He would not stop until the world was his, and perhaps, go even beyond that! However, for now, he needed to calm down and assess things, for now, the present was now, and the future was yet uncertain. It was good to prepare for the future, butpletely disregarding the present for that future he has yet to reach was not a good thing. Noah saw Clementina and the Robots set off alongside part of his Blood Servants with them, which he added a few Fire Wyrms to the mix as well, he had also made sure that they carried some items and food at the very least, those were things he did not mind giving to those that served him with loyalty. He had even made some potions with his own blood, which could evene handy to the Blood Servants and specially Clementina, which he expected would have the hardest time in such a scorching dungeon. "Welp, she''s gone. What should we do now?" wondered Arthur. "We will do what I said we will do. Let us go upgrade our Hunter License into B-Rank, and then in the same ce we create our Guild," said Noah nonchntly, as everyone nodded, the maids and butlers began to clean the table as the party finally took off at around midday, after reaching B-Rank they didn''t care about school any longer. However, Noah nned toe there afterward anyways, to meet Fernand thest time¡­ of course, not to kill him, but to leave him a little present and make him a nice¡­ friend. Although Noah still held some resentment, he felt like such problems of the past were, after all, the past. Somehow, he had not forgotten them, but he felt like such problems such as bullies or other stupid stuff was already way below him, he now had a broader sight in front of him, a world to take over. Concentrating on killing a bully that could ruin all of his ns due to his S-Ranked brother was not something he would do at this point, he had reached too far now, and had a lot to lose if he were tomit a single mistake. This is why he needed to be cautious and scheming, and to rearrange his thought process and what he wanted in life, alongside what he wanted from Fernand. And what else than brainwashing him, cursing his bloodline, and making him his puppet? He could even make his big brother bring him resources! It was a way better idea than killing him, and a better one, in fact. Indeed, Noah had considered cursing Fernand''s bloodline. In fact, he had considered doing this with a few other people. By cursing a bloodline, he would be able to slowly diminish the strength of all those rted to that bloodline! Although it was not a big effect nor it had any immediate effect either, it still held great potential. His enemies would not even understand what is making them slowly weaken as they be ripen enough for Noah to harvest their lives! Now Noah wished he could have gotten such Skill earlier so he could have cursed Crystal''s bloodline, but what was done was done. The Vampire party crossed above the rooftops as they slowly reached the Hunter Registration Center of Sector D, where they will finally upgrade their Hunter License Cards to B-Rank! All of them were former F-Rank, and when they were to step and change their Ranks, they will most likely shake the Sector with such outstanding news! "It''s time¡­" said Noah, leading his party inside the building. ----- Chapter 125 - Updating Hunter Licenses! ----- Noah and his group walked inside the building as they were greeted by arge group of people walking around, working relentlessly, while some Hunter groups waited for their turns in the line patiently. Yeah, this was society, so they still had to wait in line for their turn¡­ "Should we wait?" asked Arthur. "Of course," said Noah. As they joined the line, Noah patiently waited for his turn, feeling like hurrying up or making a scene just to be attended first would simply lower his reputation more, even more whenever he was to make his own guild. Most of the Hunters present here were F-Rank and E-Rank, with very few being D-Rank, about one to two being C-Rank, and no Hunters above those Ranks, confirming that they were indeed very rare urrences. Noah and his group were eyeing all of them, there were some famous faces they had once seen on TV, although they were now pathetic to them, almost like ants¡­ to think that they had once admired or looked up to them made them a bit sick, especially because Noah and his family could only see them as food now, their smell and the auras they produced only made them higher quality products¡­ "(Hungry¡­ Can I grab some food?)" asked Adamantine through telepathy, her eyes glowing red from time to time. "(Calm down, not now¡­ However, this is an excellent time to select which prey we could take¡­)" answered Noah through telepathy. "(Hm, maybe a D-Rank Hunter¡­ or a group of them could be nice? We could get decent Ability Core drops and nice Blood Servants out of them!)" said Iris through telepathy. "(Could it be possible to brainwash them instead of killing them? If we do, we could widen our connections around the society of Hunters too¡­ We can leave the weaker F-Rank or E-Rank for food.)" said Arthur through telepathy. "(I was about to say that. It is a good idea, Arthur. Although we will have to n it out a bit more if they are D-Rank or above¡­ They are strong, although we could easily crush them, their powers and everything else is way shier, so they could causemotion and end up revealing our presence¡­)" said Noah through telepathy. "(Well, now that we are B-Rank, I can''t wait for the Crystal family to attack us, we can quickly grab a meal then.)" said Timassa through telepathy. "(Indeed, we shall feast in their blood when the time is ripe¡­)" said Noah through telepathy. "(Wasn''t there a B-Rank within them?)" asked Arthur through telepathy. "(Yes¡­ there was one.)" answered Iris through telepathy. "(I believe that if we all group together against it, it might not even stand a chance)" said Jon through telepathy. "(Nheless, we must n ordingly. Never let our current powers get in our heads. We have to be cautious, n, to be stealthy, we are still preparing some surprises around our territory¡­ But whenever the fightes, we must all keep together and never get ahead of ourselves, if possible, we must go all out immediately to defeat them as fast as possible and not even give them a chance.)" answered Noah through telepathy. "(Indeed, it is just as Noah-sama says¡­ And the Crystal Family will not be the only problem. I am guessing that more Guilds will have their eyes in us eventually¡­)" sighed Iris through telepathy. "(More or less¡­ But as a B-Rank Guild, they will not jump ahead recklessly too. As Hunters grow stronger they also supposedly be more intelligent, so you would expect some grade of preparation on their part. They might be wary and prepare for eventual things, and so, we must do so as well¡­)" said Noah through telepathy. "(So making a Guild and leaving School means that we are mostly entering a new battlefield altogether¡­)" said Arthur through telepathy. "(Indeed. And it will be the biggest, most likely¡­ And alongside that, we will have to also deal with the problem with Gates and more. As long as we keep improving, we will be capable of getting through all of this. After all, no matter how repetitive I may sound, strength is everything in this world.)" said Noah through telepathy. "(Although it will be dangerous, I can''t wait for such an exhrating future¡­)" said Iris through telepathy. All Vampires seemed to agree with Iris''s statement. It was going to interesting, and perhaps hard as well¡­ But it was going to be exhrating too. As Vampires, they could not help but feast in challenges and battles, in blood and flesh, they felt the instinctual desire to go through such challenges and reign victorious, bathing in the blood of their ursed enemies. As the party continued chatting through telepathy, the hours went by, and it was finally their turn, atst¡­ If they were not Vampires their legs would be hurting right now because of standing up for so long¡­ but thankfully they did not felt anything at all, and were having fun by talking a lot. The attendant quickly received the group, she was a young woman in her early twenties, with short pink hair and green eyes, alongside a petite body, Noah immediately sensed that she was a D-Rank Hunter, somewhat decent, but nothing outstanding, perhaps weaker than Albert. "Hello, are you a Hunter Party by any chance?" she asked. "Indeed. Here are our Hunter Registration Cards, we hade to renew our Hunter Ranks. We would like to do it immediately and without any difficulties if possible," said Noah rather politely with a charming smile, his eyes seemed to unleash a slight purple essence, making the girl a bit submissive to his demands, without asking much¡­ this was the subtle effect of Noah''s Vampiric Eyes. "O-Oh, a Rank renovation? I can feel that you are indeed strong, please through here. We have a room for a Magic Artifact that can decipher the Stats of people, through that, we will be able to quickly decipher your Ranks," said the woman, guiding Noah and the rest inside a small room where arge crystal ball rested above a table. "Artifact? Does it see Skills¡­?" asked Noah. "Oh, no, there isn''t any artifact so advanced that it could let us see an entire Stat Panel of another person. At least not in the entire Sector, but perhaps in other ones, especially those with a Hunter with the Appraisal Skill, perhaps¡­ But these Artifacts calcte your stats only, and notpletely exactly¡­ But it almost always works," said the girl. "I see, then I shall start," said Noah, as he touched the crystal ball after sitting on the couch in front of it. sh! Suddenly, the crystal began to tremble, as an enormous quantity of power began to be poured into it from Noah! Noah felt like his Blood Core was shining! He quickly took away his hands from it, as he saw as a little crack emerged in the artifact¡­ Thankfully, he had just taken out his hands before anything happened. "W-Wow¡­ I have never seen an artifact tremble like that¡­" said the girl, as she quickly went to aputer at the side and began to calcte the stats¡­ "I see¡­ you are¡­ hmm¡­ Oh¡­ I¡­ Eh? Huh? What? ¡­You¡­ Sir Noah, are you¡­?! Oh my god! You are a B-Rank Hunter!" said the woman, almost falling off her chair in surprise! "Yes, my stats are all above 600," said Noah. "That''s amazing! It has been over two years since a B-Rank Hunter appeared in Sector D! T-This merits a lot of things, I must tell my superiors! You will get a lot of things, sir Noah! Even-" muttered the woman, as she was stopped by Noah. "Please, register my subordinates as well first¡­ I am sure that you will not be disappointed¡­" said Noah with a malicious smile. "E-Eh? (W-What with this¡­ strange aura?)" wondered the woman. "Will you?" asked Noah, his eyes gleaming with a purple hue. "S-Sure¡­ Alright¡­" said the woman, as Iris was registered, then Arthur, Timassa, Jon, and Adamantine¡­ The artifact was barely making it after that. The woman had already fallen off her char multiple times. Her eyes could not get any more surprised and scared by the presence¡­ She nced at each of Noah''s subordinates, each one released a dark aura of enormous power¡­ They were all¡­ "B-Rank¡­ All of you¡­ is B-Rank¡­ Oh my god¡­ This¡­ This is perhaps¡­ the greatest event that has happened to this Sector for years¡­ B-Ranks are incredibly rare¡­ and here you are¡­ so many of you¡­ here¡­! And you are telling me that you were F-Rank before? How can you advance to B-Rank so fast? Oh my god¡­" sighed the woman, trying to keep her sanity, as Noah finally allowed her to call her superiors¡­ It seems that it was inevitable, they were about to make a bit of history. ----- Chapter 126 - An Arrogant Ant ----- As Noah and his group proved that they indeed had the stats of a B-Rank, the attendant quickly reported this news to her superiors, as an old man wearing formal clothes quickly rushed to the room. Noah noticed its presence, the man was even weaker than the woman, being E-Rank. He felt quite disappointed, as he seemed to be somehow important, but was merely an E-Rank. He had often thought that superiors would be of higher Ranks due to their money and connections, but it seemed that it was notpletely the case. But why was that no the case? Noah thought that perhaps the man had never touched a dungeon, to begin with, or perhaps very little, as he lived in luxury being part of society instead of being a Hunter risking their life in Dungeons. Even when all people had the option of going inside Dungeons, this society of mild safety also cultivatedzy and conceited people, those that did not strived to grow stronger because they already had the money to be protected. Because the government hoarded all the Cores, it was possible that the man had tried to buy some but never got through it¡­ or maybe he was simply not rich enough, simrly to Arthur and his family. Nheless, Noah immediately despised the man, as he hated this kind of people that had all the money and opportunities but never took them, taking life for granted and bing conceited humans, those that once governed the old world. 20 years after the apocalypse, society was finallying back on track, and such people had already begun to emerge again¡­ Perhaps, due to the age of this man, he had survived through the Apocalypse somehow, and got into this position through underhanded methods¡­ However, Noah decided to not have such thoughts anymore, even though such a case might be the same for a lot of people in simr positions. It was simply that he felt disappointed that the "higher-ups" were a bunch of ants, if he were to even look up to someone, he would only do so to those that were stronger than him, not a weakling that he could crush with a wave of his hand without even exerting any force whatsoever. Noah imagined how easily he couldpletely crush this man''s body into a bloody puddle of minced meat paste, but he suppressed those feelings, for now, ring at the ant. "Sir, Noah, right?" asked the man, he had a small gray mustache and little blue eyes. "That''s my name," said Noah. "Ahem, I am happy to see new B-Rank Hunters after such a long time¡­ Especially so many together! I am rather curious about how all of you managed to be B-Rank so fast based on your age¡­ Especially because you have only been registered to enter Dungeons only¡­ a few times. It is truly intriguing¡­" said the man. "Is that so? So, can we proceed with the update of our Hunter Licenses? I also want to register a Guild in my name," said Noah. "G-Guild?" asked the man as Noah noticed a change in his mood¡­ it seemed that he somehow wanted Noah for something else, and hearing how he wanted to make a guild surprised him. Maybe he thought he could convince Noah due to his young age and very poor background? However, Noah was direct and to the point, startling him. "Did I stutter?" asked Noah. The man immediately noticed Noah''s presence and domineering attitude, clenching his teeth as he braced himself to confront him. "I would say that such a thing wouldn''t be a good idea. Even as B-Rank it would be way better if you could join a Guild instead, especially one with a rich background and great resources to provide their members¡­ Do you understand, Noah? For people like you who have very little capital, joining a guild with a lot of resources to provide you with a head start would be ideal¡­" said the man. "¡­" Noah red at the man in silence. "A-And I would dly ept you in my own Guild! The Golden Guardians, if you want to! We are ranked at #15 in all of Sector D! We have our arms open for any B-Rank as talented as you bunch¡­ If I were you, I would not slip off this amazing offer to change your future¡­ You know, even as a B-Rank¡­ the world is big¡­ and there is a lot of people with more authority than you¡­ You can''t use strength for everything¡­ Think things through and reconsider," said the man, with a grin. An ant such as this was grinning and telling Noah that his strength was not everything in the world. He knew deep down that there was certainly some truth to this. He could not simply resolve everything with sheer strength. And even more, the resources and good background that a well-established guild offered were also important. But even then, such things did not stop him. Noah was not going to obey anyone other than his own desires. Working for a Guild did not suit him at all. And he had ns to make his own guild since the moment he became a Vampire. He was not going to be anyone''s underling, even if they had greater backgrounds and resources to provide him. He was simply going to build his own background and gather his own resources, there was no more saying into this. His resolve was set, and there was nothing that could make him change such resolve, no matter who it was, and no matter the situation. Noah was stubborn and prideful. But that is why his subordinates loved and admired him. "I will have to decline, sir. I have desired to make my own Guild since I was a child, and that is what I am going to do, thanks for the offer, however," said Noah with a mild smile, containing his burning anger. He knew that the Golden Guardians had B-Rank, A-Rank, and even S-Rank Hunters, so he did not want to enrage nor provoke the man, even if he was an ant, he had lions protecting him¡­ "¡­Hmph. Very well then, I cannot force you, but it is on your fault to do such a foolish decision. Nheless, I wish you the best¡­ Girl, bring them to the Guild Registration Area," sighed the man, as the girl nodded and led Noah and his subordinates out of the room. The old man, whose name was Bernard Gold sat down on the couch and red at the artifact in front of him, which had a few cracks¡­ "Hmph, perhaps I should get rid of these newbies¡­ if they don''t join my Guild, why would I make more adversaries than there are already? Although their guild might be new, they are B-Rank Hunters and can easily lure new people, talented people¡­ It would be better to get rid of them while they are still weak¡­ Sadly, my S-Rank and A-Rank Hunters are busy dealing with a Dungeon far away¡­ and they are too many for my B-Rank Hunters¡­ Perhaps telling them to hurry would be a good idea," thought the man, as took out a phone from his pocket and messaged the Hunters. "¡­Eh? They will take a whole month¡­ Tch. Well, it might be enough. I doubt they can grow to A-Rank in a month, that would be ridiculous¡­ Tough¡­ Hmm¡­ Nah, they would not be able to. Perhaps they advanced fast to B-Rank due to luck and talent, but from B-Rank to A-Rank and then S-Rank, the gap of progression bes immense¡­ Perhaps they will be a bit stronger, but nothing much,"ughed Bernard Gold, as he walked out of the room and went back to his office. Meanwhile, Noah was guided by the attendant girl towards another, arge section within the building, an emptier ce where there was barely any person there, they are where Guilds were registered. The girl then gave Noah a paper which he needed to fill up, giving his information and more, which were needed to make him the Guild Master of his own Guild. Making a Guild was fairly easy in this world, the requirements were not much, however, no Hunters below D-Rank could create a Guild, and they also needed to pay arge fee of 10 million credits. "Now that most things are done, which name would you want your Guild to be, sir?" asked the assistant with a gentle smile, although the vampire family presence was rather overwhelming, so she was forcing it more than anything¡­ ----- Chapter 127 - The Noctem Family ----- A Guild Name. The Name of a Guild was what made them recognizable, and sometimes even made their logos around it. No guild had the same name or even simr, as each Guild Master always tried to make their Guilds as unique as possible to differentiate their creations from the rest. There were Guilds made by Families, such as the Crystal Knights, or the Golden Guardians, each name had a distinct feeling to it. Clementina''s family also had their own guild, simply named after their surname, Silvercrown. Noah had nned to call his guild Blood Creed, but if he wanted to make it a family business, perhaps naming it after his own surname would be better. "Didn''t you nned of naming it Blood Creed, Noah?" asked Iris curiously, remembering Noah saying something about Blood Creed. "Indeed, but now that I thought about it, I should call it after my surnames¡­ The ones I usually never talk about," sighed Noah. "Surname? Oh¡­ So you really do have! I do not have any because I do not remember my parents, the nun that took care of me in the orphanage named me Iris¡­ But I am d you remember yours," said Iris. "Amazing, we are about to hear our lord''s surname," said Jon. "I always wondered it¡­" said Arthur. "What is it?" asked Timassa. "Surname?" asked Adamantine. "My surnames are Luna and Noctem¡­" said Noah. "That''s quite fitting¡­" said Iris. "Is it? (Oh, now that I think about it¡­ Luna is the moon, Noctem is night¡­ I see)" thought Noah. "The Luna Noctem Family?" asked Arthur. "Hmph. Let''s just keep it at Noctem. I did like my mother more than my father," sighed Noah. "Oh? Alright then," said Iris. "Noctem Family, then?" asked the assistant, confused about the interactions. "Yes, sounds good," said Noah. "Very well then, now, the fee is¡­ 10 million Credits," said the girl. "Nothing much," said Noah, as Arthur used his Credit Card to pay the fee rather smoothly. Although this might have not been possible, or at least not as easy before now that they had hunted and gathered tons of materials from C-Rank Monster, whose corpses did not disappear thanks to Noah''s Blood Servant Skill Effect, they were able to chop offrge pieces of the corpses before the 24 hours passed away, slowly converting the entire creature into Dropped Items. This way, the family got a lot of money pretty quickly, selling just a part of the zing Wyrm Emperor such as a few dozen scales and a fang already gave Arthur around 50 million Credits, the group could already imagine how much more Credits they could get if they were to sell everything they had¡­ Money was definitely not a major problem anymore, at least not for now in such terms. Noah had even considered using the money earned to buy greater equipment, or Ability Cores¡­ which were the only Cores sold in the market with varied prices. However,pared to therge quantities he harvested in the C-Rank Dungeon, perhaps doing it himself would be better and more effective than buying a little few Ability Cores for a fortune¡­ There was also the possibility of selling Ability Cores to get more money too, but now that everyone could convert them into Skill Points, why would they even do such a thing? "Very well, it is done. Here is your Guild Master Card, Noah Luna Noctem," said the girl, giving a shiny silver card to Noah. "For now itcks a logo, but whenever you havee with a design, you cane back and we''ll register it," said the girl. "A design¡­ I see, thanks," said Noah, as he had finally done everything he came here for, updating his Guild License with his current Rank and also getting his own Guild! The group finally walked out of the building as they decided what to do next. "Phew, it was really boring to wait so much there, but I am d it is done," said Iris. "Yes¡­ It was quite boring¡­ Well, what should we do now?" asked Arthur. "Will we delve into a Dungeon again?" asked Timassa. Noah nced at his subordinates, their strength was now excellent, and they had been working nonstop to grow to this level of strength. He thought that everyone (and himself) deserved a good rest or a small break. "We''ll take this day off," said Noah expressionlessly. "Eh?" said everyone in unison. Noah¡­ has decided to actually take a break?! What kind of sorcery was this? He, who wanted to grow stronger so desperately, now wanted to take¡­ a day off. "You see, even my mind is tired. I need a day where I can meditate and practice my techniques that transform and exchange inner energy. I can also rx the tension of my muscles which hasn''t gone off even after taking a bath," sighed Noah. "This is¡­ alright then! Let us take a break," said Arthur. "Yeah, about time! Let us take some time to smell the roses and enjoy a bit of life too," said Iris. "I agree, a time to slow down for once will not hurt us," said Timassa. "If the Crystal Familyes, I believe we might be prepared for them. Oh, and Bernard Gold''s ns will take quite long to evene to fruition¡­ So we have time to take a "break" atst, while also making sure to improve morale," said Noah. "Sounds like a n, so we go back to the manor then?" asked Arthur. "Yes, let''s go back," said Noah. "(I can finally take a break with Noah¡­ I wonder what we can do together¡­ aside from battling and sex¡­ It will be interesting)" thought Iris while ncing at Noah mischievously, the Vampiric group crossed through the rooftops of the city, reaching Arthur''s manor after a bit. Everyone then dispersed around the manor, Jon had decided to go back to his room and have a long Vampire-like nap, while Adamantine seemed quite frantic, but decided to eat all day by asking the maids and butlers to prepare her delicious food. Meanwhile, Arthur and Timassa decided to spend the day in the manner of Arthur''s parents while developing each other bonds, as Noah believed that these two were soon to enter into a romantic rtionship based on how long they had been together as friends, and how obvious was Timassa''s romantic feelings for Arthur. Noah thanked that his presence or authority did not change such feelings from Timassa, as it would have hurt his pride to know that he made his subordinate end up alone due to his powers when he slowly developing a rtionship with this woman. Noah believed that, much like Iris with him, Arthur and Timassa were a good match that deserved to be together. After realizing that having converted her into a Ghoul did not made her necessarily develop a sexual nor romantic attraction towards him, Noah saw Iris even better than before, as it was indeed true that she was not brainwashed¡­ she simply developed this strong obsessive love and devotion out of her own mind, although it was not healthy at all, Noah did not mind, as he was insane himself. He was a madman after all! "So what should we do?" asked Iris at the side of Noah, as she saw Noah resting over the bed. "I actually want to ck off for once, so I will sleep a bit before beginning my meditation. I wouldn''t really like to fall asleep while meditating¡­" said Noah. "Oh¡­ I see¡­" said Iris, a bit dispirited. Noah immediately noticed her disappointment, as he decided to ask her. "Did you wanted us to do something today? Speak your mind," said Noah expressionlessly. "Oh¡­ W-Well¡­ I thought that we could do more of¡­ what couples do!" said Iris. "What couples do? I am rather inexperienced in the whole field, care to enlighten me?" asked Noah. "Oh! (He is interested?) Sure, erm¡­ Well, I remember seeing that they go on a date around a park¡­ They also go eat at a restaurant¡­ Hm¡­ There is also another one where the girl lets the guy rest on herp while sitting below a tree¡­ But I guess trees and parks are not somon¡­" said Iris. "Well, the garden here as such nts¡­ Well, let''s do that then," said Noah. "Eh? Really? What about your nap?" asked Iris. "I can sleep over yourp," said Noah. "O-Oh¡­ Sure¡­" said Iris with a gentle smile, as she grabbed Noah''s hand and the two went towards the garden, sitting near arge tree, right below its shadow, as the gentle breeze touched their faces. Noah slowly put his head over Iris''p. It was soft¡­ and warm. It was, in fact, better than a pillow. Noah felt himself rxing to the point that he began to doze off not long after¡­ "Noah, so¡­ Eh? Oh¡­ He already fell asleep¡­ Fufu¡­ he looks so handsome when he sleeps¡­" said Iris, caressing Noah''s face gently, while smiling warmly. She nced at his peaceful expressionless face, as she touched his ck hair, caressing it. Noah had short hair, but it was rather fluffy, so she enjoyed caressing him whenever the cold Vampire let her¡­ And being so close with him really gave her a strong feeling of excitement too¡­ she even felt a bit superior, making her devotion and love for him strengthen at every second. "I suppose this is what couples do. It didn''t felt half-bad," said Noah, as he opened his eyes after around an hour and a half of sleeping, finding Iris sleeping too, while resting over the tree bark. Noah quickly sat at her side, as her head rested on his shoulder¡­ He began to slowly caress her hair, as he simply rxed, and decided to not think of anything else for at least this little moment of happiness¡­ This was life. ----- Chapter 128 - Conversations Below A Tree ----- Noah rxed with Iris for the rest of the morning, which calmed down and made most of his tensions lighten. He never expected that simply sitting below a tree with the one he loved would make him so strangely happy. There was certainly something soothing about simply rxing, sitting, and letting the calm breeze caress your face on a sunny day with the one you care about. He even felt refreshed. "Mwuh¡­" Iris slowly began to wake up, as she found herself resting over Noah''s chest as he rested over the tree bark. "Fweh¡­? Ah¡­ Noah, you woke up¡­" said Iris. "Indeed, it seems that you fell asleep as well. Did you enjoy your nap?" asked Noah. "Hmm¡­ Yes¡­ I want to stay here with you forever¡­" sighed Iris, as she rubbed her face over Noah''s shirt, which reminded him of a kitten. "You are really hopeless¡­ I should not really spoil you so much. I have grown soft¡­" sighed Noah, as he caressed Iris''s hair. "Soft? I think the only person you have shown that you are soft is to me¡­ Well, Arthur and the rest seem to also notice that you are gentler with them, but nothing much has changed outside. You were actually pretty rude with that old man¡­ Well, he was an asshole, so I liked that, fufu," said Iris. "Hmph. I suppose that if it is only for you, it is fine," said Noah. "I like you as you are¡­ okay? So do not feel forced to change either¡­ But I have to admit that I like when you act lovely with me¡­ It fills me with happiness¡­" said Iris while blushing a bit. "Is that so? If we are admitting things, I suppose I should admit that I do also feel happy when I am at your side, Iris," said Noah, ring at Iris with a mild smile. "Sheesh¡­ You really know how to choose your words¡­" sighed Iris, blushing even more, as her lips neared Noah, and both kissed lovingly. "How are things with that voice in your head¡­? How was the name?" asked Iris. "Ah, the Blood Progenitor? Well, he no longer disturbs me, as I can easily seal him away now. However, he does seem to be giving up on the subject of taking over my body. I am not letting him do such a thing either, so I have been slowly eroding his mind. If he does not be more submissive, in a bit more of time I willpletely consume him and acquire all of his memories," said Noah. "E-Eh? Woah¡­ Well, whatever is the oue it will be fine then, right?" asked Iris. "Indeed, he is the least of my concerns at this point," said Noah. "That''s good. I was getting concerned about a creepy old vampire talking inside of my husband''s mind¡­" said Iris. "Husband?" asked Noah. "W-Well, you say I would be your bride¡­ right? So you are also my husband¡­" said Iris. "Hm, I was a bit surprised, that is all. I like the ring of it¡­ I do wonder if you would want some kind of ceremony to celebrate our union, or simply do it through the government? Though, it would be rather bitter if we did it through the second option," said Noah. "Yeah, whatever you think about is fine by me, even a little ring is okay," said Iris. "A ring¡­ Oh, I suppose I can do something like that right now, I have a few materials I have been saved. If Ibine them with my Skills¡­" said Noah, as he suddenly took out a small piece of red metal, which was, in fact, a piece of therge metallic scale of the zing Wyrm Emperor! "Eh? Right now?" asked Iris in surprise. "Why not?" said Noah rather courageously, as he began to use Blood Armor, covering the piece of metal and fusing it with his blood to alter its shape into that of a ring. He grabbed Iris''s fine and delicate hand, which waspletely pale white with beautiful ck nails, calcting the size of the finger she would wear such ring. "Oh¡­" said Iris as she admired Noah''s work, despite beingpletely amateur in item crafting, he was employing his Skills masterfully for the craft of such item. Noah quickly generated a special Gem that cost a lot of blood, a piece of his very soul, and mana, which he also infused inrge quantities. This gem was created through the Elemental Blood Gem Creation, and it was also infused with the basic elements of water, fire, earth, and wind. It was a lot of power concentrated into a very tiny, red-colored gem, which he stuck into the ring. "Your name shall be¡­ Bride Ring," said Noah, using his powers the same way he did to name his Blood Servants, giving a name to his creation, as it suddenly unleashed a small, crimson aura, and even the slight feeling of having a soul inside! "T-That''s¡­ you created a small soul equipment¡­" said Iris in awe, being surprised even more that this was personally made for her! "I will probably not make anything like this after today, so make sure to treasure it well," said Noah, putting the ring on Iris''s finger, as she felt her heart racing in excitement. "A-Ah¡­ Noah¡­" said Iris, containing her tears. "Iris, will you be my Bride? Let us take over the world together," said Noah, smiling warmly, as Iris noticed a fiery resolve in his gaze. "Of course¡­ Sniff¡­ Of course, I will be your Bride, Noah! I love you so much! Sniff¡­" said Iris, embracing Noah in a tight hug, as she began to cry a bit of happiness. Although they had consumed their love a few times already, doing this little thing moved her heart more than anything before¡­ it felt very deep and real, she could clearly see Noah''s honest emotions and devotion to her¡­ and she promised that she would make sure to give all the love he gave to her one hundred times more¡­ "I am d¡­" said Noah, kissing Iris''s neck as he caressed her silky hair, which only reached her shoulders. The two quickly sealed their love with a passionate kiss as they nced at each other''s eyes with fervent love. "I am happy to have met you¡­ Maybe at first, I was a bit scared but¡­ everything just changed for the better honestly¡­ I was always so afraid of everything¡­ but you made me grow brave and strong¡­ while also making me learn about my own strengths¡­ and well, allowing me to grow strong too¡­ To be honest, the least I could do for you is to love you unconditionally for eternity¡­" said Iris. "I am also happy to have met you, Iris. At that time I was looking for someone that could serve me, someone that perhaps needed a change. I am d that you epted my offer, and grew stronger at my side. I needed apanion, and you were the first one. Although I had originally gone to find someone for blood, everything quickly escted into this¡­ Fate is truly filled with wonders and mysteries. ¡­And of course, just as you said, I shall love you unconditionally for eternity¡­" said Noah. "Aw¡­ I love how you are like this only for me!" said Iris, hugging Noah even more tightly, every time she thought of how Noah was so different from other peoplepared to her, she didn''t felt anger at him or something, but felt incredibly ttered, like she was the sole exception, the only one for him. "Of course¡­ You are the only person in this world that knows me so well like this¡­ Make sure to also be like you only for me¡­" said Noah. "Fufu¡­ Of course¡­ there is nothing else in my heart than you¡­" said Iris. Both Noah and Iris seemed obsessed with each other at this point as if they were two yandere in a rtionship. "And anyone else that gets on our path¡­" said Noah. "We''ll slice it up really good¡­ and feast in its blood¡­ Fufu¡­" said Iris. "Ah, I love when you are ruthless and evil¡­" said Noah. "Hehe, do you? We''ll make sure to crush that annoying old man that we meet todayter on too¡­ I can''t wait until the day we can see him scream~" said Iris. "Oh? Iris, you are truly made for me!" said Noah as he felt a heat engulf his chest, quickly carrying Iris like a princess as he flew towards their room. "Oh my, I suppose it is time for our honeymoon~?" asked Iris. "Indeed. I shall make you mine now," said Noah charmingly. ----- Chapter 129 - Everyone Wants To Be Inside Noah ----- Noah spent most of the day with Iris and even taught her how to meditate and move the energies around her body, as he discovered that she had figured out some way on her own, but that his teachings were of great help to let her achieve a greater result. As the night came, both had a nice dinner with their subordinates, and afterward, Noah experienced yet another steamy and intense night of passion with Iris. Feeling like such a rxing and carefree day went flying by, the next day finally came, and Noah and his subordinates were ready to move into their next step. However, not before yet another passionate morning. It seemed that Noah and Iris were incredibly fitting for each other, as they often mated like wild rabbits on heat. Arthur and the rest thought that it was a matter of time for Iris to be pregnant¡­ The sound of the bed resonated, as Noah embraced Iris with his strength, grasping her body and making her his. The sweat made their pale white skin glossy, like a steamy and warm atmosphere formed around both of their bodies, they had started doing it an hour and a half ago, Noah gently bit Iris''s neck, giving her a strong shock of pleasure through his sharp fangs, as Iris moaned, biting Noah''s neck back. Yet another wave of seed filled Iris''s womb, as both of them rested in bed, Noah above Iris, gasping for a bit of air, as Noah slowly moved away from his member from within the depths of Iris womb. "Hahh¡­ You filled me so much¡­ I am¡­ definitely pregnant now¡­" sighed Iris. "Haahh¡­ Good. Some descendants wouldn''t be a bad thing," said Noah. After their passion, both Vampires quickly went to the bath and took a nice and rxing warm bath, as they finally put on their clothes and walked downstairs dignifiedly. "Noah-sama, Iris-sama, good morning," said Arthur. "Good morning," said Noah expressionlessly. "Good morning Arthur, everyone!" said Iris with her brightest of smiles, it seemed that theirdy was quite happy today morning as well. The party then chatted for a while as they enjoyed breakfast, until the topic of today''s activities finally came to the conversation, and Noah enlightened his subordinates about what he has been doing within the shadows. "About the Military School, I have made my pawn, our teacher, to sign some documents for our forced expulsion of the establishment. However, today I will go to school, find Fernand, and brainwash him if possible. It shouldn''t take too long so you all don''t necessarily need toe with me," said Noah. "I would rather apany you¡­ Well, if you want to go "by yourself" you can always let us enter your blood through Blood Storage, right?" asked Iris. "Oh right, the ability you use to save your Blood Servants¡­ You can use it with us too, right?" asked Arthur. "Yeah, we may as well apany our lord through such a method," said Timassa. "I had thought about that, honestly. But I believe that it might not be of your liking to be in such a ce¡­ But fine by me," said Noah. "Why wouldn''t it be?" wondered Iris. "I don''t understand why it would not be either," said Jon. "Because the internal space within my blood that is produced through the Blood Storage Skill ispletely filled with sma and giant blood cells. I don''t even understand the full logic behind such a Skill, but it seems that it just shrinks all of you and deposited you inside of one of my blood veins¡­ that''s what happens to the Blood Servants," said Noah. "O-Oh¡­ Well, that is indeed quite awkward," said Iris. "Wait, so we will literally be inside of your body then?" asked Arthur in surprise. "I don''t understand how it really works, but it seems that I can choose which area of the parts of my body you can be. And you can exit by opening a wound," said Noah. "Eh? Do we really have to open a wound¡­?" asked Iris. "My body is immortal, so I don''t even notice nor am I annoyed by it," said Noah. "I suppose it is fine then¡­" said Iris. "Anyways, Noah-sama, do you know where s Clementina?" asked Arthur. "Oh, I forgot to tell you, Arthur-sama, Clementina-san, and the Robots and Blood Servants came back in the morning, they were all exhausted and went to rest. Even the Robots felt like they had spent a lot of energy and needed to enter into a resting mode to cool down," said Timassa. "It seems that they had done as expected, the exploration of that C-Rank Dungeon must have been harsh, let''s give them the rest of the day to rest, afterward they can use the Cores they earned and get to our level of strength, or at least a bit like ours," said Noah. "I agree, thanks for letting the rest, Noah-sama," said Timassa. "It is nothing, the ones that work hard shall always be rewarded in my house," said Noah. After finishing their hearty breakfast, which included meat, fresh blood, freshly baked bread, jam, butter, croissants, sweets, coffee, and more, the party finally decided to walk out of the manor. Noah opened arge wound on his hand, as he let the Vampires hop in one by one, and indeed, it was as if they lowered their size every time they jumped inside of his very bloodstream. The power of Blood Storage was truly mysterious, it seemed tobine Spatial Attribute despite the Skill being clearly Blood Attribute. Noah began to consider that any element was able to wield the powers and capabilities of other elements as long as the one wielding such attribute had enough proficiency and mastery over it. This thought waster confirmed by the Blood Progenitor himself, which was finally freed from his prison, he seemed to have slept the entire time. "Indeed, it is just as you imagined, Noah. Enough mastery over an Attribute can grant you the ability to wield other attributes special capabilities through them¡­ Your new Skill, the one about elemental gems, is a big example of it¡­ Though, does it even matter? In this world, anyone can wield any element through those random Ability Cores. Although using them to gain Skill Points and get guaranteed Skills through the Skill Tree is a better option," said the Blood Progenitor. "Indeed. Although I might end up absorbing a bunch of Random Ability Cores for the sake of seeing what I could randomly get¡­ though, without proper Skill Fusion, I would just leave such Skills abandoned as I am more familiar with the ones I have used this whole time," said Noah. "Specializing in a single trait is not a bad thing, through that, you know your weaknesses well, alongside your strengths. However, your Blood Attribute is unique as it can adapt and evolve into many forms, not even I have seen before. Although you specialize in Blood Attribute, you seem to be a jack of all trades and master of all through its use. And as you progress, I imagine that¡­ you will keep getting even stronger, sadly!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Sadly? Have you not giving up on taking over my body yet? Hmph, you were talking rather calmly there, I imagined that you had finally resigned yourself," said Noah. "Resigning myself? What do you think I am, a chicken? I shall never! ¡­Sigh. If you have any other questions just ask me. I prefer to speak with you than to sleep so much, it is twisting my perception of time," sighed the Blood Progenitor as he delved into sleep again anyway. Noah walked through the rooftops of the buildings, reaching his school rather fast, the students seemed to be out on a break, so Noah decided to turn himself into mist and trespass through the walls of the buildings, inside of the mostly empty rooms. Noah did not have any particr Stealth Skill, but Mist Form was good enough for him to do this type of "stealth". Noah kept looking for Fernand, as he expanded his vampiric senses and started to look for the scent he remembered that this young man always had, the scent of a very expensive cologne he used because he was a rich kid, which to Noah smelled terrible. Soon after, he finally found him. Fernand was inside of his room, seemingly alone. Hisckeys had gone to get him some snacks, as they seemed to be more like his ves at this point¡­ While the young man rested above a bed while watching some kind of social media through his phone, Noah decided to strike¡­ ----- Chapter 130 - Confronting My Past ----- Fernand Firebrand seemed to have managed to calm down his brother about this little incident for the moment. Well, "little" would not really be the name of such incident, as it involved an SSS-Rank item that he had foolishly brought to school to flex it on his friends before even using it on himself. The sad part is that his S-Rank Brother was just as much of an idiot as him. Any other sane person would have never given such a valuable item to a young man with barely any sense of responsibility. Fernand''s entire mind has been warped since he was a child, born in luxury, given everything he wanted. Anything he wished for, anything he wanted was given to him. His parents were one of the first people to awaken Skills within the Apocalypse and survived the first years by using their powerful Skills and their quick adaptability. While taking care of the young brother of Fernand as well¡­ which was rather shocking. Fernand''s brother was born from the union of two awakened and had awakened with an ability that he kept using up until this point, which gave name to his title of Living me. Such Skill let his brotherpletely cover himself in mes, literally bing a man of mes and fire. He was even able to turn his cells partially into sma. Such ability was immediately ssified as A-Rank when he was born, and when he kept using it and fighting, it ultimately awakened into an S-Rank Ability, and then into an SS-Rank Ability. With such talent, he and his parents paved a way for the future with the many Hunters of the past, while Fernand was still growing and developing. However, his brother, although blessed by amazing powers, was not the brightest. He was also temperamental and selfish. And due to theck of proper parentage from his parents Fernand kind of borrowed a lot of such traits from his brother, bing just as idiotic. Now that their parents had retired from being Hunters and left the Guild to be handled by Fernand''s brother, they expected great things of him¡­ Fernand, however, was not born with especially outstanding ability, at least not as insane as his brother¡­ and although he could get new ones through Ability Cores, due to the randomness of such items, it was never guaranteed for him to get anything asparable as his brother. In the end, he became greatly overshadowed and had decided to enter a Military School for a change, perhaps to show off his powers and finally get some recognition from these poor folk. In such a ce is where he finally found people even more pathetic than him, which quickly uplifted his mood and made him thought of himself as blessed and superior. In the end, he targeted the weakest of them all, Noah, who did not even have an ability. Many times he wondered why such a weakling even entered Military School, he always thought that Noah would one day get himself killed or something¡­ He kept using Noah as his punching bag, making him suffer and always reminding him of how pathetic he was, just so he could feel better with himself, so he could feel fulfilled. However, unexpectedly, his brother finished a dangerous Raid where he participated. Turned out his powers were very effective against an SSS-Rank Boss that seemed to be a terrifying blood-controlling Vampire. His cells turning into literal sma made it impossible for the Blood Progenitor Boss to control his blood, and his scorching, never-ending mes were incredibly good at burning the Vampire into ashes. Even with his outstanding regenerating, when everyone ganged on him in thest moment, he ended up being grilled alive and finally dying. He heard from his brother that the death of an SSS-Rank Boss brought an enormous pile of dropped items, all of them being SSS-Rank. Amongst the pile of items, which were almost one hundred, he picked up a red jewel which was named Blood Core alongside other items and equipment. Deciding to give the shiny jewel that was said to bring some kind of new power to anyone that consumed it to his little brother so he could finally catch up to him, his brother gifted him an SSS-Rank Blood Core as if it were nothing at all¡­ Fernand was lost for words after such an event. Only for the next day to take it for granted and bring the jewel around like a fool, until he left it for a single second¡­ and it was stolen. He tried to look everywhere, but anywhere he went, he was not able to find it. And after days after days, he was still hoping to find who stole it, and was nning on using his money to pay some track-based Hunters¡­ But because he waszy, conceited, and irresponsible, he was taking way longer than he should have taken originally. He had already considered simply tell his brother that he lost it and that was it. There was no point in hiding it anymore, as his brother was not going to kill him or anything. Perhaps get very angry ande to beat some sense on him, but nothing much after that¡­ But his brother was also just as much of an idiot, so perhaps he had already forgotten about this whole thing¡­ Fernand considered a few things through all of this, as hezily scrolled through the phone. However, he suddenly felt a strange, chilly wind slowly caress his skin, as the hair above his arms began to be stiff¡­ "Did it got cold out of the sudden? I am sure that it''s clear outside¡­" said Fernand, thinking that there perhaps cold air entered the room, although now that he thought about it, there was a bright sun shining up in the sky¡­ Suddenly, Fernand slipped his phone off his hands, as he sat down on the bed and moved down to grab it. The mist that he could barely perceive as a "chilly wind" suddenly disappeared. As a figure of a tall young man emerged in front of Fernand. Fernand felt an enormous presence appearing out of nowhere, showering him with a tremendous pressure that made his entire body shiver and aches! His heart skipped a beat as he felt the air around him suddenly turn incredibly dry and cold. His lungs were barely able to breathe enough air. An aura of crimson red essence silently stood before him. Fernand was paralyzed, he could not even scream. "I am here to meet you for thest time, yet you don''t even look at my eyes. Do you need to be so rude, Fernand?" asked the figure of the young man, as Fernand suddenly recognized the voice! It was¡­ the voice of the pathetic wimp he beat every single day back then¡­ But now¡­ it was so serious¡­ and it was so¡­ strange! Fernand clenched his teeth, as he slowly nced upwards, finally seeing the figure of the young man in front of him, who was wearing ck and red clothes which seemed highly refined. His skin waspletely pale white as if he were sick, his eyes crimson red, glowing with an eerie and bright light, his hair was short and silvery white, covering a bit of his left eye, and his ears were pointy. This man in front of him, although hard to recognize, was Noah, the one he bullied so much a few days ago before he began to act weirder than usual. "Y-You¡­ Nnggh¡­ W-What is this¡­ pressure? You are¡­ Noah! How can¡­ it be? Am I¡­ dreaming?" muttered Fernand, trembling while trying to muster words. "Dream? Well, if you put it like that, it would be more like a nightmare," said Noah. "N-Nightmare¡­?! Nnghkh¡­ W-What happened to you?! Ungh¡­ How did you get in here without¡­ me noticing?!" asked Fernand, as he was trying to unleash his Abilities, but Noah''s pressure was enough to suppress his will. He had himpletely before his mercy without even moving an inch. "Oh, how easy it would be to crush your neck with my bare hands right now¡­" sighed Noah. "W-What?!" "Ah, do not fear. I am not here to hurt you, I havee here to be friends with you! I have turned on a new leaf, Fernand, and it was all thanks to you! So, to be honest, I should actually be thankful that you brought such an opportunity to change my entire life," said Noah with a mischievous smile. Fernand was paralyzed in fear and confusion¡­ he could not understand anything that was going on right now¡­ ----- Chapter 131 - Revelations ----- Fernand heard Noah''s words as cold sweat began to slowly drip from his tender neck. Friend? What did he even mean by friends? He and Noah were not friends at all¡­ In fact, he thought that Noah hated him because he kept abusing him. What¡­ was going on? Fernand could not understand anything. Noah had somehow acquired the power to simply appear out of nowhere. He hadpletely changed his appearance too. His strength was now ridiculous, to the point that his very pressure made him shiver andpletely paralyzed him, even more, it was capable of suppressing his will to fight¡­ And¡­ there was something even more terrifying. Fernand could clearly feel it. There were many other beings with Noah. He¡­ was certainly not alone. Despite simply standing there. He was not alone at all. It was as if a tremendous army was with him¡­ A false movement and could mean his demise. How? How did Noah acquire such power? From where? And why did he came here? Did¡­ he wanted revenge? After all, Fernand had clearly made his life in school quite hellish¡­ Now that Noah had somehow acquired such a terrifying power, it was normal for him to want to exert revenge. But that wasn''t the case. He said that he wanted to be his friend¡­ Why? Fernand would never be Noah''s friend. He was poor and talentless, pathetic, and an orphan¡­ He was nothing he liked. But¡­ perhaps the talentless and powerless part should be scratched. He might pretend to agree but probably backstab him, telling his brother to help him and then burning him alive into ashes with his help. For now¡­ he simply decided to act well. "Your friend¡­? But why?" asked Fernand. "I told you. Because without you, I would have never gotten this power, to begin with¡­ Hm, do you remember a red jewel you were carrying around?" asked Noah. Fernand''s eyes suddenly sank. "Red¡­ Jewel¡­? No¡­ It can''t¡­ be¡­" muttered Fernand, barely containing his own sanity. "Yeah, it can be! It was a nice little gift for me. I made sure to use it well¡­ you are such a good friend to giving it to me. I am beginning to treasure our friendship more and more," said Noah. "W-What¡­? (What is this insane bastard talking about?! He is spitting nonsense! And he¡­ he took the blood core?! Noah, from all people?! HE REALLY DID IT?!)" Fernand could not help but feel like his mind was about to explode. Knowing that Noah himself stole the Blood Core from all people¡­ one of the first ones that they checked¡­ he could not believe himself, to think that he let him get away with it! "Wait, then the reason on why you¡­ you acquired that strength is¡­!" said Fernand. "Indeed, I absorbed the Blood Core, it is mine. It has given me a lot of powers I never thought I would ever have, it really just opened a door for a world of wonders and dangers for me. I couldn''t be more grateful for the amazing opportunity you brought to me!" said Noah. Fernand felt more and more enraged¡­ as wrath quickly took hold of him! He could not help but feel immense scorn against the shamelessness of Noah! "You¡­ You¡­! It was you this whole time! You¡­ You bastard!" roared Fernand. "Hm? What is happening to you, my friend? Are you perhaps¡­ angry?" asked Noah. Suddenly, against his expectations, Fernand unleashed all of his rage! mes emerged from his entire body, covering him like an aura of fire! Although his ability was not as insanely powerful as his brother, he was still able to control mes! "YOU DAMN FUCKING RAT!" roared Fernand, unleashing his mes over Noah! BOOM! An explosion of mes unfolded, as Fernand quickly tried to escape now that he had attacked Noah, moving to the left, towards the door of his room! But the wickedughter of Noah stopped him. The ck smoke dissipated as he noticed that his room was not¡­ getting burned by his own attack. Everything was somehow¡­ covered on a sticky red substance which had a very strong and sweet scent¡­ This was blood. "Good thing that with Crimson Aegis, I can create barriers of the blood of all shapes and sizes. Making everything sound-proof was a good idea¡­ Oh well, fireproof too, I guess? It seems that nothing burned¡­ Or maybe you are a bit too weak¡­?" asked Noah, as the ck smoke dissipated and revealed his smiling, triumphant expression on his face. He did not even move at all, his clothes were not even affected, his skin did not even burn, nothing at all, not even the hair¡­ Noah had been burned and constantly regenerated many times through his recent journey into the Fire Wyrm Dungeon¡­ Fernand''s fire, which was measly E-Rank was nothing against Noah, absolutely nothing. It actually just felt like a slight steamy wind. "Impossible¡­ No¡­!" muttered Fernand, without being able to fathom what had just unfolded in front of his eyes! "Now, Fernand, have your family never told you to not be disobedient?" asked Noah, expanding a blood tentacle and grasping him! "W-Wait, stop! Do not touch me! STOOOP!" cried Fernand, trying to burn Noah once more by firing more and more fire, but it was nothing at all to him¡­ Noah moved Fernand near him as he smiled wickedly. "What is the problem, Fernand¡­? Do you feel a bit scared? Do not worry, I am not here to make you suffer¡­ In fact, I havee here topletely change your life, topletely give you the shift you wanted," said Noah. "Why¡­? Why would I want to do that?! Let me go! I have an S-Rank Brother! You cannot possibly think that by killing me you will get away with what you did! My brother will hunt you until the ends of the world!" said Fernand. "Kill? I told you I wouldn''t kill you," said Noah expressionlessly. "Brain," he said, as arge wound on his chest opened, and the figure of a smiling young man covered in warlock clothes seemingly made out of hardened blood emerged out of the open wound! "W-What is that?! What is happening anymore?!" asked Fernand, he was losing all of his sanity now and turning insane out of pure disbelief. "This is Brain, my Blood Servant. When I acquired the Blood Core¡­ things changed. I became different. I finally acquired the power to change my fate, to change how I was. Now, I am way above you to even care about avenging such pathetic life of bullying. However, as you are the brother of an S-Rank Hunter, you are indeed very useful. In fact, too useful. Especially by how weak you are and how stupid you are toe to such a ce like this school with barely any security¡­" sighed Noah. As Noah spoke, Brain began to move its hand over Fernand, slowly, as if Brain enjoyed the pathetic face of fear that Fernand was doing. He quickly began to cry, and even snot began toe out of his nose¡­ he was truly a pathetic and disgusting rat. "W-What are you¡­ going to do with me? Please¡­ Sniff¡­ I have¡­ no¡­ AGH! STOP!" Fernand suddenly felt Brain''s cold hand touch his head, as a sudden flow of pink light began to emerge from within. "Congrattions, you are about to join my crew¡­"ughed Noah. Fernand began to feel as his entire mind was being parasitized by an entity of some sort, eating away his thoughts, emotions, and sense of will! He was being torn apart without even receiving any wound, he was simply disappearing but at the same time reforming himself! This was the dread, the terrifying power of brainwashing. His entire self began to change, and the pain of his head was enormous as if his entire brain were about to burst out of his skull! Fernand cried in agony as his memories began to be changed, his emotions and nature shifted, and he was slowly bing¡­ a puppet. "Nnngh¡­! AAGGH! It hurts! Please stop! STOP! Nnnggguuh¡­!" Suddenly, Fernand fell silent. "Hm, good. Now you are way nicer than before. You simply needed to shut up." Said Noah, raising the chin Fernand as he analyzed him a bit. He was dull, motionless, and expressionless. If it were not because he was actually breathing and his heart was still beating, anyone would think he was dead. "Now¡­ Bloodline Curse, Blood Contract," said Noah, beginning his next step. ----- Chapter 132 - Cursing A Bloodline ----- Noah smiled triumphantly as he saw his bully, the one that had beaten him almost to death several times converted into a mindless puppet waiting for his orders. This feeling of superiority and fulfillment waspletely superior to simply have killed him with a swipe of his hand. This made it all worth it, it was as if Noah had found more fulfillment in breaking his mind and making him agonize than actually just killing him. And now, he could even use to fulfill even more of his ns and advance by leap and bounds in this world! He had designed a rather simple n. Noah first used Bloodline Curse and Blood Contract to curse Fernand''s Bloodline with all the curse effects he could muster, which drained his mana a lot, thankfully, he had stockpiled tons of blood from the corpses of the Fire Wyrms and kept drinking blood to regain mana as he kept creating such a powerful and deadly bloodline curse. At some point, he felt an enormous, overwhelming force¡­ "This¡­ is this the blood of the S-Rank Hunter that is his brother? So to curse him I¡­ need even more Mana¡­ Fine by me," said Noah, as his eyes zed with resolve, drinking all the blood he had and constantly pouring more and more mana into the curse. It was arduous and even challenging, Noah keeps infusing mana and willing for the curse to be created. Each second felt like an eternity as if Noah were slowly trying to climb a mountain by himself¡­ sometimes he felt the strong, overwhelming presence surpass him, but he was able to catch up to it through raw Mana¡­ Until finally. After what seemed like an eternity, he managed to curse the strong Bloodline! He cursed an S-Rank Hunter! Noah sighed in relief, gasping for air as he felt his entire soul and body ache a bit¡­ the immense amounts of mana he used were even greater than when he fought against the zing Wyrm Emperor! However, Jon who was residing within his blood quickly began to use Energy Transfer, sharing his mana with Noah. "Noah-sama, are you okay?" he asked. "Much better. Well done," said Noah, feeling refreshed, as if he had drunk a very cold cup of water in the middle of a scorching desert. "Now that I have cursed your damned Bloodline, it is time to set up a contract with you, we don''t want you to somehow free yourself from the brainwashing and suddenly turn against me, wouldn''t we?" asked Noah, as he used Blood Contract, adding several conditions which seemed all unfair, and then forcing Fernand to ept them nonchntly as he was now brainwashed and did whatever he asked him to do. sh. Crimson tattoos resembling something like a drop of blood appeared in the middle of Fernand''s chest, hidden beneath his clothes. "Now that we are done with that part of the n¡­ We can finally proceed with the most important one, my dear friend," said Noah, as he grasped Fernand''s head with his hand, moving him to his side in an instant, as it was revealed his tender neck. Noah''s fangs grew bigger and monstrous, as he seeped them deeply into Fernand''s neck in a mere second, drinking the river of blooding out of it as Fernand began to groan in pain, although it did not seem to resist. After five seconds, Noah pulled back his hand and let Fernand transform. Indeed, he was turning him into a Dhampir¡­ But why? Why would Noah turn Fernand into an ally such as a Dhampir of all things? It was all part of his borate yet simple n. "Fernand, you will tell your brother that you finally found the Blood Core and activated it. The Blood Core fused with you and it turned you into an entity named Dhampir through the power of the item, giving you outstanding abilities that you are developing now. Because this was the fault of your brother and because you are a spoiled brat, he will most likely ept it pretty fast¡­ This way, he will stop pestering you about it and you can easily serve us while telling him more about your abilities and us as if we were your servants instead, so he could easily lower his guard with us and never see us as a threat but as your little ves¡­ Sounds good, isn''t it? You might even be praised for it! Rejoice, Fernand, your entire life will now turn upside down!"ughed Noah. Noah nced at Fernand transform, as his skin turned pale white and his eyes crimson red. Fernand''s spiky red-orange hair turnedpletely white, and the spikiness disappeared, giving him a very average look. Seeing his transformation end, Noah nced at Fernand''s status, seeing that his Stats had increased but were yet to be D-Rank and that he had gained the basic Skills that the Dhampir could get. The Skill he was born with had also awakened forcefully, and it had given him the ability to produce cold and purple mes that could provoke curses instead of the usual burning fire. "I might as well give you the Blood Core as well," said Noah, using the Blood Core Creation Skill and helping Fernand form a Blood Core in the middle of his chest. Feeling satisfied, Noah nodded, he seemed to be finally done. "Did you hear what I said previously?" asked Noah. "Yes, Master," said Fernand with a mechanical voice. "Do as I said as soon as possible, pretend to be the same you have always been as well. Do not mess things up and be cautious how you word things out. Do not mention me in all of this, NEVER. Did you hear me?" asked Noah. "Yes, Master. I shall do as you please," said Fernand with an expressionless face. "Good. However, I shall leave a little parting gift," said Noah, leaving a Blood Servant Fire Wyrm inside of Fernand''s Soul that wouldmunicate with him and update Noah about Fernand''s doings. Noah deactivated the Crimson Aegis Barrier he created around inside the room as he suddenly heard the knocking of the door. Knock, knock. "Hey, Fernand, we brought you the snacks you wanted!" "Open the door! Are you sleeping?" "It seems that your loyal friends are back¡­ hm, I might as well do the same for them, like insurance," said Noah, as he turned into mist and let them in, watching as Fernand pretended to be the same as ever. "Damn you took a lot of time, I was starving here," sighed Fernand, who had gone back to his human appearance right before his friends entered. "Sorry," sighed the two "friends" who were more like ves as they did whatever he asked them to do due to his authority. Seeing that they had lowered their guard enough, Noah quickly generated another Crimson Aegis barrier, surprising the two! "Eh?! What is going on?!" "What is that¡­ red light?" Suddenly, Fernand grasped one of his friends with enormous strength! "Agh! Aaaghhh! F-Fernand?! What are you doing?!" "This is all for Master¡­" said Fernand. The otherckey was quickly taken by Noah''s tentacle, as he struggled and tried to use his Skills desperately, but simrly to Fernand, after feeling Noah''s overwhelming presence, he felt overtaken by a feeling of despair and dread! After their screams of confusion and pain, Noah quickly brainwashed the two and then did Bloodline Curses and Blood Pacts with them, and then let Fernand turn them into Ghouls, so he couldter show the "upgrade" he did to his subordinates. Simrly to this, through the S-Rank Hunter of his brother, Noah nned to make Vampires officially known without people even suspecting that he could be one himself! Like this, he would be able to see the reaction of people and if it could even be considered for him to keep hiding his abilities or not. However, for now, he decided to keep hiding them and growing stronger in the shadows, so even if their reactions were bad, he would be so strong that no one would be able to oppose him or call him a subhuman! ¡­And talking about subhumans, Noah''s next target was many of such people, mostly those that roamed the poor districts in the outskirts of Sector D¡­ "For now, you two also act as normal and do everything Fernand tells you to do. I will contact youter, Fernand, when you finally exin to your brother what happened ording to the words I told you to," said Noah. "Yes, Master," said Fernand. Noah smiledcently as he turned into mist and flew away from the military school¡­ this was thest time he would ever step again in such an ursed ce. ----- Chapter 133 - The Cursed Sun ----- Jean Firebrand, the older brother of Fernand Firebrand and the S-Rank Hunter known as the "zing Sun" was smoking carefreely while resting over his bed. His body wasrge and muscr, covered in a few scars, but incredibly well toned. He was currently resting after having a rather intense night with a bunch of other Hunters that belonged to the Guild he worked on, around five different girls were sleeping around him, his body sizepared to theirs was ratherrge, as they seemed to have around half his height¡­ As he rxed and smoke, the thought about his brother arose once more within his mind. He gritted his teeth as he recalled how he stupidly gave such a valuable item to his brother. He really gave it for granted that the stupid spoiled brat would do the thing right and use the item right away. But instead of that, he foolishly tagged along with it and lost it. Just by thinking about having wasted such a precious item, Jean wanted to hit himself in anger. Although Fernand was also at fault in all of this, it was, after all, Jean''s decision to give such an item to Fernand, so he held responsible for its disappearance just as much as Fernand, if not more¡­ He sighed, thinking about what to do. At the end of the day he still loved his little brother, and maybe he would give him a nice beating but afterward, life would keep ongoing. He wanted to teach him to be a bit more responsible and conscious about his actions¡­ And well, teach himself that too. He had begun to reflect a lot about this whole ordeal and had actually be a bit more mature due to that. "Fuck, maybe I was being a bit too rude with him now¡­ He''s my little bro, after all, I can''t treat him like shit all the time¡­" sighed Jean. Also, Jean could be considered stupid, he still valued his family bonds, and did not want his little brother to get all edgy with him and hate him when he grew up¡­ Jean picked his phone and was about to call Fernand¡­ however, he just got a call back from it, which made him feel a bit surprised. "He''s calling me? ¡­Maybe he actually found the damn thing?" thought Jean with high spirits, answering the call. "Yo. So? Did you find it?" he asked directly. "Brother! Yeah! I actually found the damn Blood Core! A student had it, but we beat him to almost death, and then we threw him into the trash for doing that. Thankfully, the thing was intact¡­" said Fernand. "Good, well done. Wait, "was"? Did you actually used it?" asked Jean. "Yeah¡­ And here is where the problem starts¡­" said Fernand, as Jean furrowed his eyebrows. "Problem¡­?" he asked. "Yeah, because I used the Blood Core, as you wanted me to," said Fernand. "And what''s the problem with that? Did you got some new Skill from the Monster?" asked Jean. "¡­Yeah, it could be said so¡­ But more as I turned into a Dhampir by using it," said Fernand rather boldly. "¡­What?" asked Jean. "It appears in my Status, it says "Bloodline: Dhampir". This Blood Core¡­ I think it changed my race, brother¡­ Is this okay? I think I need to drink blood or something¡­ And my whole body feels stronger¡­ Am I really such a thing as not a human anymore¡­? I¡­ I am scared¡­" said Fernand. Jean heard his brother speak in a weak tone, while also saying that he felt scared and doubtful, that he had changed now into a new race, a ton of information he was not ready to know yet¡­ He had never heard of anyone changing Races through items, perhaps bloodlines, but notplete race changes such as Fernand¡­ Jean began to wonder what kind of shit luck he and his brother had¡­ However, he knew that he couldn''t simply tell his brother "you are a subhuman now, you must die"¡­ No, he needed to ept him. Perhaps if he saw it as a power and not as a race, it could be easily masked. He began to ponder these things¡­ meanwhile, Fernand smiled eerily at the other side of the phone. "Brother?" he asked after a few seconds to build up tension. "Can you turn back into a human appearance?" asked Jean. "Yeah, I can¡­ But I think I need blood. I drank the blood of my subordinates and they ended bing Ghouls¡­ I can also even see their status now, so weird¡­" said Fernand. "You what?! DAMN¡­ Alright then¡­ At least you are still you, right?" asked Jean. "Y-Yeah, why would I not be me?" asked Fernand. "Okay then¡­ Let''s do it like this, develop your abilities in secret for now so I can see their full extent whenever we meet. I can send you whatever you need so feel free," said Jean. "Really?" asked Fernand. "Yeah, don''t worry. I am sure that you will develop this Dhampir Ability or whatever. You can use it to do good things as well, and you are still a human as well. You are part of the Firebrand family, not a filthy subhuman! Your Dhampir race is just a power of your Ability," said Jean. "Yeah¡­ Yeah, you are right! Alright then! I will train hard and you''ll see me soar! In no time I will get into S-Rank!" said Fernand. "That''s the spirit little shit!" said Jean. "Then I am counting on you for whatever I need? Please also make sure to tell my parents about it!" said Fernand. "Alright, I''ll tell them. And yeah feel free to ask me. I can support you with stuff so you can do it swiftly¡­ Do your Ghoul friends want some more?" asked Jean. "Yeah, I am going to use them as subordinates for now, after using my ability on them, they became pretty loyal. I am nning on making more subordinates too. This ability is pretty crazy," said Fernand. "Alright then but keep it quiet for now!" said Jean. "Sure! See ya!" said Fernand, as he cut off to his brother. Jean kept ring at the phone for a moment, as he felt relieved. "Well, whatever that ability is it''s new, that''s for sure. I might as well call some researcher in this stuff¡­ and tell mom and dad I guess? Not like they will do much if Fernand is fine. There are way too many weird abilities around, so one that turns a person into a dhampir shouldn''t be a surprise anymore¡­" sighed Jean. Meanwhile, Fernand and his subordinates celebrated that everything went amazingly well. "With this, we''ll be able to please Noah-sama even more," said Fernand. Everything seemed to have gone ording to Noah''s ns, however, Noah''s curse was yet to quick in¡­ Jean sighed once more as he contacted a few people¡­ it seemed that no one had overreacted as long as he called it an "ability" so it seemed that people could be way more open-minded as long as it was rted to ability, as there were already people with abilities that could let them be animals¡­ why couldn''t one let them be a Vampire from all things? Or a half-vampire, a Dhampir. As everything was going fine, suddenly, Jean feels something deep within him. He could not properly exin it. But it could be said to be something¡­ or feel like something out of this world. It was as if a giant, the ck w was grasping his soul and not letting it go¡­ It was terrifying, even for¡­ an S-Rank Hunter such as himself. This feeling of fear was almost instinctual, something terrifying, truly out of this damn world¡­ He felt as if his soul and blood were suddenly connected, and that this ck w was grasping them like balloons, about to burst into pieces! However, this difort never stopped, it was always there, always there¡­ Jean gritted his teeth as he tried to look for clues of whatever this could be. He felt strange¡­ Lethargic, even confused¡­ It felt as if he was also paralyzed and¡­ bleeding? However, he quickly released his aura over his entire body, trying to find a clue of what this was while trying to suppress this curse! But even then, it was very hard to cancel out the power of this curse¡­ Jean began to ponder if someone else cursed him or something. But he was S-Rank Hunter! Whatever cursed him was already outside of his league if it was stronger¡­ Jean could only try to seek a professional for now¡­ ---- Chapter 134 - The Power Of Bloodline Curse ----- Jean Firebrand, the older brother of Fernand Firebrand and an S-Rank Hunter was cursed. A few minutes after talking with his brother and discovering that he found the Blood Core, absorbed it, and gained a strange Ability that turned him into a Dhampir, he felt a strange, dark force gripping his soul and blood. I was a strange, ck-colored w of ethereal darkness, an abyssal form that even an S-Rank Hunter like him could not easily suppress¡­ It was outstanding to the point that he felt lethargic¡­ An S-Rank Hunter like him, feeling lethargic! It was truly something out of this world. Who could have even done such a thing to him? Jean kept using his Aura and powerful senses and abilities rted to them in unison, wasting a lot of Mana. He inserted his very will inside of his body and soul, finding the darkness epassing his existence, the cause of the curse. "Hahh¡­ What is this?" he wondered, as he tried to grasp it with his will. CLASH! However, the moment he did, he felt even worse! "Unnghhh¡­!" The moment he grasped the darkness with his materialized will, he felt an enormous shock of electrifying pain all over his¡­ body and soul! "Agghh¡­! Eh?" And then he saw it¡­ The origin of this curse¡­ But¡­ this was not even a person. What was this, even? It did not even look like any monster he has ever seen before! Amidst the dark ws that grasped him like a curse, the abyssal entity within opened its single, crimson eye, ring back at Jean. "Ungh¡­ What is this? Who¡­ is that? A monster? A¡­ parasite creature? But¡­ Ungh¡­" Jean fought back against the entity''s force, pouring everything he had to look towards it, to the depths of this dark abyss! However, if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. The crimson eye opened wide as it released a wave of scarlet light, a ray of abyssal crimson red that hit Jean''s entire soul! "Unnghhh¡­?! W-What the fuck¡­?!" Jean felt as the curse intensified several times! The paralyzing effect, the constant lethargy, the dizziness, and even confusion! The man crawled out of his bed, as he grabbed a Holy Elixir, an S-Rank Item crafted by the finest alchemists and magic technology, often incredibly costly, but that was able to heal all negative effects and also regenerate wounds, to the point of bringing back lost limbs¡­ this was an item that Arthur''s fathers never had the opportunity to acquire due to its ridiculous cost that only S-Rank Hunters can afford. Jean quickly jugged the entire thing in a single go, feeling the sweet nectar flowing down his throat¡­ The healing effects began to activate immediately, healing the pain all over his body, alongside the paralysis¡­ He felt relieved for a moment¡­ However¡­ the curse was still there¡­ slowly eating away at him. Most Hunters around the world did not even know about the existence of Souls, nor its concept and the repercussions it had on a human''s body. There was also very little means to affect other people''s souls, so it was a very underdeveloped field. The Elixir could heal any wound and illness, but not¡­ something that was also into the soul. However, Jean managed to ease his pain, by canceling out the curse in his bloodline. But this would only be momentary, as the part of the curse within the soul, which formed because Noah used his very soul to conjure the curse, was still there¡­ And soon enough it would affect his body again. In fact, it was already beginning to enter through his blood once more¡­ However, Jean had thought that the curse was now gone, and it seemed as if the curse had "learned" about this, and had tried to be more subtle now¡­ Unknowingly that his curse was still there, Jean felt relieved and went to take a shower. He had a lot to do today, such as reporting what the heck was this attack anyways. "I am going to fucking kill the one that dared to curse me! Who the fuck can even curse me anyways? Is there such an S-Rank Hunter around?" he wondered, taking a shower, and then deciding to call his manager¡­ Meanwhile, Noah had already gone back to his Manor and was sitting on a throne-like seat, smiling mischievously. At his side there was his wife, Iris, who was smiling just as devilishly, her eyes were gleaming with crimson red light. "Did it work?" she asked. "It did. Everything has gone perfectly, it seems. The curse I caused to him cannot be easily taken away, as he only knows how to target and heal curses inside bodies, but not the ones inflicted to his soul!" said Noah. "To his soul? But wasn''t the curse on the bloodline?" asked Arthur who was sitting near Noah over a couch. "Indeed. It is the bloodline curse. However, by using part of my soul to conjure it alongside immense amounts of Mana which I got by using all the blood I had stockpiled alongside Jon''s help, I managed to evolve this curse into something of its own. You could say the curse is even alive¡­" said Noah. "Alive¡­?" asked Timassa in surprise, Noah never stopped to surprise his subordinates with his insane abilities. "Indeed! The moment the curse hit him, it became a creature of its own, and it even seems to have inherited part of my soul will. When it arrived inside of this man''s bloodline, it immediatelytched over his soul as well, seeping into it like a parasite¡­ Perhaps I can do the same too?" wondered Noah. "Things revolving around the soul are incredibly underdeveloped in this world¡­ It will take a while for him to discover what it truly is¡­" said Arthur. "Indeed, he might never realize it¡­" said Timassa. "No, he noticed it and neutralized its effects," said Noah. "Eh? That fast?! But you put so much effort into the curse!" said Iris while hugging Noah and trying tofort him over his failure. Noah epted her hug but continued speaking. "Let me continue. I said that he neutralized the effects, not that he actually destroyed the curse. He drank a special Elixir of sorts thatpletely healed his body¡­ but, the curse part that remained on his soul is still there¡­ and now, it is slowly¡­ eating away his very soul!"ughed Noah. "Oh! To be expected of my husband!" said Iris proudly of Noah''s achievements, kissing his cheek. "Amazing, Noah-sama!" said Arthur. "Yeah, that''s incredible¡­. Now that the curse is somewhat alive, it can even eat souls?" asked Timassa. "Somehow it developed this ability. If it manages to eat his entire soul¡­ it could even rece him, and we would have an S-Rank Hunter as our pawn!"ughed Noah. "How long would it take?" asked Jon. "Hmph. I have no idea, it is going slow for now, but if the curse manages to eat a lot of his soul, it will increase in power and begin to eat more and more, so it could get faster at some point. The man does not seem to have a countermeasure against curses inside his soul, so he is left hopeless¡­ He might try to find help though, so there is a possibility that he will heal the curse¡­ But I have to simply contact Fernand and inflict a curse again anyways," said Noah. "Damn, this is an amazing way to indirectly kill someone annoying¡­" said Arthur. "Kill? Well, if the cursepletely consumes his soul, the curse itself will be him. So I do not think he will die. More like¡­ be something new, in a way,"ughed Noah. "I see¡­ Well, I cannot wait! Oh, and what about Fernand?" asked Iris. "He has be a good puppet, he had told everything to his brother and the man seemed rather epting, saying that as long as it was an Ability, it should not be considered subhuman¡­ Hmph, we will try to mask ourselves as Fernand''s subordinates in the future. And that way, when his powers be public, ours as well will be¡­ Although he has to reach a level of strength so it doesn''t seem weird that B-Rank Hunters are the subordinates of a mere D-Rank," said Noah. "That''s¡­ an interesting n, but are you okay with that, Noah?" asked Arthur. "I am. Although it hurts my pride,ter on, I can still turn everything over when we gather enough power, this is all just part of the n," said Noah. "I see¡­ As thoughtful as ever¡­" said Iris. "Anyways, Jon, Arthur, how are things?" asked Noah. "Clear¡­ Although it seems that they are waiting for the night to strike," said Jon. "Everything is done and settled up¡­" said Arthur. "Very well, tonight, we feast," said Noah. ----- Chapter 135 - The Crystal Family Raid ----- Today was finally the day. The Crystal Family, led by their father, Granite Crystal has gathered their strongest guild members. By their Guild Leadermands, the father of the Crystal Family, the members of the guild were given the task of¡­ avenging Emerald! Granite had already searched for the culprits and had even spoken with the Military School staff. He had used money and bribing to get as much info as he could until he finally realized that the culprits behind the death of his young son were Noah and those that were with his group that day. Everything was right¡­ How Emerald went inside of that cave where Noah''s group had originally visited¡­ And how only one of the two parties came out, Noah''s group. Even worse was that no traces of Emerald nor his party were left. It was as if they had disappeared from the face of the world. Even more, not even blood or a little piece of flesh¡­ nothing, everything was incredibly clean¡­ Where could have Emerald gone then? There was no way that he was simply swallowed up by the earth, right? Even more, seeing how his son was so strong¡­ nothing of this made any sense. But everything seemed perfectly fine as if his son and his friends had never existed or something! The Military School registered Emerald, and his group as "disappeared" and nothing else¡­ Leaving the case alone, without seeking any justice for Emerald''s death! This filled Granite with bitterness as if he had swallowed a bug. He used everything he had to find any clues and made up his mind! After he realized that it was Noah and his group, he immediately set arge task to his entire guild, to kill these bastards! As long as he had power and money, he could easily cover up for anything, not even the government could do much, as one of his children was a B-Rank Hunter, who was qualified as "above thew" due to their sheer strength. Guilds often had battles between each other, and casualties were amon thing in such circumstances¡­ as these guilds held strong hunters, they were also above thew, and were allowed in between loopholes of society. In the world after the apocalypse, killing was seen as normal. Guilds would often battle against each other for territories where there were dungeons they wanted¡­ or simply because they had disputes or grudges. For Granite, attacking this manor was like attacking a guild, or perhaps even easier. Because the registration of a guild and the announcement of a new guild usually took around 4-5 days due to the many guilds in standby to be approved, Noah''s guild, the Noctem Family, has not been officially announced yet, nor their new Hunter Ranks¡­ So, Granite and his family foolishly thought they were not even a Guild, and that their strength could not be above D-Rank, at most. And dealing with D-Rank hunters for such a guild was as easy as squashing an ant with one''s finger. After a few days of preparations, it wasplete. Granite gathered over 20 D-Rank Hunters and his four children, three C-Rank Hunters and one B-Rank Hunter, leading therge group. Everyone equipped Stealth essories and was packed with many healing items and other things¡­ Although they were mere D-Rank at most inside of Granite''s mind, he was still cautious to prepare well and not rush things through. After all, he wanted everything to go perfect, and to see all those that killed his son and his friends despair in agonizing pain. The group surrounded Arthur''s manor since the morning, and they had been waiting for them to lower their guard¡­ deciding to attack at night. Granite nced at this through a flying drone, a small, magic-based robot that was able to float in midair and record things through a camera, sending what was happening to him in themodity of his home. Alongside this, his four strong children were participating, which he was very confident in their strength. A petite woman in her early twenties, with short red hair and green eyes, wearing a beautiful crimson dress, Ruby, the third daughter of Granite Crystal, a C-Rank Mage-type Hunter. A young and slender man in his early twenties, with short blue hair and iridescent green eyes, Sapphire, the first son of Granite Crystal, a C-Rank Archer-type Hunter. A beautiful young woman in her mid-twenties with long green hair and glowing rainbow eyes, Agate, the second daughter of Granite Crystal, a C-Rank Warrior-type Hunter. A startling beauty with long golden-brown hair and yellow-gold eyes, her figure was slender and beautiful, with wide hips andrge breasts, she was Amber, the first daughter of Granite Crystal, a B-Rank Mage-type Hunter. All four of his children were ncing at Arthur''s territory while in silence, their colorful eyes all glowing with strong bloodthirst. They stood above the buildings near Arthur''s territory, alongside their army of D-Rank Hunters who were all ready to attack at any time¡­ It was alreadyte in the night, the moon was shining brightly in the night sky, however, arge cloud was slowly moving near it, and for a few minutes, it wouldpletely cover it, leaving the Sector devoid of any light aside from the lights of the city. "We are finally here¡­ It is finally time to avenge our little brother¡­ It is finally time to show these pests what a true Guild is about!" said Ruby, her petite body and adorable appearance made her aura even more terrifying as they contrasted with each other. "Let''s make sure to make them suffer a lot first¡­ before we kill them¡­ We have to slice them all up real good¡­" said Sapphire, the only man in the group with a slender and tall figure, ring "Ah¡­ Yes, my brother¡­ We will make sure to make them suffer¡­ Atst, it is finally time to take care of them¡­" said Agate while holding arge sword. "My siblings¡­ as the cloud blocks the moon, we shall descend and finally do as we please with these bastards¡­ Rejoice, revenge is finally going to be served¡­" said Amber, her eyes glowing with golden light and furious bloodlust. The group nced at the manor intensively¡­ as the clouds slowly moved near the moon... Until¡­ finally¡­ The moon was blocked by the cloud, and all the figures above the building disappeared out of thin air, moving so fast that a normal human eye would not be able to discern, especially in such darkness. sh! sh! sh! sh! Like shes of darkness, all the 20 D-Rank Hunters led by the four siblings of Emerald reached the Manor''s walls and security, system, which was very archaic, easily jumping over the walls as easy as breathing air and then reaching therge garden inside of the walls. Then, they were greeted by the two manors resting calmly in the night, the lights of both of them were already turned off, giving the impression that the people inside were already sleeping soundly. "The manor to the left is where Noah and the rest are¡­ the other seems to be where Arthur''s parents sleep. They are not a threat, prioritize taking care of Noah and his group first¡­ However, five soldiers should go take care of them, leave no one alive," said Amber,manding her troops as five D-Rank Hunters nodded, rushing towards Arthur''s parent''s manor while she and the rest of the Hunters and her siblings rushed towards the manor where Noah and his family resided¡­ The five hunters, who seemed to be two Warrior-type hunters, one mage-type hunter, and two rogue-type hunters quickly reached the manner of Arthur''s parents, easily breaking apart the door and running inside, using detection-based Skills to nce at everywhere and detect any signs of life. One of them reached to the kitchen as he felt a faint presence¡­ But when he entered, he only found¡­ a puddle of blood. "Blood? Did something happened here?" wondered the Hunter, as he slowly walked towards it to see if it was fresh, touching it with his index finger. "It''s¡­ warm¡­?" sh. "Eh?" Suddenly, the blood¡­ moved. It took the form of a long, slimy tentacle, grabbing him. The slimy tentacle then shaped itself as a humanoid hand, and another hand emerged, apanied by another and another¡­ The hunter was left in shock as he saw something he had never seen before, the blood itself was moving and shaping as hands! "W-What is this?! Nngh?!" The hands grasped him tightly, as he could not escape! More hands emerged as the figures of several humanoids made of blood appeared, ganging on him! The man tried to use his Abilities to escape, and some of the figures were sted into blood, however, more emerged, as if they were regenerating! The figures started to punch him, to sh him with blood weapons, to burn him with magic, to hit him with blood axes, to pierce him with blood nails and blood spears! His entire body began to be torn apart into pieces, the pain was agonizing, and the blood entities that began to tear him apart only smiled eerily at him, with empty, crimson eyes! It was terrifying in every sense of the word! Just what kind of creatures were these? And how did they appear here?! Were these monsters or something?! The Hunter did not know, as he had no time to think anyway, he tried to run away, but his legs were cut off, and his entire body was dragged into the puddle of blood! "Nnnggh! Amber-sama¡­! NNGRRYAAHHHHH¡­!" Not only his screams were heard, but the ones of all the group that entered this manor! Amber, however, did not have time to assess what was happening there, because she was already busy¡­ ----- Chapter 136 - You Walked Right Into Our Trap ----- Jon was the only one that remained within Arthur''s parent''s manor, as his parents were evacuated into the underground area that connected both manors. Using Noah''s Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis and Stupefaction, Noah sweet-talked the parents into obeying him and spending the night in these areas, without actually revealing that the Vampire family was waiting for their enemies to arrive. Afterward, Noah left several Blood Servants with Jon, who used irvoyance to see through almost the entire territory of the manor while closing his eyes and then using Far Talk and Telepathy tomunicate to Noah what was happening. The five D-Rank Hunters send to this manor were supposed to be killed by Jon fairly easy by having their heads blown into bits through his Evil Eye of Distortion, but it seemed that they meet an even horrible end by foolishly approaching the "traps" left by them,rge puddles of blood that were filled with Blood Servants, who would grab and attack anything within their range. Like this, five D-Rank Hunters were eliminated in a matter of seconds¡­ "Noah-sama, the five are down, I didn''t have to do anything¡­" sighed Jon. "Good, stay there monitoring everything through irvoyance¡­ Oh? They are here¡­" said Noah. Meanwhile, a few minutes ago, Ambermanded her troops to raid the Manor of Noah. However, they immediately came into problems as many people began to¡­ step over small puddles of blood in the way to the windows and door. "Blood puddles? What is the meaning of this? Has Noah killed more people?" wondered Ruby. "I don''t know, nor I care! Enter the manor!" roared Amber, her eyes glowing with golden light and resolve! However, such resolve was quickly interrupted as the agonizing cries of people resonated! The malefic blood puddles began to move on their own, generating giant tentacles, ws, hands, arms, weapons, and more, even enormous jaws and even crimson fire! Each of these blood puddles was like a trap! Each trap triggered random effects based on whatever was inside, impacting and surprising anyone that got near them! "W-WHAT?!" Amber felt cold sweat drip through her body as she saw several of the D-Rank Hunters being torn apart into pieces, burned alive, or eaten by enormous, dragon jaws surging from the blood itself! It was truly a scene of nightmares, ofplete madness that she couldn''t even understand! Who could even do such a thing? What kind of wicked power was this? Was this a trap? Were these monsters? If they were monsters, were they tamed? How did Noah tame monsters? And if they are an ability, how? She had never seen an ability like that! Although Granite told her children that Noah and his group might be hiding abilities, they never expected them to be so strange and bizarre! They were literal puddles of blood that shapeshifted as strange figures, grabbing and attacking anything near them! The D-Rank Hunters were strong though and used their abilities to free themselves, but the puddles that were "destroyed" simply began to regenerate or even merge with already existing ones! Amber and her siblings were left in shock, however, Amber quickly set off her mind, leaving these soldiers behind! "Rush! This is most likely a trap! We don''t have time, he''s probably nning something else, run inside and kill him quickly!" said Amber, assuming that Noah could be a trap-type ability user, which was rare, but not non-existent. Trap-type Ability Users had special, unique abilities capable of setting traps in a certain area of the ground or an item. Whenever these traps were triggered by touch or the presence of something, they would unleash a variety of effects, some would cause paralysis, curse, unleash fire, orrge thorns filled with poison, amongst many others. However, these traps were like something Amber and her siblings had never seen before! They were way too varied and in all shapes and sizes, having simr yet different effects, shapes, and forms! Some of them were many arms and humanoid torsos grabbing weapons made of hardened blood, others released giant draconic ws and enormous jaws to tear and eat anything near them, and others unleashed crimson fire. Amber clenched her teeth as she saw her Hunters struggling to get out of such traps, with many dying instantly by agonizingly crying in pain as they had their entire bodies munched by gigantic, wyrm heads surging from these puddles¡­ "What is going on?! What kind of ability is that?!" asked Ruby. "I don''t know, but I can sense the presence of many people in the manor, let''s get in and kill them so the abilities deactivate!" said Sapphire. "We have no time¡­ Let us go!" said Agate. Amber looked once more back to her subordinates as she immediately felt like she was falling into some kind of game or a n set by Noah. It was as if they knew that they wereing! But how? They made sure to masks their presence through Stealth essories! It was¡­ as if they had been looking over the sky or something! Although such an assumption was not so far from the truth, Jon''s irvoyance let him see through absolutely anything within a radius of several meters around him. Such power was amazing, and with him alone, Noah and everyone else immediately knew that the Crystal Family had finally arrived to avenge Emerald. And as they eagerly expected their arrival, they prepared a few surprises and weing gifts. Amber and her siblings entered into the manor by breaking apart the door, rushing inside as they followed the faint presence of people atop the manor, which seemed to bepletely dark. They rushed upstairs, breaking apart the walls and entering arge hall¡­ where Noah alone sat down over his throne. His eyes were glowing crimson red, as he meets the ones that came to y him. "Wee, I was eagerly waiting for you four¡­ Did you like my gifts?" he asked. "He''s¡­" muttered Ruby. "He''s Noah! Even though his hair and eyes are different¡­ he clearly matches the pictures we saw of him!" said Sapphire. "But¡­ why does he look like that?" wondered Agate. "His presence is faint¡­ but, where are the others? Noah, did you seriously just thought that you could deal with all four of us? It is finally time to make you pay for what you did to our brother¡­!" said Amber. "Where is our brother? Where did you leave his corpse?!" asked Ruby. "Admit that you killed him!" said Sapphire. "And we may not make you suffer as much!" said Agate. Noah seemed confused, as he raised one of his eyebrows. "Hm? Who are you talking about?" he asked. Shamelessly pretending to not know about Emerald! "Eh?!" asked Ruby in anger. "What? You bastard! Do not deny it now! We have evidence that you killed our younger brother!" said Sapphire. "Bastard¡­ the presence I feel from him is that of a monster! What is he?!" asked Agate. "You¡­ this entire manor stinks like blood¡­ how many lives have you taken already, you monster?!" asked Amber. "¡­I don''t know. Do you remember how many loaves of bread you have eaten in your life?" asked Noah with a pleasant smile. The moment that Noah dropped those infamous words, the four siblings finally lose it! Their enormous auras began to emerge from within their bodies, as their shining eyes began to glow brightly in anger! "YOU MONSTER! BRING BACK OUR BROTHER!" roared Ruby as she began to cry tears of anger, her entire petite body was shrouded in an aura of mes, as she generated countless spears of ruby covered in mes, firing them at Noah! Dozens after dozens of such attacks rushed towards him, as Noah smiled. "So weak¡­" he murmured, as he waved his hand, opening a wound in the palm of his hand as the figure of a young woman, Clementina, emerged from it! Raising her hands, she unleashed a barrage of freezing ice created out of thin air towards the zing ruby spears! CLASH! BOOM! The tremors of the explosion of fire and ice made the entire manor shake, as Noah thanked himself that he thought about creating a barrier through Crimson Aegis before this¡­ the moment the siblings entered this room manor, they entered his "domain". "W-What? An Ice-type ability?!" asked Ruby, ncing at Noah, sitting leisurely over his throne, Clementina was now back to his blood through Blood Storage. "That intensity¡­ that was the ability of the Ice Queen Clementina¡­ one of Emerald''s ssmates¡­ You bastard¡­ did you kill her and got her Ability Core?!" roared Sapphire, readying his attacks, as the other siblings quickly charged towards Noah from all sides! "Oh, you wouldn''t believe it if I told you the truth¡­" said Noah. ----- Chapter 137 - Is This All What Your Family Can Offer? ----- Noah smiled calmly as the four members of the Crystal Family rushed towards him. Ruby generated even sharper spears made of red-colored jewels,pletely filled with mes. Sapphire generated blue-colored des of jewels, covered in icy winds. Agate generatedrge spheres of multi-colored jewels that generated enormous quantities of light, charging dozens ofsers towards Noah. And Amber summoned enormous boulders made of gold-colored jewels, directing them at Noah to crush him into minced meat! But Noah only thought about a few things through his fast-speed thought processing and his parallel mind. "How dull¡­ Is this all that this family has to offer? Just summon crystals of colors with infused elements¡­ What ack of variety¡­" he thought, as an enormous mass of blood emerged out of the wound on his hand, startling the four siblings! However, they smiled again, as their attacks were just a few meters to reach Noah now! He was done for! He would be burned, frozen, prated bysers, and crushed by giant boulders! No matter what kind of weird Skill he used, there was no way to escape from this fate. It was now¡­ but a matter of seconds before he was to die. ¡­Or so they thought. The blood expanded wildly all around, as the enormous head of a zing Wyrm Emperor emerged out of it in mere milliseconds! It began to charge energy within one millisecond. And after that, a st of zing crimson mes was released from its gigantic maw, destroying all the attacks at the same time! Ruby, Sapphire, Agate, and Amber were engulfed by the mes, as their attacks were disintegrated in seconds, and they began to feel their skin burning, grilling them alive! The pain began to seep into their very flesh, entering their muscles, eyes, and burning their hair! "W-What the¡­?! Unghhh!" cried Ruby, as she created a wall of red jewels to protect herself. "Aagghh! GGYAAAHH¡­!" groaned Sapphire, he had created a barrier with his blue-colored jewels, but they broke due to the intensity of the mes and the fire began to burn his body with even more intensity! "Nnnngghhhaaahhh¡­!" Agate was caught by the fire, the agonizing pain dulled her senses and her Skills couldn''t activate in time! "Ngh! My siblings!" cried Amber, the only one who seemed not so damaged by the attack, she quickly generates an enormous boulder by pouringrge quantities of her mana, protecting everyone from the attack! CLASH! BOOM! An explosion resonated through the entire manor, as the magic smoke slowly dissipated, revealing the wall Amber created being still there, barely¡­ "Hmph¡­ They survived my breath attack¡­ I apologize, my lord. I am not worthy of serving you," sighed Pride, the zing Wyrm Emperor Blood Servant. "Don''t worry about that. We also have to let the rest practice with their abilities a bit¡­" said Noah, simply ncing at the scene. Through this whole ordeal he has not even moved from his throne, he was simply unfazed, like a true final boss. Amber and her siblings were gasping for air, as Ruby rushed towards Sapphire and Agate, giving them C-Grade Potions to heal their burns, but the healing effect was not as intense, they were still almost defeated. However, they somehow got themselves up, activating several enhancement Skills to resist the pain¡­ But instead of anger, there was now simply fear within their minds. What have they done bying here? No matter how much they searched, they never realized how strong was Noah, nor what were his true abilities. They had made a bunch of assumptions, and although they made many preparations¡­ by two attacks of Noah, they already realized that he was not someone of D-Rank power¡­ In fact, he was superior to all of them. A simple breath attack from Pride burned through the flesh of Sapphire and Agate, putting them on the border of death to be barely saved by potions. Ruby was clenching her teeth with fear, and Amber was perhaps the only one that could actually fight against Noah as she was B-Rank, but she realized that her siblings had be a burden, needing to protect their lives against a threat she thought would be easy even for them¡­ A single attack from Pride was enough to determine that this was a one-sided battle. Ridiculous. Not even a strong B-Rank Hunter would be able to unleash such a strong, almost instantaneous attack such as the breath that Pride unleashed. They were simply overwhelmed. "Hahh¡­ You three, escape now! We have to survive! We misunderstood Noah and his group strength!" said Amber, deciding to retreat and gather more strength before deciding to even attack Noah again! "What? But sister! We can''t¡­ we have to avenge¡­" muttered Ruby. "SHUT UP! Ruby, run, right NOW! Stop defying my orders littledy!" said Amber, her eyes glowing with golden light and anger! She was bing desperate! "Nngh¡­ Sister¡­ We will fight at your side¡­!" said Sapphire. "Please, let us help you¡­ We will die together¡­ if that''s what we have to do to avenge our brother!" said Agate. "No¡­ You cannot¡­ If I lose any more of you¡­ I do not¡­ I¡­" muttered Amber, beginning to doubt what she could do in this situation, even as a B-Rank, perhaps she could run away, but without her help, her siblings could be as good as dead! "You should feel honored by being given the pleasure of dying by our hands and that of Noah, especially because you shall serve him even after death! In fact, you should be rejoicing right now, fools!" Suddenly, the voice of a young woman emerged out of nowhere, with a sh of blue fire, reaching towards Ruby! "Eh?!" CLASH! Ruby quickly managed to block the attack by generating a shield of red jewels covered in mes, which were impacted by the blue and cold mes generated by the individual that attacked her! CRASH! The Shield of red jewels quickly shattered into pieces, but Ruby managed to evade and move back, managing to nce at the woman! Her size was petite, probably of her same height, she had a bobby-styled haircut and bright red hair, with crimson eyes and pale white skin, her nails were as long as des, and as sharp as them as well, while secreting a purple liquid from within¡­ her entire body was shrouded in a blue-colored phantom, resembling the tails of foxes and two fox ears. Although she had changed a lot¡­ this girl, they recognized her¡­ "You are¡­ Iris!" said Ruby. "That is the name of your future mistress," said Iris rather proudly, covering her long and ck-colored de-like nails with blue mes once more, and rushing towards Ruby! FLASH! Her speed was way too fast, Ruby barely generated a few des of red jewels and threw them at Iris, but she easily sliced them into pieces with her nails and blue mes! Amber, Sapphire, and Agate were in shock due to Iris''s immense speed and prowess, but Amber quickly clenched her teeth as she flew towards Iris, trying to stop her by firing a giant boulder at her! However, Iris smiled at Amber as she evaded the boulder in time, as Amber suddenly felt an enormous and cold presence emerging behind her! Amber slowly moved her head backward, finding the man behind the ughter. "I decided that it would be a good idea to fight you, you are the strongest here after all. Let''s make this battle an insightful one, any challenge I can get will increase my capabilities, so make sure to not hold back!" "Noah?!" Amber''s eyes opened wide as she did not even realize when Noah appeared behind her! But this was thanks to Noah''s Mist Form Skill, as he used it to easily sneak behind her while she was distracted! "The very one!"ughed Noah, as he covered himself in an Elemental Blood Gem Armor in an instant, resembling a crimson giant with enormous bat-like wings! His ws grew immensely, covering themselves in mes, winds, and lightning through the Elemental Blood Gem Creation Skill, which Noah infused into his very ws to generate Elemental Blood Gem ws! CLASH! With a single swipe of his ws, Amber was thrown into the wall behind her, the enormous elemental attack inflicted great damage to her defenseless body, although it was the physique of a B-Rank, she had not activated any buffing skill yet, and received the full extent of Noah''s attack! "Nnnggaaaahhh¡­!" Amber suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, as she impacted the wall, shattering it and leaving arge spiderweb-shaped crater¡­ the manor itself resisted this much damage because it had been enhanced by Noah''s Crimson Aegis and made into what he called "his domain". "Already vomiting blood?" asked Noah, emerging right before Amber with Crimson sh! ----- Chapter 138 - Die Squashed Like A Bug! ----- Amber nced at Noah with scorn, anger, frustration, and fear! Such emotions fueled her mind withplete and insane wrath! "YOU DAMN¡­ MONSTER!" screamed Amber desperately, as she quickly activated dozens of Skills in a millisecond, her entire skin enhanced itself and gained momentary durability, alongside her dress which shaped itself as if it were made of jewels, with a giant jewel spear emerging at her right arm! She even gained giant jewel wings! And a dozen boulders made of jewels appeared around her, firing themselves towards Noah instantaneously after being generated! "Hm. Not bad¡­" thought Noah, as he decided to fight against her in her own game, and generating boulders made of elemental blood gems as well! The giant boulders shed against each other constantly, generating explosions of shattered magic jewels! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! However, Amber quickly realized that Noah''s gemstones were¡­ very simr to Emerald! In fact, way too much! It seemed that such skill had emerged because Noah converted Emerald''s Ability Core into Skill Points, which fueled his Skill Tree with new Skill concepts, generating this Skill that was just the exact copy of Emerald, but the gems were also blood, which Noah could easily shape as he desired! des, Axes, Spears, Lances, Naginata, Maces, Hammers, and more made of Elemental Blood Gems shed against Amber''s unrefined boulders of jewels, crushing, and shattering them into pieces! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! For a moment both Noah and Amber locked their eyes against each other, waiting for the opportunity to strike the other! When thest dozen of gem weapons and boulders impacted and exploded, both figures shed against each other, like two shes of golden light and crimson light, the two began to sh and strike each other around the air, generating loud explosions and thundering noises! SLASH! CLASH! BOOM! This was the battle between two B-Rank Hunters! Amber''s siblings, who were C-Rank Hunters were not even able to keep up with such speed and prowess, however, they were way too busy dealing with Noah''s subordinates now! Iris kept pursuing Ruby around yfully, using her long nails and covering them inher mes, shing through her burning jewel projectiles as Ruby felt despair quickly take ahold of her heart! "Get away from me!" cried Ruby, unleashing all the jewels she could muster alongside fireballs and fire spears, rushing as a shower of mes towards Iris! But Iris who had fought against behemoths such as Fire Wyrms did not even felt like such an attack was much¡­ Something within Iris''s mind emerged¡­ "Compared to the savage and overwhelming strength of monsters, Hunters are¡­ so weak," She quickly feels¡­ bored. "DIIEEEEE!" Ruby cried as she unleashed all the mes and red jewel attacks she could muster, making them all fall over Iris in an instant! BOOOM! Ruby nced at the explosion of mes and red jewels, which somehow still did not make the entire hall fall apart for some strange reason¡­ She tried to look for Ruby anywhere she could¡­ but there was not even her charred corpse. "So boring¡­. Is that all you could do?" asked Iris, startling Ruby as she quickly moved away with her Skills and generated arge barrier of red jewels! "GET AWAY FROM MEEE!" cried Ruby, feeling more and more desperate as Iris just did not die! Iris had simply evaded her dull "all-out attack" with utmost ease, and she was now slowly walking towards her as Ruby unleashed everything she could against her! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The projectiles of red jewels exploded one by one into giant explosions of mes, as Iris simply walked towards Ruby while destroying her attacks by the swipe of her ws. At some point, new ws emerged out of her very phantom, which she materialized through Phantom Materialization and began to catch the projectiles sent at her,unching them back at Ruby! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "AGH! W-What?! You can''t¡­!" The projectiles she created were now beingunched back at her, as Iris simply smiled. CRASH! The barrier of red jewels shattered into pieces with a big explosion, as Ruby was sent flying into the air! "Why are you resisting so much? Embrace my husband''s greatness and rejoice! Soon after dying, you shall be reborn to serve him for eternity!"ughed Iris, as Ruby feltpletely emptied of Mana! She tried to desperately grasp a mana potion out of her Interdimensional Storage Ring, but her hands were trembling in fear and Iris easily realized what she was trying to do. "Hmm, maybe you don''t need this hand anymore¡­" said Iris, using her ws to slice Ruby''s hand away! SLASH! Ruby felt the sharp pain of her and being sliced, the muscle, tendrils, the blood vessels, and the bone all being cut perfectly in a single second! Her teeth gritted so much that they began to shatter a bit, as her eyes began to cry in agonizing pain and her mouth released a pathetic pig-like scream. "GRRRRYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAARRRHHGGGHH¡­!" Iris felt surprised by the loud scream, rubbing her chin. "Oh my, are you not used to pain, my dear? That was just a hand¡­" she said, as a Dhampir with super regeneration, Iris had already lost entire limbs or pieces of her body in battle against monsters inside dungeons, pain was something she had long be used to. "P-PLEASE! DON''T¡­ DON''T KILL ME! AGGH¡­! HHAH¡­ SNIFF¡­" Ruby began to cry even more pathetically, as Iris felt disgusted. "Asking for mercy? Well too bad that in here there is no concept of mercy¡­" said Iris, stepping over Ruby with her long, ck heels, and crushing her chest with it! CRASH! "NNANGGAAAGGHH¡­!" "Such a feeble, little ant¡­! Denying my husband''s greatness! You don''t deserve anything more than the death of a bug!" she sighed, beginning to step on Ruby like a piece of trash, crushing her ribs, stomach, legs, arms, and chest, her lungs were torn apart, and her intestines began to fly into the air, Ruby was somehow still alive and screaming in agony with each step of Iris, filling her heels with blood and guts. CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! "Nnnnggooogghhh¡­" Ruby felt dizzy, death was soon to take her on as the agonizing pain of having her entire body crushed like a bug made her mind go insane¡­ "Hm? You are still alive? Such a resilient bug¡­ Maybe I should ask my husband to rename you Cockroachter, fitting, right?"ughed Iris, as she raised her heel and crushed Ruby''s entire head, bursting it into bloody pieces like a watermelon falling off a cliff! CLASH! Iris noticed that arge C-Rank Ability Core emerged above Ruby''s corpse, a nice offering for her beloved husband. The moment Ruby died was incredibly bitter and anticlimactic, as her siblings were all diving into battles for their own lives. The sounds of her agonizing cries, the sound of her flesh being torn apart and crushed, of her bone-shattering¡­ Sapphire, Agate, and Amber were not able to do anything to help her¡­ Sapphire, who was heavily damaged and burned had tried to jump towards Iris and shower her with his attacks but was stopped by a st of ck thunder, falling over his feet and making him instinctively jump away. He nced with fear at his adversary, another of Noah''spanions which he nor his siblings had ever sensed emerging¡­ her eyes were crimson red, and her hair was purple, alongside this, her skin was of an unhealthy pale white, almost like candle wax. Her figure was tall and slender, and her hair reached a bit below her shoulders, she had a stoic and beautiful mature face¡­ Her eyes, which were crimson red, were now shing with electricity and sparks of ck lightning, and her entire body was covered in pieces of armor made of materialized ck thunder. She wielded arge, ck bow, which exuded an aura just as eerie and aggressive as her¡­ Sapphire could immediately sense her enormous bloodthirst, and also realized her identity¡­ "You''re Timassa¡­. Arthur''s maid! How can a Half-Subhuman like you be this strong?! Nngh¡­!" groaned Sapphire, quickly generating several des of blue-colored jewels covered on icy winds, firing them towards Timassa without waiting for her response! "Half-Subhuman? I am more than that now. I have ascended thanks to the grace of my lord¡­" said Timassa, as she fired three arrows of ck lightning with great precision while darting in midair, destroying Sapphire''s attacks in an instant, as explosions of ice, jewels, and ck thunder unleashed in the middle of the two! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "What kind of power¡­ is that?!" asked Sapphire while being dumbfounded. ----- Chapter 139 - I Suppose You Can Stop Me For Around Three Seconds... ----- Explosions of ice and thunder resonated through therge hall, as Sapphire and Timassa confronted each other in the most anticlimactic one-sided fight. Sapphire clenched his teeth as he immediately realized that he was fucked. Timassa''s speed was immense, her attacks were precise and sharp, her thunder was also able to deal damage directly into his flesh and could even ignore defense. It was also highly explosive and dealrge amounts of damage against his blue jewel barriers or shields. Alongside this, Timassa''s aura seemed to be overwhelmingly strong and terrifying, her level of power was already beyond C-Rank¡­ beyond what Sapphire was capable of. However, he did not want to die, not at all! Sapphire''s fear and despair were quickly taken over by his wrath, each time he remembered his little brother, Emerald, and that these filthy beings killed him, his mind and judgment were clouded by blind rage. He evaded as much as he could, but Timassa''s attacks were already burning into his body through the power of electricity, and his barriers could barely withstand one attack before being shattered into tiny pieces. Timassa continued to advance towards him, using more and more thunder, firing arrows after arrows, while making sure to be cautious. Even against a C-Rank, she acted cautious, testing her strength, and seeing if Sapphire didn''t have any ace below his sleeve. And as she thought, he had. "NNNGGGRRAAH! Ice Jewel Giant!" BOOM! Unlike his siblings, Sapphire had developed and created a new type of Skill by covering himself with his own jewels and ice! Timassa''s thunder fell over him as he was about to transform, however, exploding into countless explosions of thunder and ice! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! However, it seemed that the activation of the Skill gave him regeneration capabilities, even when¡­ his body exploded into pieces! "Oh? I knew it¡­" said Timassa. Due to her supernatural senses and perception, she knew that there was something fishy about this guy. "GRAAAAAAAAAH! GAAAAAHHH!" Sapphire, however, had paid the price of goingpletely berserk. The Ice Jewel Giant Skill gave him the power to transform into a giant made of ice jewels, with outstanding regeneration abilities, however, his mind would go berserk after this, and whenever his mana was to be drained fully, he would revert back to his human form and fall unconscious. But he had no choice! He was getting killed, after all, he had to go all out and fight for his life! Sapphire''s giant form rushed towards Timassa with outstanding speed and strength, reaching her in an instant and then unleashing giant boulders of ice shaped as des towards her! Timassa nced at this expressionlessly, as she covered herself in thunder and flew over the air evading the attacks with utmost ease. FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Therge boulders of ice exploded one by one, as the entire ice began to cover the hall, making everything icy and cold¡­ but such temperatures were not of any issue for Vampires, who were usually very cold unless they control their own blood and made it flow faster around their bodies. Timassa who was a Ghoul was even colder, and such a thing did not even bother her. FLASH! Like a sh of thunder, she rushed directly towards Sapphire, as she generatedrge arrows of ck thunder, firing them towards Sapphire by the dozens! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "GRUUUUOOOOOHH¡­!" Sapphire began to explode into pieces, his arms fell off, his legs, his head, and even his torso exploded into shattered pieces of blue jewels! However, Timassa knew it was not over yet¡­ "Outstanding regeneration speed¡­" she said, as she saw Sapphire suddenly begin to grow back into an ice jewel giant! "GRAAAHHH¡­. GRAAAAAAARRR!" Sapphire suddenly unleashed an aura of cold, freezing winds, unleashing a storm of ice towards Timassa! FLASH! Timassa''s body was covered in ice, as her entire body began to freeze! "Ngh¡­" Her skin began to turnpletely icy and hard, her muscles froze and became cold, her blood became crimson ice, her bones as well, and even her hair, clothes, and everything¡­ She became an ice statue¡­ Timassa died! Or so thought Sapphire. "GRAAHAHA!" Sapphire celebrated his victory as he slowly walked towards Timassa, extending its icy ws towards her, desiring to crush her into pieces! However! FLASH! Timassa''s eyes shed with ck electricity, as the entire ice around her began to shatter! The thunder generated enough heat and the internal ice within her body quickly melted in a matter of milliseconds! CRASH! The entire ice within her body melted and shattered, as Timassa nced at Sapphire with a bored expression. "I suppose you can¡­ stop me for around three seconds," she sighed, as she suddenly generated a giant spear of thunder and sted it into Sapphire''s face! "NNGRAH¡­!" BOOM! His chest exploded into pieces as he was thrown into the ground! Timassa darted into the air as she directed another giant arrow! BOOM!" "GRUUUOOOHHH¡­!" Sapphire''s body began to explode into pieces once more, as he tried to regenerate! However! "Three, four, five, six, seven¡­" Timassa began to count how many giant thunder arrows it took to kill this bastard, showering him with attacks and quickly overpowering his regeneration speed! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "NNNGRRRYAAAAAA¡­!" This body began to st into pieces over and over again, as his mana quickly ran low the more times he used his regeneration capabilities! BOOOOOM! "NNNNGRRUUUOOOHH¡­!" CRASH! Sapphire''s entire body shattered into pieces atst, as Timassa smiled triumphantly! sh! Suddenly, to her surprise, the ice scattered all around turned into flesh, shattered bones, crushed guts, and blood¡­ "Oh? So that is how it works¡­ I hope Noah-sama can still make it¡­ Blood Servants out of this pile¡­ I shouldn''t have been taken too long," sighed Timassa, thinking about the future Sapphire Blood Servant that coulde out of this¡­ Meanwhile, after the death of another sibling, Agate and Amber despaired. Their emotions were constantly fluctuating with agonizing emotional pain (and also physical pain), the loss of more of their beloved siblings was making them gopletely insane. All of this because they did not research enough¡­ or not? Even if they had researched, this was bound to happen, Noah had hidden his abilities enough, and although this might have changed if they had waited a few more days to strike by knowing that he and his subordinates were all B-Rank through the official announcement, they were desperate to avenge their brother, and hurriedly ran right into the abyssal maws of the Noctem Family. Agate gritted her teeth, as her eyes felt to slowly lose their iridescent rainbow light, two of her siblings were massacred by the malicious beasts that were the members of the Noctem Family, monstrous crawlers of the night with immense strength and malevolent natures, they did not even kill their siblings cleanly, but crushed them into pieces and made sure to make them suffer to the extent of breaking their minds and spirits... However, she had no time to fight Iris or Timassa, as another person was confronting her¡­ a young man with blonde hair, crimson eyes, and pale white skin. His body was slender yet not so tall, but he held a serious expression, the malevolent nature within him seemed lesser than those of the rest of the members of the Noctem Family, but that did not mean that he was less loyal to his progenitor and greatest benefactor. "You are¡­ Arthur¡­! You damn¡­ monster¡­ you are like them too, aren''t you?! All of you are horrible subhumans at the end! I KNEW IT! ALL OF YOU ARE BEASTS! Ruby¡­ Sapphire¡­! I AM GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!" roared Agate, goingpletely mad, blinded by rage as she summoned several floating spheres of colorful jewels, charging mana into the and firingsers of iridescent light that could easily burn through flesh! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Arthur kept his serious expression as he evaded around while blocking some of the powerful attacks with his ck Light Barrier! sh! sh! sh! "You were the ones that decided toe and kill us! You are merely paying for what you came for! Simrly, Emerald also tried to kill us. What is wrong with trying to defend ourselves and protect our lives? Are we at fault for trying to survive? Your brother was a hypocrite!" said Arthur. "SHUT UP! WHAT CAN A MONSTER LIKE YOU UNDERSTAND?!" roared Agate, suddenly concentratingrge quantities of mana and jewels into a giant orb, and firing an enormousser of holy light towards Arthur! BOOOM! ----- Chapter 140 - Mercy? Yes, I Will Mercifuly Kill You ----- Agate concentratedrge quantities of Mana within a sphere, generating arge, rotating multi-colored jewel ball, which she charged with even more Mana! The sphere of iridescent jewels shed with bright yellow light, unleashing an enormous beam of holy light towards Arthur! Arthur gritted his teeth as his sharp crimson eyes shed with a scarlet light, a wave of ck light and purple ethereal liquid emerged over his body, protecting him! BOOM! The ck light began to absorb the holy light, and the corrosive purple ethereal substance corroded the light! CLASH! FLASH! Suddenly, the holy light exploded and dissipated! Agate was left in shock! Just what kind of powerful barrier ability was that topletely negate her powerful beam of holy light?! "What kind¡­ power is that? I have never seen¡­ ck light before¡­" said Agate while clenching her fists. "Why should I tell you anything? You are going to die anyway," sighed Arthur, surprising Agate! From what she remembered about his profile that her father investigated, Arthur was cataloged as a shy boy, a pushover, a bit of a coward too, and even small and pathetic-looking¡­ Yet, Arthur¡­ waspletely different than any of such registry. He was zing with resolve. Although he did not have the coldness and maliciousness of hispanions, it did not mean that he was not ready to take the life of someone when it was needed. He had already decided to walk the path of his master, Noah. And to do that, he needed to change. Through such harsh trials, he changed. Fighting enormous armies of monsters, or even his own ssmates that hade to kill him without even caring what he was¡­ He got to know that in this world, the strong made thews. In here, no one was going to pity him for trying his best. He had to forge his own path, and walk at the side of those that had allowed him to advance through such a harsh world filled with danger and insanity. For his friends and family, Arthur was now filled with the resolve to kill! "Nnngh¡­! You monster¡­! SHUT UP AND DIE!" roared Agate, feeling furious over Arthur''s words, and generating dozens of multi-colored jewel spheres, charging them with mana and firing beams of holy light towards him! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! "Corrosion Domain¡­" said Arthur, as his eyes shed with a purple light, his entire body unleashed an aura of corrosive poison, as he was shrouded in a domain of his own awakened Attribute. Enhancing his body with his own Domain, Arthur generated a barrier of ck Light and Corrosion, and flew towards Agate, evading the incredibly fast beams of holy light while letting his barriers take into some. The barriers would sometimes even tremble and shatter, but he kept conjuring them with his great Mana Pool and stockpiled blood which he drank to regain more Mana. Arthur pointed his staff towards Agate, as he charged mana into it, generating spheres of corrosive and purple liquid through the Dark Spheres of Erosive Contamination Skill! sh! sh! sh! sh! Several spheres of corrosion reached Agate as she gritted her teeth, evading by generating barriers of jewels and holy light! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The corrosive explosions of poison exploded over the barriers of holy light, their attack power did not seem as strong¡­ "Hah, your offensive attacks are not so impressive!"ughed Agate. "Corrosion Beast," said Arthur,pletely ignoring Agate''s baseless remarks. Suddenly, the puddles of poison surrounding Agate that were generated when the spheres of erosive contamination exploded over her barriers began to move! "W-What?" Ssh! The poison quickly turned into a purple-colored slimy substance, getting together, and molding itself as an octopus-like beast with enormous crimson eyes and dozens of tentacles! "GRRRUUUUOOORRR!" Agate activated her movement Skills and managed to evade the powerful poisonous tentacles of the beast in time, smiling triumphantly, as she realized that the beast was not really that fast! However, she realized that she had lost focus in the battle, and hadpletely lost track of Arthur! The presence of a citric and acidic smell produced by poison emerged behind Agate, as she realized that Arthur was right behind her! She saw as he raised his staff and began to generate more corrosive poison, gathering it as a sphere! Agate who was already moving through the momentum of her steps and speed-rted Skills could not evade in time, and her barriers were too slow to generate in time at this very moment! By using the Corrosive Poison Synthesis Skill, Arthur generated this poison literally out of nowhere, manipting the sphere and throwing it right into the face of Agate! SPLASH! "UNNGGGAAAAAGGHH¡­!" Agate felt the corrosive poison hit her face and enter her open mouth! The burning poison began to quickly make her entire skin burn horribly! She felt as her very flesh started to slowly¡­ melt! Her eyes which were open through this suffered an even more horrible fate, as the pain of having her eyes burn through the acidic substance was so terrible that it felt like having one hundred nails piercing her eyes. Agate screamed in agony as she fell over the ground, her mind was fuzzy due to the constant pain, and her mouth and throat began to melt away as well, slowly, but incredibly painfully. "AAGGAAAGGHH¡­!" Agate began to run away from Arthur as she quickly grabbed a Potion from her Dimensional Storage Ring, her arms slowly moved them inside of her mouth as she trembled in agony, her skin had already burned and melted and the red flesh and blood from within were shrouding her clothes with a horrible smell of dposition. However, before Agate could feel the refreshing potion enter her throat, the bottle disappeared from her hand. "This Potion¡­ it costs a lot, I can already see that your family is richer than mine¡­ Well, I don''t think you''ll need it," said Arthur, generating another sphere of poison over Agate''s face. "A-Aaaahhh¡­ Please¡­ haavee¡­ mmeerrshcyy¡­" cried Agate. "Mercy¡­? Yes, I shall mercifully kill you now and make you stop suffering, it is the best I could do," said Arthur, with a cold expression, as Agate''s eyes which could barely be seen after being covered in poison despaired! SPLASH! "NNNNGAAAAAAGGGHH¡­!" Agate began to scream in agony as Arthur made her swallow a whole sphere of poison, her entire body began to convulse like a little rat that was bitten by a poisonous snake, struggling for herst seconds of life as her heart slowly stopped beating, her brain suddenly stopped thinking, and her entire self was engulfed by evesting darkness¡­ Arthur sighed in relief. "I guess that wasn''t so merciful¡­" he thought, ncing at the fast-paced battle between Noah and Amber unfold. BOOM! CLASH! FLASH! CRASH! SLASH! Two shes of crimson red and golden amber colors shed against each other! Unleashing their powerful long-ranged attacks, explosions of crimson red and yellow gold lights emerged all over the pce, shaking the entire manor constantly! Noah smiled with excitement as he waved his hands, conjuring Blood Weapon Creation and Elemental Blood Gem together, generating enormous weapons of elemental blood gems, covered in crimson mes, purple ice, and dark winds! The flying weapons shed towards Amber, as the B-Rank Hunter gritted her teeth in desperation and blind wrath, generating giant boulders of yellow gold jewels covered in light, firing them against Noah''s elemental blood gem weapons! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! More explosions ensued, generating dozens of shockwaves that made the entire manor tremble once more! If it were not because Noah was using Crimson Aegis over the entire manor by molding blood barriers and sticking them to the pirs, walls, floor, and ceilings of the ce, the entire manor would fall apart at this point. It was also thanks to the many Magic Crystals and other Magic Materials harvested in low-ranked dungeons by his Blood Servants and Robots, which feed with more mana to the barriers of phantasmal blood, letting them regenerate constantly. BOOM! Noah''s crimson ws which were covered in elemental blood gems shed against Amber''s jewel spear, generating another loud shockwave! Amber began to pour her mana into the attack, unleashing a powerful st of light! "DIEE!" she roared in wrath, as Noah was engulfed in burning light! "It will take more than that to kill me, you know?"ughed Noah, as he generated an enormous barrier of elemental gems and materialized blood, resisting the powerful attack of a fellow B-Rank! BOOOM! ----- Chapter 141 - Intense Battle ----- BOOM! Amber''s beam of light hit Noah''s barriers and exploded, shattering Noah''s elemental blood gem shields, however, most of the attack was already mitigated, and Noah used this opportunity to enhance his vampiric wings with more mana while using Crimson sh to reach Amber in an instant! Amber was not so good at closebat and was a hunter that enjoyed long-ranged fights, however, Noah''s speed was pushing her to always fight in closebat, as the Vampire man enjoyed using his Soul Weapon in the shape of a giant bony w to fight. Amber also had a Soul Weapon, the Princess of Jewels Spear, a C-Rank Soul Weapon she acquired one year ago inside a dangerous Dungeon. She used such a powerful weapon to concentrate her mana into it and fire beams of light towards Noah! Noah was certainly being damaged by them even with his armor, but any damage inflicted to him would soon regenerate afterward! "This¡­ are you some kind of undying beast?!" asked Amber in anger and frustration, as she rushed towards Noah while creatingrge wings made of jewels! CLASH! Her spear shed against Noah''s ws, as an explosion of crimson mes and dark winds was unleashed afterward! Noah generated more elemental blood gem weapons, pointing them at Amber as she gritted her teeth! "Barrier!" CLASH! The shower of elemental blood gem weapons began to explode into colorful explosions each time they shed against her barriers, as the barriers themselves began to crack and shatter as well! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Noah smiled eerily as he once more saw Amber lower her guard due to his overwhelming onught, using Crimson sh and Mist Form to fly towards her while being undetected for a few seconds, and then, he began to gather his Soul over his ws! "Let''s see if you are as tough as Pride¡­" thought Noah, as he unleashed a powerful shing attack over Amber''s back while she was still defending against the weapons Noah generated and sent towards her! SLASH! The shing attack that was charged with his very soul broke through any barriers set by Amber, as it shattered her jewels and reached her tender, flesh, slicing through it and even damaging her very soul! And in that very moment, Noah activated several other Skills! Such as¡­ Toxic and Poisonous Fluid Secretion, Bloodline Curse, Vampiric Drain, and Blood Detonation! sh! The several Skills activate within that millisecond, as Amber grits her teeth and res back at Noah, while unleashing a shower of giant boulders of jewels towards him! "GAAAAGGH¡­! GET AWAY!" roared Amber, as Noah was thrown away, however, a wicked and shit-eating grin emerged on his face. "Boom," he said, closing his fists as Amber felt something within her back and inside of her soul¡­ begin to inte! "W-What¡­?" She felt as if enormous burning energy began to umte within her flesh, her entire back exploded! "Unnnngrrrryyyaaaaaaaaaahhh¡­!" BOOM! Noah flew back as he nced at the scene unfold¡­ The pieces of flesh of Amber flying over the air¡­ However, he felt like her life force had yet to dissipate. "Alive even after that? Impressive¡­" said Noah, squinting his eyes as he began to generate new weapons around him, waiting for the smoke to dissipate. Then he saw Amber''s appearance, her head was barely standing as most of her back was blown away, a river of blood wasing out of her gigantic wound, as her spine was visible within it¡­ Noah noticed that her left lung was blown away as well, but she was somehow still alive¡­ Even without being a Vampire like him¡­ "Impressive. So this is the resilience of a B-Rank Hunter. This is quite insightful," said Noah. "Hhahhh¡­.! Unngggahhh¡­! I am¡­ going to kill you¡­!" roared Amber, as she covered herrge wound with jewels, resembling an armor of them, as she flew towards Noah with all her might! BOOM! Noah was thrown into the air, as he smiled with excitement! "Is that so?! Well, try!"ughed Noah, as his entire body was infused with all of his buffing Skills, enhancing his physical capabilities, hastening the flow of his blood, and making his eyes turnpletely red as a berserk-like frenzy took over his entire self! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Noah used his enormous ws to sh through Amber''s powerful blows while using his legs which he covered in a coating of elemental blood gems of fire and wind to kick Amber''s stomach and send her flying into the air! BOOM! FLASH! Noah did not waste any second as he flew toward her, charging all of his power once more! Amber nced at Noah with a twisted and insane expression of pure wrath, as she infused all the mana left within her soul, creating a giant boulder, and throwing it at Noah! "GET CRUSHED TO DEATH!" she roared, as Noah was hit by the enormous boulder, hitting the ground of the manor, and shaking the entire ce! BOOM! The manor itself could not resist anymore, as it finally gave in and began to fall apart! Noah felt the enormously heavy boulder fall over him, as it started to crush him entirely! CLASH! Noah started to smile like aplete madman, however, as he started to use all of his abilities to break through the entire thing! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! His enormous attacks started to blow away the boulder into pieces, cracking and shattering it! Infusing all of his might and soul, Noah unleashed an explosion of crimson aura, sting the gigantic boulder into pieces once and for all! BOOOM! Amber, who had thought that she had already won when the entire manor fell apart was surprised and taken aback! "Y-You broke through my hill-sized boulder-like nothing?!" she asked while panting for air and falling into the ground, she was out of mana, and by overexerting herself, she was having a terrible headache, making everything around her even more confusing and dizzy. Noah flew towards her, hovering right above her and ncing at him from above. "Now my entire manor is ruined¡­ Well, I should have predicted that it could happen. This is a nice opportunity to rebuild it with new specs though¡­ Hm? Oh, you are still alive?" asked Nah. "Eh?!" Amber was left in shock over Noah''s shamelessness, he was not even paying attention to her, who was at his mercy right before him! Iris, Arthur, and Timassa quickly flew at his side, as the group nced at Amber from above. "Hahh¡­ What are your monsters?!" asked Amber. "We are the Noctem Family," said Iris. "Noctem¡­ Family?!" asked Amber. "My lord, it would be beneficial to leave here alive so we can extort the Crystal Guild Leader with her life, find his location, and take over the entire thing," said Arthur. "I was thinking the same thing!" said Noah. "W-What?! I would rather die than let you use me as such a thing!" roared Amber, as she grabbed a jewel and tried to prate her chest with it! sh! However, shadows suddenly took hold of her entire body, like tentacles and ws, they grasped tightly into her body! "Adamantine, Noire, good job," said Noah. Adamantine and Noire emerged from within Amber''s shadows, and entangled her entire body with them, tightly grasping her limbs and sealing her movements. "I wanted¡­ to fight!" said Adamantine. "We are quitete, it took a bit more to take care of the army of D-Rank Hunters, there were some who had some explosive and interesting Skills, but they had been exterminated," said Noire. After all the Robots received updates into their Mana Core Batteries, bing Blood Core Batteries, many of the protocols and rules that bound their minds were easily erased from their minds and becamepletely independent. However, they held great devotion to Noah, of course. Such a rule about not harming humans that Sakura, Sugar, and some other Robots had was already erased from their hard drives, and they were able to ughter any invaders or enemies mercilessly and coldly, be it human or monster. "Nnngh¡­ Such masterful¡­ use of shadows¡­ agh¡­ let me go! You monsters! Ah? A robot?!" Amber nced at Noire, who was clearly a Robot, using such advanced ability overshadows! "I am indeed a robot, although I have evolved into something far greater thanks to the grace of my lord," said Noire. sh. Clementine and Jon emerged at the side of Noah once more, as they alerted him of their scouting. "Master, we found the cameras watching over us, here they are¡­" said Clementina, showing Noah an ice cube filled with flying camera droids. "And we had also marked one and let it run away as you ordered us," said Jon. "Excellent, let''s go, this isn''t over yet¡­" said Noah. ----- Chapter 142 - Taking Over A Guild ----- It was still the middle of the night¡­ Not even an hour had gone by since the invasion over Arthur''s residence started, and everything had gone downhill terribly. Granite Crystal saw his children die one by one¡­ and Amber¡­ he did not know what happened to her, but she was having an intense fight against Noah, the leader of these monstrous subhumans. Complete frustration and fear took hold of his entire self¡­ He needed to do something. Anything. He wanted to help Amber, to do anything for her¡­ But¡­ he felt weak and pathetic¡­ After all, he was only D-Rank, weaker than his very children¡­ He had really thought that things would go fine. He had investigated a lot, he had made sure to wait before striking, to prepare properly. But even then, he was rash. His children were eager to avenge Emerald, and so was he. He let them go despite him thinking that there should be a few more days of waiting¡­ he was simply desperate to avenge his son. But everything went downhill. Noah and his group were overwhelmingly strong, too strong, in fact. But how could they have known? They simply delved into the nest of a beast without even knowing what they were going to fight against¡­ Perhaps if they had waited a few more days, they would have seen the public announcement of the Noctem Family Guild and Noah and his subordinates being all B-Rank Hunters¡­ If they had seen that they would decide to simply wait for them to grow as strong as them to exert revenge. This entire n was revolving around them thinking that Noah and his subordinates were not as strong, at least, perhaps at the same power level as Emerald and his friends (to be able to kill them). If they had waited around two or three more days¡­ Granite could have saved the life of Ruby, Sapphire, and Agate¡­ The death of three children in exchange for the chance of avenging one was¡­ not worth it at all. Despite how much it pained him, Granite knew that such a thing should not have been worth it¡­ He knew that Emerald himself would not have wanted his siblings to die too miserably as they did¡­ Before he could keep looking over the fight, all of the cameras he had sent were captured by ice or destroyed into pieces by being twisted by some kind of distortion attack¡­ Only one survived, which managed to slowly fly back to him¡­ He waspletely unaware that such a camera was purposely left to run away, and was marked with a Blood Patch by Jon, which he could easily track due to the magic-infused on it. As the Blood Patch was a mere part of his own body that Jon could control, he was able to faintly sense its presence and where it exactly was, even if it flew a kilometer away. Granite did not know this, as such camera finally reached his building and entered through the open window¡­ The moment it did, he felt a cold air enter his entire room, as his heart skipped a beat. The abyssal and monstrous presence of beings he could barely understand their powers from emerged, as the scent of blood filled his nostrils¡­ Granite slowly nced at the shadows in front of his desk, as they slowly shaped as several figures. The shadows disappeared as if they were engulfed by two of such figures, who stood at each side of the group. Noah appeared in front of Granite, ring directly at his eyes. "A-Ahhh¡­!" However, he threw in front of him the tired body of his daughter, Amber. "Y-You¡­ Amber¡­ What did you do to my Amber?!" asked Granite. "I gave her a good beating. Her siblings died in¡­ idents. We apologize," said Noah. "W-What¡­?! What are you talking about? You murderers! My family¡­ my children!" roared Granite, trying to brace himself and fight the overwhelming beings in front of him. But his legs did not respond to him, they were trembling, and he couldn''t even get up from his chair. An invisible and fearful pressure was overwhelming his very being, Granite felt like he couldn''t do absolutely anything but speak. "You are not allowed to stand up in front of my husband. Try to stand up once more or to bark like a mad dog and your head will fly into the air," said Iris, her eyes gleaming with crimson light as she licked the blood coating her long ck nails¡­ "Hahhh¡­ Hahh¡­ Please¡­ D-Do not kill us¡­" cried Granite, as tears began to flow out of his eyes. Noah and his subordinates, however, only nced at him expressionlessly and coldly. "Hmmmffgggh¡­!" Amber tried to resist as she wanted to free herself from the shadows entangling her, but no matter how much she tried, her Mana was empty, and her strength was low¡­ Jon was ring at her constantly while draining every bit of mana she could regenerate. "Kill? There is way more usefulness is someone alive¡­" said Noah. "T-Then you won''t kill us?" asked Granite, as hope began to emerge in his eyes. "As long as you give away all of your guild to us. Your personnel, riches, dungeon territories, and more," said Noah. "Eh?" "It is a fair price to pay for your life," said Iris. "Indeed, don''t you want to live?" asked Timassa. "I believe it is a good price," said Arthur. "It is¡­" said Jon. Granite felt overwhelmed, no matter what answer he gave, he would be at a disadvantage. Before an enemy could take his life away so easily, there is not any other option than toply with their request¡­ unless he wanted to die. "Along¡­ as long as you leave me and Amber alive¡­" said Granite. "Oh, for sure, a promise," said Noah. "As long as you alsoply with what is requested¡­" said Iris. "I-I¡­ I will¡­" said Granite while swallowing saliva. The next thirty minutes were spent with Granite signing and making up several documents, giving all of his belongings, and even personnel and guild to the Noctem Guild. "T-Then¡­" said Granite. "Of course¡­ But first of all, let''s do a Blood Pact¡­" said Noah, quickly using Blood Pact with Granite while also cursing his Bloodline. He also forced Amber to agree to the Blood Pact as well, which essentially made these two the loyal ves of Noah and his subordinates. "Very well then, we are done with business here. But for insurance, it will be better for you two to be my kin, so I can get a neweryer of insurance too," said Noah. "Your¡­ kin?" asked Granite while trembling in fear. "Have you heard about Vampires?" asked Iris whileughing. "W-What?!" asked Granite. "I''ve always wondered what kind of being a Ghoul could create through its bite¡­ Isn''t it a nice way to experiment with you two?" asked Noah. "Mmmffffggghhh!" cried Amber. "Adamantine, Timassa, feel free to bite their necks and drink some of their blood," said Noah, as the two Ghouls of the Noctem Family noddedcently, moving towards their prey. The cries of pain and agony of Granite and Amber resonated within the sound-proof barrier that Noah created beforehand, as their lifeless bodies were left resting over the ground. "They died?" asked Arthur. "Wait for it¡­" said Noah. Suddenly, a faint strength emerged within Granite and Amber, as their bodies began to change. Their skins turned pale white and their hair of other colors, their eyes became crimson red, and ws began to grow from their hands and feet. "W-What are they now?" asked Arthur. Noah checked their status now that they were part of his lineage, to find that they had turned into a "Wight". "Wight¡­ Interesting. I have already seen that it is not much difference in total strength between Races, they simply have different abilities than others¡­ Even if a Ghoul emerges from a Dhampir, it does not mean that the Ghoul is necessarily weaker¡­ And a Wight who emerges from Ghouls is simply a new race¡­" said Noah, as he saw Granite and Amber slowly wake up, feeling lethargic and¡­ filled with a new and strange feeling of themselves. They nced at Noah and saw not someone who inflicted fear but someone they had to serve¡­ "A-Aaahh¡­ What¡­ has happened to me?" asked Granite, for being an old man he was rather muscr and young-looking, gasping for air as he nced at his hands, which had ws, alongside his pale white skin that was now dry. "Unngh¡­! Hahhh¡­! Agh¡­! My head¡­! I am¡­ so hungry¡­" muttered Amber. "Good thing we found you a sizable meal¡­" said Noah, who had already raised Ruby, Sapphire, and Agate as Blood Servants, and threw their fleshy and bone remains in front of the two new Wights. "Bon Appetit." The two nced at the flesh without knowing what it was, beginning to eat it monstrously¡­ filling their stomachs. ----- Chapter 143 - A New Manor ----- The sun raised over the horizon of the next day, as Noah woke up over his bed, with Iris sleeping at his side. After having taken over the Crystal Knights Guild and converted Granite and Amber into Wights, he quickly moved back to Arthur''s territory. Although it was a big victory, the entire manor was destroyed due to the intense fight, so Noah and the rest moved inside of Arthur''s parent''s manor for the moment. Arthur''s parents were already within their rooms and passed most of the night within the underground areas of the territory that connected both manors together. Due to this, they did not saw the whole fight, and this morning they had most likely moved back to their rooms now. Noah recalled the things that he went through and the decisions he took, wondering if what he did was the right thing. Perhaps he should have killed Amber¡­ Well, now she was brainwashed and a Wight, so she had be a useful asset which he would most likely add to his party or sent to independently conquer other Dungeons and bring the Cores. However, it was said that B-Rank Dungeons were incredibly hard, so Noah thought that it would be quite hard for her toplete a B-Rank Dungeon by herself, so he would most likely go with the entire party. Alongside this, killing Ruby, Sapphire, and Agate did not bring any Experience Points or something, as Noah did not have some cheat leveling System, but he did get Ability Cores from these three, and also a bunch from the 20 D-Rank Hunters ughtered by the Robots and Blood Servants. Alongside this, their equipment, and Dimensional Storage Rings filled with potions and other interesting items all became the "loot", so it was not half-bad. Andstly, Noah was raised into Blood Servants all these 20 D-Rank Hunters, alongside Ruby, Sapphire, and Agate, increasing his army by a dozen or more! He had never raised C-Rank Hunters before, so these ones were particrly strong. All of them were Elite Knight Rank, simr to Pride, and Noah ended up giving them the same names they had previously, which worked nice. Alongside that, they seemed to retain their former memories but couldn''t really speak or anything like Pride, so Pride seemed like a special case. They still could use their former Abilities, however, although they were weakened and they would need to practice them for a while to get them to the level they used to be, for now, Noah assigned them asmanders of his Blood Servant Troops. Alongside this, the other Blood Servants also became stronger, de, Lance, and Brain all became Elite Knights too, and the rest of the weak Hunter Blood Servants became Knight Rank. Due to this, they all have be stronger, and their appearances changed slightly. de and Lance resembled fearful crimson knights wearing giant blood weapons. Theia rumors were made of materialized blood, but they resembled hard and shiny steel. Meanwhile, Brain simply became creepier. Now, Noah still had many ns to do now. He wanted to first¡­ reconstruct his Manor. Even stronger though. And perhaps alive. Yes, he was nning big things now. With the use of his blood and his very soul, he had thought about the possibility of merging some Blood Servants together and then make them "possess" the remains of the manor, reconstructing it slowly and then making something simr to a Ghost Manor! But instead of ghosts, they were blood servants. So Blood Manor? Noah then realized that such an idea seemed amazing. Even more, if he infused some of his very soul into it, and perhaps a lot of magic materials harvested from dungeons into the mix¡­ Aside from the Blood Servants getting stronger, the robots also did. Although they do not have a Rank to determine their strength such as Blood Servants, Noah knew that all three of them, Noire, Sakura, and Sugar had at least reached high C-Rank or even B-Rank in strength. The way they grew stronger was by absorbing some of the many magic materials harvested in the dungeons they went to, but it seems that they need higher Ranked ones if they want to get any stronger. However, Noire had now be quite the good user of Shadows, to the point that she is teaching Adamantine about it, as Adamantine is more beastly andcks the finesse that Noire possesses. Noah seemed quite proud of his subordinates, as all of them had their own amazing strengths. Seeing how the sun was already illuminating the room through the window, Noah decided to wake up and quickly move towards the garden, seeing the entire manor destroyed made him feel quite frustrated, but yesterday''s victory needed some sacrifices, sadly¡­ "I should use around¡­ twenty should be enough," thought Noah, as he took off a variety of the weaker Blood Servants he had, some Elite Grade and Knight Grade Fire Wyrms, alongside a few of his former ssmates which he had not named and did not cared about. All of them obeyed hismands without any problem, fusing each other into a mass of blood and moving like a river of blood by hismands. If Blood Servants were somewhat like souls and blood, couldn''t he control them to create other types of the undead? Noah had thought about making a Ghost Manor with the remains of the former manor through this method, and he was about to see if it could be possible or not! "Expand¡­ and take over the remains¡­" said Noah, as he began to throw magic crystals towards his Blood Servants, which they could use as sources of mana and magic mass. The mass of blood showed many arms, legs, torsos, heads, and jaws, mutating constantly, as it hovered over the remains and began to expand itself, releasing dozens after dozens of tentacles, grabbing the remains of the manor, all of the ruins, and then beginning to expand more. As if it were a horror movie, the mass of blood quickly started to expand monstrously, taking over the remains and shaping them. Using Noah''smands, the whole thing began to take form after a few minutes, slowly yet steadily, an aura of crimson red phantom began to emerge out of it. To support their construction, Noah conjured Crimson Aegis to work as supporting barriers, alongside this, he produced elemental blood gems to add to the mix, refurbishing the entire thing into somethingpletely new. As the minutes went by, some of the robots and servants began to peek at what was happening, and soon enough, Arthur and Timassa, usually the first ones to wake up each morning ran towards Noah, ncing at the creation he was making. "N-Noah¡­ W-What are you doing now?" asked Arthur. "This¡­ Master, are you using blood to construct something?" asked Timassa. "Isn''t it obvious? I am remaking our manor! But bigger, stronger, bloodier, and alive!"ughed Noah like aplete madman, as he saw his creation quickly take life! BOOM! BOOM! Suddenly, enormous ws made of blood and materials emerged out of the entire manor, and itsrgest windows glowed with crimson red¡­ the entire new building exuded an aura of death and blood¡­ "GRUUUUUUUOOOONNN¡­!" A single roar shake the entire ce, as the enormous being was finally made! It was truly a fearful creature! Noah smiled as he saw a few System notifications that surprised him. Ding! [You have fused several Blood Servants, many magic materials, and the remains of a manor into the Blood Servant Phantasmal Manor: General Rank!] "General Rank! So I can create such monsters by fusing Blood Servants? Heh¡­"ughed Noah feeling filled with determination to build an unstoppable army and take over the world ruthlessly. "I call it the Blood Manor, our new home! It is alive, so we should give it a name," said Noah. "A name¡­? To a manor?!" asked Arthur. "This¡­ I have seen Noah-sama do many outstanding things, but I have never imagined in my entire life that he would be able to do such a thing as this¡­ this¡­ justpletely blows my mind¡­" said Timassa. "Let''s give "her" something simple¡­ The name of a beautiful woman, just as beautiful as this creation is¡­ Scarlet should do," said Noah, as the Blood Progenitor was just as impacted as him. "This¡­ type of power¡­ I was never capable of doing such a thing! And this type of power is very simr to the Necromancy that the Nosfernus Vampire Family had!" said the Blood Progenitor in awe. "Oh? Nosfernus? Care to say a bit more about such families?" asked Noah. "Ugh¡­ Fine," sighed the Blood Progenitor, who had begun to be more obedient. ----- Chapter 144 - Scarlet ----- After the creation of Scarlet, the Blood Manor, the Blood Progenitor reacted to its creation with awe, remembering the "necromancy" that those of a family of vampires wielded within his original world, the world of Vampires, Abyss. And Noah as the shrewd man he was, immediately decided to extract such info from him, even if it would take a while for him to travel to Abyss, to begin with. "The world of Abyss has three different continents separated by the abyssal miasma sea¡­ I inhabited the Arteria Continent¡­ There, three Families of Vampires are the strongest of them all and govern the rest of the races living within such ces. I once belonged to the Dracul Family, but I separated myself from those old men because I wanted to walk my own path," sighed the Blood Progenitor. "Oh, so your surname is Dracul! Then calling you Drac is really not so bad,"ughed Noah. "I would prefer it if you didn''t call me like that! ¡­But anyways, the Dracul Family is the strongest in terms of knights and military force, however, there is the Nosfernus Family that lives deep within the deste graveyards of the west, such Vampires are said to be so ancient that they resemble zombies, and after learning the power to control the death, they awakened Necromancy, passing it to their descendants, or converted descendants," said the Blood Progenitor. "Interesting. Is there a way to steal their bloodline powers?" wondered Noah. "You are not even there and you''re already wondering if you can get something from them? You are truly quite the scheming brat¡­ But I cannot deny that I like that! ¡­There are ways to absorb other bloodlines, the use of your Blood Core is one. However, you would need to first kill one of those bastards and extract his blood, and also learn how to assimte bloodlines, something that not even with your Skill Tree you have unlocked!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Extract Bloodlines¡­ Did you once do this?" asked Noah. "Of course I did, I used to extract the bloodlines of Demon Beasts, Demons, and my fellow Vampires, however, to sessfully extract bloodlines, specific materials, techniques, and more were needed, and not only one bastard, but many! It was an arduous task, but a lot of my powers were enhanced by the extraction of such powers," said the Blood Progenitor. "I see¡­ I can''t wait to go to Abyss. Of course, after I am done conquering Earth and grabbing every treasure and power within it¡­ The horizon seems to not be limited by this world anymore¡­" said Noah, as he nced at Scarlet slowly go back to her manor form and fall silent, although he could clearly feel her phantom aura. "Amazing¡­ So we have a living manor now? And it looks pretty strong too¡­" said Arthur. "Sadly, I don''t we''ll be using her strength unless we are attacked again, as I don''t think we can carry her even inside our Dimensional Storage Rings. And even if we could, I would prefer to keep her here protecting the rest of the guild and your parents," said Noah. "I see¡­ So Scarlet is like the protector of our territory¡­" said Arthur, feeling moved by Noah''s intentions of protecting his parents. "Now let''s go have breakfast, there is a lot we need to talk and do today," said Noah, leading Arthur and Timassa back to Arthur''s parent''s manor to go look for Iris, Jon, Adamantine, and Clementina. In the way, Arthur wondered something. "I wonder if it would be better to convert my parents into dhampirs¡­" said Arthur. "I would say that it wouldn''t be a good thing. I few consider their health, they are living fine by themselves, making them Dhampirs might give them strength, but also an insatiable thirst for blood. Now that you are my subordinate and I consider you my friend as well, I would rmend you to not convert them, but if you insist, I might do it," said Noah. Arthur smiled warmly as he heard Noah saying that he considered him a friend. He understood that Noah was actually worried about his parents and that he considered that turning them into Dhampirs might negatively affect them. He did not mind converting Granite and Amber into Wights because he did not have any attachment to them. And well, he did not have much of an attachment to Arthur''s parents, but he spoke with them every day and found them good people. Unlike many corrupt aristocrats, Arthur''s parents were gentle and absolutely loved their son, they also did not act prideful nor annoying to Noah and the rest, and even without any brainwashing or anything, they weed them as a family very quickly. Noah, who had slowly awakened his human emotions once littler by little, decided to treasure bonds, at least of those close to him. However, for the rest of the world, they could all go die for all he cared. Or better, be turned into his ves. Noah did not be a good person, not at all. But he simply had begun to treasure those close to him or that strived to help him. He knew that these humble people liked to live as they were, and he did not want to disrupt their lives. Noah also knew that Arthur, deep down, did not want this either, but asked because he thought that his parents might need to grow stronger in this world¡­ hiding forever might not be a good thing in the long run. "However, I do believe that it should be time to exin to them what we truly are¡­ I believe that even after I used my eyes, they might still be having some suspiciousness. And we cannot easily exin to them how the manor just fell apart," said Noah. "You''re right¡­ We have to tell them¡­ I guess it is finally time to reveal to them our abilities¡­ And the path we are walking through," said Arthur. "As they will be members of the Noctem Family, it is necessary to tell them. I might make some Blood Contracts with them as insurance. Even if they are your parents, they might speak it out and that would not be a good thing at all," said Noah. "I see, that''spletely fine, I understand," said Arthur. "Very well then, but first, I want to have breakfast with my wife in our new home," said Noah whit a mild smile. After a few minutes of introducing Scarlet to the rest, Iris, and everyone else entered their former manor, finding out that even their rooms were remade perfectly, and even the things they had were back to their original ces! Scarlet was truly a wondrous being, and Noah noticed that it was slowly developing many abilities regarding the maintenance of the house. Although Blood Servants did not have a Status as they were bound to Noah''s Ability of Blood Servant, they still had Abilities, and Scarlet developed certain Abilities that Noah had never seen, such as "Clothing", "Cooking", "Housework", and "Clothing Decoration". She was even being taught by the Maids and Butlers how to cook better, and she also sued her tentacles to cook things, which emerged as bloody slimy tentacles out of the walls and ceilings. She was eve cleaning the dust in every room periodically, and was also washing clothes¡­ It was all incredibly fast, but it seemed that naming her made her rather talented. Noah wondered that, perhaps, the souls and minds of some of his ssmates who once made the Blood Servants he fused to form Scarlet were good at these things, and such things intensified when they became a literal house. Although what Noah did could be considered some sort of "Necromancy" it was very hard for him to discern what souls were or what their memories were, and he could simply control and order them to do his bidding as long as they were converted into Blood Servants beforehand. However, such potential was something he had never considered before, but couldn''t he be able to raise Undead with their whole bodies thought? What if he converts their souls and blood into Blood Servants and then makes such Blood Servants possess the body left behind? Wouldn''t that bring the Undead''s powers to a greater extent? Or he couldbine Blood Servants together with materials simrly to Scarlet, forming giant golems¡­ or even more insanely, he could fuse them with robots and form new types of Blood Servants too! Or he could even grant souls to robots through Blood Servants! However, they were mere theories, but Noah was sure to spend some time today finding out more about such capabilities. ----- Chapter 145 - A Talking Manor?! ----- Iris entered Scarlet as she saw dozens of thin, red-colored tentacles moving everywhere, preparing things, cleaning, and getting the house better, and more. In just a few hours, Scarlet almostpletely brought back the interior of the manor to how it used to be. But it now had several new rooms as it had increased in size, almost doubling itself. Noah wondered that, as Scarlet Ranked Up, she could even evolve and be bigger, perhaps one day even bing a Blood Castle! Or it could even learn how to fly through Flight, and be a Flying Blood Castle! "Amazing¡­ so many¡­ tentacles! Well, Scarlet is being rather diligent with her work as a house," said Iris. "Indeed, I believe she has improved a lot, and by the fusion of all the blood servants, the souls of such blood servants merged into a colony mind, she might perhaps be several times more intelligent than before when she used to be various individuals," said Noah. "I wonder if she can talk¡­" said Arthur. "Well she''s a house, and you saw it groan a bit earlier, right, Arthur-sama?" asked Timassa. "You''re right, perhaps it can''t talk," said Arthur. "Big house is back! Sleepytime!" said Adamantine, as she waved her tail made of shadows, she seemed to expect to sleep here now¡­ or whatever she meant by "sleepy time". "Amazing. I do wonder if our lord can construct enormous Blood Servants such as Scarlet in the future¡­" said Jon. "We need to gather more for such a purpose, though," said Noah. As the party walked towards therge table where they always sat around and ate breakfast, something unexpected happened. The blood tentacles that Scarlet used to clean around began to merge, falling as a mass of slimy red blood into the floor! Ssh! "Eh?" asked everyone in surprise, ring at it. "What''s going on?" asked Arthur. "Hm¡­ Oh, it seems to want to interact with us," said Noah. "Interact¡­ with us?" asked Iris. The mass of blood began to move around, taking into the shape of a humanoid for of sorts¡­ It looked like a cute girl in maid clothes, madepletely out of the slimy red liquid and crimson-colored phantasmagoric essence. "Wee to my interiors, Master," she said. "Ah, she can really talk!" said Iris. "Scarlet, right?" asked Noah. "Indeed. After my creation, the egos, and minds of those that made up my multiple souls have merged together and developed a colony mind, me. I strive forward to serve you as much as I possibly can, Master," said Scarlet with a gentle smile. "I see. It was good to have given you a name and a piece of my soul. I believe that you might develop even further. I will make sure to periodically fuse more blood servants into you to make you stronger, although I want to gather a few more until then," said Noah. "I would dly ept any of my master''s help. Now, would you want some breakfast? Everyone is preparing it, including me, so I will bring it," said Scarlet politely, walking away. "Well that was really something else!" said Arthur. "Indeed, it surprised me," said Jon. "It reminds me of the dragon¡­" said Clementina. "You mean Pride?" asked Noah, as the giant head of Pride emerged out of Noah''s shoulder. "You called me, my lord?" he asked. "Ah! Right! His name is Pride¡­ sorry for forgetting it¡­" said Clementina. "Oh? No worries, Clementina-san. But I would appreciate it if you did not forget it anymore," said Pride. "I-I will make sure to not forget it anymore, my apologies¡­" said Clementina. Pride had been helping Clementina delve into dungeons to catch up with everyone else, and so both of them had fought together. So Clementina forgetting his name hurt the old wyrm''s pride a bit¡­ "I am really sorry!" said Clementina, vowing her head a bit more as she realized that Pride had been someone that has helped her quite a bit. "It''s fine, it''s fine. ¡­Anyways, my lord, have you thought about upgrading me the same way as Scarlet? Perhaps by merging with my brethren who serve you, my power could increase even more," said Pride. "Hm¡­ Perhaps. Although not for now, as I still want to gather arger army," said Noah. "Oh, very well then, I shall go rest until you call me once more," said Pride, going back to Noah''s blood through Blood Storage. After a few minutes of chatting around, Scarlet, Noire, Sakura, and Sugar wearing their maid outfits quickly began to serve breakfast to everyone. And after breakfast, Noah decided to finally assess therge number of Ability Cores he possessed¡­ "There are many¡­" said Iris. "How many¡­ Ability Cores?" asked Arthur in surprise. "We had been farming since our creation, so we are constantly bringing more and more Ability Cores, although the majority is D-Rank and below," said Pride. Thanks to the blood Servants and the Robots having the power to enter dungeons without problems nor limits, Noah had constantly sent them to farm for Ability Cores and Attribute Value Cores. Although Attribute Value Cores could not be consumed by B-Ranks, Ability Cores could be consumed by literally any Rank, meaning that all of these were extra Skill Points and ways to grow stronger without even having to enter a dungeon himself! However, he still believed that proper Attribute Values of his Rank were needed to actually keep evolving¡­ Noah presumed that even by maxing his Skill Tree, he would not be able to advance to Level IV Blood Core without having the proper stats¡­ However, for now, he would consume Ability Cores. "Amazing¡­ But do we even deserve them? We didn''t work for them¡­" said Arthur. "Yeah¡­. Noah-sama, please take them for yourself," said Timassa. "I think the same, we don''t deserve all of them," said Jon. "Indeed¡­" said Iris. "As my first Subordinates, you have privileges. And I do not mind sharing as long as you work very hard at my side in the next Dungeon exploration we do. You are an extension of my own strength after all," said Noah. "R-Really?" asked Arthur. "But wouldn''t you be going against your words before?" asked Timassa. "We are fine without them, really¡­" said Jon. "You dare not ept my gifts, insolent subordinates? Do you desire to enrage me?" asked Noah with anger, surprising his own subordinates. When Noah wanted to give something to someone, he wanted that person to ept it. For someone like him, it was the biggest offense to reject his gifts! Rejecting the kindness of a Vampire meant death! ¡­Of course, he would not kill them, but he would indeed reprimand them. "Also, Iris, you are my wife, take the things I give you. Do not let your powers get to your heads. All of us are still weak, and the strength we can grab is beneficial! ept my gift, or I will force you to ept them," said Noah. "Eeep! Okay, okay!" said Arthur. "W-We were just trying to be humble¡­" said Timassa. "Sorry, my lord. But I now understand what you want¡­ I shall ept them too," said Jon. "Shiny spheres," said Adamantine. "Sigh¡­ You are right, sorry for that. I will take them then!" said Iris. "As long as you understand¡­" sighed Noah, as he nced at the total amount of Ability Cores. "D-Do I get some?" asked Clementina. "You are one of the ones that worked for it, so of course you will get too," said Noah nonchntly. After assessing arge number of Ability Cores, Noah decided to keep the C-Rank ones and D-Rank ones dropped by the Hunters they fought yesterday, alongside a few dozens of others, which he believed would give him enough Skill Points to max out his Skill Tree. Everyone else that had a Blood Core also had their own smaller Skill Trees, such Skill Trees didn''t give as many Skills as Noah''s Skill Tree, but they still gave a substantial powerup to them, and their cost was usually simr to Noah''s Skill Trees even if the Skills they gave were fewer and less varied. Everyone began to absorb the Ability Cores they were given, as Noah did the same. Noah touched therge pile of Ability Cores as he absorbed them, turning each Ability Core into particles of light that engulfed his body. Each particle of light entered his entire body and then his soul, reaching his Blood Core and merging with it. His Blood Core began to process all the energy and the "information" within each Ability Core, as Noah finally saw the new Skill Points he got. Ding! [You exchanged several Ability Cores for 4.315 Skill Points!] After everyone absorbed their Ability Cores, most of therge pile was quickly drained away, but more Ability Cores were being farmed at this moment by Noah''s Blood Servants and Robots, as he had sent them to do so before he went to sleepst night. ----- Chapter 146 - The Many Sectors Of The World ----- After Noah absorbed the Skill Points, he felt a new surge of power flowing through his entire body, it was almost exhrating. He slowly calmed himself down, as it was finally time to spend these Skill Points, which were not even earned by him but by the servants he had created. If he were to make his Blood Servants and Robots strong enough, he even began to imagine that he could one day send them to A-Rank or higher Dungeons, to bring him even more things! It has only been around two weeks since Noah became a Vampire, but he was already reaching new heights in power and more! Assimting the power of an ancient and evil Vampire was indeed a big gamble, but it worked and he was nowpletely changing and defying his own fate, while also bringing people that he cared for to his side. However, although there are many allies, there are also many enemies and dangers lurking within this society. Noah had already suspected that the Golden Guardians Guild might try something, as he had learned a bunch of information that the Crystal Knight Guild held, one of such things, which Granite has told to him through telepathy was that the Golden Guardians Guild would usually get rid of those that raised in enough strength that has not joined a guild yet! Especially those of C-Rank and above, forcing them to either join his guild or die. However, all of the A-Rank Hunters within the Guild were currently dealing with A-Rank Dungeon Gates within another Sector, and would note back here for at least a bit less than a month. Noah had already reached B-Rank, thinking that he could at least take things slowly, but he was terribly wrong, as more dangers began to lurk, with a sharp knife reaching his neck¡­ B-Rank was respected and famous, but could still be killed, he was by no means invincible. He needed to reach A-Rank as soon as possible within this month, alongside all of his subordinates if possible, even more, if he could grasp S-Rank it would be even better¡­ But there was an issue with B-Rank Dungeons and above. There were no such Dungeons around. Indeed, from B-Rank and above, dungeons became impossible to have their boss chambers sealed, and the monsters lurking inside would grow on intelligence exponentially. Most of the time, such monsters would immediately lurk outside of their gates and attack anything on sight, unlike lower-ranked monsters that kept themselves inside the dungeon for way longer. Due to this, it was impossible to keep B-Rank and above Dungeons open around cities, and the only ones that were somehow being contained and used for resources were owned by enormous, multi-sector Guilds or organizations such as the Heavenly Temrs or Axis Corporations. And such dungeons were kept privately and incredibly guarded, often lying in the middle of wastnds, where Noah and his group could not ess as easily, and even if they were to go there, they would have to infiltrate over an immense facility where B-Rank and above Hunters alongside advanced magic machines would probably kill them. Due to this, from B-Rank and above, Hunters had to wait for Dungeon Gates to emerge spontaneously, and such things often happened every two weeks or more¡­ depending on the location and how much miasma is concentrated in such areas. Noah knew that Sector C harbored an A-Rank Dungeon that is still being cleaned, and there is also a B-Rank Dungeon that had emerged a week ago, but he and his party would have to travel all the way to another Sector, several kilometers away, to reach it. It was like traveling to another country¡­ However, Noah had already considered it¡­ But, Fernand''s brother and a few other S-Rank Hunters were in Sector C, alongside the Golden Guardians S-Rank Hunters¡­ if they were to know that he went there, probably the Golden Guardians might chase and kill him, obeying their guild master''s orders¡­ Due to this, Noah felt like he could not be so rash. The closest Sector that was not Sector C was Sector B, which was literally in South America, an evenrger distance¡­ All around Earth, Sectors became the new "countries" although they could also be considered a single super-advanced city that has its own independent government from the other Sectors. Noah lives in Sector D, which is within the area that was once the United States, in North America, which has now be a barren wastnd. To the north, there is Sector C, where there was once Canada and ska, and to the south, in South America, there is Sector B, in the middle of South American, where several Hispanic countries once existed. There was also Sector A, located in Europe, where Ennd once was, Sector F is located near the territory that was once Germany, while Sector E is where Russia once was¡­ There are also two Asian Sectors, Sector G where formerly china was, and then Sector H where Japan once was¡­ Lastly, there is Sector I that covers all of Africa, otherrge countries, or continents such as Australia are devoid of people and filled with subhumans and mutated beasts, such ce have been explored by very powerful Hunters or robots, and are said to harbor hundreds of Dungeon Gates, making them an immensend of monsters and insanity¡­ And that is without considering other ces such as the oceans themselves, filled with enormous creatures no less than A-Rank in strength¡­ it is also said that many Dungeons unexplored to anyoney under the sea. The world was vast, mysterious, and dangerous, so Noah needed to get any kind of power he could get for now¡­ For now, he concentrated on the present at hand and decided to max out the branch of his Skill Tree, while waiting for an opportunity such as a B-Rank Dungeon Gate emerging, and if not, he would have to prepare to travel to Sector A. Although Noah did not felt like crossing such a big distance, there were ways to do it, such as using flying ships and other types of magic technology vehicles. As he thought more about it, Noah considered that simply running away from Sector D would also put him no longer within the Golden Guardian''s sight, which could also be beneficial¡­ But by going to another Sector as apletely different guild might also make new problems arise. It was rather well-known that Sectors would often not wee other Sectors Guilds unless they hadrge quantities of achievements, a lot of strong members, and perhaps people above A-Rank. However, it would still be better, perhaps, as Noah and his subordinates would finally be given the chance to enter a B-Rank Dungeon if nothing emerges in the next couple of days. Alongside this, Noah was using Fernand as of now, telling him to tell his big brother to send him various resources such as Healing Items, essories, Weapons, and a lot of credits. The backing of an S-Rank was no joke, and Noah was willing to use it to his utmost advantage. Although his brother could not send Attribute Value Cores, there could be other interesting items¡­ Noah considered all of this as he decided to nce at his Skill Tree Branch once and for all. ----- Chapter 147 - Skill Tree Complete! ----- By adding his previously saved Skill Points, Noah had a grand total of 4405 Skill Points. With this, he calcted that it was enough for him to max out his Skill Tree Branch of his current evolution of Level III, however, he had already assumed that to advance to Level IV, he would need to get his Stats as high as an A-Rank, just as it has been in the previous evolutions. Which meant that he needed to have 1200 in all of his Attribute Values¡­ something impossible without him consuming B-Rank Attribute Value Cores, which were nowhere to be seen in the market. Not even Fernand''s brother possessed the ability to buy them¡­ as they were guarded by each Sector''s Government, and if the government were to catch Guilds or Hunters saving Attribute Value Cores, they would force them to sell them. Noah was currently harboring a ton of them, which could¡­ even be considered illegal by these corrupt governments, but he did not care, and he gathered them so stealthily through his subordinates Blood Servants and Robots, that no one had noticed such a thing yet. Noah also assumed that there could be the possibility that various other guilds were also harboring B-Rank Cores, which was actually true, as the Crystal Knights had a few thousands of them, although no B-Rank Cores, which Amber always consumed for herself. B-Rank and above Hunters might be above thew, but not above others who were of higher ranks. Even as a B-Rank who can ignore thew of governments, the government itself has many A-Rank and above soldiers ready to take anyone down¡­ so such term was often used for other things. However, for some reason, governments did not want the free cirction of Attribute Value Cores, mostly to control the masses and not let the general public be too strong for them to control. Putting such things into consideration, Noah needed to move cautiously if possible, and n several steps ahead. Without further ado, he saw his current Skill Tree branch. [Level: III] [Noble-Born Vampire Viscount (400/400)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Elemental Blood Gem Creation (500/500)], [Blood Beast Transformation (550/550)], [Blood for Blood (600/600)] Additional Abilities (II): [Moon Protection (700/700)], [Blood Mist (0/750)], [Vitality Veil (0/800)] Additional Abilities (III): [Abyssal Connection (0/900)], [Kin Summon (0/950)], [Blood Scion (0/1000)] "Blood Mist, Virality Veil, Abyssal Connection, Kin Summon, and Blood Scion¡­ Five Skills, I wonder what they can do¡­" thought Noah, deciding to exchange Skill Points for them. [You exchanged 750 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Blood Mist: 1 (B)] Skill!] [You exchanged 800 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Vitality Veil: 1 (B)] Skill!] [You exchanged 900 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Abyssal Connection: 1 (B)] Skill!] [You exchanged 950 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Kin Summon: 1 (B)] Skill!] [You exchanged 1000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Blood Scion: 1 (A)] Skill!] [You have maxed the [Level III] Skill Tree Branch!] [Requirements for Evolution into Level IV: [Max Level III Skill Tree Branch (Complete!)] [Reach 1200 in every Attribute Value (Iplete)] Just as Noah thought, he needed 1200 in every stat. As he learned all these Skills, Noah''s mind was filled with information about these Skills. The Blood Mist Skill allowed Noah to convert his own blood into controble mist, differently than Mist Form, which converted Noah''s entire body into mist which he could not control, and in which state he could not properly fight either. He wondered if such ability could bebined with Mist Form for some kind of new mist-form fighting style. The Blood Mist he created could be molded in many ways, and even be merged with toxin secretion to formrge fogs of poisonous blood mist! Or even infuse elixir blood into it to form fogs of healing elixir! Or fuse it with a bloodline curse to create a mist of curses¡­ And many other things alongside that, although Noah would need to use his imagination a bit more. Vitality Veil was a Skill that let Noah cover himself in a veil made of his own blood, which would cause drain damage to any enemy that hit his body or any equipment (over his body) that could be hit by it. Noah could literally stall his enemies and drain their life off by letting himself be hit. This Skill added a newyer of draining effects on Noah''s fighting style. He already was able to drain blood and vitality out of his enemies with every hit through other Skills, but now he could expand it even further by draining the vitality of those that hit him! Although this veil did not reduce damage, so he would still receive damage. Abyssal Connection was a strange Skill, it seemed to help Noah connect with the "Abyss", a strange, interdimensional ne from which some types of Vampires acquired their powers, which were known as vampires Warlocks. It seemed to be a mysterious Skill, and Noah needed to create this connection first, and then, seemingly be capable of summoning part of the power of entities within this Abyss, probably even to the point of gaining magic that was apart from the System itself. However, for now, Noah kept checking his Skills before doing such a ritual. The Kin Summon Skill was rather simple, and it let Noah summon any of his "kin" any subordinate he had "converted" into a vampiric creature, from Dhampir, Ghouls, Wights, and the Robots were also included, alongside any of his Blood Servants. The Skill did not specify, but Noah thought that it might have no limit at all¡­ Arthur could be at the other side of the world but by using Kin Summon, he could instantly teleport him to his side. Andst but not least, Blood Scion was another straightforward Skill, for ten minutes, Noah had the power of transforming into a Blood Scion, a four-meter-tall vampiric demon being with tremendous power, which enhanced all of his capabilities and the power of all his Vampire Skills in exchange for a constant drain of his Mana and Soul. ----- Chapter 148 - Abyssal Connection ----- Noah kept discovering more about the Blood Scion Skill, as he checked its information. [Blood Scion: 1 (A)] Use this Skill to instantly transform into a monstrous creature of the night, showing your true nature, appearance, and colors to your foe. By activating this Skill, several effects are activated for the Ten Minutes that this transformationsts, as your Mana and Soul are slowly drained away. Instant Healing of all wounds (one time, at the beginning of the transformation) All your Attribute Values are raised by 50%. Health Regeneration is based on how much damage you deal. The ability to see through objects such as walls. Temporarily enhances your Proficiency in all of your Skills by 50. All of your senses are sharpened tremendously. Your thirst for blood bes monstrous. Duration: 10 Minutes. Cooldown: 4 Hours. The duration of the transformation might increase as your Skill proficiency increases, alongside decreasing the Skill Cooldown. ¡­ It was an outstanding power! With this alone, Noah considered that by using this Skill and coupling it with the effects of various other Skills and Buffs, he would be capable of reaching the power of an A-Rank temporarily! ¡­but only temporarily, and after that, he would be weakened, as his Mana and Soul would be drained by this Skill, and if he coupled with the other Skills that drained his calories and blood, it would also weaken his physical body. It was a double-edged de, and he considered using this Skill only when he felt cornered, or when he felt confident that he could finish off an enemy in less than ten minutes with its power. Much like Blood Beast Transformation, another simr Skill that had simr after-effects which he nned to use together with Blood Scion, Noah considered this Skill as a st resort". However, this did not mean he wouldn''t keep increasing his proficiency, the same as his other Skills. By constantly activating Skills through the day and drinking monster blood to regain Mana, Noah had been steadily increasing the proficiency of his Skills. However, he had discovered that their proficiency would not increase as much as if he used it to fight against strong enemies. It seemed that when he fought against strong enemies, skill proficiency would increase even further. Through these days he had not entered dungeons, the skill proficiency he had to acquire by using mostly all of his skills repeatedly has not even over 10 points. He indeed needed to fight strong enemies to keep breaking his limits faster, but it was not as if he could not max the proficiency eventually if he kept overusing his Skills relentlessly, it would simply not be as fast as risking his life into battles against strong monsters or other hunters. Nheless, Noah had now gotten five new Skills he nned to continuously train, perhaps training skills in those 10 minutes of bing a Blood Scion might increase their proficiency faster. ¡­However, the Blood Scion transformation drained his soul. It meant that if he used it every day several times a day¡­ it would mean his souls would be greatly drained. Noah had already experienced what was having his soul drained and greatly damaged, and he did not want to do this every day, as it could affect his power permanently, and he would not be capable of fighting at any time with his soul tired. Sadly, he had to leave Blood Scion aside from the Skills he could practice every day, as it was a dangerous skill to overuse. Aside from this as Noah saw his subordinates gain new powers, he decided to check the Abyssal Connection Skill. [Abyssal Connection: 1 (B)] By using this Skill, a Vampire can create an Abyssal Connection with the Outer ne that connects to different dimensions, where new powers can be dragged from the abyssal entities dwelling within. Based on your affinity, an Abyssal Entity might or might not choose you as their apostle, and grant you the power of a Warlock, capable of using the powers of this abyssal entity through a variety of Magic Spells and Conjurations. As the Skill Proficiency increases, your connection with the abyssal entity you have created a bond strengthens. ¡­ Noah squinted his eyes as he read the holographic window containing the information about the Skill. Without thinking it too much, he decided to activate it. "Abyssal Connection¡­" he said, as a sudden ck me emerged over his hands. "?!" Noah felt the burning pain take over his entire flesh and soul, as the mes consumed his entire body! Noah''s sight changed the second after, as he found himself in a strange space. A ce that Noah could only describe as "iprehensible". If he looked above, it looked like there were millions of enormous, mountain-sized rocks floating there, when he nced at his right, he found that there was an empty void of darkness, when he looked to his right he found a mass of purple-colored nts, trees, and more, floating aimlessly, when he looked down, he found burning zing mes of all colors, dancing around endlessly. "This is¡­ the Outer ne?" Noah wondered, as he suddenly felt an enormous, never-ending presence notice him. A sudden voice which seemed to resemble anguage that he could notprehend yet he did, spoke to him with a voice that sometimes sounded dry and old, or young and healthy, sometimes it was high pitched, and other times exceptionally low. "You don''t belong here¡­" Noah tried to nce at the entity, but he could not find it. "It is rather obvious that I don''t¡­" said Noah. "Oh? You can speak to me? Is your soul not shivering in fear and despair? Are your instincts not telling you to escape from me?" asked the entity with interest. "My soul is not a mortal''s soul anymore. I do not think such effects apply to me. But I do feel the pressure of your iprehensible existence. Let me be your Warlock," said Noah. "Such a bold mortal¡­ Oh? What¡­?! Your soul¡­ So you have the spawn of Azathoth within your Origin? How could it¡­? Oh, I see¡­" murmured the entity, talking to itself. Noah kept silent until the creature finished speaking to itself, but it seemed that it had noticed the Ancient One within his soul, which the entity called "Spawn of Azathoth". "What do you mean?" asked Noah. "¡­.It is not something you can yet know about¡­ but for now, let me make you my apostle. I want to see how far you can go¡­" said the entity, as Noah felt a tremendous pain take over his soul. ----- Chapter 149 - Warlock! ----- After calling Noah the "spawn of Azathoth", the entity decided to pick him as his apostle. However, Noah first needed to know the dangers of such a bond or contract. "What are the conditions? I don''t want any weird loopholes you can abuse to induce me intoplete insanity," said Noah. "Hoh? Complete insanity? But you are alreadypletely insane. It is rather hard to make someone who had already delved deep into the abyss even more insane than they already are," said the entity. "¡­And the conditions?" asked Noah. "I want you to offer me a certain quantity of the blood, soul, and negative emotions of those you y. I can also draw it from those connected to you too, such as subordinates," said the entity. "Only a small amount? Hm¡­ But what do I get?" asked Noah. "You get to use a small part of my powers, as you delve into the abyss, consuming flesh, blood, souls, and emotions, you can wield the magic of mine¡­ Surprisingly, we already have a good affinity with each other, learning such magic won''t be difficult for you¡­" said the entity. "¡­Anything else?" asked Noah. "Bear in mind that the more you develop the powers I give you, the far you strive from your humanity, and the more monstrous you will be¡­ Surprisingly enough, your soul has interesting properties. Perhaps you will not be as affected as long as you can keep your energy in high amounts. The spells you will be able to conjure userge quantities of Mana, and the strongest ones even use pieces of your soul as sacrifices¡­ As a spawn of Azathoth, you will most likely have natural talent wielding such powers, however," said the entity, only making Noah wonder even more what kind of powers he was going to acquire¡­ "Onest thing. Your world¡­ the System within it¡­ It was made by a rather strong otherworldly entity. Be aware of it. And don''t think that some of the powers you get from it are for granted. The power within Systems that do not belong to you can always be taken away¡­ However, your Blood Core¡­ the shiny jewel within your soul and body, it is slowly assimting the System, perhaps it needs a little push to reach something else, but for now, don''t take everything for granted," said the entity, giving Noah onest warning about the world. But what did it truly meant? The System¡­ could be taken away from him? Noah had never considered it, but it was certainly true. The System was designed by an entity that everyone knows as the System Master, an alien to Earth that granted people this System to "help" them. But aside from that, Noah does not know anything else about this entity, nor most people, they simply knew about its existence because it decided to descend once, but since then, it has never been seen again. What was truly the System Master? The entity said that it was an "otherworldly entity", but to Noah that was rather obvious. However, the thought about having his hard-earned powers gone in a second made Noah feel strange. Indeed, the power of the System was not truly his¡­ Then, did this meant that he could not get these powers for himself? And what about his body and more? Would they disappear if such Skills disappeared? Where was the line between the powers innate to his very existence and then the powers were given by the System? It was as if the System itself was bing¡­ part of reality itself. Did this mean that the System could be aw of the world? Something that contained it, a pir to its existence. If the System disappears¡­ would the world be destroyed? "You seem to be considering many things. That is good. I only let those who think and consider many things as my apostles¡­" said the entity. "¡­How can I call you?" asked Noah. "My name must not be pronounced by mortals. You can call me the Bloodshot Eye," said the entity. "Bloodshot¡­ Eye? What kind of name is that?" asked Noah. "It represents me well¡­ You will see when you can develop my abilities and conjurations,"ughed the entity, as Noah was suddenly engulfed by ck mes and disappeared from the outer ne. The entity fell silent, although it began to consider many things. "I have never spoken with someone so calm even before an existence such as myself. Indeed, the Spawn of Azathoth might one day reach my level, or even surpass it¡­ But what are Azathoth''s intentions? Does he wants to exert his will to this world or¡­ Hm? Perhaps it wants to help Chaos? Azathoth, being humble and a good person? Foolish. Azathoth is probably plotting something else, or well, Nyathotep, his avatar. Azathoth is simply sleeping. If he wakes up, that universe might end¡­ And I don''t think Chaos nor The One wants him to wake up either¡­" thought the entity. As Noah opened his eyes, the burning pain reached his soul and began to epass it. He felt as if his soul was beginning to be being eaten as if sharp fangs were munching into it, it felt like a piercing and cold pain, something that made him almost groan in agony. However, it suddenly ended. Noah felt a rush of information enter his mind, the truths about theprehension of magic and how wed the use of magic in this world truly was. He learned true magic, and not the automatic skills of this world, which were a form of magic that did not actually belong to those of this world, which simply employed their powers. It was simr to wielding a sword, it was not really a part of these people. But magic, true magic, was part of oneself. Noah began to learn the power to even find a way to surpass the system and be his own power. To develop his own abilities, and to also help those around him do the same. He even gained great enlightenment, this was as if he was being guided by the path of Bloodshot Eye, a path of insanity and enlightenment which was surrounded by flesh and blood. A way to surpass his own self and reach new heights was always through learning the truth about magic, its origins, how the flow of endless mana intertwined through the universes, and how everything connected. Through magic was the understanding of all existence. And it was beautiful yet immensely overwhelming. Noah had to quickly suppress this knowledge before it was to be toote, as his brain could explode due to the overload of information. He was thirsty for more of such knowledge, to grasp the truest concepts, but it was still way too early. Noah sighed in relief, as he decided to save such desires for another day, sealing the knowledge he acquired before he was to gopletely berserk and be a beast without any intelligence. However, he managed to at least grasp the most basic of knowledge, which was enough to enlighten his mind. He even figured out a bit of what the System truly was, and how he could actually make it his power. He needed a catalyst. And what better catalyst than the Blood Core itself? In fact, the Blood Core was already working as one, absorbing and assimting the System''s divine runes. Noah''s eyes glowed crimson red, but a new purple-colored me had emerged within them. He was now a Warlock. ----- Chapter 150 - Magic Knowledge And A New Skill Tree! ----- Noah smiled mildly as he was enlightened. However, not enough to warp how he was, but simply to open a new path for him and those at his side to walk through. Through the understanding of Magic, itsponents, and how it epasses all of existence through an endless flow of energy, Noah learned that everything used by everyone was more or less a form of refined magic. Magic coulde in all shapes and forms, and magic that was refined to immense heights by fusing it with other types of simr energies such as life energy, divine energy can be formed. Divine energy, the power that gods or incredibly powerful entities wield. In the end, such energy was also just incredibly refined magic. The System itself was made through billions of Divine Energy Constructions, which are made of trillions of Divine Energy Runes, which are made by quadrillions of Magic Runes. The level ofplexity that the System had was baffling. Noah had never understood it other than a "game-like thing", but now, he saw it through different eyes. Despite not even knowing the System Master, a slight admiration grew on his Warlock''s heart as he understood the depth within such an immenselyplex construction of magic such as the System, which epassed an entire world and all humans within it, even the Gates to Dungeons too, which were intrinsically connected to them to form Attribute Value Cores, Ability Cores, and items of all types, forms, shapes, and sizes. Even things such as those items were produced through this immensely powerful magic, the one that the transcendental being, the System Master, had created without much effort. Noah was overwhelmed by this immense power, he had never realized that he was being given such a thing. But it seemed way toote. His soul, his body, and his powers, alongside that of all his subordinates, were all fused with the System. Since it appeared several years ago that the System began to fuse with the world, and now, it seemed toote to detach oneself from it. Why? Because by doing so, Noah would die. However, Bloodshot Eye had implied that there was this danger, that the System Master might one day detach the System when whatever it was nning to do with this came to an end, ending all life in an instant. Due to this, Noah had to find a way to survive. He needed to assimte the runes or at least replicate them, and use an external catalyst with enormous power to insert such runes into it. He could not detach the System from himself, but what he could do to "Escape" from it was to absorb arge part of it and then cut that part out of the rest of the System. This way, he would never truly separated himself from the System, but he would be able to separate the part of the system stuck to him from the main system, making his own System using this fragment. It was a wondrous n that seemedpletely insane, but it seemed possible. Even more when Noah considered that the Blood Core itself had already begun to do this! Unknowingly to him until this point, Noah assumed that the System was the one assimting the Blood Core''s powers, but it was in fact the other way around! The System was in fact battling against the Blood Core! Noah was left speechless as he learned this truth! The System was in fact trying to control Noah''s entire power and his Blood Core, but the Blood Core was viciously devouring the System bite by bite! Although when Noah considered how vast and powerful the System was, this was like seeing a tiny dog trying to bite an elephant. It might be able to do some damage, but ultimately, the elephant will be unfazed and could even stomp the dog to death if further provoked¡­ But it seemed that the System was too big and vast, and it was not being properly controlled by the System Master at the moment. Due to this, it was not counterattacking as hard as Noah could have expected. Due to this, it was resisting and trying to bite him back, but not as much. The Blood Core, as Noah kept growing stronger, unlocked more powers and assimted the System capabilities, giving him Skill Trees. Each Skill Tree Noah controlled gave him greater control over this part of the System, which he intended to make his own. And through making it his own, he then would be able to give it to his subordinates and save them from this imminent death that would be brought when the System finally was revoked. Sadly, it was too early to do such a thing yet! Noah needed more, way more power to even fathom such a thing now! But as long as he knew, and had figured out some way, he could not help but smile triumphantly. He simply needed to do it now! He simply needed to keep growing stronger and sharpen his powers. And just as Noah was beginning to consider using his new powers from Bloodshot Eye, his Blood Core and the assimted System fragments that had fused with it assimted this knowledge and the power granted by the entity, surprising Noah with a new System Notification. Ding! [You have unlocked the [Warlock] Skill Tree!] "A Skill Tree¡­ Well, this might help me use the powers properly¡­" [Warlock] [Innate]: The Skill Tree of a Warlock who had created a pact with an otherworldly entity. Unleash the powers of the entity that has bonded with your soul, bringing to your ne the horrors of the existence of such entity, while feeding its never-ending hunger for destruction. Complete the Level 1 Skill Tree to unlock further Skill Tree Levels. [Level: I] [Bloodshot Eye Apostle (0/2000)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Bloodshot Eye Apostle, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Fiendish Gate of Horrors (0/2500)], [Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown (0/3000)], [Eldritch Soul Embodiment: (0/3500)] Additional Abilities (II): [Macabre Crimson Tentacles (0/4000)], [Negative Emotion Assimtion (0/4500)], [Outer ne Walker (0/5000)] Additional Abilities (III): [ursed Rotting Blood Downpour: (0/5500)], [Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain (0/6000)], [Soul Devourer (0/6500)] Noah was startled by the quantity of Skills and the number of Skill Points required to get them. These powers seemed to be incredibly powerful Spellspacted into Skills which he could use with ease. However, aside from this impressive Skill Tree, Noah now knew how to actually conjure spells that were not really Skills. Simply said, Spells were actual constructions of magic independent of the system. Noah had seen such a thing before in mage-type Hunters or on monsters. Certain skills are like spells, and whenever they are activated, magic circles are constructed automatically, and the attack is fired. However, the truth is that such things were not true spells, a true spell was something like a monster used, construction of magic independent of any help which was made through magic. Noah''s affinity seemed to be Blood and Darkness, so he now had to build up spells through such attributes by shaping mana without the System''s help. But why would he do that if the System can do it all? Because Spells had liberties that Skills did not. ----- Chapter 151 - Magic Always Existed ----- Noah noticed that everyone had finished using their Skill Points, so he decided to finally speak up about his experience, while briefly and slowly exin his subordinates a few things regarding magic, but without going into much detail, simply revealing a bit of the surface, as he knew that they would not be able to understand everything immediately. "I-I see. Well, this is a bit overwhelming to understand¡­ And you say you only exined us the surface?" asked Iris. "Indeed. It is but the surface. But this should help you all widen your range of perception about all of this. I believe I can share the magic and knowledge with you by making you all my devotees. Like this, the power of Bloodshot Eye can be shared. Although it might be lessened and manifest differently with each one of you. However, I cannot do this for now unless I amassrger quantities of power," said Noah. "I-I see¡­ We understand," said Arthur. "Thanks for considering us, Master," said Timassa. "It means a lot," said Jon. "Indeed¡­ I am so new here, so I am getting pretty flustered¡­" said Clementina. "Very well¡­ though, I would like to hear some of your thoughts about all of this. I know it is overwhelming and hard to process, but try," said Noah, while sipping some tea. "I believe that it is indeed quite overwhelming, but it really widens the perception we saw the System this whole time. I guess we had given it for granted so long that we did not really question its existence¡­ That it is made by an incrediblyplex construction of magic could havee into my mind at some point, but I guess I did not question it further due to my powerlessness andck of ways to find more knowledge nor investigate it further¡­ Well, now that we are at your side, it is nice to know such things a little bit. Honestly, I am eager to learn actual magic," said Iris. "I see. I am d to know that you are so interested in the ult, Iris. As my wife, I shall train you very well in the way of magic. Let us unravel their mysteries together," said Noah, while grabbing Iris''s hand. His wife suddenly felt her heart beating faster as the excitement of learning magic with the one she loved surged through her mind. "Sure thing! Everything always keeps expanding. It is good to know that I have¡­ someone to always rely on. I will also make sure to be someone you can rely on as well," said Iris with a gentle smile. "I am rather overwhelmed, but I remember my grandfather always saying that Magic always existed, but that we never developed it before the System emerged¡­ He said that the true enemy was always the System¡­ Maybe he meant what you said? He was a mysterious man¡­ I think he might have been a mage even before the Apocalypse¡­ Perhaps that is how he managed to protect my parents," said Arthur. As Arthur dropped those words, Noah recalled the few times when Arthur spoke about his grandfather, being a mysterious and strong old man who had the power to control spirits, which he had assumed were from the System, but it seemed that Arthur meant¡­ even before that. Could there have been magic in Earth even before the System? Noah began to consider that it could not be possible for a world to bepletely devoid of any mana, as he had learned some of the cosmic truth from Bloodshot Eye. Meaning, even worlds that were considered "mana-less" should have mana, it was simply underdeveloped, or the levels of mana were way too faint for most of the poption to develop its vast powers. Noah recalled the event that opened the apocalypse and killed most of the poption of humans on Earth before gates even emerged, the Miasma Waves, which were corrupted, highly mutagenic waves of incredibly concentrated mana. Such mana caused destruction all around the world, left thend into wastnds of toxic waste, made the sea dark, and filled with monsters, and converted most of the human poption into mutated beasts for the ones that survived, while the others were simply wiped out. Although many other humans survived, this event could have been said to be the end of the world as it was known and the birth of something new. However, Noah and everyone else present was born after such events and were unaware of the horrors of such an initial era. "Your grandfather¡­ did he left something behind, Arthur? Do you remember anything?" asked Noah with intrigue. "He left a ton of clothes and little essories he always treasured and kept hidden¡­ There was also a type of crystal ball he used for something, but he was very secretive, it wasn''t until hisst days that he revealed a bit of what he truly was¡­ but he parted ways from us withoutpletely telling us everything¡­" said Arthur. "I see¡­ how interesting. Where could these things be? Perhaps we might have to go there," said Noah. "Oh¡­ They are in the underground of this manor¡­ Well, it did not get destroyed because it is all below ground, sealed in a magic door. Which we have not been able to enter yet¡­ Before dying my grandfather said that the door would open itself when I "learned the truth". But I do not get it. Maybe the truth about the System that you talked about?" asked Arthur curiously, even after developing a bit, he was still quite na?ve. Noah immediately realized that it was indeed all about magic, and sighed internally as he considered how Arthur could not realize this earlier¡­ Well, it was better this way, so he could find out by himself. "Hm. We may go thereter. For now, let me introduce you to some of the very basic magic concepts, which I want all of you to practice. As long as you know the basics, even those without a pact with a Patron can use magic... All of you already awakened your innate Attributes thanks to the Blood Cores within your bodies, so it shouldn''t be incredibly hard to do," said Noah. The Blood Progenitor who was with Noah through the exnation seemed to agree. "You had indeed learned quite a lot. In Abyss, it could be said that we also used magic, but webined it with our Blood Cores for greater effects and easier and swifter uses. Just like the System in here, we were being helped by our supernatural race, bloodlines, and the Blood Core. It could be said to be simr¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. Abyss, the world of Vampires was also filled with magic uses of all kinds, alongside specific andplex uses of it named "Abilities" which were powerful spells innate to specific Vampires or Bloodlines, which were tied to the Vampires Blood Cores. Through this use of magic, Noah and the rest could manifest spells or "abilities" simrly to how the Robots had done almost automatically due to not possessing the System to restrict them as much. Well, the System did not really restrict, but always gave easier paths to instant power instead of theplex way to understand magic. Noah suddenly infused his vast mana into his hands, as he waved them and suddenly chanted a few strange words. sh. Suddenly, a magic circle emerged, glowing faintly as many runes floated around the magic circle. ----- Chapter 152 - The Watcher Schemes ----- Within the confines of the universe, an enormous technological structure of alien origins traversed through theyers of space-time, slowly but steadily reaching their destination. The figures within this structure had different shapes and sizes. Some were humanoid in shape, others resembled masses of tentacles, and othersrge insects. But they were all wearing special full-body armors made from materials containing immense strength and resilience. Their transcendental souls emanated an air of colorful and immense power, each one of them was a being whose strength could not be easilyprehended. They nced at a holographic projection, Earth. "Although we cannot carry ourselves directly there, as our souls would warp the spatialyers and could even cause a ck hole to emerge and engulf the, we can at the very least begin to send the things we have prepared beforehand." Said one of such entities. "It should be possible to send a few dozen of Mana Meteors there. The Mechanicals are still preparing, but in a few days we should be able to send them as well." Said another entity. "Very well, open the wormhole." A third entitymanded the rest, as a sudden hole in space itself emerged at another area of their technological spaceship, where another entity threwrge pieces of crystallized mana. "The wormhole would break if we touched it, be careful." Said an entity at its side. "You don''t need to be overly cautious either¡­" answered the entity, sending thest meteor towards the wormhole by using some kind of telekinesis-like force. "They had been sent." "Very well, now we shall wait. With this, more Gates should emerge in the world, and possibly those above the level of power these measly mortals have achieved. I believe this could be enough to wipe out the majority of them." "After that, the Mechanicals will wipe out the rest, and then if that is not enough, we can send the Raid Beasts." "Indeed. Everything shall go ording to our master''s desires." "I am sorry, System Master, but this world shall be ours¡­" "Wait, what about the divine entity within Earth''s Exosphere?" asked an entity, interrupting. "Oh? The entity was born from the umtion of Mana from the beliefs of those mortals over thousands of years. It is an incredibly young Divine Entity, we could even capture it and use it to refine materials." "Even then, wouldn''t it be strong enough to deal with the Mechanicals and Raid Beasts?" "Possibly, but even as a Divine Entity, it cannot be everywhere¡­ As long as we keep pressuring it, it will give in. Furthermore, when the waves of miasma hit it, the entity weakened greatly." "And by the intervention of the System Master and the shift of attention into the System, it had weakened even more¡­" "Nheless, let us proceed with cautiousness¡­ Lucifer and the System Master are dangerous inter-gctic entities who are always together, if they notice us, we will have to retreat¡­" "Luckily, the System Master seems to have be weakened after having suffered an attack from the Child of Chaos, that he named Kireina." "How ironic¡­ Well, let us use such opportunity then." "Although the System Master might not be strong enough to stop all of us, it is strong enough to do a lot of things, we might risk resources by pointlessly fighting him." "Lucifer, in the other part, is only but a vessel of the original one, as the original Lucifer cannot leave the Gates of Hell, the interdimensional ne where it was sealed by The One¡­" "Only but a Vessel but it had already almost mastered the Law of Space-Time¡­ How troublesome." "But this world''s Origin Core shall be ours, just as many have been!" "Our Master will rejoice¡­" ¡­ Meanwhile, within the exosphere of Earth, a special space named Divine Realm rested peacefully. This ce unknown by all living beings in this world harbored the strongest entity that Earth has ever produced, a Divine Entity. The Divine Entity, formed by the beliefs of humanity since their birth and intelligence has been shaping itself into countless minds and forms, always taking the form of the figures humans believed and held faith towards. After many years, it ended bing an immense colony of different minds, all connected by a single divine soul, formed by the refinement of the enormous quantities of mana that humans unknowingly infused into their prayers, beliefs, and faith. This entity, however, felt ashamed of its own existence. Born to protect its creators, humanity, it failed miserably. The waves of Miasma produced by the crossing of the Child of Chaos through the Spatial Layers created tremendous destruction, and not even this Divine Entity could do much against such overwhelming and corrupted energy. It shielded most of it is power, but the residual miasma still impacted Earth, provoking the apocalypse and the surge of gates towards dungeons. However, if it had not shielded it, the entire world would have been tainted in the ck and oozy miasma, and no humans would be left at all. At least, it had managed to protect a small speck of humanity¡­ By using the help of the System Master, an entity that contacted it before this happened, it managed to set up a special System to enhance the strength of humanity so they could be able to survive against the apocalypse and dungeons. However, it never knew that the true intentions behind all of this were others and that the System Master did not do such things out of pure goodwill. The entity, that was resting within its Divine Realm to recover strength suddenly felt a disturbance in the spatialyers, as a small wormhole emerged before it could do anything to stop it. The entity''s various minds saw with horror as giant crystalized mana jewels fell over the surface of Earth, filling it with more Mana¡­ and provoking the beginning of a new era, an era where evenrger and stronger Gates would soon emerge. "Damn it! Now, what can we do?" "It is hopeless¡­ Ooh¡­" "Humanity has caused its own destruction, let them die and suffer for their own sins!" "Silence, humanity created us, we must protect it!" "But we have failed miserably¡­" "The System Master has note to help us either¡­" "He has broken the promise¡­!" "Damned alien!" "I told you! We should have not trusted him!" "All of you are too na?ve, fools." "The System is constantly draining the mana from Humanity, we are weakening!" "It was a trap all along! IT WAS A TRAP!" "No, we must trust him, he had good intentions, I was able to feel them!" "You are too pure and stupid, shut up!" "By buddha, all of you should behave a bit¡­" "Is there any other hope?" "We don''t know. We must use our connection with the System to find a way out of this situation¡­" "But how did this wormhole emerged?" "Through witchcraft, of course! Burn all the witches!" "Don''t listen to him¡­" "Could an enemy be targeting us from afar? Why does it want the world to be filled with even more mana and monsters?" "Another entity is desiring this world?" "Our home!" "Why must we suffer such a fate? We should give up and escape into space¡­" "No, we can''t leave our creators alone!" "We have to find a way¡­ to save them!" "Such hopeless and meaningless dreams¡­ let them all die¡­" As the multiple minds spoke chaotically, they suddenly felt an anomaly amongst the many Humans connected to the System. "This¡­ a Blood Core?" ----- Chapter 153 - Comprehension Of Magic! Warlock Class! ----- As Noah exined and taught his subordinates about magic and its usage, he also exined what he had figured out about the levels of magic that could be attained, and about the power of a mage, which increased through Levels or Ranks. Such "levels" consisted in the level of magic user''s understanding of magic, their mana capacity, and their ability to construct magic and spells through runes ad magic circles. The more a mage amassed mana improved their understanding of mana, and became better and faster at creating runes and magical inscriptions, the more chances it had to undergo a breakthrough and increase its Level. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es): Warlock (I)] [Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level III: Noble-Born Vampire Viscount] [Vitality: 610] [Mind: 610] [Force: 610] ¡­ As Noah checked his Status after making a pact with Bloodshot Eye, he realized that he had now a "ss" which appeared as Warlock (I), signaling that he was still a Level I Warlock. Perhaps as he poured more Skill Points into the Skill Tree of the Warlock, he could be able to cheat the long and slow progression that a magic-user needed to undergo and instantly ascend to Level II. He exined such things to his subordinates and wife, and they slowly began to understand. "So it is like the Blood Core Levels anyways?" asked Iris. "¡­Indeed. I had not thought about such aparison because I was delving too much into itsplexity. But¡­ you are right, Iris. It could be said to be simr to the Level of a Blood Core Rank, but this time it would be rted to your usage of magic," said Noah. Around Noah all of his subordinates sat down as if they were meditating, within arge hall inside of Scarlet, everyone was obeying his instructions and trying to harbor their inner Mana not to activate Skills but to use Spells. It could be said that Skills were just Spells which were conjured by the System itself through its amazing powers and that it always responded to their users as long as mana was poured directly into the System. But to conjure actual Spells, the user needed to use their own mana and not pour it into the System, but pour it outside of their bodies, while shaping them through their intent and imagination, so the magic could take the form they desired. Affinities were very important through this step, as those with an affinity would have an incredibly easier time conjuring that attribute magic than others. In fact, at the level that everyone was currently, it waspletely impossible to conjure any type of magic outside of their very affinities. Using his own knowledge and teachings, Noah spent the entire day teaching his subordinates about this, it was already night, and everyone was still profoundly meditating to sense and feel their own Mana. Thanks to Bloodshot Eye, Noah was able to immediately learn these things, but for the rest, he had to teach them slowly and steadily. Nevertheless, everyone showed outstanding talent from the get-go, and with the help of their smaller Blood Cores, they were somewhat managing to control the flows of Mana to a greater extent. The meditation techniques that each one often used when they absorbed Attribute Value Cores wereing into good use now, as the principles of energy control were the same for Mana. After many hours, and thanks to their vampiric physiology, Noah and the rest were able to push for some more time until Iris spoke to Noah just recently when she figured out the simrities of Blood Core Levels with Magic-User Levels. As everyone concentrated and Iris went back to shape her mana, Noah was slowly practicing his two magic spells. Noah had the Blood and Dark Attribute as strong affinities. If he pushed himself enough, he should be able to conjure at least one spell for each of the two magics. If they could be stronger than actual Skills was unknown to him. But if the spells themselves bypassed the system, Noah began to figure out that they could disrupt Skills themselves. If he were to fire a spear of darkness towards an enemy hunter who created a shield using some Skill, the spear of darkness that existed outside of the system could be able to ignore part of the defensive power of the skill, which was fueled by the system. As stats and other powers always applied and matched when they were within the system when a system power was hit by a non-system power, rules about stats and other things could be slightly ignored to an extent. However, this was but a theory for now, as Noah needed to delve deeper into magic understanding and knowledge, alongside practicing a lot. If he could not advance through Attribute Value Cores in the meantime, Noah was nning to push himself through other means to grow stronger through this time. And it was not as if he were not being productive, as the Robots and Blood Servants had already marched inside another dungeon tonight, and would soon bring more Ability Cores. "Concentrate¡­ Mana¡­ Shape¡­" Noah recited these words as he nced with his crimson eyes the bluish essenceing out of his hands, Mana. The mana gathered into a magical cloud of pure essence, formlessly moving around. He used his intent and will over it, shaping the mana to his will. It was rather hard, but a magic circle emerged and runes once more appeared. The first time he tried to show his subordinates how to conjure a spell, he only managed to create a floating blob of blood, which quickly dissipated into nothingness a bit afterward. Noah began to think that although such a basic spell was too weakpared to his Skills, that it held the potential to be more than that. And as he practiced this, the Blood Progenitor guided him. Interestingly enough, he had begun to be less aggressive and more willing to help Noah. It seems that Noah had finally destroyed a bit of his spirit, and he had be more serviceable. It took some time, but even an old and cunning Vampire was slowly sumbing to his fate. At the very least, he wanted to cooperate with Noah so Noah could have a good impression of him and the threat of being erased or eaten by his new and stronger soul reduced¡­ If he made himself useful, Noah would stop considering eating him, and he could at least keep existing. There was even the chance that one day Noah could let him be some kind of summoned being or even to temporarily take over a Blood Servant''s body, being able to go to the outside world once more. But it all depended on his willingness to help Noah and how useful he made himself to be so he could be someone that Noah could not consider part ways from (or eat). "Although this magic is of low level, you seem to be quite talented. Keep the incantation going, like a river, let the mana flow through your hands, and then¡­ conjure the runes," said the Blood Progenitor, who was rather good at magic. Noah silently did as the Blood Progenitor guided him to suddenly generate a small speck of darkness out of thin air, which began to grow and grow, reaching the size of his palm. "This is¡­ the Level I Dark Attribute Spell, Dark Bullet," said Noah, his eyes glowing with surprise. Conjuring Magic feltpletely different than using mere Skills, it even held some mystical feeling, as if Noah were shaping the very nature of the world through it¡­ ----- Chapter 154 - Everyone Practices Magic! ----- A floating sphere of perpetual darkness emerged out of thin air, made entirely out of mana which was shaped into the attribute of darkness. The spell that Noah created was simply named Dark Bullet, it used mana to emte darkness, materialize it, and generate a spherical shape. All of such steps were employed by Noah''s intent and imagination, with the help of his Blood Core and also the guidance of the knowledge he acquired from Bloodshot Eye alongside the Blood Progenitor. Unlike using Skills, Noah felt like he had truly created the floating sphere of darkness. It was something he had done himself, something shaped by him and his own mana. It had a strange feeling, a mystical feeling that he never truly experienced with Skills. Noah slowly moved the Dark Bullet and fired it with a push of his intent and mana towards a wall of Elemental Blood Gems he had created in front of him. CLASH! The Dark Bullet hit the wall, exploding, and dissipating with a loud impact. Noah noticed that arge hole was made by the bullet, but it did notpletely manage to break through it. However, it almost did. Considering how this Wall was created through the use of a B-Rank Skill and a lot of his Mana, it seemed that the Dark Bullet, a mere Level I Spell was rather strong. If he were to be able to conjure many at the same time, the entire wall could be shattered into pieces. So Noah quickly began to conjure more Dark Bullets. He needed to get used to the feeling of materializing his intent and imagination into his own Mana. He began to imagine several Dark Bullets over and over again. Sometimes the magic circles exploded and failed, and other times the Dark Bullets came badly¡­ But he kept trying throughout the night, as he managed to generate more Dark Bullets. When the morning came, he finally managed to destroy the wall, but he felt a bit exhausted. Through the whole night, he was not the only one that worked hard, as everyone around him had managed to conjure their own Spells as well. Although most of these spells simply looked like inferior versions of their Skills, they were still special, as they were a power outside of the System itself, surpassing what everyone used to fuel themselves with power. "It seems that everyone worked hard¡­" said Noah. "Hahh¡­ I never thought that trying to conjure a little phantom me without the System help would be so horribly hard!" sighed Iris. "We somehow managed¡­ though I was only able to make a palm-sized sphere of poison, and it dissipated¡­" said Arthur. "I can manipte a bit of electricity, but without the System, it became quite hard, especially by seeing how wild electricity was¡­ It was like an untamed beast, it was very hard to control it¡­" said Timassa. "My Attribute is Curse¡­ but when I tried to curse the Mutated Beast, the spell backfired towards me and I was paralyzed for a few minutes¡­" sighed Jon. Everyone was given a small, mutated beast resembling a monstrous rat to practice their magic a bit, especially Jon who could not materialize his magic attribute through a pseudo-physical form, so he needed a target to use it. "I was able to make a tiny ice spike¡­ and that''s it¡­" said Clementina. "I did a Shadow thing¡­" said Adamantine. "You are probably better than I am. What I managed to do was with a lot of help, all of you did this just by me merely exining it to you. All the work you did was yours. Let us keep practicing today as well for the time being," said Noah. "However, before that, wouldn''t it be nice to take a break, Master?" A mass of red slime emerged out of the ceiling, sshing into the ground, and then taking the form of a cute girl with a maid dress, Scarlet. "Oh¡­ I have forgotten time for a bit. What hour is it?" asked Noah. "Around 9 AM¡­" said Scarlet. "9 AM already¡­ Let us go have breakfast then, Noah," said Iris, standing up and stretching a bit. "You are right. Let us go eat something and settle down our minds for a bit. If we are well refreshed, we will be able to push ourselves way better," said Noah, walking at the side of Iris as everyone else followed them. The Vampire Family decided to have a good breakfast while drinking a lot of blood from both monsters and humans to revitalize themselves. The blood of humans was what they had been saved from those they had hunted. Although sometimes Noah''s Blood Servants would bring him "offerings" with the freshly killed corpses of F-Rank Hunters. He had told them to only hunt people at night, preferably Hunters, whose blood was tastier. Alongside this, the main group of Robots and Blood Servants hade back from their Dungeon diving and brought a lot of magic materials, dropped items, and Cores. "Good job, have you absorbed more materials? I can see that your designs have be slightly different, you also exude more magic," said Noah. "Indeed, Master. We have absorbed a few of the high-quality magic materials that we have been harvesting inside the Fire Wyrm''s Dungeon, we had been fully upgraded to a greater level of power, and even our Blood Core Batteries seem to have strengthened¡­" said Noire. "It was pretty easy now! A few Fire Wyrms are so easy to kill~" said Sakura. "Good, make sure to also share the materials with the other robots, I want them all in perfect condition and as strong as possible for any emergency. Also, I will raise more blood servants today," said Noah. Thanks to Noah''s Blood Servant Skill, all the Blood Servants that hemanded were part of his own Skill. Each time he sent them inside Dungeons, it was as if he were using the Skill itself, meaning that their attacks and presences also carried the effects of the Skill. Through such a thing, even though they could not raise the corpses into Blood Servants like him, the corpses that the Blood Servants damaged and helped to kill would not disappear into ck smoke. This meant that his Blood Servants and the Robots had been bringing him giant corpses of Fire Wyrms, which they had been butchering into Dropped Items before they disappeared after 24 hours. Now, Noah nned to make many Blood Servants with these corpses brought to him, as he nned to strengthen his Blood Servants through Blood Servant Fusion, the technique he used to create Scarlet. The Ability Cores umted could give him a few Skill Points, but he wanted to umte some more to use them and get a few more Spells/Skills from the Warlock Skill Tree. "Oh, my lord, are you making more of my brethren? Amazing!" said Pride, appearing at the side of Noah. "Indeed. I might fuse them with you as you requested me. Let us see if you can be General Grade, it would be beneficial to have a strong guardian taking care of my back, or protecting the territory while I am not here," said Noah. "Oh! Fusing with my brethren would be such a delightful experience!" said Pride, waving his tail. "However, before that, will we go there?" asked Iris. "Oh yes, we can''t miss the opportunity¡­ We shall go to the underground and finally open the sealed door left by Arthur''s grandfather¡­" said Noah. "Damn¡­ I wonder if we should tell my parents about that though¡­" said Arthur. "After we discover everything, of course," said Noah. ----- Chapter 155 - Axis Corporations Director ----- Within a faraway Sector, over a tall skyscraper building that represented one of the biggest corporations that had raised after the Apocalypse, a young man with long blonde hair and shining aquamarine eyes nced at a holographic window. As usual, he would be designing new types of mechanical items or body parts, improving structures through the use of advanced magic technology and his knowledge and mastery over it gifted to him by his awakened Ability. He was no other than the director of Axis Corporations, the one who started it all, the owner of the wealthiest and most known corporation in the entire world after the Apocalypse. It was all¡­ thanks to the power he was gifted after awakening that he was able to aplish so many things. However, his fervent resolve always made him strive forward to higher and newer horizons, although he was often caged inside of his office designing new things, he was in fact a famous S-Rank Hunter. His daily routine, however, was to design new types of mechanical constructions, improve parts, and more. Although his creations were always thought to be masterpieces by the public, he always strived forward to improve them even further. He was never satiated with the greatness of his creations, and always found ways to improve them. As the creator of every machine, even if they were produced in mass through the special machines he created and distributed around the world to create and design even more machines, he still had an innate connection to all of his creations. He knew that many became scrapped metal, others that became failures and escaped to suburbs, and a few others that had tried to rebel against hismands. He saw these as wed, and quickly cut his connection with them, leaving them to do whatever they wanted, to die or not, he did not care. For him, they were simply failed creations that he could take notes from to improve into his new designs. However, he had forgotten to cut the connections with two models amongst the hundreds of thousands there were, which he had not thought would strive from their original functions so much. Due to his superhuman capabilities and special Skills, his mind was like that of thousands ofputers, he was able to administrate every single of his creations, although he held no direct power over them, he was able to see what they were doing to an extent, even how they felt or how their models were. Amongst these many models, a certain group of them had¡­ recently became strange. Only about a week and a few days had gone by since that time, but he still could remember what they had be right before cutting their connection with him. Their glowing, blue-colored signals suddenly became crimson red, and their mechanical properties changed and evolved through a strange type of magic and powers infused within them¡­ something that, through his entire life, he had never seen. Since everything started that he never found anyone capable of "hacking" into his own creations like this. He was left speechless. He, an S-Rank Hunter, had his own creations hacked and changed. Even¡­ he felt like they were improved by this strange power. He felt both intrigued and scared afterward. He felt scared due to someone being able to take over his creations, improve them, and make them powerful enough for them topletely cut their connections with him. And intrigued about who this mysterious person was, what did he do, what kind of ability he used, and if he could be willing to work for him. Throughout his long life, he has never found anyone with simr powers to him. Someone who could be capable of influencing his creations and¡­ improve them. From the little time he had before his creations lost their connection with him, he learned a few things from their improvements, things that he had never thought possible within his powers, many of such abilities which he had tried to create many times, but never working. One of such abilities was that¡­ the Mana Core Batteries became self-sustainable. Usually, any mech he created needed to change their Mana Core Battery every so often, they were batteries after all, and could not be easily recharged, if overused, they would even break. This was something he could not do anything about, as long as his creations were fueled by his mana, it would be fine, but to make them independent and go around the world, these batteries were needed, which he could not design and were rather away from his power. These batteries were created by thebined effort of many alchemists and high-tech mechanical weapons he also created. But he had already reached the limits of what he could do about it, however, these robots who changed their mana core batteries were different, such mana cores had be crimson red, and gained immense magical capabilities. Amongst them, they gained the ability to absorb mana from materials and improve themselves! Not only that, as there was another simr ability, the power to self-replicate pieces of their own bodies, design new ones, andpletely adjust their own bodies through the umtion of mana! This was something that he could partially do on his own creations that were always at his side when he fought, such as the enormous mechs he piloted, however, any other independent creationcked such properties, and even those he used for himself were very limited, not to this point of nanomachine-like shapeshifting ability! And this was not all. The creations were able to assimte magic materials and fuse their ownponents with them! This was honestly ridiculous. Not even him could do this as smoothly as these robots! And¡­ as if things were not ridiculous enough, they gained some kind of magic mass that resembled¡­ a primitive soul! Through this soul, these robots even acquired some kind of affinity, and were able to even develop and use abilities they developed! Skills and Magic! This was something his machinery could not develop. He had to arduous create armament, weapons, and cannons fueled with magic, but to use innate Skill-like Abilities right off the bat¡­ was nothing but insane for him! He, the owner of Axis Corporations, had finally found someone thatplemented his abilities, someone that was worthy of bing hispanion as both walked through the path of machinery creation and the bright future of magic technology! If he wanted to bring back the old world and heal the contamination of Earth, he needed this mysterious person at his side! He was willing to do anything¡­ even if he had to force him to cooperate! Even if he had to ve him or something, his powers would be his! He smiled wickedly, feeling fascinated by the possibilities. And since then, he had left the supeputers within his building searching for the location of these robots. After many days, they finally found it¡­ "Sector D¡­ I see! So that is where you are¡­ I shall go there immediately, and seek for you, my friend! You and I shall seek the bright future ahead of us! And if you do not cooperate¡­ well, I have more than a thousand ways to force you to¡­" said the man smiling with resolve and wickedness. ----- Chapter 156 - Exploring The Mysterious Underground Area ----- After breakfast, Noah decided to go to the underground area within Arthur''s family territory, where Arthur had said that his grandfather had sealed many of the things he owned within a magic door. This magic door was impossible to ess by his parents and even Arthur, and it had been kept in here since his grandfather died. Arthur had implied that his grandfather had special abilities even before the Apocalypse, ording to his father, the son of his grandfather. His grandfather, although gentle and a good person, was always mysterious in what he did. However, it was not after the Apocalypse that he revealed part of his powers, which he used to protect his son and his wife, alongside the recently born Arthur a few years after the Apocalypse started. Using his strength, he forged a path for them to walk through this insanity and survive, making Sector D their new home after humanity stabilized and managed to fight back against the many threats within the world. As Arthur led Noah and the rest towards the underground, he began to recall such things and his mysterious grandfather. He always wished to have known him better, to have learned more of what he really was, of who he was¡­ But his grandfather seemed secretive even before his death. Whatever truths he held, he wanted to carry them to the grave. His eyes began to shine brightly as he felt a slight sorrow. Remembering the grandfather he loved so much and hisst days was quite hurtful for him. Arthur could not help but feel mncholic. Now, with each step, Arthur was slowly going back to where he once left everything. The ce where many mysteries could finally be unfolded, where many things could perhaps be answered. Arthur felt a slight fear. With each step¡­ He knew that Noah had the power to open the door somehow¡­ but he felt like¡­ this was not right. Even if it sounded bold, even if it¡­ was an offense against Noah. Arthur wanted to open the door. After walking downstairs for a while, they finally reached the area. Arge, red-colored door greeted their sight, covered in runes of many types and magical inscriptions which made Noah''s eyes fascinated. "Amazing! Arthur, your grandfather was really¡­ a wizard!" said Noah, extending his hand towards the door. "W-Wait, Noah¡­" said Arthur, clenching his fists. Noah stopped moving as he nced back at Arthur in silence. "Hm?" "I want¡­ I want to open it¡­" said Arthur. "You feel like you can?" asked Noah, without questioning nor getting angry at Arthur, which surprised him a little. "I-I¡­ I never will know until I try¡­" said Arthur. Noah smiled and patted Arthur''s shoulders. "¡­Very well. You may try once," said Noah, stepping back, and letting Arthur try. "Thanks¡­" said Arthur, walking towards the door. The mystical door seemed to release a strange, otherworld presence. This door that Arthur had tried many times to open through his life¡­ When he could not even walk when he had to be carried by Timassa on her arms to go down through suchrge stairs. Now he could walk by himself, and had even reached the power of a B-Rank thanks to Noah and his own perseverance. And now¡­ he even learned magic and the truth about what the System was. In thesest days, he had changed a lot. In thesest weeks¡­ he had indeed be someone different. He had grown. Perhaps, this was what his grandfather needed of him. To grow out of his ownfort zone, and be someone new, someone strong, and someone¡­ that others could rely on like his grandfather once was. "Grandfather¡­" said Arthur, as he extended his hand towards the door, touching it. ¡­ ¡­ ¡­ Arthur smiled, nothing happened. Everything was in silence, not even the door changed or something. Everything¡­ was the same as the other times he came here¡­ looking for a way to open the door. "Arthur-sama¡­" said Timassa. "I see¡­ So I am too ready yet, am I, grandpa?" sighed Arthur, as he was about to step back and let Noah find a way to force the door to open. However. Suddenly, a voice resonated within Arthur''s ears. "You are more than ready, Arthur¡­" Arthur recognized this voice. The voice of his grandfather. The door started to faintly glow with red colors, as the runes inscribed into it started to move and rotate around as if a lock was being opened. Crack, crack, CRACK! Arthur nced with his eyes wide open¡­ as the door opened, revealing deep darkness within. "Grandfather¡­" Arthur''s eyes began to cry tears, as he kneeled. "Thank you¡­ For having taken care of us¡­" Arthur began to cry even louder, his tears falling over the floor, recalling his grandfather''s death and all the things he always did for everyone¡­ Perhaps if he had lost his legs before his grandfather died, he might have found a way to bring them back¡­ Arthur felt the gentle hand of the one who had stayed at his side since he could remember. The gentle smile of Timassa greeted his sight. "Arthur-sama¡­ You did it¡­" she said, embracing him in a tight and warm hug. "Timassa¡­" Arthur kept crying over her shoulders, tightly hugging her back, feeling her warmth. After a few seconds, Arthur quickly wiped his tears off his eyes, as he apologized to Noah. "S-Sorry¡­ I shouldn''t¡­ had cried¡­" Noah nced at Arthur expressionlessly, as he sighed a bit. He patted his shoulders once more. "Well done. Lead the way," he said, ignoring his apology. Arthur''s eyebrows raised a bit, as he was once more surprised by Noah''s understanding of the situation and hispassion over those close to him. "Sure!" said Arthur nodding happily, as he led the party within the depths of the room across the door¡­ sh! sh! sh! Suddenly, dozens of lights lighted up, as arge hall was revealed to everyone present, surprising them. Countless bookshelves filled with books of all colors and sizes greeted them first. Afterward, artifacts lying over altars, stuck to the walls, or even hanging from the ceilings emerged before their sight. A long and red carpet extended from the entrance of the hall of the end, where arge throne rested, which was embedded with jewels that exuded great magic. Sitting over the altar¡­ there was a skeleton wearing long robes and holding a golden cane. "Amazing¡­ What is this ce?!" asked Clementina. "Books¡­" said Adamantine. "So many weapons¡­ and strange essories¡­" said Jon. "Oh, that dress¡­" said Iris, ncing at a beautiful red and ck dress. "This is¡­ the treasury of my lord¡­" said Timassa. "Indeed, this is¡­ my grandparent''s treasury¡­ we have finally reached it¡­ All these items, even the books, are all magical¡­" said Arthur. Noah pointed at the skeleton with intrigue. "Who is that?" he asked. "I¡­ I do not know, my grandpa was buried in the graveyard¡­ I am sure of it¡­ this skeleton¡­ I don''t think it is from him¡­" said Arthur. "Hm¡­" Noah walked towards the skeleton directly, ncing at it. Suddenly, the jaw of the skeleton fell over the floor, startling Noah. And the¡­ "Hahaha¡­ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Noah quickly stepped back, as he fell a sudden surge of powering from the skeleton itself! sh! Phantasmal blue mes filled the skeleton, as it began to move on its own! "W-What?!" Arthur and everyone else were in shock at what they were seeing! "Wee, my apprentices!" ----- Chapter 157 - An Insane Skeleton?! And Some Mysteries Unravel! ----- "Wee, my apprentices! That youngling left me here for an eternity! But finally! I get to do something! HAHAHA!" Before everyone''s sight, an insane skeleton wearing mage robes and wielding a long golden caneughs and stands up from his throne! Hisugh resonates through the entire hall, he is filled with insanity! "A monster!" said Adamantine. "Let''s kill him," said Jon. "W-WAIT! I am no monster! I am Merlin!" said the skeleton, stopping the vampires before they were to decimate him. "This¡­ how odd, it is a monster that is not aggressive towards us?" wondered Iris, ring at the creature with intrigue. Noah nced at the skeleton from toe to head, as he grabbed the jaw from the floor. "That''s my jaw! Please, can I have it back?" asked the skeleton walking near Noah. "After you exin what exactly you are¡­" said Noah, holding the jaw high. "Eh? OH! Of course, introductions are necessary, youngd!"ughed the Skeleton, jumping over the throne and raising his cane into the air! "I am Merlin, the legendary mage! The guider of King Arthur! Magician extraordinaire! The seeker of truth! Who else could I be than the most amazing and outstanding magician in all of the face of Earth?" asked the skeleton,ughing proudly over his own greatness. "This is getting weirder and weirder¡­" said Iris. "I knew that my grandfather had someone he always went to talk to¡­ it was you?! I knew he had the power to speak with spirits and souls¡­ but¡­ he can even raise the dead?!" asked Arthur in shock. "Oh?! You must be Arthur, his little boy! And you even have the same name as your ancestor! If we throw away the crimson eyes, you are the living image of my King," said Merlin while rubbing his upper jaw because he had no chin now. "Answer his question or you''re not getting your jaw back," said Noah. "Oof! Who is this guy anyway? He is so gloomy! And he looks like a Vampire¡­ Wait, are all of you Vampires?! EH?! The Bloodline of King Arthur has been corrupted by VAMPIRES?!" asked the skeleton, falling off the chair. "What is he talking about?" wondered Timassa. "Bloodline of King Arthur? What? Who is King Arthur? I don''t think it is rted to me solely by my name¡­" said Arthur. "In fact, it does! Well, the surname Pendragon probably is already long gone after many generations¡­ but you are from that bloodline, little Arthur!" said the skeleton, quickly standing up again and rushing towards Arthur, who stepped back a bit. "This is a bit¡­ overwhelming¡­ How did you evene here? Did grandfather bring you? And why are you speaking if you are clearly a skeleton? How are you even moving? What kind of power does my grandpa have?" asked Arthur. "Hmmm¡­ Well, that is a lot of questions there, boy¡­ It could be said that I have always been within the relics of your family, more or less," said Merlin. "W-What?" asked Arthur. "You see¡­ I died pretty long ago, but Arthur''s descendants promised me that one day, they would bring me back from death¡­ Fast forward to many generationster, the father of your grandfather finally mastered necromancy, and then here I am! Since he died, I have been taking care of your grandpa¡­ who died a few years ago, sadly. He left me here waiting for you. When you were to reach a certain level of mana capacity and possibly learn magic, the door would open¡­ The conditions were pretty harsh, to be honest¡­" said Merlin nonchntly. "EH?! Really? That''s it?!" asked Arthur. "Hm? What did you expect? Something more grandiose? You asked me for a short answer. The long one would be a giant exnation from the very origins of your bloodline¡­ Do you even want to hear about your ancestor, Excalibur, and all of that crap? I don''t think so," said Merlin. "W-Well, whatever you are, Merlin, let''s settle things down for now, and let''s talk things out¡­ Arthur-sama, please rx," said Timassa. "O-Okay then¡­" said Arthur. Noah spectated all of this while rubbing his chin, this entire thing seemed directly out of a tale. And to an extent, it was. From what he knew about King Arthur''s tale, it was some kind of ancient tale that originated from the old and destroyed country of the United Kingdom, he did not really read the entire thing, but he had found some books around the library that had old books within, it seemed that in the past, such tale influenced a lot of the modern media that originated before the Apocalypse fell. But seeing how this skeleton called itself Merlin, how it said that Arthur was the descendant of King Arthur, and even mentioned the Excalibur and spoke about the entire tale as if it were an old and boring event he went to, it all began to feel even more overwhelmingly ridiculous. "Speak the truth, are you really the magician Merlin? Don''t fool around with us," said Noah. "Hmph¡­ I hate prideful brats! Give me back my lower jaw and I might do something!" said Merlin. Noah nced at Merlin while squinting his eyes. Without saying a word, he threw the lower jaw back to the skeleton, who barely managed to catch it. "Do you have to be so disrespectful with this old man? I am literally in the bones here!" said Merlin, sticking the lower jack back to his skull. "Now, do something," said Noah. "W-Well, can you prove that what you are saying is the truth?" asked Arthur. "Yeah, honestly, I have not seen a skeleton before, but I have heard that there are dungeons with them¡­ Maybe you are just a tamed monster from all we know," said Iris. "¡­I don''t know what to say," said Clementina. "Hmph. Do you really think I am some kind of skeleton monster?! ¡­Well, I am a skeleton, and I might be a monster, but I am not a liar! ¡­Well, I am. But I am not lying about this!" said the skeleton, as he quickly walked towards the back of the throne. The entire Vampire Family nced at Merlin with suspiciousness, as he began to look for something specific. "Argh¡­ Where is this thing? Hmm¡­ Oh? AHA!" The skeleton quickly found something, but he did not bring it. "Come here!" he asked, as everyone slowly walked near him. Suddenly, behind the throne, everyone found arge, golden sword stuck to the floor. "A sword¡­?" asked Iris. "No¡­ this power. It is a Soul Weapon. Oh? The power has its sealed, but¡­ it seems to be an S-Rank Soul Weapon. Interesting¡­" said Noah. "That''s right, you ignorant. This is Excalibur, the sword that only those descendants of Arthur can wield! Now, Arthur, take it with your hands, and be the new King of Light that shall save this world filled with chaos! Just like your grandfather once wielded it," said Merlin. "Grandpa once used this? But I never saw him use it¡­" said Arthur. "Heh, that''s because he was older than you think! And he put it here after getting pretty old, he said that the weight hurt his back¡­" said Merlin. Arthur slowly walked towards the golden de, as he felt like the light within it was calling to him. He extended his hand towards it and grabbed its handle. FLASH! The sword shined brightly in iridescent radiation as if it were the sun itself! The light was so bright that it even damaged the skin of everyone present. Even when Arthur was a descendant of King Arthur, he was a Dhampir, and the radiant holy light of this de began to slightly burn his skin! Yet, he grasped it tightly, slowly but steadily pulling it out with all the might he could muster! "Nnngh¡­! Aaaagh! Come on¡­!" roared Arthur, gnashing his teeth as he put all of his strength into his muscles, using his superhuman strength to pull the de while ignoring its burning light! FLASH! The de shed brightly more and more as if it was slowly waking up from its slumber! "You can do it, boy!" cheered Merlin. Arthur slowly pulled it out of the floor, raising it! FLASH! As if it were the sun itself, the de shed the brightest ever, celebrating that a new wielder had emerged. "YOU DID IT! HAHAHA!"ughed Merlin. "Phew¡­ I don''t like swords though¡­" said Arthur, giving the de to Noah. "I will put it to good use," said Noah, ncing at the radiant sword greedily. "WAIT, YOU CAN''T DO THAT!" roared Merlin inplete disbelief. ----- Chapter 158 - Demon, Let Go Of The Legendary Holy Sword! ----- Merlin, the legendary Mage that once guided King Arthur in the ancient Earth was now an annoying skeleton! Who would have guessed? This was but the most ridiculous of turns of events that could have ever happened to Noah. This was probably even more insane than even bing a Vampire. But this world was filled with insanity ad chaos, so wasn''t this quite fitting? And as Noah investigated and delved more into the truths of this world, he discovered that there were countless mysteries at every corner of the world. But even then, he never guessed that such a figure was within the underground of Arthur''s territory. It was utterly ridiculous. However, Noah kept a cold mind over this situation and quickly tried to assess things out, asking for the living skeleton to bring some proof. The proof? The Holy Sword Excalibur itself. Noah immediately realized that the weapon itself was an S-Rank Soul Weapon! It was indeed Excalibur. Arthur managed to pull it out rather swiftly thanks to his bloodline, although it seems that the holy light of the de was able to damage vampiric beings, as it burns through his skin, although Arthur had enough regeneration to not be bothered as much by its holy radiance. However, as Merlin celebrated that Arthur managed to pull it out, Arthur quickly gave it to Noah, surprising the old skeleton who was waiting for King''s Arthur Sessor to use the legendary sword and save this apocalyptic world filled with chaos. "Why?! Arthur, you cannot give it to anyone, Excalibur is only yours! You pulled it out, now it is yours! A vampire without even the bloodline of King Arthur cannot even wield it!" said Merlin, trying to convince Arthur to take it away from Noah''s hands. "What are you talking about? I said that I was not good with swords. In fact, I am a healer and backline mage¡­ I also already have a Soul Weapon that enhances this¡­ And what is wrong with offering to Noah-sama? He''s my progenitor and also my friend, it is the least I could do," said Arthur while feeling angered at Merlin''s tone and words. "Friend?! This Vampire?! This Undead?!" asked Merlin. "Merlin, you are clearly an Undead too. In fact, you are a monster now," said Timassa. "T-That has nothing to do with this! You! Give it back!" said Merlin, pointing his bony finger at Noah who admired the de. Noah nced at Merlin expressionlessly, as he nced at the de. "No." "WHAT?! Give it back! It doesn''t belong to you!" roared Merlin, trying to jump over Noah. However, he was quickly stopped by Iris. CLASH! Iris unleashed her phantom in the form of ws which she materialized into semi-ethereal floating limbs and hit Merlin before he could even get close to her husband, throwing him a few meters away. "You dare attack my husband in front of me? Do you want to die again, skeleton?" asked Iris with a ferocious voice. "Agh¡­! You¡­ Damn Vampires¡­ To think that such an ursed race that I thought was already gone from the face of Earth hade back! You have taken over Arthur''s family and brainwashed the boy, didn''t you?! Heh, it doesn''t matter anyway, the Holy Sword has a soul of its own and will decide its wielder, it won''t let you wield it!" said Merlin whileughing, pointing once more at Noah who inspected the de. And just as he had said, Excalibur seemed to feel disgusted by Noah''s presence, as its holy radiance started to emanate, even more, showering him with holy light-attribute mana that began to burn through Noah''s entire skin and flesh. However, Noah seemed like it was nothing at all, he waspletely rxed, in fact. After having bathed in the scorching mes of the Fire Wyrm Dungeon, this measly holy light seemed to not be much of a big deal, especially with his Immortal Body Skill, any burn quickly regenerated back almost a second after it was formed. However, Noah felt a bit of difort as the de began to shake violently, it was trying to resist his grip and fly back to Arthur. "Hah! See?! It does not want you! Let it go or Excalibur might even cut your head off, ursed vampire!"ughed Merlin. Noah however tightly grasped Excalibur''s handle and rubbed his chin, which was burning and regenerating over and over again as it was bathed in holy light. "Hmph. What an insolent weapon, do you dare oppose your new wielder? How about this?" said Noah, smiling maliciously as he suddenly gathered his mana and soul around him, activating several Skills and suddenly turning himself into a Blood Scion, scaring the unliving shit out of Merlin, who jumped far away. "D-DEMON!" he screamed, if it were not because he was so weakened after dying, he would be already conjuring spells to exterminate Noah''s unholy existence. "Oh? What are you going to do?" asked Arthur curiously, ignoring Merlin. "Weapons are made to be wielded. When a weapon tries to oppose its wielder, you suppress it with your might and show it who is the one in charge," said Noah with a monstrous voice, he had be a four-meter-tall demonic fiend with bulging muscles, pale-white skin, gigantic bat-like wings, a long and pointy tail, a bald head and crimson red eyes, whose mouth was filled with razor-sharp teeth. Although he looked utterly demonic in every sense of the word, all of his subordinates nced at him with great admiration, as if they were looking at a god. Iris was the most fascinated of them all, as she admired Noah''s demonic aura. "Noah-sama, your entire existence is utterly devilish!" said Iris, it seemed that somehow, by being in this form, Noah had a greater "aura" or something. Noah ignored Iris''s remarks for the moment, as he began to do the unthinkable. Merlin nced at him as his entire bony body started to tremble in fear. "Y-You! What are you¡­ thinking?!" asked Merlin in fear, as he saw Noah beginning to umte his Aura as a Crimson Red essence, which hebined with the energy of his very soul, and started to pour it over the entire Holy Sword! "I am readjusting it," said Noah nonchntly, as he started to pour more of his powers, mana, and soul into the de, which began to resist as if it were really alive, it shined so brightly it seemed to produce the sound of a person groaning! FLASH! The radiant holy light fought against Noah''s ck, red energy, as Noah slowly started to erode it! No matter how much it fought, Excaliburcked Mana of its own and needed a wielder to bring its true power, without Arthur to provide mana, it was able to only fight as much before it began to instinctively absorb Noah''s Mana, corrupting itself from the inside out! FLASH! Another "groan" of pain resonated, as Merlin screamed like a madman and rushed towards Noah, however, he was kicked by Iris once more until his entire body fell apart into pieces, although he wasn''t "dead" yet, as he kept groaning and screaming, telling Noah to stop this unholy act. Noah ignored the mad skeleton as Excalibur was not able to fight back any longer, the darkness and crimson red energies began to engulf the entire de, as its radiant golden splendor started to turnpletely ck and red. ----- Chapter 159 - Trapped Inside The Holy Sword?! ----- As Noah thought that he was about topletely tame Excalibur, a sudden radiance of light emerged from the depths of the sword soul! The darkness and crimson red energy that was engulfing the de were quickly destroyed by this holy radiance, as Noah waspletely covered on it! "Hahaha! You fool! You have awakened Excalibur''s Heavenly Divine Soul Guardian! Do you think the Lady of the Lake would let you do as you please with the weapon forged by humanity''s wishes?! Perish!"ughed Merlin. FLASH! "Oh?" Noah waspletely devoured by the radiant light, as he suddenly felt his consciousness emerge in a different ce. A ce of eternal radiance, of bright yellow light, where a beautiful forest and ake in the middle of it rested. A beautiful woman with pale white skin, long blonde hair, and shiny aquamarine eyes were standing in the middle of thiske, ring at Noah. "Wee to my Divine Realm, the eternal prison where your treacherous soul shall rest for eternity. To think that such a strong demon existed within this world¡­ Oh, the legacy of my King has really been shattered, and you had even corrupted his holy descendant¡­" sighed the woman, she was the Lady of the Lake of King''s Arthur''s Tale, the woman who gave King Arthur his legendary sword. Noah felt weakened as if he could not do anything at all. He waspletely paralyzed within this divine radiance, incapable of doing anything. He felt, however, the burning pain of his soul as it was bathed by an endless radiance. This was Excalibur''sst resort against those that tried to use their malefic powers to dominate the sword, it was the power that the Soul of the Lady of the Lake had left within the Soul of Excalibur, which trapped the malevolent souls of those that tried to oppose the light and control Excalibur, leaving them inside a Divine Realm where they would never be able to escape from. "Oh, so that''s how it is¡­" said Noah, seemingly being oddly calm about this whole thing. The Lady of the Lake nced at Noah with her sharp aquamarine eyes, she was but a fragment of the soul of the original woman, who had perished long ago, she was also the "soul" that made Excalibur a Soul Weapon. She felt that Noah was acting suspiciously, but quickly shrugged off whatever he was thinking, even though it seemed odd that he did not despaired while agonizing. "Trying to act tough or brave won''t be of any use¡­ You will never be able to escape my Divine Realm," said the Lady of the Lake, smiling confidently at Noah''s expressionless face. "Is that so?" said Noah nonchntly. Meanwhile, within the outside world, Noah''s body went back to its original form as it fell over the floor, Excalibur also stopped radiating as it seemed to have shut down, falling over his chest. "NOAH!" cried Iris, running towards her husband as she quickly grabbed his torso and moved it upwards, trying to see through her Phantasmal powers if she could bring him back from his sudden slumber. Everyone else was left in shock about what had urred, as Arthur hurriedly rushed towards Noah and tried to use his ck Light Healing Skills to heal him, but it was not as if he had any damage, the wounds that the holy light left were already healed by his Immortal Body Skill, Noah had simply fallen into a slumber which he could not wake up from. "What has happened to our lord?!" asked Timassa to Merlin, as the skeleton who had fallen into piecesughed wickedly. "Hehe! Hahahaha! What had happened to him is what he rightfully deserves! Excalibur has absorbed his soul inside of the weapon, and had sealed it within the Lady of the Lake Divine Realm! He has fallen into a slumber that he will never wake up from!"ughed Merlin. "YOU DAMN PILE OF BONES! I WILL GRIND YOU INTO DUST AND DEVOUR YOUR SOUL!" roared Iris, flying towards Merlin as the old mage felt the instinctual fear of imminent death! Somehow, Iris was going to find a way to tear apart his soul, something even worst than having his body die, he would simply disappear! However, Arthur suddenly stopped Iris''s charge. "Please stop Iris-sama!" he cried. "Arthur! Move aside!" roared Iris, gnashing her teeth as her eyes gleamed with crimson red light. "If you destroy Merlin, how can we find a way to bring Noah-sama back? Please, think things through!" said Arthur. "That''s¡­ But¡­!" muttered Iris, realizing that Arthur''s words madeplete sense. Arthur sighed in relief as he walked back to Merlin. "Please, tell me a way to bring back Noah-sama, Merlin!" said Arthur. "Hmph. Even after he fell unconscious you are still brainwashed, Arthur?! Wake up! He is not your friend! He is your enemy! He is a demonic monster, a bloodsucker that feasts in the suffering of the innocents! You are the descendant of King Arthur, you are bound to save humanity, not to serve this demon!" said Merlin. "Stop talking nonsense! I was never brainwashed by anyone! Noah-sama gave me many opportunities throughout my entire life! Do you think I was born as a talented young man? Radiant and charismatic like the damn idiot you once followed?! If it weren''t for Noah-sama''s kindness, I would be more than dead now! And there would not be any more descendants for your stupid little game! You would have rotten forever in here until the entire world was to be submerged in monsters!" said Arthur. "W-What are you saying, you insolent brat?! Y-You¡­!" roared Merlin using a part of his soul to touch Arthur''s head and destroy the brainwashing on his mind! But¡­ "Eh? What? Where is it?! If you are brainwashed¡­ there should be¡­ some¡­ rune¡­" muttered Merlin, as weakened as he was, if he used his very soul for something, it should at least be able to dispel a brainwashing effect in the mind of a young man. However, to his utmost surprise, there was no brainwash at all. "What are you doing? Of course, I am not brainwashed! I am following Noah-sama because I truly admire him! And because¡­ he is my friend," said Arthur. "W-What? This¡­ this cannot be¡­! You cannot¡­ NO! I SHALL NEVER HELP YOU FREE THIS DEMON! Even if he is your friend or whatever, Arthur!" said Merlin. "Argh! You are such a damned pile of bones! I might as well melt your soul away!" roared Arthur, who was about to unleash his powerful poison over Merlin''s piles of bones! However, a sudden st of crimson red energy exploded out of Excalibur''s de, startling everyone. "W-What¡­ was that?" asked Jon in surprise, as everyone put their eyes on the legendary weapon and Noah. A few seconds earlier, within the Lady of the Lake''s Divine Realm, Noah silently watched over the woman in front of him, who was lecturing him around about what was good or evil as if she were the divine advocate of god or something. Such a toxic woman made Noah desire topletely tear her apart or squash her like an ant. "And as I said, you shall be in here for an eternity, so we will have a lot of time to talk about. I want to reform your unholy soul and teach you what is right and wrong. I think you were a former human, right? I would like you to tell me what really made you be the demon you are now? How has life treated you, my child?" asked The Lady of the Lake with a pleasant smile, as if she was enjoying having Noah to her mercy. Noah nced at her expressionlessly, as suddenly, something within his soul began to shapeshift. A small, dark red tentacle emerged from within the depths of his existence, slowly moving around Noah''s body, as it began to erode the holy seals that epassed his soul while the Lady of the Lake was way too busy lecturing him to notice anything, mostly because the existence of such tentacles was of apletely different level from her own, already weakened existence whichcked almost all her mana now. Deep within Noah''s soul, a crimson eye opened, as Noah smiled lightly. "You are awake, huh?" he said. "Hm? What are you talking about? Of course, I am awake," said the Lady of the Lake. "I hate restraints¡­ I hate¡­ seals¡­ Devour¡­ Devour¡­ Devour¡­" muttered the abyssal voice within Noah''s soul, the Spawn of Azathoth had woken up! "You fool¡­ You are more than dead now,"ughed Noah. "What?!" asked the Lady of the Lake, as she suddenly felt something slowly crawling around her leg. "HYAAA?!" ----- Chapter 160 - Hah! Foolish Woman! ----- It never appeared when his soul was damaged. Nor it appeared when he took chunks of his soul to attack enemies. Nor it happened when he was at the border of death. It only appeared once to devour the Blood Progenitor''s soul and force it to fuse with Noah. And it appeared a second time now, to devour the seals that restrained Noah''s soul. Why? Because it hated to be restrained. As a spawn of the chaos of ancient and mysterious origins, it was a being of unruly existence that desired to do as it pleased. It had a strange personality that Noah had not yet understood. But Noah had the faint thought that it might emerge when his soul was to be restrained or attack by a separate being capable of actually restraining or devouring his soul. However, they were mere hypotheses, as Noah had prepared something else without even considering that the Spawn of Azathoth would help him. Why? Because the tentacles of ck ooze that emerged out of Noah''s soul were not the Spawn of Azathoth''s doing, in fact, it had just woken up a few seconds ago and began to groan. Noah was already acting on his own, and never considered this entity as a friend nor as an ally to rely on. In this situation, the one he could rely on the most was himself¡­ And the dozens of powerful souls delving within him. Yes, Pride and dozens of human and monsters souls emerged one after another, appearing like tentacles of ck ooze and red blood! The tentacles began to devour Noah''s restrains, using all of the other might to fight back! And as the Lady of Lake was weakened, she had not enough mana to reinforce the seals! She used everything she had to seal Noah''s soul, but she did not even think that Noah would have so many souls with him! These Souls were his Blood Servants, although they were made of blood and phantom that resided inside his physical flesh, Noah had already experienced the ability to see all the souls of his Blood Servants while he slept, which was how he talked for the first time with Pride! Now, he simply ordered them to attack while draining his own mana to fuel themselves! The Blood Progenitor was also given the privilege of helping, although he and Noah had the same soul, he had a different mind of his own, and though such will, he put a lot of fight against the seals, which ultimately began to weaken! Crack, crack! As the seals began to fragment into pieces slowly, a small dark red tentacle emerged out of Noah''s back, slowly moving near the Lady of the Lake''s feet, and tightly entangling her leg. "HYAAAAA! W-What is that?! How?! No¡­ this is¡­ Impossible!" she cried, trying to resist as much as she could! "Hahahahaha! Foolish woman! Did you really think that I only was a single soul?! I would never be alone by myself!"ughed Noah as his left arm was freed from the seal, an ethereal arm that was the projection of his physical body made of his soul, which tightly gripped and raised to the skies triumphantly! The Lady of the Lake saw with horror as Noah''s soul began to shapeshift, opening it monstrously as more ck and red liquids began to pour all over the ce, shapeshifting asrge arms, legs, ws, tentacles, and more! "No¡­ NO! This is¡­ not possible! I sealed youpletely! How can you¡­ harbor souls inside your very soul!?" asked the Lady of the Lake inplete disbelief, as she quickly unleashed a holy sh with her hands and cut off the tentacle entangling her leg, stepping back a few meters. "Not even I know exactly how it works. But Blood Servants, after all, are like a type of necromancy, to keep them alive even when they dissipate into nothingness, their souls have to be connected to me somehow, so I can supply them with Mana. Isn''t that the most logical thing to think? Oh, well, you are a foolish and ignorant woman, so what do you even know about?"ughed Noah, quickly freeing the rest of his soul! CRASH! The seals of holy light broke apart as they fell like tiny fragments of ss over the floor, dissipating into nothingness. Noah''s soul was now freed! "You own me one now!" said the Blood Progenitor, who had greatly helped Noah fight back against the restraints of the seals! "Hmph! I don''t owe you anything," said Noah, ignoring the Blood Progenitor shamelessly, as he nced back at the trembling woman before him. "N-No¡­ Get away from me! Don''t give¡­ a single step!" roared the Lady of the Lake, as her hands began to glow with holy light. Although she had no mana, her very soul could still be used as a weapon, which Noah desired to devour. "Oh? Or what? What are you going to do?" said Noah, walking several steps, nearing the Lady of the Lake with a malicious smile! Suddenly, the Spawn of Azathoth finally acted, as a giant crimson eye surged in the middle of Noah''s chest! "Hoh? You are quitete¡­" sighed Noah, as the tentacles of the abyssal entity began to emerge from his malformed and spectral soul, wiggling towards the Lady of the Lake viciously! "Snack¡­" groaned the Abyssal being, only seeing her as a snack! "NNGH¡­! W-What is that?! What¡­ are you really?! How¡­ that''s¡­ I have seen something like that before¡­ in the ancient times¡­ the Warlocks once¡­ called upon those monstrous otherworldly creatures¡­! I can''t believe it¡­!" said the Lady of Lake, creating a perfect replication of Excalibur in both of her hands made entirely out of her soul, as she pointed them at Noah, making them glow even brighter! "I will not go down without a fight!" she roared. "Fight? Why would I fight against a meal?"ughed Noah. "D-Don''t take me so lightly! I am the one that once gave the sword to my king, the one chosen by the divine voice of the world! The holder of the legendary sword forged by humanity''s wishes!" The Lady of the Lake quicklyunched the two Excalibur replications made of her holy soul towards Noah! CLASH! CLASH! The two swords were tightly stuck into Noah''s soul, as they exploded! BOOM! BOOM! The Lady of the Lake smiled triumphantly as she saw Noah''s soul being torn apart! "See? This is the difference in power between a Divine Soul and your soul, no matter the help- EH!?" The Lady of the Lady nced in disbelief as Noah''s soul began to mix around with the souls of his Blood Servants, like a mass of groaning souls, a legion of phantasmal entities, sticking together and patching him once more! The crimson eye surged once more on his chest, as Noah opened his eyes. "It seems that my servants would never let me be defeated,"ughed Noah, as suddenly, a ray of several lights emerged from the skies! Outside of this world, Iris and the rest of Noah''s subordinates were all unleashing their souls and mana into Excalibur, pouring it all into it! "If he''s really there, then we should be able to help him by giving him our souls and mana!" said Arthur. "Even if it hurts a bit¡­ We have to do it!" said Iris. The Lady of the Lake nced with horror as Noah''s power kept increasing endlessly! "T-That''s¡­ they are giving you¡­ their soul and mana?!" she asked. "Of course. I can always rely on my family to back me up. Isn''t that what a family is all about?" said Noah viciously, as ck tentacles emerged out of his soul, rushing towards the Lady of the Lake! sh! sh! sh! "Family?! You are but a bunch of vicious and brainwashed monsters!" roared the Lady of the Lake, unleashing a st of light and dissipating Noah''s tentacles! FLASH! However, like a zapping ck thunderbolt, Noah emerged right before her! "T-That speed!" "Timassa''s soul is rather useful," analyzed Noah, as his eyes shed with deep purple and pink colors, unleashing several Evil Eye effects on the Lady of the Lake! "Nngh?!" The Lady of the Lake felt as if her soul was being sucked of its energy! Alongside this, she felt as if she was showered by abyssal and monstrous despair, the effect of another Evil Eye! Andstly, her chest suddenly started to distort itself, breaking apart and causing agonizing pain to her! "Nngaaaaaggh¡­!" The Lady of the Lake groaned in agony once more as she ran away from Noah, barely resisting the pain! However, Noah emerged as ck lightning once more beside her, as his hands extended like poisonous phantasmal ws, grasping her arms! "You are not going anywhere!" heughed. ----- Chapter 161 - Intense Battle Of Souls! ----- Noah began to employ the power within the souls of his subordinates and his wife, who were pouring it all over the resting Excalibur above his sleeping body. "He''s¡­ using it! I can feel it¡­!" said Iris while containing her tears, knowing that her beloved husband was fighting valiantly filled her with emotions. "Noah, you can do it! I know you can!" said Arthur. "Please, my lord!" said Timassa. "We are¡­ going to give you everything we have!" said Jon. "Master¡­ wake up!" said Adamantine. "My lord¡­ You can''t leave us like this!" said Clementina. Blue-colored phantasmal energies, ck-colored electric energy, purple-colored poisonous energy, dark, purple-colored curse energies, shadow energies, and icy and cold energies all gathered over Excalibur, as therades that Noah had forged through these days began to pour their everything into this battle that they could not participate! They already knew very well how Noah was, he was a vicious vampire that would never give up no matter the odds, he would crawl and monstrously breakthrough anything on his path, generating a road filled with blood and corpses where he could march through, no matter what! Merlin nced at the group of Vampires with a scornful re. "Tch! Arthur, you have been corrupted¡­ Do you truly think that you can help him?!" roared Merlin. As the Vampires began to pour their soul and mana into Excalibur, they began to feel naturally weakened, their perception and senses were beginning to be dull, and Merlin used this opportunity to do something underhanded! Although most of his powers were gone, he still had the strong Mana Soul of a Level VI Magician, slowly crawling through the hall while leaving his bones there to make it seem as if he waspletely defeated! Merlin treacherously began to crawl through the artifacts, suddenly finding arge, and heavy gold-colored full set of magic armor with the strength to be considered an A-Rank Artifact Set! The phantasmal Mana Soul quickly used this new armor as a vessel, as he grabbed arge magic Staff near it,ughing evilly! Because hecked a body now, Merlin was not able to use his magic properly, and could only do things through direct contact. But by using this magic armor and the Staff has magical vessels, he began to pour his vast Mana into them, filling himself with actual power! These Artifacts were engraved with hundreds of magic circles, possessing several runes and enhancements, while the Staff had several magic circles and runes with the power to conjure several types of elemental spells, powers that existed outside of the System! Suddenly, Iris quickly realized that something was going on, as she saw arge, golden-colored armor moving on its own! The armor carried arge golden staff decorated with a red-colored jewel on top, which began to shine brightly! sh! "Did you really thought I was a pushover?! You lowered your guards, foolish kids! Now, Arthur, let me exterminate these Undead pests so I can reeducate you about being a true King!" said Merlin, bingpletely malicious as several intricate magic runes began to emerge all around him, summoning fire, wind, water, ice, earth, and light! "What?! Merlin!?" asked Arthur in surprise. "He''s aiming with everything he has¡­!" said Timassa. "Don''t stop giving Noah our strength! Let''sbine our power to make a barrier!" said Iris, as all the other Vampires obeyed their mistress and immediatelybined their leftover power, generating arge barrier! FLASH! Just in time! Enormous fireballs, arrows made of emerald winds, spears made of ice, boulders made of hard rock, and bright rays of light shed against therge multi-elemental magical barrier, generating loud explosions all around! "Hmph, your power is not the true power of magic, but the borrowed power of that alien invader! Foolish kids, know what true magic is!"ughed Merlin, showering the Noctem Family members with dozens of powerful spells! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Iris and everyone else gnashed their teeth, resisting the powerful magical attacks while also pouring their soul into Noah! They needed to bet everything on him! "HAHAHAHA! How long can youst?!"ughed Merlin. As the intense one-sided battle unfolded outside, yet another battle unfolded within the depths of the Divine Soul of Excalibur! The Lady of the Lake nced at Noah with a startled expression on her face. She could not believe what she was seeing! Noah''s power kept growing and growing, as he began to use different elements as if nothing! These powers¡­ were not they the powers that those outside this ce, the ones possessing the "System" created by the alien god can use? But¡­ there was something wrong with this! "How?! How can you use the power of the System within my domain! In this Divine Realm, you cannot use such alien magic craft!" said the Lady of the Lake, quickly stepping back as she generated several holy light rays, firing them right towards Noah! Noah smiled maliciously as he waved his ws, unleashing the power of corrosive poison of Arthur, the phantom blue mes of Iris, and the ck shadows of Adamantine! Using his bare soul ws, he destroyed the rays of light like nothing and quickly pounced back towards the woman! "Foolish woman, how ignorant can you be to not realize it?" asked Noah. "W-What? How dare you call me ignorant!" roared the Lady of the Lake, creating a holy light barrier using her very soul and blocking Noah''s vicious ws and shadow tentacles! sh! sh! sh! "This power is not the System, this is the power of their very souls!" said Noah, suddenlybining the mass of his soul and the power given to him by his subordinates and his wife, shaping his very existence as a giant, demonic spear made of pure soul! "W-What kind of monstrous existence are you to be able to shape your soul like that?! You have long delved into the abyss ofplete insanity, have you not?!" roared the Lady of the Lake, as she saw Noah''s demonic spear-form break through her barrier in an instant, generating a loud explosion! BOOM! "Unngaagh¡­!" The Lady of the Lake received the powerful explosion of darkness, which resembled the deadly miasma which was the weakness of those of pure and heavenly souls! The miasma began to seep into her holy soul as if it were a vicious, ck-colored slimy ooze, as she quickly escaped from Noah before he was to strike her again, failing to reach her and hitting the ground in the form of a giant spear! BOOM! The Lady of the Lake gnashed her teeth as she began to purify her holy soul from the impurities caused by the miasma-like essence produced by Noah''s monstrous and mutant soul, however, several needles made of cursed blood-soul quickly reached her, showering her with piercing attacks! Each attack transformed into tiny soul pieces of miasma that seeped deep into her very soul, filling her with pain! She tried to purify them as they entered her soul, but they kept reaching her through the needles! sh! sh! sh! sh! "Unnnnnggyyyaaaaa! Y-You¡­ UNHOLY DEMON!" The Lady of the Lake could not take over the agonizing pain that was having her soul pierced a thousand times by tiny needles that seeped deadly miasma into her holy soul, as she quickly exploded in anger! BOOM! A wave of iridescent bright holy light covered her entire Divine Realm, impacting Noah directly and sting him away! The Spawn of Azathoth could only give him a limited amount of power without devouring his soul as an after-effect, so Noah could not defend properly, dissipating through the incident and blinding light of the Lady of the Lake''s Holy Divine Soul! FLASH! Noah''s soul hadpletely dissipated into nothingness! ----- Chapter 162 - Merlin Enters The Battle! ----- Noah felt his entire soul beginning to dissipate through the powerful holy light explosion that impacted him! He felt every inch of his ethereal existence beginning to dissipate! His memories, emotions, everything¡­ began to fragment into pieces and disappear into nothingness! BOOM! Suddenly, the Lady of the Lake began to gasp for air, although she did not need to actually breathe, she felt incredibly weakened now, the damage that Noah did on her entire soul was immense, and she had spent arge quantity of her soul mass to unleash all those attacks. She rested over theke''s water, sighing in relief. "H-He''s gone¡­" she sighed, feeling a bit relieved and now leaving for Merlin the rest in the outside world. The Lady of the Lake began to nce at her holy body, which waspletely tainted with crimson red and ck energies, seeping into her soul. Feeling pained and weakened, she began to slowly purify them. "Nngh¡­ So stubborn¡­" she muttered, barely using her power and trying to suppress the miasma. However. "You are indeed quite strong, you almost got me there¡­" "Eh?" The Lady of the Lake suddenly became paralyzed. No matter how much she will put into her own soul, it didn''t move as she wanted¡­ And just before that, she had clearly heard the voice of the man she thought had finally died. But how could it be possible? She saw his soul being dissipatedpletely into nothingness. This was¡­ utterly ridiculous! How could he still be alive?! No, this was indeed impossible! She saw his soul! She saw his soul being destroyed into nothing! And then she realized something. The voice of the man did note from her surroundings. It came from within her very mind. From the inside of her head. No, of her soul. "W-What¡­?" The Lady of the Lake slowly muttered a single word, as she nced at all the dots of ck ooze and crimson red liquid beginning to merge more and more with her holy soul. "That was really quite the gamble, but it seems to have worked. Oh, surprised?" asked Noah''s voice, startling the woman even more. "W-What did you do?! You filthy¡­ parasite!" cried the Lady of the Lake, trying to put some resistance to whatever was trying to take over her entire soul! "Quite simple. All of my attacks were always parts of my very soul. Did you think I was somehow able to conjure poison here? Or blood? It was all tiny pieces of my very existence, foolish woman¡­" said Noah, as the ooze and red liquids began to merge more and more within the Lady of the Lake''s Holy Soul, devouring her from the inside out! And then, she finally¡­prehended that she had been dancing in the palm of Noah way before! Since he began to deal damage to her soul that he began to seep fragments of his soul into her soul! She thought that it was miasma¡­ but this was not miasma, this was him! It was him! Hundreds, no, thousands of pieces of Noah''s soul, each one was him! She began to despair. "N-No¡­ This¡­ can''t be¡­" she groaned, feeling the pain of having her soul being slowly devoured! "What you destroyed was but a piece of my soul, every single piece I released was me. As long as one remains, I am still alive," said Noah viciously, as enormous ck ws emerged out the Lady of the Lake''s very soul, grasping her neck! "Nnnggaaggh¡­! Nnaaaaagghhh¡­!" Although she did not need to breathe, the ws of darkness began to squeeze her very soul, making the sharp pain of her death even more terrible. The Lady of the Lake''s eyes began to fill themselves withplete despair, she was not even able to fight back against this vicious Vampire! "Nnngh¡­! Arthur¡­ King¡­ Arthur¡­! Get¡­ away from me! Nooo¡­! NO! NOOO! NNNNGGGGYAAAAAAHHH¡­!" As the Lady of the Lake screamed in utmost agony, Noah smiled devilishly,ughing like aplete maniac! "Ahahaha¡­ HAHAHAHAHAH! I told you that you would be my snack, didn''t I?! Now perish, and disappear from this world, you filthy whore!" roared Noah, as he took over the Lady of the Lake''s soulpletely, devouring it all and assimting it as his very soul! Crack, crack¡­! Suddenly, the entire Divine Realm began to be fragmented, as Noah devour it too! He began to expand like a monstrous mass of darkness and crimson red, absorbing and devouring everything! "Iris, wait for me!" said Noah, as he consumed the entire Divine Realm, bit by bit, so he could finally take over Excalibur and then return to his body! Meanwhile, within the outside world, the barrier created by everyone was about to shatter, and they were barely giving any energy to Noah now, as they were too focused on defending! If they dared to go out and fight, they would be showered in powerful spells that existed outside of the System, and the endurance gained through Stats or Skills would not be as effective. Everyone knew that if they stepped outside while being as weakened as they were, they would be blown away into pieces! Merlinughed devilishly as he kept showering everyone with his powerful spells, it was as if he had infinite mana or something! This was the mana he had been umting through all this time, as a Level VI Magician, his mana pool was immense, to begin with! Even though these artifacts all consumed ridiculous quantities of mana, he had more than enough to spare! Although he felt like if he continued for a bit longer, he would also be weakened, he was confident that the barrier would break in a couple of minutes! "You foolish demons, there is the only demise for those that try to oppose the Legendary Magician, the Guider of King Arthur! Know your ce, trash!"ughed Merlin, filled with pride as he was now finally able to unleash his true might! Iris and everyone else nced at Noah''s sleeping face with concern, all of them were putting their soul into the weapon to help him as much as they could! "Nngh¡­ We can''tst much longer¡­!" said Arthur. "Wait¡­ we are forgetting someone!" said Timassa. All the vampires suddenly realized that someone else wasing here, as they felt their strong presence! Suddenly, an army of robots ran through the stairs behind Merlin, pointing their high-tech weapons towards him! "W-What?!" asked Merlin inplete disbelief, as he was caught off guard, being too concentrated on decimating the barrier of the Vampires to realize that this stealthy army of Robots was marching towards him! They were led by three beautiful Fembots, Sakura, Sugar, and Noire! Noire nced at Merlin with scorn, she had made it right in time! "We knew that something was odd and we rushed back from the Dungeons, so this was it!" said Sakura. "Everyone¡­ FIRE!" roared Noire, as her entire body was covered in cannons of magic, firing countless missiles against Merlin! Alongside her, Sakura, Sugar, and the dozen of other robots that Noah had sheltered days ago began to shower Merlin with high-tech magic bullets! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! "Nnggrraaaaaagghh!" Merlin''s entire artifact body began to break apart into pieces, as the powerful blows of Noire, Sakura, and Sugar which were charged with their elemental affinities impacted the hardest, cracking his entire armor, and shattering his staff! "This¡­ ursed Machinery!" roared Merlin. ----- Chapter 163 - Merlin Against Robots! ----- sh! sh! sh! sh! sh! Dozens of powerful magic bullets began to impact Merlin''s entire vessel, the magic armor he was using to generate a proper body began to break alongside his golden staff, the one he was drawing all this power from through the scripted magic runes on it! Boom! Crash! Therge armor fell over the floor, shattering intorge chunks, although it was a very powerful armor, it was more than a thousand years old, and it was not connected to the System nor it was Soul Equipment, after the constant barrage of attacks, the old artifacts finally gave in! And it was not as if the robots were too weak or something either, as they had been forging their strength through the absorption of magic items and magic materials since Noah gave them such power through their new Blood Core Batteries. Like this, they had umted new power and evolved as if they were mutated beasts, bing stronger. After all the dungeons explorations until now, every Robot possessed the strength of a C-Rank Hunter at minimum, while Sakura, Sugar, and Noire had already stepped into the B-Rank Realm of strength! Although theycked flexibility, several types of abilities, and many other things that human hunter possessed, making them always weaker than humans within such realm of strength, the strength of the robot was when they gathered and fought together like an unstoppable and cold army! The artifacts broke apart, but Merlin roared in anger after seeing these robots attack him and catch him by surprise! Iris and the rest nced with bright smiles and hopeful eyes as they saw their mechanicalrades finally arrive! "Damn¡­ machinery! This ursed era has these strange, automated golems, horrible creations of engineering and magic! Such ack of finesse!" roared Merlin. sh! Suddenly, Noire covered herself in shadows and teleported right behind Merlin through her ability to teleport through shadows around her! She quickly changed her weapons into long, ck-colored mechanical katanas, engulfing them in shadows as her cybeic eyes glowed with crimson red light! "You are not in the position to insult us, ursed Undead!" she said, using her petite and swift body (without the giant spider-like lower half) to unleash incredibly fast shing attacks which shebined with her shadows! sh! sh! sh! sh! The shing katana techniques broke through Merlin''s phantasmagoric soul, damaging it directly! Although a soul could not receive physical damage, as long as an attack was enhanced with some sort of magic, it was possible to inflict damage against them! sh! sh! sh! sh! "S-Such skillfulness! How can a golem have such a talent at swordsmanship?! Unnnnggggggrraaaaahh¡­!" Merlin was impressed by Noire''s shing attacks, as he let out a groan of anger and pain, quickly flying away from her deadly shadowy attacks! The other machines quickly began to chase him around with their magic cannons, machineguns, and other mechanical weapons, while a specialized group of healers, Robots who developed healing-oriented Abilities through their Blood Core Batteries rushed towards Iris and the rest, beginning to treat their tired bodies, and slightly healing their souls! "Hahh¡­" sighed Iris, feeling a bit relieved as she drank the blood potions prepared by the robots through the blood of Noah for emergencies. There was a particr Fembot name Holy, who resembled a ssical priest girl with white mechanical clothes and an adorable smile, alongside long, synthetic blonde hair, she carried around a special mechanical staff that was able to unleash her unique Ability, Soul Therapy, which had the power to not really heal a soul directly nor right away, but it was able to calm the pain within it and increase the speed of its natural regeneration. Every time Noah fell unconscious, she had helped him off-camera, although she was too shy to show up in front of her lord. "Thank you, Holy¡­" sighed Timassa. "Please, Holy, heal Noah''s soul!" said Arthur. "A-Ah, what has happened to Noah-sama?!" asked Holy in surprise. Iris briefly exined what happened to Noah to Holy and her team of medic robots, as she nodded. "V-Very well then, I shall appease his pain!" said Holy, beginning to pour pink-colored light into Excalibur, filling it with her power and mana. Meanwhile, Merlin kept running away from the robots. Each time he found a suitable artifact he could take over and finally fight back, he was blocked by the robots merciless and fast attacks! Merlin''s phantasmal soul suddenly reached arge sword, only to be blocked by spears made of ice from Sakura, who flew towards him by manipting ice winds around her body! sh! sh! sh! "AGH!" Merlin quickly ran in another direction, finding six robots firing magic bullets against him! Boom! Boom! Boom! "Ugh!" Merlin once more moved elsewhere, reaching for a magical spell book with many engraved magic runes which he could use to attack! CLASH! However, an enormous de of cklight fell right in front of him, blocking his path as Sugar flew towards him, shapeshifting her mechanical arms intorge cannons and unleashing a st of ck light towards him! BOOM! "UNNNGRRAAAHH¡­!" Merlin felt part of his soul begin dissipated and weakened, as he quickly flew desperately once more! He was slowly being torn apart by their powerful attacks, and Merlin began to lose hope of surviving this! "King Arthur¡­!" he groaned, recalling his past when he meets the young and talented boy, his amazing skills for swordsmanship, his talent at leading people, how he unified many Kingdoms, unifying people and leading them through his charisma¡­ A sudden burst of resolve began to ze within Merlin''s soul, as he suddenly realized something! Weren''t these robots like artifacts too? "Then I can possess them!" he thought, shing towards Sakura who was flying directly at him while charging ice spikes, showering him down with them! sh! sh! sh Merlin let the ice spears hit his soul constantly, tearing him down as he reached Sakura atst! "Eh?! Nngh¡­! Aaagh¡­!" "Sakura?!" asked Sugar, flying towards Sakura with the rest of the robots. Noire quickly reached Sakura as well, reaching her near. Suddenly, Sakura began to feel that some strange mass of ethereal essence was trying to take over her mechanical body! "Ungh¡­! Get out!" she cried, suddenly falling into the ground motionlessly. "Sakura!" cried Sugar, running towards her before she was stopped by Noire. "What? Big sis!" said Sugar in surprise. "Stop," said Noire, her crimson eyes gleaming eerily. Suddenly, Sakura began to move once more, standing up, as she began to nce at her body. "This¡­ This is way better than I expected! Amazing! I take back everything I said! Hahaha! Hahahaha! This technology¡­ With this, I have acquired a way better body!"ughed Sakura with the voice of an old man, as she began to summon icy winds all around, creating a snowstorm in seconds! FLAAAASH! The powerful winds blew away several robots as Merlin began tough maliciously, quickly getting ustomed to his new vessel! "What did you do to Sakura!?" roared Sugar. "Sakura? Oh, you mean the golem? You beings have no souls, it was as easy as breathing to take over her mechanical artifact body! Now, perish and be part of my new body as well! I will absorb all of you and be the God of Magic I always wanted to be, and then, I will force Arthur to take over the legacy of my King, even if he doesn''t want to!" roared Merlin, rushing towards Sugar as he created an enormous wave of ice, hitting Sugar and blowing her off through the air! BOOOM! "UNNGGAAAGH¡­!" Sugar was not able to attack her own friend, feeling various of her circuits breaking apart as she was blown almost into pieces by the powerful ice conjured with the mana of a Level VI Magician! FLASH! Suddenly, Noire emerged right behind Merlin, raising her des! "I am sorry, Sakura, but we can rebuild youter!" said Noire while her crimson red eyes shed with an eerie light, she prepared to slice Sakura''s body with the promise to rebuild herter, unleashing a powerful barrage of slicing attacks! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! However, Merlinughed! "Hahahahaha!" Within seconds, he created enormous walls of ice one after another, blocking Noire''s powerful slicing attacks and overwhelming her with immense weight! "Unnggaaahh¡­!" Noire groaned as Merlin suddenly shaped all the ice he created into a giant spear, making it fly right towards Noire! "Nnngh!" CLASH! The giant spear of ice crushed Noire''s entire body into the wall, as her limbs began to fall apart, her system began to turn off, falling unconscious and motionlessly! Merlin began to slowly walk near her, as he began to extend his hand. "Now, be part of my new vessel as well¡­" BOOM! However, right before Merlin could do so, Excalibur suddenly shed against him, throwing him into the air! "E-Excalibur?! W-Wait¡­ No! This¡­ can''t be!" However, this Excalibur waspletely ck and red! ----- Chapter 164 - Muda! Muda! Muda! ----- CLASH! Merlin suddenly felt something hit the vessel he was taking over, as an enormous ck and red de greeted his sight. Its intricate design, the beautifulness of the de, the amazing talent that it could have been needed to create it, a sword that was born from the wishes of all humanity, created by the world itself long in the past. However, its radiance was long gone, and it now exuded a shadowy and ghastly essence, covered in crimson red energy and unleashing an aura ofplete death and bloodthirst. The former beautiful holy light it exuded was reced by this eternal and abyssal darkness, alongside this crimson red energy which exuded the scent of blood everywhere¡­ "E-Excalibur?! W-Wait¡­ No! This¡­ can''t be!" Merlin could not believe what his cybeic eyes were seeing, the holy de, Excalibur, which was once wielded by King Arthur, used as a tool to unify the Kingdoms and many people all around Britain was now¡­ different. Unlike its former yellow gold radiance, this Excalibur waspletely ck and red! Merlin began to feel the inner circuits within Sakura''s body beginning to break apart, as he lost part of the strength he had over the vessel. Nheless, he quickly manipted ice and threw the de away with an enormous st of crystalized ice, managing to get away ad quickly using the robot''s ability to self-repair itself through mana. Excalibur fell over the floor, however, it quickly began to hover once more, shrouded in shadows and crimson energy. "N-no¡­ This cannot¡­ be! This is impossible! This can''t be true!" said Merlin, beginning to not even believe what his mind was already assuming had happened! Somehow, Noah''s soul¡­ defeated the Lady of the Lake and took over Excalibur! But how could a mortal soul defeat a pseudo divine holy soul such as the soul fragment from the Lady of the Lake that existed within Excalibur?! Such thought waspletely and utterly ridiculous! Yet¡­ in front of his very cybeic eyes and his phantasmal presence, it was the truth! Iris and everyone else nced with surprise and awe at the floating Excalibur, as theughter they were very ustomed to hearing began to resonate through the hall,ing right from Excalibur itself! "Haha¡­ HAHAHAHA! Merlin! Did you missed me?!" "Noah-sama!" cried Arthur while beginning to cry. "Noah¡­!" said Iris, as she suddenly fell unconscious due to the amount of energy she spent. Although with a smile. "Iris! Hang in there¡­!" said Timassa, grabbing Iris and letting her rest over her arms as Holy began to use her ability to calm the pain of her soul. Noah nced at Iris with his ethereal senses, feeling relieved that she and everyone else seemed to be alive¡­ "Y-You¡­! How did you defeat the Lady of the Lake?! You were a mere mortal soul, no matter if you were a VAMPIRE! This¡­ What kind of underhanded method did you use?!" asked Merlin. "Why would I even tell you, you cunning pile of bones? Everything that you throw at me is useless!"ughed Noah, as he suddenly moved with his new vessel, Excalibur itself, as he shed like an arrow right towards Merlin! "NNNGHAAGGH..!" CLASH! Noah''s Excalibur body hit Merlin with immense strength, slicing him in half as his upper torso fell over the ground, many of his circuits failing and sparking with electricity. "Y-You¡­ are you not afraid of destroying the body of your ally?!" asked Merlin, cunningly trying to convince Noah to not hurt him because it was Sugar''s body! "Robots can always be repaired," said Noah''s voice within Excalibur, as he began to pierce through Sakura''s torso several times in a row while unleashing all the power of his soul and of the Corrupted Excalibur itself! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "Ngh¡­! W-Wait, why does it hurts?!" Merlin suddenly realized something alongside his inability to cast the ice magic that Sakura had, every piercing attack made by Noah hurt him! But how? He was wielding a vessel¡­ No, this pain¡­ was on his very soul! Before this, he felt like his soul was being weakened by the constant attacks of Noire, Sugar, and Sakura, but his soul did not really hurt as much as now! It was as if each of those attacks were just damaging his skin, but Noah''s attacks were¡­ piercing right inside of his chest, destroying his heart, lungs, and stomach. That was the difference in the pain levels he feltpared to both incidents! Feeling hopeless, Merlin quickly left the almost destroyed body of Sakura, as Noah stopped piercing her body with his Excalibur body. Sakura quickly took control of her own body as she began to groan. "Ugh¡­ GYAAH! I am in pieces!" she said. "Sorry about that, I will make sure topensate itter," said Noah, startling Sakura, as he was a giant dark de floating in midair! "EH?! N-Noah-sama?!" she asked in surprise, as she saw Noah fly away, chasing the phantom soul of the old and cunning mage. "G-Get away from me!" cried Merlin, trying to evade Noah''s piercing attack, but failing miserably, as Noah''s de began to slice through his entire soul! "Hahaha! You are hopeless now, old mage! And just like the Lady that was in here, I am going to eat you!"ughed Noah, vicious like a starving mad wolf, he pierced Merlin''s entire soul hundreds of times in less than ten seconds, showering him with utmost agony! "Nnnghgaagghh¡­! Stop! Gaaaagggghhhh¡­!" cried Merlin, as he tried to resist, but without proper vessel or magic circles, he seemedpletely useless! "Hahaha! You have a lot of Mana, don''t you? What a pity that your wed soul cannot use it without proper equipment. Don''t worry, I will make it all my own power!" roared Noah, piercing Merlin''s soul which struggled and agonized, trying to run away as much as it could but always being caught by Noah! He began to feel his entire existence fade away as if he were fragmenting into pieces! Merlin began to recall the memories of his past, of how he grew and became interested in magic due to many idents that led to others, discovering magic, practicing it, and delving into the mysteries of the world¡­ All of it only to end up pathetically having his soul eaten by a Vampire possessing the legendary Excalibur! What kind of ridiculous end was this?! "Nooo¡­! I had¡­ I had to fulfill the promise¡­ King¡­ Arthur¡­! Nnngggh¡­!" CLASH! The Excalibur pierced Merlin''s soul''s depths, reaching his Primordial Essence and absorbing it all as if it were a delicious elixir! Noahughed maliciously and monstrously, as he devoured Merlin''s soul while the old mage that had lived for hundreds of years screamed in agony! "Nooo! I do not¡­ want to disappear! NOO! NOOOOOO! KING¡­ ARTHUUUUUUUUUUUR¡­!" Crack, crack¡­! CRASH! "This era doesn''t belong to an annoying old man like you anymore. It is mine, begone, useless ghost! Muda! Muda! Mudaaa!" roared Noah, ruthlessly shattering Merlin''s soul into ss-like pieces, which began to be instantly devoured by his soul one by one, filling him with even more power! sh! Noah''s soul began to flow with even more power, as he quickly decided to fly near his body and go back to it, he had left his body for a few minutes now, his body was probably dead! However, was he not already dead, to begin with? sh! Excalibur hit the ground directly near Noah, as an enormous spectral mass flew out of it and inserted itself inside of Noah''s soul! Boom! An explosion of enormous amounts of energy was unfolded, as Noah''s crimson eyes finally opened once more! "Hmph, easy pickings¡­" ----- Chapter 165 - Sorrowful Past ----- Specters began to emerge within the darkness she submerged herself into, as memories of the past started to blossom once more within her dizzy mind. A little girl sits down on the floor, alone, inside what seemed to be a small orphanage. The ce could be said to be the embodiment of poverty, the walls were falling apart, there were spiderwebs everywhere, dust-covered the old and cracked furniture, and the floor was mostly dry dirt. She sat in a fetal position, ncing at her little white feet, which were all nasty with dust and dirt, her nails were cracking, and several wounds covered her smooth skin. The girl seemed almost dull as if trying to forget about everything around her but staring at her feet and floor. She moved her little toes around, without doing anything else. Although she seemed to be trying to rest or something, the girl was pressing on her little stomach, forcing herself to resist the hunger she had. In this poor orphanage children were only given a bit of soup with no meat and half of moldy and rock-hard bread. So hungry¡­ Every day she would walk to the corner of this room and get into this position, waiting for the night to go to sleep on her cracking bed and then wake up to finally eat again. Sometimes other kids would approach her and throw stones at her or anything they found, finding her amusing by how she did not even bother to look back at them or even care what they did, it was as if she was a statue. The stones sometimes hit her little body, making her skin turn purple. She could not even understand why they were doing this, the kids themselves only found her like a little tool to release their frustration, throwing objects at her, sometimes even kicking her in the face out of nowhere. All the kids lived their own horrible lives filled with suffering and found someone that didn''t resist being abused as a good target to release whatever frustrations they held within this chaotic world that has emerged after the apocalypse. Sometimes she would cry in silence as she tightly held her stomach with her arms into a fetal position. "Haha! She really doesn''t do anything at all!" "See? We can hit her, she doesn''t mind!" "Hit her faster!" "Uwah, she''s bleeding. So gross¡­" "Why is the orphanage wasting food in this useless girl?" "If she doesn''t even fight back why doesn''t she just let herself die?" "Yeah, why do you even eat anyway Just die and leave some more food to us!" Like this, she passed many days, even years. Suddenly, when she was around 12 years of age, a strange flow of energy began to emerge through her little hands, as fox-like ears popped from above her head. The girl was surprised at first, recalling what she had heard about Hunters, this was without a doubt a Skill, she had finally awakened some type of power. Suddenly, a holographic window emerged before her sight, showing the girl her stats. But because she did not know how to read, she was confused at first. Nheless, she ran back to the woman that attended the kids in the orphanage, showing the woman her special ability to create fox ears. For the first time in her life, she showed a smile, thinking that the stinking abyssal hole she was living in could finally change, that she could finally be given some chance, a better life. However, the woman nced at her with disgust, even scorn. "What? Is this your ability, Iris?! Just¡­ fucking ears?! Are you a disgusting subhuman or something?!" The woman grabbed the girl''s fox-like ears and began to pull them. "Auuuhh¡­! Sniff¡­ No¡­ stop! Sniff¡­ Buaaaahh¡­! It hurts¡­!" "You little useless bitch! You are a waste of space here! I give you shelter and food and this is the fucking ability you produce? The government is not going to even give me the food you have been devouring through these years in exchange for whatever power this garbage is!" said the woman, ruthlessly pulling the girl''s fox ears until they began to bleed, throwing her into the ground and walking away while leaving her over the floor. "Sniff¡­ It hurts¡­" The little girl started to cry out loud as her little dream, perhaps the first one she had in her entire life was shattered in the most terrible way possible, the light of her eyes beginning to fade away as she delved into despair. After knowing of her ability, the woman had decided to sell the girl as a ve, deciding that perhaps she could be of some value as a young prostitute. However, after being revealed her fate by one of the kids in the orphanage that wasughing at her, she decided to escape the ce before it could be toote. Like this, the young girl survived within the streets of Sector D however she could, eating from the trash, catching cockroaches, and sleeping beneath a cardboard box. Until one day, a group of agents came to the area where she was living and picked her up against her will. She was then thrown into a facility simr to the Military School, where she was taught how to read and even given two meals a day¡­ This life¡­ was better than before, but after knowing that she was probably going to be trained as a soldier or something, the fear of dying in a battle against the horrifying monsters that roamed this world began to grow within her heart. However, as her ability was sopletely useless, she was then derived to the Military School where Noah was when she was of age, leaving her to whatever destiny awaited her there, although the higher-ups expected her to die through the "filtering" going on in that ce. Every day she felt like she was no one, she felt like she was not even suitable for anything. Mocked by her ability and her lower-than-average stats, she delved into even bigger despair, developing crippling depression and as she was bullied, even more, her traumas grewrger, like vicious specters that devoured her from the inside out, making her even weaker than she already was. Without any parental figure throughout her entire life, she had no emotional pr, and the only thing left in her life was simply to die¡­ Every night she cried, recalling her horrible past and the horrifying expectation of the bullies of this school, which would most likely beat her to almost death once more¡­ they was way ruthless than the kids in the orphanage, hitting her with their powerful abilities, the pain she suffered was tremendous, creating powerful stigmas in her mind. Days after days passed¡­ mocked and ridiculed as a "pig" due to her little belly that she developed after eating more than it was needed due to her traumas and anxiety, the girl delved into more despair¡­ Despair, despair, despair¡­ It was all she knew. And she thought it would be like this for the rest of her life¡­ Until one day. Someone came into her life, someone that she sometimes noticed that nced at her within her ssroom but never dared to speak to her¡­ "Do you want to change your life, Iris?" it asked. As she had given up everything in her life at this point¡­ she epted without thinking. And since then¡­ her life had been turned upside down. Slowly but steadily, that man built a strong emotional pir in her life. And as she developed her strength, her mind developed as well, and as he helps her beat her fears and traumas, and even stronger resolve was forged within her mind. She wanted to be at the side of this man¡­ the only one that bought a reason to her life, the only one that brought meaning to it. Her beloved husband¡­ the one that brought her so much happiness¡­ Without a doubt, she did everything she could to help him, even if it was giving her very soul to him so he could fight against the unpredictable enemies they came across. For him¡­ anything. She would die happy if it were for him. "Noah¡­" she thought, falling within the endless void. "Iris, I am here for you," said the voice of her beloved, as he emerged at her side, cleaning the darkness around her, and revealing her a bright world. "Y-You are here¡­" she said. "Of course I am. I will always be there for you, no matter what¡­" said Noah, embracing her with a warm and tight hug, as she slowly began to wake up. ----- Chapter 166 - I Will Always Be There For You ----- Noah''s consciousness woke up within apletely obscure space. Through his memories, he remembered this ce already, this was the inside of his very soul. He recalled what he did before going to sleep, how he ate the Lady of the Lake, corrupted Excalibur, ate Merlin''s soul, and more. After that, he healed the souls of all his subordinates and his wife, giving them a piece of his own, and then felt incredibly weakened, as if his soul were constantly mutating and bubbling, due to that, he quickly went to sleep, carrying Iris and leaving her at his side. He immediately felt like his soul had evolved or something, because it felt vast and strong, even thispletely ckndscape somehow felt more "solid". He walked through it as he quickly noticed a new presence within. Alongside the sleeping Blood Progenitor and Pride, who had be weakened after the battle as well and were sleeping soundly, he felt two new presences. He red behind him, finding what seemed like the figure of an old man made of ethereal, blue-colored essence, with a long beard and tired eyes. "Merlin¡­" said Noah. The old man was the soul of Merlin, which much like the Blood Progenitor, fused itself with Noah when he ate his soul. However, against his expectations of the old man barking against him about how horrible he was as a being, the old man began to smile, quickly kneeling and ncing at him with admiration. "Oh, my King, your presence is way too perfect! I kneel¡­" "Hm? You are not angered at me?" asked Noah in disbelief. "W-Why would I be? You showed me the greatness of your existence, and now, I have been enlightened¡­ No, guided by you!" said Merlin. "¡­Is this the same effect that happened to Pride? Then¡­" muttered Noah, ncing at the other figure at his side. This was the yellow-colored ethereal figure of a beautiful and voluptuous woman, with long blonde hair and shiny aquamarine eyes, wearing a simple white dress. She was the Lady of the Lake, or well, a fragment of her divine soul, the "soul" of Excalibur itself, which Noah also devoured. Simr to the Blood Progenitor, Pride, and Merlin, she emerged like this within his soul. "You¡­" said Noah, peering at her. Noah easily noticed that her face was¡­ simr to Merlin, filled with devotion as if she were ncing at God himself. "Aahhh~ Master¡­ Such splendorous sight!" she said, quickly kneeling and dragging her sexy body towards Noah, beginning to lick the feet of his ethereal projection. Noah felt instinctual disgust as he kicked her in the face and threw her away, however, the formerly righteous woman moaned in pleasure, as if she wanted more. "How unsightly, I would have preferred if you had remained with the same personality as before¡­" sighed Noah. "Ah, Lady of the Lake, stop making Noah-sama feel disgusted!" said Merlin, hitting her with his staff, as if the powerful woman was some kind of dog. "Anyways, you two¡­ I suppose that you have been left hopeless now that I ate you. I have acquired more or less your memories¡­ So there should not be any use on you two, perhaps I should simply make you two disappear¡­" thought Noah. "W-Wait, please, we don''t want to disappear, my lord!" cried the Lady of the Lake. "W-We can serve you! Please!" said Merlin. Noah red at their very consciousness and wills, inspecting them thoroughly, but he found nothing they were hiding, they seemed honest¡­ they werepletely brainwashed when he ate them¡­ "I suppose I could use Merlin to teach everyone Magic easily¡­" said Noah, as Merlin seemed happy. "And you¡­" said Noah, ring at the Lady of the Lake. "I can do anything you want!" she said, with puppy eyes while moving her round butt around. However, Noah found this disgusting. "Useless whore, you are not good for anything¡­ Disappear from my sight, I feel disgusted by just looking at you," sighed Noah as he waved his hands and began to fragment the Lady of the Lake remnant consciousness. "W-Waaaait! Annnngggh¡­! My looooooord¡­!" Her body fragmented into golden sand made of ethereal energy and went back to Noah, her remnant consciousness disappearingpletely. Merlin nced at the Lady of the Lake disappear with his eyes wide open, thanking God that he was not in her ce¡­ "M-My lord, I can begin serving you whenever you desire¡­" said Merlin. "Not for now, I have something to do here¡­" said Noah, leaving Merlin alone as he walked through this darkness. He recalled that after he woke up, he found that all of his subordinates were greatly weakened, alongside his wife, Iris. When he saw their souls through his supernatural senses, he realized that they had been reduced greatly, bing a small as the palm of a hand¡­ he remembered that the souls of his family were rather big, at least the very size of their bodies, so this made him greatly concerned. For him to be able to fight and devour the Lady of the Lake, they infused their souls and mana into Excalibur, giving him the edge to fight back and the energy needed to finally defeat and eat her. Although he was also helped by the Blood Servant''s souls and a bit by the Spawn of Azathoth, if it had only been this power alone, he would have not been able to fight backpletely. Seeing their souls so weak, Noah quickly cutrge chunks of his soul and gave them to all of his subordinates and Iris too, although this greatly decreased the amount of power he gained from eating the Lady of the Lake and Merlin, it was a fine sacrifice for those that had already sacrificed so much for him to achieve victory. However, the moment he did so, he felt an even greater connection with his family, and he felt like something else awakened within him. Something was calling him in here¡­ and he kept walking through thispletely pitch-ck road. Suddenly, small figures appeared before his sight. They seemed humanoid in shape and had varied colors. As he kept walking, more and more figures were revealed to him. All the humanoid figures made of different ethereal colors slowly walked towards him, in silence. He felt an inner connection to them, and as they nced at him, their devotion to him increased. "This¡­ These figures are¡­" muttered Noah, realizing what these figures were. He began to touch each one, as they suddenly glowed brightly, beginning to be stronger and less timid, as if they were blossoming. He kept walking and touching these figures, making them blossom like beautiful colorful flowers, illuminating the pitch-ck world that was the inside of his soul. Suddenly, he came into thest figure, shrouded inplete darkness, falling through an abyss made by itself. Noah squinted his eyes, as he walked near it. He began to touch it, to caress it. The darkness fought back against him, but Noah intimidated the darkness and destroyed it, slowly diving into it, grabbing the figure within this abyss, and realizing who it was. Well, he already kind of knew who it was. He saw what she was seeing, and felt like he needed to hug her as tight as possible. "Y-You are here¡­" she said. "Of course I am. I will always be there for you, no matter what¡­" said Noah. ----- Chapter 167 - The God Of Transmigration ----- Within apletely white space that rested in between the Spatial Walls of many different Worlds, an entity resembling an old, bearded man made entirely out of bright light nced at several holographic windows showing the influx of souls within the worlds he managed. He was no one else than an entity that existed in between many worlds, an entity created by the unknown and immensely powerful being named Samsara, part of an intergctic group of entities known as Transmigration Gods, who managed many worlds across all the Universe. All Worlds with life needed an entity to manage their transmigration cycles, the reincarnation of souls across that world. When a mortal died, their souls would wander the world, and would then be absorbed by the Transmigration Cycle, an immense Divine Construct with the same power if not greater power than the System itself. This powerful Divine Construct managed to the transmigration and cleansing of Souls, each time a soul died, it would be sucked by this transmigration cycle, which would then cleanse the soul of memories and any powers it could develop, absorbing the mana and using it as the fuel to keep this entire Divine Construct going. This entity was named Hekaton, and he was given the task of administrating Earth''s Transmigration Cycle, alongside many other strange worlds, such as one named Kritias which possessed two parallel versions that were interconnected through a phenomenon known as "Mirror Existences", where every living being in both worlds, even the gods themselves were replicated and mirrored with one another, something that often did not happen as precisely in other parallel worlds. Alongside this Earth, there were also many other parallels "Earths" which he administrated. However, amidst all such Earths, there was no one with such a level of destruction like this one. "Hmph, indeed. This one was really absorbed by the Miasma released by the Child of Chaos eons ago¡­ My lord Samsara, on all his greatness, had precisely predicted that this would happen¡­ And so it will happen in many other worlds. This is what he calls the "Era of the Apocalypse"¡­ And it was all provoked by the Child of Chaos¡­ that being that was reincarnated by the System Master in that faraway world, Genesis¡­" Hekaton nced at Earth from far away, as if he were looking at it from space, his powers did not give him the freedom to look directly inside of the world, but he was able to tell a lot by simply ring at it from within his Divine Realm. "The "God" formed by Humanity in this world is rather uniquepared to other Parallel Earths, a hive-minded entity made through beliefs and the condensation and refinement of the mana contained in all these beliefs and prayers of all humans¡­ Through this method, for many years, it condensed and finally formed into a single, hive-minded entity that represented many figures admired by this humanity¡­" The Transmigration God gently caressed his long beard, as he seemed to be thinking about something, considering his next course of actions. "I would have long left this world to its demise. 80% of the poption died in that catastrophic incident, and the God there was not even able to save his humanity as efficiently as it could have been, so many minds together made a chaotic being, it cannot easily take decisions because it is constantly contradicting itself¡­" However, there was something special that Hekaton, the Transmigration God, had found in this world right after the Apocalypse began. Aside from the System Master meddling with this world, the entity that had also offered his help to him in hopes of defeating two entities that were trying to ruin the System Master''s ns in yet another world, Ervas and Veronica, which were also coincidently ruining Hekaton''s Transmigration Cycle within Kritias, Hekaton had seen how this Apocalyptic Earth could be a good way to inspect the changes that other parallel worlds he worked on would undergo. Just like his great master and creator has ordered him, Hekaton had begun the creation of his own System, the Samsara System, which he would use to take into the "System Market" that the System Master was trying to monopolize in the worlds that were about to enter into an Apocalypse. Although he was not going to use the Samsara System in this world as it was already taken by the System Master, he was nning on using it in other parallel Earth below his jurisdiction, alongside other non-Earth worlds. The System Master had a neutral rtionship with Hekaton, as both were aware of each other''s strength, which was almost equal, although the System Master seemed to enjoy more freedoms than Hekaton, and was able to easily travel through worlds unlike Hekaton, and do many things thanks to his Supreme Divinity of the System, which Hekaton did not possess. Hekaton was simply a God of Transmigration, he was possibly hundreds of times older than the System Master and had lived for eons, but his powers were limited to his Divinity, Souls. He was a master of souls, and could literally do anything with them and more, but aside from this, he was often left hopeless and would oftenmit many mistakes. Nheless, Hekaton was using this Earth as a way for him to inspect the changes that other worlds would undergo when the intergctic waves of Miasma were to hit them and change them forever. His lord Samsara had requested him to create a System that he could use over these worlds to help the humans in there. If no humans nor animals were left there, Hekaton would weaken as he gained power from the constant flow of souls through the transmigration cycles, if everything died, it would be a hollow and dead world, and this is what Samsara had predicted might happen to many of the worlds that his creations, the Transmigration Gods, controlled. Due to this issue, he decided to create a tool for all mortals to enhance their power and fight against the monstrous miasma creatures that would emerge in the Apocalypse, although the System Master was quicker to act, and ended up stealing his idea and doing it before him. Nheless, Samsara was not willing to let the System Master monopolize this, and was hurrying Hekaton and many other Transmigration Gods creating a Samsara System to show him their results. However, Hekaton was one of the Gods that was experiencing difficulties due to his beta testers having been sent to Kritias. One of them ended being divided in two and¡­ well, many things led to others and this soul somehow began to ruin his entire Transmigration System as well. As an annoyance, he desired to defeat it and then resume his work on his System. But in the meantime, as his ns slowly unfolded and these entities named Veronica and Ervas fought against these challenges that aimed to end them once and or all, Hekaton nced at this world. "Interestingly enough, the Mutated Beasts of this world had also connected to my Transmigration Cycle, so I am receiving a bit of power from it due to these creatures dying and being born immensely quickly¡­ Nheless, soon enough, I will disconnect my transmigration cycle from this ce," thought Hekaton. If the Transmigration Cycle were revoked from a world, the souls would have nowhere to go and they would roam the world, contaminated by miasma and corrupted mana, they would be Undead, and after a few hundreds of years, these worlds would be "Necrotic Worlds" devoid of any life and filled with Undead monsters roaming the ce until the world''s sun were to explode and end them once and for all. Noah, however, waspletely unaware of such a future awaiting his, and not even the "God" of Earth was, as this entity hive minds were concentrated on manipting the System and fighting against another threat that might have designated their world as a mere resource to be extracted, the Watchers. Hekaton was unaware that the Watchers, which had already decided to take over a world he disconnected from, Terra, had nned to do the same with this Earth with another of their branched groups. However, even if he were to know, it would not affect the aloof and indifferent Transmigration God, as he had long nned to leave Earth to its own demise after he umted enough information about the changes brought from the Apocalypse. It could be said that for someone who has lived his entire life isted within his Divine Realm, life was nothing but programs he manipted to gain power... What were millions of lives to him? Just resources that can be easily discarded. ----- Chapter 168 - Great Gains ----- Noah slowly opened his eyes as the warmth of the sunlight bathed his face. Unlike conventional Vampires, he was unaffected by normal sunlight, although he had heard from the Blood Progenitor that the sunlight produced by the Sun Heralds, entities that live within the world of Vampires, Abyss, had the power to burn Vampires and were their greatest weakness. Nheless, Noah did not care about such things as of now, as he moved around the bed and quickly realized that Iris was silently sleeping at his side. He began to remember what he saw within his dreams, the people he made "blossom" with his very touch. Although such dreams were very weird, he began to find that there might have been an inner meaning behind them, something within the depths of his very being had awakened, a new power. It felt as if he was guiding them towards the same path he walked through, it was strange, yet mystical. Noah recalled thest one he made blossom, which seemed to be Iris herself, who was drowning her own mind into the traumas of her past. Feeling pity for his beloved wife, Noah did everything he could to save her from such evesting darkness, even though he was a monster to anyone else than his subordinates and wife, for Iris, he resembled a bright light that pierced the darkness of her past, and made her look over a new and brighter future. He recalled hugging her soul tightly and telling her how much he loved her, reassuring her that everything would be okay, that he would be always there for her, just as much as she is always there for him. Noah slightly smiled as he saw Iris sleep peacefully, inspecting her soul and find that her soul had already healed and was even healthier than before, it had in fact grew in size a lot. Although he lost part of the power he acquired by eating The Lady of the Lake and Merlin, this was a fitting sacrifice for them, as they had also sacrificed their very souls to bring him victory. And at the end, Noah appreciated and treasured them, despite never saying it directly. Every one of his subordinates was always within his heart and was also his own strength and a reason for him to keep moving forward. Iris was perhaps one of the greatest emotional supports, someone that brought himpany, that showed him love and passion, that brought the humanity that he had long forgotten about, which made him feel whole. He had delved into much of the darkness, but he needed to be a bnced being, both yin, and yang needed to be in perfect bnce to be a being that could truly exert proper judgment and not fall into too much of the other side. To be someone that could actually survive in this chaotic world, he needed to be bnced in both good and evil, although such concepts were nothing but the moral of each person, and everyone had their very own concepts of what was good and evil. Feeling a bit relieved that things had gone fine, he quickly remembered Sakura, Noire, and Sugar, the robot girls who had fought against the vicious Merlin in thest fight, defending the weakened subordinates and Iris from his powerful magic. He had been quite merciless with Sakura''s body, but it was knowing that she could self-repair. After Merlin''s soul was eaten by Noah, he feeds her and the other damaged robots with his own soul fragments as well, possibly forming souls for them as well. Could they even be considered robots anymore? Perhaps they had now evolved into something greater. Alongside that, Noah let them grab any magic materials to heal themselves, even some of the artifacts lying within Arthur''s grandfather''s hall. He remembered that he saw Sakura and Noire and the other damaged Robots slowly reconstructing themselves, so he knew that they were fine now. Even more, as within his dreams, he had seen figures with simr personalities and even "colors" as them, strengthening the belief that Noah had given them true souls. Feeling relieved that, at the very least, this morning seemed rather calm after the turmoil of events yesterday, Noah decided to assess the annoying dinging sounds that the System was making since he woke up. He squinted his eyes as he nced at the several holographic windows emerge one after another. [You acquired an enormous amount of energy] [The power has been slowly assimted by the Blood Core] [However, due to the intensity of it, most of it has been sealed to not endanger your physical body] [It is residual amount has been distributed to [Subordinates] connected to you through [Soul Connection] [Transforming assimted power into System values¡­] [All of your Attribute Values have increased] [You gained +400 Vitality, Mind, and Force] [You earned bonus Skill Proficiency] [You earned bonus Skill Points] [You gained +20.000 Skill Points] [You learned the [Excalibur: - (S)] Skill] [You learned the [Soul Devour: 1 (A)] Skill] [You learned the [Demon Path Guider: 1 (A)] Skill] [The [Yin and Yang Crimson Soul: 100 (S)] Skill has awakened into the [Grotesque Soul of Abyssal Yin and Brilliant Yang: 1 (SS)] Skill!] [The [Eviscerating Crimson ws: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Artery Bursting Scarlet ws: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Vampiric Blood Control: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Vampiric Blood Dominion: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Blood Weapon Creation: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Blood Armament Creation: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Flight: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [High-Speed Flight: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Mist Form: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Elusive Mist: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Blood Core Creation: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Blood Core Soul Creation: 1 (B)] Skill!] [The [Crimson sh: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Crimson Wind Impulse: 1 (B)] Skill!] [The [Crimson Aegis: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Blood Demon Aegis: 1 (A)] Skill!] Noah had suddenly gained a lot of power when he ate both of the souls of the Lady of the Lake within Excalibur and also Merlin''s soul. He also saw that his attribute values increased by a whopping +400! With this, he had already crossed the 1.000 Attribute Values benchmark, and only needed 200 to reach A-Rank! Alongside that, he got three new and mysterious Skills, alongside many Skills that awakened, which startled the serious Vampire for a few seconds due to the constant influx of System windows. Noah inspected his newly acquired Skills with detail first, leaving the awakened ones for afterward. [Excalibur: - (S)] You and the Legendary Radiant Sword of Holy Light have be one. You can freely manipte this powerful de and summon it whenever you desire. You can control the de through telekinesis and unleash several of your attacking Skills with it, alongside this, you can insert part of your ego into it to let it attack and move on its own. Additionally, this sword is indestructible, and it fuels your soul and mana, but it can also harvest this energy from whatever it defeats to nourish you. Excalibur is a Soul Weapon and has its own Status, alongside having the power to increase in strength alongside its wielder, however, the Skill itself cannot increase in proficiency, but may awaken if Excalibur itself grows stronger. ¡­ Noah''s eyebrows raised in surprise as a devilish smile rose from his lips. "Excalibur¡­" he said. A second after, the de emerged right at his side, hovering in midair. ----- Chapter 169 - Excalibur ----- Excalibur, the legendary holy de once wielded by the legendary figure, King Arthur, was now of Noah''s property after a series of insane turns of events. It resulted that Arthur''s family were the descendants of King Arthur himself, although Arthur could have never guessed that as he did not even have the Pendragon surname¡­ From the memories of Merlin and the Lady of the Lake, Noah got to learn many things about the old world, alongside the truth about some things, such as the existence of "God". God, the divine entity that existed within the heavens, was an entity that really existed, and it was the one that created the Lady of the Lake, a divine herald that would give Arthur the legendary sword Excalibur, made by the wishes of all humanity and forged within Earth''s core into an indestructible artifact. It also resulted that such a weapon was not just given to Arthur to unify Britain but also y the monstrous demons and creatures that once roamed there inrge quantities, Vampires, Werewolves, Imps, Demons, Ogres, Fae, and all types of ursed and monstrous creatures which had overpopted such a ce in the past, making of humans their ythings. Arthur Pendragon was given the task to defeat these monsters and also their leaders, the strongest Progenitors of the past, Vampire Progenitors, Werewolf Alphas, Arch-Demons, and Giants. Indeed¡­ history hid all of this behind a "tale", but Arthur not only helped Britain but also explored the rest of the world alongside Merlin, defeating many of the evils that spread all around Europe and even Asia. The history behind Excalibur was deep, and the de itself was nourished by the blood and souls of many evils, growing stronger exponentially. However, even King Arthur was a human, and as his lifespan ended, he died while being surrounded by his beloved ones. Excalibur then carried on the legacy of his original wielder, being inherited by his descendants, many secret heroes across the history of the world, which saved humanity from the many evils that spread behind the fa?ade of normal society. After many years, it ended in the hands of Arthur''s grandfather, a long descendant of King Arthur. Arthur''s Grandfather was a masterful Necromancer who had forged his power through the technique of magic inheritance. A technique created by Merlin long ago for the branch of King Arthur''s descendants who wished to revive Merlin and King Arthur, training magic, and delving into the dark arts of Necromancy. After inheriting such power over many generations, Arthur''s Grandfather was the strongest descendant, the result of many years of stockpiling magic power and knowledge and proficiency over the dark arts of Necromancy. Using his powers, he revived Merlin as a skeleton but was unable to bring back King Arthur, whose soul was already reincarnated multiple times, his memories long lost. However, Arthur''s Grandfather used the sword and his powers to y evil in name of his Ancestor and survived the cataclysmic event of the Apocalypse, saving his family from this insane world with his powers. Although as he grew older, he sooner orter became weakened, and his powers began to weaken. And then, he decided to leave Excalibur with Merlin, sealing them both inside arge hall he built within Arthur''s Family residence, for his grandson to one day inherit all of this power and the legendary de, so he could save the world from the rampant evil that had once more emerged. Like this, many events led to others and¡­ Noah acquired all the benefits for himself. Quite ironic that an "evil being" such as a Vampire like Noah ended wielding Excalibur, while eating Merlin and the Lady of the Lake''s souls, even. It was so hrious that Noah could not help butugh a little bit¡­ Now all of such legacy was his! And it was not as if he stole it from Arthur, as he really did not want to wield a sword anyway, so Noah happily epted his offering. Noah could not really imagine what would Arthur''s grandfather even think about all of this¡­ but he was sure that he might be kicking his grave out of anger at this point. But it was not as if Noah cared at all. Legacies? Legends? Ancient Artifact that should only be wielded by a specific Bloodline? Noah did not care at all, he took everything for himself. The sword did not want him to wield it, so he ate it from the inside out and be the sword himself, as simple as that. ¡­It could be said that he was now the bone of his sword. Noah admired the de hovering in midair at his side, which had been "tainted" in ck and crimson colors, although its metallic and shining luster was still there, the de now exuded an aura of demonic and monstrous strength. Noah quickly realized that part of such "sealed power" was hidden within this de itself, and as he kept growing stronger, the de itself would also unlock more of these powers. It was, more or less, the ultimate Soul Weapon! Noah grabbed the de''s handle and admired its beauty while smiling triumphantly. He was sure to put good use to this powerful tool. After ncing at the sword for a while, Noah inspected the next new Skill he had acquired. [Soul Devour: 1 (A)] You have the power to devour souls and assimte their energy into your own soul, merging both together. Strong enough souls or high-quality souls can be eaten to acquire new power, attribute values, Skill Points, and more. This Skill consequently also gives you the power to break souls. This Skill can be used alongside other Skills, acquiring the ability to directly target an enemy soul through the materialize of your own, however, depending on the foe''s soul''s strength and other abilities, this damage can be lowered orpletely negated until the foe is weakened enough. ¡­ This was the Skill Noah used to devour Merlin and the Lady of the Lake Souls and acquire such a wonderful amount of power. It seemed that he already possessed the innate ability to do this after his soul evolved and broke apart as he used it as a weapon, and perhaps the Spawn of Azathoth gave him this ability as well, however, Noah was notpletely sure where this ability originally came from, but only that he developed it as he fought and evolved it when he desperately fought against The Lady of the Lake. And when he finally devoured them, the System quickly converted such power into a Skill which he could easily use to unleash this innate ability within him. Noah could not help but imagine what it could be to devour the souls of strong hunters or monsters. Although he would also have to decide between devouring them or making them Blood Servants. However, it seemed that only specific souls which were strong enough could give him any type of actual power¡­ but this was good enough to break them and deal direct damage. Now Noah had many tools to fight and develop even further. However, there were still many things he needed to assess first, such as his newly awakened Skills. Many of the old Skills had awakened into new ones, and he felt curious about their new effects, although many of them seemed to only have enhanced their original effects, some of them held new ones after awakening. ----- Chapter 170 - Awakened Skills ----- After inspecting the Excalibur and the Soul Devour Skills, Noah decided to check thest of the three new Skills, one of which had a mysterious name to it. Through all those times he read Skill Encyclopedia Books where Skills from hunters were registered, Noah had never seen any Skill with such a name. ¡­ [Demon Path Guider: 1 (A)] A path for those that walk through it without wishing it, a path for those who are inherently "different". The word "Demon" is often used to call something evil, a being who is purely evil, but those that walk through this path are not necessarily evil but simply different. Those that walk through the path of the Demon Guider are enlightened and epted, they feel like they can finally belong to somewhere, a ce where they can be themselves. Those that receive the blessing of this Skill acquire the [Self-Strengthening: Guidance] Skill, creating a stronger connection with the wielder of the Guider Skill, alongside undergoing drastic changes, increasing their strength and development in exchange for growing further away from the path of righteousness. Anyone else that is "ordinary" and does not fit within the criteria of this Guidance Skill will think of the possessor of this Skill and those who follow its guidance to be fearsome and chaotic beings. ¡­ After reading the extensive description, Noah realized that this was the power he awakened while sleeping, with this power he "guided" those souls and humanoid figures that appeared inside of his dream. By using this power, he guided these people and enlightened them, making them blossom like beautiful flowers in spring. Through the power of this Skill, Noah was able to save Iris from her nightmares, and guided her alongside his path, bringing her the brilliant light she saw, which pierced the darkness of her past. Despite being seen as evil or dark by his enemies, Noah seemed like a bright light that guided those who had fallen into the abyss of this world, of this chaotic era. He wondered if Iris was having such nightmares every night, which made his chest slightly hurt. He sighed in relief, happy that he could have been able to help her a bit more. Before seeing the other awakened Skills, Noah moved near his sleeping wife, as he gently kissed her cheek. He looked at her sleeping face, feeling the desire to be with her for all eternity, to protect and give her all the warmth she deserved. He moved his arms above her shoulders, hugging her and caressing her silky hair while kissing her neck. He began to desire to spend the entire day like this, hugging her while they slept peacefully. Iris seemed to be deeply asleep, however, she began to move a bit, her hands quickly grabbing him tightly as if by reflex. After a bit, he decided to let her sleep for the time being as he continued ncing at his Skills. Arge amount of them awakened, but many of them simply received enhancements to their existing capabilities. Such enhancements were not so varied and often simply made the Skills stronger, swifter to use, and more effective. However, amongst the most noticeable ones, there was his Soul Skill, which was the first one to have awakened to an SS-Rank Skill, having a tremendous amount of power. His [Yin and Yang Crimson Soul: 100 (S)] Skill awakened into the [Grotesque Soul of Abyssal Yin and Brilliant Yang: 1 (SS)] Skill, which enhanced his Soul even more. Although Skills were abination in between the reflection of one''s very powers and also the power that the System offered for the development of them, that Noah''s soul evolved like this was both due to the souls he ate and also thanks to gaining a lot of proficiency in the use of his very soul through the System. His soul did indeed felt quite enormous now as if it had be a being of its own. Noah could feel as it moved and expanded, like a mass of formless and quite grotesque ethereal flesh. His soul, at closer inspection, seemed to be divided into two sections, one was incredibly bright and yellow gold-colored, while the other half was as ck as an abyss¡­ within this soul there was a single crimson eye in the middle of both parts, unifying the two. This eye¡­ seemed to not be part of the Spawn of Azathoth, but Noah felt that it was probably resting within this area of his soul. Whenever the eye opened, the Spawn of Azathoth would try to do something. For now, the eye maintained itself close, and Noah remembered that the Spawn of Azathoth had helped him a tiny bit against the Lady of the Lake, mostly because it was seemingly annoyed by her. Certainly, this entity''s behaviors were hard to predict, and Noah could not realistically rely on it to help him, as the greatest help that he received in this battle were the soul and mana of his subordinates and wife. Now that Noah''s soul had grown grotesque and enormous, it seemed to be charged with more power than ever, and he was able to easily move it outside of his very body and even materialize it a bit, having a new way of fighting with his very grotesque soul. The [Eviscerating Crimson ws: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Artery Bursting Scarlet ws: 1 (A)] Skill, which seemed to be a straight upgrade to the w''s strength, endurance, and shing power. It was now an A-Rank Skill, so the amazing power it had was something to recognize. With his ws Noah could possibly slice through the scales of a dragon¡­ maybe, perhaps. The [Vampiric Blood Control: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Vampiric Blood Dominion: 1 (A)] Skill, which gave Noah masterful dominance over blood, as if it were part of his very being. Not only his blood, but that of anyone that didn''t resist enough, and anyone weaker than him was bound to have their blood toyed with by him now. His power over blood was so great that anyone below B-Rank could easily die now by having their blow converted into blood needles and having their entire bodies pierced from the inside out¡­ truly terrifying. The range in which Noah could control blood was around 10 meters, but the blood that came from his own body could be controlled from even farther away, up to 50 meters. The [Blood Weapon Creation: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Blood Armament Creation: 1 (A)] Skill, giving Noah even greater freedom in the creation of weapons through-hardened blood, which he could alsobine directly with Elemental Blood Gem Creation. It was as if Noah could now create something like giant cannons out of this hardened blood and elemental blood gems, but perhaps he could create new things with greater freedom by using such materials produced through these Skills. The [Flight: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [High-Speed Flight: 1 (A)] Skill, giving Noah a greater boost in the speed of his flight, which he did by controlling the blood inside of his body and making it float, although, with the addition of his Vampiric Wings, he was able to enhance his speed even more by pping them and moving the wind around him. It wasn''t wrong to assume that Noah could now fly as fast as a rocket, if not faster. ----- Chapter 171 - The Power Of Guidance! ----- Noah continued with the detailed inspection of his newly awakened Skills, as he was someone that liked to prepare and know his abilities and capabilities in detail, checking these new awakened versions of previously existing Skills was not bothersome but enlightening, as he could discover more of his potential and what he could do now. Moving on, the [Mist Form: 100 (C)] Skill awakened into the [Elusive Mist: 1 (A)] Skill, which seemed to be an enhanced version of Mist Form. He was not only able to turn himself into the mist for some time which could help him reduce damage taken and even trespass through very small crevices and other things, but it also removed any sealing that could be exerted over his physical body while also making him immune to any kind of sealing or restraining powers over his physical body as long as this form was maintained. Alongside this, his speed of movement would increase by around 30%, but he wouldn''t be able to heal himself while being made of mist. Additionally, he was unable to use physical attacks, but he could still use magic and Blood Mist. This power hade in handy a few times and Noah recognized that it was quite good, he was able to sneak into facilities with ease by using it, such as when he used it to enter the Military School and infiltrate right inside of Fernand''s room. The [Blood Core Creation: 100 (C)] Skill awakened into the [Blood Core Soul Creation: 1 (B)] Skill. This Skill seemed to be rted to what Noah had thought before, about giving souls to the robots, and what he had done before falling unconscious by giving souls to the three robots, Sakura, Sugar, and Noire. Through this Skill he might be able to grant souls through the use of Mana and not his very soul though, although the souls would be incredibly small, the possibility of being able to create a small blood core jewel with a soul inside might be beneficial, as such item could be cataloged as high-quality magic material that could be used for the creation of high-tech equipment, although for now, he nned to give souls to every Robot. The [Crimson sh: 100 (C)] Skill awakened into the [Crimson Wind Impulse: 1 (B)] Skill, which gave Noah not only a sh of crimson energy to fly faster or move faster for a few seconds but even let him generate crimson winds around him to impulse himself to move faster both on the ground and on midair. Additionally, if he used it and practiced it enough, he could even use it against foes. Andst but not least, the [Crimson Aegis: 100 (C)] Skill awakened into the [Blood Demon Aegis: 1 (A)] Skill, a direct improvement and enhancement to the Crimson Aegis Skill. Through Blood Demon Aegis Noah was able to expand and manipte the barriers of crimson blood he was able to generate even better now, which he had used in a variety of ways, such as using them to reinforce his manor before it turned into Scarlet, to generate barriers to defend himself against powerful monsters or foes, or as sound-proof barriers as well, the number of possibilities that this Skill had been veryrge, and now that it had awakened into an A-Rank Skill, the endurance of such barrier became even greater. Noah sighed, resting on the bed, and seeing his Attribute Panel. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es): Warlock (I)] [Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level III: Noble-Born Vampire Viscount] [Vitality: 1010] [Mind: 1010] [Force: 1010] ¡­ "Hm¡­ four digits now. Two hundred more Attribute Values and I can be A-Rank in strength. If no Dungeons emerge soon, I will be forced to move away from here and find another ce that could still have B-Rank Dungeons," thought Noah, deciding to finally jump out of bed. He began to stretch his body while bathing himself in the warm sunlight. Any fervent fan of Vampires would be utterly shocked to see how he didn''t even care about the sunlight, to the point of enjoying its warmness like a cold-blooded reptile would do. After a few minutes ofzily ncing at the window, Noah noticed that Iris finally woke up, she quickly stretched her entire body and groaned as if she wanted to sleep more, which made Noah naturally curve his lips. "Hmmm¡­ Oh? Ah¡­ Noah!" she said, quickly realizing that Noah was ncing at her in silence, a bit startled over his gleaming crimson eyes sharply ring at her, but happy that he seemed to be fine. Iris quickly jumped out of bed and darted towards Noah, hugging him tightly and kissing him. "I am d you are okay¡­" she said. "Of course I am okay. Who do you think I am?" asked Noah rather pridefully, although Iris noticed that he was very happy that she was concerned about him. "Fufu, I knew you would answer like that¡­" said Iris while kissing Noah again and without letting him go from her embrace. "I had a weird dream¡­" she continued, as Noah nced at her with a bit of concern now. "I know. As I slept, I think I saw you having such a nightmare. Iris, has this happened before?" asked Noah. "Ah¡­ So it was really you who showed up¡­ Yeah, it has happened sometimes¡­ But since I began to sleep at your side that these Nightmares had stopped, but they came backst night I guess¡­" she sighed. Noah gently held Iris''s hands, making her flush. "Iris. I will always stay with you. I am d that I managed to help you somehow¡­ It is an ability I acquired, which should already appear in your own Attribute Panel. However, aside from that¡­" said Noah, moving his face near hers as both of their eyes looked at each other intensively. "I am here for whatever you need. Feel free to talk to me whenever you have any doubts or anything that you want to get out of your mind. We are partners now, we must open ourselves to each other eventually," said Noah. "Ah¡­ an ability? And Noah¡­ you¡­ You have really changed a bit, haven''t you?" said Iris while smiling warmly. "No¡­ I have not changed at all¡­ I have always been like this!" said Noah while averting his gaze with a hint of embarrassment on his tone of voice. Iris caressed his silky white hair as she kissed him again. "I am not saying that I don''t like it. In fact¡­ It makes me so happy¡­" she said, rubbing her face over Noah''s chest. "Is that¡­ so?" asked Noah. "Of course¡­! I¡­ I will do as you say¡­ I will try to speak things up whenever such things might¡­ cloud my mind," said Iris rather shyly, she was also trying to open up to him as she noticed how hard it was for Noah to do this. "Then¡­ that''s good," said Noah, petting Iris. "And ability¡­ Eh? This¡­ [Self-Strengthening: Guidance]?" asked Iris. "That must be it¡­ After eating those bastards of yesterday, my power underwent some kind of evolution¡­ Well, you as well should have evolved your abilities, as I shared such power with you and everyone else who seemed weakened," said Noah. "You are right¡­ I do feel quite stronger now and my Stats¡­ EH?! I have 800 in all?!" asked Iris in surprise, much like Noah, she received a generous boost to her Attribute Values, which also came apanied by bonus Skill Points. "Oh, that''s good. It is better than I expected. So our difference in power is not so big. I always feel more relieved when those at my side are strong too," said Noah. ----- Chapter 172 - Passionate Loving (R18) ----- As Noah asked Iris to check her Attribute Panel, she was surprised due to the increase in her Stats. "You are right¡­ I do feel quite stronger now and my Stats¡­ EH?! I have 800 in all?!" asked Iris in surprise, much like Noah, she received a generous boost to her Attribute Values, which also came apanied by bonus Skill Points. "Oh, that''s good. It is better than I expected. It is also good that you became quite stronger. I always feel more relieved when those at my side are strong too," said Noah. "But this power¡­ it could have been yours¡­" said Iris, feeling guilty over having acquired the power that Noah earned, thinking that she didn''t truly deserve it. Her devotion to him was to this level. "But I could have never been able to acquire such power if it weren''t because of your help and that of everyone else. You sacrificedrge chunks of your very souls to increase my chances of winning against the entity within Excalibur, named The Lady of the Lake. Without you and the others, I would have been sealed again, or perhaps my soul would have ended destroyed," said Noah. "Really? Did we¡­ helped that much?" asked Iris. "Indeed. Each of your souls and mana was essential for my triumph¡­ Which I had barely grasped. Also, your souls were weakened too much after I finally woke up, finding out that you had used way too much of your soul. I had no choice but to share the power I acquired, I didn''t want to wait months for your recovery. You could also think about it like distributing the goods we all earned evenly," said Noah. Iris realized that she had helped Noah a great deal to fight back against Excalibur, and it was thanks to her and the others that he managed to win. She wasn''t really taking part in the rewards just because, but she had actually earned a part of such power. "I guess that''s how it is then! You can count on me for anything you need, alright? Now¡­ I am pretty hungry¡­" said Iris. "I am d to be able to count in such a reliable wife. And yes, I am rather hungry myself, let''s take a quick shower and then go meet with everyone else downstairs to have breakfast with them," said Noah. "Oooh! A shower, that would really hit the spot~" said Iris, quickly taking away her clothes and gettingpletely nude, jumping into therge bathtub with her husband. Iris gently sat down over Noah''s legs, as she began to gently rub her back over Noah''s penis, which had already awakened after seeing her beautiful nude body. "Hahh¡­ Iris¡­" "Fufu¡­ Do you like it~?" She already knew what he wanted, and she wanted it as well, quite badly. "You''re such a degenerate¡­" said Noah while blushing. His breath was rather heavy now and he was getting more and more heated up. Noah began to kiss Iris neck passionately as if it were an exquisite delicacy. "Ohh~ Yes, kiss my neck~," said Iris. As a Dhampir, her most sensitive area was the part where Noah bit her once to convert her, which always made her shiver a bit whenever he licked and sucked it with his warm mouth. Noah quickly moved his hands over Iris''s chest, grasping her bouncy andrge breasts and squeezing them, making Iris feel a rush of exhration which only increased when Noah started to rub her point nipples. "Aahh~ Oooh~ N-Noah~ You''re squeezing them so hard¡­" she moaned. "You love it when I squeeze and grasp your body, don''t you? You like to feel like I own you¡­" said Noah, immediately grasping one of Iris''s fetishes, which were rted to her being "owned" by Noah as if she were her very property. The warmth of the water and the steamy scene continued, as both of their bodies rubbed with one another while sweating rapidly. Noah began to suck and lick Iris''s breasts gently biting her nipples, making her moan loudly. As he did this, Noah used his free hand to y around Iris''s vaginal lips, his gentle finger started to open up her walls, widening for his penis to fit well inside. The slimy secretions of Iris''s vagina''s depths began to cover Noah''s hands, as he kept giving her a hand job while sucking viciously on her breasts. "Oooooh~ W-Wait~! Aha~ I am¡­ Aaah~! I am cumming~!" moaned Iris, quickly giving Noah a deep kiss as she released more of her vaginal liquids, having an orgasm before her husband! "Such a perverted wife¡­ Having an orgasm before her husband¡­ I have to punish you¡­" said Noah, acting dominantly as he quickly moved Iris legs upwards, grasping them with his arms and quickly beginning to rub the tip of his penis over Iris''s wet pussy, which had already be overly sensitive after her orgasm. "Hmmm~ Hoohh~" moaned Iris, as she was gasping for air while expectantly waiting for Noah to finally put it in. "Do you want me to put it in~?" asked Noah teasingly. "Hahh¡­ Yes~ Please¡­ Noah-sama¡­" she moaned. "I cannot reject the request of my beloved wife then¡­" said Noah with a yful and teasing smile, quickly sliding his hard cock inside of Iris wet and overly sensitive pussy, feeling the warmth of her interior as the wet and slimy walls of Iris vagina pressed against the nds of his cock, the sensation became even more entailing as Noah began to kiss her passionately, their tongues touching each other viciously as their eyes closed and the two vampires let themselves be drowned in the steamy passion of intercourse. Noah kept pushing deep inside of Iris as she moaned loudly inside of his mouth, without letting her breathe with his dominant kisses and his lips which tightly grasped hers. She was beingpletely dominated by the strong Vampire, which only made Iris be more and more excited, she began to grass her vaginal walls to create even greater pleasure, making Noah force himself into her with each stroke of his hips. Iris quickly sat four-legged over the bathtub as she moved her butt, waiting for Noah to get over her and ram her like a dog in heat. "Such a needy wife¡­" said Noah, grasping Iris''s thick hips and putting his cock deep inside her already loosened pussy in a mere instant, pushing his member inside with each stroke, opening the depths of her vagina to him. "Oooooh~! Fuck! Aahh~! Yes~! Harder! Fuck me!" moaned iris, clenching her teeth as Noah fucked her as hard as she asked him to. The sound of their flesh hitting each other resonated through the entire bath, as Iris moans made Noah simply even more excited. He wanted to make her moan even louder. "Haahh¡­ Iris, you''re so tight¡­!" moaned Noah, feeling the heat take over his mind as he put everything into this, pushing deeper and deeper, with each movement of his hips, Iris would moan louder, orgasming every second. "Ooooh~! Noah! Noaaaahhh~!" moaned Iris, quickly standing up as she kissed Noah while he kept thrusting his cock from behind, Noah grasped her torso and pushed it to him, their tongues touching each other and sharing their salivasciviously until Noah finally felt a jolt of electricity rush through his spine, ad quickly after, he filled Iris womb with his warm seed. "Aaaaaaaaaahhh~!" Iris moaned loudly onest time, as she rested over Noah''s arms,pletely defeated by his powerful lust. However, the activities continued for another hour, until they finally decided to walk downstairs. ----- Chapter 173 - God ----- Breakfast in the Noctem Family Manor was nowhere as conventional as the breakfast in other families. Large amounts of blood, both human and that of monsters, was served to their members, who deliciously drank the sweet nectar. After what had happened yesterday, everyone ended quite exhausted, and slept for way more than the expected amount, having recently woken up at around 1 PM. After filling themselves with the panacea of Vampires, blood, the Noctem family finally sighed in relief and Noah, their Progenitor, decided to slowly assess everything that had happened yesterday, the many events, what he learned, and what they earned. He exined several things, such as how he defeated the Lady of the Lake, how he was now able to eat Souls, how the amount of power he acquired was so much that the System had to seal part of it, how he shared it with them, and how he became a Guider. Alongside this, the abnormal soul of Noah was addressed as well, as the Vampires noticed that his soul was so enormous and monstrous now that it was even flowing out of his very body. Any normal person would think of Noah as someonepletely aberrant, chaotic, and horrible, but for them, Noah seemed glorious and splendorous. And Noah also noticed that their souls had grown¡­ Although not as enormous as his, they were growing bigger, and stronger, and each of their souls was unique in their own splendor too. Iris''s soul was dark-blued colored and flowed like an enormous mass of phantasmal blue mes, it often had many crimson eyes glowing eerily all around as well, alongsiderge ws, she was the second biggest soul after Noah. Arthur''s soul resembled a vicious worm-like creature covered in purple-colored viscous liquids, it had a gigantic circr mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth which constantly vomited this purple-colored substance, the soul seemed to be always twisting around grotesquely. Jon''s soul resembled an enormous eye. However, at closer inspection, Noah noticed that it was several eyes stitched together by a phantasmal, purple-colored thread. Each eye was of a different color and seemed to be extracted from a different creature, below the mass of eyes there were long, pink-colored tentacles that constantly secreted slime. Timassa''s soul was more "normal" although not less surprising. Her soul resembled arge falcon, or some kind of bird with a very sharp beak, madepletely out of ck thunder, it seemed proud and powerful, and it was always shielding Arthur''s soul. Adamantine''s soul was perhaps the most striking, it resembled an enormous mass of shadows in the shape of some kind of quadrupedal beast, perhaps some kind of wolf, but its head was way too wide and grotesque. The shadows seemed to be constantly changing its appearance slightly, and it possessed arge jaw filled with razor-sharp teeth that were always smiling, it also had two small crimson eyes above such a gigantic and eerie smile. Clementina''s soul was also more "normal", although no less interesting. Her soul resembled an enormous, prideful, and loyal horse madepletely out of ice, which also had arge horn in the middle of its forehead, so it could be said to be a unicorn. The horse had six limbs and its eyes gleamed with blue light, it constantly exuded an aura of frost. Meanwhile, Sakura, Sugar, and Noire''s souls were still small and developing, so they didn''t have any particr form that Noah could discern yet. Nheless, all of his subordinates had gigantic and monstrous souls, it was as if their very souls had undergone an evolution. Of course, they were also aware of their own soul''s shape, some were surprised, and others seemed indifferent. "Why is my soul a giant purple worm?!" asked Arthur in surprise. "Worm or not, I believe it is beautiful, Arthur-sama," said Timassa with a gentle smile. "You say that because you got a giant falcon! I want that¡­ Why do I get the weird one¡­" sighed Arthur. "Arthur stop crying for something like that. Jon''s soul is also quite¡­ unique, and yet he doesn''tin," said Iris. "I have already coped with the idea that I might be in reality a mass of floating eyes with tentacles," said Jon nonchntly. "Is it my idea or Jon is talking more fluidly now?" asked Timassa, ignoring Arthur''s protest. "Don''t change the subject¡­" sighed Arthur. "Is that so?" asked Jon curiously, he didn''t realize that he had grown more confident and less timid. "Oh yeah! I remember that you used to stutter a lot and talk very little¡­" said Iris with a sweet smile. "Indeed. You have progressed," said Noah with a mild smile. Seeing both his master and mistress smile at him like this filled Jon''s heart with warmth and even more fervent devotion to them. He even began to believe that he didn''t deserve such good people in his life,pletely discarding that they were in fact, insane vampires. "My lords are too precious, I don''t deserve them¡­" he said while vowing. "W-Why are you vowing?!" asked Iris. "My soul is¡­ dark¡­ Shadow?" asked Adamantine, while wondering what her soul really was, she couldn''t really see anything else than just the darkness and the shadows. "Indeed, your soul seems to be covered with shadows, Adamantine," said Noah. "Cool! I am¡­ strong!" said Adamantine, feeling awesome. "Anyways, as of now, it would be a good idea to assess more of the truths I have discovered now that we have talked about what had previously transpired within our lives," said Noah. "Oh yeah¡­" said Iris. "You mean¡­ what Merlin said? About a God?" asked Arthur. "You have a good memory. Indeed. Merlin had said that Excalibur was made by the wishes of humanity and God himself. Well, after eating his soul and then The Lady of the Lake. I can confirm this, God exists," said Noah, his eyes shing with crimson light. "God¡­ So there''s a hell and heaven and all of that crap? I bet it is pretty filled with people after so many died in the apocalypse," said Iris. "Wait, will we all go to hell then?" asked Arthur, recognizing that he was truly quite the sinner! "No, don''t worry¡­ There is no heaven or hell. At least not within Earth. This "God" is not the concept of God we know about¡­ It is something different," said Noah. "Something¡­ different?" asked Timassa. "Like an¡­ alien?" asked Jon. "Heh, no. It is not an alien, Jon. It is an entity that humanity created! Yes, it is just as you heard! Humanity created their own God! How ironic! Hahahaha!"ughed Noah,ughing at the very ridiculousness of the origin of "God" an entity of supernatural forces that were¡­ born from humanity itself, who prayed to him as if it was their creator. It was the mere mortals that it overlooks from the heavens that created him. Without people, Gods don''t exist. This was one of the truths about this twisted world! "We¡­ created God?" asked Iris. "I mean, I get the physiological implications of humanity creating their own figures to worship¡­ But Noah-sama, you mean¡­ literally?" asked Timassa. "Yes, Timassa. God was created by Humanity. From the very era where Humans began to walk on two feet and stopped being stupid apes," said Noah. ----- Chapter 174 - What Is A God? ----- What is a God? There are many ways to define what is a "God", but in simple terms, a God is a figure of religion and faith that is worshiped by a group of people which they treat as their creator and benefactor. Gods can take many forms, and often embody different concepts of the world, such as nature, fire, thunder, and the ocean, or sometimes they embody concepts created by humans, such as Love, Lust, War, and more. However, before the Apocalypse, the God that was most known all around the world belonged to the Christian Monotheistic religion, which was simply named "God". It was worshiped as the only true God, who had created everything and anything. However, after the apocalypse, religions took a big hit, most of the poption died down, and the world became incredibly harsh, but people had now the power to grow stronger as well. Even more, a God-like entity named the System Master emerged and granted everyone a System to help them grow even stronger, and people even shifted their beliefs to him instead of the previous worshiped Gods¡­ There were things such as Churches of the System, where people went to pray and worship the System Master and his holy gift. However, Noah had finally learned that there was indeed a true God. An entity born from the amassed Mana umted within the sky, formed by the faint mana that every human had. Each time and human offered their prayers to a God, they would lose a part of their mana, and such mana eventually began to umte above the skies, it condensed over the years, until finally, through a qualitative change, this enormous quantity of Mana evolved into Divine Power and finally gained sentience. That time thousands of years ago, God was born. God was only one, and it benefited all humans even if they prayed to a "different" God because he was all Gods and yet only one. This God took the form of any worshipped figure through all these years, the figures that were slowly forgotten through the ages became less prevalent until they disappeared, for new ones to emerge afterward, taking over the old Gods. It developed many personalities, like a hive-mind, and it was always constantly fighting against itself due to its intricate existence. Due to always contradicting itself, it was not capable of doing much for humanity, and whenever it tried to do a miracle, it would be stopped by the minds that believed that miracles were bad. And whenever it tried to punish someone, it was stopped by the minds that believed that punishment was not necessary. However, on very special cases where the future of humanity was pending on a thread, was when it would sometimes act. Working together with the Earth''s core, which was its own sentient entity that seemed to be the source of mana of earth, it forged Excalibur through the condensation of the wishes of humanity. King Arthur was one of the first Heroes chosen by God to y the ancient and rampant evil entities that surged from the mana-rich Earth of the past. In the past, when humanity''s fears were great, is when their mana was drained the most, through their horrors and wishes, monsters began to emerge within the darkness, myths and legends became real, and humanity began to fall to their demise by the hand of their own creation. Trying to save their creators, the humans, God chose Arthur, a pure-hearted boy with a noble bloodline for the task. Noah exined all of this in detail, making his subordinates be rather shocked about the truth. "To think that everything was so simple¡­" sighed Arthur. "So humans always could use Mana?" asked Timassa. "Hm. More or less. Though, I know someone who can exin things more thoughtful than me," said Noah, as he suddenly opened a wound over his left wrist, unleashing arge river of blood, creating a puddle in the floor. Then, he cut a small piece of his soul and threw it into the blood. "Rise, Merlin," he said, as the blood began to convulse as if it were alive, the piece of soul began to fuse with it, creating crimson-colored phantom essence. The blood quickly took the shape of an old and bearded man wearing old and tattered robes, alongside carrying arge staff made of crystallized blood. "T-That''s¡­ the bastard of yesterday!" said Sakura, she thought she would never see Merlin again, yet here he was. "Noah-sama¡­You are capable of reviving the death like this?" asked Noire. "Impressive¡­ But is he someone we can trust?" asked Sugar. "Rest assured. I had eaten him, and he is my own soul now. With a single thought, I can make his entire existence dissipate into nothingness. He is nothing but a Will now," said Noah. "It is a pleasure to meet my lord''s subordinates and his beloved wife. As you might have already known, I am Merlin, magician extraordinaire," said Merlin. "Ehh¡­ He''s still the same as yesterday," sighed Timassa. "Merlin, apologize to everyone," said Noah. "Yes, my lord!" said Merlin, as he began to kneel pathetically as he began to apologize. "I am very sorry for what I did! I am a stupid, pathetic, nasty, decrepit, and senile old man!" he cried. "Eh? He''s really just doing that¡­" said Sakura. "Wasn''t he so prideful before?" asked Noire. "¡­Indeed, he''s now prostrating to us," sighed Sugar. However, the three robots'' crimson eyes gleamed with malice, as they quickly stood up and began to kick Merlin with their hard metallic heels. "Agh! Uaagh! It hurts! Uuaagghhh¡­!" Merlin began to be beaten by their deadly heels over and over again. Noah had made sure to adjust him so he could actually feel pain ten times as much. He was screaming in agony for about half an hour when the sadistic side of the robots was finally satiated. "Uuueeggh¡­ Uuggh¡­" groaned Merlin, his soul had also taken damage with each kick, and Noah made sure to make him feel the tiredness of it, he was not going to heal his soul either. "Now stand up if you don''t want me to crush your Will," said Noah. "Y-Yes¡­" muttered Merlin, as he stood up. Merlin then exined that in the past there were indeed hidden societies of mages, but only those of special castes were able to use magic properly, most of those who couldn''t have mana within them, but not the necessary mana circuits within their very bodies to use them properly. And due to the power of Mana, it was always kept in check by the many public organizations, such as the church. It seemed that even before the Apocalypse started, there were many of such organizations, but when the enormous waves of miasma hit the world and 80% of the poption died, it was now a mystery if more of such people are still alive, and if they are, in what kind of conditions could they be. "Magic organizations, huh? Things like that really existed¡­ Well, yeah, with my grandfather that was kind of confirmed," sighed Arthur. "Knowing all of this truth and more, what are our next course of actions?" wondered Iris. "Nothing changes. For now. We shall continue our ns as we had already done. However, there might be the chance for new things to arise after God itself learns about the fate of the weapon it created¡­" said Noah. ----- Chapter 175 - Gods Decision ----- Although the God of Earth had managed to fend off the powerful Miasma Wave by arge amount, which took a lot of its energy and powers that it stockpiled over thousands of years, it didn''t particrly felt the sharp and piercing pain that it felt now. In fact, God had never felt pain before in their entire life. It was a being that was too high within the heaves to be damaged by any Human. It existed inside of its own Divine Realm, separated from space. No matter how much humans explored the outer space around Earth, they were unable to find God, even if it could be hiding right behind their noses. It never entered into any conflict with any being as strong as it is, and even when it meets the System Master, it was through friendly terms, as the System Master offered God his help. However, the moment Noah devoured the holy soul of Excalibur, which was a fragment of the Lady of the Lake, which was also born from God, it was when it actually felt pain. As it was connected to Excalibur, the holy de itself could be said to be a part of God, a form that God itself had taken on this world. Excalibur was God''s embodiment and unleashed its power to y the evil beings that threatened their creator''s life, the monsters and evils of the past that once almost made humans go extinct. ¡­Which were also created by Humanity''s fears, how ironic. The moment Noah devoured all of the soul of Excalibur and thenpletely corrupted the de was when God felt pain. A monstrous, sharp, and piercing pain all over its divine soul. It was so painful that the many minds thatposed it began to scream in agony within their Divine Realm. It truly felt as if a pair of sharp jaws bite right into their flesh and tore apart arge chunk of it, with bone and all. Many of the minds that made God even fell unconscious after experiencing this pain, and were just waking up, asking what was happening. They couldn''t believe that it was possible for such a being to even experience pain, to begin with, it was utter nonsense. Yet, it did, and it wasn''t even with a direct attack, but an indirect attack. This was the first time that a mortal has dared to damage God! The many minds within God felt different emotions. Some felt fear, they felt like they would soon experience their doom! Others felt anger, wrathful anger, they wanted to find the one that dared to bite them and crush it like a mere ant! Some others were curious about who this entity could be, what it wanted, and how was it even possible for it to do such a thing. And others seemed captivated by its bite, and the slight essence that it left within their divine soul, some small minds even began to see this person with¡­ devotion. Completely unaware of it, Noah had begun to affect God itself with his Guidance! However, only a few, little minds were being affected, and the main hive-mind was mostly angered and fearful. God quickly began to use the power of the System that it had, as it was assigned as some kind of System Administrator, alongside possessing within its Divine Soul a copy of the System Master, the one that was being worshiped in Earth as the original one was nowhere to receive such power, God began to search through the System. This Copy of the System Master was simr to other copies of living people that were once worshipped as gods, such as pharaohs, and in modern times before the apocalypse, even video game or anime characters were present¡­ After the Apocalypse, however, the number of such entities lowered a lot, and only the most resilient survived, while new ones, famous Hunters that were worshiped by their strength and heroism around the new Earth began to emerge as copies of these idolized figures within God. Although it was simply still God, sometimes such copied idolized figures of worship that resembled real-life people could somehow recreate part of their capabilities. The System Mastermind within God was one of such entities. Created by the faith over the System Master and its ever-growing and ever-expanding church, it was eventual that such a figure would appear within God itself. However, it was not the real System Master, nor it really possessed its true nature or personality, nor its origins, nor its ego, but it possessed the personality and origins that people believed it had, alongside a bit more of power over the System itself, which is used to aid the other minds that made up God. After hours of looking, they finally found the culprit, and it was no one else than the "anomaly" within the System, the one that had the strange "Blood Core", a powerful artifact that was absorbing and assimting the power of the System at each passing second. "It as the anomaly!" "The anomaly, the anomaly¡­!" "A Vampire? Blood Core?" The minds began to nce at the anomaly''s status, finding his level of strength and the bunch of weird Skills he had. "Revoke his powers! He''s a dangerous being, he does not deserve the System!" "Take away his power! Quick, before it grows too strong!" "It had grown quite strong already, you idiots. He assimted the soul of Excalibur and corrupted it. Even if we take away whatever power the System is giving him, we cannot take away the Blood Core he has nor Excalibur anymore¡­" "Noo! Excalibur!" "The de we crafted¡­" "Now it is on the hands of this demonic entity who is using the System! It shouldn''t be possible for monsters such as Vampire to use the System!" "Even then, let''s revoke its powers!" Arge amount of the minds within God had decided that it was better to take away whatever powers they could from this entity, Noah. As they were something simr to an Administrator within the System, the deletion of Skills and even Stats was possible by spending an amount of energy. Through this, although they had never practiced it before, they were able topletely leave Noah without any support from the System, left to fend off by himself. This opinion grew more and moremon within the hive-minded God until it was taking over 70% of all hive-minds! However, the other 30% were fighting against this, as they had their own thoughts about the anomaly, which they freely shared with the rest of the minds. "The anomaly is an important element. It possesses a power that could be used to save our world¡­" "Although it hadmitted a grave offense, we should think things through and considerate that he might be a useful piece against whatever mighte here¡­" "He is advancing at an outstanding pace. The anomaly could be the savior of our world. Leave him be for now." "The anomaly is¡­ captivating¡­ my mind is filling itself with so many thoughts! Ah~! What is this?! Is this¡­ love?!" "The anomaly has filled my mind with devotion, let him be, you insane warmongers." This group kept pushing down the other for some time, buying time for Noah¡­ however, in the end, they were overwhelmed, and God decided to take away Noah''s power within the System. "It is decided!" said God, for the first time in a long time, more than 70% of its minds had decided to do something that they all agreed to! ----- Chapter 176 - Gods Attack! ----- As Noah decided his next course of action, a sudden wave of strange energy hit him in the middle of their breakfast. Boom! "Nnnghh?!" Noah felt that it came right from the skies themselves. It somehow went through Scarlet without any problem and reached the depths of his soul in an instant! Iris and the rest quickly realized that something was going on, as Noah was gnashing his teeth while his nails were grasping the wooden table with a lot of strength, his entire body was trembling, and his eyes werepletely bloodshot! "N-Noah, what''s happening?" asked Iris, rushing at the side of her husband. "Something¡­ this is¡­ No¡­! It is God?!" thought Noah, immediately realizing that the sudden feeling as if an enormous hand grasping his very soul was no one else than the entity they were speaking about just a few minutes ago, God! Noah closed his eyes as he concentrated his intent into the depths of his soul, reaching where the problem was happening! He found himself in the dark space inside of his soul, as he saw what seemed to be a glowing, semi-transparent cube floating. This cube had many circuit-like extensions that reached even to the outside of his soul. This cube was the representation of his connection with the world''s System, which Noah immediately realized due to how obvious it was. This thing¡­ he had not been able to see it before due to how well hidden it was, even for someone like him, the System was a divine construction of incredibly highplexity, and it was able to easily hide beneath his very nose this entire time. Alongside that, he saw several crimson red circuits extending out of the cube as if slowly draining whatever energy this cube used. These red circuits extended deep into the soul and then reached the outside of it, the Blood Core located within his chest! However, now something was going wrong, God himself had realized that Noah was the culprit behind the corruption of Excalibur, and they were about to revoke the powers he had through the System! Noah saw¡­ God! However, it was but an extension of the entity, an enormous hand made entirely out of bright white light, reaching his System Cube, as he called it, slowly yet steadily! The hand ignored any defenses of his Soul and passed through all of it freely, showing how terrifying was God''s power! Did Noah even have a chance to resist? If God took away his System Status, all of his Abilities might disappear, alongside his Stats, and he might be incredibly weak afterward! Perhaps some of his abilities would remain, but without the swiftness of the System, he would still be greatly weakened! And there was no saying that God wouldn''t do the same for the rest of Noah''s party afterward. To survive and win, Noah had to fight and destroy the Lady of the Lake within Excalibur, and also take over Excalibur itself, which resulted to be the embodiment of God as a weapon to y evil a terrible sphemy that angered the often neutral and silent God to attack him! Although God itself had not much power to descend and actually deal any substantial damage to him, as it could actually cause a lot of destruction around Noah, it had the power to revoke his System Status through its authority over the System as a System Administrator of sorts! Noah couldn''t possibly let this arrogant entity do as it pleased! Even though¡­ the sole thought of fighting God for his power level was utterly ridiculous, he had no choice! He was not going to let this entity decide his fate nor it was going to let it stripe him from all the powers he had! Noah furiously began to charge all of his Mana and energy into his very soul, as the white hand was just a few seconds from grasping the System Cute, Noah''s soul suddenly reveled against God! It extended vicious ck and red tentacles over the white hand, as it tried to stop it! The act ofplete disobedience and arrogance that Noah showed the moment he tried to stop God only angered the many hive-minds even more! "How dare that mortal stop us?!" "Keep pushing, take away his powers!" "DO IT!" The many hive-minds roared in anger, as they desired to exert divine punishment over Noah''s soul. The white hand began to glow incredibly brightly, as Noah''s tentacles started to be affected by its divine power, beginning to melt and dissipate! Each time such tentacles dissipated and melted, Noah felt excruciating pain all over his soul! Just when he had managed to win yesterday, he was already fighting for his life and to maintain the powers he had! However, Noah was not alone! "Bring me as much blood as you possibly can! The rest, connect your soul to me! And consume these crystals whenever you feel exhausted!" said Noah in the outside world, as he started to produce Blood Cores with small souls made of just mana, which had the property of healing the soul a bit! "N-Noah, what is going on?!" asked Iris. "Iris, trust me! I can''t¡­ exin it yet!" said Noah, his eyes ring directly at Iris. "Of course! Leave it to us!" said Iris, nodding as she quickly connected her soul to her beloved husband. Many Blood Servants quickly jumped out of Noah''s bloodstream and went to bringrge quantities of stored blood from all the monsters they hunted, bringing gallons after gallons! "This is¡­ Noah is fighting someone through his soul? Just after we did all of that yesterday?!" asked Arthur. "There''s no time to ask questions, Arthur-sama!" said Timassa. "I will dly assist my lord," said Jon. "Fight! Fight!" said Adamantine. "I don''t understand what is going on but please, take my power as well!" said Clementina. "Us too!" said Sakura. "Yeah!" said Sugar. "Noah-sama, take our power as well, even if little," said Noire. More and more robots began to appear as they connected their tiny artificial souls with Noah while beginning to absorb therge pile of Blood Cores he was constantly producing! After that, blood finally came inrge quantities, and Noah suddenly opened arge wound within his stomach, where a gigantic tentacle of blood emerged, sucking all the blood from the gallons one after another! Noah was now receiving the power of his subordinates and wife, and quickly found himself strong enough to fight back¡­ even if a little bit more! He kept pouring his intent into his soul, as he saw the white hand approach once more after it moved back a bit when he attacked it previously! Suddenly, more than just tentacles emerged, asrge Soul Beasts, representing the souls of his subordinates emerged, which also carried their wills with them! The hand of God felt utterly surprised by this strange turn of events! What kind of human on Earth was able to have such strange soul-rted powers, even more, when the power to manipte and strengthen the Soul was so underdeveloped on Earth? God was furious as the soul beasts began to ravage his white hand of pure bright light, as it slowly began to wave and move back, trying to p these annoying soul beasts as if they were flies annoying it! However, one of them, Iris''s soul beast suddenly managed to bite into the arm! And that was when God realized that they were no mere flies, but vicious mosquitoes! ----- Chapter 177 - This System Is Mine! ----- The internal fight of God against Noah continued as it intensified even more. Iris emerged within this ck space, quickly realizing that the enemy they needed to defeat or fend off was this enormous white hand emerging from the boundaries of Noah''s soul. This was an invader that was trying to take away a floating, blue-colored cube. If Noah was trying to protect this so much, it was indeed something important. Even more, as she realized that it had a faint feeling of something, as if it made her think about something, but she couldn''t easily connect the dots as fast as Noah could. Alongside her Soul Beast, which emerged within this ck space when she infused her soul inside of Noah''s body, which resembled arge quadruped monster withrge and thin ws and madepletely out of dark blue phantom andher cold mes, the Soul beasts of everyone else had also appeared. Arthur''s Soul Beast was the giant twisting worm covered on a sticky and slimy poisonous substance with a spiraling mouth possessing many razor-sharp teeth. The worm began to entangle the hand and it used its corrosive soul poison to melt away a speck of the white hand''s ethereal energy while using the sharp teeth to grind and bite through the incredibly hard exterior. Arthur continued to infuse more corrosive poison, while constantly unleashingrge amounts of it from the worm''s grotesque mouth. Timassa''s Soul Beast was the giant falcon made of ck thunder, which pped its long and thundering wings and attacked therge hand with its sharp talons and powerful beak attacks, alongside strong thunder shocks generated by the falcon''s screeches. Jon''s Soul Beast was therge mass of eyes and tentacles, which charged powerful beams from its various eyes, these beams dealt strong curse effects for a few seconds, but the beast continued to attack relentlessly, slowly damaging an area of therge hand and arm! Adamantine''s Soul Beast was the one that was rampaging the most, resembling a giant wolf made of abyssal shadows with two glowing crimson eyes and long ws, the beast howled angrily as it used its gigantic maw to ravage and bite therge enemy! Clementina''s Soul Beast was the beautiful and gigantic unicorn made of ice, galloping through the darkness and reaching therge, white-colored arm made of light, as it used its long spear-shaped horn to pierce through the arm and the hand! Alongside this, the souls of all the Robots were like small humanoid figures, jumping over the hand and slowly biting it! Although it wasn''t much, they were helping a bit! Sakura, Sugar, and Noire souls were yet to develop into the ones such as Iris and the rest, but theybined their strengths and did great amounts of damage! Any damage they could do, even if it were to be the smallest of wounds was crucial! Noah needed as much help as possible. However, it wasn''t as if Noah would let his subordinates do all the work! Fueled by the energy and mana he regained by drinking ridiculous amounts of blood, his soul felt slightly revitalized, and it began to extend its long tentacles, asrge jaws opened from them, biting therge hand! "Soul Devour!" Noah used the only Skill that could actually work in this situation, Soul Devour! Soul Devour gave Noah the power to break souls, and also eat them to gain power from them! Now that there was such a juicy piece of divine soul right in front of him, he was not going to miss the opportunity to take a bite on God himself! His Soul Tentacles kept extending all around God''s hand, breaking apart the hard light skin, and cracking it! Slowly, cracks began to emerge around everywhere he touched, therge arm made of God''s Divine Power was being slowly cracked and about to shatter like ss! Crack¡­ crack! God''s hive-minds roared in pain and anger, as they were being stopped by a mere mortal! They couldn''t believe how weak they were to be reduced to such a point, they had really spent most of their power-saving the world from beingpletely consumed by the Miasma Wave, and theycked enough power to directly kill Noah or something, they were already doing a lot by taking away the System from him. Unless they wanted to waste more energy unnecessarily and end up sting away an entire Sector filled with strong and innocent people, they wouldn''t be able to descend! Noah kept biting the hand of the divine creator, monstrously like a mad dog! God and his minds were shaken! "Stop at once you mortal!" "How dare you fight against us like this?!" "We want to protect this world from your menace, yet you dare oppose us?!" "We are God! You can''t oppose God!" "I told you that we shouldn''t have done this!" "He is someone that could help us, yet you try to take away his powers, of course, he would try to defend himself!" "Idiots, fools, stop this at once if you don''t want to receive even more damage than before! "B-But Excalibur!" "Forget about that stupid sword no one cares about!" "RAAARRGH!" God''s minds becameplete chaos! Some began to change their minds and wanted to back down after getting attacked so much, while others only grew more furious! Noah, however, kept attacking therge light hand alongside his subordinates, using all the power they could muster! Crack, crack¡­! The hand began to crack, asrge pieces of it started to fall over the floor of this ck space, being quickly eaten by Noah, who distributed the power to the rest! Like this, they began to slowly use the power of God against it, even if it was but a mere hand made by a speck of their divine soul! However, as if furious, the hand continue pushing forward, until it touched the System Cube! "Nnnnggh¡­!" groaned Noah, as he felt a sharp pain across his entire being! The Gods hive-mindughed, as they managed to reach their goal! "Hahaha! You fool!" "Grab his power, quickly!" "Leave him without anything!" "And then we''ll do the same with all of his subordinates!" "Know the wrath of God!" Noah, however, smiled! "Fools... Did you really think I wouldn''t prepare something? ¡­The Cube was just floating there, who would even expose such a ring weakness like that without having something prepared?" said Noah, as they suddenly realized that the cube quickly turned¡­pletely red! God was shaken once more! "What?!" "Impossible!" "What¡­ is this?!" "His Status Cube¡­ it has bepletely corrupted?!" "This System is mine!"ughed Noah, by using his soul and the power he got from eating tiny bits of God, he managed to take over the System Cube! In fact, he was spending most of his power on doing that, and asked his allies to distract god while doing so! It wasn''t anythingplicated, and that Noah managed topletely corrupt it was all thanks to God himself, who revealed the exact ubication of the System Cube to Noah! It was as easy as doing the same thing he did with Excalibur, and infected the cube with his soul, parasitizing it and eating it from the inside out! The Blood Core glowed brightly, as it took over the System Cube, but it kept greedily and voraciously eating away¡­ suddenly, even God''s hand began to slowly turn crimson red! And this was the second time that God screamed in agony. ----- Chapter 178 - Gods Defeat ----- This was the second time God screamed in agony, and both times have been provoked by Noah! "Nnnnnngggggggoooooohhh¡­!" "GRRAAAAHHH¡­!" "Gyyyyaaaaaahhh¡­!" Many of the hive minds within God began to scream in pain, as the hand they were extending inside of Noah was shaking and falling intorge chunks of red-colored light, they were being corrupted by the power of Noah''s soul alongside his Blood Core! Even more, now that he had finally managed to take over the System Cube that represented his status, the System he had was now his and only his! The power of these three elements converged together, alongside Soul Devour, and quickly began to devour the enormous hand the moment it touched the System Cube! The fingers cracked into bloody pieces, and so did the rest of the hand, the cracks reaching the entire arm as shattered pieces of light tainted in red began to fall over and over, devoured by Noah''s soul! However, within Noah''s soul, the Spawn of Azathoth wasn''t even helping him. Just as Noah thought, this entity was not really something he could rely on. Unexpectedly, however, the Blood Progenitor had also helped Noah! Using his strong Will and the masterful ability he had over souls and his own power over the Blood Core, Noah let him go all out, his will had easily been able to corrupt the System Cube, and now he and Noah joined hands to devour God''s hand! "I never thought that things coulde to this¡­! Make sure to give me a body after this, I have helped you a lot already!" said the Blood Progenitor. "We''ll see about that," said Noah. The rest of Noah''s subordinates didn''t falter, as they kept attacking and pushing back God''s hand! God''s hive-minds quickly grew desperate and decided to finally fall back when it was already way toote. "What is going on?! Nnnngghh¡­!" "It hurts, it hurts so much!" "Agh! This demon can really eat souls, even divine souls?!" "Pull back! PULL BACK!" "I told you¡­ Agh¡­! We told you that this would happen, stupid idiots!" "You fools, you get what you deserve! ¡­Although it really hurt us as well!" "As they say, you reap what you sow, huh? Ouch!" The hive minds cried in desperation, they had underestimated Noah''s true capabilities! He was truly a demon! And the ones that were always against this also screamed in agony but were kind of happy how things turned out, so the other minds could actually understand a bit that Noah wasn''t someone they should fight against but an ally they needed to rely on due to his powers and capabilities. If they really wanted to save Earth against the Watchers, fighting, and trying to take away the powers of one of the best candidates to help them was utterly idiotic. There were many strong Hunters, but none like Noah whose growth speed was utterly ridiculous, alongside that, he had many unique powers that no other Hunters had developed. He was¡­ perhaps, an ideal "hero" even more with his ability to eat souls! ¡­But the grand majority of God''s mind was stupid figures people worshiped, so it was to be expected that itcked a bit ofmon sense. Nheless, thenguage that all living beings understand, even the most stupid of them all is pain. With pain, they were bound to understand¡­ Or so, these minds that didn''t desire to fight Noah thought. Whatever was left of the arm, which was also a bit tainted in red, quickly fell back, disappearing through a strange distortion on space. Just as that urred, all of Noah''s subordinates and his wife quickly fell over the ground. Everyone was way too tired. Their Soul Beasts dissipated from Noah''s soul and Noah also retracted his tentacles while devouring whatever shattered fragments of God''s Divine Soul were left. As everyone was gasping for air, Noah was assimting an even greater amount of power! But now, the System he had was his! Noah''s entire body began to flow with an enormous, bright red aura, epassing everywhere! It quickly rushed through the entire Manor, as it touched the souls of every being in here, even Scarlet and the Blood Servants, even the robots! Much like against Merlin and Excalibur, Noah had acquired too much power in exchange for everyone having their soul way weakened again¡­ Now, he was taking parts of it and sharing it with everyone that helped, so he could not bear the burdens of such enormous divine power alone, as he felt like his soul was about to explode like a balloon who had taken way more air than it could contain! "Nngh¡­!" groaned Noah, as he fell over the floor and resisted the flow of divine energy, which was literally burning him from the inside out! "Let me give you a hand¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "You¡­ Aren''t you going to betray me if I let you do this though?!" asked Noah, he didn''t trust this bastard! "How can I even betray you anymore? We are one long ago, foolish human¡­" sighed the Blood Progenitor. "What? Scram off! I can¡­ do this myself! Agh!" screamed Noah. "Shut up and let me help you!" The Blood Progenitor decided to aid Noah once more, as he used his powerful Will to manage the power. Noah used his authority over the System while receiving the Blood Progenitor''s help, and used the System itself to assimte the power and then seal arge part of it as well, so he wouldn''t simply explode and die out of overcharge! His Blood Core began to glow brighter than ever before, as Noah began to instinctively meditate and manipte these energies correctly¡­ slowly yet steadily, he was repurposing them. The same happened with everyone around him, although they all seemed to have fallen unconscious. Alongside the new power, Noah felt a constant rush of information fill his mind. He gained new memories! These memories were not normal at all, these memories were from¡­ God itself. Although they were merely fragmented, he had gained arge amount of knowledge of the past, alongside a lot of the knowledge about the world. He learned many things, alongside the location of many ces known as "inheritances" of old mages and heroes of ancient times¡­ Which Noah decided to mark as his next goal alongside exploring dungeons. These inheritances were kept hidden by God due to the amazing items and knowledge hidden within them, which God didn''t want others to know about, these old ancient mages who had tapped into the unknown and had unveiled many mysteries died while leaving everything they umted through their lives in such mystical ces, some of them had even be infested with Mutated Beasts, bing dangerous areas where no one stepped in. Alongside that, Noah learned about the strange mana crystal meteors, and something about the "Watchers", however, the knowledge he got was very dim due to the memories being all fragmented into pieces. However, the amount of info was overwhelming as Noah was not equal to God, and his mind was about to explode, he wasn''t able to umte so much information in this little time. Due to the constant pain and exhaustion, Noah decided to rest for the time being, as his System slowly settled down this overflowing energy. ----- Chapter 179 - Inner Realm ----- Noah opened his eyes. But instead of the ceiling of his manor or the darkness he often found when he was dreaming, he found himself in a different ce, apletely different ce, in fact. It would be normal for him to ask a few questions within his mind. Such as "What is this?" "Where am I?" "What happened?" "Am I dreaming?" But instead of that, he already knew where he was. There was no need for him to ask himself such questions. He was inside of himself¡­ but not his soul, his body. Noah nced at the ceiling as he saw red flesh twisting grotesquely, gibbering, with thousands of veins flowing with red blood. It was palpitating and alive. The ground was like this same flesh, but it was covered by small scales, which were in fact something simr to skin, it peeled off when he put some strength into it, and more of these skin pieces revealed below it. He nced at the vast area, it seemed to have walls, so it was not endless, but it was perhaps as big as a whole stadium. This ce was nothing but incredibly mysterious. Although Noah knew that this was his body instinctively, he didn''t know how he got to be inside of his own body. It just didn''t make any sense¡­ "So you have awakened this ability¡­" Noah quickly nced behind him as he heard a familiar voice. A handsome vampire man was standing in front of him, with long white hair, sharp crimson eyes, long and sharp ears, and tall, perhaps around two meters of height, ring down at Noah. He was the- "Drac? What are you doing here?" asked Noah. "MY NAME IS NOT DRACULA!" screamed the Vampire man, he was no one else than the Blood Progenitor, of course. "Ahem¡­ And I am here because this realm was created when I was assimting and repurposing your new overflowing power. Really, you just ate that legendary sword and now God came here and decided to take away your powers, but in the end, you took away a bit of it¡­ Two days in a row that you almost die. Do you have a death wish or your luck is utterly terrible?" asked the Blood Progenitor. "Realm¡­ So this is a realm," said Noah, ignoring the Blood Progenitor''s questions because he had nothing to answer about that. These events happened without him having the power to predict them. He was happy that he survived, and not angered that it has been two days in a row since he almost died. He had been almost dying since he became a Vampire anyways. Noah was not someone that feared death, nor someone cowardly. He was willing to risk his life to achieve his goals and gain the power he wants to gain true freedom. "So you''re just going to ignore me?" asked the Blood Progenitor. Noah nced at him into the eyes. The old Vampire suddenly felt a chilling sensation run through his spine. "Who gave you the right to talk back at me like that?" asked Noah. "Sigh¡­ You damn brat. Now that we are cooperating you should be more polite!" said the Blood Progenitor. "How can you manifest yourself like this?" asked Noah. "You should already know¡­" said the Blood Progenitor, as Noah suddenly felt a rush of information of everything the Blood Progenitor had done with the power. Indeed, he had not tried to betray him or something and used it all in different ways. It was strange for Noah to think that the Blood Progenitor, an ancient evil had suddenly decided to help him instead of wanting to take over his body as he had promised many times before. Noah saw that he sealed most of the power within the System itself, which had merged with his Blood Core and Soul. Alongside that, he used a part of that power into enhancing all of Noah''s powers, Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Afterward, he used another part to nourish his soul and make it a bit stronger. Andter, he used another part to form this Spirit Form of himself, which can show up around Noah like a ghost. He has no System and is more of a Skill of Noah. Noah can control him however he wants, but he had given himself the privilege of acquiring this ability, so now he can go to the outside world and perhaps aid Noah. However, Noah didn''t know why he would want to aid him. "What has gotten into you? Why are you helping me like this?" "¡­As I slept, it felt like hundreds of years. At some point, I began to feel empty. Your power, as you awakened it, guided me, and filled this emptiness. And now, I strive to serve you¡­ Although it still feels strange¡­ I suppose your brainwashing has finally affected me," sighed the Blood Progenitor. It seemed that Guidance had guided the Blood Progenitor, and although he still acted quite pridefully in front of Noah, he had be someone that was devoted to helping him. Noah squinted his eyes as he began to look at the Blood Progenitor a bit differently. "As of now, you have unlocked many new powers. Go wake up already, your friends and your wife are waiting for you outside," said the Blood Progenitor. "I see. Thanks, Griffin," said Noah, as he disappeared from within this strange inner realm. The Blood Progenitor was a bit startled¡­ Noah knew about his name for very long already but always called him by the Drac nickname. This was the first time he called him by his real name. The Blood Progenitor sighed. "I have be soft¡­ To think that I see this brat as something of a son now¡­ Sigh¡­ Perhaps bonds are not a bad thing¡­ I bet you would be smiling at me now, right, Eldia?" he thought, as Griffin began to recall the memories that had been keeping him from being consumed by this loneliness and emptiness for so long¡­ his one and only lover, Eldia. Due to his own powerlessness, he lost her. And since that day that he had be cold. He began to strive to be alone and to use anyone or anything to his advantage. He didn''t have any emotions left but grief. And he didn''t want to ever make any bonds nor experience love ever again. He became a monster without realizing it. The thing that Eldia never wanted him to be. "Eldia¡­" he sighed, as a few tears began to flow out of his eyes. The Blood Progenitor clenched his fists, as he closed his eyes and let the tears fall over the floor. As he thought more, and as he received more of Noah''s guidance, he simply started to recall the memories he had hidden deep within his soul. The memories that Noah himself had told him that he knew about. Each time the Blood Progenitor told Noah to disregard emotions, Noah made him remember such a past. Perhaps the Blood Progenitor was seeing himself on Noah, na?ve and in love¡­ He didn''t want Noah to go through the same suffering he did. He wanted him to disregard all emotions and to be a senseless husk of a former self, to only remain as a being of darkness and nothing else than that. Someone empties like him. Was there any point in bing so empty? In the end, he died bitterly anyways¡­ ----- Chapter 180 - Great Rewards ----- The Blood Progenitor nced at the gibbering ceiling. "Noah is really someone interesting¡­ I might as well see how far he goes¡­" he thought, as he disappeared with a blink. Noah slowly opened his crimson eyes. He was atop his bed, but Iris was not at his side. He quickly sat down, as he felt a sudden rush of power and strength over all his body and soul. His body, in specific, felt way stronger than before. He had evolved. "Don''t tell me¡­ I have reached A-Rank already?" thought Noah. "Indeed," said the voice of the Blood Progenitor, as he emerged at the side of Noah like a crimson-colored and translucent ghost. "So this is what you wanted to do¡­" said Noah, ncing at the new form of the Blood Progenitor. "What I can or not do is dictated by your will¡­ But I can''t me you if you don''t trust me yet, I had said quite a few things before," said the Blood Progenitor while smiling bitterly. "¡­Nheless, check your Status," he continued. "Have you be something of a System Administrator now?" asked Noah. "¡­Perhaps. There is certainly something that binds me to the System and the Blood Core. I can manipte the System a bit for you," said the Blood Progenitor. "If you want to, you could simply make me fade away," he said. "¡­No, it would be better to keep you close," said Noah, considering that he would be able to always see what he''s up to if he were close to him. ¡­And well, he recognized that he had helped him quite a good amount. Noah decided to check the many holographic windows. However, instead of the usual translucent blue colors of the windows, they were now crimson red, glowing brightly while also having a faint phantasmal presence. It was as if his System had also changed. He nced at his Status Panel, which was also red-colored, with the letters being ck. However, before he could see any further, many System Windows pestered his sight. Ding! [Overflowing energy sessfully sealed, this saved up power will be slowly unlocked as you grow strong enough] [Residual energy sessfully repurposed] [All of your Attribute Values have increased] [You gained +500 Vitality, Mind, and Force!] [You gained extra Skill Points] [You gained +25.000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [God yer: 1 (S)] Skill!] [You learned the [Surpass Limits: Soul: 1 (A)] Skill!] Noah felt a rush of power and triumphant exhration as he realized that he had be A-Rank! And he only needed to eat Excalibur''s Divine Soul and then bite God, how easy! Well, it was not easy at all, such events were not normal at all either, and he almost died in the first one and almost lose most of his power in the second one, but the efforts paid off in the end. He inspected the two new Skills in detail before going towards the awakened Skills. [God yer: 1 (S)] The power to defy the Gods and inflict damage against their Divine Existences despite your lowly soul and strength difference. As a pseudo-mortal, you have acquired the power to damage Gods through your soul, this Skill has emerged due to this. When activating its effect, you can deal bonus damage against any enemy with Divinity based on Skill proficiency. Current Bonus damage: 5%. ¡­ [Surpass Limits: Soul: 1 (A)] After pushing your soul to its very limits, breaking it apart, and regenerating it constantly, you have acquired the ability to surpass your own limits through it and be able to exert an extra amount of power through it. Extends the tenacity of your soul and its resiliency temporarily in exchange forrge quantities of Mana, after the effect is deactivated, you feel weakened. ¡­ The effects of these Skills were utterly amazing. Noah was now able to deal extra damage against beings with Divinity! And even more, he was now able to push his soul to its very limits and go even further beyond! However, after going even further beyond and using all of his mana, his soul would be extremely tired and weakened, and would most likely need to rest for some time. This was a st resort" type of Skill, but the more Skills he could use through his soul, the better. He recalled his fight against The Lady of the Lake and the Hand of God, and in both fights, he was not able to use his Skills properly, but the Skills rted to the soul were able to be used, such as Soul Devour against the Hand of God. After this small analysis, Noah nced back at the rest of his Skills. Many of them had awakened into powerful and enhanced versions, upgrading their former effects, and even giving them new extra effects to them, making the skills more formidable for his current level of strength. [All of your Skills gained bonus Proficiency] [The [Parallel Mind Thought Processing: 100 (A)] Skill has awakened into the [Soul Group Thought Processing: 1 (S)] Skill!] [The [Unyielding Blood Demon: 100 (B)], [Sacrificial Vampiric Veracity: 100 (B)], and [Lifeblood Release: 100 (B)] Skills have merged and awakened into the [Veracious Sacrificial Vampiric Tenacity: Lifeblood Exceed: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Vampiric Evil Eyes of Hypnosis and Stupefaction: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Demonic Vampiric Eyes of Hypnotic Subjugation: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Crimson Vampire Armor: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Grotesque Vampire Soul Armor: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Blood Storage: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Inner Blood and Flesh Realm: 1 (S)] Skill!] [The [Blood Servant: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Blood Soul Servant: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Blood Pact: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Bloodline Pact: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Blood Prison: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Spatial Blood Soul Prison: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Vampiric Drain: 100 (C)] and [Blood Frenzy: 100 (C)] Skills have merged and awakened into the [Frenzied Vampiric ughter Heal: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Vampiric Wings: 100 (C)] Skill has awakened into the [Demonic Vampiric Blood Wings: 1 (A)] Skill!] Noah nced with wonder at the many Skills that have awakened, realizing that many of them had acquired new effects. ¡­ [Soul Group Thought Processing: 1 (S)] Your soul has evolved, and it has be capable of fragmenting itself into many, all of them are you, and you are all of them. As a soul who is many and one, your can think many things at the same time, and even be in many ces if you can distribute such soul pieces in some sort of way. As the Skill proficiency increases, the creation of additional Soul minds is possible. ¡­ It seemed that Noah''s soul had merged with his mind, and now that he had fragmented his soul so much, he was able to cut it into pieces however he liked, creating some sort of hive-mind, enhancing his thought process to greater levels. ¡­ [Veracious Sacrificial Vampiric Tenacity: Lifeblood Exceed: 1 (A)] Unleash the veracity of your very vampiric tenacity. Increase all of your stats temporarily by making your blood flow incredibly quickly, alongside coating yourself in that energy to enhance your power even further. The more you stay in this state, the more blood you will lose, but the more strength and additional damage your attacks (of any kind) can deal. Additionally, you can unleash the entire power you have amassed into an explosive burst of crimson energy to a designed foe, however, your body will weaken afterward. ¡­ ----- Chapter 181 - Even More Awakened Skills! ----- The [Veracious Sacrificial Vampiric Tenacity: Lifeblood Exceed: 1 (A)] Skill seemed to fuse many of the effects of Noah''s old Skills, such as the ability to sacrifice his blood to enhance his stats, the power to increase his damage dealt the more blood he lost, and even more, with the additional ability to unleash all of the umted power into an explosion of crimson energy, although he would be left weakened afterward for a few minutes. Although this didn''t weaken his soul. ¡­ [Demonic Vampiric Eyes of Hypnotic Subjugation: 1 (A)] After awakening your eyes to the next level, you have the natural power to subdue anyone with a weak mind who is weaker than you on strength as well, while being able to affect the mind of those that are even equally stronger than you or even stronger than you. The effect of this mind attack depends on the foe''s ability to resist mind-rted attacks, but the damage dealt can vary from slight headaches to making them see hallucinations. Anyone weaker than you that has eye contact with you will be subdued to your will, and although it can be resisted with special skills, you can also exert more dominance over those subdued to you. The effect of this Skill is not permanent, after a few minutes of not looking the target into the eyes, they will be able to escape your subjugation. Although some sort of brainwashing can be done at the moment, it will not be permanent either. ¡­ This Skill was Noah''s eye-rted power, which gave him the power to hypnotize foes temporarily which were weaker than him, but now he was finally able to affect those with equal strength or even superior strength! Although their effects were not subjugation, a series of mind-rted attacks can be done, such as headaches, hallucinations, changes in their senses, and more. ¡­ [Grotesque Vampire Soul Armor: 1 (A)] Your Armor had evolved, and it is no longer restricted to your blood, but you can also use your very soul and materialize it over your body to offer extra protection in battle. A Soul Armor can shape the user''s will and can take on many forms by merging with different Skills and Magic attributes. The Soul Armor strength increases as the Skill Proficiency does. ¡­ This Skill awakening seemed rather obvious after Noah had been using his soul as armor by turning it into a substitute for blood. But now, it seemed that he had more liberties with it, and he could directly turn the soul into an armor. ¡­ [Inner Blood and Flesh Realm: 1 (S)] The Blood Storage Space you used to store your blood inside alongside your servants and subordinates has evolved, now bing a true space of its own within your flesh and blood, it expands and pulsates grotesquely as it invites your kin to reside within it. The space within this Inner Realm expands as the Skill proficiency increases. Skill Proficiency can be earned by storing things and other mysterious means¡­ ¡­ This was the unexpected awakening of the Blood Storage Skill. Noah had really expected this power to be a Skill of its own, but it resulted to be the awakening of an already existing Skill. This Skill manifested as an inner realm inside of Noah''s flesh which was both within the space of his body and also outside of it, even if he were to be born apart, there wouldn''t be any damage to it, and he had already inspected the insides of his entire flesh through his soul but wasn''t able to find it through other means that weren''t by using the Skill itself. With this Skill, he could be able to move all of his subordinates inside and even the whole territory of Arthur¡­ Like a snail or a turtle, he was now his own home. Anyone was able to enter here through a blood puddle that Noah could make by cutting arge wound on his wrist. ¡­ [Blood Soul Servant: 1 (A)] The enhanced version of Blood Servants, Blood Soul Servants possess greater strength and resiliency as they develop their own souls into greater beings, acquiring more freedom yet bing even more efficient in doing whatever their master desires. Current max amount of servants (souls): 120. ¡­ This was the enhanced version of the Blood Servant Skill and served Noah in the purpose of enhancing and making his army of the dead even greater and vast. He was also not only able to just convert them into soldiers, but Noah was also able to use these Blood Servant''s souls to aid him on Soul Battles against entities that could try to attack his soul directly. Additionally, he was able to control them as if they were part of his body, fuse himself with them to an extent or even fuse them together to form greater beings, such as Scarlet, their Blood Servant Manor. ¡­ [Bloodline Pact: 1 (A)] The enhanced version of Blood Pact, through this power, you can create a pact with an entire bloodline as long as someone that represents it, such as a father, agrees (or is forced to agree through various means). This pact can be done in many ways and with various supernatural effects. Depending on the effects of such pacts, it could take arge quantity of mana to create them, even a piece of your soul. ¡­ With this Skill, Noah could now force an entire bloodline to obey him as long as he subjugated one of their major representatives! Through the use of this power, Noah could forcerge families to obey him. And he was already nning a few targets¡­ Perhaps Clementina''s family could be a good start. ¡­ [Spatial Blood Soul Prison: 1 (A)] The enhanced version of Blood Prison, you are now able to generate a spatial cage where a foe is restricted inside for a few seconds (which increase as the Skill Proficiency increase). This spatial blood soul prison can still be escaped from if the foe has the means to do so, but the user can enhance it through the use of its soul to make it harder to escape from. The foe can be inflicted with any long-range attack from the user while being trapped. Cooldown: 10 minutes. ¡­ With this Skill Noah was now able to efficiently entrap enemies with more ease, although it onlysted a few seconds, such seconds could be precious to achieve victory, and Noah knew this very well deep down. [Frenzied Vampiric ughter Heal: 1 (A)] Through the use of your frenzied and insane power as a Vampire, you can enhance your Attribute Values the more you ughter enemies and bathe on their blood, while also draining the Health Points of such victims. ¡­ This was an ideal Skill for Noah''s fighting style, as he was now able to grow stronger the more he ughteredrge quantities of enemies which he could find easily within dungeons, alongside having the power to even drain their health with every attack. ¡­ Andst but not least, the [Demonic Vampiric Blood Wings: 1 (A)] was the awakened version of the Vampiric Wings Skill, which gave Noah the ability to growrge wings made of his own blood, which he could materialize and shape to even serve as weapons, while also enhancing his speed while flying. Noah was amazed by the new powers he had achieved and was ready to take on the many challenges yet toe¡­ ----- Chapter 182 - A-Rank Hunter! Level IV Blood Core! ----- After finishing to inspect his new powers, Noah decided to re at his Status, it seemed that he had evolved while resting, the evolution was triggered after he reached the needed Stats, which were acquired from the assimtion and repurposing of the energy he gained from eating a small, tiny bit of God. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es): Warlock (I)] [Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level IV: Noble-Born Vampire Count] [Vitality: 1510] [Mind: 1510] [Force: 1510] ¡­ Noah couldn''t help but release a smile. Such power! He had reached 1500 Attribute Values on all of his Stats and was now at his fourth level of Blood Core Cultivation, Level IV. He had evolved into a Noble-Born Vampire Count, and its power was indeed outstanding. Unlike his subordinates who had different Evolutions, often rted with sses such as priest, mage, or more, Noah had noble rank evolutions. Unlike other races, Vampires were seen as the Noble Undead of the dark world of Abyss, all of their evolution was always rted wot these ranks of nobility, the stronger they grew, the higher their nobility rank would be. Vampires in Abyss were a superior race, created from the Blood God himself, the first mortal to have raised to godhood, took over the Moon Goddess as his concubine, and sealed the Sun God, bing the supreme being above all creation. He suppressed the sunlight and made his children, born from the Moon Goddess womb, dominate the world, the Vampires. It couldn''t be wrong to say that Noah, after inheriting the bloodline of the Blood Progenitor, had be the descendant of this powerful entity. The Vampires spread many other races through their powers, the ability that Noah had to convert others into Dhampirs and then Dhampirs to be able to create Ghouls and then Ghouls being able to create Wights was part of such a power. But the Vampires, as direct descendants of the Blood God and the Moon Goddess held supreme authority over these Undead races. This is why, instead of having evolutions that simply were named "warrior" "priest" or "knight", they held nobility titles, bing the supreme leaders of the "families" they created by converting other races into their Undead servants. Other races such as the scarce Humans of Abyss, Demons, Demi-Humans, and other creatures, born before Vampires but that had be their servants as they had be the supreme race. In a world of eternal night where the moon always shined brightly atop the night sky, Abyss was the ideal ces for Vampires to live, and although the sealed Sun God still had many Humans and Angels, supporters that were named Sun Heralds, their numbers were slowly decreasing each passing year, and Vampires seemed to be able to eventually crush these opposers soon enough. Indeed, the Vampires of Abyss were a race created by Gods, while in Earth, the Vampires that Noah got to know through the memories of God were different, they were Undead entities born from negative emotions and corrupted mana, who spread viciously through biting their targets and converting them into more Vampires. Noah began to realize that there could be parallel versions of Vampires in many other worlds, each one had its own strange version of it, although, unlike Earth''s extinct Vampires, Vampires in Abyss seemed superior in every aspect. Noah pondered these things as he nced at his new title, a Noble-born Vampire Count! Counts were high figures of nobility right below Dukes, they often owned their own County, arge piece ofnd that could evenpare in size and poption to a Duchy, the one that Dukes, above Counts, governed. However, Noah knew that there were more Ranks after Count. There was Marquis, Mighty Marquis, Honored Marquis, Vice Duke, Duke, Grand Duke, Prince, Grand Prince, Honored Monarch, Grand Lord, and more¡­ Clearly, if Noah was advancing through rankspared to Hunter Ranks, it meant that Abyss had way more Ranks than even SSS-Rank¡­ It was a world way more chaotic and dangerous than Earth, and through what he learned thanks to the Blood Progenitor''s memories, it was perhaps four times as big as Earth, an immense world. Alongside being immense, it seemed that this strange world was not spherical like a, but t and gigantic, surrounded by the gaping abyss that led to eternal damnation. It is said that the sun is sealed within the depths of this abyss, converting it into a zing inferno that not many dare to step into. Abyss was also a world that defied logic and was most likely created through pure magical means instead of natural means such as Earth. Satisfied with his increase in power, Noah decided to quickly move from the bed, standing up and walking towards the door. Only for it to be open, as Iris greeted his sight. "Noah! You are awake!" she said, as she jumped over Noah and hugged him tightly. Noah embraced her as he caressed her silky hair, kissing her. He immediately noticed, right after, that she had be stronger¡­. By ncing at her status, she had indeed evolved as well and became A-Rank. Thanks to her help fighting God, she and most likely everyone else underwent some evolution after the energy gained by eating God''s soul was distributed to everyone else. "I am d you are okay, Iris." Said Noah while ncing at Iris''s crimson eyes. "Are you feeling alright? Nothing bad? Are you sure?" asked Iris, like a fluffy phantom fox tail emerged from her back and began to wave around excitedly while she inspected Noah''s physique. "No, I am fine. In fact, I feel even better than before. We have somehow managed to defeat that God attack¡­ Wait, has it tried to revoke your System?" asked Noah concerned. "Oh? Not really, in fact, we just woke up a few hours ago¡­ Noire said that we all slept for three days¡­ I am quite hungry. Let''s go have to breakfast with everyone else, we can discuss everything there," said Iris. "I see¡­ Three days. Alright, let''s go," said Noah, holding Iris''s hand as the vampiric couple moved downstairs. "Noah-sama, you are awake¡­! How are you feeling?" asked Arthur. "I am fine, thanks for your concern, Arthur," said Noah. "Are you sure? I can''t believe we slept for three whole days¡­" sighed Timassa. "I am sure. In fact, I feel even better than before. And perhaps we slept for so long because our bodies needed to assimte the energy we acquired¡­" said Noah. "That''s right, we all evolved through these three days of sleeping¡­" said Jon, Noah noticed that he and everyone else''s auras had increased in size and power, each one had a different color on their auras, and their souls themselves, shaped like beasts, seemed even more ferocious than before. "Hungry¡­ Sleep too much gave me the hungries¡­" said Adamantine, as she kept munching into arge piece of meat, it seemed to be a whole Fire Wyrm leg roasted and seasoned¡­ "I can say that it was an arduous fight, right after one, we got another one¡­ Hopefully, God, or however it is called ca realize the greatness of our Lord and stop harassing us. What a disgusting God," sighed Clementina, she seemed even more dignified and cold after evolving. "Don''t worry. I believe that God has already learned an important lesson¡­ Oh, I am sure of it¡­" said Noah, sitting on his throne as he was served some blood, drinking it slowly. Everyone noticed that Noah had done something more than what it seemed like¡­ Suddenly, one of them recalled how he defeated Excalibur¡­ "Wait¡­ Don''t tell me¡­" said Arthur, as Noah smiled viciously. "Indeed¡­" he said. ----- Chapter 183 - Noahs Schemes Even Involve God Himself! ----- God was screaming in agony inside of his Divine Realm. After his fight against Noah, where it used a fraction of its power trying to take away his System, it ended being bitten by him until it began to bleed, the entire fragment of power it used to extend a white hand towards Noah''s soul and steal his powers was shattered and eaten. Whatever was left wasn''t even the hand but a faint white power the returned to God, although it waspletely contaminated by crimson red energy, which came from Noah''s very Blood Core. The many minds of God screamed in pain for many hours, until the wound finally closed and the searing pain, which was the pain directly inflicted into the soul, a pain equivalent to x100 times the pain inflicted into a physical body finally faded away¡­ The crimson-red color also faded away, as the minds finally calmed down¡­ although many of them were negatively affected by Noah. Most of them had grown fearful of the Vampire, while others seemed to not want to do anything with him ever again. Some were wrathful, however, although they were very few now. Many of the rather brave minds ended up regretting everything they tried to do, Noah was not someone that they could mess with. As an entity that needed to take care of Earth and use its energy for that purpose, wasting it in Noah, someone that could potentially help themter on, was a foolish decision. But due to their stubbornness, they had to experience a lot of pain to understand. Perhaps they could actually kill Noah if they used more of their power, but they cannot descend to the surface without causing a massive cataclysm that would kill thousands if not millions, ad shooting a ray from the sky would most likely do the same thing, being a divine entity with great quantities of energy made it hard to calcte how much energy they were able to input into their attacks. A slight mistake on their aim and the entire Sector D would be sted into ashes. This is why the best thing they could do against Noah was taking away his System. But at the end¡­ he managed to bite their divine white hand, infect it, devour it, and even infect his own System Seed (or Cube as he named it), fusing it with his own Blood Core and Soul, and making his Status part of his very being¡­ Now, God was incapable of taking away this power. Some of the more wrathful minds had considered at least taking the power away from his subordinates or anyone close to him, but they all shared a deep connection with his soul, if they were to act, Noah would most likely sense it and retaliate, biting them again and gaining even more power. In the end, they decided to stay away from him. Noah had already grown particrly stronger after stealing power from them and eating Excalibur, and in fact, he had gained too much power, so he had sealed such power until he could grow stronger to assimte it and use it better without such overflowing power killing him. It was thanks to their foolishness that their "enemy" who had eaten their precious Excalibur and corrupted it ended up bing even stronger and had reached A-Rank strength on their Hunter Rank. The minds of God seemed conflicted. Some were still afraid of him, others didn''t want to have anything to do with him, and some other minds wanted to contact him and show him that they had no ill intentions anymore and that in fact, they wanted their help to deal with the dangers toe. Nheless, because they were many minds in one God, they were not able to properly decide what to do and kept resting while discussing with themselves. Although most minds were unaware of this, the minds that had grown devoted to Noah grew in size, and more and more emerged each passing day. It seemed that his Guidance grew evenrger on them as Noah ate a piece of them, funnily enough. And aside from that¡­ A strange, blood-red lump of energy kept digging deep into the vast divine soul of God. It multiplied slowly yet steadily, making more and more of itself, and spreading around the soul. It quickly reached those encroached by Noah''s guidance as these blood-red lumps of energy fused with them¡­ These minds of God kept this as a secret from the other main minds, as they helped this strange entity multiply¡­ Soon enough, it might take over the entire soul one day¡­ ----- Noah smiled maliciously at the question of his subordinates. What he had done to God was not only biting and shattering a piece of it. He was way more opportunistic than to simply leave it to go away like that. He had seen the open soul wound it had after therge hand crumbled into pieces, and had decided to leave a "gift". What gift? "You did what you did with the Lady of the Lake? I remember you said something about¡­ parasitizing it with your soul? Like you divided yourself and ate her from the inside out¡­ Fufu, that might have been a nice thing to see~!" said Iris with a smile. "Indeed, Iris. I simply divided arge piece of my soul and gave God a gift of my gratitude. I can''t help but be grateful after he had given us such a good meal. The least I could do is to share a bit of my own¡­ hospitality," said Noah with a pleasant smile. "Amazing¡­ you managed to parasitize that super strong thing? How is it going? Is it actually working?" asked Arthur. "It is working, slowly. But there are minds within God that had actually be guided. If I can use them to hide my soul parasites and slowly eat away Soul from the inside out¡­ It could be possible to take over it eventually. Although I am not sure how long that might take¡­" said Noah. "Impressive¡­ Our Lord might one day really be a God," said Clementina. "Amazing, this all was ording to Noah-sama''s ns!" said Timassa. "I couldn''t expect less from him. Noah-sama has done many fantastical things, I cannot wait for the day that he can take over the world and make it his domain," said Jon as his eyes gleamed with purple light. As Noah grew stronger, his subordinates also grew stronger at his side by undergoing challenges at his side, and so did their devotion to him, which grewrger andrger. Noah was nothing else than an immensely glorious being to him. To any ordinary person, their devotion wouldn''t be anything else thanplete insanity, but this devotion was closely rted to their bloodlines and Noah''s authority over them, as he had converted them into Undead races through his bite, or the bite of those he bit, they all instinctively saw him as someone great, and through his actually impressive feats, such belief intensified even further, to insane levels. "Does that means that you can see and heard what it is thinking?" asked Arthur. "A bit. The minds that were devoted to me and which I had parasitized tell me a bit of what the other minds think. They all seem mostly fearful, and don''t want to do anything with me anymore¡­ Although some seem to want to help them in something that is yet toe¡­" said Noah. "Something¡­ yet toe?" asked Iris. ----- Chapter 184 - Preparig For The Near Future ----- Preparing for what was yet toe¡­ What¡­ was yet toe? What was something that even God feared? What kind of mighty foe was approaching this world at a slow pace¡­ that could actually threaten it as a whole? Noah knew a bit about them. He knew that they saw this world as a mere material to harvest, a ripe fruit from a tree they found in the road. Their goal was simple, they didn''t even care about the world''s surface, they desired what was deep within the''s tectonic tes. The Earth''s Core. "Watchers?" asked Iris. "Earth''s¡­ Core?" asked Arthur. "What? This¡­ This entire world is a mere material to be harvested?" asked Timassa. The truth about what lied beyond the skies was an immense universe filled with life and threats everywhere. Arge organization of intergctic entities known as the Watchers had set their sight on Earth and desired to extract its strong and ripening Core, the Origin Core. "After eating a part of God, I naturally acquired a part of its fragmented memories, of the information it knew about, and more¡­ And the existence of the Watchers was revealed to me, alongside the Mana Crystal Meteors that approached Earth at a fast pace¡­ In fact, some of them had already fallen over the surface¡­" said Noah. "Noah-sama, you have indeed learned a lot¡­" said Arthur. "More than you could imagine. For starters, the Watchers are entities that live in between the world''s Spatial Walls, walls that separated worlds through space. They traversed through them and the many gxies in between. They are a tyrannic organization of aliens who had attained immense amounts of strength and had advanced into greater Existence Ranks," said Noah. "So aside from the threat of Gates and Mutated Beasts¡­ there are these aliens?" asked Clementina. "So aliens exist¡­ Wait, it was obvious seeing the Gates and the monsters¡­" sighed Arthur. "The Watchers want to extract the world''s core?" asked Jon. "Indeed. You know what will happen if they do, right? It will simply be the end. The world will copse and fall into countless pieces, floating through space¡­ all types of life would disappear, and nothing else would remain," said Noah. "Then¡­ aren''t we like ants against entities that can easily destroy the?" asked Timassa. "Ants? We are mere bacteriapared to them. Not evenparable to their might. We are nothing, absolutely nothing," sighed Noah. As Noah dropped those words, everyone else became paralyzed in fear. Hearing their own progenitor, the figure they thought was strong, reliable, and the most trusted say that they were hopeless against such entities made them realize how little they were in the great scheme of things. Was there any point in resisting then? Was there any point at all? Shouldn''t they give up and die then? Hopeless like an ant, dying squashed by the human''s feet. An ant had not the power to fight against a human, it could bite it, but that bite would not do anything other than cause a slight annoyance, right before being squashed anyways. Although ants could take downrge pretty together, against the might of a titanic being such as a human, even if they were countless ones, humans could still destroy them. Simrly to them, they were like ants against a titan, the Watchers. "Is there even any hope then? What will we do?" asked Arthur. Noah had said things as if there was no hope, but he never actually said that things were hopeless. "I never said that there was no hope. Hope is the thing that you never lose. No matter the odds, no matter the circumstances, Arthur. You tightly grab hope with all your fangs and ws, pierce it with them and never leave it to go. Hope is the thing that moves us against all odds, is our greatest strength. You never lose hope. And if any of you dare lose hope, I am going to shove it into you until you regain it," said Noah with a sharp look, all of his subordinates, however, didn''t felt intimidated but smiled warmly. Noah was trying to cheer them up, he didn''t want to see them hopeless. Because he knew that there was hope. "Indeed. We cannot lose hope, everyone¡­ As long as we stick together, there is always hope, no matter what," said Iris while tightly holding Noah''s hand. "You are right¡­ There is always hope." Said Timassa while nodding. "If we are together, we can always fight against the odds. In numbers there is strength," said Jon. "As we had done before¡­ we can go through this as well¡­" said Clementina. "Hope!" said Adamantine. Arthur saw everyone else agree with Noah¡­ as he clenched his fists. "Yeah, I shouldn''t have even doubted. I apologize. Hope is not something I will let anyone take away from me¡­ Very well, Noah, what do you have in mind?" asked Arthur, his eyes filled with resolve. "I said that there we stood no chance against them as we were currently. However, I had already umted a lot of sealed power. We have to simply keep growing stronger until I can unlock all of it, and even then, keep going even further beyond. The sky is not the limit, with the memories I acquired, there are many ces where we can extractrge amounts of power and grow stronger. We will make this world our treasure trove and absorb all the power we possibly can from it¡­ If things are still impossible even after that¡­ we will escape," said Noah. "So you even had a n B¡­ leaving Earth? And to where? Space?" asked Timassa. "Space would be too difficult, we need a ce where we will be able to keep forging ourselves. I believe that whenever I can umte enough power, the door to Abyss will sooner orter open once more. And then, we will be able to go there. However, this will be ourst resort. And I still require more power to even achieve such a feat," said Noah. "To Abyss¡­ the world of the Blood Progenitor?" asked Iris. The Blood Progenitor suddenly emerged at Noah''s side like a crimson ghost, startling everyone a little. "Indeed. My world is vast and filled with dangers at every corner. You need to grow as strong as possible in here before you can even fathom standing a chance against the threats thaty beyond the horizon of your world. Abyss is an unweing and chaotic world, where only the strongest survive and the weak are crushed and torn apart into pieces, only to be eaten by the critters that crawl beneath our feet. You may think that Earth is a chaotic ce, butpared to Abyss, this world seems like a yground for the young¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "He can show up like that now¡­?" asked Arthur. "Sadly, he can," said Noah. "Nheless. It is as he says, we have to grab every possible opportunity to grow stronger here," said Iris. "Indeed¡­" said Timassa. "And I mean not just killing random beasts around the world. I mean seeking ancient treasures and inheritances. Alongside making of the strongest Hunters and their Guilds our servants¡­" said Noah. "Like we did with the Crystal Family?" asked Clementina. "Indeed. Your family, the Silvercrown Family should be next, Clementina. Rejoice, you might be able to finally avenge your mother," said Noah with a smile. "Oh? I am eager for that moment, my lord¡­" said Clementina. ----- Chapter 185 - Surprised ----- Bernard Gold, the Guild Master of the Golden Guardians Guild, the Guild that was #15 in Sector D I in terms of merit and strength rankings nced the news through his phone. In there, there was the announcement of a new Guild founded by arge group of B-Rank Hunters out of nowhere, named the Noctem Family. The old man nced at the picture of the Guild insignia, as he began to clench his fists in anger. He clicked his tongue as he threw the phone away. "So he still made his own guild at the end! Well, now it''s official¡­" he sighed. Bernard was a scheming old bastard that has survived through the apocalypse solely by extortion, always extorting and using those stronger than him, grabbing ahold of things essential to them, or even capturing their family members as prisoners¡­ he had a dark past. He used every type of underhanded method such as this to win each fight and used the Hunters to protect him, instead of fighting himself. Like this, he survived through all of this and even managed to finally establish himself after the Apocalypse, within Sector D. All the Hunters he always extortion and made into his puppets became his strong guardians, and he ended making a guild with them, the Golden Guardians. Using underhanded methods, he constantly inspected any new Hunter that could be promising, and extorted them to join his guild, building up his reputation as a good man that always extended a hand to the talented yet unrecognized. However, when things didn''t go his way and other hunters made their own guilds instead of joining his¡­ that''s where he showed his true colors. Perhaps if they joined a strong enough guild he wouldn''t bother, but when they made their own guild? No¡­ that won''t happen, he won''t let morepetence emerge. This Sector was him to conquer and dominate, he would crush anyone that dared to defy him, or the guilds already established here which were equal or superior to his. Any Hunter above D-Rank that he offered to join his guild but rejected him and chose to make their own guild ended up getting killed by his strong subordinates. Not a single one of them has survived ever since then, and due to his authority and that of all the hunters he "owned" within his guild, the government couldn''t do much against his actions without causing a total war against him, which would end up not benefiting them, as they held many transactions of items and resources acquired by Bernard''s Hunters in high-rank dungeons. Bernard Gold was a vicious fiend, the likes that Noah despised, not because he was a schemer, but because he manipted the strong to do his bidding, and something within Noah''s mind always found this wrong¡­ In a world where everyone fought for their lives and to survive, why were there people like him who didn''t ever fight or did anything other than taking advantage of the ones that worked hard? To Noah, Bernard was a pathetic rat. And the old man himself knew this deep down. He remembered his gaze. His eyes suddenly turned crimson red when he red at him¡­ The chills that ran through his spine as Noah gazed into him¡­ this was pure bloodthirst. Being seen like that by a poor street rat like Noah made Bernard incredibly angered. He couldn''t believe that this poor piece of shit that Noah was to his eyes would dare to deny his amazing offer! And now, his guild was announced publicly, and many Hunters were interested in joining it due to the invitations and vacant being open for literally any Rank. "He dares to begin recruitment immediately?! Tch! Well, who would even join such a guild without any background anyways?" said Bernard rather angrily. A servant at his side brought back his phone after cleaning it with a handkerchief, as Bernard kept reading news. However, as he scrolled upwards, the news suddenly updated, as something appeared that was published just five minutes ago¡­ "Eh?" Bernard red at the news while his entire body began to sweat, his hands were trembling, and hisher regions squeezed themselves as if he were about to piss himself. His eyes were constantly twitching, and his mouth was wide open. It felt as if his lower jaw was about to fall off his skull, and that his eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. "W-Wha¡­ Wha¡­ Wha¡­ WHAAAAAAAT?!" Bernard screamed in surprise and disbelief as he jumped out of his chair and hit himself into the wall, falling unconscious over the floor. His bald head began to bleed over the wound he inflicted on himself in the most ridiculous of ways. "EH?! Bernard-sama!" His servant quickly ran towards him, carrying him with his arms as he walked away. "W-What did you read that made you so surprised?" he sighed, as he grabbed his master''s phone and read the news while running downstairs. "Eh?! T-The Noctem Family¡­ All¡­ B-Rank Hunters¡­ Have¡­ been promoted to A-RANK! What is this?!" News that shook Sector D quickly spread all around. The recently made Noctem Family Guild led by a group of B-Rank Hunters had recently promoted all of their B-Rank Members to A-Rank, the news had spread all around because A-Rank Hunters were extremely rare. And even more¡­ because of the ridiculousness of the notice. They had registered as B-Rank just a bit over a week ago¡­ and now, they had be A-Rank. This was simply too insane, there was no way that someone could grow so strong in such little time! They would have to fight God or something to get so much power so fast or something! Many of the people and other Hunters had simr opinions, they had initially thought of them being fake news. Butter on, it was confirmed again by the Hunters Association. Indeed, in thesest three days, Noah and his subordinates alongside his wife, Iris, had updated their Hunter identification Cards to A-Rank, and had proven to be A-Rank after the artifacts they used to confirm Stats were used over 20 times with each one of them. Not even the assistants watching it with their very eyes believed this. In the end, the artifacts shattered into pieces, and the people had to give up, even as ridiculous as it sounded to be A-Rank after a week of bing B-Rank, it was true, they had done it. How? The question that arose in the minds of everyone. But Noah and his guild decided to keep the information secret, and due to their strength, people were not able to force their way into them and interrogate them. Whatever fantastical way they used to raise so fast was kept aplete secret by the family, and now arge group of Hunters was sent from other Guilds as spies, trying to join the Guild, but being left on the waiting list. Noah read the news while sitting over his throne, a malicious smile blossomed within his wless lips. "So it is out¡­" he said. "Fufu, I bet everyone is freaking out now¡­"ughed Iris, who was sitting over hisp. "Indeed¡­ And the Gates will soon emerge too. We shall be the first ones to clear these B-Rank and A-Rank Gates that will appear soon," said Noah, knowing something that no one else did! "Oh~? We might even be S-Rank soon enough! I can''t wait~!" said Iris, as she drank blood from a ss. ----- Chapter 186 - Enhancing Everyone ----- Three days have passed since evolving into a Level IV Vampire, and Noah was currently sitting over his throne with Iris at hisp, as they usually did from time to time. Two days ago he had gone to the Hunters Association and upgraded his Rank alongside everyone else, surprising the people there. And just two days ago they had already announced the existence of the Noctem Family Guild, which surprised some people. However, two days after that, it was announced that arge group of Hunters, all the main members of the Noctem Family had be A-Rank Hunters, shocking the Sector and even the entire world outside of it. A-Rank Hunters appearing was always a big event all over the world, not only their sectors but many at the same time?! That was simply ridiculous. Yet Sector D was "blessed" with many talented people, such as Noah and his guild. Large amounts of people came to the territory to ask many things about how they managed to aplish the feat of raising to A-Rank in a week, but they were ignored by Noah and then scared away by Adamantine, who barked like a dog against them until they all pissed and shat themselves over her monstrous aura and no more leeches came, the news channel was unable to get any info about Noah aside from a film of Adamantine barking, which didn''t really matter to the family, who didn''t really care about "reputation" or whatever bullshit. Through thesest three days, Noah has been "upgrading" all of his Blood Servants, fusing them together while constantly making more through the corpses brought from C-Rank and below Dungeons. Alongside this, he used the Blood Cores with artificial souls to feed the Robots and Blood Servants with, enhancing their capabilities and managing for all of them to acquire powerfully, strengthened souls. Sadly, robots were not able to get the System even though they had souls, so Noah began to think of a way to share his System with the robots so they can learn Skills and absorb Attribute Value Cores. Other than that, Noah had also figured a way to force the Mana Cores of his subordinates to devour their own System Status, getting their own personalized Systems belonging to their very souls! Not just him, but the rest of his subordinates and family were not restricted by things such as God anymore, and held their own power from their own System. Noah managed to do this by connecting his very soul with his subordinates and Iris and transferring his consciousness inside of their souls by temporarily fusing a part of their souls with them. Then, he was able to manipte their souls and Blood Cores, managing for each one to devour their own System Seeds, which Noah named System Cubes. ording to what he learned from God''s memories, System Seeds were a special type of System Rune created by the System itself that infected anyone''s soul from the moment they were born, and would only sprout when they developed an Ability of any kind. Using such powers, he easily "hacked" them and then made their subordinate''s souls and blood cores quickly assimte them forcefully by putting his own power into it. Like this, everyone had their own System! Aside from this, Noah had been asking for a lot of materials and items from the Crystal Family, alongside Fernand''s brother, who was growing weaker and sicker with each day¡­ Anywhere he went to ask for help, it was impossible to heal his conditionpletely. And as Noah developed his powers and grew stronger, the curse inflicted on him kept growing and eating him away¡­ Noah used such magic materials to enhance the robots and also his Blood Servants, alongside upgrading everyone''s equipment to the next level, alongside enhancing their Soul Weapons, which all had reached A-Rank by now. Alongside this, Scarlet had be a Castle. Indeed, in three days, she was feed with enormous quantities of items and magic materials, and she evolved into a higher rank of Blood Servant, going from General to Great Elite General to Grand Elite General. And due to this, she gained even more strength, and her soul kept strengthening as Noah kept fusing more Blood Servants into her. And to please her lord''s wishes, she shapeshifted into a giant castle through the use of the many stone materials feed to her, and was perhaps the strongest member of Noah''s Blood Servant Army, although she was given the task of giving them a home and serving them. The castle held over twenty rooms and was over 40 meters tall, with arge tower in the middle of it where Noah and Iris''s room was. The castle looked out of ce in the middle of a high-tech city, but the Noctem Family didn''t give a damn what people thought about their aesthetic choices. Nor they cared about people questioning how the heck they got a castle out of nowhere there. The castle''s bricks were all ck and gray and also held a shiny luster. Every single brick was B-Rank and above magic materials, Scarlet had be a living fortress at this point. Noah had even designed ability for Scarlet after practicing with her a bit, and now she could even transform into a humanoid form and fight any intruders¡­ or anything that the Vampire wanted her to decimate into oblivion. Additionally, Pride was fused with dozens of Fire Wyrm Blood Servants until he evolved into a Grand zing Wyrm Hydra, with over 20 heads and even bigger size, he had be Great Elite General Rank and was the second mightiest Blood Servant, his sheer size alone was so big that Noah had to keep him inside of his Inner Realm of Blood and Flesh. Other notable mentions were Lance and de, who Noah decided to fuse together because they were way too weak, alongside fusing tons of other random Blood Servants until they couldn''t take any more power and evolved into General Rank, taking the shape of a giant, crimson-colored armored knight wielding a de and ance, which Noah renamed Wrath due to his berserk-like attitude after fusing with monster blood servants. Brain was fused with Merlin for the same thing as de and Lance, alongside many Human Blood Servants and a few resources, bing a tall and intimidating wizard-shaped Blood Servant who wielded arge, crystallized blood staff and a strange sphere of crimson red light that enhanced its capabilities, Noah renamed it Envy, although the main personality was still that of Merlin. Envy was also General Rank. Andstly, the Blood Servants of the Crystal Family suffered a simr fate than the rest and were fused together alongside many other random Blood Servants until Noah managed to force evolution into them, bing a tall, three-meter-tall knight covered in shiny armor made of elemental blood gems (which Noah applied to them as materials), of General Rank. Even after this, it still held no ego, but Noah decided to name it Greed. Alongside these Blood Servants, Noah fused the others who were not as notable and created many Chimera Blood Servants with many monstrous and amorphous shapes. Aside from this work, which he felt quite proud of, Noah and the entire Noctem Guild had been assessing new member registrations through thesest days which had suddenly spiked after their announcement as A-Rank¡­ ----- Chapter 187 - The Noctem Family Guild Grows ----- Amongst the many hunters that came here to register, Noah and the rest of his subordinates and his wife had undergone specific tests for each person, although they were open for anyone, they only recruited those they deemed able to work hard for them. A variety of tests were made every day by the members of the Noctem Family, such as magic capacity, ability to respond to act fast, and resilience. Noah wanted to recruit most of them anyways and quickly convert them into vampiric races, but before that, he decided to train them and see just how willing they were to join him. Although some gave up and ran away, arge number of Hunters were recruited through thesest three days, however, to introduce them to more of the secrets of the Family, Noah personally cursed and enved every single Hunter with Bloodline Curse and Bloodline Pact. The thing was simple, if they were to ever spread information shared in any shape or form, their entire bodies would explode as their blood bes blood needles and fly out of their flesh. After this, the Hunters were greeted with the Blood Servants, alongside the truth about the giant castle that could harbor so many people being also a Blood Servant. After that, all of them were converted into a variety of monsters. However, Noah didn''t bite any of them nor Iris, but Arthur and the rest. Those that were strong enough were converted into Ghouls and the weaker ones into Wights. Alongside the other guild members that were already brainwashed, enved, and converted such as the Crystal Family Guild, Noah ad over 50 new soldiers ready to obey any order. And all 50 of them worshiped him as a god, after their "awakening" into Undead, they became fascinated with him, to the extent of doing everything possible to please him, even the most stubborn of hunters became submissive and happy to serve. Additionally, Arthur''s parents became Dhampirs by Noah''s grace and were introduced to many things after doing some pacts to keep everything a secret, making things clear for them, and also about the future of the world. Although they didn''t seem to be eager to train, Arthur said that he would take good care of them, and Noah left such responsibility to him. As a side note, their manor was also converted into a Blood Servant Manor, which many called Scarlet''s little sister. Noah nned to convert it into a castle as he feeds it more materials as well, to harbor even more Vampires in their growing Guild. But for now, Scarlet was able to harbor all the members of the guild with ease, and even giving them manymodities, although some had their own homes, Noah decided to harbor all Vampires with him so their powers wouldn''t spread too much. Thanks to Scarlet new ability named [Spatial Expansion], she was able to have way more room inside of her than what it truly looked like from the outside, and could actually keep making a few dozens of more. At this point, her interior was so vast that it was like a maze. The new recruits were put to work almost immediately inside dungeons, as they were of varied Ranks, they began to farm Cores from all Ranks below B-Rank alongside the Blood Servants and Robots, growing stronger while also contributing to the Guild''s treasury with a variety of harvested and dropped items. Noah had also introduced the Contribution Point System, where all guild members were able to earn Contribution Points which they could use to buy a variety of items within what was avable, which even included Attribute Value Cores. Of course, distributing Attribute Value Cores like this was highly illegal, but every single member was fascinated with Noah and was even easily guided, so none of them even opened their mouth about anything, and worked diligently. As this happened, Noah also nned to convert even more hunters into Undead and Vampires, to make them all his subordinates and grow his influence. The Crystal Family was already the first "awakened" family that he had awakened into bing Vampiric Undead beings, but the next one on the list was the Silvercrown Family, Clementina''s Family! After ring at the news about their announcement as A-Rank, many new hunters wanted to join the guild they had ignored, but many of them were in fact spies from other guilds that desired to learn about what kind of beings were the Noctem Family, as many guilds began to be suspicious about what they could do. The government was also the same, as they learned about the expulsion of these students, which quickly after became A-Rank Hunters¡­ Most of the sergeants felt great regret in losing someone so useful as Noah and his subordinates, which could have be excellent Soldiers. Many of the students that somehow survived all this time that had met andughed at Noah were vomiting blood in surprise after knowing everything he had aplished¡­ Many of them thought that this was some kind of nightmare they were living were somethingpletely impossible was happening, but this was real life. Although a problem had arisen within Noah''s guild when the members became thirsty for blood more than just monster blood, Noah quickly resolved such an issue by giving his own blood. After evolving he became able to produce blood almost endlessly as long as he had calories and mana and had made his own blood bank for everyone to buy blood from¡­ although he also let them hunt weak Hunters in the night from time to time, as long as they did it swiftly. As all of this unfolded, a person that Noah had converted into a Dhampir long ago in the middle of the streets had finallye back to him and joined the Noctem Family Guild, this man came with a dozen of Ghouls as well, which he had converted, expanding Noah''s army eve more. This man, who used to be some pathetic F-Rank came back as a D-Rank in this little time, surprising Noah. Due to his loyalty, Noah gave him a contract alongside the other ghouls he bought which he converted, and he was made a Squad Leader with the nickname of Crimson Eyes. The Crimson Eye Squad, aside from farming materials, was given the task to convert more people into Vampiric Undead for Noah to recruit. They had decided to start in the poorest areas of the city, beginning to slowly spread their influence and power by converting hopeless people at the border of death and giving them a new life and opportunities, this also included Subhumans and Half-Subhumans that lived like sewer rats within the abandoned area of the city¡­ Soon enough, Noah would see once more arger group of fresh recruits, he nned to either eat or convert the entire world into his subordinates and his next target before the Dungeons were to emerge due to the Magic Crystal Meteors was the Silvercrown Family. He learned about the Magic Crystal Meteorsing to Earth from God''s memory fragments, and ording to his calctions, they had all arrived and hit Earth, the mana had spread over certain areas, some of the nearby Sector D, and Gates would soon emerge as this miasma disrupts and warps the space. Due to his calctions, Noah estimated that in about three to four days several Gates would suddenly appear, and he was expectant to go inside them andplete to grab all the prizes for himself. But first, he wanted to deal with a few other things. ----- Chapter 188 - Plans? What Plans? ----- Noah and his main subordinates sat down around arge table as always, after seeing the news about their announcement as A-Rank Hunters, they decided to celebrate with a hearty lunch. As they enjoyed the feast, Noah and the rest kept discussing and chatting about the progress of everyone. "How has been the magic training?" asked Noah. "Oh, in three days we can''t really learn that much, but we can more or less make bigger and faster spells now¡­ At least all of us can shape our elements as cannonball-sized projectiles¡­ But to go even further, we would need to practice more," said Arthur. "It is still easier to simply use our Skills, but magic alone is also interesting, and the unlocked Skill Trees we got from it are special. Such Skills fuse the power of Skills while having a bit of the effect of real spells, which exists outside the System¡­" said Timassa. "Although we all have our own System now, it still works within the same ws" of the system or whatever, so it still restricted by it to an extent¡­ Well, more like it still part of it essentially, but now it is also ours¡­ Well, it''s hard to exin¡­" said Iris. "No, I understand, Iris. I also am affected by it, but because I got Merlin''s memories and also God''s memories, magic has be incredibly swift to use for me. Nheless, Ick the practice as well, so I am constantly conjuring magic runes and magic circles at the side, proficiency needs to be built even if magic is not necessarily a System Skill, and the repeated use of a certain pattern is a good way to get proficiency and used to conjure them¡­" said Noah. It seemed that even after making their own System Status part of their souls, their Systems were still part of some kind of w" that dictated the System itself. Due to this, Skills were still not as strong as spells just because their Status were now part of their souls, and Spells still needed to be trained, but training magic was exhausting, and even for Noah who got the memories of a magician expert, he still felt like he needed a ton of practice. However, simrly to Noah, everyone acquired a Magic ss and had the power to enhance its level through Skill Points, with the addition of Magic Skill Trees that had special Skill and Magic Spell hybrid abilities. These hybrid abilities had a bit of the power of Spells and could be even more effective against System-users. However, they were quite expensive Skill Points-wise, and limited in their uses,pared to the strong and more specialized Skill Trees of their Blood Core Races. The group was desperate about getting stronger at magic because Watchers were obviously not System users, and held their own unique Existence Ranks and power, which came from their amazingly advanced Souls. To fight a Watcher, Noah and his family needed to go even further than SSS-Rank, and obtain greater levels of power while evolving their souls to their very limits, only to break those limits and evolve them even further. However, everything had its time, and now the family decided to take a minuscule break in their busy lives of managing the other members of the Guild to grow stronger while training magic and their own Spells as well. The new Gates where they would train and gain more Cores to break through A-Rank alongside collecting more materials and Skill Points were soon to emerge ording to Noah''s calctions, but for the meantime, they nned to deal with a few things, one of them was Clementina''s family. "Well, I can see that everyone is working hard. For now, let''s discuss our ns for the Silvercrown Family," said Noah. "ns? Is there any other n than going there and wrecking them over?" asked Arthur. "Aren''t the strongest there C-Rank?" asked Jon. Clementina felt a bit embarrassed, but she nodded. "I-Indeed. Everyone is rather weak at this point, so we would be able to easily deal with them¡­" said Clementina. "Yeah, I don''t think there''s any need to overwork things¡­" said Iris. "No¡­ nning? Well, even if that''s the case, I will prepare a few things first. Let''s go tonight when we are stronger," said Noah, as everyone nodded. ----- Joseph Silvercrown Astram was a man who had seen many things in life¡­ Since the Apocalypse began that he had tried to survive however he could, finding women through such a journey, as he used his powers for good and rescued many people¡­ However, he never got over C-Rank until now. After finally having absorbed enough Cores, he upgraded his Status Panel to B-Rank. The joy he felt was indescribable! He smiled as he stood up, several metallic fragments forming around his body. His family was named Silvercrown for a reason, as he possessed a powerful Ability which he awakened when the Apocalypse started, Silver King. Silver King let Joseph generate Silver at will as long as he spent Mana, he was able to shape it and use it for a variety of purposes. But because he preferred a peaceful life after suffering so much after the Apocalypse, he had not trained as much and dedicated himself to have wives and many children, expanding his family. As the fragments of shiny silver emerged around him, Joseph suddenly recalled his daughter, the one that was exiled long ago from the guild¡­ Clementina. Clementina was the daughter of the first woman he fell in love with after the apocalypse started, Juliette Icespear¡­ She was a masterful use of her Ice-rted Abilities, Ice Aura, Ice Materialization, and Ice Maniption. Through these three abilities, she carved a path at the side of Joseph for their survival. But one fateful day, she died bitterly by a mysterious cause, her body found dead and almost torn apart grotesquely within the depths of a dungeon she had gone inside¡­ It was a dungeon she always explored to let some steam out, she had nevere back tired, it was her yground. It was very mysterious how she died so horribly there if she knew so well about that ce. But no culprits were ever found, and investigations ever brought any results. Joseph was left bitter and frustrated but still kept taking care of the little princess they had together, his dear Clementina. ¡­But in the end, due to a series of events, Clementina lost her calm and became monstrous and aggressive, wrathful, even¡­ She tried to kill his other two daughters which he also loved a lot, and after a few maniptive words of his other two wives, he ended being forced to exile her¡­ her powers, which were a powerful Ability that seemed to be an enhanced version of her mother''s powers, were too dangerous, and shecked the finesse of Juliette. However, up to this day, he still thinks about her and always sends her messages through phone, even letters, and gifts¡­ But they never reach her, most likely because her wives gave him false numbers and directions to him, which he waspletely unaware of. This entire time he had thought that his daughter was too angered with him and that he didn''t ept anything he sent to her¡­ that she didn''t answer his messages, nor letters. Now, he had be a B-Rank, someone that was almost at the pinnacle of humans, yet he felt so empty inside¡­ "Clementina¡­" he sighed, ncing at the night sky and the shiny bright moon. Unaware of this, several shadowy figures ran inside of his property¡­ ----- Chapter 189 - Raid ----- Inside of therge property of the Silvercrown Family, within a small hall, four figures sat down around a circr table. Above the table, there were all types of sweets, pastries, cakes, and more, alongside many types of herbal teas, and the four women sitting around here were enjoying the delicious sweets and the rxing aromatic tea while chatting leisurely and carefreely¡­ Their smiles seemed inherently malicious as if they were always like this. Usually, it would be hard for someone to make an evil smile, but their faces seemed to always have a sadistic smirk to them, which would greatly disturb anyone except themselves¡­ and well, the man of the family, Joseph Silvercrown Astram. For some reason, he was fine with his two wives and two daughters to always look inherently perverse¡­ Perhaps hecked somemon sense. "Fufu, just as we have finally be B-Rank, your father has be B-Rank as well¡­ Now we need to explore more dungeons and finally raise to A-Rank after a few years, we shall be yet another glorious family of A-Rankers," said a silver-haired woman with sharp aquamarine eyes and a beautiful semi-transparent dress, Agatha Windbrand, one of Joseph Silvercrown wives and the mother of their daughter, Anna Silvercrown Windbrand. "That''s right, mother. With the annoying Clementina outside of our family for years, we had never felt this happy before. Just the four of us and daddy¡­ We don''t need any wrench like her with us¡­ I hope she''s rotting somewhere else¡­"ughed Anna Silvercrown Windbrand, a beautiful young woman of around 18 years of age, her pale-white skin and beauty was almost unparalleled, and she shared the same features as her mother, but had a long ponytail instead, with silver hair and sharp aquamarine eyes. "Hm? Clementina? Ah, I had almost forgotten about such a distasteful name¡­ Well, without her things had finally be way better. Daddy gives us more attention and had stopped neglecting us¡­ With her gone, things had really been way better¡­ She was really an annoying little whore¡­" sighed Julia Silvercrown Luckstrand, the daughter of Guinevere Luckstrand and Joseph Silvercrown, another of Clementina''s stepsisters. Her appearance was like her mother, with twin-tailed crimson red hair and glowing emerald eyes. Despite being of a family of high society, she talked rather loosely behind her father''s back. "Fufu, it was so easy to kill Juliette¡­ Really, the imbecile always trusted us so blindly. I guess it was part of the family to be an idiot. That''s how her little whore was so easy to deceive¡­ She went so berserk! Julia did amazing work!"ughed Guinevere Luckstrand, a beautiful and mature woman with long crimson hair and bright emerald eyes, wearing a bright red dress, she sipped some tea and kept smiling deviously, as if she were some kind of clich¨¦ viin¡­ there were such people in this world. "Oh yes, it was so delightful to crush her head ad stter her brains out¡­ Every time I remember that I have a good night. I hated her since the moment she took away the attention from our beloved¡­" said Agatha. "Indeed. Although she was there before us, that didn''t make her worthy of Joseph¡­ Her screams of agony as I sliced off her legs always brings me a good night''s sleep~" said Guinevere. "Hmmm. Maybe we should have done the same to Clementina?"ughed Julia. "Oh, that would have been so sweet!" said Anna. "Oh yes, it would have been lovely, isn''t it?" "Haha! Of course!" said Anna. "Anna, I didn''t say anything¡­" said Julia. "Eh?" asked Anna. Anna suddenly stopped talking, alongside all the three other women around the table, as they felt a chilling presence as if winter itself had entered the room as if the cold winds of the south pole were caressing them with its cold and deadly embrace. This chilling wind¡­ this horrible, heart-wrenching chilling wind was something they had not felt for a long time¡­ However, unlike that previous time, it was intensified multiple times now. They felt paralyzed as if the ice had grown a thinyer over their skin and they felt suddenly stuck in ce. A presence which they had not even detected emerged at their side, walking towards them, the lights had suddenly turned off before they moved their eyes towards her, so they could only see the figure of a woman walking through the darkness of the room. Agatha and Guinevere braced themselves as they began to exert energy into their bodies, quickly shattering theyer of ice over their bodies¡­ they already knew who this was. "This ice¡­!" muttered Anna. "It can''t be¡­! You¡­ How did you get here without us realizing it!?" asked Julia. "Hm? Can''t we have a family reunion from time to time, Anna, Julia? Don''t you like to be with your beloved sister?" asked the woman in front of them¡­ a beautiful azure-haired woman with gleaming crimson eyes¡­ her figure was slimmer and even more mature than they remembered as a few years had gone by since they saw her. But it was undoubtedly her¡­ "Clementina¡­" muttered Anna and Julia at the same time. "Oh my. It seems that my dear sisters remember my name. Come on, where is your strength at? Don''t tell me you are going to let me freeze you to death¡­ That wouldn''t be fun. And it wouldn''t be fulfilling either¡­" she said coldly, as Anna and Julia began to sweat, although their sweat quickly turned into ice. The two stepsisters gritted their teeth as they were about to explode and use their powers, however, their mothers were quicker to act! CRASH! The two broke their icy prisons, as Guinevere and Agatha confronted Clementina! "I knew that one day you woulde for us, little girl¡­! Do you have a death wish to dare do such a thing to us?!" roared Agatha, as emerald winds began to flow all around her, like small gusts of slicing airs. "It is good that you came here for us! We''ll crush you as we did to your damn whore of a mother!" roared Guinevere, as several golden strands emerged from below her nails, glowing brightly¡­ these were Golden Strands, the special ability that her family had in many versions. Clementina''s veins suddenly popped up from her forehead and were flowing with blood, as if it were about to explode. "I always knew it was you who killed her¡­ And since then, since I was exiled, I have been waiting for this moment¡­ And now, I can finally go all out. Don''t expect a quick death¡­" said Clementina, her eyes gleaming with crimson red! FLASH! Suddenly, an enormous cold aura emerged out of her body, as she red coldly at the two women in front of her, and at Anna and Julia who had managed to free themselves from the icyyer keeping them in ce. She kept using her aura until a domain emerged around her, and the entire room was covered in ice! Guinevere and Agatha were almost blown away by the storm of icy winds and snow, without even understanding how she could have grown so strong in just a few years! Until they realized that this aura¡­ wasn''t even B-Rank like them. Their eyes almost popping out of their sockets, the two mothers and their daughters would have pissed themselves out of fear if it weren''t because their own piss would turn into ice. "A-Rank?!" ----- Chapter 190 - Revenge Is Better Served Cold ----- Noah, Iris, Jon, Adamantine, Arthur, and Timassa red at Clementina confront her past from the sides, through the window, and while floating. "Noah, is it fine to not help her?" asked Arthur a bit concerned that Clementina might go berserk out of anger and quickly lose her cool. "It is fine. She personally requested me to deal with all of them, even after she knew that they had just reached B-Rank a few hours ago¡­ She is, after all, A-Rank. If she goes all out, she should be able to crush them all to death," said Noah. "What about her father?" asked Timassa. "Her father will be left alive. He will be a Dhampir and join our guild after she deals with her stepsisters and their mothers¡­" said Noah. "Sounds good, is her father aware of this?" asked Jon. "No, it shouldn''t. I left a soundproof barrier there, and hypnotized him into sleep, he should be sleeping now¡­" said Noah. "Well, let''s watch the show for now!" said Iris. "Indeed, let''s see how much she has progressed¡­" said Noah, as his eyes gleamed with crimson red light. Meanwhile, inside the hall filled with ice, Clementina showed her Ice Aura to everyone present, scaring them almost to death. The power she had¡­ it wasn''t B-Rank¡­ It was A-Rank! Agatha and Guinevere were trembling in fear, Clementina went from a tiny and pathetic whore they despised to an intimidating demon who red at them from above with scorn. "This¡­ can''t be possible¡­" said Guinevere. "No¡­ No¡­! Clementina¡­ You! You are A-Rank!?" asked Agatha. Clementina, however, ignored them. "Ice Soul Armor¡­" she said, as a sudden armor covered her entire body, her very Icy Soul transformed into an armor themed as her Soul Beast, like a beautiful and slim unicorn made of ice, proud and tremendously intimidating. A long horn made of ice grew in her forehead over her helmet, and her armor covered her limbs, chest, and more. Her hands grew long and sharp icy ws, as a long rapier made of this ice appeared as well¡­ "Mother¡­ Today, I will avenge you¡­" she said to herself, closing her eyes as she remembered her mother, her smile, her gentleness, her love, her tender, and warm care. After her death, Clementina''s heartpletely froze. But now, it was not frozen, not at all. It was burning with wrath. Her eyes gleamed with crimson light, as the armored knightess enhanced her entire body with mana! Guinevere and Agatha grew more and more fearful until they roared in anger and unleashed their attacks towards her! An enormous tornado of slicing emerald winds and hundreds of metallic strands flew towards her, seeking to pierce and sh her body into pieces! "I don''t care if you pretend to be an A-Rank with that intimidating aura, there''s no way you had be so strong in so little time!" roared Guinevere. "Yeah¡­! Do you think you can trick us like that?! Haha! DIE!"ughed Agatha. Clementina suddenly closed her eyes. "Bad of the Cool Fountain¡­" Clementinabined her Ice Magic with all her offensive Skills, alongside her own unique technique which she had created, as a sudden surge of icy winds emerged around her¡­ it was as if she was a goddess of ice! Suddenly, she began to spin with her rapier, rushing towards Agatha and Guinevere, and destroying the golden threads with utmost ease, slicing them into pieces. Meanwhile, the spinning slicing emerald greens began to dissipate by Clementina''s sheer strength, as she created a flow of icy winds of her own, which easily overpowered Agatha''s. Clementina reached Agatha and Guinevere but didn''t kill them, even though she could have. Instead, countless shes, very tiny shes, showered over their bodies, easily getting through their magic equipment. sh! sh! sh! sh! sh! The two women felt a searing pain take over their very minds, as they screamed in agony, which was music for Clementina''s ears. "Nnnngggh¡­ Nnngggrrryaaaaaahhhh¡­!" "Nnnnngggaaaggghh¡­!" "MOTHER!" "MOM!" Julia and Anna screamed over their mother''s suffering, as they saw their wounds leak ice, which quickly froze as it fell off their fresh wounds. Clementina red at the two as they fell over the icy floor pathetically. "So these are B-Rank¡­ I guess leaving my humanity aside was for the best. Being a human is so pathetic¡­ filled with weaknesses¡­ Rats¡­ I want to crush you so badly¡­" sighed Clementina, ring at the two trembling women as tears began toe out of their eyes. "P-Please¡­! Clementina, we are sorry!" "W-We didn''t kill your mother! There were monsters there!" "We swear!" "¡­Do you believe I am a foolish kid? That you can fool me anymore? I am no more the Clementina you knew. I heard you loud and clear as youughed about how you¡­ did these horrors to her. Your tears are empty, and you are empty¡­" said Clementina. "THEN GO FUCK YOURSELF!" roared Agatha, as she unleashed an enormous tornado of slicing winds that she was preparing, hitting Clementina directly with it! BOOOOOM! Agatha smiled eerily as she expected to at least have damaged Clementina a bit¡­ But instead¡­ "Eh?" sh! The smoke of the explosion was quickly dissipated by a wave of Clementina''s Ice Rapier. She revealed herself to bepletely fine. "Did you think I would have let you do that to me without knowing it wouldn''t affect me?" she said, as she cleaned the blood that stained her de. A second after, Agatha felt a horrible pain in her left arm, as a fountain of blood exploded out of it, alongside her entire left arm, which fell over the floor, quickly freezing away. "Nnngh¡­! Hyyyyaaaaaaaaahhhh!" Agatha screamed in agony as she tried to stop the enormous fountain of blooding out of her wound, while Guinevere red at Clementina in shock. Indeed, she was not the same as before¡­ Julia and Anna had tried to run away by their mother''s wishes, but they were easily stopped by the icy walls all around the room. "It''s hopeless¡­ Clementina, please¡­ Don''t kill our daughters¡­" cried Guinevere. "Kill us¡­ but not them¡­!" groaned Agatha. "W-We killed your mother, but they are innocent!" said Guinevere. "I''m d you admit it¡­" said Clementina, as she walked near the two trembling girls, ring at them with her cold eyes, it was as if for her, they were insignificant, nothing at all. "But it wouldn''t be good if you don''t get the suffer the same pain I did¡­" she said, grabbing Julia from the air, and carrying her as if she were an animal. Whatever attack that Julia used waspletely useless against Clementina''s armor, and she began to scream in agony as she was being carried by her hair. "L-Let me goooo! Moooommm! LET ME GOOO!" she screamed. Guinevere''s eyes began to pop out of her sockets as she screamed in desperation. "LET HER GOOOOOOO!" All of her golden threads flew out of her body as they reached Clementina, but with a single sh of her Ice Rapier, they were all shed into pieces, and Guinevere was covered in a thinyer of ice once more. "Experience the same pain as I did," said Clementina, as she moved her rapier towards the crying Julia, and slowly sliced her neck, blood dripping off it slowly. The girl began to convulse as she struggled to live, her eyes bingpletely bloodshot, as she cried and red at her mother''s spirit break into pieces. "Nnngghooghh¡­ Nnaagghh¡­ M-Mom¡­ Gggoghgeeggh¡­" "JULIAAAAAAAAAA!" Clementina smiled, as she dropped the corpse of Julia into the ground. "That''s right. You finally get it, don''t you? My pain¡­" said Clementina. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! Chapter 191 - Hello Father, Bye Father ----- As the night went by, Clementina tortured the women that mercilessly ughtered her mother out of pure jealously, killing their daughters horribly in front of them and then slowly cutting them into tiny pieces, making sure that they were alive up to thest bit. After what seemed like an eternity for Clementina, she had exerted her revenge. And she felt¡­ oddly free. It was as if bathing in their blood and making them scream in agony until the veryst moment of their lives had made her feel incredibly rxed now. She felt as if a huge weight were lifted off her shoulders, it was as if she could even fly now. The feeling of serenity she felt was¡­ surreal. Any ordinary person would immediately realize that she was probably a psychopath. But weren''t the ones she tortured and killed psychos too anyways? Except for their daughters¡­ but the little whores were probably psychos in training anyways. So Clementina didn''t felt any sort of guilt, she had tortured and ughtered scum that didn''t even deserve to live, so she didn''t felt particrly bad about it. After seeing their frozen corpses for thest time, Noah and the rest finally entered the frozen room. "How do you feel now, Clementina? Was this fulfilling? Was this what you wanted?" asked Noah. "I don''t really know if this was truly fulfilling nor what I wanted¡­ but I did it anyways and I feel¡­ very calm. Even rxed," said Clementina. "Oh, well that''s what always happens when we kill assholes," said Noah. "Indeed, like when I taught little Adamantine here how to be a good little dog," said Iris, petting Adamantine''s head. "Mistress pettings~," said Adamantine as she waved her tail made of shadows around. "Yes, yes~ Who is the cutest little dog~?" said Iris, as she petted Adamantine as if she was really just the pet of the family¡­ "O-Oh, I see¡­" said Clementina. "Well, I am d you feel better. And¡­ Oh? Look at that, some Ability Cores too¡­ Here," said Noah, giving the four Ability Cores to Clementina. "Eh? Me?" asked Clementina. "Why not? You killed them, so therefore, they''re yours, this is your prize, ept it and move on, Clementina. Your father awaits your reunion after so long," said Noah. "Ah¡­ You are right, Noah-sama¡­" said Clementina, grabbing the Ability Cores and saving them inside her Interdimensional Storage Ring. Noah nced at the frozen corpses, as he tried out if it could work even if the corpses were frozen. "Rise," he said, activating Blood Soul Servant, as a sh of crimson light fell over the mushed up and frozen corpses. A sudden burst of crimson light and phantasmal energies converged together, as the frozen corpses began to absorb the ice of the ambient¡­ "Eh? That''s new¡­" said Iris. "Oh? Interesting. Perhaps the way they die might affect what they be now¡­ very interesting indeed¡­ Now, merge," said Noah, as he merged the Blood Servants while they were still raising,bining them all into a giant figure¡­ The figure quickly stood up, resembling arge and tall knight made entirely out of frozen blood, possessing 8 Arms and 8 Legs, alongside 4 Heads that simply resembled statues, and a de of frozen blood at each arm¡­ Ding! [You have raised the [Blood Soul Servant: Multi-Armed Frozen Blood Knight: General Grade]!] "Oho¡­" said Noah, rubbing his chin as he admired his new necrotic creation. "Oh, I guess they can still be useful to you after death, Noah-sama¡­" said Clementina. "Indeed they will¡­ Now¡­ How about Lust for a name? After all, they did this to you because they were jealous of your mother¡­ Lusting over your father¡­ A fitting name for the damned" said Noah. Noah felt a small piece of his soul fuse with the Blood Servant made of Clementina''s former stepmothers and stepsisters, giving it a slight boost to their power. Ding! [You have named the [Blood Soul Servant: Multi-Armed Frozen Blood Knight: General Grade] as [Lust]!] "OooOOooOooOOOOoooooOHHHhhh¡­" Lust left out a phantasmal and eerie groan, raising itsrge and upgraded frozen blood des, it seemed that it didn''t have the egos of the corpses and souls it was made of. "An interesting specimen no less¡­ Another General to the pile," said Noah, as Lust quickly jumped inside of his Inner Realm, stored there for the time being, while also using that time to greet the other Blood Servants. "I am d I could help you in the creation of a new General-grade Blood Servant, my lord," said Clementina politely. "Now let''s go see your father, Clementina¡­" said Noah, as his eyes shed with crimson red light. ¡­ Joseph suddenly woke up dizzy. He could swear that he had just recently be a B-Rank¡­ and then drank some vodka. Did he fell asleep while being drunk? However, it was far from the truth. He found himself tied by what seemed like slimy red tentacles, ad the stench of blood filled his nostrils, making him even dizzier. Alongside that, there was a particrly chilly air in the ambient. He couldn''t help but wonder where he heck was¡­ He suddenly felt a strange itching sensation over his neck, as if something had punctured it, and then rubbed the wound until it infected and made it incredibly itchy¡­ "Ungh¡­ Where am I?" he wondered, as his eyes seemed to have turned red out of the sudden and he felt as if his senses had sharpened by a tenfold. "Hello, father¡­" Suddenly, Joseph was startled by the voice of someone. It was a bit different, but it was her¡­ "Clementina¡­" he said, as he red in front of him, finding his daughter which he missed every day more beautiful than ever. She had be a vivid image of her mother and had matured into a fine young woman. "I bit you because I still hold some concern for you. Albeit very faint, I want you to serve my lord," said Clementina. "Your¡­ lord?" asked Joseph, still quite dizzy. "My lord is benevolent and epts anyone as long as they are willing to work hard, but if you don''t want to work hard that is also fine, as I will maintain you, you can live however you please as long as you stay safe and within our territory," said Clementina. "Eh? What are you¡­? Clementina, why am I tied? What is going on? Why are your eyes¡­ red?" asked Joseph. "I have stopped being a human, father. I am now a Dhampir. And you too, are a Ghoul¡­" said Clementina. "G-Ghoul¡­?" asked Joseph, realizing that the weird sensations and sharp senses he felt could be linked to whatever his daughter was speaking about. "Your two wives and your two other daughters had been killed by me, I did this out of selfishness and without caring about your opinion over the situation¡­ Albeit I know you would have opposed it. I don''t care what you think of me, nor how you might feel after realizing that what I am saying is not a dream but reality, but I wish you a good life," said Clementina. "W-What¡­?! You¡­ No¡­ My daughter, what nonsense are you talking about? Free me from here¡­!" said Joseph. "Goodbye, father," said Clementina, walking away, as arge, red-colored skeletal hand touched Joseph''s head from behind, the voice of an old man resonated through his ears. "Hmm¡­ What a fine brain¡­ Time to parasitize youuuuu¡­" "E-Ehh?! A-Aaagh! Aaaggghhh! Clementinaaaaaaaa¡­!" ----- Chapter 192 - Magic Training With New Recruits ----- The next morning, the Silvercrown Family Guild had be yet another of the Noctem Family Guild associated Guilds, serving them from within the shadows. Any surviving members were about to be invited into the Noctem Family for a "Transfer", which meant being converted into Vampiric Undead, most likely. Being turned into powerful fiends of the night that also would serve Noah with great loyalty. Clementina''s father, Joseph Silvercrown was turned into a Ghoul by her and then parasitized and brainwashed by Envy (Albert & Merlin) and made into a loyal pawn as well, which would handle most of the paperwork of the Guild Alliance, alongside administrating resources to the main house too, much like the Crystal Family Wights. After all of such events, any ordinary person would think that they deserved a good rest, but the Vampire Family was busier than ever, as they practiced Magic constantly together within therge main hall of the Manor, alongside many new recruits, which Noah picked up from within the dozens they had. The more talented with magic which he found through his sharp senses and connections with them were brought here, which were a small ss of 10. They varied from D-Rank to C-Rank, with the C-Rank all getting near B-Rank already by farming incessantly inside C-Rank Dungeons, which were still publicly avable unlike the rare B-Rank and A-Rank Dungeons. All of the members present had pale-white skin and crimson eyes, with hair colors that varied a lot, but were all quite colorful. They were all meditating while Noah and his main subordinates alongside Iris, his wife, were also meditating while doing many magic circles at the same time, this was called "multi-tasking magic training" and it helped them control the influx of Mana around their bodies while also practicing the mental engravement of magic runes over magic circles, which was of vital importance to conjure magic. While everyone did this, Noah red at his students. They were all gathering their mana around their bodies while trying to create the mana circles and the magic runes that he had told them to make with fine detail. Although all of them here were talented, talents had grades, especially those of magic. One in a thousand people would be born with an innate magic talent, which could let them use magic outside the system. But because there was no such thing widespread, everyone used the system anyways. However, Noah grabbed these people and taught them what was using Mana was all about, and had unlocked their Magic Levels and sses as well, simrly to how he gave Blood Cores to every new Vampiric Undead Member, giving them the power of having Skill Trees (albeit very weakpared to his Skill Trees or his subordinates Skill Trees). Grades of Talent went from C to A, although most here were between C and B, there were two with A-Grade Talent, who was managing to get something done quite quickly. One of them was a muscr man with a scar over his face and short ck hair, his name was Rodrigo, and he was a C-Rank Hunter who specialized in using arge de and fire-attribute skills, after bing a Ghoul, however, his fire turned into ck mes, and he gained greater strength. However, despite him looking all muscr, he had the exceptional magic talent of A-Grade. His element? Fire, of course. sh. A small ember suddenly generated in the middle of Rodrigo''s hands, alongside a tiny magic circle around it. "A-Ah! I did it, Noah-sama!" he said rather happily. "I can see that, well done. Continue for now until you can make the me the size of your fist. After that, we''ll move to projectile training," said Noah, pointing to Rodrigo and everyone else therge wall he had created using Elemental Blood Gem, which was used to test how strong their magic could be. "I see, very well then! Magic is not so hard as I originally thought, I will do my best for the Family, my lord," said Rodrigo, quickly putting his mind into molding the red ember around a bit more, slowly trying to make it bigger. However, the other A-Grade Talent in magic wouldn''t let Rodrigo get all the praises from their beloved master, as he immediately put all of his intent into his magic until his family worked¡­ A faint yellow glow, which turned into a tiny seed where a small leaf sprouted from. This was nature attribute magic, or life attribute, to be precise. The young man who seemed way younger than Rodrigo smiled warmly and adorably, his appearance was rather effeminate, and he had long pink hair with a face that would be easy to confuse with that of a girl, it didn''t help that his body was small, slender, and delicate. "Ah¡­! Master, I did it! Look!" he said happily, as Noah nodded. "Well done, Lumis," said Noah. The boy, named Lumis, smiled happily after getting Noah''s praise, as a long, pink-colored fox-like tail emerged from his back and began to wave around happily¡­ he was a half-subhuman that was rescued from the streets by Noah''s group when they were looking for more members through thest days. Although he wasn''t even awakened yet, Noah was able to discern his A-Grade Magic Talent almost immediately, and gave him a hand, alongside carrying many of the other half-subhuman he was with. He sheltered them and they were converted into Vampiric Undead promptly after, since then he had be a D-Rank Hunter already through dungeon farming with his party, and had been also training magic through these often calm and silent sses of meditation. Lumis held the attribute affinity with Life and Nature, a very rare one, so Noah saw him as quite valuable, and wanted him to get good at magic as fast as possible¡­ if he could be good at it, wouldn''t it be possible for him to fill the world with nature once more? Although Noah wasn''t thinking of the world but to actually use his powers to produce nts for food or to nt inside his flesh and blood inner realm. Lumis was obedient and loyal, so Noah didn''t mind his overly cheerful personality. The mana training continued as Noah showcased his superiority in the use of mana and the creation of magic circles, as he had inherited Merlin''s knowledge of magic, he became amazing at it but needed practice, so he was constantly conjuring dozens of magic circles until his mana was to be zero, wait for it to regenerate and then conjure again. sh, sh, sh, sh, sh. Rodrigo and Lumis alongside the other students nced at Noah with admiration, as many magic circles appeared and disappeared around him. Then, he quickly conjured his two magic affinities, darkness, and blood. A power outside of the system itself appeared through every magic circle, as Noah put all the intent and imagination he could into their creation¡­ Suddenly, a wave of floating blood appeared, which turned into thin needles,rge des, giant shields, waves of blood, and spheres of blood¡­ And the darkness also expanded and contracted, sometimes absorbing the light around it, and other types merging with Noah''s shadow. He was still slowly getting through this, but he felt like his Magic ability has increased a lot outside of the System¡­ but this was not near as enoughpared to the goals he wanted to reach. Due to this, Noah needed more than just this, and he decided to see if he could spend the Skill Points he has been saving thesest days atst. ----- Chapter 193 - Maxing Out A New Skill Tree! ----- In thesest days, Noah had been absorbing Skill Points while already having over 40000 from what he acquired eating the Divine Soul of Excalibur and also the fragments of God. Due to this, he had arge number of new Skill Points, going as far as over 50000! He quickly checked his Status to see his Stats and correct amount of Skill Points¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es): Warlock (I)] [Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level IV: Noble-Born Vampire Count] [Vitality: 1510] [Mind: 1510] [Force: 1510] [Skill Points: 58.000] ¡­ In the end, Noah ended with 58000 Skill Points, a surprising amount of Skill Points gathered in such a little time, it was really something he was surprised about, which made him instinctively smile. With this, he was confident that he might be able to max out a Skill Tree right away. But which one? Before, he didn''t have to choose, but now he had two Skill Trees, his Warlock Skill Tree which he had yet to touch, and then the Vampire Skill Tree. Skill Trees seemed seemingly endless as long as he could keep progressing and had Skill Points. He was already a Level IV Vampire, yet he still acquired a new and interesting Skill Tree, and whenever he maxed out the Warlock Skill Tree, he would get even more Skill Trees after that. However, after considering it for some time, Noah decided to pick the Vampire Skill Tree first, as he would have to wait until hitting S-Rank to finally get the next one, it would be nice to max out the current one, he had already calcted that he had enough Skill Points topletely wreck this Skill Tree. ¡­ [Level: IV] [Noble-Born Vampire Count (0/2000)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Lifeblood Exceed: Lunar sh (0/3000)], [Lifeblood Exceed: Execution (0/3500)], [Lifeblood Exceed: Vampiric st (0/4000)] Additional Abilities (II): [Noble-Born Vampire: Undeath (0/4500)], [Noble-Born Vampire: Bloodline Creation (0/5000)], [Noble-Born Vampire: Blood Ritual (0/5500)] Additional Abilities (III): [Blood Soul Mender: Blood Soul Fusion (0/6000)], [Blood Soul Mender: Bloodline Soul (0/6500)], [Blood Soul Mender: Vampiric Guider (0/7000)] ¡­ Noah immediately noticed that the new Skills seemed tied. Each row of Additional Abilities seemed to be connected, unlike before. Lifeblood Exceed had three Skills, Lunar sh, Execution, and Vampiric st. Noble-Born Vampire had Undeath, Bloodline Creation, and Blood Ritual. And Blood Soul Mender has Blood Soul Fusion, Bloodline Soul, and Vampiric Guider. All of them seemed interesting and also strange, Noah wondered why they were connected now, but perhaps it could be meant that each Skill was simply a part of a single Skill made by all three that had three abilities within it? Noah simply decided to spend the Skill Points and max the Skill Tree right away, seeing for himself what was this all about. Ding! [You exchanged 2000 Skill Points!] [The [Noble-Born Vampire Count] Branch has been maxed!] [You gained bonus Attribute Values] [You gained bonus Skill Proficiency] [You can now exchange Additional Abilities for Skill Points!] "No bonus Skill? Hmph, though the additional Attribute Values are good¡­" Ding! [You exchanged 3000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Lifeblood Exceed: Lunar sh] Skill] Ding! [You exchanged 3500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Lifeblood Exceed: Execution] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 4000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Lifeblood Exceed: Vampiric st] Skill!] Ding! [The [Lifeblood Exceed: Lunar sh], [Lifeblood Exceed: Execution], and [Lifeblood Exceed: Vampiric st] Skills have merged into theplete Skill [Lifeblood Exceed Techniques: 1 (A)] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 4500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Noble-Born Vampire: Undeath] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 5000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Noble-Born Vampire: Bloodline Creation] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 5500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Noble-Born Vampire: Blood Ritual] Skill!] Ding! [The [Noble-Born Vampire: Undeath], [Noble-Born Vampire: Bloodline Creation], and [Noble-Born Vampire: Blood Ritual] Skills have merged into theplete Skill [Noble-Born Vampire Capabilities: 1 (A)]!] Ding! [You exchanged 6000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Blood Soul Mender: Blood Soul Fusion] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 6500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Blood Soul Mender: Bloodline Soul] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 7000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Blood Soul Mender: Vampiric Guider] Skill!] [The [Blood Soul Mender: Blood Soul Fusion], [Blood Soul Mender: Bloodline Soul], and [Blood Soul Mender: Vampiric Guider] Skills have merged into theplete Skill [Blood Soul Mender Arts: 1 (A)]!] Ding! [You have maxed the Skill Tree!] [To proceed with evolution,plete the following requirement: Have 2400 Stats in all Attribute Values] "They fused?!" thought Noah in surprise, he had expected that the Skills woulde by themselves, but in the end, they all merged together into "Complete Skills". After maxing an entire Skill Tree, Noah spent 47.000 Skill Points, leaving him at a measly amount of 11.000 Skill points. With this, he could still get some Skills from the Warlock Skill Tree though, but before deciding on spending Skill Points in that Skill Tree, Noah decided to check the information about his new Skills. [Lifeblood Exceed Techniques: 1 (A)] These are the special Techniques that someone capable of using their own Lifeblood as a weapon, pushing themselves to their very limits and using their very vitality as the strongest weapon. Harness the power of your lifeblood and destroy your enemies with incredibly fast attacks that can decimate anything that stands in your path. [Lifeblood Exceed: Lunar sh]: Concentrate all your lifeblood into an enormously powerful crimson red and purple sh in the shape of the moon. This attack can ignore 50% of the foe''s defenses and drain 100% of the damage dealt as Health. The power of this technique increases by 50% while fighting below the moonlight. [Lifeblood Exceed: Execution]: While using Lunar sh, concentrate the innermost of your fury and sacrificial power, and release a strong vertical sh that can even distort space by a small amount, anything that survives such an attack receives a cursed wound that cannot easily heal back. [Lifeblood Exceed: Vampiric st]: After using Execution, unleash the entire power of your Blood Core and harness the innermost of your total power into a single st of Vampiric Power that can ignore defenses and drain 100% of any damage dealt, while also leaving anyone that survives with many curses spread all around their bodies. After the use of thisbo, there is a cooldown of 10 minutes, and the user cannot use any of these Techniques for that time. ¡­ Noah nced at the first Skill, which brought quite the ridiculous amount of abilities and effects. With this skill he would be able to unleash powerful attacks that used his very lifeblood to activate, which was abination of his soul, blood, vitality, and mana. Although the abilities were immensely strong, they also came apanied by big drawbacks, such as being weakened by using them continuously as they drained all of his power. However, their strength was ridiculous, and if he managed to unleash all three one after another, he would be able to decimate probably anything that stood before him¡­ although there should be other beings that could resist it, he believed that at least within all A-Rank Monsters and Hunters, nothing would survive this. But because it would weaken him after a single use of thebo attack, he nned to use it in dire situations. ----- Chapter 194 - New And Powerful Skills ----- Noah continued inspecting his new Skills, as he analyzed the ones that had the simplest of names¡­ ¡­ [Noble-Born Vampire Capabilities: 1 (A)] As a Noble-Born Vampire, you possess abilities that easily surpass even other types of Vampiric Undead and Demons, giving you a great advantage against them. [Noble-Born Vampire: Undeath]: As a Vampire, you are a member of a Race of Undead, of the highest grade and strength. As an Undeath creature, your resilience is simply supernatural, reducing damage taken by up to 50% based on how much Health you are missing. [Noble-Born Vampire: Bloodline Creation]: As a Noble-Born Vampire, you possess amazing control over the Blood Attribute, and your own blood, alongside the ethereal power of Bloodlines, which connects many members that share the same blood as you, an essential power that all types of beings that possess Blood possess. Now you are capable of creating your own bloodline, automatically giving it to anyone you have ever converted into a Vampiric Undead. Your bloodline effects and abilities will develop further as you grow stronger. Current Bloodline Effects: Increased Soul Development and Soul Regeneration. High Resistance to Curses of any kid. Natural use of Blood as a weapon, despite not being pure Vampires. [Noble-Born Vampire: Blood Ritual]: As a Noble-Born Vampire, your ability over blood is of the finest kind, giving you the ability to create Blood Rituals where you can transform other living beings into Vampiric Creatures ad customize their powers and races as you infuse more of your Blood, Soul, Mana, and other materials. ¡­ "This is amazing!" thought Noah while clenching his fists, just as amazing as the previous Skill, this one possessed a series of incredibly useful effects that brought a lot of new things to the table. First of all, they were all seemingly passive and didn''t need activation, it simply gave him new powers. The first one gave him the ability to reduce more and more damage as his HP lowered. HP was a hidden stat calcted by Vitality, simrly to mana and magic calcted by Mind. Most of Noah''s attacks, if not all of them, used his own HP, but because of his outstanding regeneration, he was able to use it quite freely, and he could even drain more HP from his enemies, making his fighting style a cycle of sacrificing HP to drain it back from those he ughters. This is why Noah can fight against so many monsters at the same time, as fighting against many actually benefits him more than 1v1 fights because there are more targets to drain their HP from. Afterward came Bloodline Creation, which had already automatically created a Bloodline for him and anyone who has been converted by him (and possibly anyone born from those converted). Such a Bloodline brought amazing effects to those that had it, although such effects seemed already in effect, after being made into Skills, their effects strengthened to new levels. The Ability effect stated that to make his bloodline stronger, he simply needed to grow stronger. Andstly came Blood Ritual, which let him convert anything he wanted (as long as it had blood) into a Vampiric being, and even things such as race and more could be customized, giving him the possibility of even generating new races of beings¡­ Before he was only able to convert humans, half-subhumans, and subhumans, but perhaps now he could be able to even convert monsters into Vampires¡­ imagining a Vampire Goblin was a bit ridiculous, but it could be possible now¡­ Noah continued analyzing his abilities, going to the next Skill in the list of Skills that were made by merging with Skills he unlocked from the Skill Tree by exchanging Skill Points, Blood Soul Mender Arts. This Skill seemed to be rted to the control of Souls and Blood, although it seemed to med both together into something akin to necromancy through blood, something that Noah was already doing through Blood Servants and its awakened version, Blood Soul Servant. Perhaps this means that he now could manipte souls outside of Blood Servants as long as he converted them into blood souls? He was incredibly curious, and Noah couldn''t help but immediately analyze the new Skill with great detail and utmost interest. ¡­ [Blood Soul Mender Arts: 1 (A)] As a Noble-born Vampire, your power over Blood and Souls is immense, being able to connect both and be incredibly talented in the maniption of the essence of all life, and the true existence of all living and unliving beings, souls. [Blood Soul Mender: Blood Soul Fusion]: Concentrate the power that you have over blood and merge your blood with the souls it touches, giving you total control over them, to the point of being able to control them, create new Blood Soul Servants of all shapes and sizes, and even fusing them together to acquire new soldiers, or even to upgrade your own soul even further beyond. [Blood Soul Mender: Bloodline Soul]: As a Blood Soul Mender, your power over blood and souls is immense, giving you the ability to give your own Bloodline a soul, making it a powerful asset to you and anyone that possess it, by giving your bloodline a soul, this bloodline gains conscience and bes a great entity that watches over all those before you. Additionally, you will be able to share your soul power more easily with anyone that possess your bloodline, and through your bloodline servants, you can also gain new power every day through their worship, sacrifices, and a shared amount of the souls and blood they consume, feeding you with constant energy as you progress and break any limits before you. The more people you recruit within your bloodline, the stronger you will be able to grow. [Blood Soul Mender: Vampiric Guider]: You have the power to mend souls and blood, and anyone that follows your path and beliefs, worshipping your existence, shall be guided by the Vampiric Path. Anyone guided by you will acquire a greater Soul Strength, alongside rapid Soul Recovery, the ability to Eat Souls, and also the power to develop their Soul into a Soul Beast. Additionally, a great boost to their growth in all types of proficiency is given, which multiplies as the Skill Proficiency increases. ¡­ Noah smiled wickedly as he saw the power he had acquired. With this, he was able to control souls as long as he infused them his own soul and blood into them, bing a necromancer of sorts. The best thing was that he was not simply restricted to the use of the Blood Soul Servant Skill to control Souls, but he could do itpletely independently of the Blood Soul Servant Skill, and even do many things with other being souls! Even to the point of fusing them with himself to increase the power of his soul! Just as he had done in the fight against The Lady of the Lake, when his soul was blown into bits, he used the souls of his Blood Servants as a sticky, blood substance that helped him stitch his soul pieces back up together! With this and the other abilities, wasn''t he given now an immense amount of new capabilities? He couldn''t help but be excited about his next Dungeon diving! However, Noah calmed himself as he continued meditating and practicing magic¡­ ----- Chapter 195 - Gods Expectations ----- Above the skies of Earth, within the boundless space that filled the endless emptiness, God watched over Earth. Although it has been a bit over a week since itst fought against Noah, the many minds within God were still concerned and fearful of the Vampire. They had begun to investigate what was he truly, and where did he acquire such powers, many of the minds were obsessed with finding out what he was and if he had a weakness to exploit, but because of their position and conditions, God was not able to do anything more to Noah for the moment. He hadpletely cut his connection with the mainframe of the System by converting the System Seed (Or System Cube as he called it) into his own System, fusing it with his Soul and Blood Core and making it his own power. And even though they had considered targeting those he was close with, he quickly "freed" them from the System''s mainframe as well, doing the same thing he did to his System Seed and fusing the System Seeds of his subordinates with their souls and their own Blood Cores, freeing them from the all-powerful System that reigned above Earth, whose God was a System Moderator. He had even connected his own System with the Systems of all his subordinates through the ethereal connection of his Vampiric Bloodline Soul, which happened a few days ago after hepleted yet another Skill Tree and grew exponentially stronger. A mortal such as him was already delving into the control of souls, something that no mortal in Earth had achieved so fast such as him, and although there might have existed some, they all had perished at this point due to lifespan, but unlike them, Noah had no lifespan and could live indefinitely. This meant that as long as he kept himself alive, he would sooner orter develop even better abilities regarding the maniption of souls and his own, which could even end up making him a God. However, they werepletely unaware that Noah had already be something like a pseudo-demi-deity, as he had begun to constantly gain power through the worship and belief of anyone that he converted into his bloodline through the Bloodline Soul that connected his soul to all those who had his bloodline. And each passing day he found more and more subjects which he trained and then converted into Vampiric Undead, bringing him more power. In only three days since he acquired Bloodline Soul, he had already recruited 20 more people into his Guild, which was perhaps the Guild that had recruited the most members in the least amount of time in the entire world. They were alsopletely unaware of his amazing powers over souls and his blood servants which developed into monsters of their own, each one of them having monstrous capabilities and abilities never seen before, such as Scarlet, who kept developing into a gigantic castle-fortress with the ability to have arger internal space than it seemed from the outside. Thanks to Scarlet and her new Sister, the manor that belonged to Arthur and his parents, Noah was able to wee hundreds of people with ease, although his Guild members had yet to reach 100. Noah was shamelessly building an immense Empire of Immortal Blood-sucking beings in the middle of a city, where all the people around them werepletely unaware of what was happening below their very noses. At each passing day, Noah kept growing stronger due to the worship too, and his capabilities became ridiculous, even as an A-Rank Hunter if he were to go all out, he would surely have the same strength of a peak S-Rank Hunter¡­ But Noah had little interest in other Hunters at the moment, as he patiently awaited the Gates to emerge¡­ God watched over Earth, as it detected that the many Mana Crystal Meteors that fell over Earth, which poured ridiculously immense quantities of mana into the world had already begun to take effect. The space all around Earth began to distort and warp around, space and time dted themselves as wormholes that led to different worlds began to slowly emerge all around. However, unlike previous times, these wormholes wererge and glowing with crimson red color, and were many. So many that keep appearing everywhere, that even God grew fearful and concerned about what was left of humanity and how they would be able to cope and fight against this new menace. They knew that the Watchers had provoked more Gates to emerge so they would wipe out any annoying life that was still struggling over Earth, alongside that, they wanted to destabilize the System, which was supported by the very Humans it helped, the fewer humans alive, the easier it would be to destabilize and break the''s connection with the System Master. If the System Master were to lose its connection with Earth, the Watchers wouldn''t have to worry about his intervention as the entity wouldn''t be capable of reaching this ce of the multi-verse with ease anymore. God felt sorrow as it began to consider the many lives that would be lost as the Gates were to finally release the constant waves of monsters. Although there were still many strong Hunters, the number of Gates that had emerged was ridiculous¡­ especially because there were new SS-Rank and SSS-Rank Gates as well¡­ And something even more terrifying¡­ In the middle of South America¡­ Right in the middle of arge jungle filled with mutated beasts, a gigantic gate had emerged. This was perhaps even bigger than the SSS-Rank Gates size, being about the size of Mount Everest. It was so immense it covered the entire sky with its deep ck color. This was¡­ "A Gate of higher Grade than an SSS-Rank Gate¡­!" "It can''t be¡­!" "This is way too soon for that, humanity is yet to reach that level of strength yet!" "What¡­ will we do?!" "Humans need to quickly gather and try to destroy that Gate at all costs¡­! But¡­ eve SS-Rank Hunters would probably die there¡­!" "And the only SSS-Rank Hunters that had existed are still disappeared¡­" "Not even us who watch over Earth can find them, where did they go?" God trembled in concern and fear, as it saw the monstrous Gate, so big that one could even see it through space¡­ This was a Gate of a grade yet to be given a name, a grade that even surpassed SSS-Rank! Noah was growing strong, but he was still not strong enough to even think about entering such a deadly Dungeon, where monsters that could even shake an entire continent existed! Soon enough, the beasts within would find a way to enter this world, and the second Era of Chaos woulde to Earth¡­ The faction of God''s mind that was guided by Noah and slowly being parasitized by his soul fragment parasites nced at this with fascination. "Amazing, a new trial for him¡­" "But he is not strong enough yet¡­" "Do you think that Noah would stay as an A-Rank for so long? Now that the Gates had emerged all around the world once more, this is the perfect opportunity for him to finally break through all the Ranks quickly!" "Amazing¡­ Amazing! Noah will be the savior of Earth! The savior of humanity!" ----- Chapter 196 - The Worlds Core ----- The World''s Origin Core was an entity that existed since the creation of Earth through natural causes. It formed slowly through the over umtion and pressure of tectonic tes and mana, which the''s orbit absorbed from space. The enormous quantities of mana that the gravitational forces absorbed began to quickly crystalize while the world was incredibly young and its surface was still filled with raging volcanoes andva shaping the world''s surface. However, when the developed life was when the Origin Core started to develop and grow bigger. With every living organism, more and more mana would be given to the Origin Core, which grew its green-colored crystal exteriorrger and sturdier. Simr to God, the Origin Core grew stronger when life came to be, but until God, it didn''t require worship or beliefs toe into existence, it always existed since the creation of the through natural causes. Life was originally primitive and devoid of souls, only being bacterial organisms that slowly began to group for greater efficiency in the production of energy to sustain their very lives. However, a Transmigration God long ago noticed this world''s primitive life, and casually connected its Transmigration Cycle with it. As it was a world still developing, no one imed it, and he decided to spend a bit of power and see what could ur. The God, Hekaton, left this alone for many years until it noticed that life had grown explosivelyplex as souls were introduced, and kept evolving into a wide array of shapes and forms until humans finally came to be. After all of that time of absorbing the residual mana from all of these living organisms, alongside residual soul energy from their souls which were introduced, the''s Origin Core acquired arge amount of power, growingrger andrger, and had gained consciousness in the middle of the Era of Dinosaurs, the Mesozoic Era. However, although it had acquired consciousness quitetepared to the first time life came to be, it still had registered all the information it acquired since its creation since it was but a mere jewel inside the world''s core. It kept developing and registering information over arge amount of time, slowly yet steadily. Until its consciousness evolved. The first thing it asked itself was "Who am I?" And through its endless source of registered information, it deciphered its own existence and purpose. "I am the world", was its own answer. The personification of the world, the one that harbored everything, life, the seas, the continents, sky, clouds, everything. The Will of the World. As the will of all the existence within the world, it remained quiet and watched nature grow and develop, while slowly amassing more and more power from life itself without any need of worship. However, after Humans came to be, there was a destabilization of energy, humans began to concentrate their mana into their selfish beliefs, and after hundreds of years, they created an entity they named¡­ God. The Origin Core, on its aloofness, ended up without caring, and let things be as they were, as it always did. However, the world kept being contaminated, and the world slowly deteriorated. God didn''t do anything to guide their creators other than watch, just like the Origin Core. The Origin Core began to consider countermeasures, which even included destroying all of humanity, as it saw them as a nuisance. The Origin Core was already able to gain power from any living being, so why did it need humanity anyways? Although it had cooperated a few times with God and forged the Legendary Sword Excalibur by umting the wishes of humanity for peace, Arthur was perhaps the only human it recognized as "good". But after he died, humanity didn''t change, and everything went downhill pretty fast. Wars, Nuclear Weapons, thousands of people dying. The World thought that humans might end up killing themselves before they could take action by themselves¡­ However, before any of such ns coulde to fruition, a wave of chaos and miasma hit the world. God shielded the world, showing its worth to the Origin Core, who quickly changed its perception of it¡­ However, the miasma still leaked, and the surface was filled with a substance of mutagenic and contaminated mana of high density known as miasma, which also harbored the Chaos Attribute within, warping and making everything over the into chaos. 80% of all life died. Immediately after, the Origin Core grew weaker, without life to sustain it with energy, it became lethargic and was about to fall asleep. However, out of thin air, an entity from another ne, another world, emerged. It called itself the System Master. It offered a way to help the world develop and grow stronger again¡­ Space itself was warping, and gates that led to otherworldly dungeons also emerged, filling Earth with monsters that didn''t give it any energy and only made things worse. But the System Master offered solutions to all of this. Through the miraculous System, everything could be resolved while also making the Origin Core stronger again. The System gave all of humanity who mutated by the Miasma and developed some kind of ability a way to grow stronger through the Origin Cores that would form through the materializations of residual Mana, Vitality, and Soul Energy from anything they defeated. Monsters would turn into ck smoke because they would be converted into Attribute Cores, items, or Ability Cores by the System. This way, no waste was left over the world, and humans would be able to use any monster they killed to grow stronger. The strongest they grew, the more they would be able to push back the monsters of the gates and make life prosper again. Alongside this, a share of any energy absorbed by the humans would be constantly given to the System, which would transfer it to the Origin Core. This way, the Origin Core began to grow stronger and healthier than ever through these very few years, any human bind to the System would constantly give it energy unknowingly. It was a solution to everything, and it was also amazingly thought off as if the System Master¡­ was nning something. However, the Origin Core decided to not question it and continued to acquire power like this, it believed that even if the System Master had bad intentions, it would umte so much power that it would be able to fight back against it if he tried anything funny¡­ But it was not the System Master that woulde here, but a group of beings, perhaps even more terrifying. It saw the Origin Core as another resource to grow stronger, something to be harvested, the Watchers. The Origin Core, however, was unaware of this until therge maa crystal meteors hit its surface, and filled the world with more mana, warping space itself and summoning more gates... Amidst these Gates, even more, dangerous beings began to emerge, which put in danger humanity, and earth. Before, humans were able to somehow control the number of gates over the continents to an extent¡­ But now, a new Era of Chaos was about to begin. And the Origin Core already learned about Noah, the anomaly that had unlinked itself from the System, alongside all those that served him¡­ Such anomalies were dangerous¡­ but now there was no time to deal with them¡­ ----- Chapter 197 - Soul Weapons ----- Noah sat cross-legged in the middle of arge hall, his gleaming crimson eyes seemed to be concentrated doing something. Hundreds of floating crimson-red mes of phantasmal nature floated around him, like red-colored will-o-wisps, they surrounded and seemed to move and do whatever he told me to. This was the power of Blood Soul Mender, after Noah gave a drop of blood to a soul, it would suddenly obey him. He was able to do whatever he wanted with these Souls, and after having to feed his Soul Weapon excessively with A-Rank Magic Materials he got from the Guilds he had conquered, he began to feed it, Blood Souls. Noah now didn''t simply need to kill monsters to bring forth souls, he had be capable of seeing them float everywhere, the natural souls of all living beings who had died around the area where he lived which had yet to enter the transmigration cycle. He called upon them with his Aura, captured them, gave them his blood, and then tamed every single Soul. And then, he mercilessly used them as materials, feeding them to his Soul Weapon, until it finally managed to reach A-Rank. Therge, crimson-colored metallic bone w-like gauntlet evolved, changing in shape and bing bigger and monstrous. Noah nced at its status as he equipped it, a malicious grin blossoming from his lips. ¡­ [Abyssal Blood Demon Bone w (A-Rank)] [Soul Weapon] [Attack Power: 1200] [Durability: 1200] [Mana Capacity: 1200] [Skill(s): [Soul Weapon: - (A)], [Consecutive Blood sh: - (A)], [Super Self-Regeneration: - (A)], [Blood Domain: - (A)], [Soul Devour: - (A)], [Monstrous Blood Hydra Emperor: - (A)], [Magic Circle Recreation: - (A)], [Magic Circle Registration: - (A)], [Independent Weapon: - (A)] ¡­ After reaching A-Rank, the weapon gained 1200 in all stats, bing undoubtedly stronger. Additionally, all Skills evolved as well, reaching A-Rank, matching with the weapon''s Rank. Soul Weapons would usually not have matching grades with their Skills like this, but Noah''s weapon was an exception, of course¡­ Some of its Skills have improved more than others, although the weapon had yet to acquire the Indestructible Skill that Excalibur possesses, any crack or damage that it could have would quickly regenerate as long as Noah infused Mana into the Soul Weapon. Aside from this, there was the Blood Domain Skill, which let Noah summoned a Domain of Blood 10 meters around him, with this, he was able to receive arge enhancement to all his Blood-rted Skills, Spells, and more. Additionally, the weapon''s Soul Eating Skill became Soul Devour, and it had the power to damage souls as well, just like Noah. By coupling such power with Noah''s Soul Devour, he was able to effectively increase the power he could exert against souls, and devour them even easier. The old Sea Snake Emperor Skill that summoned a giant sea snake made of blood evolved many times until it became capable of summoning many hydra heads from each of the bone w''s fingers, which could be released as many snakes made of blood, or to attack at the spot, or even to wrap something with the giant heads, the possibilities were many. The weapon had also evolved with Noah''s new necessities and proficiency in magic, and it gained the ability to recreate previously registered magic circles, being up to 5, which made it so Noah could conjure spells immediately and without creating magic circles beforehand as long as he registered the magic circle. Andstly, it gained the power of an Independent Weapon, which could attack and cast Skills by itself indecently of Noah''s control over it, virtually making it so he could attack automatically in battle, giving him the chance to do other things with his minds. "It is outstanding. You and I have gone through a lot¡­" said Noah, seeing the bone w as hispanion. Afterward, he summoned arge ck and red-colored sword, Excalibur, andpared its stats and Skills with the Bone w¡­ ¡­ [Corrupted Excalibur (S-Rank)] [Soul Weapon] [Attack Power: 2400] [Durability: 2400] [Mana Capacity: 2400] [Skill(s): [Soul Weapon: - (S)], [Corrupted Divine Soul: - (S)], [Indestructible: - (S)], [Skill Sharing: Wielder: - (S)], [Corrupted Holy Light Beam: - (S)], [Corrupted Holy Light Barrier: - (S)], [Corrupted Holy Light sh: - (S)], [Corrupted Hero''s Blessing: - (S)], [Independent Weapon: - (S)], [Levitation: - (S)], [Telekinesis: - (S)], [Wielder''s Call: - (S)], [Corrupted Dark Space Storage: - (S)] ¡­ "You still have a long way to go, it seems¡­" thought Noah, as he admired the de''s power. Excalibur had several abilities that it included within it, although it was a soul Weapon made before the System Existed, after Noah ate its soul, it quickly became part of his System. One of such Abilities is being an indestructible de, incapable of being destroyed nor shattered¡­ However, Noah thought that there could be levels of power above S-Rank that could still damage nheless and that this "indestructibility" was only held within the de''s rank. Additionally, the de had the power to think and move independently, alongside sharing all of Noah''s Skills but with their strength reduced by 50%, however, it was not as swift and ustomed to his Skills as Noah, it could still use the majority of them quite well, bing a deadlypanion that could easily break through anything. The de also had three Attack-type Skills which would unleash whenever Noah moved the de, depending on the pose and attack, a sh of corrupted holy light, a barrier, or a beam could be generated, the beam was the strongest attack that Excalibur could do, which had enough power to easily pierce a mountain and leave an enormous hole in the middle¡­ however, it costed exorbitant amounts of Mana and would leave Noahpletely emptied of it. The de also granted Noah the Hero''s Blessing, which changed to Corrupted Hero''s Blessing, giving him greater growth potential, and increasing the speed of development of his magic and all other kinds of abilities, even within the System. Excalibur was able to fly and hover using Levitate, and it could also use Telekinesis to move objects or its own Aura, forming sharp, spear-shaped projectiles. Andst but not least, Excalibur had the power of storing itself within a different space when it was not needed through the Corrupted Dark Space Storage Skill, and also be summoned to the side of his wielder (Noah) through the "Wilder''s Calling" Skill, making it even more convenient as a weapon. Excalibur stillcked Skills that the Blood w didn''t have, but because it could use most of Noah''s Skills with a 50% reduction into their power, it was even more capable. Noah equipped each weapon in each of his hands, although he often used Excalibur in midair, controlling it through the weapon''s Telekinesis. It has been three days since Noah maxed his Skill Tree of Level IV Noble-born Vampire Count, and he was getting ready to travel to the new Dungeons with his group. He quickly flew down below to therge hall where his subordinates greeted him, alongside them, there were dozens of more Vampiric Undead all kneeling before his presence. They were all the members of Noah''s Guild, and these were not even all, but a fraction of the total amount, the strongest ones he had gathered here. Everyone was looking at the news before, over arge led screen in the middle of the hall. In the news, the reporter spoke about the many Gates that had emerged just a few hours ago all around the world¡­ ----- Chapter 198 - Noahs Arrogance! ----- Iris and everyone else had been training diligently thesest days, alongside enhancing the power of their souls by consuming other souls and also by conjuring magic continuously. The moment Noah emerged at the side of everyone, mostly everyone kneeled, except her, who simply kissed him lovingly. "You''re finally done, it seems¡­ And look at that¡­" said Iris, as Noah smiled. "Everyone should be ready now¡­ It seems that the news had quickly reported the gates, they are all over the city, so it would be too hard for the government to hide them, it seems,"ughed Noah, as he and everyone else listened to the news. A beautiful blonde woman with emerald eyes wearing a blue dress began to speak to a microphone, right in front of an enormous, red-colored gate that twisted continuously in an illusory spectacle that defied thews of physics. "It has only been three hours since the Gates have emerged all around the world, an event of catastrophic levels which has not happened since the beginning of the Apocalypse. The most dangerous thing is that all Gates are red-colored, meaning that they are B-Rank and above, and brimming with monsters¡­" Suddenly, a man wearing military clothes walked near the woman. "Go away from here, this site is being closed!" "Eh? But sir, the people need to know about the dangers that gates can bring! We need to evacuate the people!" said the reporter. The man, who had a gray mustache and whose Noah immediately recognized as a sergeant that administrated all the Military Schools around Sector D, Ivan Shade. Ivan Shade, although old-looking, was an A-Rank Hunter himself, and held great authority over the military and also the government of Sector D. He quickly grabbed the microphone of the woman and began to speak directly at the camera, as his gray eyes shed with resolve. "Do not worry, people of Sector D. All Gates will be promptly taken down by the Hunters and the Soldiers we have been nurturing through this time. Don''t believe false propaganda, this is not another Era of Chaos!" "What is he even talking about? All of this is bad¡­" said Clementina. "He''s trying to control the masses, if Sector D loses most of the people living here, many things will stop functioning and the Sector as a whole would fall apart¡­" said Noah. The news was suddenly cut off as the reporter inside the channel continued speaking about the Gates. "Well¡­ that was something. Anyways, more Gates have been seen not only within Sector D but also all Sectors across the world had reported that there were at least 12 Red-colored Gates around their territories¡­ And additionally, just a few minutes ago, it has been reported that a gate of gargantuan proportions had emerged within central America, within the wild areas of the jungle¡­ It is spected by experts that this Gate¡­ is of a Rank above SSS-Rank, a Rank that is yet to be given a proper name," said the woman. After hearing this Noah smiled, as his crimson eyes gleamed with interest. Noah kept changing channels until he found another channel trying to Livestream the gate while the military was trying to block them, and Noah had an idea¡­ "How about we increase the reputation of our Guild even more?" he said, as he called upon Noire. "What do you have in mind?" asked Iris curiously. "Let''s shake the world¡­" said Noah, as he grabbed Iris''s hands and Noire submerged both of them into the shadows, traveling through the shadows of the city within seconds, and suddenly reaching the area where therge, red-colored gate being reported by the cameras were. sh. A sudden mass of shadows appeared right in the middle of the recording, as Noah and Iris appeared right away, alongside a strange, gray-colored robot at their side wearing maid-outfits, Noire! All the reporters that nced at this were shocked, they had never seen a Hunter having such an ability before! However, they easily recognized the man and the woman that emerged, they were the infamous leaders of the Noctem Family Guild, the infamous guild whose members increased to A-Rank in a bit over a week, and that had been steadily recruiting more and more members through thisst week, more than any guild around the world! "Is that¡­?" "That''s the leader of the Noctem Familiar Guild, the Guild Master, Noah!" "What? Did he had such an ability?" "And that woman¡­ it''s Iris, another A-Rank hunter from his guild¡­" "Such powerful auras¡­ They are really authentic A-Rank Hunters¡­!" The reporters all recognized them, and so did the reporters and the military men. Ivan quickly noticed therge quantities of mana emerging out of nowhere, as he walked towards themotion, finding Noah and Iris, former students of one of the Military Schools he administrated. "So they hade¡­" he said, while slowly walking towards them, he wanted to ask them a few things. Noah quickly walked towards the nearest reporter, grabbing her microphone forcefully and ring directly at the camera. "We, the Noctem Family, will partake in the cleansing of all Gates in Sector D!" All the people around them, even Ivan, and everyone else around all of Sector D ncing at the TV right now were shocked! Noah had shamelessly said that his Guild would cleanse all Gates in the Sector! Even as an A-Rank, there were also S-Rank Gates and above, to even dare say such a thing so shamelessly¡­ who did the think he was?! Even more, as he had just recently be a popr Hunter¡­ was Noah getting off the rails and bing too cocky? "S-Sir Noah¡­ can you repeat what you say?" asked a reporter at his side. "Did I stutter? I said that we, the Noctem Family, would cleanse all Gates in Sector D. Did you hear anything wrong in my statement?" asked Noah, his pressure was immense to the point that even people watching TV felt it! "A-Ah¡­ But¡­ what?" "That''s¡­ even as A-Ranks¡­" "He''s crazy¡­" "What is he even saying?" "These Gates are filled with strong and never-seen-before monsters, many of these Gates are above A-Rank too!" "Has he gone insane?" Noah red at every person questioning him as his sharp eyes made them paralyzed in the spot, chills began to run through all of these people''s spines, as they felt their legs trembling in fear, some even pissed themselves right in the spot! There was even a small man that fell unconscious by his gaze alone! "It is a good thing that we have been gathering more and more recruits. And it is also my pleasure to announce that more than 20 of my recruits had already be B-Rank yesterday¡­" said Noah, shocking anyone left standing even more! "Additionally, we shall cleanse all Gates in less than a week, and show the world the might of our Guild," said Noah. After stating that, Noah was showered with questions of those bold enough to ask. "How?!" "How are you doing that, Noah?!" "That''s¡­ I am sorry for saying this, but you are a delusional man!" Noah smiled andughed. "It is not delusion, it is a fact. I will no longer say anything else. Just watch," said Noah, as Iris nced at him with admiration. Suddenly, Noah was about to summon the rest of the Vampiric Undead, Robots, and more, until Ivan walked towards him and confronted him. "So you are Noah¡­ The infamous weakest human of my school¡­" he said. Noah nced at the man expressionlessly. ----- Author''s Note: If you''re enjoying this Novel make sure to check some of my other works, such as Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse! It''s a Novel about an Interdimensional Apocalypse where the main character is thrown into it! Using his amazing Summoning System, he crawls his way to the top and survives the turbulent and chaotic era! Using his Summoning System, he can summon characters from the novels he has written and be able to absorb their abilities as well! I am sure that you won''t be disappointed at all if you like Action and LitRPG elements! Check it out if you can! If you like the story please give any power stone you could spare, if we reach a nice number there will be bonus chapters at the end of the week, it all depends on you! Thank you very much for reading! Chapter 199 - Did A Cat Eat Your Tongue? ----- Sergeant Ivan knew very well who Noah was, and had been shocked and surprised many times with every news regarding him. He regretted that he was not able to notice his talents before he somehow managed to get himself and his group expulsed from school, as he would have done everything he would, even force, to recruit him and make him into a fine soldier. Even if he would have to brainwash him. Someone so strong that was able to grow so quickly was an anomaly amongst anomalies, Noah was incredibly special in many ways, alongside all of his subordinates¡­ If he had managed to catch them beforehand¡­ But it was useless now. Noah had grown strong, too strong now, and so did his subordinates¡­ he had achieved the same level of strength as him in less than a month of having be a Vampire. Of course, that was on the surface. Noah knew that before him, Ivan was weaker, way weaker. If he were to go all out, he would surely be able to ughter him. Perhaps Ivan might give a slight challenge¡­ but even then, he could use his subordinates and gang on him, tearing him apart into pieces, and then turning him into a strong Blood Soul Servant. However, Noah still recognized the man as someone strong. Ivan also recognized him as someone strong, but he had authority even greater than Noah, and so, he saw him as below him, even after his exponential, insane growth. However, his biggest regret was still not having been aware of his powers in time. He was way too aloof with the school, as he had to overlook many that were undergoing this "filtering" process. Due to this, he was not able to notice things in time, and when he finally got to know, Noah was already out of school and had made his own Guild. He was no longer able to control him¡­ at least not to such an extent. But this was the perfect opportunity for him to ridicule him and lower the impression that the people had for him. Although Ivan had seen many geniuses through his life, he had never seen one so arrogant as Noah now. He felt the instinctual desire to crush his delusions immediately, after all, he was going to be the one that would save the sector alongside the military, not this hatchling that hasn''t even reached 19 years of age yet. Noah was a man born in the era of the apocalypse, and never got to see with his eyes what the old society was, but Ivan was well aware of how it worked. Those that controlled the masses control the world. And Noah was trying to gain this, but Ivan was going to stop him before that, and ridicule him in front of the entire sector! No matter what Noah could say, he would not be able to argue against his words, as he had yet to do what he said he would do. Ivan nned to surpass his guild after this speech and even prohibit his ingression to the new gates due to being so disrespectful with the people, spreading lies to raise the hopes of the people they wanted to protect. After that, if Noah were such a miserable and poor kid as he thought he was, Noah would be frustrated. Ivan would continue to suppress him more and more¡­ until Noah would end up kneeling before him as he brainwashed him into a fine soldier for the sector. Ivan had nned an entire scheme right in the spot, he didn''t survive through all of the apocalypses for nothing, he had the skills of both a schemer and an amazing leader and fighter. Noah might be a genius amongst geniuses, but Ivan was the one who could even suppress these arrogant geniuses, and he was going to enjoy it thoroughly. Or so he thought. Noah smiled at Ivan as he knew exactly what he wanted. He quickly crushed the microphone with his bare hands as Ivan was shocked, standing right there as he nced at Noah. A second after, a wave of crimson light crushed all the cameras around him. Now, no one was recording and everyone around sector D was wondering why did the TVs suddenly stop recording everything¡­ Noah had simply released his Aura and a bit of his soul power, targeting all the cameras, they were crushed within seconds. His might was clear, Ivan was left paralyzed. "So, Sergeant Ivan, what did you wanted to say to me? I am all ears," said Noah. "Y-You¡­ why did you do that?!" roared Ivan, as he began to unleash his aura, which was golden-brown colored, his eyes glowing with golden light, even a pressuring force emerged around him. However, Iris, at Noah''s side, decided to unleash her Aura, although smaller than Noah, it was¡­ even bigger than Ivan. "E-Eh?" A battle of Auras alone was enough to make Ivan begin to doubt what he had just nned¡­ Were these people really A-Rank?! "Do you have anything to say to my husband?" asked Iris, her eyes gleaming eerily. The two Vampires walked towards Ivan, as the old man tried to brace himself, cold sweat dripping from his neck, his eyes began to feel timid, and even his crotch felt like it was sinking¡­ In fact, he was about to piss himself. Noah and Iris''s auras made an A-Rank almost piss himself in front of them¡­ The two raised their hands, as they touched his shoulder. "So? What do you want? I made sure to take out the cameras so the people wouldn''t look at you so pathetically cowering before us¡­ What''s wrong? Did the cat eat your tongue? Say something¡­" said Noah. "It useless, my dear, he''spletely scared of us¡­ What ack of manners¡­" sighed Iris. "Indeed, these people nowadays¡­ Being in the military doesn''t give you the right to be so rude¡­" sighed Noah, as the two vampires walked away from Ivan. "A-ah¡­ Ah¡­" Ivan kept stuttering something, Noah and Iris already walked away from him and began to summon the Vampires, and Robots in front of the people present, now that there were no cameras, it wouldn''t be as widespread¡­ but even if it were to be, they didn''t really care. As a guild with A-Rank Hunters leading it, they didn''t fear any people except S-Rank¡­ and all of them were about to be S-Rank soon anyways. The military men ran towards Ivan who was stiff as a log ncing at the empty air, his eyes seemed sinking over his eye sockets, and his entire body was trembling a bit¡­ he looked pale. "Sir Ivan! What is going on?" "Sir Ivan?!" "Sergeant!" "W-What happened? They just spoke to him and he just¡­ went¡­ vegetal¡­" What they didn''t know was that Noah and Iris suppressed his will with their overwhelming Auras and then Noah used his Vampiric Eyes to stupefy him for around an entire hour (his max amount of time he would stupefy someone with weak will), and also cursed his soul, his bloodline, and forcefully put a contract into him which said, "don''t ever bother us". All of that in a few seconds. No one sane enough would even believe he could do such a thing. Ivan was taken by the soldiers to an ambnce, where he was hospitalized. Later on, he would wake up confused about what even happened to him¡­ and every time he tried to remember, a paralyzing curse would hit his soul and he would enter into a vegetative state again. Ivan hadmitted the terrible mistake of not having used a body and mind-enhancing skill before Noah, and was wide open for the Vampire to do whatever he pleased with him¡­ Noah and Iris walked towards an open area, as Noah showcased his power for everyone to see. Now that he was strong, he did not fear much bacsh and calcted that there was enough time for him to be S-Rank or even SS-Rank before any S-Rank Hunter could evene to the Sector. Before anyone strong enough to put a threat to his current self was toe to the Sector, he would have been already way above them, alongside all of his subordinates. Some people recorded with phones, however, but he quickly destroyed them. But he was not sure if some people from far away, could still be filming him. Nheless, he raised his hand and said¡­ "Kin Summon¡­" ----- Chapter 200 - Kin Summon! ----- All the people around Noah were admiring his enormous crimson aura, the Master of the Noctem Family Guild had intimidated a Sergeant of the Military that directly served the government with his very gaze and a few words. The way he used his powers made it seem as if he didn''t do anything other than pat the man''s shoulder and red at his eyes¡­ but he had done a dozen of things to him before the eyes of everyone. Truly, Noah was really someone shrewd! "I suppose that''s that¡­ Well, will you bring everyone else?" asked Iris. "Yes. Now that the cameras are out, it will be good¡­" said Noah. "Will you bring the other Robots, Master?" asked Noire who had been silent this whole time. "Yes, we''ll bring the strongest ones with us. You, Sakura, and Sugar wille with us to the A-Rank Dungeon, the rest will apany our members to the B-Rank Dungeons," said Noah. "I see, please proceed," said Noire. "Kin Summon¡­" said Noah, raising his hand as a sh of bright light dropped from his hands, hitting the ground as a giant magic circle appeared, startling everyone present! "W-What is that?!" "Magic¡­?" "A Skill, obviously¡­" "But what is he nning to do?" "As he went insane?" "Maybe it is a Skill to increase his power before entering the Dungeon?" The people wondered what the heck was Noah doing a lot, but after they saw all the figures emerging from the magic circle like crimson red blood, they all shut themselves up inplete shock. Several figures made of blood began to emerge one by one¡­ humanoid figures. The blood quickly dissipated into red mist, revealing dozens of figures¡­ and more kept emerging over and over again. This was the power of Noah''s Kin Summon! With this power, wherever he went he would be able to summon his kin, all those he had transformed, and this even included Robots with Blood Core Batteries and Blood Soul Servants! After a few minutes, everyone greeted Noah¡­ and everyone who watched this from the sides was dropping their lower jaws in surprise. Some people fell over the ground in disbelief. They had never seen such a Hunter with an ability like this! He literally summoned people out of thin air with a Skill! There hasn''t even been someone registered with such an outstanding, and insane ability such as this one ever before! "He¡­ summoned people?!" "This is insane!" "What kind of ability is this?!" "Noah, exin this!" "We have to register this¡­" Noah, however, ignored the people and unleashed his aura, making everyone instinctively step back and don''t bother him. "Noah, did you had to do that? Was it okay to be so¡­ bold?" asked Arthur, walking near Noah. "Why not? We need to make a big impression on the people, Arthur," said Noah. "Yes¡­ Noah-sama is right but¡­ I also believe it was quite a lot," said Timassa. "It was the greatest disy of power and confidence, it was splendorous," said Clementina. "Indeed, I was captivated," said Jon. "Killing time?" asked Adamantine. "Indeed, Adamantine, it is killing time~!" said Iris happily. "This was necessary to impress the people, we need to make sure to make a big impression. After we do as we say, our reputation will be amongst the greatest in all the world. Which is necessary if we want to take over the entire Sector afterward, and then the rest," said Noah. "That''s right, Arthur, Timassa! We need to impress the bugs below us," said Iris, while nodding, agreeing to anything Noah said. "Yeah¡­ I understand," said Arthur. "I believe I do as well," said Timassa. After this, Noah spoke with all of his subordinates and then built up teams toplete the Dungeons. These Dungeons needed to bepleted, which meant fighting the final boss and then making the entire gate slowly crumble and disappear. Unlike the other dungeons they had been entering, where the boss room was sealed so people could farm continuously, these dungeons were right in the middle of the city and were way too dangerous to be left open even with the boss room somehow sealed. The amount of B-Rank Dungeons was quite big, with 5 of them spread around the City. Noah created five groups of Vampires and Robots, with which he sprinkled a lot of Blood Soul Servants, even giving them some of his generals for insurance, such as Lust and Wrath. He had made sure that they were well prepared, and all of them were at least low B-Rank in stats alone, with many powerful Skills they acquired through their Blood Cores Skill Trees. Although inferior to Noah''s Skill Trees, they still offered personalized powers for each Vampire, so they increased their power quite a lot. Noah also called upon Amber, the B-Rank Hunter from the Granite Family to join a party, she had be a submissive and incredibly loyal Wight, who was rather mind-broken, simr to Adamantine, and acted like a little girl. There were still some hours before the monsters inside the dungeons would make their way outside, so he instantly sent his troops before any other Guild were to go inside these B-Rank Dungeons, while Noah and his party nced at the others remaining. There were 3 A-Rank Dungeons, 2 S-Rank Dungeons, and¡­ one SS-Rank Dungeon high above the sky, right at the peak of one of the biggest skyscrapers of the city, which was part of Axis Corporations to boot, where the manufacturing of robots was made. Noah nned toplete these Dungeons with his party continuously in less than a week, reaching SS-Rank and even SSS-Rank in that time record, he would shake the world and be the world''s strongest! Noah felt enormous, wind-attribute magic emanating from the SS-Rank Gate from a veryrge distance, he knew that whatever was there was enormous and deadly, and could bring down the entire city easily¡­ it was a matter of time before it could get out of there and wreak havoc. If Noah wanted to protect this ce which would soon be his domain, he needed to fiercely climb the power levels and quickly enter this Gate when he had reached enough strength¡­ There was not much time, so Noah and everyone else quickly made their way to the nearest A-Rank Dungeon, as Noah inspected his close subordinates'' Status Panels. ¡­ [Iris Luna Noctem] [ss(es): Witch (I)] [Bloodline: Dhampir/Specter (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level IV: Noble-Born Dhampir Spectral mes Baroness Knight] [Vitality: 1420] [Mind: 1330] [Force: 1423] [Skill(s): [Nine-tailed Spectral Fox Transformation: 32 (A)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Progenitor''s Wife: - (S)], [Spectral Body: 35 (S)], [Venomous Abyssal Specter ws: 42 (A)], [Blood Control: 21 (B)], [Venomous Spectral Blood Projectiles: 21 (A)], [Abyssal Spectral Soul Beast Mode: 21 (A)], [Fartalk: 52 (A)], [Spectral Fox Spirit Summon: 32 (A)], [Spectral Flight: 42 (A)], [Unhealing Spectral Wounds: 25 (A)], [Spectral Soul Beast Aura: 12 (S)], [Spectral Soul Beast: 22 (S)], [Spectral Embodiment: 47 (A)], [Spectral Nether Blue mes Creation and Maniption: 42 (A)], [Spectral Abyssal Tartarus Domain: 28 (A)], [Soul Devour: 17 (A)], [Specter Creation: 11 (A)], [Abyssal Specter Maws: 8 (A) ¡­ Iris was the firstpanion that Noah had since the very beginning, and since that day that she had been growing steadily to this point, where she had be as strong as an A-Rank, but that could easily surpass that if she were to go all out. Her Abilities had evolved, and all had be incredibly outstanding, additionally, it seems that her Subordinate''s Loyalty evolved into the Progenitor''s Wife Skill, which gives her many bonuses while fighting with Noah at her side. ----- Chapter 201 - Arthur, Timassa, And Jons Amazing Progress ----- Several of Iris abilities had awakened into superior and greater versions of themselves, such as her Undying Body which became Spectral Body, giving her very body the amazing power of being half-specter, as long as she had mana, she could easily regenerate or turnpletely into a specter temporarily, bing immune to physical damage unless it were to be infused with mana. Additionally, any wound she received would only be made her bleed if she desired, as these wounds would simply be pieces of her spectral being that fell and would easily regenerate. She was even able to use the wounds caused to her ad generate little spectral foxes that could curse anything that they touched. She was also able to coat herself with her very Soul and Aura, taking the form of her Soul Beast and bing a monstrous beast made of blue mes with gigantic maws and poisonous ws, making her even deadlier. With Specter Embodiment she was even capable of materializing and embodying her very spectral self into physical form and be able to hit physical matter with it rather hard, this one worked very well with her Soul-Beast Transformation. Additionally, she was able to coat herself in an aura of a spectral nine-tailed fox, which enhanced her speed and could easily be fused with the soul beast transformation abilities for greater strength in battle. Lastly, she was able to form a domain name Tartarus where any soul flying around would turn into deadly specters and either attack for her, detonating into explosions of spectral force, or bing her nourishment by fusing with her and giving her more power or healing her. And there was also the Spectral Maws Skill, which she could use to eat literally anything with her spectral soul. Noah was proud of her progress, Iris had be someone truly worthy of calling herself his wife. ¡­ [Arthur] [ss(es): Sorcerer (I)] [Bloodline: Dhampir (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level IV: Devil Dhampir Venomancer Baron] [Vitality: 1377] [Mind: 1470] [Force: 1394] [Skill(s): [Soul-Recovering Abyssal Blight: 12 (A)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Undying Venomous Body: 11 (S)], [Blood Control: 23 (b)], [Fartalk: 41 (A)], [Abyssal Waves of Erosive Venom: 21 (S)], [Abyssal Blight Barriers: 75 (A)], [Venomancer Domain: 41 (A)], [Self-Recovery Crest: 23 (A)], [Abyssal Sphere of Erosive Venomous Contamination: 35 (A)], [Venomous Blood Weapons: 12 (A)], [Venomous Cloud Flight: 11 (A)], [Venomous Corrosive Poison Synthesis: 33 (A)], [Abyssal Venom Beast Invocation: 22 (A)], [Soul Devour: 10 (A)], [Venomous Soul Beast: 34 (A)], [Abyssal Venom Crystallization: 11 (A)], [Parasitic gue Summon: 9 (A)], [Venomous Nether Worm Embodiment: 12 (A)] ¡­ Noah noticed how strong Arthur had grown, his development over his own poison had made his skills awaken into new and powerful versions of the previous ones, many of them had even acquired new types of effects to aid him in battle and everyone else as well. His healing Skill had evolved to the point where it was now able to heal souls to an extent, simrly to Holy but to an even advanced manner, which would aid Noah so he could use his Exceed Skills with more liberty in battle, as long as he had Arthur around. Additionally, his Undying Body evolved into Undying Venomous Body, and his entire flesh, blood, and bones were poisonous now, although he could control how could his very poison affect those he touched. But for now, he had begun to wear special white gloves which Noah had made for him. He was also able to fly by generating arge cloud of venomous gases, and also use his own blood to generate poisonous weapons which contained arge variety of edited toxins. Although Noah could do the same, Arthur waspletely specializing in it, making his poison unparalleled. Alongside this, he was able to summon Abyssal Venom Beasts, and even cover himself with his Soul-Beast Aura, crystallizing it into a gigantic, purple-colored beast to fight at close quarters, although Arthur still preferred to be a long-ranged fighter. Lastly, his Parasitic gue Summon let him create grotesque worms made of poison that could parasitize other creatures such as monsters, using edited poisonous toxins that could grant the beast higher strength by making them berserk, or nimble by making them fearful, alongside other effects. Arthur had received the title of "Venomancer" within his new Race, which seemed to indicate that he was bing a user of venom. ¡­ [Timassa] [ss(es): Witch (I)] [Bloodline: Ghoul (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level IV: Abyssal Ghoul Thunderous Witch Baroness] [Vitality: 1392] [Mind: 1510] [Force: 1390] [Skill(s): [Abyssal ck Thunder Projectiles: 44 (S)], [Ghoul: - (A)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Gluttonous Hunger: 85 (B)], [Thunderous Body: 21 (S)], [Paralyzing Abyssal Dark Lightning Shock: 21 (S)], [Abyssal Dark Thunder Armor: 21 (A)], [Super-Electrifying Charge: 33 (A)], [Abyssal ck Thunder Spirit Form: 21 (A)], [Abyssal Dark Thunder Soul Beast: 27 (S)], [Berserk Electrifying Cataclysm: 16 (A)], [Abyssal ck Thunder Soul Domain: 16 (A)], [Deadly Cursed Abyssal Thunder: 23 (A)], [Soul Devour: 13 (A)], [Abyssal Thunder Soul Embodiment: 1 (A)], [Instant Thunderous Movement: 17 (A)], [Abyssal Thunderstorm: 1 (A)] ¡­ Timassa had also grown particrly stronger, specializing in her powerful ck thunder, which had evolved now into Abyssal Dark Thunder, she had many special abilities within her, such as parts of her body being capable of turning into electricity temporarily, amongst many others. Timassa had truly be one of the strongest subordinates of Noah, her power over her own element was truly outstanding, and Noah couldn''t help but praise her diligence in training her Skills every day until she managed to awaken most of them. All of her Skills were able to summon devastating thunderous attacks to her enemies, and she had be an amazing fighter againstrge groups of enemies, which she was already nning to wipe out with her strong Skills. She was also able to summon forth her Soul-Beast over her body and acquirerge wings just like her soul beast which resembled some kind of falcon, her thunder armor would also turn into such a fashion, and she could go even further beyond by making it all physical matter through Abyssal Thunder Soul Embodiment. ¡­ [Jon] [Bloodline: Dhampir (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level IV: ursed Abyssal Dhampir Devil Gazer Baron] [Vitality: 1374] [Mind: 1420] [Force: 1392] [Skill(s): [Panoptic Vision: 25 (S)], [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Cursed Abyssal Evil Eye of Soul Drain: 11 (S)], [Undying Cursed Body: 15 (S)], [Blood Control: 42 (B)], [Abyssal Cursed Blood Projectiles: 12 (A)], [Fartalk: 21 (A)], [Demonic Mana Absorption: 30 (A)], [Demonic Life Absorption: 32 (A)], [Cursed Abyssal Evil Eye of Spatial Distortion: 14 (S)], [Primeval Energy Transfer: 20 (A)], [Cursed Abyssal Evil Eye of Horrifying Madness: 11 (S)], [Fourth Mystic Eye: 30 (A)], [Cursed Evil Eye of Gravity: 65 (A)], [ursed Evil Eye Soul Beast: 21 (A)], [Abyssal ursed Evil Eye Laser Beam: 22 (A)], [One Hundred Cursed Eyes of Malice: 1 (A)] ¡­ Jon had also advanced a lot since he joined the party, for starters, his eyes had all awakened into powerful S-Rank Skills, having outstanding effects on his enemies. Even more, his powerful and very useful Skill, irvoyance, which let him see anything within a radius around him had awakened into Panoptic Vision, giving him a panoramic vision of an immense amount of distance around him, the moment he entered a Dungeon, he would know its entire structure from the get-go. ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Chapter 202 - Adamantine And Clementinas Amazing Progress ----- With the amazing Panoptic Vision Skill, Jon was capable of having an immensely great sight over a gargantuan distance around him. The moment he acquired this Skill, Jon had felt rather startled and dizzy at first, but quickly got used to it after a bit of meditation and training, and after that, he felt as if he were ncing at the entirety of Sector D from above the skies, and he could use such sight to even look across buildings, or anywhere within the ridiculous radius of his vision. With such an ability, Jon would be able to easily discern almost the entire structure of any dungeon the group entered, as his vision could even go through walls or anything that could get in the way. It was as if whenever he walked to, he scanned everything and generated aplete 3D recreation inside of his mind, which he was able to see in utmost detail. He was even able to see living beings as they moved and did things. He could even see people doing private things inside their houses and more! Thankfully, Jon was a rather innocent and goodhearted boy that only desired to serve his master and mistress, and was not interested in doing anything perverted. In fact, it never crossed his mind. His Undying Body Skill turned into Cursed Undying Body, which made his entire body shrouded in curse effects of all kinds, whenever an enemy hit him and formed a wound, several small curses would be inflicted on them. Jon was specializing more and more with Curses, although he still could not curse a bloodline such as Noah, his powers were still useful and outstanding, nheless. With the Cursed Evil Eye of Soul Drain, Jon was not only able to drain HP and MP from a target within his vision, but he could even drain it from within their souls, absorbing their soul energy and making the target''s souls whiter in pain. It was a powerful Skill, but the drain was gradual and not instant, so he could not instantly kill a target, but as he was now, he could pretty much kill anyone he wanted that was below A-Rank within the entire of Sector D through his Panoptic Vision, which could be used with his Evil Eyes! In fact, Noah had already nned with his powers¡­ and was nning to let some flies drop into the ground soon enough without there even having any evidence as to who did it. For now, Jon would use such abilities on all enemies within his Panoptic Visio range topletely weaken them forehand, and then using Primeval Energy Transfer to redirect the energy he drained from all these enemies to his party, giving them constant Health and Mana Regeneration, and even soul regeneration to an extent. And with the Demonic Mana Absorption and Demonic Life Absorption Skills, he was able to do this even better, increasing the potency of his drain. Additionally, he had the Cursed Evil Eye of Horrifying Madness which caused confusion and even insanity to weak-willed enemies, the Cursed Evil Eye of Gravity that could generate small quantities of gravitational forces again enemies, and the evil eyeser to deal direct damage from afar. Although he was small and was not good at closebat like the others, he was incredibly useful in many ways. ¡­ [Adamantine] [ss(es): Witch] [Bloodline: Ghoul/Shadow Beast (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level IV: Nightmare Ghoul Shadow Berserker Beast Warrior] [Vitality: 1310] [Mind: 1273] [Force: 1612] [Skill(s): [Nightmarish Abyssal Shadow Aura: 21 (S)], [Abyssal Shadow Body: 13 (S)], [Horrifying Abyssal Shadow Demon ws: 25 (S)], [Ghoul: - (A)], [Progenitor''s Loyal Dog: - (S)], [Insatiable Gluttony: 15 (S)], [Abyssal Shadow Soul Beast Mode: 11 (S)], [Abyssal Shadow Travel: 1 (A)], [Grotesque Bloodthirsty Madness: 32 (A)], [Abyssal Shadow Weaponry: 28 (A)], [Abyssal Shadow Beasts Invocation: 18 (A)], [ursed Shadow Wounds: 22 (A)], [Fartalk: 1 (B)], [Soul Devour: 14 (A)], [Abyssal Shadow Soul Beast Embodiment: 21 (A)], [Abyssal Shadow Maws: 22 (A)] ¡­ Adamantine had be a strongbatant and vital part of the frontlines of the team, who was always at the side of Iris and Noah, who were the ones that did the most physical fighting in the entire party, and loved closebat the most. Adamantine, following their footsteps, developed her monstrous, ghoulish way of fighting to the very extremes, even being called a berserk warrior by her ss itself. With her Abyssal Shadow Aura, she was able to enhance her entire body and stats, and be a monstrous beast with Abyssal Shadow Soul-Beast Mode, bing incredibly fast and deadly. With Abyssal Shadow Travel she was able to travel through shadows, albeit not as urately as Noire, so Noah used the robot for traveling through shadows as she was way better than the wild Adamantine. With Grotesque Bloodthirsty Madness, she becamepletely insane and beastly, devouring and eating anything in her path, which was enhanced with Insatiable Gluttony, making her never satisfied, no matter how much she ate. It was already normal to see Adamantine eating the monster she fights against while they are still alive¡­ She was also able to summon a few Abyssal Shadow Beasts to aid her in battle momentarily, which had the shape of wolves and could be summoned up to 3 at the same time. Lastly, she possessed the Abyssal Shadow Maws Skill, which she could use to eat anything. Andstly, she acquired the Progenitor''s Loyal Dog Skill, an awakening of the Subordinate''s Loyalty based on her position as the loyal dog of Noah and Iris, which she took as a serious job, always guarding the territory while she had nothing else to do. ¡­ [Clementina] [ss(es): Witch] [Bloodline: Dhampir (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level IV: Abyssal Dhampir Ice Knightess] [Vitality: 1310] [Mind: 1473] [Force: 1412] [Skill(s): [Dhampir: - (S)], [Subordinate''s Loyalty: - (A)], [Crimson Ice Empress: 12 (S)], [Undying Ice Body: 12 (S)], [Freezing Ice Soul Beast Mode: 21 (S)], [Winter Aura: 23 (A)], [Ice Soul Armor: 21 (A)], [Fartalk: 33 (A)], [Frozen Blood Control: 12 (A)], [Crimson Ice Weapon Projectiles: 22 (A)], [Ice Crystal Wings: 23 (A)], [Freezing Ice Soul Beast Mount Invocation: 25 (A)], [World-Freezing Ice de: Niflheim: 35 (A)], [Freezing Wounds: 12 (A)], [Soul Devour: 11 (A)], [Freezing Ice Soul Beast Embodiment: 28 (A)] ¡­ Lastly, there was Clementina who had advanced by leaps and bounds in thesest weeks since she joined the group, her talent over the maniption of Ice was outstanding, and she only continued to get better as she specialized over its use even more. She was simr to Timassa in the regard of having specialized in a single element to the point of being able to do many things with it, such as an Ice Soul-Beast Armor, being able to create a powerful de which she could use to fight against her enemies (not as powerful as Excalibur), freeze wounds, or her own body which would turn into ice partially. She could sustain damage and regenerate her wounds by growing ice on them, and her Ice Queen Skill, the one that started everything evolved into the Crimson Ice Empress, giving her the power to generate and control ice even more. Additionally, she''s capable of freezing her own blood and employ it as flying projectiles and even invoke a mount in the shape and form of her soul beast. ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Chapter 203 - Entering The A-Rank Dungeon! ----- After checking on the Status Panel of everyone, Noah and his party already reached the A-Rank Dungeon Gate that they desired to enter, it was the one with the biggest aura¡­ An aura of darkness and crimson red colors that exuded an air of maliciousness. Due to having gone all the way to A-Rank after fighting God''s Hand, Noah and the rest of his group didn''t felt any particr need to go to a B-Rank Dungeon, and went to an A-Rank Dungeon immediately, skipping one Rank. "Here we are¡­" said Noah, admiring the gate. A-Rank Gates were said to be extremely dangerous, any monster that could escape from them could endanger the life of an entire Sector. It was once reported that within Sector C, an A-Rank Gate had emerged in the middle of the city once. At that time, no A-Rank Hunters were in the city, and it took only a single monster escaping from that gate to massacre over a hundred people in 7 hours. No modern weaponry worked, and even the most advanced robots at that time were only able to hold back the monster for a few minutes before being crushed. The beast, in particr, was an Ogre Warrior, and it even took the life of two B-Rank Hunters before going down¡­ The sole thought of all these A-Rank Gates freeing monsters into Sector D made chills run through the spine of all the people living there¡­ But Noah was not going to let these monsters take over his dominion. "So this is an A-Rank Gate¡­" said Arthur. "Such an enormous pressure¡­ It runs chills through my entire body¡­ Even after growing this strong¡­ there are still many challenges ahead¡­" said Timassa. "Indeed¡­ I will do my best¡­ But I am counting on all of you too¡­" said Jon, bracing himself to not sound timid. "I am hungry¡­ Is there any meat there? Let''s go already!" said Adamantine, she didn''t even felt fear anymore. "That''s right, there are many challenges ahead¡­ And indeed, Adamantine, there''s meat inside¡­ Fufu"ughed Iris. "I will protect your back, my lords," said Clementina with a confident nod, her eyes emanated a cold and strong presence. "Uwah¡­ Are we allowed to get in here?" wondered Sakura. "Sakura, we have grown strong enough to be at the side of our Lord, don''t get cold feet now," said Noire. "Yeah, I used to be a repair bot but I am ready to get in!" said Sugar. "E-Eh? I am not getting ay cold feet!" said Sakura. "Then follow me," said Noah, as he walked inside the gate without doubting a single second, everyone else quickly ran after him, getting inside the gate one by one. The military nced with surprise at how boldly they entered into the gate without asking permission or something, they simply did it and that was it. Ivan was still in a strange, paralyzed state, and they couldn''t get him to give any order. When another soldier came to rece him, he decided that there wasn''t anything they could possibly do to stop such a strong guild as the Noctem Family, although some soldiers wanted to ban their permission to enter the gates due to their arrogance and insolence, they were not able to voice out their opinions due to sheer fear. After all, they didn''t want to even talk with Noah nor Iris, as they feared that they could do whatever they did to Ivan to them. Noah''s perception and senses warped around as he entered through the Gate like it always did when he entered a Dungeon Gate. All types of colors rushed through his eyes as he saw space and time twist around his entire body. He felt as if his body was going through many thin membranes that broke at each step. And then. sh. The scenerypletely changed as Noah nced at his surroundings. He found¡­ a garden. In fact, it was rather simr to Arthur''s mother''s rose garden, but this garden covered the entire ce. Noah nced at the sky as he saw a beautiful starry night, with two moons resting over the skies, ncing at him as if they were the eyes of a god. The biggest moon was crimson red, while the second, much smaller one was green. This Dungeon was probably simr to the Desert Dungeon, which showed the skies and a vastndscape ahead, although there were invisible spatial walls that he could not cross that defined the space within the dungeon. The rose garden was made in a way that resembled an extensivebyrinth, any normal party of Hunters would have difficulties orienting themselves within this ce, but not Noah''s party, as they had Jon. Noah had tried to fly over therge walls made of vines and roses, but there was a strong and invisible ceiling that he was not able to go through, pushing anyone that tried to fly over it. The rest of the party quickly entered the Gate, as they were amazed by the beautiful scenery. "Oh¡­ The first time I find a Dungeon beautiful¡­" said Iris. "Indeed, this is¡­ eh? It reminds me of my mother''s rose garden¡­" said Arthur. "Jon¡­" said Noah, as Jon nodded. His eyes were closed as his senses quickly began to observe the entire ce. Within seconds, the entire dungeon was registered with his Panoptic Vision. "It''s big¡­ goes a bit beyond my Panoptic Vision, which was able to cover the entire Sector D¡­ But I have more or less mapped the Labyrinth. Several monsters are lurking around, they hide as the nts. Additionally, thebyrinth is but the start of the dungeon, afterwards there is arge castle, where an even stronger aura emanates from. If we walk enough, I believe I can map the castle and see what''s inside," said Jon. "Alright then, lead the way, Jon," said Noah. Noah and everyone else began to wander through therge Rose Garden Labyrinth of the Dungeon, which was so big that Jon was barely able topletely scan. Thanks to Jon''s guidance and his special ability, however, the exploration of such a confusing Dungeon became smother orientation-wise. Nheless, not long after they entered, monsters quickly blocked their path, and in the dozens right away! "GRRYSSHA¡­!" What Jon had said was right, the monsters that emerged from the Rose Garden Labyrinth were the roses of the garden itself, which camouged as thebyrinth''s walls made of vines and roses. The beasts resembled masses of spiky and venomous vines covered on roses of different colors, they often took the form of octopus-like monsters, and based on the color of the roses they held, their abilities varied greatly. The first group they confronted wasposed of five Red-colored roses and ten ck-colored roses. The roses that made up the "head" of the monsters had arge and beady eye, which seemed to be their weak point. Red-colored roses seemed to specialize in offense and were even able to conjure magic, while the ck-colored roses specialized in defense and acted as shields, having harder spikes and vines, perhaps harder than any non-magical metal. "Oh, what a nice weing party we got here¡­" said Noah, as his ws grewrger and monstrous. ----- Chapter 204 - Powerful Blood Servants ----- FLASH! Noah enveloped himself with crimson red energy as he shed like a scarlet meteor towards the nearby Vine Monster! The creature hissed at him, as its crimson eye suddenly shed with an eerie purple light! "Oh?" Noah immediately noticed that this monster was not as simple! The eyes were not just to see, not at all! sh! A powerful essence hit Noah, as he felt a strong pain right into his heart! Suddenly, his heart inted, and¡­ exploded! Boom! Noah''s torso exploded, leaving a hole where his heart was. "Hah! I couldn''t expect less from an A-Rank monster¡­ Amazing!"ughed Noah, as the Vine Monster was suddenly surprised by how Noah was¡­pletely okay! "What? Did you think that destroying my heart with such an Evil Eye effect would kill me?" heughed, emerging right at the side of the Vine Monster, as it roared and extend its vines desperately against him! "Hah!" Noah swiped his ws as enormous shes of crimson light came from them, slicing them vines into pieces in a mere instant! sh! sh! sh! sh! "Ggyyyy¡­!" The Vine Monster tried to inflict Noah once more with its Evil Eye effect! sh! However, Noah has not affected anymore! This was because¡­ He had suddenly be red mist! "Grryyaasshhh?!" "Heh, I see how it is. Your eyes can inflict a direct curse into an internal organ, making it filled with mana and then forcing it to explode like a balloon¡­ I felt like my lungs were about to explode a millisecond ago, but by bing pure mist, I am unaffected." "GRRYAASH!" More Vines emerged around Noah, they immediately detected him as a powerful being! All of the nts suddenly charged powerful long-ranged magic attacks, conjuringrge spheres of darkness, and firing them against him! But Noahughed! "Hahaha! Good, it wouldn''t be a good show if you don''t go all out, my fellow nts!"ughed Noah, as he began to take over all the hits whileughing maniacally! He waspletely insane! Not even these simple-minded monsters could even fathom understanding Noah''s true strength! He simplyughed¡­ heughed at them like nothing! After they had been guarding thisbyrinth for hundreds of years, they found an enemy that defied any sort of logic they knew about¡­ BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Explosions of darkness ensued one after another, as Noahughed, his crimson mist body began to expand all around, forming enormous mist tentacles, which he used to entangle three Vine Monsters in a row! Noah began to impregnate the Vine Monsters with his red mist, as they were¡­ covered in blood! The Vine Monsters were confused¡­ what the heck was he doing? "Go back to the dirt you came from." sh! Suddenly, the Vine Monsters glowed brightly with crimson light, as they¡­ exploded! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Noah smiled evilly as he nced at the enormous, intimidating A-Rank Monsters that could easily instantly kill any Hunter without a countermeasure against Curses, as he detonated the blood he covered them with. A bit of blood was enough for him to kill them! Several Cores fell over the ground, and even some equipment and dropped items! "Sadly, you don''t have blood¡­ But your souls can directly be Blood Soul Servants with a drop of my blood!"ughed Noah, as he threw blood into the three souls of the Vine Monsters, which flew towards him as if they were fascinated with his existence. The three Vine Souls fused together with the blood he gave them, as an enormous, crimson-colored phantasmal vine ghost appeared out of thin air, attacking the other Vines! "GRYYYSSHAAAA!" BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! With enormous phantom tentacles, the beast began to devastate everything! Noah noticed as themotion brought more and more Vine Monsters, dozens after dozens, Jon immediately detected over hundreds! "Good, it wouldn''t be a good grind if there weren''t enough monsters! Everyone, march!"ughed Noah, as he unleashed his Blood Soul Servants, flying out of his mist body and raising their gigantic crimson weapons, devastating the Vines that came to their sight! "Gyahahahahaha! GYAHAHAHA!" A gigantic, six-meter-tall knight-shaped Blood Servant covered in all sorts of jewels of all colors danced around the battlefield while unleashing countless jewel attacks, Red Jewels exploded into fire, Blue Jewels froze the Vine Monsters temporarily, and Green Jewels sliced them with powerful winds at fast speeds! The Blood Servant wasughing with wicked, feminineughter, she was Greed, the Blood Servant that came from the former members of the Crystal Family! "Some vicious nts are nothing for my lord''s army! He won''t even need to lift a finger! GROOAARR!" A gigantic multi-headed wyvern began to devastate everything with each of its heads unleashing powerful breath attacks of crimson mes, which resembled gigantic beams that simply decimated anything they touched! And because they were dozens of heads, they were sting everything into dust! This was Pride, of course, whose Noah had brought to finally have some fun in an A-Rank Dungeon! "After being awakened as a new being by my lord, I have awakened new types of magic, behold! Crimson Nova!" A tall crimson skeleton wearing long bright red magician clothes and holding a malefic staff made of crystalized bloodughed with the voice of an old man, as his empty eyes shed with crimson mes, and his staff unleashed arge magic circle! Suddenly, a gargantuan sphere of crimson red mes appeared out of the magic circle, falling over arge group of dozens of Vine Monsters! BOOOOOOOOMMM!!! The enormous explosion sted arge part of the entire garden, even the resistant walls were decimated within seconds, the entirebyrinth was being vaporized! Against true might, there was no point in making stupid puzzles! However, the Dungeon was brimming with Mana, and it kept generating more and more Vine Monsters, which began to appear bigger and bigger. Some Vine Monsters even fused together, holding many eyes, and even shootingsers from them! It seemed that Vine Monsters could develop random Evil Eye effects within their eyes, which was ridiculous to even fathom! If any other team of Hunters would have entered this ce, they would have gotten killed instantly! But to Noah''s party, this was a nice yground to warm up for the Boss! ----- Chapter 205 - Hidden Boss! ----- With each group of Vine Monsters dying,rge quantities of A-Rank Attribute Value Cores were dropped, alongside Ability Cores and even Dropped Items, which even included pieces of equipment, such asrge rapiers, or armor themed after roses and vines. Noah even saw items he had never seen before dropped, such as vials filled with red liquid and blue liquid, Health Potions and Mana Potions, incredibly rare items dropped rarely inside Dungeon, however, as he had investigated, it seemed that the drop of such items increased at higher Ranked Dungeons. This plus the boost in dropped items provoked by the Blood Cores of most people present made the monsters drop piles of valuable items! But the most precious one was the sphere Noah was holding with his hand, an Attribute Value Core! With enough of these¡­ he would soon reach S-Rank! However, he quickly saved it inside his Dimensional Storage Ring, as he kept fighting against the hordes of monsters. As their group advanced through thebyrinth, decimating the puzzling structure, and leaving enormous craters and wastnds everywhere,rger, and stronger monsters appeared. Monsters that resembled carnivorous nts appeared, with gigantic gaping mouths, slimy vine tentacles, and sharp teeth. There were alsorge ursed Trees, which were trees that moved on their own and attacked with their sharp wood, which they shaped asrge ws or spears. And alongside them, enormous car-sized, ck-colored flying bugs that resembled a mix between a bee and a fly appeared, having sharp stingers andrge crimson eyes, coupled with a long mouth that seemed to be able to be filled with spiraling razor-sharp teeth! And because Noah''s party was simply attacking everywhere and devastating anywhere they went, all the monsters hidden within the dungeon were triggered, constantly rushing towards them! "GROOOOOOHHH!" A group of twenty ursed Trees charged together against a beast made of shadows with glowing crimson eyes. Her sharp teeth formed a demonic, malefic smile that would make anyone that watched her have chills run through their spines. "You have no meat¡­! I hate your vor! GRAAAWR!" The shadow beast, Adamantine, leaped into the air as she suddenly began to¡­ divide? No, she was not dividing, she was summoning three wolf-shaped shadow beasts as herpanions, following her through the air as if she were their pack leader! "Awwoooo!" "Graawr!" "Rooarr!" The three Shadow Beasts roared, each one jumping over an ursed Tree, using their sharp ws to tear apart the hard bark and using their strong jaws to bite and swallow the tender wood inside! Crunch! sh! Crash! "GRRAAWWR!" Meanwhile, Adamantine was the most beastly of the four, as she leaped over the ursed Trees while using her gigantic shadow ws and her enormous shadow maw, slicing the enormous monsters whose sizes varied from 7 to 15 meters! CRASH! With a singlebination attack of her ws in both her feet and hands, Adamantine shed through the log bodies of the ursed Trees, tearing them into pieces one by one! Their motionless bodies fell over the ground one by one, as Adamantine kept pushing through, as she practiced some of the magic her master had taught her! "Solid Shadow¡­!!!" sh! Suddenly, her ethereal shadow body became as solid as steel, as she kept expanding her shadows, shing through things with the gigantic ws she could generate, alongside her monstrous abyssal shadow maw, which ate literally anything she came through! However, she was quickly pushed back by arger than usual ursed Tree, which was an ursed Tree King, its bark was darker than usual, and it even possessed a human-like face stuck into the center of its body, with glowing crimson eyes! In fact, it even spoke! "I won''t let you pass any further, shadow demon! I will never let you touch my Lord!" "GRRAAAWR!" Adamantine, however, waspletely wild, as she began to bite the enormous wooden fist that pushed her into the ground, the ursed Tree King quickly took a humanoid-like shape, and had two enormous fists and the size of a skyscraper! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! Adamantine, however, kept expanding her gigantic shadow maws, as she continued to devour the bark that made the strong fists of the ursed Tree King! However¡­! "Quite the fierce fighter¡­ But you need thousands of years of knowledge and experience to even match me, shadow demon!" The prideful ursed Tree King generated hundreds of magic circles in a split of a second, which generated car-sized, purple-colored fireballs! Yes, a tree conjuring fire! "This is my special Magic, Soul Fire! It will burn through your soul and consume your very being! Perish!" Adamantine kept struggling as she fought against the enormous fists, but the purple-colored fireballs began to shower her entire body! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "GRAAWRR¡­!" Adamantine roared monstrously, devouring the fire itself and surprising the ursed Tree King! "Oh? Interesting¡­ But not enough! Soul Fire Whip!" The ursed Tree King smiled wickedly, as he generated an enormously long whip made of purple mes, entangling Adamantine with it and then throwing her into the ground! BOOM! "NNNGRAAGHH¡­!" Adamantine felt her entire body crushed by the enormous force, as she vomited a mouthful of blood, and all of her bones shattered! Meanwhile, the soul mes began to eat away her soul! The ursed Tree King nced at the struggling Adamantine, who he had given for death already. "Outstanding, your generation abilities are simr to the Blood Demons¡­ But not even the Blood Demons were able to withstand my mes when they tried to invade my lord! Hah!" The ursed Tree Kingughed once more, as he raised his Soul Fire Whip into the air, aiming to whip Adamantine until he crushed her into a puddle of blood and consumed her entire soul in the process! "DIE!" FLASH! The whip rushed towards Adamantine, as she was barely standing up while regenerating¡­! She was not going to be able to evade in time! However, a sudden burst of blue mes emerged from behind her, shing against the purple soul fire! BOOOM! Both mes negated each other, as they dissipated into nothingness! The ursed Tree King was shocked! "This¡­ Impossible! My Soul Fire has no match!" "Do you think I would let you kill my dog in front of me?" asked Iris, ncing from above. ----- Chapter 206 - Iris VS Accursed Tree King 1/3 ----- As Noah''s party kept devastating everything while slowly approaching the immense castle several kilometers away, their group spread far and wide and fought any monsters that came in front of them with utmost ferocity. However, after killing hundreds of monsters, a Hidden Boss was triggered, the ursed Tree King. Referring to the entity that inhabits the castle as his "Lord" he acted like a loyal subordinate, proud of his own strength and showcasing utmost power, managing to overpower Adamantine after a few hits! Angered by how she ravaged his kin, he intended to end her with a series of whip attacks using his special ability, Soul Fire Whip, which was able to deal direct damage into a foe''s soul! However, it wasn''t as if others were not able to notice what was going on, and Iris was the first toe, confronting the powerful Hidden Boss with her Blue-coloredher mes, which seemed to be able to easily dissipate the ursed Tree King''s purple-colored Soul mes! BOOOOM!!! The ursed Tree King felt shocked as his powerful Soul Fire Whip was destroyed by the blue mes! The Soul mes were his special Ability and Magic, the one he had been born with thousands of years ago, which he had trained since then. Through his entire life, he had never faced someone that could actually make it dissipate like this! However, after he and his lord alongside their vast territory were suddenly trapped in a strange space-time disturbance, invaders from another world emerged, which he intended to destroy and survive¡­ Perhaps if he had confronted conventional Hunters, he would have been able to easily crush them¡­ but against Noah and his subordinates¡­ an easy victory was impossible. "This¡­ Impossible! My Soul Fire has no match! How¡­?!" asked the ursed Tree King, seeing his Soul Fire being destroyed so easily actually shocked him deeply! After fighting with it for thousands of years, he grew way too confident on it! To think that this day was the fateful day he would finally meet someone with a me simr to his¡­ "Do you think I would let you kill my dog in front of me?" asked Iris, ncing from above, as she floated while being shrouded in blue mes. Atop her head, there were tworge fox-like ears and nine fox-like tails growing from her back. Her arms were coated in this phantasmal will-o-wisp, shaped asrge ws, and her nails extended sharply while secreting a deadly venom. Her gleaming crimson eyes shined brightly and eerily, ncing at the ursed Tree King from above as if she were ncing an insolent animal¡­ The ursed Tree King recognized her gaze immediately, as he had fought against many armies in the past and had taken the life of many Demons, he knew the different expressions of cold-hearted people. But this gaze¡­ was like that of someone that didn''t even recognize him as a foe! What was this? Didn''t he just almost killed herpanion? How could he not be seen as a threat? Deep within his old soul, the ursed Tree King felt boiling anger! His crimson eyes began to sh, zing with purple Soul Fire, as his arms grew sharper and more malefic! However, instead of roaring in anger, heughed as he smiled while frowning, the wrinkles all over his face made him look even more intimidating! "Gahahaha! Good! It wouldn''t be worth it if you weren''t strong! Let me tell you that I have taken the lives of over 20 Demon Generals in the past in the name of my Lord Beelzebub!" he said, as his bark was shrouded in purple mes, and his humanoid-like body gained more mass and became even tougher! Iris nce at him rather expressionlessly, as Adamantine finished healing herself and jumped to her side. "Mistress, he''s strong!" said Adamantine, mildly concerned. "I know¡­ Let''s give my love a good show, alright, Ada?" asked Iris. "Yes!" said Adamantine, while waving her shadow tails. "(She recovered incredibly quickly! Just a few seconds ago I had her to my mercy¡­! And the one that arrived didn''t actually do anything to help her¡­ Just how fast do they regenerate? These beings are truly like the Blood Demons!)" thought the ursed Tree King, as he decided to fight ad surprise them with an unpredictable move! "Soul mes Tower!" The ursed Tree King pushed his roots into the ground, as he unleashed Soul mes into it and then generate an enormous tower of purple mes right below Iris and Adamantine a second after! BOOOM! Iris and Adamantine were not able to react in time due to his unexpected attack, and they were consumed by the mes! "Hah! This one never fails to surprise the young folk¡­!"ughed the ursed Tree King, he seemed to be experienced in taking away the life of arrogant younglings. sh! As the mes dissipated, the ursed Tree King''s smile dissipated immediately after. Arge sphere of blue mes remained within it, as Iris and Adamantine survived the powerful attack like nothing! "I knew it, my Phantasmal mes seem to be able to do well against this purple fire¡­" analyzed Iris, as she suddenly generated dozens of weapon projectiles in the form of long des made of phantom blue mes, shing towards the ursed Tree King! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! "Unfazed¡­! This woman is ridiculous!" thought the ursed Tree King, as he waved hisrge hands and generated several projectiles made of his own hardened ck bark, shaped as giant spears of wood! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Both projectiles meet in midair, crashing against each other into cloud explosions! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Iris smiled, as she decided to use this opportunity to infuse a lot of mana into her body, darting towards the ursed Tree King with great speed! FLASH! The ursed Tree King, however, predicted her move andughed. "I knew you would try to do that! Soul me ck Spear!" Combining his incredibly hard, ck-colored bark with his soul mes, the enormous ancient tree monster unleashed a gigantic, building-sized spearing directly out of his very body, targeting it towards Iris! "You may be able to dissipate my Soul mes, but not my bark!" As the enormous spear reached Iris, the ursed Tree King already imagined her getting impaled by it to death! However, Iris waved her ws. ----- Chapter 207 - Iris VS Accursed Tree King 2/3 ----- From the distance, Noah inspected the battlefield. The first of the many Hidden Bosses he had detected already emerged, the ursed Tree King. However, he could feel other presences emerging all around the vast battlefield, which had ttened after the strong long-ranged attacks of everyone burned through all the vines making therge walls of thebyrinth. Noah had faith in his wife''s strength, and let her have her fun for the moment, although if something were to go wrong, he had already made some countermeasures. The ursed Tree King had unleashed a powerful tower of Soul mes against Iris and Adamantine, but after seeing how it waspletely useless against her blue mes, Iris quickly flew towards his back! However, he had guessed such a thing already, as he knew that many younglings always liked sneak attacks, especially on his back! The old tree monsterughed, as he shapeshifted an area of his wooden body, generating a gigantic building-sized spear of ck wood which was harder than any ordinary metal, covered in Soul mes, directing it towards Iris who had already appeared there a millisecond after! He had in fact predicted that she would move there through his cunning nature and the many tricks the old man knew about! As the sharp tip of the spear approached Iris, the ursed Tree King already imagined Iris dying miserably, impaled by such an attack! But against his expectations, she waved her ws at a faster speed than the spear he threw at her beforehand, even predicting where she wouldnd! "Soul-Beast Embodiment!" FLASH! Iris''s entire aura grew enormously big, her gigantic phantom ws extended several meters, and they quickly materialized, catching the spear in time and then crushing it into pieces with several swipes of Iris ws! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! CRASH! The enormous piece of wood fell over the floor, turning into Dropped Items. Meanwhile, the ursed Tree King groaned in pain, after all, this was a piece of his very body! "Unnaggh¡­! So you can do such a thing! You''re indeed faster than this old tree, but can you do this? HAH!" The ursed Tree King quickly shapeshifted his entire body, as he twisted it around and opened an enormous snake-like jaw, trying to eat Iris in one single bite! However, Iris smiled confidently as intercepted the gigantic jaws with her ws, unleashing yet another shower of consecutive swipes, shing through the wood with ease, and tearing apart arge piece of the ursed Tree King''s body! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! "Fufu, you''re quite entertaining¡­ Do you really think such a thing can-" However, Iris was surprised by something that happened right after she tore apart therge, shapeshifted snake-like jaws of the ursed Tree Emperor! All the pieces of wood that flew into the air after she tore them apart began to move in midair, shaping as gigantic and sharp branches, flying towards her to impale her from all around! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! Iris was then impaled by countless spears of super-hardened wood! The ursed Tree Kingughed maliciously, as he smiled devilishly! "Gahahahaha! Do you really think this old man ys fair?! You really need another thousand of years to even get to my level!" said the ursed Tree King, as he saw Iris being torn into pieces! However¡­ something was wrong with this. Although, because he was delving into his triumphant victory, he didn''t realize¡­ But¡­ Iris was not bleeding. "Hahaha! And did you think that I was going to y by your script?!" asked Iris, as her pieces of flesh, phantom flesh, made through her Spectral Body Skill began to fall over the ursed Tree King''s body within milliseconds! Iris''s entire body began to expand, freeing herself from the spears of wood as she flew above the ursed Tree King! "Nngh¡­! This is not over- What?!" The ursed Tree King had tried to move and confront Iris with a strong punch, but he suddenly realized that.. he had be sluggish! In fact, he had be way slower than before! "This is¡­ What?! A curse? But I am¡­ Immune to Curses!" The ursed Tree King nced as the pieces of phantom flesh that fell off Iris "wounds" began to spread over his wooden body, leavingrge tattoos all over his bark, which began to slow him down to a greater degree! He felt like he had be several times heavier than before, he could barely move now! "Immune to Curses? Perhaps to your world''s Curses¡­" said Iris with a confident smile, although she was smiling through her Soul-Beast form, which resembled a grotesque and formless mass of phantasmal will-o-wisps with a giant jaw filled with sharp teeth that smiled eerily. "N-Nooo! I won''t lose! I have not lost yet, young girl!" roared the ursed Tree King, as he began to expand his body intorge fists, using all of his Mana and directing them towards Iris! However, Iris smiled even more wickedly, as she generated enormous ws made through the shapeshifting of her soul beast form, turning them into solid mass through the Embodiment Skill, and then confronting his punches with more punches! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Each punch resonated through the battlefield, forming shockwaves all around! The fight for supremacy continued, as the ursed Tree King suddenly found a way to surprise Iris once more! "Heh, you are done for!" heughed, as he suddenly controlled the several roots he had seeped into the soil beforehand, moving them upwards right below Iris, shaping them as sharp spears and aiming to impale her, while covering the on his Soul mes to inflict direct damage into her soul! "Old man, did you think that I would fall for the same trick twice?!" asked Iris, as she shapeshifted her entire body into an enormous, spectral maw, and ate the entire spear of wood alongside the mes with a single bite! CRUNCH! "W-WHAT?!" The ursed Tree King was surprised, but that shock that Iris caused on him was enough for her to abuse it, flying towards him to finish him off for good! sh! Iris turned into an enormous meteor of blue mes, crushing the surprised ursed Tree King into the ground, beginning to turn his entire body into ashes as his soul groaned in agony! "GGGUUUUAAAAAAAAHHHHH¡­!" "Die!" roared Iris, as an enormous explosion ensued afterward! BOOOM! ----- Chapter 208 - Iris VS Accursed Tree King 3/3 ----- The ursed Tree King groaned in pain, as his loud agonizing cry resonated through the entire battlefield! Iris crushed his entire body into the ground while shrouding her body with her Spectral Soul-Beast Aura, and then turning it into physical matter through Soul-Beast Embodiment, crushing him as if she had turned into an enormous meteor! BOOOOOM! "NNNGAAAAAAGGHH¡­!" "DIE!" Iris roared, as she unleashed all of her powers over the resilient bastard of a tree! Her Spectral Soul shaped into gigantic ws, tearing apart all of his wood into chunks and throwing it away while targeting his soul to deal extra damage! "NNNNGAAAAAAGGH¡­! No¡­! NOT YET! For my lord¡­! I have to take you down!!!" Suddenly, several memories crossed through the mind of the ursed Tree King, remembering his past as he met with his lord, his owner, and his master, Beelzebub. In their world, The ursed Tree King was born as a mere sprout that was once tamed by Beelzebub, he remembered such times with tenderness, as he slowly grew at the side of his young master when he was a mere child, helping him through the many challenges and tragedies that ensued through his life, always being at his side no matter what! Even after Beelzebub lost everything in his life, even when he wandered the world of Demons and survived however he could, the ursed Tree King was always with him, helping him survive, sheltering him within his roots, and always giving him encouraging words¡­ This resolve to help and serve his master filled his mind with determination! He was not going down without doing everything he could to expel these intruders that came from another world to invade his lord''s territory, which had been suddenly trapped within a space-time anomaly! "Noo¡­ NOT ENOUGH! GRUUUUUAAAAAAAHHHH! I will turn your soul into ashes!" The ursed Tree King braced himself with zing resolve to defeat Iris, and Iris herself sensed such enormous willpower, she recognized his power! "Impressive¡­! Then go all out, show me how devoted you are to your master!" roared Iris, incentivizing the old tree monster to fight and go all out! There was something within her, perhaps it was mere selfishness, or the "pride" that Noah always talked about, but for the first time since she began to fight, she felt like she wanted to know what her foe was all about, she wanted him to show her what he was truly made of! BOOOOM! An enormous explosion of blue mes and purple mes resonated through the entire battlefield, as Iris and the ursed Tree King unleashed the power of their abilities! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! As if they were constantly shing, blue mes and purple mes exploded constantly, both of them had enough power to cancel each other! The gigantic explosions started to make the entire world shake, as even space itself trembled by the shockwaves! "HAAAAAH!" roared Iris, unleashing her will and mes against thest bit of the ursed Tree King, who was unleashing his very soul into the battle, he was no longer a being of wood, but of pure purple mes! "GRRRUUUOOOOOOHHH!" The ursed Tree King roared even louder, thinking about his master with all of his might, he needed to suppress this threat at all costs! Even if it meant his own life! FLASH! "Oh? You¡­!" Iris quickly realized that the ursed Tree King suddenly unleashed a strange technique, converting his very soul into a bomb! His soul began to inte like a balloon, as his crimson eyes gleamed eerily, Iris could clearly see a smile within his very soul! "This is it, youngdy! DIE WITH ME!" heughed, as Iris was suddenly engulfed in an enormous explosion! ¡­Or was she? "Eh? W-Why¡­ Am I not exploding?!" Suddenly, he realized that there was an enormous, phantasmal w grasping the very center of his soul! She was holding in the innermost of his very soul, the ce he was going to use to detonate himself, the Soul Core! "I see¡­ so in this world, you beings possess these crystals inside your souls¡­!" Iris began to absorb all the excess mana the ursed Tree King was infusing into this strange jewel inside of his soul, and then, she started to grip it tightly, and beginning to use Soul Devour! Crack, crack! Instead of inting and exploding, the ursed Tree King felt as if his soul was cracking like ss! Iris had begun to eat his soul! "No! Agh! Don''t you dare! GRRUAAAAHHHHH¡­!" "I am sorry but I couldn''t resist the urge! You already showed me what you had, now let me show you what I can do! Gyahahahahaha~!" Irisughed in the form of a monstrous beast made of phantoms, as she tightly gripped the soul of the ursed Tree King, and started to devour it bite by bite! Crunch, crunch, crunch! "Nnnggggyyyyyyaaaahhhhh¡­! Lord¡­! Beelzebub¡­! MAAAASSTEEEEEEEERRRR¡­!" CRASH! Screaming in agony, the ursed Tree King, whose body had already turned into ashes had his soulpletely shattered and eaten by Iris! Letting out ast cry for his Master, he was annihted! Suddenly, silence took ce on the battlefield, as Iris absorbed the power within the soul of this powerful Hidden Boss. Her Aura grew stronger and bigger, as she smiled devilishly, Adamantine waved her tail in excitement, as she had been destroying dozens of normal ursed Tree Monsters while letting her master defeat the big boss. "Fufu, that was a nice meal¡­ Though, now I feel bad¡­ I should have left it for Master to turn into a Blood Soul Servant¡­" sighed Iris. "Good work, Iris. However, don''t rx!" said Noah through telepathy, as he felt the presence of three powerful entities surging from within the soil of the battlefield! As they marched forward and annihted whole armies of monsters that keep emerging, three Hidden Bosses were suddenly triggered after the death of the ursed Tree King! Boom! Boom! Boom! Three gigantic figures jumped out of the soil, spiraling around, and falling over the ground! The first Hidden Boss that emerged after the death of the ursed Tree King was an enormous mass of sharp and spiky vines coated in poison, it was as big as 10 meters, and it had several tentacles that constantly secreted toxic liquids. Over its vine body, there were over twenty different roses of all colors, each one holding an eye, gleaming with terrifying crimson light. The second Hidden Boss that emerged seemed to be a bigger version of the giant bugs that looked like a mix between bees and flies, its body was over 7 meters and it held long wings that resembled those of moths, it had two crimson eyes filled with tiny eyes, and a lot of hair covering its limbs and abdomen. It had a sharp stinger overflowing with poison, and sharp ws in each limb, alongside a bright red jewel in the middle of its two eyes. And the third Hidden Boss that emerged was different than the others, resembling a gigantic golem made of ck ore and colorful crystals, being as tall as 15 meters. Its enormous fists could easily tear down buildings, which were also filled with sharp crystals making them deadlier. It had a single square-shaped purple jewel in the middle of its "head" which seemed to be its eye. All three of them exuded enormous pressures, making the monsters around tremble in fear¡­ ----- Chapter 209 - Three New Hidden Bosses Emerge! ----- At the same time as the ursed Tree King was shattered and eaten by Iris, three Hidden Bosses emerged from the soil deep down, as if triggered by the death of their ally. Their presences held great magical power, which resonated through the entire battlefield, intimidating anyone that sensed it. An enormous vine monster covered in several colorful roses, each one holding an eye capable of inflicting a curse, arge bee-fly hybrid beast with a sharp, poisonous stinger, and a giant golem made of ck ore and covered with colorful jewels. As it felt their presences appear, the entity within therge castle sighed, clenching his fists. "Graddon¡­ Is this the fate that the other Archdemons have decided for us? Trapped within this space-time singrity¡­ And I cannot even move from where I am if they don''t open the door? What kind of ursed existence is this? Forced to see as my subordinates are ughtered one by one¡­! Curse you, Archdemons!" As the entity cursed the "Archdemons", Noah and his party prepared for battle. The three Hidden Bosses unleashed their powerful and thick auras, as they suddenly dominated all the monsters on the battlefield and forced them to obey them. Noah, through Fartalk, began to n what to do. "They would be annoying to fight together, let''s separate them, and fight against them. Iris, Adamantine, youe with me, we''ll go towards the golem¡­" said Noah. Iris and Adamantine quickly answered rather quickly. "Alright!" said Iris. "Golem? No meat¡­" sighed Adamantine. "There will be meatter. Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina will go against the bug." Said Noah. Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina nodded in affirmation. "We''ll take it down quickly!" said Arthur. "Leave it to us, master," said Timassa. "No problem," said Clementina. "Noire, Sakura, and Sugar, you three will go with Jon and fight the vine monster. If it possesses a lot of eyes it means a lot of curses. Jon is the best at curses while your robotic bodies should be naturally immune to most curses too," said Noah. Jon, Sakura, Sugar, Noire all answered almost at the same time. "Yes, my lord." Said Jon. "We shall take it down¡­" said Noire. "Uwah, we are finally battling a big boss now!" said Sakura. "I will do my best," said Sugar. Noah nodded, as he had summoned Iris and Adamantine to his side, and flew directly towards the three Hidden Bosses, who felt his threatening presence right away! Simrly, Arthur and the rest were summoned at his side as he flew, and all of them formed their groups and separated into three! The three hidden bosses, simrly to the ursed Tree King, were able to speak rather easily, ad immediately began to chat as they saw the Vampires'' n before rushing towards them. "So these fiends are the ones that defeated Graddon!" said the Rose Vine King with an ear-piercing voice, as his tentacles waved around and leaked slimy venomous fluids. "Damned otherworldly demons¡­ our lord cannot even walk outside of his castle anymore, and we couldn''te earlier because we were forced into strange spaces until certain conditions were fulfilled¡­! Were those conditions¡­ the death of our friend?!" roared the Bee-Fly King as his wings began to emit loud sounds, hisrge ws constantly cracking in anger. "Graddon! We must avenge Graddon! Kill! KILL THEM ALL!" roared the Golem King, as his enormous body began to move, all the jewels over his body started to glow with many magical colors, emitting bright lights! "Wait, you idiot, we need to do this together!" said the Bee-Fly King, trying to stop the Golem King, as he charged power from his crystals and ran towards the group of vampiric undead, unleashing an enormous colorful beam of light! FLAAASH! However, Noah, Iris, and Adamantine intercepted it head-on! Noah''s crimson aura, Iris''s phantasmal blue aura, and Adamantine''s abyssal shadow aurabined into an enormous mass of energy, shing against the powerful magic beam generated by the Golem King, and shing against it as they kept pushing through! CLASH! "Guoooh?! You can¡­ resist that?" asked the Golem King in surprise, as Noah answered rather cheekily. "This is nothing! Lifeblood Exceed, Lunar sh!" roared Noah, as he charged his entire body with thebination of his Soul, Vitality, and Mana, until darkness and crimson-red energies concentrated into hisrge Bone w and in Excalibur which he held in the other hand! SLASH! Noah unleashed a powerful Lunar sh that shed against the beam of magic with enormous power, but it seemed that the Golem King was not over yet, as he kept charging magic, as if it were limitless! FLASH! "And I am just starting¡­! Lifeblood Exceed, Execution!" Noah concentrated the power of his very being, going for abo attack using Lifeblood Exceed Techniques! Right after Lunar sh came Execution, which was a vertical sh attack with enough strength to slice a mountain in half! SLAAAASH! BOOM! By receiving additional power from Iris and Adamantine at his side, the enormous vertical sh carried phantasmal mes and abyssal shadows from the two girls, which made Noah''s Execution attack even more potent! An enormous wave of crimson red energy, phantasmal blue mes, and abyssal shadows rushed through the beam of magic, as it sliced it in half! FLASH! His beam simply sliced in half¡­ this was something ridiculous! The other two Hidden Bosses were shocked by Noah and hispanion''s might, the three of them sliced the powerful Jewel Beam made by the Golem King as if it were absolutely nothing at all! However, the Execution sh continued, slicing through the beam and reaching the Golem King, hitting him directly! BOOOM! "UNNGGGGAAAGGHH¡­!" The Golem King roared in surprise and pain, as he was thrown into the air, despite his size and weight! However, his enormous body was quickly called back to the ground by gravity''s grace, as he fell over the dirt, generating arge crater! BOOM! Large chunks of his body began to fall apart, as the Golem King quickly stood up by shape-shifting his body as if he had no defined form, taking the shape of some kind of quadruped beast resembling a bear! "GRROOOAAAH¡­!" He roared once more, as he confronted the trio that came after him, Noah, Iris, and Adamantine all smiled as if this giant pile of ore was a mere prey to them! The viciousness of the Noctem Family knew no bounds! sh! sh! sh! The three quickly separated, aiming at three different directions and areas of the giant Golem King. Noah knew that the best way to defeat a golem was to crack it from all around and make it crumble into pieces! "Phantasmal Knives!" Iris quickly summoned her Soul Weapon, which had evolved into two beautiful knives after reaching A-Rank, dividing themselves in the process! Such division was in fact part of a special Skill of the Soul Weapon, and it let Iris wield it in both of her hands. The Phantasmal Knives glowed as they were covered in will-o-wisps, and Iris shed towards the Golem''s rear with all of her might, covering herself in her Phantasmal Blue mes and her Spectral Soul-Beast Form! CRAAASH! Iris began to slice through the enormous Golem King with her knives, slicingrge chunks of its body apart one by one! And then, Noah and Adamantine acted! ----- Chapter 210 - Noah, Iris, And Adamantine VS Golem King 1/2 ----- Noah and Adamantine flew towards the golem''s sides, as Iris ravaged its backside with her phantom knife and a series of consecutive attacks. The golem was seriously more resilient than the ursed Tree King, and the monster was even regenerating all the pieces of rocks it got shattered almost instantly, making it a hard time destroying its rocky exterior. However, it was nothing that some more little attacks couldn''t do! Noah and Adamantine rushed towards the sides of the Golem King, who had shapeshifted into a bear-like shape, and roared furiously as Iris attacked him, forcing him to constantly regenerate. Noah''s body was shrouded with his crimson-red aura, his aura resembled a beast directly from the depths of the outer void, having countless tentacles, a crimson eye, and an enormous jaw that extended all over the soul, he was truly the most grotesque thing the Golem King had ever seen through his long and arduous life as a guardian of his master! Meanwhile, Adamantine didn''t lose too much against her lord''s grotesqueness, as her shadow aura shaped itself as a monstrous, wolf-like creature with a gigantic face and a malicious grin showing off razor-sharp teeth. Her paws showed sharp ws, which she began to swipe around at great speeds, alongside that, her shadows shapeshifted asrge spears of darkness and des of shadows, shing towards the entire body of the golem and generating countless impacts that cut off little chunks of the body of the Golem King! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Meanwhile, Noah grinned maliciously as he unleashed Excalibur! "Attack on your own, Excalibur, go all out for this resilient bastard!"ughed Noah, as the Corrupted Holy de glowed with ck and crimson-red colors, shing like an arrow towards the golem''s back and shing through all of it with countless explosions of rocks and jewels! BOOOOOOM! Meanwhile, Noah unleashed the power of his Soul Weapon Bone w, as a gigantic hydra made of blood emerged out of it, roaring monstrously as its gigantic jaws reached the golem and began to bite through the rocks and jewels while using their long necks to entangle around his front limbs! "GRUOOOOOHHH¡­ BUGS!" roared the Golem King, opening his bear-shaped head, and the sharp jaws filled with razor-sharp jewels acting as teeth began to tear down the giant hydra made of blooding from Noah''s Bone w, however, Noah smiled! If these Hydra were blood, it was obvious what he was going to do next! "Hah! Blood Detonation!" roared Noah with a sickening grin that made him lookpletely insane. FLASH! Suddenly, all the Hydra heads entangling the Golem King shed with the brightest crimson light the Golem King had ever seen! "W-What?!" Iris and Adamantine quickly flew away as they smiled back at the Golem King! And then¡­ BOOM!!! The Golem King saw as all the blood making up the Hydras exploded as if they were all bombs! "NNNNNGRRRUUUOOOOOOOHHH¡­!" The explosions continued for every head, his entire body was being torn apart into pieces! He had barely fought, and he was now being utterly defeated by Noah''s mercilessness! The Golem King fazed his demise in the most anti-climactic way possible! Large chunks of rocks, colorful jewels, and more fell over the ground, as the two other Hidden Bosses nced at their ally in utter defeat! However, Noah squinted his eyes, stopping Iris and Adamantine from growing excited, this was definitely not over yet. "Hah, to be expected of an A-Rank Hidden Boss¡­!"ughed Noah, as from within the vast smoke, a new figure emerged! The Golem King had not died, but his true form, which he covered with tons of rocks and jewels appeared! It was man-made of iridescent rainbow jewels. His size was only three meters, and his body looked sharp and slim. In the middle of his forehead, there was arge purple jewel, shining brightly. "To think that you would get to my core so fast¡­" muttered the Golem King, changing his demeanorpletely! "Hoh? Is this your "real form" or are there any other transformations you''re packing?" asked Noah. "This is my true form. Only those worthy enough of getting through my outer crust can see my splendor. I am in truth an Earth Spirit, with enough power to move mountains! My power is unparalleled in this form. You''re brave but foolish. Now, face my iridescent light!"ughed the Golem King, as he suddenly began to glow incredibly brightly, as if he had suddenly turned into the embodiment of the sun itself! The light was so immensely bright and hot that Noah, Iris, and Adamantine''s skin began to get roasted immediately! The three Vampires, however, blocked the light by generating barriers using their souls and auras, and Noah used Vampiric Aegis to create shields of blood, although they boiled and exploded the moment they were hit by the light. "Is he going to just shine brightly?" asked Iris. "Hahahahah! Perish before my splendor!"ughed the Golem King, as he simply floated in midair and kept unleashing the light reflected from his crystal body. "Then let''s go!" said Noah, as he braced himself and began to fight against the burning light with all of his might! FLASH! Adamantine and Iris at his side flew with him, using their phantom mes and shadows to fight off the Golem King''s reflection light! As they kept pushing, they gritted their teeth in anger, baring their fangs! The Golem King noticed this, as he became surprised. "What?! You''re Blood Demons, how is it possible for you to withstand my light so much?!" he roared. "To be honest, your light doesn''t evenpare to the mes of the Wyrm Emperor!"ughed Noah, as he charged his aura and soul into his ws, unleashing a series of consecutive attacks towards the Golem King, crushing his light! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "UNNNGH¡­!" sh! Iris and Adamantine reached his back with bleu phantom mes and darkness, hitting him with a loud explosion of theirbined attacks! BOOOM! "UNNGAAGGH..!" Iris smiled, as she unleashed her tattoos all over the damned Earth Spirit, suddenly slowing his slim and sharp body! "W-What?!" And then Noah used Cursed Blood, spraying his curses all over his body and making him even slower! "Unngh¡­! No!" And right after that, Adamantine smiled wickedly at his side, as she materialized her shadows and converted them into gigantic spears, shing them against him as they began to explode consecutively! And then Noah said the magic words! "Blood Detonation!" FLASH! All the blood that got stuck into his body suddenly shed brightly, as the Golem King easily recognized this! "T-This¡­ you can do such an advanced Spell continouslyyyyyyyyy?!" BOOOM!!! Another deadly explosion happened, as the Golem King''s entire body was engulfed by deadly crimson mes produced by thebustion of Noah''s cursed blood! "NNNNGGREAAGGH¡­!" The explosion was so loud it created arge shockwave, and Noah, Iris, and Adamantine flew a few meters away. As the smoke dissipated, however, the Golem King was still standing (or floating!). His entire body had cracked a bit, but he seemed to be fine. "That really took me by surprise. I should be warier of your blood¡­. But that is as far as you will go! Jewel Spike!" The Golem King suddenly raised his arms, as his entire body began to shapeshift once more, forming sharp spears all over his body, which flew towards Noah andpany! ----- Chapter 211 - Noah, Iris, And Adamantine VS Golem King 2/2 ----- "Jewel Spike!" The Golem King suddenly shapeshifted his body, as sharp spikes all over his crystal body emerged, ad then extended, rushing towards Noah and the rest! Noah began to think, the crystal of the damn Golem King was incredibly hard, it withstood his explosion of blood and only had one crack, perhaps destroying the spikes would be hard if he were to not go all out. And so, he did. In a split of a second, he activated Elemental Blood Gem Creation and Grotesque Vampire Soul Armor,bining them together into an enormous elemental blood gem armor covering his body, making him resemble a crimson knight! Another split of a second after, hebined Elemental Blood Gem Creation with Blood Armament Creation, making uprge cannons! Yes, cannons! He charged the cannons with his very soul, the cannons were the size of cars! The cannons aligned all around him, and then! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! "W-What?!" The enormous cannonballsing from the elemental blood gem cannons began to st away the jewel spikes! Such attacks were nothing else than Noah''s very soul and element blood gems fused together into the strongest projectiles he could make, and as they were cannons, they flew with great weight and speed towards the spikes, sting them into pieces! Noah smiled, as he saw that these attacks were good enough to shatter the Golem King''s resilient Jewel! "Outstanding work, my husband! But let me give you a hand or two!"ughed Iris, as she infused her phantasmal aura into therge cannons, firing phantasmal cannonballs! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "Unngaagh¡­!" As the Golem King was incredibly slowed down by thebination of Iris ursed Tattoos and Noah''s curses, he was not able to evade in time, and was covered in cannonballs exploding all over his body, as he continuously tried to make up barriers with his jewels and unleash beams of light! "Adamantine will y too!" said Adamantine, as shebined her magic with her soul materialization, generating a hybrid attack of pure magic and the System''s Skills, firing it against the Golem King and sting pieces off his body one by one! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "UNNGAAAGGH¡­!" However, the strongest cannonballs were Noah, who nced from above and kept firing cannonballs as if there was no tomorrow! And then¡­! "Excalibur!" Excalibur came rotating through the air like a cursed weapon, reaching Noah''s hand, as he began to charge his power into it! As Iris and Adamantine kept overwhelming the Golem King, Noah started to charge a powerful attack! The Golem King noticed Noah''s n, and decided to go all out! "Nnnggaaahh! Jewel Core Sun!" FLASH! His entire jewel body began to sh immensely brightly, as he unleashed a powerful sh of light, and beams of light that could turn anything into ashes were unleashed everywhere! Iris and Adamantine gritted their teeth at Noah''s side, as the two girls unleashed a st of their phantasmal mes and abyssal shadows against the Golem King,bining it and shaping it as a giganticbination of their soul beasts, resembling a multi-tailed maddened wolf! "GRROOOAARRR¡­!" CLASH! The enormous soul-beastbination stopped the powerful light momentarily, however, it was quickly consumed by it a few seconds after! But that was enough time! Noah smiled devilishly, as he conjured an infamous attack! "Excalibur!" FLASH! A gigantic beam of darkness and crimson-red energy was unleashed from Excalibur, shing against the enormous light emitted from the Golem King! "Nnnggh¡­! Impossible! What kind of¡­ power is that?!" asked the Golem King, he had never fought against someone so ridiculous tounch a beam of pure power against him! CLASH! The beam of darkness and crimson-red energy prated through the light made from the Golem King''s body, engulfing it everything with its never-ending darkness! Iris and Adamantine touched Noah''s shoulders, infusing their soul into him, making the beam even deadlier! FLASH! "NNGAAAGHH¡­! No¡­ I can''t¡­!" Crack, crack¡­! The Golem King continued to resist, but the power was too much, and the enormous pressure and damage were cracking his body slowly! "Nnngh¡­! No¡­ NOOO!" The Golem King gave a loud cry, hisst will, as he infused his soul into his light, like a supernova, it exploded brightly all around him, fighting against Noah''s power! "Stop struggling! It is useless!" roared Noah, as Iris and Adamantine kept infusing their power into him,bining their souls with his as such power was showcased in Excalibur''s beam of corrupted holy light, shing against the light made of the Golem King''s soul and body! The arms of the Golem King trembled, as they shattered into pieces! CRASH! "Ah¡­! No¡­ This is¡­!" BOOM! Without any support to resist enough, the beam of corrupted holy light hit him right into his torso and face,unching him into the ground, and pushing him deep underground! "Unnngggh¡­! Beelzebub¡­! Master¡­! I am¡­ sorry¡­" muttered the Golem King, as he began to recall his past. Such as when he was found by his young master Beelzebub within the depths of mountains caves when he was but a small Earth Spirit that could barely move out of the walls of the cave¡­ Since the day he was picked up by that young demon that he promised to protect him, using his strong defenses, he slowly evolved alongside his master, fighting against many threats¡­ But now¡­ everything was shattering, and his mind began to slowly ckout. His entire body was shattered like fine and delicate ss, as he wished for the wellbeing of his master until hisst moments. CRASH! The fragments of his body were all consumed by the powerful beam, and so was his soul! sh¡­! The beam was stopped abruptly, as Noah, Iris, and Adamantine nced from above with contempt. "You did it," said Iris. "It wouldn''t be as swift without your help," said Noah, smiling back at Iris. "No meat¡­" sighed Adamantine. At the same time, several Cores appeared out of thin air one by one, tens after tens of A-Rank Attribute Cores, Ability Cores, and even Dropped Items! Noah flew towards them and collected them quickly, as he called upon the soul of the Golem King by throwing it a drop of his blood. sh! Suddenly, a phantasmal figure made of sharp jewels emerged, slowly being guided by Noah''s guidance and without any way of fighting back against his encroachment! "Nngh¡­! Agh¡­! W-What is this?! I am still¡­ alive? No! I am dead¡­ What¡­ Master?! Where''s¡­ Agh¡­!" "You''ve been given the grace of joining my husband! You should rejoice instead of doubt!" said Iris, using her phantasmal ws to grasp the soul of the Golem King and make him suffer a bit. "Nnnggaaghh¡­! Stop! Stop¡­!" The Golem King groaned in pain, as he quickly flew into the ground and kneeled. "I will¡­ serve you¡­." He muttered. "Good, now, tell me all about your previous master. Be swift though!" said Noah. "You mean Lord Beelzebub- I mean, Beelzebub? He''s¡­ an outstanding demon! My former master had a harsh life filled with hard times and-" "Go to the point," said Noah. "Y-Yes! He''s the one within the castle! He''s a Spectral Demon and stole the Bloodlines of two other Demon Families, his powers are nothing but outstanding!" said the Golem King. "Hmph¡­ I see¡­ So this world is rather simr to Abyss¡­" said Noah. "But instead of Vampires¡­ there are only demons?" wondered the Blood Progenitor at the side of Noah. ----- Chapter 212 - Arthur, Timassa, And Clementina VS Bee Fly King 1/2 ----- Time rewinds itself a few minutes¡­ Right after Noah, Iris, and Adamantine sted the Golem King away from the trio of Hidden Bosses to separate him from the rest, Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina rushed towards the Bee-Fly King to do the same thing! Arthur unleashed a powerful beam of ck light, while Timassa fired a gigantic ck thunder arrow from her Bow Soul Weapon, meanwhile, Clementina summoned her Ice de Niflheim, and released two shes of pure and freezing ice towards the boss. "Hmph! Those feeble attacks won''t be of any use against my Poison Magic!" The Bee-Fly King quickly intercepted them, as he flew into the air and conjured several spells, blocking the attacks masterfully with giant barriers made of¡­ poison! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! All of the attacks were blocked by the powerful barriers of acidic poison, as the Rose Vine Monster King tried to intervene, trying to inflict curses into Arthur andpany while working together with the Bee-Fly King! However, Jon, Sakura, Sugar, and Noire intervened! Jon expanded his soul like a barrier, blocking the beams of curses fired from the many eyes of Rose Vine Monster King, surprising the monster with his immunity to curses, which he shielded with was considered a weak area of a living being, their soul! The Rose Vine Monster King was shocked as it saw someone who waspletely immune to his curses for the first time! And then, Sakura, Sugar, and Noirebined their powers and Auras, fusing their souls together momentarily through techniques taught to them by Noah, as the three unleashed a beam of shadows, cklight, and ice towards the Rose Vine Monster King, throwing him into the distance! "Unnggrraaaggh¡­!" "Good luck!" said Jon, as he quickly flew back to the robot girls while leaving Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina with the surprised Bee-Fly King, as he was just as surprised that someone easily blocked the deadly curses of hispanion, who had brought entire armies down with his re! "I have to kill him right now!" thought the Bee-Fly King, trying to catch Jon as he conjured a beam of acidic poison against him! "Who are you trying to attack?!" roared Arthur, he flew in front of the acidic poison beam and unleashed his soul beast, a grotesque and monstrous worm covered in poison, blocking the acid attack by¡­ devouring it with the worm''s mouth! CLASH! The Bee-Fly King was shocked, as it cleansed its multiple crimson lenses with its front limbs in surprise. Arthur had just eaten his attack, the one that melted alive his foes thousands of times in the past! This was utterly ridiculous! How could this be possible? Within the feeble mind of this creature, this was nothing he had ever imagined. But after seeing the other boy blocking his ally''s curses, he began to consider that these beings were easily shattering anymon sense left within their minds anyways. Arthur consumed the acid with his soul, as he is used it into his entire body and strengthened himself! "Don''t forget about us!" said Timassa. "Well, it might be toote for you already!" said Clementina. And without losing a single second, Timassa and Adamantine thundered towards the Bee-Fly King with all of their might! Timassa covered herself in her Soul-Beast Armor, gainingrge, falcon wings made of ck thunder which helped her move through midair at a ridiculous speed. And Clementina covered herself in her Soul-Beast Armor, gaining a sharp and refined armor, while also summoning her unicorn-like mount made of pure ice as well, which she used to gallop through the airs while leaving a trail of icy winds and snowkes. The two girls rushed near the Bee-Fly King without stopping, Timassa pointed herrge Soul Weapon Bow against it and fired a small thunder arrow, which suddenly split into five, and then ten, and then twenty in mere seconds, raining over the body of the Bee-Fly with immense speed and piercing strength. sh! sh! sh! sh! Meanwhile, Clementina raised her Ice Rapier, Niflheim, as she concentrated arge number of icy winds around it, forming an icy wind storm, which she pointed at the Bee-Fly King, unleashing a powerful prating attack that resembled an enormous tornado of blue icy winds that also released sharp snowkes hat could cut easily through steel! sh! sh! sh! sh! With these two attacksing from both his left and right side, the Bee-Fly King felt utterly overwhelmed, as his exoskeleton began to crack, he groaned in pain and quickly exerted his poisonous aura everywhere, darting away from the attacks! FLASH! Leaving a smoke of toxic gases, the Bee-Fly King sighed in relief, waving the staff he held in one of his six limbs and then generating over twenty magic circles! "You are quite the fast and strong one-type, and I got the perfect thing for you! Even if you''re immune to my poison, you won''t be able to easily block this!"ughed the Bee-Fly King. Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina quickly flew towards him, without waiting for him to unleash his magic! "Oh no, you aren''t!" said Arthur, waving his hand and generate several projectiles made of ck light coated with his very soul! sh! sh! sh! The projectiles were also made with natural magic, being able to disrupt other types of magic slightly. This was enough, alongside Timassa and Clementina, who did simr attacks, to shatter some of the magic circles, surprising the hidden boss once more! However, the hidden bossughed nheless, as he activated the rest of the magic circles that the trio was not able to destroy in time! sh! sh! sh! Suddenly, from within the magic circles, a wave of sticky and poisonous acidic slime emerged, shaping itself as tentacles,rge jaws, giant ws, and more, the monstrous mass of purple-colored slime extended its limbs all over the battlefield! "Haha! Tremble and despair! This is my Familiar Demonic Beast, the Acid Slime Legion! Made from thousands of unfortunate living beings that it has consumed, it constantly takes on all of its shapes, bing a beautiful mass of gibbering slime so big that I can barely contain it within my pocket space! Now, my little summon, kill them!"ughed the Bee-Fly King, surprising Arthur and Company by summoning his Familiar! The Acid Slime Legion began to float in midair, protecting its master as it extended its gibbering and slimy tentacles everywhere, trying to catch Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina! However, Timassa coated herself in her ck thunder and flew like a falcon, turning into her Soul-Beast form, she began topletely boil and vaporize the Acid Slime Legion''s body, breaking it apart whenever she flew into! Meanwhile, Clementina continued to gallop with her mount, unleashing icy winds everywhere and freezing the Acid Slime Legion, shattering its frozen, purple-colored slime into pieces, and throwing it into the floor! And Arthur turned himself into his Soul-Beast form as well, bing a gigantic and monstrous poisonous worm, slithering through the Acid Slime Legion with utmost ease as he devoured everything as if it were a snack! "W-What?! No one has ever been able to boil, freeze, or eat my Familiar¡­!" said the Bee-Fly King in horror! "I can see that your world is filled with weaklings," sighed Clementina shing towards therge bug! CLASH! ----- Chapter 214 - Jon, Sugar, Sakura, And Noire VS Rose Vine Monster King 2/2 ----- Being covered on ice, being sliced by des of ck light, and being shed by ws made of shadows, while also being damaged by distortion attacks, and light bullets definitely told the Rose Vine Monster King that today was not his day. Especially by how his Vitality and Mana were being drained constantly, or how gravity was sometimes distorting and not working in his favor¡­ However, it was not going down without a fight! "YOU DAMN INVADERS! Coming to my lord''s property and killing our allies¡­! And now you dare put me in such situations?! UNGRAH!" The Rose Vine Monster King roared, as his vines began to grow wildly everywhere, and then¡­! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! All therge spikes spread over its vines began to be fired like projectiles out of its body, reaching Jon and the robots constantly! "So it can shot those things like bullets¡­!" said Sakura. "Let me help!" Sugar quickly raised her mechanical arms as several projectors of ck light were constructed over her body through her mechanical shape-shifting, which were infused with her mana. A second after, arge holographic barrier emerged out of her body, although it was as solid as a material, and it was made of the same ck light she wielded. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The needles began to impact the barrier immediately, however, it began to crack rather rapidly! "Haha! Do you think that feeble barrier can fight against my needles? I have in armies with them!"ughed the Rose Vine Monster King, as he infused more strength into his needles, managing t break through Sugar''s barrier! sh! sh! sh! The spikes began to fall over the group as they evaded, however, they could, but the constant damage being inflicted on them was being regenerated through their natural regeneration capabilities. Even the robots were able to repair themselves through magic as if they were made of nanobots, and Jon possessed the Undying Body Skill, and even if he was constantly pierced by the needles, he was able to regenerate at the expense of mana. The group began to fly around the Rose Vine King while shielding themselves as much as they could from his attacks, and showering him with everything they had! "GRAH! Even those weird golems can regenerate?!" The Rose Vine King seemed dumbfounded, and decided to unleash his next attack! Controlling the vines he had put underground, he suddenly began to move them upwards, using them as strong spearsing from the ground and aiming at them! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Sharp vines began to surge from the ground continuously, aiming at Jon and the robots! As the battle continued, the Rose Vine King began to gain an advantage, as the group had to run around while attacking him, but due to his vine regeneration, he could simply cut off any wounds and keep growing bigger. Until Jon finally activated something he was preparing. His four eyes opened wide as several runes emerged around his body, a second after, arge magic circle suddenly emerged right below the hidden boss! "W-What?!" "Curse Magic: Sealing Curse!" "C-Curse Magic?!" The Rose Vine King was surprised! This youngling knew such an advanced curse magic spell! Through his magic training with Merlin and Noah, Jon discovered many ways to use his rare Curse Attribute Affinity, one of them, was to obviously inflict curses! Curses came in all shapes and forms, and although there were beings that could be immune to some, they could not possibly be immune to all of them, and not to mention curse magic, which was even more ult! Jon trained diligently and slowly began to learn spells from the various books within Arthur''s father''s treasury, which contained spell books of many elements, Curse Magic included. Although at the moment, the one he was better at was¡­ this one. Noah had told him that sealing magic could be incredibly useful and that if he were to train it well, it woulde in handy in many situations. The Rose Vine King saw as the magic circle expanded, and he tried to run away from it! However, Sakura, Sugar, and Noire surrounded him and began to shower him with a variety of attacks, stopping his tracks and trapping him over the magic circle! "Argh! No!" The Rose Vine King groaned, but Jon had already finished the incantation and the rune creation, and suddenly, a strong force began to envelop his entire viny body! As if he was getting tightly wrapped in rope, his entire vines were stopped from moving, and his entire body was trapped in that same spot! "The stronger they are the less they can be kept sealed¡­ but for now, this should do," said Jon, as he activated other skills! "Now, girls, finish him off!" said Noire. "Nnngh¡­! Damn curse caster!" roared the Rose Vine King, his curses were ineffective against all of them, so his greatest weapons were useless, and his vine body was locked into the sealing spell, he was done for! A gigantic iceberg fell over him, freezing him all over, arge de of cklight sliced through all the wrapped-up vines, and a mass of shadows with various ws began to sh and ravage it all over! CLASH! SLASH! BOOM! "UNNNNGGGRYYAAAHH¡­! Stop! Stop you damn¡­!" groaned the Rose Vine King, as he suddenly saw something even more horrifying! Arge mass of hundreds of eyes covered in a slimy ooze, with long and slimy tentacles, red at him! This was Jon''s Soul-Beast Form Materialization! In this form, he had many eyes, but this put a great burden on his mind and soul, so he could not use them continuously! But for this asion, it was necessary. "One Hundred Cursed Eyes and¡­ Evil Eye Beam," Combining both Skills, he unleashed one hundred beams from his hundreds of eyes, crushing the hidden boss! sh! sh! sh! sh! "T-This is ridiculous! J-Just what are youuuuuuu?! Nnnghh¡­! M-Master¡­!" groaned the Rose Vine King, as theser beams burnt through his entire body, his vines disintegrated, and his soul cried in pain! BOOOM! After the loud explosion, only the burnt remains of the hidden boss remained, as several cores began to emerge one by one, alongside some dropped items. "What am I? Well¡­ Not even I know anymore¡­" sighed Jon. ----- Chapter 215 - Noahs Schemes! ----- Noah quickly gathered with everyone else after all three of the Hidden Bosses were defeated. Everyone seemed particrly tired for a bit, so Noah told them to rest while drinking a lot of stockpiled blood everyone had, while hemanded the Blood Servants to gather all the loot dropped through therge battle. There were still some monsters roaming around but they were being promptly taking care of, as Noah continued to raise more Blood Servants. Now that he didn''t even need the monsters to have proper blood, he could raise Blood Servants from literally anything as long as he dropped his won blood into their souls. And like this, the Blood Soul Servants of the Bee-Fly King, the Golem King, and the Rose Vine King emerged. Ding! [You have raised the following Blood Soul Servants] [Blood Soul Servant Crimson Crystal Earth Spirit: Elite General] [Golem King] [Blood Soul Servant Giant Bloody Rose Vine Beast: Elite General] [Rose Vine King] [Blood Soul Servant Crimson Nether Bug: Elite General] [Bee-Fly King] Noah smiled as he saw their enormous bodies materialize through crystalized blood, their presences and domineering auras were immense, it was to be expected of Elite General Blood Soul Servants, although Scarlet (not present) and Pride were stronger, being Grand Elite General and Great Elite General, respectively. After fully undergoing the transition into Blood Soul Servants, their doubt or loyalty to their previous master waspletely gone, and now they saw Noah as their master and the one they needed to serve the most. Meanwhile, piles after piles of Attribute Value Cores, Ability Cores, and Dropped Items were being umted at the side and quickly stored inside of Noah''s Flesh and Blood Realm, as there were so many that not even the Dimensional Storage Rings could store it all. Amongst the dropped items there were some interesting things, such as Mana and Health Potions, which were of A-Grade and held great value, selling at high prices in the market, there were also the very rare Elixirs, which could heal both and also negative status effects, andstly, there were Panaceas, which healed any status effect and gave anyone that drank them a one-hour buff that increased their resistance to negative status effects. As Noah nced at the items, the group slowly marched towards the castle, which was surrounded by an invisible barrier a few minutes ago, but now it had mysteriously disappeared. "My lord, Beelzebub, our previous master, is a deadly demon!" said the Golem King. "That''s right, it possesses a powerful soul, which he can materialize as a specter to aid him in battle!" said the Rose Vine King. "Alongside that, Beelzebub has absorbed two other Demon Bloodlines, and he is capable of manipting his own blood as weapons while being able to control shadows!" said the Bee-Fly King. "Eeh? Specters? Shadows? Blood? Isn''t he copying my husband though?" asked Iris. "Indeed¡­ he kinds of has simr powers to Noah-sama," said Arthur. "That''s quite something¡­ Wait, isn''t that dangerous? If he''s as powerful¡­ as our lord¡­ No, that can''t possibly be. Our lord is unique," said Timassa. "A mere faker will not win over me. Although it might be tricky to fight someone that uses simr abilities to me, we are clearly different at the end¡­" said Noah. "Please, don''t underestimate Beelzebub, our dear master¡­" said the Golem King. "Be well prepared," said the Bee-Fly King. "Of course, I like to always be very well prepared, and¡­ I have a nice idea in how to use you three for that purpose¡­" said Noah while smirking maliciously, the three Blood Soul Servants that originally served Beelzebub nced at each other, wondering what malicious n their new master had in mind. ¡­ Meanwhile, within thergest hall inside the castle, a handsome demon sat down over a throne, seemingly frustrated, tired, and bored. However, his eyes seemed to be shing with a strong bloodthirst, and anger. His sharp fangs were gritting tightly, and his hands grasping the throne until it began to crack. He had felt it, through the connection he made with them, as a tamer, he had felt their lives¡­ disappearing. The ursed Tree King, the Rose Vine King, the Bee-Fly King, and the Golem King, all four of them had died. If it were not because he was a man that prioritized rage and revenge over sorrow, he would be crying right now¡­ but he only felt bitter anger like never before. It all happened way too quickly. After triumphing over the Army of the Blood Demons, Beelzebub had decided to settle down for some years and improve his Body and Soul Cultivation, slowly reaching the power to be an Archdemon. However, out of nowhere, a wave of miasma hit his world and brought forth strange disturbances in space and time. Gates began to emerge everywhere, monsters from other worlds emerged, and there were also special ces where anomalies in space and time entrapped certain monsters or even other demons into what was called "dungeons". Form such dungeons, gates would open, but instead of other monsters, humans would emerge, which called themselves Hunters. Beelzebub had heard of such things but had begun to employ the monsters that emerged from gates to his advantage, gathering the resources they dropped¡­ However, without any previous warning, he was suddenly entrapped in such a space, a dungeon. He was suddenly forced to remain within his castle, he was bound into this ce and so were his armies of monsters, and even his generals¡­ And now, his turn hade, and invaders from another world hade to ughter him. He couldn''t help but feel like fate was ying against him, that after reaching so far he would end up dying miserably like a monster... But no¡­ He was not going to die. He was going to use everything he had to defeat them. He was going to avenge his soldiers, his generals, and to regain his pride as a Demon! Perhaps if he were to triumph, he would be finally given the chance to escape this ursed prison, or even storm the world of such invaders¡­ Yes, he was not going to stop, if they ughtered his people and allies, he would do the same, he would not easily settle down by killing them, ughtering their entire race didn''t sound too bad¡­ perhaps even taking over the entirety of that world didn''t sound that bad either! If he was going to be forced to go to another world, he was going to make it worthwhile! Suddenly, the doors to his hall began to open slowly, as Beelzebub suddenly was given the freedom to walk again out of his throne. He squinted his eyes as he quickly began to unleash his Aura, his entire body being covered on his Spectral Soul, as if a wailing and monstrous ghost covered his body and protected it, giving him a boost to all of his capabilities. Additionally, shadows began to emerge from below his feet, beginning to move like tentacles. The Demon''s crimson eyes nced at the doors open, as he felt three strong presences entering¡­ However, these visitor''s appearances surprised him¡­ The Golem King, the Rose Vine King, and the Bee-Fly King, although they were nowpletely red, they were stillpletely recognizable as his generals¡­ "W-What? What is the meaning of this? Didn''t you¡­ die?!" ----- Chapter 216 - What Matters Is Winning, Not How You Do It! ----- Beelzebub nced with surprise and awe at what he was seeing, his sight could not deceive him, those he thought were dead were actually right in front of him! "W-What? You¡­ All of you¡­ You''re¡­ alive?" muttered Beelzebub. "Why yes¡­ We have been enlightened, Beelzebub!"ughed the Golem King, shining with bright crimson light. "This is the grace of our new lord, Noah-sama!"ughed the Rose Vine King, expanding its crimson-red vines. "Our master is a benevolent being, he says that you can join us by serving him¡­ after dying, of course!" said the Bee-Fly King, conjuring magic. "What? The invaders revived you? What kind of crazed necromancy is this?!" said Beelzebub, gritting his teeth as he was attacked by the Rose Vine King''s bloody vines, which were now incredibly resilient! CLASH! Beelzebub unleashed his spectral soul over his body, generatingrge shadow ws and intercepting the vines, but many of them still reached his humanoid body and began to entangle him! "Y-You¡­! I will free you from this!" roared Beelzebub, unleashing several spears made of shadows and impaling his former ally, the Rose Vine King, shing through his crimson body as he saw that his wounds released crimson-colored phantom essence. "What kind of beings have you be?" asked Beelzebub, raising his spectral ws, and shing the Rose Vine King into pieces! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! "Unnggryyarr¡­!" Its crimson-colored phantasmal body fell over the ground into pieces, as Beelzebub was suddenly hit by a powerful ray of crimson light! CLASH! "Unngaggh¡­!" Beelzebub vomited a mouthful of blood, as he was directly crushed into the wall by the force of the light attack, which began to burn through his skin! He nced at its origin, the Golem King, who was shining brightly on his Core Form, which seemed to be made entirely out of crimson crystal now! "Let us free you from this mortal flesh!"ughed the Bee-Fly King, as he conjured several magic circles, where the slimy poisonous red-colored poison came from, shaping as bullets and falling over Beelzebub as he was engulfed by the bright crimson light of the Golem King! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "Unnngaagh¡­! Everyone¡­" muttered Beelzebub, feeling doubt at attacking his former allies and the only ones he considered his friends. However, he quickly unleashed part of his true power, generating a wave of spectral shadows and consuming the crimson light made by the golem king, as he directed his hands to the Bee-Fly King, unleashing a beam of darkness and crimson-red energy! CLASH! BOOM! As the Golem King fell over the ground alongside the Bee-Fly King, Beelzebub braced himself, rushing towards the Golem King and raising his legs, enhancing them with his spectral soul and unleashing a barrage of powerful kicks over it, quickly shattering the Golem King into pieces! CRASH! Afterward, he rushed towards the Bee-Fly King, as the beast greeted him with several crimson-colored stingers which were fired at him like missiles. Beelzebub enhanced his own body through his blood maniption, making his blood run faster as he waved his ws and destroyed the stingers, reaching the Bee-Fly King and then punching it several times, while also kicking it and shing it with his spectral soul. CLASH! CRASH! "GAAAKHHH¡­!" The Bee-Fly King was crushed into pieces and sttered over the ground! "Hahh¡­ Hahh¡­" Beelzebub nced at the bloody, phantom-covered corpses of his former allies, gritting his teeth as he gasped for air. "What have I done¡­" he sighed, he nced at his own hands trembling. And then¡­! FLASH! For a split of a second, Beelzebub lowered his guard, and Noah immediately used this opportunity tounch an attack at him! He used Excalibur itself, which was able to fly at immense speeds! It shed like a ray of darkness and crimson-red light, reaching Beelzebub without him being able topletely react in time, even though he did perceive it midway through his body! CLASH! The de broke through the wind and impaled Beelzebub''s chest, crushing him into the wall with a loud explosion! BOOM! "Unnggrraaaaaagghh¡­!" Beelzebub vomited a mouthful of blood, his entire chest was sted open as his heart and lungs were destroyed, his entire body was spasming, his eyes red-shot, and directly closed into Noah and his army who had emerged right before him! "Y-You¡­!" muttered Beelzebub, but Noah didn''t even give him a second to talk anymore, he had to be merciless and quicky, and get over with this Boss as fast as possible! Controlling Excalibur while he generated dozens of projectiles made of elemental blood gems covered in red mes, Noah showered Beelzebub with attacks from all sides, crushing his limbs and sttering his body through the entire castle, while using Excalibur to sh through his entire body and st him with corrupted holy light! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Beelzebub''s entire body was being thrown away into the air and the castle, as he screamed in agony! "Unngaaaggh¡­! W-What is this!?" Y-Youuu¡­!" Beelzebub, who was mostly crushed to bits ad having his head barely intact and his neck left, suddenly roared in anger, surprising Noah, and everyone due to his amazing resilience, even after being crushed like this he was surviving?! CLASH! Suddenly, ck thunder fell from the sky, as the entire castle began to fall apart! Noah and everyone quickly ran away from the castle, while ncing from far away. "Did he die?" asked Arthur. "No, I can feel it, he''s still alive!" said Iris. "Yeah, just like his friends, he has prepared a second form for us, how nice of him!" said Noah while smiling bitterly. BOOM! Therge pile of castle boulders and ruins exploded, as gigantic muscr arms covered in ck scales emerged, alongside an enormous and muscr body reaching around 4 meters tall! It was immensely muscr, covered in ck scales and glowing crimson red jewels, his hands had sharp ws alongside his feet, and he had a long and sharp tail. With a face that looked like that of an ugly orc, four zing crimson eyes, and two gigantic ck-colored hours spiraling into the skies, it was Beelzebub''s "true form"! "So you''re the ones that did all of this¡­! Behold my true form, this is my Pseudo-Archdemon Transformation, which I can only achieve momentarily, but it is enough to crush you!" said Beelzebub. "Are you so idiot to tell us that your power is temporal? Don''t you fear that we will stall for time until it wears off?" asked Noah cheekily, which took Beelzebub aback for a second. "I don''t care because I will crush your skull before that happens!" roared Beelzebub, rushing towards the party at an incredibly fast speed! However, Noah smiled as he pointed his hands at him! "Come out, everyone!" heughed, as all the Blood Soul Servants from all the monsters here he raised alongside the ones he already had, which he saved inside his Inner Realm of Flesh and Blood were suddenly released in a flood of crimson blood and red phantom! SPLASH! The gigantic sea of blood and red phantom made of countless Blood Soul Servants fell over Beelzebub, stopping him from his tracks as hundreds of tentacles made of blood grabbed him and began to entangle his body, tightly gripping him! He roared, unleashing his attacks, and crushing many Blood Servants, but more continued to attack him, desperately holding him tightly while sacrificing themselves to some buying time! "Ungrraaarrrrgh! You bastard, such underhanded methodssss¡­!" roared Beelzebub, feeling frustrated that Noah wouldn''t dare fight him head-on! "Hah! After all, what matter is winning, not how you do it!"ughed Noah. ----- Chapter 217 - Ruthlessly Shameless ----- "UNNNGRRAAAGGH¡­!" Beelzebub was being held back by a sea of blood and crimson phantoms, countless Blood Soul Servants made from the corpses and souls of all his fallen army members, all of them merging together monstrously as they entangled his body and sacrificed themselves to not let their former master go! "Unnggh¡­! You damn schemer! Fight me like a man!" roared Beelzebub, although Noah and everyone at his side nced at him with contempt, readying Magic Spells. "At the end, what really matters is winning, Beelzebub, not how you achieve it!"ughed Noah, his twisted pride as a Vampire was not like many other beings, as he held pride in acting treacherously to achieve victory, and took more pride into achieving victory rather than how he achieved it. Anything would do, and being a scumbag was not out of the question. ying with the feelings of Beelzebub as he forced him to fight his former allies, which finally managed him to get a head-start by letting him lower his guard, and then almost decimating him with all he had, these were normal things which he, as a Malicious Vampire, took pride on. And now that he got to know that Beelzebub transformation had a time limit, he decided to stall for time while entrapping him in what he called as a "Blood Sea Legion", a technique he employed by temporarily fusing all the Blood Servants within his possession, generating an enormous mass of blood and red phantom which could regenerate constantly and pretty much trap anything it could take ahold of. It was way more effective than blood prison, as blood prison could be easily broken and had a cooldown, while this thing could regenerate constantly and adapt to the body of what was trying to entrap. "GRAAH! GRROAARR¡­!" Beelzebub roared monstrously as he unleashed all the power he had, sting awayrge pieces of the Blood Sea Legion constantly! However, the strongest blood Soul Servants that Noah had were also within this mass of blood servants, which employed their superior strength, fusing it together to sh, pierce, and bite him! The dozens of heads of Pride constantly tried to tear down Beelzebub''s body, while also firing crimson breath that burnt through his flesh, which was regenerating constantly through the regeneration capabilities that the Pseudo-Archdemon transformation granted. Aside from them, there was also Greed which shaped the blood servants as sharp crystal spears and des coated in elements, piercing, and tearing down Beelzebub alongside Pride. Beelzebub''s soul grewrger and angered as time went by, bing a monstrous demonic specter that fought against the Blood Sea Legion with everything it had! However, Noah andpany wouldn''t stand there watching, they had already readied their Magic Spells, countless projectiles made of genuine magic no generated from the system began to fall over Beelzebub, from shadow spears, ck thunderbolts, des of ice, sealing curse bullets, poisonous rays, ck spears, and more! CLASH! CLASH CLASH! Noah constantly received the Mana of Jon as the young Dhampir continuously drank Elixirs and Mana Potions which they had arge pile of, while also draining whatever he could muster from Beelzebub, although he seemed to be fairly resistant to draining attacks. As Noah was being constantly poured with Mana, he continuously kept the Blood Sea Legion regenerating, checkmating Beelzebub into being forced into a situation where he could not do anything to fight back nor escape! And as this happened, all of these non-system spells fell over him, constantly damaging him! And if that were not enough, Excalibur was constantly piercing his body and crushing him into the ground! This was way too much of a one-sided battle! The prideful demon roared in frustration, all of what he had built up until this moment waspletely useless! His frustration resonated through the entire wastnd, as his soul roared monstrously, suddenly exploding! BOOOM! "Oh?" The Blood Sea Legion exploded as well, being torn apart, and sttered everywhere, finally freeing Beelzebub! Excalibur shed towards Beelzebub, but he suddenly flew directly towards Noah while unleashing his Spectral Soul in all of its splendor, resembling another demon of its own floating above Beelzebub, roaring at him as it conjured gigantic spears of shadows! Noah smiled, however, as he already had weakened the demon enough! He quickly activated the Blood Scion and Blood Beast Transformation Skills, transforming into a gigantic demonic fiend of a simr size and intimidating appearance to Beelzebub, but he possessedrge bat-like wings and pale-white skin, although his entire body was incredibly muscr to the point of being grotesque! CLASH! Noah unleashed his Blood Soul Beast, as gigantic crimson tentacles emerged from his body like an aura, attacking the spectral soul of Beelzebub and throwing the demon into the ground with a strong punch! CLASH! The punch hit Beelzebub right into his nose, breaking it and leaving his entire face swelled up and bloody! BOOM! Therge body of Beelzebub fell into the ground, leaving arge crater, as Noah flew towards him while wielding Excalibur, and charging power into it! FLASH! "EXCALIBUR!" A gigantic beam of darkness and crimson light came from the de as Noah shed with all the power of his transformation, crushing Beelzebub into the ground even more! BOOOOOM!!! "UNNNNGGRRRUUOOOOOHHH¡­!" Beelzebub roared in anger and monstrous fierceness, as he unleashed all of his spectral soul, shadows, and blood powers, showering Noah with projectiles of all these elements while resisting as much as he could! However, Iris andpany wouldn''t stand by and watch, they began to quickly shower Beelzebub with their magic as well, interrupting his concentration into targeting Noah, as Noah took this opportunity to fly down towards him and crush his face with his foot! CRASH! "UNNGRRYAAGH¡­!" Beelzebub vomited blood as a bit of skull cracked, and Noah raised Excalibur again, stabbing Beelzebub''s head with it multiple times ruthlessly! "It is over, Beelzebub!" he said, crushing and slicing his skull into pieces! "Y-Youuu¡­ Bastard¡­! GRRAAGGHGGAAGGHH¡­!" SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SPLAT! Beelzebub''s head exploded into pieces, sttering all over the ce, as he went back to his normal form¡­ well, his corpse. Noah did so as well, as he sat down over the corpse while sighing in relief. A pile of Cores and Dropped Items emerged out of thin air afterward, as Noah smiled and then said the magic words. "Rise¡­" ----- Chapter 218 - Dungeon Complete! ----- Noah immediately decided to raise the Blood Soul Servant of Beelzebub after his entire body was sttered all over the ce. Dropping a bit of his blood over it, a humanoid mass of blood and crimson phantom emerged, quickly shaping into the appearance of Beelzebub, resembling a tall man of almost two meters, sharp crimson eyes, long silvery white hair, and refined clothes that a duke on ancient times would wear. In a way, he kind of looked like the Blood Progenitor, but Noah decided to not point that out. [You have raised the [Blood Soul Servant Spectral Demon Lord: Grand Elite General]!] "Spectral Demon Lord¡­" thought Noah, noticing that this blood servant was indeed a very strong one! The aura he exuded was immense and filled with a spectral presence! Beelzebub nced at Noah to his eyes with the same sharpness as before¡­ however, a second ago, he smiled gently. "My lord, thanks for giving me such an opportunity, I shall serve you for eternity¡­" he said without doubting for a single moment, kneeling in the ground pathetically before Noah. "Good. See? I even got your friends here, there was no need to cry so much," said Noah, as the other Monster Kings were already recovered, flying towards Beelzebub. "Ooh! I see, so they''re all here to serve you, my lord!" said Beelzebub. "Indeed¡­ In fact, why don''t you all be one for me?" asked Noah. "Ooh! Right away my lord!" said the Bee-Fly King. "Yes! Immediately!" said the Rose Vine Monster King. "Without a doubt!" said the Golem King. "Yes, please, join with me. Perhaps unified as one we can be of more use to our lord!" said Beelzebub, as the four merged in an instant, while Noah sprinkled some more of his blood, a few magic materials, and smaller Blood Soul Servants into the recipe, until finally! sh! A new Blood Soul Servant was born, and this one¡­ exuded an incredibly strong aura! His appearance was¡­ almost the same as Beelzebub, but now, he hadrge fly-like wings behind his back, a crown made of crimson horns atop his head, sharp ws made of scarlet jewels, and his clothes were all made of spiky vines. Ding! [You have created the [Blood Soul Servant Spectral Chimera Demon Lord: Marshal Grade]!] "Excellent! A new Grade above Grand Elite General¡­ this power¡­ it is almost reaching S-Rank?" wondered Noah, as he decided to name his new creation as Gluttony. "Your new name shall be Gluttony. Make sure to serve me well," said Noah. "Yes, my lord," said Gluttony as he kneeled politely. "Amazing, a new one for the group¡­ With that, is there any other Sin you''re missing?" wondered Iris. "Sloth is the only one missing I believe¡­ Though the names are merely vor, I don''t know they hold much meaning other than that. Nheless, if I manage to have all Sins as Generals it would certainly be quite fitting for me¡­ Perhaps if I could attain some kind of ability rted to them, greater things might be achieved. Well, for the moment we are done here, the dungeon itself is beginning to fragment as we defeated the true Final Boss, quickly pack things together, ad let''s get out!" said Noah, as everyone else began to quickly save all the loot harvested. Piles after piles of Attribute Value Cores of A-Rank, alongside Ability Cores, Dropped Items, and more were harvested, which Noah saved all inside his Inner Realm of Flesh and Blood. With this¡­ he and everyone else was finally stepping into S-Rank after consuming them! And the amounts were exceedingly generous, there was enough for everyone if not even more! Noah had even thought about sealing Beelzebub castle to continuously farm Cores, but due to the emergency of the situation, he needed to just kill him to make the gate inside the city disappear. After having everything packed up, Noah and his group said their farewells to their first A-Rank Dungeon, and of the world of Demons that seemed to have appeared inside. "Perhaps we might one daye back here¡­" thought Noah with a pleasant smile, appearing within the busy city of Sector D, it had only been around one hour and a half since he entered into the Dungeon, a time record for a group of A-Rank Hunters toplete the Dungeon! Everyone around had already brought back cameras, as the people nced with awe as the group of Vampires (who went back to their human appearances), emerged out of the gate, which quickly fragmented and disappeared! "T-They''re back already?!" "Only one hour and some minutes¡­ Unbelievable¡­" "Theypleted the Dungeon in such a little time¡­" "Amazing! Amazing¡­! The Noctem Family is really¡­ amazing!" "Maybe they really said the truth! They will save Sector D!" "Kyaaaa~! Arthur is so handsome!" "Uwah! Clementina''s sharp gaze is so charming! She''s going to freeze my heart! Not only the reporters were surprised but many bystanders who had sneaked around, there were even some admirers to the boys of the group¡­ and for the girls as well. Noah smiled at the cameras with a shit-eating grin. "So? What did you think? Do you still believe that what I said was a lie?" he said, leaving the cameras away and walking with the rest of his group, as he saw many other Vampires jumping out of B-Rank Gates, several of them had already been cleaned as well ad started to fragment away, creating a bigmotion all around! "What do we do now? Should we go take a small break before entering into another Dungeon again?" asked Iris. "Yes, let''s go back home for an hour or two, and then let''se back, we shall finish off an S-Rank Dungeon after we increase in strength a bit," said Noah, as Noire appeared at his side and expanded her shadows, putting everyone inside and then moving back to their territory in around 3 minutes. Finally reaching Scarlet, therge castle greeted her master. "Master, you''re back! Amazing! Are you S-Rank now?" it asked. "Soon enough, Scarlet," said Noah as he smiled. The group quickly walked back to the castle and then rxed for a bit, everyone except the robots decided to go take a bath first, including Noah and Iris, who rushed into the bathroom and got out all the sweat and blood they had over their bodies, while also expressing some of their love for each other I the meantime. After around twenty minutes, they were already done and quickly dressed back, walking downstairs, and then finally getting to the juicy stuff. Noah quickly released the pile of Cores and items over the hall, as the group nced with wonder and greediness, this was the fruit of theirbined effort, and there was enough to spare! Everyone grabbed arge pile for themselves, enough to get all of their stats at 2400, the necessary numerical value to be an S-Rank Hunter! Noah nced at the pile of glowing crystal spheres that shined with a bright crimson-red color, these were the colors of A-Rank Attribute Value Cores. To be S-Rank, an A-Rank Hunter needed to gather and absorb A-Rank Attribute Value Cores, and then after reaching S-Rank, they would need to gather S-Rank Attribute Value Cores and so on¡­ Although Noah was looking far and wide into the horizon, bing S-Rank was already an amazing achievement! ----- Chapter 219 - S-Rank! ----- A-Rank Hunters were already seen as the elite of the world of the apocalypse. However, S-Rank Hunters were beyond this, seen internationally as one of the strongest people in the world, there were only a few per Sector, usually not being over 20 within thousands of people. S-Rank Hunters possessed all kinds of unique abilities, due to their rareness, only those gifted with great powers were the ones that had reached such a Rank quickly, those that had not been given powerful abilities from the start that had reached S-Rank were very rare. Much like Fernand Firebrand''s brother, who had an amazing unique Ability, many other S-Rank Hunters were within this Realm of uniqueness. Noah, however, despite the achievement he had gotten, thought of this as definitely not enough. S-Ranks were the pinnacle of the world, but there were also SS-Rank, and the presumed SSS-Rank Hunter. There was clearly more to attain, even more with the new Gate beyond SSS-Rank that had emerged in the middle of Central America, next to the former territory that was Mexico before the Apocalypse, now covered byrge jungles filled with mutated beasts and wild subhumans. To Noah, this was a mere and small step to be even stronger, so it was nothing to glorify about. Without further ado, Noah touched the pile of Attribute Value Cores ad absorbed them while sitting cross-legged and closing his eyes. All the cores turned into red energy that flew into his entire body, enhancing his body to even greater degrees. It felt like a warm wave of power that surged all over his body, there was no ce where it missed, it was constantly flowing everywhere inside of him. FLASH! Noah''s felt his muscles enhance, his bones strengthen, his entire body was evolving to a greater existence, a greater level of superhuman! A feeling of exhration and ecstasy like nothing he had ever felt rushed through his body, Noah gritted his teeth and resisted it until the energies finally settled down. He had made sure to also make the energies flow through his body quickly, reaching his Blood Core for an extra boost. The moment Noah opened his eyes they shed with bright crimson-red light, as his entire body exuded a natural aura now, an aura of red color, without him even doing anything. This was¡­ the natural and pressuring aura of an S-Rank Hunter, enough to make anyone below them terrified. Noah quickly checked his own Status Panel as a smile blossomed within his lips. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es): Warlock (I)] [Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level IV: Noble-Born Vampire Count] [Vitality: 2520 (S)] [Mind: 2460 (S)] [Force: 2500 (S)] [Skill Points: 11000] ¡­ "Good¡­" Noah noticed that his stat had increased a bit over 2400, this was due to his special technique where he didn''t even let the energies of the attribute value cores go to waste, refining the "residual" energy left ad fusing it with his Blood Core, gaining a few bonus stats. Additionally, it seemed that now the System showed the Rank each of his Stats was. Noah didn''t have much time to rejoice, so he immediately wanted to evolve, which the System quickly answered his call. Ding! [Requirements for Evolution Achieved] [Evolve into [Level V: Noble-Born Vampire Virtuous Marquis]?] "Of course, who would even choose not to?" wondered Noah, as he tapped the option with his index finger and his body was suddenly enveloped with a cocoon of blood. Just after having upgraded his body with the Attribute Value Cores of Rank A, Noah nowpletely began to melt his entire body within the cocoon, reforming himself from his bare-bones as the magical properties of this mystical evolution began to destroy his very being and then reform it from the puddle of melted flesh that he had be. It was an arduous, horrifying pain, but Noah endured it by putting his mind into his soul and managed to stay awake through the whole ordeal, which seemed like an eternity, but it was no less than 10 minutes. The blood cocoon dissipated into ashes as the new Noah emerged, even more, shiny and malicious than before, his entire aura resonated with power and domineering authority, although his appearance had truly not changed much, he had definitely changed in other means, he truly exuded the air of someone strong, definitely strong. "What a wonderful feeling of greatness¡­ No, I have to not indulge in this, there is a long path for me to go through, this is definitely not over yet¡­" through Noah while gripping his fists, he couldn''t let himself be happy with the greatness he had achieved, there was a long way to go. Noah had developed into a hardworking and proactive man, he never sat down in one ce for too long without doing something to keep working through his path to achieve his dreams, getting here was but a step, and although he felt happy from the deep of his heart, he needed to keep going, he needed to keep struggling, and he needed to keep firmly ncing straight into the path he was walking into, with zing resolve. After this, Noah decided to absorb arge pile of Ability Cores, which were divided for everyone in the group (that could use them), there was arge pile of items for him, which he decided to use right away to gain a few thousand of Skill Points. He could perfectly use them to get many Skills, but they were all random Skills, and there could be a lot of garbage within it with barely anything of use for someone like him, for the moment, until he could achieve something like Skill Fusion, he simply decided to keep specializing on his Skill Tree and convert these Ability Cores into Skill Points! All the Cores converted into particles of light and fused with Noah, the particles of light directly flowed into his Ability Core, giving him a new surge of energy, which transformed into Skill Points. Noah consumed hundreds, and they were all A-Rank, so the number of Skill Points he acquired right away was rather ridiculous. Ding! [You gained +85000 Skill Points!] "So many¡­!" thought Noah as he released a malicious smile, his arms rising triumphantly. With this and the addition of the Skill Points he already had, Noah had a whopping 96000 Skill Points ready to be used! He couldn''t help but wonder what kind of Skills could emerge in the new Skill Tree and even considered maxing out both the new one and the Warlock Skill Tree once and for all. Noah quickly decided to check his new Skill Tree, finding a lot of new Skills to take. ¡­ [Level: V] [Noble-Born Vampire Marquis (0/7000)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Bloodline Master: Detect Bloodline (0/8000)], [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Devour (0/8500)], [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Assimtion (0/9000)] Additional Abilities (II): [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloody Guard (0/9500)], [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloodthirsty Crazed Jabs (0/9500)], [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Crimson ughter (0/10000)] Additional Abilities (III): [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Danger Perception (0/11500)], [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Foresight (0/12000)], [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Universal Orientation (0/13000)] "Excellent¡­!" ----- Chapter 220 - Noble-born Vamprie Marquis Skill Tree ----- Noah nced with wonder at his new Skill Tree, it seemed to offer a lot of new Abilities that coulde of great use for him and the journey ahead of his path. [Level: V] [Noble-Born Vampire Marquis (0/7000)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Bloodline Master: Detect Bloodline (0/8000)], [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Devour (0/8500)], [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Assimtion (0/9000)] Additional Abilities (II): [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloody Guard (0/9500)], [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloodthirsty Crazed Jabs (0/10000)], [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Crimson ughter (0/10500)] Additional Abilities (III): [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Danger Perception (0/11500)], [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Foresight (0/12000)], [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Universal Orientation (0/13000)] However, the costs seemed rather oundish, he wondered if with the Skill Points he had it would be enough to get everything right away. He had 96000 Skill Points, and to get everything here, he would need 92000¡­ it seemed that he was able to barely grasp everything. The abilities included here seemed to be outstanding, such as the first branch that seemed to give him the ability to devour and assimte other bloodlines, which could open up a path for limitless growth through the assimting of hidden powers within the bloodlines of many races across all worlds. As if it were not obvious already, Detect Bloodline could probably help him detect a bloodline, while Bloodline Devour to devour one, and then Bloodline Assimtion to assimte one and acquire its powers¡­ Could there be the possibility for such bloodlines to appear as their own skill trees? Or maybe, as they were fused with him, the powers of such bloodlines would show up through this Skill Tree¡­ Well, Noah was wondering many things. After that came to Spectral Guardian¡­ this Skill was very simr to Beelzebub. Noah wondered that if those Ability Cores he converted into Skill Points somehow affected the powers he got from his Skill Tree, covering such powers into his own and changing them, modifying their appearances and powers through this. It made some sense to Noah, and it could exin things such as the elemental blood gem skill. This series of Skills all went around summoning arge humanoid specter from Noah''s soul, not to be confused with his Soul-Beast form, which was different. This Specter could fight independently and even protect Noah, something that made Noah be reminded of a certain Japanese series he once said archived within an antique of things that existed before the apocalypse¡­ something about a Bizarre Adventure. Nheless, this could also be seen as a modified version of Beelzebub''s Spectral Soul Ability, which also made sense to Noah. Afterward, there was a skill he had always wanted, Vampiric Senses. Well, his senses were already sharp and amazing as they were, but he never truly got a Skill to enhance it. But now, he got three of them, each one bringing a new way of doing and sensing things. One of them seemed to be an even better version of Emerald''s Skill, Danger Perception, alongside Foresight, and even Universal Orientation, all of such Skills sounding very promising for Noah''s growth. Without further ado, Noah began to pour Skill Points into the new Skill Tree. Ding! [You exchanged 7000 Skill Points!] [The [Noble-Born Vampire Marquis] branch has been maxed!] [You gained bonus Skill Proficiency] [The [Fartalk: 100 (A)] Skill has awakened into the [Telepathy Network: 1 (S)] Skill!] [The [Toxic and Poisonous Fluid Secretion: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Chemical Fluids Secretion: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Bloodline Curse: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Bloodline Soul Curse: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Blood Elixir: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Great Blood Panacea: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Blood Detonation: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Blood Bomb: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Elemental Blood Gem Creation: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Elemental Blood Soul Jewel Creation: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Blood Beast Transformation: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Rampaging Blood Lycan Transformation: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Blood for Blood: 100 (B)] Skill and the [Vitality Veil: 100 (B)] Skill have merged and awakened into the [Blood-sucking Soul Veil: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Moon Protection: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Night Ward: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Blood Mist: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Crimson Mist: 1 (A)] Skill!] A lot of Skills have suddenly awakened, startling Noah for a small second, as he nced with wonder at them. His Fartalk Skill, which let him speak through telepathy from very far away ces had now be Telepathy Network, which let him connect with many people''s minds at once, creating a telepathywork where thoughts, images, and even memories could be shared from almost infinitelyrge distances! It was truly awork of telepathy now, fitting to have be an S-Rank Skill. The [Chemical Fluids Secretion: 1 (A)] Skill seemed to be a better version than its predecessor, now Noah was not too restricted to create poisonous or toxic fluids but could edit them to make chemicalpounds to an extent, although their intensity and what he could make was limited to the naturalpounds within his blood, so he could not do anything too insane, although throwing an acidic substance at people''s faces was now an option. The [Bloodline Curse: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Bloodline Soul Curse: 1 (A)] Skill, which gave Noah an even greater grasp over cursing other beings, not only their bloodlines could be targeted, but even their souls to an extent, making of its uses even greater than before. The [Blood Elixir: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Great Blood Panacea: 1 (A)] Skill, giving Noah the ability to heal things even more, and even heal various diseases and negative status effects. Of course, all of such effects were also his, so he could heal even faster from any of such attacks. The [Blood Detonation: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Blood Bomb: 1 (A)] Skill, letting Noah make literal bombs out of his blood with even more freedom, making of anything he touched with his blood a deadly weapon. The [Elemental Blood Gem Creation: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Elemental Blood Soul Jewel Creation: 1 (A)] Skill, which let Noah conjure his own blood as elemental jewels, making them deadly long-ranged attacks that could carry a part of the might of other elements. The [Blood Beast Transformation: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Rampaging Blood Lycan Transformation: 1 (A)] Skill, giving Noah the ability to coat himself with a Lycan-like transformation made of pure blood, a monstrous and aggressive beast which enhanced all of his power in exchange for making him wilder¡­ but he was already quite insane, so it didn''t bother him much. The [Blood for Blood: 100 (B)] Skill and the [Vitality Veil: 100 (B)] Skill merged and awakened into the [Blood-sucking Soul Veil: 1 (A)] Skill, giving Noah the power to coat himself in a veil made of his blood and soul that could also suck vitality and blood from enemies. The [Moon Protection: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Night Ward: 1 (A)] Skill, giving Noah greater enhancements at night, even if there was not moonlight bathing him. The [Blood Mist: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Crimson Mist: 1 (A)] Skill, making of the mist he produced be denser and thicker, more suitable for interesting ways ofbat. After this, Noah decided to acquire the other Skills. ----- Chapter 221 - New Skills! Even More Power! ----- Noah nced at the new Skills descriptions and capabilities while smiling maliciously, he was now able to aplish many new things with them, and felt excited about trying them all out in the next dungeon they would be exploring, an S-Rank dungeon! Such powers could be used for a variety of purposes, from healing to making the explosive effects of his blood even more broken! He remembers that he had used them against Beelzebub by coating his long-ranged projectiles with exploding blood, which seemed very effective, or even before that when he generated those cannons made of blood armament creation, he loaded them with his soul and this skill, making of such projectiles explode, bing even deadlier, like real cannonballs! Now, Noah was even more excited as he was about to spend Skill Points and get the new Skills of his Skill Tree! "Let''s get to it¡­" thought Noah, deciding to not waste any single second checking the newly awakened Skills he had recently gotten, and quickly pouring Skill Points into the Skill Tree, quickly beginning to acquire many new skills and abilities that would aid him through this perilous journey to the top! [You exchanged 8000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Bloodline Master: Detect Bloodline] Skill!] [You exchanged 8500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Devour] Skill!] [You exchanged 9000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Assimtion] Skill!] [The [Bloodline Master: Detect Bloodline], [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Devour], and [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Assimtion] Skills have merged into the [Bloodline Master Arts: 1 (S)] Skill!] [You exchanged 9500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloody Guard] Skill!] [You exchanged 10000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloodthirsty Crazed Jabs] Skill!] [You exchanged 10500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Crimson ughter] Skill!] [The [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloody Guard], [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloodthirsty Crazed Jabs], and [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Crimson ughter] Skills have merged into the [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian Techniques: 1 (S)] Skill!] [You exchanged 11500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Danger Perception] Skill!] [You exchanged 12000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Foresight] Skill!] [You exchanged 13000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Universal Orientation] Skill!] [The [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Danger Perception], [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Foresight], and [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Universal Orientation] Skills have merged into the [Supernatural Vampiric Senses Capabilities: 1 (S)] Skill!] Just as it had happened previously, the three skills of each branch merged together to make stronger Skills containing all of the original skills abilities, and perhaps even amplify them! ¡­ [Bloodline Master Arts: 1 (S)] The Arts of a true master of blood who has attained the ability to control Bloodlines, having the ability to analyze, devour, and assimte bloodlines from corpses. Abilities Include: [Bloodline Detection]: Use your inner talent over blood and bloodlines to detect an enemy''s bloodline, part of their properties, and if they are of any value or that could grant any power to you. [Bloodline Devour]: After killing a foe, suck their blood dry and devour their bloodline within it, to devour a bloodlinepletely, you require to drink at least 90% of their entire blood. [Bloodline Assimtion]: After devouring the bloodline of a foe, assimte it into your main Bloodline, acquiring new abilities depending on the bloodline you have assimted. ¡­ Noah nced with amusement at this Skill. Finally, he was able to extract bloodlines from other beings! And he had tried to do so straight away with anything he had nearby, even the blood servant of the zing Wyrm emperor! However, he quickly discovered, after it failed, that it was impossible to acquire bloodlines from something that has already died for so long, and that he also needed to drink almost their entire blood to get it right, but he would surely do so next time, for sure. ¡­ [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian Techniques: 1 (S)] After harnessing the power over your blood to such immense levels, you can manifest the entirety of its power coupled with your soul through a special non-Soul Beast entity named Spectral Blood Demon Guardian, which will emerge whenever you activate the Skill and will constantly drain blood, soul, and mana to manifest, but that will bring great benefits to you. Additional Abilities Include: [Bloody Guard]: While manifesting your Spectral Blood Demon Guardian, he will automatically guard you against direct damage using its enormous and muscr physique, its gigantic arms can be a great shield, which it can use in conjunction with any other shield or barrier-based skill within your arsenal for greater effects. [Bloodthirsty Crazed Jabs]: While manifesting your Spectral Blood Demon Guardian, unleash the truest might of its power, releasing a constant barrage of jabs attacks that can crush anyone standing in front of you without you having to move an inch, the range of attacks is of 20 meters, and their power can be enhanced with your other Skills. [Crimson ughter]: Harness theplete insanity and power of the Spectral Blood Demon Guardian, giving it the order of going berserk, to the point of rampaging everything within its path mercilessly and with an undying fury akin to a rabid wild beast. ¡­ This new Skill amazed Noah, as it granted him the ability to summon a spectral demon to protect or fight for him while he could easily do something else through multi-tasking, this absolute beast of a Skill let Noah go even wilder in battle, perhaps giving him a greater edge over other foes. Although Noah enjoyed some of the thrills of battle, he preferred to fight fights he could win than some battles where he had to risk everything foolishly, so he would often scheme against enemies given the opportunity. But even then, this Skill could be used for such purpose if not more, as he could easily surprise unsuspecting foes with it and crush them before they could do anything, rewarding Noah for being a good evil schemer. ¡­ [Supernatural Vampiric Senses Capabilities: 1 (S)] As a powerful Vampire, your senses had evolved into bing supernatural, to the point of bringing you new capabilities within them, which could be greatly used for a variety of purposes. [Danger Perception]: Use your sharp senses as a Vampire to detect danger preemptively, receiving a small vision of the source of this danger. Such danger can be detected at any time, even before the danger was to even ur, or on apletely different day. [Foresight]: Use your sharp senses as Vampire to predict your foe''s next moves, using Foresight to see a glimpse of the future and its possibilities, and acting ordingly to surprise your unsuspecting foes. Foresight is limited to a few seconds in the future. [Universal Orientation]: Your Vampiric Senses give you a great sense of orientation, acquiring the ability to instinctively know where to go to the destination you desire to go as if your very senses guide you to even ces you had never visited before. This Ability can be enhanced with further skills and abilities. ¡­ Andstly, this Skill granted Noah great abilities of perception, foresight, and orientation, which were all useful for all the things he would face, in battle and also to orientate himself, even if going to ces he had never gone before, it was indeed a wondrous Skill that brought interesting and useful effects. After Noah was done checking these Skills, he finally decided to continue. ----- Chapter 222 - Onwards To The S-Rank Dungeon ----- When Noah finally finished assessing his Skills and other various things, he felt the strong presence of his party all growing stronger, their eyes quickly opened as the cocoons of various elements dissipated, they had evolved into Level V as well, gaining new powers and overflowing with greatness. "Ah¡­ Level V already¡­ So we are S-Rank now? I don''t feel all that different¡­ the S-Rank Hunter Title is really just overrated I guess," chuckled Iris, although Noah could clearly feel that her presence had evolved tremendously, and her soul roared and flowed like a sea of phantasmagoric beauty. Noah couldn''t help but find Iris more beautiful as she evolved. Although she didn''t notice it, he did notice that her physical body matured more as she evolved, and her hips were now wider and sexier than before, her chest too, was growing bigger, and her breasts seemed to entice Noah into squeezing them¡­ However, he saved up such lustful and sinful desires for the night, as the day was young and there was still a lot to do. Additionally, Iris''s short booby-styled hair had been growing with each evolution, and she had decided to not cut it, so her hair was already reaching her shoulders, and seemed silky and shiny, making her look more mature. As of now, Iris was wearing some tight pants that entuated her butt cheeks and curves even more, and she looked at Noah cutely as she noticed that he was eyeing her body. "Fufu, what are you looking at so much~?" she asked with a yful smile, despite her evolution changes, she was still rather petitepared to Noah, and Noah smiled gently as he petted her head. "Nothing much, it is just that every time you evolve you be more beautiful, I can''t help but look at you a bit," said Noah, making Iris blush a bit as a fluffy phantom fox tail emerged behind her back, waving around cutely. "D-Don''t say such embarrassing things¡­" she said while kissing Noah. After everyone got ustomed to their bodies, they quickly decided to eat something light before delving into the S-Rank Dungeon. "So being S-Rank makes us like¡­ important, right?" wondered Arthur. "It really is nothing when wepare it to what we must achieve," said Noah. "My lord is right¡­ It is not as important¡­ And we might even be¡­ SS-Rank after this dungeon dive anyways," said Jon. "So fast¡­ two Rank jumps in a day¡­ We are really making history here," sighed Timassa. "Indeed. But to my lord''s view and goals, this is but a small step, let''s quickly get to the next dungeon if possible¡­" said Clementina. "Well¡­ Before that I wanted to say something to everyone¡­" said Iris, as everyone nced at her with interest. "A-Ah, it is nothing too much, really. I just wanted to say¡­ Thank you, to all of you¡­" she said. "Mydy? Why are you thanking us?" asked Clementina. "I just wanted to thank all of you for what you''ve done. For being with us since the beginning¡­ well, Clementina joined ratherte, but still¡­ I am just¡­ happy to have such reliable people at my side, I am happy to be always with people that can protect our backs, just as much as we protect yours. This is why¡­ thank you for being with us through all these hardships, for all¡­ we have gone through¡­ I know that what I am thinking might be dumb or too overly emotional¡­ But even as the being I have be, I can''t help but still value bonds and emotions¡­ It is part of what makes me¡­ well, me. So, thanks¡­ Everyone," said Iris with a gentle smile, her eyes gleamed with gentleness and love, shining with a bright and soothing light. After seeing their beloved mistress saying such sweet words, everyone skipped a beat, even Noah. "A-Ah¡­ Of course! We shall always be with you and Noah. We are here to serve you and¡­ Ah, more than serve, we just protect each other backs and survive as much as we can. We are all friends here- no, a family," said Arthur. "That''s right. I also wanted to thank you, Iris¡­ And Noah¡­ Jon, Adamantine, and also Clementina, for being with us through all of this ordeal. And for giving us such an opportunity to be what we are. It mighte with some drawbacks, but Noah-sama and Iris-sama gave us the chance to finally grow stronger and be someone we can be proud of being¡­ Since Arthur''s family picked me up from the orphanage since I was a little girl that I have strived to serve my lord, and being given the chance for both of us to grow stronger together, so I can always stay at his side ad protect him is¡­ very wonderful, thank you," said Timassa. "Timassa¡­" said Arthur, as he blushed a bit. Suddenly, Timassa''s hand extent to Arthur''s, and tightly held it¡­ he felt her warmth despite being a ghoul, and she felt his warmth despite being a dhampir. "I am also thankful¡­ to have been allowed to grow stronger and be¡­ someone else than the husk of a person I used to be¡­ before this¡­ I think I never had spoken so much with anyone, and never thought about having bonds nor friends throughout my entire life¡­ Everything was always¡­ lonely, dull, and dry¡­ But¡­ since I joined my lords that life seems to have finally had a meaning¡­ I thank you for filling the empty heart I once had¡­" said Jon as he blushed a bit, he was an adorable young boy, who was always alone, but after joining the Noctem Family, he was finally given a purpose to his life, and people to love. "I am happy if I am with master¡­ and mistress! There''s always pettings and food!" said Adamantine¡­ A former bully that made Iris''s life a living hell. Instead of being killed, she had her mind broken, and from such a broken mind, a new one resurged, more innocent, childish, and probably wilder. After developing it with everyone else, she became more open and was now developing more. To Iris, it was as if the old Adamantine was dead and as if she had been reincarnated, her personality waspletely different, and her memories seemed to be clouded. As she grew stronger, she developed a bit more intelligence, although she was still within the mentality of a 5-6 years old girl¡­ But perhaps after developing some more, she would be able to mature¡­ or not. Nheless, this destiny was perhaps for the better¡­ or the worst. Iris and Noah had pitied her at the end, however, and her parents had already been moved into the territory and converted into ghouls by Iris'' bite, although some tampering into their minds had to be done so they wouldn''t revolt at first, they were at least secure and didn''t have to suffer in poverty. "It was all thanks to master and mistress that I managed to avenge my mother and¡­ to ughter the bastards thatughed at her death. And I even got to get my father into safety as well. Although my life has been filled with bitterness, now that I am with all of you, it has finally been found a purpose to strive forward, one that¡­ warms my cold heart and fills me with great conviction. I am the one that must thank you all¡­" said Clementina with a gentle smile. "Oh my, everyone¡­ You''re going to make me blush¡­" chuckled Iris. "I am d that everyone has found a ce to belong to at my side. Especially you, Iris, you were the first person that I found, and although the circumstances were rather desperate at that time. I am d to see how things have turned out and that¡­ I have someone so reliable at my side. Alongside all of you too¡­" said Noah with a gentle smile, ncing at everyone else as his crimson eyes gleamed with resolve. "Noah¡­" said Iris, as she hugged Noah tightly and the two kissed lovingly. Everyone else also thanked Noah, as the group finally decided to walk towards the S-Rank Dungeon they would be visiting, their next and greatest challenge¡­ Meanwhile, Noah got some reports about therge army of Vampires, Robots, and Blood Servants he sent to an A-Rank Dungeon, it seems that it was cleaned sessfully by the recently-raised-to-A-Rank Vampires that had gone to the B-Rank Dungeons previously. This army wasposed of over 15 Vampires, 20 Robots, and hundreds of Blood Servants, so it was obvious that they woulde out at the top. They had also brought some more loot for Noah, so he quickly rushed there with everyone else through Noire''s Shadow Travel. ----- Chapter 223 - New Blood Servant And Ability Cores Offering! ----- By using the Blood Servants as a primary meat shield that feed upon Mana of the monsters they defeated (alongside draining it from Noah even from very far away), the group of many Vampires, Robots, and blood Servants decimated an A-Rank Dungeon within the time Noah and his party spent resting and evolving. When Noah and his party finally reached the area thanks to Noire''s fast Shadow Travel Ability, they were greeted by therge party, which was mostly trying to ignore the cameramen, although some Vampires got pissed and sted off some cameras with long-ranged attacks to scare them off. As Noah had told them, they didn''t have to say a single thing to any reporter that was to try to talk to them, and if they insisted¡­ they were allowed to use force to fend them off. The Noctem Family was so big now that they began to settlerge camps around the Gates for all the members that were preparing or resting for a bit before joining another army into the expedition as if they were even more efficient than the military itself, which was still preparing to even get inside a B-Rank Dungeon, while already most of them werepleted and only one was left, which was beingpleted at this very moment. Just as they had said, they wouldplete and make all gates disappear in less than a week! The people had initially not believed it, and many were very shocked by this news, but the proof was right before their eyes, and the cameras all around the ce which the Vampires were not able to catch were filming all of this, each B-Rank Gate was being destroyed before their noses, and the second A-Rank Gate was already gone! And all of that within the span of¡­ what? 4 hours? It was clearly out of this world! Not only Sector D was being shaken, but the entire world! All people from all Sectors were seeing this, Hunters all around the world were being surprised that a single Guild was doing something that was a sector''s worth of a job in just a bit less than 5 hours! Many Sectors around the world immediately began to contact Sector D within this time, many leaders of these governments were requesting the Noctem Family toe and help them with their dangerous B-Rank and above Gates! They were offering everything they had, money, resources, even attribute value cores which the government of Sector D was keeping so greedily! Sector D''s government, of course, was trying to block all these offers to reach Noah because they didn''t want to let go of their golden eggs hen, but Noah got various messages of them anyways through his secretworks made up by the team of Robots. For now, he was answering every request with "I will think about it, but don''t think that I will do it if you don''t offer a bit more!", shocking the leaders of every Sector due to his shamelessness! Although each sector had their S-Rank Hunters and above, not all of them were moving their asses as efficiently as Noah was doing, and Noah, after reaching the Gates again, had announced to the public that they were all S-Rank, proving it with an artifact that calcted attribute values, surprising the entire sector through the TV of everyone. After the little show-off, Noah gathered with the group that recently cleared the A-Rank Dungeon, which was led by Rodrigo and Lumis, the talented Ghouls with good Magic affinity. The group gathered inside arge camp, which Noah had quickly isted from the outside world through the use of Blood Aegis. Rodrigo and Lumis exined the details of the dungeon they visited while absorbing Attribute Value Cores and reaching S-Rank! Even Noah was a bit surprised over the fast progress of his army, but it was fitting for someone as great as himself anyways, the stronger they were the better. Perhaps soon enough, they would be the first Guild to achieve such a big amount of S-Rank Hunters in all the world. "My lord, the Dungeon we recentlypleted wasn''t as hard as the one you visited, based on the descriptions you gave us about that one," said Rodrigo. "Indeed, I feel like we cheated a bit, Master Noah¡­" sighed Lumis as he waved his cute, pink-colored foxtail. "Don''t talk nonsensical stuff. I picked the hardest one of my own ord, I wanted the greatest challenge. All of you were able to take the lesser ones, which was for the best of your growth. Fighting against someone like Beelzebub would have been your ultimate demise. I am d I took it for myself with my party," said Noah, although he sounded prideful and arrogant, he was saying that he did it because he didn''t want them to waste their lives going to a hard dungeon. In a way, Noah was even seen as an overprotective man of his kin, and always thought about giving them fitting challenges to hasten their growth but nothing that would actually kill them in the process¡­ he might seem evil and scheming, but he had a soft spot for those at his side, and this was one of the things that made all of his kin so fascinated ad dedicated to him, because he had a benevolent heart for them. "Haha, Master you''re always so gentle," said Lumis. "Indeed, thank you for taking care of that Dungeon," said Rodrigo. "Gentle? What are you talking about¡­? Anyways, now tell me the details¡­" said Noah. Rodrigo and Lumis began to exin that the dungeon they visited was something simr to arge jungle filled with monkey-type monsters, from enormous goris the size of skyscraper named Great Kongs to long-armed orangutans that could grasp things from afar and crush them, and even fire-breathing monkeys, thest boss was something named Monkey King, and it held great strength, but Lumis and Rodrigo ultimately overpowered him with the help of theirrge army, which also grew as the Blood Servants converted the dead monkeys into more Blood Servants. However, Lumis and Rodrigo''s magic came into good use, as Lumis was able to employ his Life Magic to control the nature and nts of the jungle to his favor, creating all sorts of traps and attacks, surprising the Monkey King, while Rodrigo''s Fire Magic was incredibly potent, burning the Monkey King severely. After the exploration, they bought many corpses, including the Monkey King, which Noah promptly raised into a Grand Elite General Blood Soul Servant. Ding! [You have raised the [Blood Soul Servant: Crimson Monkey King: Grand Elite General]!] Additionally, Noah had gained around 130 more Blood Soul Servants in all the shapes and forms of many Monkey-type monsters, which hid from the public by hiding inside the bloodstreams of all the Vampires. Noah, however, decided to make the Vampires keep these Blood Servants as members of theirrge parties to assist them. He had already tried to absorb the blood of the Monkey King, but it seemed that in that little time they bought his corpse here, it was already stale, this is why he was made a Blood Soul Servant. He also tried to analyze the bloodline of other carcasses, but he was not able to get anything, however, he hoped that in the next dungeon he would be able to get something. Lastly, Lumis and Rodrigo gifted him a big pile of Ability Cores, which he happily absorbed. ----- Chapter 224 - Powerful Warlock Skill Tree! ----- Noah smiled happily as he nced at the pile of Ability Cores, although he felt a bit guilty to himself to be given such an enormous amount of them after these Vampires did so much effort to get them, and he began to consider that they also deserved them for their own growth. However, Rodrigo and Lumis already had rified that they had taken their part alongside the other Vampires, and this pile of Ability Cores was so big due to the sheer number of monkeys they fought. They had also stated that there were Treasure Chests everywhere givingrge piles of Ability Cores too, so it wasn''t anything that Noah needed to worry about, and they were simply blessed with good fortune. Noah nced at his Warlock Skill Tree to calcte how many Skill Points he needed to max it out. ¡­ [Warlock] [Innate]: The Skill Tree of a Warlock who had created a pact with an otherworldly entity. Unleash the powers of the entity that has bonded with your soul, bringing to your ne the horrors of the existence of such entity, while feeding its never-ending hunger for destruction. Complete the Level 1 Skill Tree to unlock further Skill Tree Levels. [Level: I] [Bloodshot Eye Apostle (0/2000)]: Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Bloodshot Eye Apostle, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more. Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed. Additional Abilities (I): [Fiendish Gate of Horrors (0/2500)], [Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown (0/3000)], [Eldritch Soul Embodiment: (0/3500)] Additional Abilities (II): [Macabre Crimson Tentacles (0/4000)], [Negative Emotion Assimtion (0/4500)], [Outer ne Walker (0/5000)] Additional Abilities (III): [ursed Rotting Blood Downpour: (0/5500)], [Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain (0/6000)], [Soul Devourer (0/6500)] ¡­ "I need around 42500 Skill Points to get everything¡­" thought Noah, ring at the Ability Cores, and calcting if it was enough, and indeed it was more than enough. "I wonder if I can max out the next branch that might emerge¡­" thought Noah, absorbing all the Ability Cores rather greedily. Ding! [You gained 76.000 Skill Points!] "Now¡­" Ding! [You exchanged 2000 Skill Points!] [You have maxed out the [Bloodshot Eye Apostle] Skill Tree Branch!] [You have gained a greater connection with your Patron] [You have gained greater magicprehension, delving deeper into the cosmic knowledge of creation!] [Your mind corrupts with insane thoughts!] [Your mind is already corrupted, corruption effect nullified] "Eh?" Noah couldn''t say anything else than "eh?" as he saw those System Windows. The Blood Progenitor''s ghost appeared before him, startling Rodrigo and Lumis a bit. "This is the effects of delving deeper into the secrets of a warlock. The patron you have is offering you knowledge of the unknown, the feeble mind of a normal human would bepletely broken and gone insane by merely knowing this. However, your mind is already corrupt, and your soul is grotesque, fragmented, and then stitched together, you''re immune to such things¡­ And even if they were to affect you, you have several minds, which means that one might get destroyed, but the others will keep going anyways," said the Blood Progenitor. "You know a lot about me, don''t you? But thanks for the exnation," said Noah, as he realized that he had indeed be even better at the use and maniption of pure Mana, alongside the conjuration of magic. After checking that out, he decided to spend the rest of the Skill Points on these new Abilities or Spells, whatever they truly were intrigued Noah, as these abilities seemed to be rted with Bloodshot Eye, meaning that they were rted to the root of magic, not to the System, yet the System assimted this and showed them as "skills" intriguing him. Ding! [You exchanged 2500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Fiendish Gate of Horrors: 1 (A)] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 3000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown: 1 (A)] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 3500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Eldritch Soul Embodiment: 1 (A)] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 4000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Macabre Crimson Tentacles: 1 (A)] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 4500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Negative Emotion Assimtion: 1 (A)] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 5000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Outer ne Walker: 1 (A)] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 5500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [ursed Rotting Blood Downpour: 1 (A)] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 6000 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain: 1 (A)] Skill!] Ding! [You exchanged 6500 Skill Points!] [You learned the [Soul Devourer: 1 (A)] Skill!] [The [Fiendish Gate of Horrors: 1 (A)], [Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown: 1 (A)], [Macabre Crimson Tentacles: 1 (A)], [Negative Emotion Assimtion: 1 (A)], [Outer ne Walker: 1 (A)], [ursed Rotting Blood Downpour: 1 (A)], [Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain: 1 (A)], and [Soul Devourer: 1 (A)] Skills have merged into the [Abyssal Outer Entity Warlock ursed Spells: Bloodshot Eye: 1 (S)] Skill!] After learning all the Skills, Noah saw as all of them automatically merged together into a single one! "Oh? Is this to concentrate them all into it as spells? Clever, System¡­" thought Noah, this certainly made for things to be way more convenient, as he decided to check the Skill. ¡­ [Abyssal Outer Entity Warlock ursed Spells: Bloodshot Eye: 1 (S)] The Skill that epasses all learned Spells that you can acquire from your bond with the Outer ne Entity that delves into the unknown, Bloodshot Eye, a monstrous and vast entity that identifies itself as an eye covered in blood. The intensity and power of the Spells grow as your connection with your malefic patron does, the Skill can increase in proficiency not through constant repetition but by taking away the lives of the innocent through the use of such Spells in the most malevolent of ways possible, the more they are made to suffer, the better. [Fiendish Gate of Horrors]: Summon a Gate to the Outer ne where the mere vision of such a ne immediately warps space and time, causing horrifying hallucinations to any foe that res at them. Fiendish entities across the gate might emerge temporarily to attack the foe, their power is greatly reduced, and damage is based on your stats. [Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown]: Open a Gate to the Outer ne and contact your patron''s mere residual essence, manipting it and shaping it as arge mass of energy and firing it as a ray of unknown properties that warp space and time, dealingrge amounts of damage to a foe. Damage increases if the foe is inflicted with [Horror] by 50%. Ignore 20% of Foes Magic Resistance. [Macabre Crimson Tentacles]: Open a Gate to the Outer ne and summon crimson-colored slimy and malicious tentacles that attack any foe within their range, entailing them, crushing them, and sttering them all over aggressively dealing damage to the foe''s physical defense. [Negative Emotion Assimtion]: Harness the power of your malicious mind, and gain the power to assimte negative emotions from your surroundings, which you can use to transmute into Mana. The range in which you can absorb such emotions intensify as the Skill Proficiency increases. [Outer ne Walker]: Call upon the power of your patron to give you the ability to walk through the outer ne, based on your ability and mana capacity, you can visit other nes of existence through this outer ne, acting as a bridge to other ces. At your level of power, you can only use this ability to travel around your own world, but after reaching a certain level of knowledge and power, you will be able to use this spell to further lengths. [ursed Rotting Blood Downpour]: Open a Gate to the Outer Void and call upon a gigantic downpour of rotting blood filled with poison and disease from unknown origins, sttering it over an unsuspecting foe and lowering their strength and speed while also having a great chance of causing the [Horror] Negative status effect. [Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain]: Harness the malicious power of a Warlock, targeting your foe''s very soul through a powerful spell that causes an intense and agonizing spectral and piercing pain over them, however, it deals no direct damage at all. [Soul Devourer]: Offer the souls you find to your patron so it can devour them, gaining its favor and enhancing your mana recovery rate by 20% with every Soul sacrificed for 1 hour for a max of 100% increase for 10 hours. ¡­ Noah nced at the number of abilities with great surprise, their effects were all surprisingly useful, and he had now a new arsenal of abilities he could use. ----- Chapter 225 - Entering The S-Rank Dungeon! A World Of... Poison? ----- Now that Noah had acquired such arge amount of useful Spells/Skills, he was ready to delve into the dangerous S-Rank Dungeon! The cameras nced at Noah and his main party, as everyone began to slowly walk to one of the S-Rank Dungeons, the biggest one, with the darkest color, ck. And of course, the gate that looked the most dangerous, emanatingrge quantities of energy and mana, thick enough to make most normal people have shivers run through their spines, some people were even having problems breathing near such a gate, as it exuded a strange and acidic smell. Whatever world there was within that Gate, it was certainly not weing of humans¡­ However, the Noctem Family and their Guild Leader were ncing at the ck-colored gate with smiles, their eyes gleaming with resolve. The people around nced at such eyes and expressions with surprise, many beginning to understand how pathetic they werepared to such mighty people¡­ Just what kind of mentalities made them look at the face of danger with such expressions? "Now, let''s go," said Noah, guiding his people with him, as he stepped head-first into the dangerous ck gate, an S-Rank Gate that led to one of the most dangerous Dungeons within all the S-Rank Gates present at the moment! As everyone entered, the people around nced with surprise and expectation as they saw their bodies disappear into the spatial distortions. "There they go¡­" "Will theye back?" "I honestly don''t know¡­ I doubt it," "What? They justpleted a Dungeon earlier, what makes you think they won''t now?" "It''s¡­ an S-Rank Dungeon after all¡­" "They might have outstanding growth but¡­ Perhaps they are getting too ahead of themselves, don''t you think?" "That''s¡­" "But the Noctem Family Guild is the guild that will bring us glory! They are doing so much for our Sector and you''re talking shit about them?!" "Oi, calm down!" The people had varying opinions, but the only way to show them that what Noah said was right was by simply¡­ doing what he said. And so he will. Noah''s eyes opened as he sensed the many spatialyers around him twist around. Space and time warped constantly, blinding his sight until he suddenly stepped into an alien world through the Gate. Every Gate led to a Dungeon, but every Dungeon was, forck of a better term, an alien world filled with endemic life which was trapped within a space-time distortion that was named Dungeon. Such space-time distortions actually didn''t give dropped items or cores, but the System that everyone carried with them was what converted the residual energy of in monsters into items of all sorts. This was why monsters exploded into ck smoke, as their entire bodies were transmuted as energy into the System, and a residual part of it would materialize into items, from Dropped Items, Potions, Elixirs, Equipment, Soul Weapons, Ability Cores, and Attribute Value Cores. Noah stepped once more into such an alien world, a strange one at that. The first thing he noticed was that he was falling. "What?" He nced down below as he saw an enormous sea¡­ of boiling and purple-colored slimy liquid, releasing sickly, green-colored gases everywhere, it had an acidic smell, which made Noah feel as if his lungs were melting by just breathing it. He quickly stopped falling using Flight, floating in midair as he nced around. The Gate seemed to be located above an immenseke of what Noah could only think to be¡­ poison. Meanwhile, around theke there was green-colored dirt and gigantic, alien-like trees resembling a jungle surrounding it, each tree had purple-colored bark, and their leaves varied from pink, purple, and red. Some of these trees hadrge eyes¡­ ring at Noah without blinking. As he nced at the sky, it was green and cloudy. The clouds were made of the gases produced by the poisonouske, and it seemed that the Dungeon''s spatial walls ended just a few more meters above the Gate, Noah also noticed that they ended right in the shore to the jungle¡­ meaning that the whole dungeon was above this poisonouske. No one that wasn''t capable of flying would immediately fall to their demise, as the Gate was located right above thiske. It was¡­ ridiculous. This was just the ridiculousness of S-Rank Dungeons. Through analyzing everything, Noah only spent a blink of an eye, as everyone else finally came out of the Gate ad began to fall. Noah quickly made up a with Blood Dominion, for the ones that were not quick enough to activate their flying skill, which was actually just Adamantine. "W-Woah, this is¡­ a giant poisonke?!" asked Timassa. "And the dungeon is just this, the spatial walls won''t let us go into the shore nor the rest of the jungle¡­ How amusing," said Noah. "To think that anyone incapable of flying would simply fall to their demise like this¡­ The poisonke looks deadly¡­ It is literally boiling¡­" said Iris, ring down below. "And this acidic air¡­ Ungh¡­ My very lungs are constantly melting and regenerating, what an annoying feeling," said Clementina. "Ah, I feel at home here for some reason¡­" said Arthur, feeling rather clear-minded in such a ce, none of the effects of the acidic poison were affecting him, and in fact, he felt quite well. "Well, of course, you''re a Poison user, and your body is also part poison, you''re the fittest in here. Due to that, you will work twice as hard," said Noah. "Eh?! ¡­Well, okay," said Arthur. "This ce is a bit ufortable¡­ Maybe a bit more than the Fire Wyrms Dungeon, but we can regenerate quickly so it doesn''t matter," said Jon nonchntly. "Sorry¡­ I almost fell to the big purple pool¡­" said Adamantine, flying right in between Iris and Noah. "Good thing I made the¡­ Anyways, it does seem that there ispany¡­" said Noah, as the group was flying straight over thergeke. "Indeed. Five¡­ No, ten¡­ Wait, twenty, yes, twenty creatures the size of around thirty to forty meters areing," said Jon, his eyes shing with deep crimson-red light. "Already?" asked Timassa, as theke of poison down below began to tremble, several long figures surged from them! SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! "Eels¡­?! And such pressure¡­!" said Iris. The Vampire Party nced at the creatures that seemingly lived in this boiling pool of poison, enormous eels! They hadrge jaws that opened wide, having razor-sharp fangs, hundreds of tiny yellow-colored eyes atop their heads which looked grotesque, and their long and slim bodies were covered in purple-colored scales which Noah noticed to have a metallic luster to them. The monstrous beings also possessed several slimy tentacles below their jaws, moving monstrously. "GGRRYYAARRRRR!" And down below, Noah immediately noticed giant angler-fish like monsters swimming around, they were simr to the eels, but were not long, and hadrge jaws that expanded even wider, they seemed to be waiting for someone to fall so they could catch it like a and eat them. "Everyone, brace yourselves!" said Noah, as he decided to summon his army of Blood Servants, which all were able to naturally float in midair due to their phantasmal properties. "GRRYYAARRR!" The giant eels roared, rushing towards Noah''s party! ----- Chapter 226 - Intense Fight Above A Lake Of Poison ----- As the eels charged against everyone, they were first intercepted by therge army of flying Blood Soul Servants, who raised their crystalized blood weapons and began to unleash all sorts of attacks, while several others opted to attack through long-ranged projectiles. Pride flew towards the first Eel, rushing towards it and raising his ws, catching it with them and beginning to tear it down with his dozens of jaws! "GRAAAHAHAHA! What a fitting challenge!" heughed, he who used to take down countless monsters was being made busy with a single one now! The gigantic Poison Eel (as Noah has decided to call them), began to cover its body with acidic poison, melting Pride''s ws within seconds of hitting its scales! Pride, however, didn''t give in, as it resisted the powerful bites of the beast and opened its many jaws, charging energy within them and firing powerful breath attacks against it, dozens of them at the same time, all in the form of beams of crimson mes. BOOOOOMMM!!! The beams of crimson mes fell all over the enormous and monstrous multi-eyed Eel, as it groaned in pain, its entire head began to heat and melt away, ultimately exploding! BOOM! The headpieces began to fall all over the ce, sttering through theke as Noah used this opportunity to raise his first Blood Soul Servant of the Dungeon! Dropping a drop of his blood over it, the entire floating corpse began to tremble, as a perfect replication of the creature emerged from within it, but made entirely out of the blood and coated in crystallized blood scales. The monstrous Blood Servant Eel began to swim around and attack anything on sight, distracting the other eels, ad giving openings for everyone else to continue fighting! Aside from the Blood Soul Servants who began to attack the gigantic eels in conjunction, Noah''s party was also doing everything they could, firing long-ranged elemental attacks against one, targeting it! Noah decided to use this opportunity to take it down while everyone weakened it from the sides! FLASH! Demonic Vampiric Blood Wings to generaterge wings made of blood, alongside Crimson Wind Impulsion to impulse his own body through the use of crimson winds, Noah reached the targeted Eel right away! He noticed that Iris and Adamantine were slowly tearing apart its scales with their attacks, while everyone else was using long-ranged attacks to not get too close to the poison except Arthur, who was fighting in closebat by using his ck light, as these beasts were immune to his poison just as much as he was to theirs. As the Eel was overwhelmed, Noah acted, conjuring the Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown Spell! FLASH! A sudden gate opened right above Noah, as an enormous bloodshot eye red directly at the Eel, startling it, and scaring it to death! And then¡­! BOOM! A shing redser hit the Eel directly, sting its entire head into pieces! Thanks to everyone''s effort previously, the beast''s head was weakened enough for Noah to finish it off quickly! "RISE!" Noah raised the Eel immediately after, as the beast rushed against another Eel that dozens of Blood Servants were struggling to keep in check, entangling its body around it and biting it all over with its sharp jaws! Noah and his party immediately knew that these Eels were way too tough, they wouldn''t be able to wipe out them with single attacks, and had to gang on them shamelessly with everything they had to take them down one by one, which reminded them of their exploration to the Fire Wyrm Dungeon! Using that same strategy, Noah employed the Blood Servants as living blood shields, regenerating constantly through his mana, which was being resupplied by Jon through his absorption of it from the monsters and by drinking the hundreds of mana potions they got in their previous dungeon exploration, he let the blood servants regenerate constantly while distracting the Eels from ganging on them instead! The party quickly flew towards the Poison Eel that was struggling the most, targeting it as they all smiled rather wickedly! "Nothing personal!"ughed Iris, as she unleashed several shes with her long nails covered with phantasmal fire, the phantasmal fire reached the beast, burning through its poison coating and scales, while Adamantine employed her gigantic gauntlet Soul Weapon, unleashing shing attacks with her Shadow Soul-Beast Transformation Skill coating her entire body. SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! Afterward, Clementina began to fire giant icebergs at the beast, each iceberg leaving a part of the Poison Eel frozen, giving it a difficult time moving around. Although the ice quickly melted away, it was a good temporary debuff to their speed, coupled with Iris Cursed Tattoos which made those that wielded it be lethargic! After that came the three robots, Sakura, Sugar, and Noire, whobined their ice, cklight, and shadows as a long-ranged attack, generatingrge icicle spears, des of ck light, and bullets of shadows! Boom! Boom! Boom! Jon conjured his curses all over the Eel, weakening it while warping its perception of its surroundings through mild gravity maniption. And Arthur and Timassa worked together, conjuring ck thunderbolts and rays of ck light against it! Lastly, Noah''s Excalibur began to rotate around while slicing through the scales of the Poison Eel and unleashing rays of corrupted holy light everywhere! sh! sh! sh! Boom! Boom! Boom! Noah smiled maliciously as everyone ganged over the strong creature, making it groan weakly as it did everything it could to defend, leaving it in a weakened and submissive position! "Begone!"ughed Noah, activating the Fiendish Gates of Horrors Spell continuously over the Poison Eel, as space and time twisted and gates to the Outer ne began to emerge, causing utmost horror to the Poison Eel, even more, when it sawrge ck tentaclesing from the gates, entangling the beast''s jaws and hitting it as if the tentacles were whips! "GGRRYYAAAAARRRR¡­!" The Poison Eel was overwhelmed by the horrors of the Outer ne, as its flesh began to fall into pieces by the powerful tentaclesing from them, and Noah used this opportunity to repeatedly fire Rays of the Unknown as well, whose strength intensified the more horror a target underwent! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! With three rays, the entire Eel''s head bombed into pieces, as Noah rushed towards the still-falling corpse and while smiling wickedly, pierced the flesh with his hands! "Bloodline Devour! Bloodline Assimtion!" With two magic words, the abilities within the Bloodline Skill activated, as the entirety of the blood of the Eel was drained and drank by Noah in an instant! Noah assimted the power of the Poisonous Eel Bloodline, gaining a new power. Ding! [Poisonous Eel] Bloodline Assimted!] [You learned the [Poisonous Scales] Bloodline Trait!] [Poisonous Scales: Reduces physical damage received by 5%, while also giving great resistance to acidic fluids that could otherwise melt skin and flesh] Noah had finally assimted his first bloodline, and with that, he learned about Bloodline Traits! Bloodline Traits seemed to be small passive abilities granted to him, which were separated from Skills or Spells. Aside from these effects, Poisonous Scales let Noah form small, purple-colored scales over his skin, although it didn''t seem that useful, the passive effect it brought was good. Ssh! With the dry corpse of the eel falling over the poisonke, Noah found himself surrounded by Poisonous Fish! ----- Chapter 227 - Bloodline Traits! ----- Noah had discovered a new function, Bloodline Traits! However, he had no time to see things in detail, as he was surrounded by gigantic angler fish-like monsters diving towards him from within theke of boiling poison! "GGRRYAAR¡­!" "GGRUUOOARR¡­!" "GRRAAAHH¡­! "Get off my way!" roared Noah while smiling, his soul and aura fused in an instant, as an enormous and muscr figure resembling his Blood Scion form but madepletely of blood and his soul emerged! This was the power of the Spectral Blood Demon Guardian, who had emerged to protect Noah! The fishes despite looking fat were incredibly fast, in a quarter of a second, they jumped towards Noah while pointing their jaws, but the Spectral Blood Demon was even faster! It used Noah''s w Skill to generate giant ws and began to spin around while shing through the fishes that jumped over Noah, throwing them away while being covered with wounds! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! Noah didn''t even need to move a finger as he managed to escape the team attack of the Poisonous Fishes, flying upwards as he was greeted by Iris and everyone else, who were conjuring magic and then fusing it with their Skills! "Good, use your magic! These things might be tough if we hit them with Skills, but if webine magic to it, the magic can deal extra damage as it is not ruled by the System''s restrictions of Skills!"ughed Noah, doing the same as he had begun to like attacking through long-ranged means sometimes, conjuringrge magic circles all around him. Bybining Blood and Dark Attribute Magic alongside the Skill/Spells of the Warlock Skill Tree, Noah generated a gigantic downpour of dark blood over the unsuspecting fishes! SPLASH! This was ursed blood produced by the Outer Void inbination with his inner magic, the Fishes seemed to be fine after receiving the blood, but suddenly began to struggle and gibber, their entire bodies were being made heavier as the blood stuck into their pores, gills, eyes, and mouths! Not even their corrosive poison was able to get it off in time, and Noah noticed as their stats decreased! And then, everyone else unleashed a barrage of hundreds of elemental projectiles! Phantom me Spears, ck Cursed Thunderbolt, ck Light des, Evil Eye Lasers, Shadow Bullets, Freezing Icicle Spears, and more! Noah also added his own projectiles, fusing his Dark Magic, Blood Magic, and Elemental Soul Jewel Skill creating gigantic dark blood jewels coated in crimson-red mes, purple ice, and ck winds, shing towards the fishes as they struggled to escape the constant shower of attacks! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Of course, Noah didn''t simply make his projectiles normal, as he infused Blood Bomb into them, making them explode when they entered contact with anything! The entire Poisonous Lake began to tremble constantly, as more fishes came to fight and were caught by the explosions and projectiles! Meanwhile, the Blood Servant Army took care of the monstrous Poisonous Eels, being kept in check as Noah and everyone else decided to take care of the fishes! "Keep going! Go all out!" roared Noah, as everyone agreed, deciding to simply make the whole Poisonous Fish race go extinct! Unlike Eels, they were not able to go upwards and could barely jump a few meters, from such a high distance, the fishes were mere loot waiting to be taken! Some tried to spit blood at them, but each time they tried Noah shamelessly threw projectiles inside their mouths, making them blow into pieces from the inside out. And while doing this massacre, a stream of constant blood ran towards Noah and everyone around him, as they drank the blood of the fishes! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! More pieces fell all over, as Noah drank enough blood to again another bloodline! Ding! [Poisonous Angler Fish] Bloodline Assimted!] [You learned the [Poisonous de Fangs] Bloodline Trait!] [Poisonous de Fangs: Your bite can now secrete a poison made at your liking, and damage dealt is increased by 5% when using your fangs] "Good! Now, Rise!" said Noah as he smirked maliciously, ordering all the fish to suddenly raise from their deaths, the various chunks began to move, as all the blood sttered all over concentrated into their souls, Noah''s drop of blood made them react, and a few seconds after, an army of dozens of Blood Soul Servant in the shape of Poisonous Angler Fishes emerged! "Oh! I think most of them are done for," said Iris. "Indeed! Let''s continue forward and quickly take care of the remaining Eels!" Noah told the Fish Blood Servants to pick up the loot left while annihting any fish left, as he and his party quickly flew around the area, reaching their next target without taking a break at all! "GGRRYYYSSHAAA!" A gigantic,rger-than-normal Poisonous Eel, a Poisonous Eel Leader, who was double as robust as the normal ones and whose scales were bright red emerged, crushing dozens of Blood Servants that tried to take it down constantly. Noah summoned his Spectral Blood Demon as he unleashed his ws, using both the Spectral Blood Demon''s ws and his own to sh through the beast,nding on its head with a crushing blow as if it were a zing crimson-red meteor! CLASH! "GRRYAARR!" The Poisonous Eel Leader quickly used his longer than usual tentacles, trying to catch Noah with them and crush him! However, Noah used his ws to slice through the tentacles smoothly, like a warm knife through butter, as he coupled his ws with his soul and blood, sttering blood all over the beast ad making it explode! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! However, the beast''s hard scales seemed barely affected, making Noah wonder just how hard those scales were! But Noah continued his attacks as he evaded the Eel''s poisonous attacks, while Iris reached him quickly after while everyone else flew around the eel and attacked it with their various means! Iris neared Noah as their Auras resonated and fused together, phantom blue mes with crimson-red blood aura! Noah covered one area of the gigantic creature while Iris another, using their Blood Weapons to unleash hell on earth to the beast! Noah simply continued to stubbornly blow away the beast''s scales, until they finally began to give in and the tender flesh below was showed! Noah quickly used Blood Dominion to control such blood and then drain it, touching it, and then making it explode all over the wounds over and over again! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! At the same time, he conjured his projectiles of elemental soul jewels, which began to explode into countless elemental explosions! Meanwhile, his Soul Weapon Bone ws shed through the flesh and scales that were weakened, leaving a trail of pure blood and sttered flesh over the long body of the beast! The Eel quickly grew tentacles all over its body, trying to entangle and grab Noah, but he simply used his powerful ws to sh through them into nothing, as he smiled maliciously and covered himself in the blood of his enemy, explosions after explosions were left on his path! Iris continued at his side too, her entire body coated in blue mes as her soul beast form materialized into monstrous and gigantic phantasmal ws that broke through everything, her double knives flew and began to spin around until they shattered the scales and let Iris'' fire get through! "GGRRRRRRRYYYSSSHHA¡­!" In a matter of seconds, since they attacked it, the Eel was out ofmission! ----- Chapter 228 - Merely An S-Rank Monster! ----- "S-Rank Monster? This is a joke!"ughed Noah, as Irisughed devilishly at his side, her knives rushing through the beast ad slicing its tentacles and scales, blood sttering all over as Noah drank it all! "GRRRYYYSSHAAA¡­!" SPLASH! The beast fell over the pool of poison, it was dead! At the same time as this happened, dozens of Ability Cores and Attribute Value Cores emerged out of its body, alongside Dropped Items, floating over the poison as if nothing. However, such items were notpletely indestructible nor could be kept forever without being picked up, if they were not picked up in a few seconds, they would lose an "invisibility" effect and break down, melting into the poison. This is why Noah always had Blood Servants ready to carry the loot around, which they moved to his Inner Realm of Flesh and Blood forter consumption! Noah noticed that he didn''t gain any Bloodline Trait, the Eel Leader was considered the same species as the other Eels, so he didn''t get anything new! "Rise!" He decided to simply let it rise as a Blood Soul Servant while giving back some of the blood he drank by using his own blood and the mixed blood of some leftover fish corpses. And then¡­ a gigantic Eel Blood Servant emerged, so enormous it blocked the light of the sky! The creature''s crimson eyes shed with malice, as its enormous crimson jaws opened and roared! "GRRRYAARRR!" "Grand Elite General! Good! Now, go!"ughed Noah, controlling his newly summoned pet as he mounted its head with Iris while the rest of the party followed them from above while flying, the gigantic eel moved with immense speed through the poison pool, which, unlike other blood servants, it was immune to! With only but a dozen of monsters left, Noah used the powerful Poisonous Eel Leader Blood Servant to administrate sharp attacks, using it as both a meat shield and a strong damage dealer. "GRRYAARR!" Biting the gigantic eels with its even bigger jaws, the blood servant eel leader destroyed the necks of the beasts with several bites, tearing apart the flesh as the rest of Noah''s party shamelessly used these opportunities to st off more flesh out of the beast through its open wounds, in mere seconds, another Eel was gone! SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! Suddenly, three other Eels rushed towards Noah''s party, ignoring the blood servants'' meat shields atst! Noahmanded his army of Blood Soul Servant Poisonous Angler Fishes to attack one of the Poisonous Eel''s tail, tearing apart its scales and flesh as Timassa used this chance to unleash her ck thunder over the wounds, electrify the entire beast out ofmission! SPARK! BOOM! Exploding into pieces, Noah raised yet another one, as the other two were fighting against the rest of the party! The Blood Servant Eel Leader used its jaws, tails, and tentacles to assault and bite one of the Eels, as Iris jumped over it and began to burn it alive with her soul mes, damaging the soul of the beast! These soul mes were acquired from the ursed Tree King, which ate its soul. Instead of being blue mes, they were purple, and were even fiercer! "GGRRRYYAARRRR¡­!" SPLASH! The second Eel died rather quickly, as Noah jumped out of the Blood Servant Eel Leader and decided to decimate the other one with Excalibur and his very might! Grasping Excalibur with his arms, he unleashed a beam of corrupted holy light towards the beast''s eyes! BOOOOMMM!!! The enormous st sttered the various eyes into a bloody mess, as Noah fell over the head of the monster and began to tear and sh it apart monstrously! He smiled wickedly as he bathed in the blood of the beast, slicing through it while activating the corrupted holy light skills, his de rushed through the entire flesh and scales, tearing everything across the de''s path as Noah continued to be ruthlessly malicious with his way of fighting, without leaving the beast to even fight back! He conjured hundreds of spears made of elemental blood jewels and then made them fall over the creature, as hundreds of small explosions urred! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "Ggrrryaaarrr¡­!" SPLASH! A few seconds after, the monster''s entire body was torn apart, as the beast died instantly! Noah and his party continued their bloodshed, slicing through the flesh of the Poisonous Eels and making them explode into pieces, a bath of blood began to quickly taint the entire pool with crimson-red colors! While jumping in midair, Noah began to spin like a drill with his Spectral Blood Demon Guardian, crushing through a second Poisonous Eel Leader, crushing its skull, and rushing down through its entire body, until it came out from the tip of its tail covered in blood and guts, the beast fell over the pool of poison, it waspletely dead! Noah constantly felt as his power increased with each ughter, the army grew bigger with more and more Blood Servants, and there seemed to be no end to the constant loot of items and cores! After around half an hour, the party was finally breaking through the deeper areas of the "road" made by the long river of poison, mercilessly annihting anything in their path while bathing in the blood of their enemies, they suddenly came across a new army of monsters! Gigantic dragonfly-like monsters covered by metallic exoskeletons and possessing enormous jaws that could tear anything! Large frog-like monsters that werepletely purple-colored and had tongues so long they could easily extent dozens of meters! And even more Eels and Fishes! Noahmanded his army of Blood Servants as they began to destroy anything through their path while picking up the loot, he and his party entertained themselves by slicing through the beasts with their powers, the more they fought the more they felt their souls evolving and unlocking more of the saved-up power they had from having absorbed God''s power! Noah also did so, by extending his soul as bloody tentacles and entangling the dragonflies, crushing them into nothing and then devouring their entire bodies with his shapeshifted maws, eating all their blood and guts, he monstrously and gluttonously got through every beast, seeking to get any bloodline! His desire for power was greedy and incessant, and everyone around him couldn''t help but share his view, as they continued to ughter and devour! Who were the real monsters here? The monsters were simply despairing, the abyssal hell they were undergoing was worst than anything they had ever experienced! These otherworldly invaders were too monstrous, too powerful, and too voracious! Noah had long stopped being a simple man, he was a monster in the shape of a man, his abyssal soul kept extending, it seemed vast and endless! As he fought more, he released more and more of his true soul powers, endless showers of elemental blood jewels, explosions of blood all around, Excalibur slicing through everything, beams of crimson red energy, and more! Noah was aplete killing machine, and this ce was his yground, an S-Rank Dungeon! However, he was not going off the rails, he knew that something wasing, and quickly stopped his tracks and told everyone to cease their charge. The Poison Pool began to tremble, as something gargantuan emerged from it, it had multiple heads, all covered in purple scales of metallic luster¡­ ----- Chapter 229 - EXCEED! ----- Ding! [Poisonous Carnivorous Dragonfly] Bloodline Assimted!] [You learned the [Poisonous Exoskeleton] Bloodline Trait!] [Poisonous Exoskeleton: Your skin is as hard as an exoskeleton, reducing physical damage by 5%] Ding! [Poisonous Devil Frog] Bloodline Assimted!] [You learned the [Poisonous Long Tongue] Bloodline Trait!] [Poisonous Long Tongue: Your tongue is incredibly flexible and capable of extending throughrge ranges, secreting sticky saliva to catch prey with it, or attack with it, damage deal using your tongue increases by 10%] Noah had acquired two new Bloodline Traits, increasing his power even more while giving him strange new abilities which he didn''t know if he would truly use one day or not... By devouring whole beasts through his gluttonous soul and the shapeshifting of his body thanks to his Skills and control over his own flesh and blood, he acquired the bloodline of these two new types of monsters while charging monstrously against them. To the eyes of these beasts, Noah, and everything he carried with himself seemed like a true cmity brought to life! He was death itself to them! Demise! Noah was aplete killing machine, and this ce was his yground, an S-Rank Dungeon! However, he was not going off the rails, he knew that something wasing, and quickly stopped his tracks and told everyone to cease their charge. CRASH! After crushing thest Dragonfly Leader with an enormous Soul-Beast w, Noah noticed strange turbulences all around the grouping from the depths of the Poison Lake! And then¡­ just a few seconds after, something happened! The Poison Pool began to tremble, as something gargantuan emerged from it, it had multiple heads, all covered in purple scales of metallic luster¡­ Each long neck was as big as a Poisonous Eel Leader, and they were all covered by purple-colored metallic scales! Just what were these things?! Noah was startled as a malicious smile blossomed within his lips, ring at the scene in front of him with utter joy! Yes! Finally! An entity that could put some fight, at least, some sort of resistance! Or at the very least that could live more than a few hits! The creature had a strong resemnce to the Sea Snake that Noah had once fought in the Water Temple Dungeon long ago, but its scales were bright purple and it had several eyes spread through its face, alongside tentacles below their chin. Based on sheer pressure alone, Noah immediately realized what it was! A Boss! A Hidden Boss! "GGRRRUUUOOOOOOOHHHH¡­!" The beast opened its crimson eyes, roaring ferociously at Noah and everyone around him. It had more than one head, it had multiple of them! It even surpassed Pride, who was fighting ferociously a few seconds ago while aiding his master. It is the Hidden Boss, a Poisonous Hydra Emperor! "Amazing¡­ Such pressure, it is twisting the surroundings¡­" said Iris. As Noah and Iris nced at the beast, they noticed as its purple-colored aura twisted its surroundings, making everything strange and warped, it was as if it created its own domain! "GGRRRUUUAARRR!" The gigantic hydra suddenly opened its jaws, charging purple energy within and then firing dozens of beams towards Noah and everyone else! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Constant explosions began to happen everywhere, as Noah saw some of the Blood Servants being disintegrated by the purple beams! "Oh? What a tricky one!" said Noah, as everyone around him extended their auras and souls, connecting them with him, already knowing what he was nning! FLAAASH! An enormous beam of purple energy reached him, it was enough to disintegrate them all! But Noah smiled, she conjured several Spells and activated several Skills, his entire body shed with an aura of dreadful crimson-red as his eyes shed with malice and resolve at the same time! He raised his de as Excalibur started to exude an air of darkness and the abyss, fusing with his soul and the power shared by everyone! All of that in a were quarter of a second! EXCEED: LUNAR SLASH! FLASH! Noah quickly sliced through the beam with a vertical sh of Excalibur, as a sh of pure crimson-red energy which then began to release all the other elements of his party around him exploded, slicing through the entire beam! Noah continued flying towards the beast with everyone at his side, as they continued to push forward with more power! Phantasmal mes emerged from Excalibur, cracking ck thunder, shing ck light, abyssal shadows, purple mes, ice, and more! "GGRROOAAARRRR!!!" The gigantic Hydra kept unleashing its beam attack was the other heads helped on it, unleashing even more beams! And then¡­! EXCEED: EXECUTION! Noah used the second move, EXECUTION! SLAAAASH! With a horizontal sh, space twisted as everything around him trembled, the beams sent to him were easily dissipated, as even the Hydra red at Noah with surprise, charging a new series of beams continuously, but Noah continued to sh them through! The charge continued as Noah''s party continued to unleash their power, the Hydra repeatedly released poisonous energy beams until it finally decided to use something else, summoningrge magic circles where gigantic beasts made of poison emerged, rushing towards the team while it continued to incessantly fire energy beams! "KILL THEM!" roared Iris, as shemanded everyone around her to unleash a barrage of long-ranged attacks, sting away the Poison Beasts as Noah could concentrate on what he was going to do! He concentrated his soul, his vitality, and his mana all in one point, and then put that point right at the tip of the de! "Disappear from my sight!" roared Noah. EXCEED: VAMPIRIC BLAST! With another vertical swing of his de, Noah unleashed a gargantuan beam of dark ad crimson-red energies twisting together chaotically, shing against the Hydra Boss! BOOOOOOOM!!! "GRAAAAKKKHHH?!" The Hydra Boss was shocked as it began to resist, but the beam was consuming its soul, vitality, and everything! The beast continued to resist, unleashing its everything into the task! For a single second, it seemed as it gained an advantage, but then¡­ Noah smiled! HOLY LIGHT BEAM! Bybining the innate Skill of Excalibur with the Vampiric st, the enormous st of crimson-red power was enhanced, finally overpowering the Hydra as it consumed it with an enormous, zing, and searing sensation, its entire body was being roasted alive! "GGGGRRRRRRYYYYYYSSSHAAAA¡­!" BOOM!!! An enormous explosion happened, the entire poisonous pool trembled as the beast they were fighting whose presence was so overwhelming just got killed already! What might! The smoke dissipated as Noah nced at the pile of floating loot and the sttered corpse of the Hidden Boss with a smirk, he pointed his hands towards them and began to drain all the blood! ----- [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es): Warlock (II)] [Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level V: Noble-Born Vampire Marquis] [Vitality: 2620] [Mind: 2560] [Force: 2600] [Skill Points: 37500] [Bloodline Traits] [Poisonous Scales: Reduces physical damage received by 5%, while also giving great resistance to acidic fluids that could otherwise melt skin and flesh] [Poisonous Eel] [Poisonous de Fangs: Your bite can now secrete a poison made at your liking, and damage dealt is increased by 5% when using your fangs] [Poisonous Angler Fish] [Poisonous Exoskeleton: Your skin is as hard as an exoskeleton, reducing physical damage by 5%] [Poisonous Carnivorous Dragonfly] [Poisonous Long Tongue: Your tongue is incredibly flexible and capable of extending throughrge ranges, secreting sticky saliva to catch prey with it, or attack with it, damage deal using your tongue increases by 10%] [Poisonous Devil Frog] ¡­ Chapter 230 - Hydras Might ----- SPLASH! The gigantic hydra beast fell over the pool of poison, Noah had received the boost of everyone''s souls alongside their aid in battle, and had struck down the beast with a single Vampiric st! "I suppose that it was merely a Hidden Boss¡­"ughed Noah, smiling cheekily as he pointed his ws at the floating corpse and began to absorb all of its blood, drinking it all, and seeking to acquire the bloodline! "Oh~! You''re getting another bloodline?" asked Iris at Noah''s side with expectation, she had be a fan of her husband as well, and often was kept up to date of his progress¡­ In simple terms, she enjoyed seeing his power-up. "That''s right, watch," said Noah as he acted cool with his wife, drinking thest drop of blood as he felt his entire body tremble, however instead of difort, a wicked smile emerged on his face as he resisted the pain and began to assimte the power into his body and blood! FLASH! A sudden aura of purple color emerged around Noah, as he finally managed to acquire the bloodline. Ding! [Poisonous Hydra Emperor] Bloodline Assimted!] [You learned the [Hydra''s Might] Bloodline Trait!] [Hydra''s Might: Enhances all Stats by 3%] "Interesting¡­" thought Noah, ncing at his stats but finding no changes, it seemed that such enhancements didn''t show directly in the status panel but were clearly present, as he felt them over his body and mind. Iris immediately noticed the powerup within Noah''s entire body, his muscles had clearly be a bit stronger, and his aura more intimidating. This only made her admire him more. "Now, let''s not waste much time¡­ Rise," said Noah, now he was able to rise Blood Soul Servants without even needing their blood, he simply needed their souls, pour a bit of his own blood, and make them up! FLASH! The soul of monstrous Hydra quickly began to mutate, generating crimson-red phantom and raising from the dead! The creature roared with its various heads, emerging out of the puddle of poison and lowering its head before Noah. "Grand Elite General as well, excellent," said Noah. "With this one guy should we worry anymore? Also, where''s the door for the Boss?" wondered Arthur. "A door? We''ll probably not get any, it might emerge after we trigger a threshold¡­ for now, let''s continue ughtering monsters!" said Noah. "Alright!" said Iris as everyone else nodded. Noah andpany continued advancing through the Poisonous Lake, cleaning the monsters that emerged, which were simply the same as before. Noah used his various capabilities to massacre the monsters that came into his path, as his soul kept expanding into enormous and monstrous tentacles, unleashing rains of elemental soul jewels that left constant explosions before his sight, corpses that quickly turned into more and more blood servants, rays of the unknown, downpours of debuffing blood, red and ck tentacles from the outer ne, and shing w attacks! Excalibur also fought mostly independently, flying around like a shing meteor shrouded in dark and crimson-red energy, its de slicing through everything with amazing precision. The giant Poisonous Eel Leader was crushed by Noah and his party''s might, enormous ming spheres of phantasmal blue mes fell over the beasts, alongside cracking ck thunder shaped as arrows that exploded and electrocuted the flesh of the monsters, and ws of shadows torn their flesh apart. Noah noticed as Iris continued to increase in power and the precision of her abilities, her Soul-Beast became even more monstrous and savage, resembling a gigantic phantom fox made of blue and purple mes, roaring furiously as it tore apart anything it came into contact. Her mes were also able to turn the scales of the beasts into ashes slowly, and when she roasted alive the giant fireflies, Noah noticed that there was tender white flesh inside, which he tasted and found surprisingly delicious. The army of blood continued to grow stronger as they shed against the near-endless army of poisonous beasts, the blood was quickly overpowering the poison! As Noah finally sensed some presences emerge, he and everyone else quickly stopped their tracks! SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! "This¡­ Three now?!" asked Arthur in surprise. "This is a good challenge, don''t you think, Arthur-sama?" asked Timassa. "Hm¡­ Let''s do our best," said Clementina. "Time to y~!" said Adamantine. In front of the group, three Poisonous Hydra Hidden Bosses appeared! Unlike Beelzebub''s Dungeon, this Dungeon seemed rather repetitive and held simr Bosses, without them somehow being intelligent beings trapped inside, but perhaps simply wildlife. This also meant that this mere wildlife was stronger than those beings who had said to live for hundreds of years?! It was rather insane! It seemed that whatever this world really was, it was filled with monstrous beings that challengedmon sense! Or well, Noah and everyone within his group was the real monsters here, as they were making these creatures despair! "Very well then¡­! Let''s take them down one by one. Blood Servants, distract the two to the left, we''ll take the one to the far right!" said Noah, as the Blood Servants, which were an impressive army of hundreds, rushed towards the two Hidden Bosses, instantly overwhelming them through the sheer amount of creatures of all shapes and sizesing after them! Although the Hydras'' bites and shes from their ws were enough to destroy them, they kept regenerating almost endlessly, while the strong Eel leaders and the Hydra Blood Servants, alongside the Deadly Sin Generals, were strong enough to withstand their power! Even more, as the Blood Servants gathered together into masses of the blood of formless shapes that constantly extended ws, jaws, and tentacles everywhere, they were able to be so big they matched the beasts, and through their constantly regenerating masses, they were holding up to the incredibly well! Noah smiled as he saw the Blood Servants working splendidly, as he led everyone with Iris at his side against the Hydra at the far right, which already began to charge a beam attack with its various heads! FLASH! Suddenly, five beams of purple-colored energy were directed at Noah andpany, however, Noah and everyone around him concentrated their souls into their weapons, and unleashed a barrage of attacks, shing against the beams and slicing through them! Explosions of phantom blue mes, shadows, ck lightning, cklight, freezing ice, curse rays, and powerful blood and dark energy shed against the beams, dissipating them as the Vampires darted into the airs, shing and separating each other, so the beams wouldn''t be able topletely target them all! The Hydras became confused as to who to target, the heads began to unleash beams everywhere, while also summoning poison beasts! Noah saw as everyone used their abilities to annihte the beasts and evade the beam, as he unleashed his spectral blood demon guardian and using its gigantic fists and ws to sh and crush through the poison beasts, while evading the beams that constantly rosed through his body, sometimes even catching him, easily breaking his defenses and sting away a limb or two, which quickly regenerated like nothing! Everyone was ying the same thing, trying to evade while ultimately losing a few limbs, but always making sure to protect their heads! Through this incredibly reckless tactic where they abused their amazing regeneration factor, the Vampires pulled through, reaching the Hydra, and ravaging its heads, one by one began to explode into pieces by their fierce attacks, as Noah finished it off by targeting the area where all the heads connected, seemingly being a weak area with a Vampiric st! "Disappear!" roared Noah, as the Hydra exploded into pieces! Blood, flesh, shattered bones, and more flew in all directions, stterig all over! BOOOOM!!! ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Chapter 231 - A Sea Of Loot ----- BOOOM!!! The gigantic hydra hidden boss fell into pieces over the poisonouske, as Noah quickly raised it into a Blood Servant by using its very blood as a catalyst as well, making the beast''s power and endurance even stronger! "GROOOOWL!" "Now pick the loot," said Noah. "G-Growl¡­" The Hydra timidly nodded as it used itsrge jaws to grab the many cores of its now corpse, alongside its own corpse, and then moved them inside Noah''s Inner Realm of Flesh and Blood. After this, Noah sent it against the other two Hydras, which were already being defeated by the formless and shapeless masses of blood servants stitched together! "GRRUUOOOOHHH!" The gigantic Pride was fusing himself with hundreds of Blood Servants, acquiring a gigantic formless appearance, and extended tentacles all around one of the hydras, crushing its heads and sucking the blood from within! When a second hydra blood servant emerged, it began to attack the one pride was targeting, and the hidden boss finally gave in as it fell over theke of blood, its entire body was torn apart seconds after! Noah didn''t even need to do much than watch as the fruit of hisbor did everything for him now! He smiled at the third one, as the army of blood that couldn''t be defeated reached it, viciously attacking it, all the hundreds of blood servants continuously merging and regenerating attacked it, tearing it apart, sucking their blood, and showering it with countless attacks! Noah shed towards it with Crimson Winds Propulsion and his Vampiric Blood Wings, reaching it in no time and unleashing a powerful spear made of pure magic and his soul, resembling a crimson blood spear, he threw it at the hydra''s heart, crushing it and making it explode into pieces from the inside out! "GRRRRUUUUOOOHHH¡­!" BOOOM!!! The third Hydra was destroyed! Noah couldn''t help butugh at the ridiculousness of the situation, the S-Rank Dungeon he had overhyped so much was¡­ merely a yground! But he couldn''t lower his guard down, he quickly raised the two Hydras into Blood Servants and collected the dropped cores and other dropped items. "Hm, the monsters have stoppeding¡­" said Iris. "Perhaps we are near the Boss now?" wondered Arthur. "It has been quite the trip¡­ Though I want to get out of here already, my lungs are constantly melting and regenerating, a very annoying feeling," sighed Jon. The group nced at the boiling pool of poison below them, everything seemed tranquil, the beasts had stoppeding and they were finally able to settle down their minds for the time being. Noah gathered with everyone as they began to slowly hover towards the direction in front of them. "We have gathered an exorbitant amount of Cores, if the Boss gives enough, we should be able to get to SS-Rank soon¡­ To think that the Legendary SS-Rank Hunters would be such an easy to acquire title. I suppose this world is really stalepared to the vast worlds that we had seen through the dungeons¡­ If this world is so weak, I cannot fathom to think how Abyss could be, or how the world of the demons could be, perhaps levels of power above SSS-Rank are fairlymon, but for us who are so underdeveloped¡­ it is the peak of everything," sighed Noah. Noah had begun to wonder what the levels of power within advanced worlds that were not just recently awakened to supernatural events and monsters such as Earth were. Based purely on Abyss and the knowledge he had gotten from the Blood Progenitor, the levels of power there were vast and held many Ranks and Levels, they were merely Level V out of more than 20 levels that Blood Cores could take. Although their Ranks were increased exponentially faster than any other Vampire there, and they were already within the level of power that could be considered someone that could trample over mostmon Vampires. But Noah didn''t know if other worlds had other levels of power, as his knowledge was purely based on god''s memories which were very limited despite being "god" and of the blood progenitor that never traveled outside of his world until he came to Earth inside the Blood Core that Noah absorbed. "Indeed, we shouldn''t get too cocky and maintain ourselves cautiously, nheless. Perhaps we might be able to deal with these monsters, but the Boss might end up surprising us! And even if not, the outside forces even outside of Earth are vast and mysterious¡­ We must tread with caution," said Iris, outside of the excitement of battle she had learned to be cautious and meticulous like Noah, at least a little bit¡­ "Very true, mistress," said Timassa. "Nheless, just how powerful are the Watcherspared to¡­ Erm, us?" asked Arthur. "As of now¡­ we might only be but a fraction of their power, perhaps 1%..." said Noah, he himself didn''t know much about these entities as God did not know much either, but it seems that their power was way above God itself, and even all the Ranks of Abyss¡­ these were like super-secret final bosses, the possibilities of defeating them was abysmal if not impossible. "Just¡­ a fraction¡­" sighed Arthur. "Earth is really doomed, isn''t it?" wondered Clementina. "It would be more realistic to escape," said Jon. "And that''s the best n and the one we will follow. Unless some stupid miracle were to happen, we will escape even if we can grow as strong as we possibly can¡­ those beings had reached those levels of power after existing for eons, and it is said they had consumed several cores to reach such power," said Noah. "So to reach that level of power we''ll have to devour cores?!" asked Arthur. "Oh¡­ Interesting," said Iris while rubbing her chin. "Not anytime soon, the thing we should always prioritize is survival," said Noah. "You''re right¡­" said Clementina. "Survival!" said Adamantine while waving her shadow tail. "I do wonder how vast the cosmos outside the world is¡­" said Jon. Noah had already begun to consider simply grab as much power from Earth and then escape in some way, perhaps by using the ability he acquired from the Warlock Skill that let him traverse through the Outer ne, although the very travel would be incredibly hard as well¡­ The possibilities were dim for survival at the end, even though they were steamrolling through this dungeon, in the great scheme of things¡­ they needed to hurry up and escape the! After reaching SSS-Rank, Noah nned to travel to every Sector and force the people there to be his Vampires, recruiting them into his Guild and saving them inside his Inner Realm, which kept increasing in size as he grew stronger. After "rescuing" most people, although he nned to use them to gain more power through faith and prayers, he would escape the after having collected as many powers and treasures as possible, quite possibly alsopleting the new Gates of even higher levels of power. Of course, this was put a projection of the future, which was still unknown, for now, he and everyone else decided to concentrate on the present at hand. As the party flew slowly, they suddenly stopped as an enormous presence startled them! "There¡­ the Boss!" said Noah while gritting his teeth, an exhrating feeling began to rush through his entire body as his eyes shed with crimson-red light. SPLASH! An enormous creature emerged from the poisonous waters! ----- Chapter 232 - Boss ----- This entity never knew what happened to it. It only knew that it survived, devoured, and evolved, until one day it became unbeatable. Yet¡­ somehow, even though it had worked so hard to thrive, survive, reproduce, and be the strongest, it was one day trapped into a strange space. Forced against its own will to remain in a single ce, as if time has stopped, it could only grow in anger as all the efforts it had exerted through its long life were gone, no matter how hard it tried, no matter how much work it put¡­ it was possible, it was locked in a single ce. I hatched from an egg hundreds of years in the past, within the depths of theke of poison. As it was small, it could barely do much other than hiding from the immense predators roaming at every corner. It was a tough life. However, it continued to slowly rise through the hierarchy and food chain. At first, it hid from the big and ate the tiny bugs it found. Slowly but steadily, strange energy, an essence it acquired by devouring tiny insects flowed into it, and like many other beings it had seen before, it slowly started to get bigger and evolved. It kept devouring whatever was weaker than itself, hiding and hiding, while slowly evolving. Many times, even with its cautious personality, it was about to die to the unpredictability of life. However, each time it came on top through abination of immense survival instincts, resolve, and cautiousness, with a sparkle of sheer luck. It fought against greater beasts and became a gigantic beast after dozens of years, if not hundreds¡­ It fought against the biggest of monsters, and devoured everything in its path¡­ It evolved again, and again, and again. One day, it found itself at the pinnacle of theke, at the pinnacle of the entire jungle, even. It had once decided to travel outside theke, anything it found was defeated with its might, it was unparalleled. It came back to theke again, and one day found a mate, it mated, and had hundreds of children, through tiny eggs, he saw them go¡­ He feels fulfilled, and decided to rest inside hiske, ruling everything and governing with his hard-earned might. It was the life of the King. But everything changed after that¡­ the space-time distortions trapped him within a dungeon, and he was concealed within the depths of thiske for years until it finally opened, a gate to another world¡­ where strange aliens emerged, with enormously powerful pressures and auras, they slowly ughtered everything within theke, and even its powerful children, the ones that were only second to him. It feltplete fury, these invaders hade here, destroyed everything, and had made of his home their yground¡­ and to boot, they killed his powerful children like nothing! It was uncalled for¡­ this entity, even within its primitive mind, desired vengeance! It wanted to get out of this ce so badly, to tear apart these invaders and show them what truth might be all about! It constantly tried to unleash its powers, to destroy everything around it, and to end this nightmarish cage¡­ but nothing worked, it was sealed, trapped in this space. It could only rage and wait¡­ its fury only increased. It desired to destroy everything, to decimate anything! It wanted to¡­ annihte these intruders, these invaders! These beings that brought so much chaos to itske! And as it desired to do this over anything else, the invisible shackles that maintained it sealed suddenly dissipated¡­ It was freed! It freely extended its gigantic limbs, tentacles, body, ws, and heads! Its eyes opened, as its jaws roared, its razor-sharp teeth showing off monstrously! Finally, it was going to fight! It was going to destroy everything! It was going to avenge its children! It was all over for the invaders, as the King hase. Noah nced at the beast appearing in front of him his shing crimson-red eyes, his entire body exuding an aura of red colors and an immense pressure, his entire being was exuding the aura of dread. Noah''s soul was expanding wildly, enormous, and bloody tentacles, alongside ck and oozy tentacles extended outside of its body, his soul was incredibly vastpared to the size of his body! A gigantic crimson-red eye emerged in the middle of his soul as well, shining brightly and eerily. Everyone around him began to exude the aura of their souls as well, which shapeshifted as gigantic beasts, their Soul Beasts, and materialized over their bodies, changing their appearances into enormous monsters made of elements! Noah also did the same, as he became an enormous single-eyed and formless mass of ethereal flesh with many tentacles, he was nothing else than an abyssal existence, something way beyond human understanding. And the worst part was that the actual abyssal beign within his soul wasn''t even helping him achieve this, he simply became this through sheer effort and by constantly corrupting his soul with the power of his Vampiric traits¡­ alongside having it fragmented into pieces multiple times, only to rearrange them again, each time he did, his soul grew more and more stranger. Sakura, Sugar, and Noire were still the ones with the smallest souls as they were still developing, but bybining their physical bodies through their newly acquired ability, Mechanical Fusion, they were able to be an enormous mech withrge cannons, shotguns, and an immense de, resembling a Gundam from Earth''s anime before the Apocalypse¡­ The three souls fused together too, and coated the Gundam-like transformation, making it just as powerful as the other members of Noah''s army¡­ the trio of robot girls had already earned their spot in the main party. Noah nced at the beast in front of him, as it began to surge from theke. He called to his army of Blood Servants, of course. "Of course, before doing anything, let''s be a bit cautious¡­ Blood Servants, march!" roared Noah while pointing his gigantic soul tentacles to the beast in front of them, as the army of Blood Servants of all shapes and sizes rushed towards it. ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Chapter 233 - I Only Care About Victory ----- An enormous and monstrous being. Coatedpletely by metallic, purple-colored scales that resembled immense shields. It hadrge tentacles covered in such scales as well, spread all over its chest. Its body resembled that of a turtle, but without the shell¡­ although the very scales were so incredibly hard-looking and metallic in appearance it seemed that they were like a carapace to an extent¡­ It had over 10 heads, with long snake-like necks and gigantic jaws filled with razor-sharp teeth, shing crimson eyes, and long purple tongues. It had ws too, enormous front limbs withrge ws that extended for several meters¡­ it was a gigantic killing machine. Its size¡­ way above 50 meters, it dwarfed even the other hidden bosses I sheer size. And its presence? Overwhelming like nothing else, it resembled to create a domain of its own where only this pressuring purple-colored energy it exuded could go in¡­ This was, without a doubt, the Boss of the Dungeon. Noah nced at it with surprise, a smile surging on his lips. He nced at the beast in front of him, as it began to surge from theke. And he called to his army of Blood Servants, of course. "Of course, before doing anything, let''s be a bit cautious¡­ Blood Servants, march!" roared Noah while pointing his gigantic soul tentacles to the beast in front of them, as the army of Blood Servants of all shapes and sizes rushed towards it! "GRROOOOOOOAAAAHHH! LET''S GO!" roared Pride, flying into the skies while fusing himself with countless other blood servants, resembling a gigantic mass of blood and crimson-red phantom gibbering monstrously and grotesquely, but that also had gigantic ws and jaws! By Noah''smand, many other beasts were fusing together, making enormous Blood Servant Legions, as Noah called them, which flew towards the target at immense speeds, nearing it! The army had divided itself into three groups, and they were just three masses of blood and phantoms, each one of them aimed at a certain area of the beast, left, right, and from above! Noah was using one of his strongest abilities to his very limits, the power of the blood servants that gave him the ability to test his enemy''s strength before going all out o them, and to even restraint, weaken them, or discern their capabilities and hidden abilities! He was forged with cautiousness, he was a man that wouldn''t step into things without knowing he had a good chance of winning. Perhaps he looked reckless and savage at times, but since he began to train his powers more, and since his mind evolved and changed that Noah had begun to be more thoughtful, and with the many minds he now had through parallel mind, he was able to think a lot of things, and all of them always asked him to be cautious with the things he did, at least against beings such as Bosses. He proved such cautiousness by crushing Beelzebub after seeing how far he could go, and he nned to do the same now. It might be repetitive, it might not be an entertaining way of doing things, but a good viin always needed to be thoughtful and meticulous. "GGGRRRRRUUUUUUUUOOOOOOHHHH¡­!" The monstrous Boss, the Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King roared with its many heads, as it suddenly opened its jaws, unleashing dozens of beams of purple energy against the three Blood Servant Legions made up of many twisting shapes! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The beam attacks werepletely effective, making the spheres of blood explode and get sttered all over the ce incredibly quickly! The beast roared, exuding a cloud of purple smoke and throwing it directly at Noah as it triumphantly red at him from the high sky! "Arthur," said Noah. "Yes!" Arthur moved through the skies with his giant worm form, gibbering grotesquely and flying directly towards the cloud of poisonous gas, opening his gigantic and spiraling jaw and then¡­ absorbing all of it! FLAAASH! In just a few seconds, Arthur devoured the cloud of poison and even the Boss'' eyes squinted at this! "What? Surprised?" asked Noah, which generated a distraction of a few seconds, enough for the Blood Servant Legions sttered into the poisonke, which had fused with the poisonous monsters blood servants and therefore was immune to thiske''s poison now dived sneakily down below, grasping the thick legs of the beast! "Grroowl?!" The gigantic Boss quickly tried to take away these masses of blood and phantom grasping its legs as he unleashed his breath attacks over his own thick armored legs, managing to fend off some of the blood, which kept somehow regenerating against allmon sense! At the same time, it didn''t lose any second either, the creature quickly began to unleash other attacks using the magic of its own, conjuring magic circles without incantations and firing spears of poison, summoning poisonous Wyrms made of pure acidic poison, and more! Arthur was not able to catch everything, so Noah and everyone else joined the battle, unleashing their powerful Soul ws and long-ranged attacks, shing the beasts made of poison with ease and blocking the poisonous spears with their ws, evaporating the poison through the sheer power of their elements! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Noah smiled, as the beast was distracted by them easily being able to destroy its long-ranged attacks. His body was way too heavy, and it couldn''t possibly move correctly around, even if it tried to go as fast as possible the beast was still enormously big! Due to being so big andcking some kind of supernatural power that could it move faster despite this size, it was being very annoyed by the blood tentacles that were always trying to entangle it, but it continued to fight back, unleashing beams against Noah andpany while shing through the blood servants down below. It fought with its ws, unleashing shing attacks from a distance, which Noah blocked with his enormous, materialized soul, alongside showering the beast with explosive soul jewels. The gigantic Boss seemed to not have too manyplex attacks, and was simply big, had a lot of defense, and could attack from long distances¡­ it wasn''t overly problematic either, as Noah and everyone else was controlling his attacks fairly easy! Noticing this, Noah decided to execute his next course of action. The Blood Servants attacking the Boss'' legs quickly separated themselves from arge chunk left in the legs, as they dived away from the monster. The Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King had believed that this was his victory, if the strange creature ended running away, it probably meant it recognized his might! But that was not the case, it simply didn''t want to be caught by¡­ There was one thing Noah loved a lot after Iris. And those were¡­ Explosions. Noah''s hand gripped into a fist, as he raised it into the air! Blood Bomb! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! The threerge chunks of fused blood servants began to shine with bright crimson light, startling the Boss, as it desperately tried to take them away! However, it was toote! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOOOOMMM!!! Three consecutive explosions ensued, as the Boss saw its entire legs being blown away into bits through the immensebustion force! "GRRRRYYYAAAARRR¡­!" The beast roared in agony as it fell over theke of poison, Noah had sacrificed arge number of Blood Servants, using them as bombs! But he had made sure to secure his generals and stronger ones, and only used the clustered smaller and weaker ones for this task! SPLASH! The beast fell over theke of poison, weakened and in pain, it couldn''t move an inch anymore! It was too shocking! Just what was all of this?! It thought it had triumphed¡­ yet¡­ yet! Noah''sughter resonated through the battlefield, startling the dragon, and giving it a sense of dread, thatughter was theughter of death itself! "I shouldn''t have thought you were like Beelzebub¡­ But well, it is never bad to be cautious, now, good night!"ughed Noah, as he and everyone around him, including the surviving Blood Servants began to crush the Poisonous Wyrm with everything they had, opening wounds all over the ce while abusing the giant ones in the legs, sucking off all the blood, vitality, and everything out of the proud King! Noah generated gigantic cannons of elemental blood jewels and loaded them with his very blood, firing gigantic cannonballs made of his soul which exploded all over the beast, the wounds were so enormous that their flesh started to stter all over! "GGRRRYYYAAAAARRRRRR¡­!" Roaring onest time, the King of the Poison Lake perished by the hands of Noah! This wasn''t a "fair" fight at all¡­ but who cares? Noah only cared about victory! ----- Chapter 234 - Such Arrogance! ----- The Boss Monster had been defeating in the most unexpected and anti-climactic way possible! Noah didn''t particrly care about "stakes" nor "exciting battles" at this point, he simply wanted to eliminate his enemies as swiftly and efficiently as possible. What he wanted and excited him the most was victory! If he were allowed to act scummy in battle, he would, dly! Noah smiled as he saw the great beast, the Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King fall into pieces over the poisonouske, its entire body was torn apart, it was done for. Noah, however, was not done with it yet! He extended his ws towards it and began to use Bloodline Devour as he drank its entire blood. The blood kept umting into a mass of crimson-red liquid, as he drank it entirely. His body suddenly began to glow with bright purple colors, as his eyes shed with an even deeper crimson-red color! A wicked smile emerged over Noah''s pale-white face, as the power surging through his veins made itpletely worth it to sacrifice those Blood Servants to achieve victory! He used Bloodline Assimtion, as he gained a new Bloodline Trait! Ding! [Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King] Bloodline Assimted!] [You learned the [Poisonous King''s Might] Bloodline Trait!] [Poisonous King''s Might: Enhances all Stats by 5%. Grants great resistance to all types of toxins. Grants the ability to unleash Poisonous Breath Attacks.] [Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King] "It''s done¡­" sighed Noah in relief, as he dropped a drop of blood over therge soul of the Hydra Wyrm King, raising it into a Blood Servant! The enormous soul began to change colors to crimson-red, as its red colors materialized and crystalized into an enormous being made of pure blood and crimson-red phantom. Noah added a bit of his blood, and it was done! "GROOOOOOOWL!" The beast roared, as its various heads lowered before Noah, the mighty King of this world''s poisonouske was now his servant! "Well, that was something else¡­" sighed Iris, as she quickly began to fly around collecting the loot with everyone else, even Noah helped. "Indeed. For now, let''s go back home, and take the rest of the day to rest and assess our gains, I believe we have just enough Cores to be SS-Rank," said Noah. "That''s nice, I think I need to rest for a little bit¡­" sighed Arthur. "Me too, even as Vampires, I feel mentally exhausted," said Timassa. "I want to take a nap¡­" yawned Jon. "Well, everyone is taking it quite casually that we justpleted an S-Rank Dungeon¡­"ughed Sakura. "It was certainly an exhausting exploration, but just as Noah had said, we are aiming for way higher things now¡­ And at the end, Dungeons are a mere tool for us to grow stronger," said Clementina. "That''s right, it is just as Clementina said, Sakura," said Noire. "Fuhehe¡­ With these amazing dropped items and materials, we''ll be able to upgrade ourselves a ton!" said Sugar. "All of us shall rest for the rest of the day then, tomorrow¡­ we shall go inside the SS-Rank Dungeon!" said Noah. "SS-Rank Dungeon!" said Adamantine. The group quickly flew back into the gate, as the Dungeon''s space-time distortion began to appear, if they were to stay for too long, they would be engulfed by these distortions and most likely killed by some kind of ck hole emerging. The people around the gate nced at the twisting spiral of colors, it has been 4 hours since the group entered the Gate, but they had yet to emerge. Although usually, expeditions to such dungeons took entire days, so it was normal that they wouldn''te early. Most people had already assumed that they would take days, or that perhaps¡­ they might already be dead. However, right in front of their noses, several figures emerged out of the gate, right before itpletely dissipated into thin air¡­ It was gone. "W-What???" "T-They are¡­ back¡­" "In four hours?!" "How much time? Wait, four hours?!" "Yeah¡­ four hours! They took¡­ four hours ining back from an S-Rank Dungeon¡­" "Unbelievable¡­" The people carrying cameras and microphones quickly ran towards Noah and his party, asking him various questions, they were all effervescent to hear his thoughts and what he had done inside. "Noah!" "Noctem Family''s Leader, please, any words?" "You are perhaps the first person- no, a guild who havepleted an S-Rank Dungeon in less than a day! What do you think about your achievement?" "Please, any words of wisdom? Anything would do!" "Such amazing talent has never been seen before! What abilities do you possess?" "The world is eager to know your capabilities!" Noah nced at everyone with his human appearance, as a charming smile surged within his lips, such a smile made most of the women skip a beat, his eyes shined with a small crimson hue, making him even more mysterious¡­ "I have nothing to say. We simply did as we said we would do, and tomorrow morning, we''ll be going to the SS-Rank Dungeon atop the Axis Corporations Building, andplete it!" said Noah arrogantly, smiling provocatively at the cameras as he walked away with his servants, as Noire released a wave of shadows, covering everyone, and then disappeared. Noah shook the entire Sector D- no, the entire world! Such boldness! Such arrogance! Such confidence! But he¡­ had done just as he had said he would! His boldness, arrogance, and confidence were all justified! He was allowed to be like this! Who cared about humility? Certainly not Noah. The impact he wanted to generate in the world was finally done! sh! In just a few seconds, Noah finally reached his giant castle, Scarlet, who greeted him happily. "Wee back, Master! I saw you on TV, well done! You''re my idol!" said Scarlet, with the voice of a cute girl. "Idol?" wondered Noah. "Haha, she''s so cute! She means you are the one she looks up to," said Iris. "I don''t know why she would do that, she is my Servant, but I don''t believe I am an idol¡­ More like a tyrant! Yes, that fits me better," said Noah while nodding and crossing his arms. "A¡­ tyrant? You''re not a tyrant at all though¡­" said Arthur. "I fact you''re a very good person, Master. By using our guild strength toplete all these dungeons, we are saving many lives," said Timassa. "¡­I don''t do it for such lives, but so we can grow stronger. You''re getting it all wrong! I don''t give a damn about other people," sighed Noah. Noah desired to exert malicious and evil acts, but it seemed that in the great scheme of things, they always seemed to be good ones. Although he acted bold and arrogant, he slowly began to be something of a figure of hope for the people who had begun to despair when all these Gates emerged everywhere. He waspleting dungeons after dungeons, and his servants were doing the same! In no time, Sector D would be cleansed of Dungeons, and people would be able to feel safe again. And he, a bold and charming "Hero", had be the figure of the entire Sector D inadvertently¡­ Noah simply wanted to intimidate other Hunters and Guilds to never try to attack them or something now that he was so strong, and that he intended to keep growing at an exponential and insane rate. But he seemed to be slowly bing a figure that everyone looked up to. ----- Chapter 235 - Shocking News! ----- The Director of Axis Corporations watched the recordings of what has been filmed recently, the news that was broadcast within Sector D. A beautiful young woman began to speak on the TV, talking about the achievements of a certain group of people. "It has already been confirmed that the Noctem Family Guild had broken a world record, being the first Guild to finish an S-Rank Dungeon in less than a day¡­" "Reports also say that the main group within the guild, led by their guild leader, Noah Noctem, had gone from A-Rank to S-Rank in a single day, and most presumed that at the end of the day¡­ they would already be SS-Rank." "These are, of course, glorious news for our Sector. Knowing that our people will be protected by such a righteous savior such as Noah Luna and his Guild, who had begun toplete Dungeons at incredible speeds have reassured the hearts of the people of Sector D¡­" "Even more, just some minutes ago, Noah Luna Noctem himself had given us his words of confidence, saying that he would indeedplete the SS-Rank Dungeon above Axis Corporations building tomorrow¡­ We are expectant to see our new National Hero in action," said the woman, as the TV showed Noah ncing directly at the camera. "I have nothing to say. We simply did as we said we would do, and tomorrow morning, we''ll be going to the SS-Rank Dungeon atop the Axis Corporations Building, andplete it!" said Noah arrogantly, smiling provocatively at the cameras as he walked away with his servants. The Axis Corporations Director, a blonde and slim man nced at the TV while squinting his eyes. "S-Rank already¡­ and possibly SS-Rank¡­ Impressive. This amazing growth¡­ and such arrogance. Heh, to be expected of a genius. There is possibly no chance for me to force him now¡­ To think that just a few days ago I could have done so frustrates me! Just how fast does he grow? This is incredibly ridiculous¡­" sighed the Director, William Axis. William suddenly noticed something within the recordings, as he saw a ck-colored robot which he never remembered designing before suddenly summon an immense cloud of shadows, engulfing everyone with it and then disappearing out of thin air! "What kind of power is that?!" he wondered. He had never in his entire life made such a model! He was right, Noah was really changing his robots to acquire strange new powers and abilities way beyond his actual level of creation and edition of mechanical and technological parts. "Amazing! Simply amazing, Noah! So you can even give such a strange model that ability?! What kind of mysteries do you hide? What kind of being are you? I want to know¡­ I want to know so badly! No matter what, I will try to gain your trust, in fact, it is a must!" thought William, as he nced at Sector D from within the windows of his flying car, which he used to travel from this faraway sector to Sector D! Meanwhile, Bernard Gold, the leader of the Golden Guardians and a man who had plotted to kill Noah with his A-Rank Hunters was now barely recovering from a heart attack he got after hearing that Noahpleted an A-Rank Dungeon in three hours. The man he had as a servant was at his side, giving him some herbal tea to rx him. Bernard had already decided to simply leave Noah alone, if he tried to pursue this for too long, he might end up getting himself killed. He had already coped with the idea, and even if it sounded so ridiculous¡­ it was the truth, Noahpleted an A-Rank Dungeon, and was most likely soon going to be S-Rank. His Guild members were not as strong, and if they were to go attack him, they would most likely get ughtered. The man sighed another time, as he decided to watch TV. But what was on the News made him choke on the tea he was drinking. "PPPFFFFF¡­! WHAT?!" The tea he was holding spiled over his crotch and made him cry, as he saw on the TV Noah, who had already be an S-Rank and alsopleted an S-Rank Dungeon said that he wouldplete an SS-Rank Dungeon tomorrow! For anyone normal, this wouldn''t make any sense! "H-Hepleted the S-Rank Dungeon in just four hours?! WHAAAAAAAT?! T-This is¡­ ridiculous! WHY?! HOW?! AAAGGHHH¡­!" Bernard began to pull out his hair so hard that blood began to spile out of the parts where his hair was pulled, he was goingpletely mental right now! But who else wouldn''t go insane after hearing Noah''s immensely fast progression? This was utterly ridiculous in all senses of the word! "Sir! Are you okay, sir?!" "Uuuaagghhh..! GAGGGHHAAGGHH¡­!" Bernard began to choke more as his crotch was burning by the boiling water of the tea, it was yet another horrible day. Meanwhile, Noah, after reaching his castle, had decided to first take a quick bath and then absorb Attribute Value Cores. He and Iris walked outside of the bathroom after having rxed their bodies and tensed up muscles a bit more, and they felt ready to go and grow stronger¡­ SS-Rank is within their grasp now! The Master and Mistress of the family got into their usual clothes and walked downstairs, being greeted by their party, who all had rxed and taken baths too, most of them were now enjoying some food, and a big feast was taking ce, which used the meat of the poisonous beasts found in the Dungeon. The poison was of course taken away by Arthur''s ability to control poison. "Hm, this meat is good¡­ What is it?" asked Iris. "Oh, that''s the Dragonfly!" said Timassa. "T-The dragonfly?" asked Iris. "Indeed. I had tasted it before when you burned them when they are roasted alive, the meat bes tender and white like crab¡­ They are a delicacy," said Noah. "Oh? Indeed, it tastes so good! The tender white meat is so juicy too¡­" said Iris. "I prepared it with all of my devotion, Iris-sama!" said Scarlet, emerging in her humanoid, red-colored slime-girl form. After the feast, Noah, and everyone else was ready to use the Attribute Value Cores! ----- [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es): Warlock (II)] [Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level V: Noble-Born Vampire Marquis] [Vitality: 2620] [Mind: 2560] [Force: 2600] [Skill Points: 37500] [Bloodline Traits] [Poisonous Scales: Reduces physical damage received by 5%, while also giving great resistance to acidic fluids that could otherwise melt skin and flesh] [Poisonous Eel] [Poisonous de Fangs: Your bite can now secrete a poison made at your liking, and damage dealt is increased by 5% when using your fangs] [Poisonous Angler Fish] [Poisonous Exoskeleton: Your skin is as hard as an exoskeleton, reducing physical damage by 5%] [Poisonous Carnivorous Dragonfly] [Poisonous Long Tongue: Your tongue is incredibly flexible and capable of extending throughrge ranges, secreting sticky saliva to catch prey with it, or attack with it, damage deal using your tongue increases by 10%] [Poisonous Devil Frog] [Hydra''s Might: Enhances all Stats by 3%] [Poisonous Hydra Emperor] [Poisonous King''s Might: Enhances all Stats by 5%. Grants great resistance to all types of toxins. Grants the ability to unleash Poisonous Breath Attacks.] [Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King] Chapter 236 - SS-RANK! ----- A pile of shiny crystal balls rested right before Noah. Each shiny crystal ball was a white color, shining brightly with a milky and creamy color, like coconut milk. Noah grasped one as its essence seemed to epass him. He nced at it, as a strange ethereal liquid within it waved around the more he moved it¡­ All of Noah''s party was around him, each one had a gigantic pile of these crystal balls, Attribute Value Cores of S-Rank! They needed many of them to get into SS-Rank, in normal terms, it would take years to reach this¡­ And even then, those at SS-Rank are so mysterious that not many had seen them, and it is presumed that several of them had gone missing as they delved into dungeons and never came back¡­ But they had acquired so many thanks to the effect of Blood Cores, with increased dropped items chances¡­ to the point that it was enough for all of them to be SS-Rank right away! They had just a few hours ago crossed the line that not many had crossed, and now, they were delving into SS-Rank! The Noctem Family members couldn''t help but smile, showing their sharp vampiric fangs¡­ "It is time¡­" said Noah, grasping the pile of cores with his hands, as all of them suddenly turned into ethereal, white-colored particles of light, showering his entire body with enormous quantities of energy! Noah''s entire body was epassed by the powerful overflowing energy, as his entire body began to glow with bright white light. The feeling of exhration continued as Noah decided to use the power he gained and made it flow through his body like a river of white energy. The more he made it flow, the more power he acquired, it was overflowing everywhere, S-Rank Attribute Cores were insane in every sense of the word! "Hahaha! Hahahaha!" Noah couldn''t contain hisughter as heughed maliciously, he was undergoing aplete evolution of his very being, the feeling of ecstasy almost made him go even madder than he already was! After what seemed like thousands of years but were in truth, just a few seconds, Noah calmed himself. He nced at everyone else who was undergoing these "changes", most of them were also feeling strange, some resisting in the ground while others like Iris were moaning in pleasure. It was disturbing, but the amount of power they got was outstanding, and made up for it, for sure. Noah felt as if he had been reborn, he felt anew, it was an oundish feeling. He sighed in relief, the power within his body was already above S-Rank¡­ Yet, he was notpletely satisfied. No, he wanted more. Noah decided to check his Status Panel, as he was amazed by the Stats. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es): Warlock (II)] [Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye] [Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)] [Blood Core Rank: Level V: Noble-Born Vampire Marquis] [Vitality: 4900] [Mind: 4900] [Force: 4950] [Skill Points: 37500] [Bloodline Traits] [Poisonous Scales: Reduces physical damage received by 5%, while also giving great resistance to acidic fluids that could otherwise melt skin and flesh] [Poisonous Eel] [Poisonous de Fangs: Your bite can now secrete a poison made at your liking, and damage dealt is increased by 5% when using your fangs] [Poisonous Angler Fish] [Poisonous Exoskeleton: Your skin is as hard as an exoskeleton, reducing physical damage by 5%] [Poisonous Carnivorous Dragonfly] [Poisonous Long Tongue: Your tongue is incredibly flexible and capable of extending throughrge ranges, secreting sticky saliva to catch prey with it, or attack with it, damage deal using your tongue increases by 10%] [Poisonous Devil Frog] [Hydra''s Might: Enhances all Stats by 3%] [Poisonous Hydra Emperor] [Poisonous King''s Might: Enhances all Stats by 5%. Grants great resistance to all types of toxins. Grants the ability to unleash Poisonous Breath Attacks.] [Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King] ¡­ 4900! These were truly the stats of an SS-Rank! Now, aside from some mysterious figures that never appeared in public, Noah was¡­ stronger than anyone in the world! And he was sure that there were no SSS-Rank Hunters in the world yet, as it was a spected Rank due to the existence of SSS-Rank Gates. And even then, if he were to fight an SS-Rank hunter¡­ so what? He was confident in his abilities and on his pseudo-divine soul, alongside all he had cultivated up to now¡­ Wasn''t he already at the top of the entire world? The only challenge was not even Hunters, it was Gates. Gates and otherworldly beings were the only true challenge, anything else was¡­ resources waiting for him to pick them up. A smile emerged on Noah''s lips. Why shouldn''t he take whatever he wanted then? Why shouldn''t he simply do as he pleased? Was¡­ there any other reason to not do whatever he pleased now? No. Noah had no morals, there was no sense of guilt stopping him from goingpletely insane and doing all types of oundish things! If anyone dared to confront him, then they were free toe at him and his Guild! He would massacre them, devour their souls, and drink their blood! Perhaps the power was getting into his head, so Noah decided to calm down for now and assess things better. Nheless, no matter how much he calcted it¡­ it always yielded in his favor. With all the parallel minds he had, with his fast speed of thought processing¡­ he still found that he could do as he pleased¡­ "Hm¡­ Taking over the world and making all of humanity my servants do not sound bad¡­ The amount of power I could umte by receiving their faith and prayers would be outstanding¡­" Noah thought, as malicious and devilish thoughts emerged inside of his mind. As everyone finished, they were all SS-Rank, and their Auras of power exuded this as well. "Wow¡­ So now we are really at the top of the world, aside from Gates?" wondered Iris. "More or less¡­ And I have already thought about what we could do from now on¡­" said Noah, his malice knew no bounds. "Oh~?" wondered Iris, a maliciously and cute smirk emerged on her lips, as she showed her sharp fangs. Indeed, Vampires were now going to take over the world! ----- Chapter 237 - I Will Take Over The World ----- Noah had something in mind! Something¡­ insane. Not even other SS-Rank Hunters had considered doing this due to its insane implications, but Noah and his subordinates had enough strength to easily aplish it¡­ And even if other SS-Rank Hunters were to oppose, they would be happy to fight them, kill them or recruit them forcefully, whatever came first! "What I n to do is something¡­ simple. We''ll take over the world," said Noah nonchntly, his words were so ridiculous anyone on their sane mind would believe he had some kind of brain damage or was way too delusional. Anyone with a speck ofmon sense would quickly call him out for being insane, andpletely stupid. But everyone around himckedmon sense already, their perception of reality waspletely different, their level of strength andprehension of magic, the world, and more was above all other humans. And they knew the absolute monster that Noah was. Even Iriscked aplete understanding of Noah''splete power, he was constantly growing stronger every single day¡­ but he always defeated his enemies through abination of cunningness and cheap tactics, and never showcased all he could do. But she was sure, as his wife, that he could, quite literally, destroy the entire world. It was already within their minds that it waspletely possible for Noah. Noah could easily charge all the power of everyone''s souls and generate a Vampiric st that could prate the''s crust and then blow up its core. And the world would simply end. Even other SS-Rank Hunters were not able to do such an insane thing. Not even Fernand''s brother¡­ who had recently fallen ill and was bedridden due to the curse being so strong after Noah became stronger that he was quite literally having his soul eaten away. Just as Noah had dropped these words, Fernand''s Firebrand brother, Jean Firebrand felt a sharp pain in his chest and fell unconscious, making the medics around him panic. "I see¡­ So you''ve already decided then," sighed Arthur. "There''s no going back," sighed Timassa. "The world shall be of our Lord if he so desires¡­" said Jon. "The world will be our yground!" said Adamantine. "My lord, I shall freeze an entire Sector in your name," said Clementina. "Ah¡­! Me too!" said Sakura. "You''re not joking, huh¡­" sighed Sugar. "Master, I am expectant to see you dominate this world," said Noire. "I guess it is what it is. You''re ready, aren''t you?" asked Iris. "I am¡­ but I want to prepare some more before that. There are a few loose things I need to resolve as well¡­" said Noah. "What about Fernand Firebrand?" asked Arthur. "Hm? Ah¡­ He is so insignificant I don''t care anymore, but he is loyal, so tell someone to bring him to the guild¡­" said Noah. "You don''t want to kill him?" asked Iris. "Hm¡­ Not really. I simply¡­ Don''t care. It doesn''t surge from my heart to do anything," sighed Noah, he was simply not being moved by revenge anymore, only the desire to grow stronger and protect what he cared for. "Hm¡­ And his brother?" wondered Jon. "About his brother, I might go kill him and make him into a Blood Soul Servant, or should I eat his soul? I wonder if I can get something by drinking his blood¡­ Or maybe I can get his Skill? Hmm, I doubt it would be as easy to get such a powerful Skill so easily... But it could be a good way to measure my power by fighting him enraged," said Noah. "A little skirmish would be fun to watch, though the obvious winner will be Noah-sama. An SS-Rank against a weakened S-Rank is too much of a one-sided battle!"ughed Timassa. "I suppose we have already grown up past such meaningless things," chuckled Iris. "Indeed, and with a wife who is pregnant, why would I care about an ignorant fool and his brother? I only desire to grab everything here and then get out, I must procure your safety and that of my children," said Noah, revealing the news to everyone present! "Eh?! What?" asked Arthur. "Oh my¡­ Iris-sama¡­ you''re pregnant?!" asked Timassa. "This is¡­ amazing news!" said Jon. "Celebrate! We must celebrate!!!" roared Clementina. "Baby!" said Adamantine. "I-Is this what is called¡­ human reproduction?" asked Sakura while blushing. "I think so!" said Sugar. "Outstanding¡­ Noah-sama must have mated with Iris-sama several times to aplish such a feat¡­ Impressive," said Noire. "Uwah! Stop talking about such embarrassing stuff! And Noah, I thought you had already told them¡­!" cried Iris. "Eh? I thought you already told them¡­" said Noah. "Oh¡­ I guess we assumed they already knew¡­" said Iris. "That''s right¡­ Well, good news for everyone then. Days ago, through my senses, I had discovered that Iris was pregnant of two¡­ Well, she already knew it as she felt it through her senses, but I discovered it and she ended up telling me," said Noah. This had happened only four days ago, as Noah was sleeping at the side of Iris at night while being covered below the bedsheets, he had suddenly felt the beat of two small hearts. He thought it was merely an illusion due to how small they were but¡­ after a bit, he realized they came from Iris. Noah had asked her why she didn''t tell him earlier, and it was because she was looking for a "perfect opportunity" to do it¡­ In the end, Noah simply hugged Iris and kissed her, as he felt a great feeling of fulfillment, knowing that he would finally have offspring¡­ even though both of them were 18, he was happy to be a parent, nheless. Both were still deciding what names should be given to the babies, but because they were mere fetuses, they should be left forter. "So that''s why you''ve been very overprotective of her¡­ I remember that Noah-sama always invited Iris to participate in physicalbat, but now, you often tell her to attack from afar or to protect herself with her soul beast from materialization," said Timassa. "Ah¡­ Haha, well, the fetuses are very small, so I don''t think even if I were to lose a limb or two anything would happen to them¡­" said Iris. "But a wound near the stomach could be fatal for them, so you better stay in the backlines protected by the blood servants and the robots," said Noah rather firmly, Iris was left with no option. Although she loved to get into the frontlines, Noah only allowed this when he was sure that the monsters wouldn''t be able to damage her. "I know, I know~ You''re a good father," said Iris, kissing Noah''s cheek. "Haha¡­ to think that we jumped from a world-dominating topic to talk about our lord''s children. A truly blessed conversation," said, Arthur. "If we shall conquer the world to secure our lord''s offspring''s safety, then it shall be done!" said Clementina. "So they''re two? And since when as ourdy been pregnant?" wondered Timassa. "Weeks ago¡­ Probably since the first- You don''t know need details for that," said Noah, suddenly stopping from saying the exact date of the first time both him and Iris had sex. "I-I see!" said Timassa while blushing a bit, she already guessed what he was going to say, and so all of his subordinates. ----- Chapter 238 - Things Are Getting Heated Up... ----- After the conversations regarding Iris''s pregnancy, Noah and Iris went to their room and decided to spend the rest of the day there. "Fweh¡­ I am so tired¡­" sighed Iris, jumping into the bed and throwing her heels boots away. Poof! "Uwah¡­ bed¡­" she sighed in relief, as Noah found her adorable. "You should absorb the Ability Cores we got," said Noah. "Ugh¡­ Can it be der?" asked Iris while feeling ratherzy. "I suppose¡­ Well, how are you feeling?" asked Noah, as he began to caress Iris''s legs, gently pressing her tensed-up muscles¡­ he was massaging her. "I think I am fine¡­ Uwah! A-Are you massaging me?" asked Iris while blushing. "No, I just found your legs very beautiful. Oh, there are some tensions in the muscles, so I might as well help you relieve them¡­" said Noah, gently massage Iris''s thighs and then the rest of her legs, her muscles were slim yet as hard as steel, but Noah''s hands were just as strong, and he was able to gently press the tensed-up muscles, caressing them and making them rx. "Ooohh~?! T-This¡­ Ahhh¡­ Noah¡­ You''re so good at this¡­" moaned Iris, as Noah continued up to herrge gluteus, pressing them and squeezing them, the tensions on them quickly faded away from the more force he put on his grip. He enjoyed it more than he had thought. "I have never give massages, but I suppose I am quite good at this¡­ Feel honored that your husband is so talented!" said Noah rather pridefully, as Iris smiled at his prideful gentleness. "Hehe, you''re really good! I am lucky to have such a talented husband~" said Iris while rxing, she began to feel sleep by how good Noah was attacking her tensed-up muscles, her joints rxed quickly, as he began to grasp her hips tightly, and then part of her spine and back. "I can see that your hips are growing¡­" said Noah, noticing Iris''s hip growing through her pregnancy. "E-Eh?" asked Iris rather shyly, as Noah grasped her deliciously thick hips, grasping them and rxing her tensed-up muscles there. "Ooh~!" moaned Iris, as Noah smiled teasingly, beginning to massage her back and then reaching her shoulders, where he employed his best self-taught techniques, pressing into Iris''s hips as she moaned more in pleasure. "Aaah~! So good! Noah¡­ Be a bit gentle¡­" she moaned. "I can''t be gentle, I have to appease my desire of discovering your body, Iris!" said Noah as he smiled rather greedily, intensifying Iris moans with his massages. "Ooh~! Noah~! Aaah~! So good~!" "Do you like it?" The moans of pleasure of Iris and Noah''s teasingments resonated through the castle, like Arthur and the rest blushed a bit¡­pletely misunderstanding the situation. "I guess Noah-sama doesn''t care if Iris-sama is pregnant¡­" said Timassa. "Well, I''ve read that it doesn''t really affect the baby¡­" said Clementina. "Is that¡­ so?" wondered Arthur. "Master is as eager as ever, it is good that he is energetic, he''s filled with youth," said Noire. "Master and mistress are doing it like rabbits!" said Adamantine while waving her shadow tail. "Adamantine that''s kind of¡­ a rough way to put it¡­" sighed Jon. "Hehe, do you want to do it like rabbits too? Do it with me!" said Adamantine, waving her shadow tail and licking Jon''s face. "Eh? W-What are you talking about?!" asked Jon while blushing, as Adamantine''s eyes seemed like those of a lion ring at a delicious littlemb! Perhaps Adamantine was in heat? Wait, she isn''t a wolf or something! "Oh? I never expected Adamantine to have the hots for Jon!" said Timassa while chuckling. "This is quite¡­ something," thought Arthur. "What do you think about it, Jon?" asked Clementina. "Eh? I-I don''t know¡­ Maybe she''s just ying around, Adamantine is very childish¡­ Iris-sama said that her mind was reformed, and she''s slowly developing," said Jon. "Jon, you smell so nice!" said Adamantine, licking Jon''s face some more while sniffing his neck. "P-Please stop Adamantine¡­" sighed Jon, he was a really passive young man, and couldn''t fight back against Adamantine''s dominant nature. "Fufu, how cute. It seems that there is a new pair in the family!" said Sakura. "So Noah with Iris, Arthur with Timassa, and Jon with Adamantine!" said Sugar. "Wait, me¡­ with Timassa?! W-We are not in such¡­ rtionship! ¡­yet," said Arthur while blushing. Timassa suddenly grew all red as her cat tail emerged from below her skirt, waving around nervously. "It seems that after our masters announced having children, the rest might be quite eager to catch up with him? I believe Master wouldn''t mind having more children around to y around with his in the future," said Noire. "A younger generation of Vampires would be appreciated too!" said Sugar. "Wait, you''re misunderstanding something!" said Arthur. "A-Arthur-sama¡­" muttered Timassa, blushing at his side as her eyes gleamed with crimson red light, her hand suddenly grabbed his leg. "T-Timassa¡­?" asked Arthur while blushing. "It seems that things are getting heated up," said Clementina. Adamantine nced at Jon as she seemed to have been heated up by the idea of having babies. She had already found Jon attractive, as she felt his scent to be attractive, and his small build and shy personality were also of her liking, as she liked to be dominant in a rtionship. Jon seemed to fit it all. She was still developing mentally, but it seems that her evolutions and her nature as a Ghoul had warped her sense and she had be way more animalistic now, seeking a mate seemed like something normal, especially that she was around 18 years of age, she was feeling her body desiring reproduction. Thest trigger was perhaps how Noah announced Iris pregnancy, imagining herself as having many pups made Adamantine feel butterflies in her stomach, and she decided to boldly ask Jon if he was willing to mate with her. "Jon, let''s mate!" she said, waving her shadow tail around as she smiled cutely. "A-Adamantine, stop saying such embarrassing things!" cried Jon, as he covered his face with his hands. "Come on! Let''s go!" said Adamantine, suddenly grabbing Jon with her powerful strength and carrying him to her room. "Eh? Wait! I never said I was willing!" cried Jon. "You will like it! Adamantine will do her best!" she said, closing the room. "Things had indeed escted quite quickly¡­" said Clementina. ----- Chapter 239 - Arthur And Timassas Past ----- Adamantine had decided that it was about time for her to find a mate, and Jon was on her radar! Like her master once told her, she needed to be bold and like a vicious vampire, take anything she wanted by force! "Jon, let''s mate!" she said, waving her shadow tail around as she smiled cutely. "A-Adamantine, stop saying such embarrassing things!" cried Jon, as he covered his face with his hands. "Come on! Let''s go!" said Adamantine, suddenly grabbing Jon with her powerful strength and carrying him to her room. "Eh? Wait! I never said I was willing!" cried Jon. "You will like it! Adamantine will do her best!" she said, closing the room. "Things had indeed escted quite quickly¡­" said Clementina. "Uwaah! Adamantine, get your clothes back!" cried Jon, everyone could hear him, but suddenly the sound produced from inside the room was dampened by Scarlet herself, as she created a soundproof blood barrier. "Indeed¡­! I never expected Adamantine to have developed this fast¡­" said Arthur, trying to ignore the horny Timassa, who was tightly grasping his leg. "I wonder if it is because she is a Ghoul¡­ Ghouls are more animalistic, I suppose¡­ Ah, I didn''t mean it as something offensive," said Clementina. "Could it be because her animalistic senses had triggered some kind of need to mate?" wondered Noire. "Oh¡­ I never thought about it. Well, this whole thing is new to me, I had never thought about such things before¡­" said Clementina. Timassa grew hornier as the conversation continued, sudden thoughts began to pop up inside of her mind as her heart was beating heavily as if it were racing with passion, whatever was going on with her was conflicting against her respectful thoughts¡­ This was most likely her Ghoulish desires! "Uagh! Timassa, stop pressing on my leg¡­" said Arthur. "A-Arthur-sama¡­ I-I¡­ Hahh¡­" muttered Timassa, Arthur noticed that she was panting and getting redder by the second, her body was covered in sweat, and her eyes seemed excited, ncing at him as if he were the prey! Arthur quickly understood what was going on, he couldn''t keep Timassa like this any longer, and decided to act once and for all, swallowing his own saliva and touching her shoulder. "I see¡­ V-Very well, let''s go¡­" he said, as he held her hand and the two hurriedly walked away into Arthur''s room. Clementina and the robots were left behind. "Oh my¡­ They also will¡­?" wondered Noire. "Most likely¡­ Well, perhaps," thought Sugar. "Have they confessed before?" wondered Sakura. "I don''t think so¡­" said Noire. "Having a Ghoul partner must be hard¡­" thought Clementina, as she sipped some tea. Meanwhile, inside Arthur''s room, Clementina was sitting at the other side of the bed, both giving each other their backs. "So¡­ Timassa¡­ I¡­" muttered Arthur. "Arthur-sama¡­" said Timassa. "Timassa¡­ A-Are you like this because of what the other girls said?" asked Arthur. "I-I think so¡­ Maybe¡­ W-Well, I believe¡­ it is rather obvious what it is¡­" sighed Timassa. "So you¡­?" asked Arthur. "I do¡­ Arthur-sama¡­ I-I guess you''ve already guessed¡­?" wondered Timassa. "I-I do¡­ I have¡­ I just always¡­ Well, I always thought that I wasn''t¡­ good enough for someone like you¡­" sighed Arthur. "Arthur-sama¡­ How can you say that?" asked Timassa, as she moved to Arthur''s side, as their crimson eyes met. Their eyes shined brightly, both lights resonating with one another¡­ Timassa and Arthur began to recall the past¡­ and how they met. Glimpses of the past, and memories of older times. Almost 11 years ago, when Arthur''s family had finally stabilized within Sector D and the territory they bought. A manor had been constructed through half a year, and Arthur''s family, which had money and resources, began to recruit people in need into the family, mostly orphans residing within Orphanages. They simply desired to find people that needed a better home and shelter, and teach them how to be butlers and maids, to serve the family with devotion. Although some of them decided to live by themselves when they grew older, several of them had grown devoted to the gentleness and paternal care that Arthur''s parents gave to them¡­ one of them was Timassa. Timassa was adopted by Arthur''s family 11 years ago, she was but a little girl back then, very shy, in fact. Arthur remembered that the first time he saw her was even before she was to be brought to him as his personal maid and guard when she just came into the house. She was so little and slim, with tattered clothes, messy hair, and a long ck tail, which she shyly hid beneath her clothes. But Arthur remembered having seen her tail. Timassa had noticed as she walked inside the house, and blushed adorably, hiding the tail. Since that moment that he found her cute¡­ and grew interested in her. However, he was also quite too shy, and never approached her by himself, only observing her around the corridors of the manor, sometimes their eyes would meet, and Arthur would quickly run away, leaving Timassa confused and a bit sad that the boy of the manor didn''t want to talk with her. Much like Iris ad Noah, Timassa had a hard life¡­ as a Half-Subhuman, she had a mother subhuman and a father human, both died before she could even form any memories of them, and the only thing she remembered is that she was always in the Orphanage. Many times the children who were not like her discriminated against her for having a cattail, they called her an animal, a savage, and that she didn''t fit with them. Many times they had even attempted to cut her tail off, and even she had run away from her first Orphanage, as the people attending it intended to cut her tail and sell her as a prostitute¡­ Life was harsh in the post-apocalypse. After shended into a second Orphanage, things didn''t change as much, but quickly after, she was suddenly adopted alongside many other kids into Arthur''s family. And she met the shy and blonde boy, who always cutely watched at her from within the corridors, blushing and running away whenever she nced at him back. As the weeks went by, she grew fond of the cute boy, and always wandered around in her free time, seeking him. Until one day they met again, but this time, she was given a new job by her master¡­ "Timassa, I''ve noticed that you and my son are often always seeing each other¡­ I would like you to be his personal maid and guardian, you have a strong ability and you''re also quite talented at other things¡­ I am sure you could be of use for him¡­ And well, he is very fond of you, it seems¡­" said Arthur''s father at that time. "Arthur-sama''s¡­ maid?" wondered Timassa, as her little heart began to beat faster, realizing that from that day onward, life would suddenly give a sudden twist. She was presented to the young boy once more, as he was ying in his room with his toys. Knock, knock. The door opened after the initial knocks, as Arthur''s father entered the room with his mother, both of them wearing radiant smiles on their faces. "My son, look who we brought to you!" "We had been seeing you eyeing her all the time, so why don''t you be friends?" "Eh?" ----- Chapter 240 - Master And Servants Love ----- Knock, knock. The door opened after the initial knocks, as Arthur''s father entered the room with his mother, both of them wearing radiant smiles on their faces. "My son, look who we brought to you!" "We had been seeing you eyeing her all the time, so why don''t you be friends?" "Eh?" Arthur''s parents, who wanted their son to have someone to speak to that wasn''t just them, a friend, had decided to bring the little maid girl that he was always eyeing to him, giving her the new task of bing his personal assistant and guardian. Timassa was one of the kids who had a fairly strong ability, her power to generate thunder was very weak at her stage, but if developed, it could quite possibly evolve into something great. Arthur''s parents had decided that she was ideal for Arthur, a strong guardian, a shy and gentle girl, and also someone he was interested in. The little Timassa entered shyly into the room, as she nced at Arthur''s aquamarine eyes while blushing, her pale-white skin and her fluffy dark brown hair made her look radiant, and the little cattail waving behind her dress only made her cuter. The little maid dress she wore covered most of her legs, reaching her ankles. "I-It is nice to meet you¡­ A-Arthur-sama¡­." She muttered while blushing some more. "N-Nice¡­ to meet you too¡­" said Arthur while blushing a bit. At the interaction of the two adorable children, Arthur''s parents couldn''t help but smile excitedly about their son finally getting to have a friend. "My son, we have brought her here so you two could get to know each other better¡­" said his mother. "But we also wanted to tell you that her new job from today onwards was to be your guardian and assistant¡­ She agreed to it, so don''t think that we forced her," said his father. "R-Really?" asked Arthur. Timassa nodded excitedly at Arthur, she wasn''t really forced and had epted quite happily at the end, she was simply¡­ excited to finally met and talk more with the boy that was always seeing her as if he were in love with her, it was a strange feeling¡­ she wanted to know him better. "T-Then¡­ well leave you two for now! I will bring you some snackster!" said Arthur''s mother. "Indeed, have fun! Oh, Arthur, try to be polite with the girl, alright?" asked Arthur''s father, as the two walked away and closed the door¡­ although they didn''t walk away and immediately stuck into the door, sticking their ears over it, and listening anything they were to say or talk¡­ it could be said that Arthur''s parents were his fans. Their love and devotion for their son were strong. The two little kids were left alone, as Arthur quickly stood up and extended his hand to Timassa. "I-I will make sure to be a nice¡­ friend," he said while blushing. Timassa smiled a bit as she nodded. "Likewise¡­ Arthur-sama¡­" said Timassa, giving her a little and delicate hand and holding his¡­ she didn''t know what was a greeting by hand, so she simply held his hand as if they were boyfriends. This only made Arthur''s face turn all red as he began to release steam through his ears. "Guhh¡­!" "A-Arthur-sama?!" Arthur fell to the ground as Timassa quickly caught him before he was to hit the floor. "A-Are you okay?" she asked. "A-Ah¡­ Yes¡­! Ah! Y-You''re too close¡­!" cried Arthur, as the little Timassa''s face was way too close to him! She quickly realized that she was way too close as well, growing all red once more, as she and Arthur separated again and sat down at the side of each other. "S-So¡­ what''s your name?" asked Arthur. "Ah! I never said my name¡­ My name is¡­ Timassa," said Timassa. "I see¡­ It is a pretty name. What does it mean?" asked Arthur. "I don''t know¡­ But it was the name given to me by my parents I think¡­" said Timassa. Arthur realized that she was an orphan, and decided to mind his words to not provoke her any kind of bad feeling or concern. "I see¡­ Well, that''s fine. I am sure that it means something nice¡­" said Arthur. "T-Thanks¡­" said Timassa while caressing her hair nervously. "A-Anyways, do you want to y? Look, these are blocks that you get together to build up stuff!" said Arthur, showing Timassa his castle of blocks. "Ohhh¡­! You can separate them?" asked Timassa. "Yeah, let''s tear it apart, and then we can rebuild it together¡­" said Arthur. "S-Sure!" said Timassa, smiling happily. The days went by, the weeks continued, the months passed, and the years flew¡­ a tragic day came, as Arthur lost his legs. Since that day that Timassa felt guilty for not being able to be at his side when this happened. But even then, Arthur continued to be gentle and nice, he continued to be cheerful, even, he always looked up to a brighter future, and had big dreams. Timassa continued to be at the side of her master, even if he were to be in a wheelchair, she knew how strong he really was¡­ his will moved her heart, and only move love and devotion grew inside of her heart. Life took many changes once, as they met Noah and Iris¡­ At first, it seemed to be something bad or tragic, but their help only brought them fulfillment. Arthur''s legs were back through such a power, and the two gained a deeper connection as they joined together into growing stronger alongside Noah and Iris¡­ They went through many trials together, but they managed to get through them, and now¡­ they had reached almost the pinnacle of the world, as SS-Rank Hunters. Arthur and Timassa''s crimson eyes nced at each other, the glimpses of the past seemed like passing memories, as the present was now. They didn''t need to waste any other second¡­ Their lips reached each other, as their eyes nced at each other. They closed their eyes, as their lips kissed, their hands tightly holding. It was finally time to just do it, to show the love they have been bottling up for each other. Their kiss onlysted a few seconds, but it seemed tost an eternity for the two. Their lips separated, as Timassa blushed as she nced at Arthur with fervent love. "Arthur¡­ I love you so much¡­" "I love you too¡­ Timassa. Thanks for being at my side for all this time¡­" said Arthur. The two continued to passionately kiss in bed, as their bodies began to heat up. Timassa used her strength to push Arthur over the bed, sitting over his crotch and tightly gripping his hips with her legs, as she continued to kiss him passionately. Her cat tail popped out of her dress, waving around excitedly. Their soft and warm lips continued to passionately kiss, as their warm tongues entangled with each other. Timassa was more passionate than Arthur, and more aggressive, as she continued to suck Arthur''s tongue with her lips as if it were a delicacy. "Hahh¡­ T-Timassa¡­" moaned Arthur breathing heavily. "This is¡­ all the passion I have for you¡­ Arthur-sama¡­ Please¡­ take it¡­ take it all¡­" she moaned, as she continued to kiss Arthur, licking his neck and rubbing her crotch against his, as things began to heat up even more¡­ Arthur quickly grasped Timassa''srge butt cheeks, squeezing them as Timassa released a moan. "Yes¡­ I will take it all¡­" he said. ----- Chapter 241 - Noahs Resolve ----- As two other couples were having some moments of passion within their private rooms, Noah had finished massaging Iris. He nced at her adorable face sleeping over the cushion, she was deep asleep, his massage had rxed all of her beautiful and slim body, so much that she suddenly just fell asleep. Seeing her sleep so peacefully filled Noah with happiness and serenity. Seeing the one you love to rx and be happy is always a beautiful feeling of fulfillment. After all, someone that loves another will always desire to have a happy and rxed life. Amidst a world filled with chaos and fights, Noah desired for it to all stop¡­ for all of it to be in peace. Deep inside his malicious acts and his desire for fighting and gaining power, since he began a rtionship with Iris that he had desired that there could be one day¡­ one day where he could make all of this chaos stop. For all of it to finally be at peace, so he could enjoy the preciousness of life as it is, to smell the roses, to live peacefully and rxedly with his wife, and with the offspring soon toe. There was a feeling within his heart that beat all the greediness and maliciousness he possessed, a new intent, a new and greater desire, one that would lead him to do all kinds of monstrosities, all kinds of aberrant acts so he could achieve it¡­ Something that moved his heart to even greater heights, a dream. To find a ce where he and his family could live peacefully and happily. But could there be such a ce? Such a chance? The conflict would alwayse knocking in the door, beings desiring to beat him or defeat him at every corner, monsters emerging in gates, threatening the world, and the Watchers, entities even stronger than anything he had ever seen desiring to steal this''s core¡­ Noah was not stupid, he knew that even if he escaped into another world, the conflict would one daye once more¡­ The Watchers were not the only inteary entities that hunted the world''s cores for resources¡­ He knew very well what he needed to do. No matter how much he kept running away, nothing would be resolved. And no matter how much he tried to find peace, it was impossible. Nor he cared about peace in general, he was incredibly selfish, and only cared about himself and his family, everyone else would either be his servants or they would be his food. A very simple thought process, but enough to move his heart. And the more he nced at Iris, the more his crimson eyes grew with malicious resolve, the resolve to tear apart all possible threats. He was only going to run away for now. But soon enough, he woulde back. He would seek power wherever he went to, and forge his path to the peak. And he would continue to seek power while destroying anyone on his path, he would exterminate and conquer all threats until nothing was threatening him anymore. The Watchers were on his list, of course. This was not going to go as they n, he was going to decimate them. And devour them¡­ Noah closed his eyes as he sighed. He didn''t have to have such intense thoughts for the moment, his malicious bloodthirsty aura was leaking out, and it might wake up Iris or frighten the children within her womb. He quickly rxed his mind as he smiled, gently caressing Iris''s hair, and then kissing her nose. He walked away and went into another empty room, as he decided to evolve in there. "Onwards to Level VI¡­" he thought. Everyone else would most likely evolve through the rest of the day, but he decided to be the first one. Noah quickly decided to evolve right away, as the crimson-red ghost of the Blood Progenitor emerged at his side. "Level VI is thest step before touching pseudo-demi-divinity¡­ Which is Level VII," he said. "Pseudo-demi-divinity¡­ Are there more Vampire Gods than the Blood God?" asked Noah. "The Blood God is the one above all Vampires and creatures in Abyss. He is the Supreme above the supreme. Stronger even than the original Gods that made up our world. But indeed, you could consider those above Level VII as "lesser Gods", at some point you can even develop something of a Divine Bloodline, enhancing your power even further¡­" "Oh?" wondered Noah. "But I never achieved this, as I didn''t use my resources for bloodlines but to enhance my other capabilities. I also advanced through Levels hastily as I did something called Blood Rituals, where I forcefully fused my Mana Core with that of others¡­ In the end, doing this abruptly only affected my cultivation, and at some point, I entered a bottleneck that I could not get through. And although I forced my way through Levels, Icked many of the powers you develop in each one¡­ I was in a rush for power," sighed the Blood Progenitor. "I know all of that. And don''t worry, I will make sure to get through each level and not hurry up things as you did¡­ Even then, you reached Level XX, it is a big feat," said Noah. "You''re praising me now? Huh¡­ Now that''s weird," thought the Blood Progenitor. "The achievements you reached are nheless notable. You put effort into them. Why wouldn''t I recognize the effort of someone?" asked Noah. "Hmph¡­ Arrogant and yet gentle, what kind of men are you, Noah?" asked the Blood Progenitor. "I am not a gentle person. I am arrogant and prideful. And a prideful person can also recognize another''s efforts. It is part of my nature to recognize the power of others and see if they are deserving of serving me," said Noah. "Heh, you have gotten strangely mature now," said the Blood Progenitor. "Strangely? I suppose after all these events, my mind has changed a bit¡­ But that is not of your concern," said Noah. "Then what are you waiting for, Noah? Evolve at once and make sure to use my powers better than how I did," said the Blood Progenitor. "I will¡­" said Noah. As Noah was suddenly enveloped into a cocoon of blood, the Blood Progenitor recalled his past, and how he was trapped inside a Dungeon. Although he had reached Level XX, his total power was diluted as he had forcefully advanced through the Levels by using a half-assed technique to fuse his Blood Cores with those of the Vampires he killed. It worked, but the power he acquired was not as much as if he had advanced normally through the cultivation of blood, resources, and more. And when he had thought that he could soon achieve the Realm of Demi-Divinity, due to his way of cultivating, he was never able to, as the bottleneck, he hit made his powers stop progressing¡­ And as he was suddenly caught in a scheme by the Heralds of Sun and his own servants who had betrayed him, his powers were absorbed by the powerful Sunlight formation, and then he was trapped in the space-time distortion, the dungeon, right after. Now, Noah carried his Blood Core, which had changed being assimted by the System and fusing with it, forming Noah''s own System. The Blood Core had changed now, and it would probably not follow the same rules as it did in Abyss¡­ It had now be Noah''s own power¡­ something greater and deeply connected to his System. He couldn''t help but be expectant of the future, of the things that awaited him beyond all of this... ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Chapter 242 - Evolution! What Is Happening?! ----- Noah was undergoing evolution once more, reaching Level VI with each passing second! He was suddenly covered by a cocoon of blood made by his own blood, which quickly crystallized, encapsting him inside a crimson-red crystal cocoon! The cocoon exuded an aura of strong bloodthirst, which even twisted space around, and created illusory imagery. Not only Noah was evolving, but it seemed that as he evolved, dozens of crimson-red phantoms began to fuse with his soul and body! These were the many Blood Servants he had acquired, it seems that arge chunk of them was willingly fusing with his soul and body and using themselves as materials to enhance his evolution! Noah felt the fusion ur, he had not willed it at all, and even if he were given the option, he would have most likely refused as he didn''t desire his troops to lower this much, but it seemed that he had no right on this decision, as it urred simultaneously and automatically. The Blood Progenitor saw as the countless Blood Servants who were smaller or weaker fused with Noah, while the bigger ones decided to stay at his side, it seems that they were willingly feeding themselves to their master, making him even stronger! "This is¡­ I have only seen such a simr ritual with the Nosfernus n before! Those masters of Necromancy sacrificed countless souls for their evolution rituals, fusing them into their Blood Cores, those of higher Levels would evolve their Blood Cores into Phantasmal Cores instead, and bing even closer with the death! But Noah is¡­ no, this is still fairly different¡­" thought the Blood Progenitor. The howling sounds of all the crimson souls, which were infected by Noah''s soul and then converted into Blood Servants flew towards him, infusing their very selves into his Blood Core and fusing themselves to him! Noah''s blood core began to resonate with the souls, absorbing them happily, as if it had be a vacuum, more and more of these Blood Servants were consumed! Even Scarlet herself and her sister at her side felt this change ur, and even more, the rest of Blood Servants, Pride, Envy, and so on, all of them felt as their Master was advancing through a new Rank by leaps and bounds! The Vampires residing inside Scarlet quickly realized this truth as well, although Iris was too rxed to wake up, the others sensed as their Master was evolving into a greater being! Noah felt his soul evolve as he took over the blood soul servants, fusing himself with them. His soul grew vast like an ocean, epassing his body which had long ago stopped being that of a normal human, and it had reached superhuman levels never reached by anyone on this! Suddenly, Noah''s guidance was enhanced, as he began to guide even souls that he had not converted into blood servants yet, which flew towards him and fused with his crimson and ck soul willingly! "Nnnngghh¡­!" Noah felt an infusion of countless memories and information with each soul, his mind was expanding as he gained countless egos that were all suppressed and devoured by his two main minds! It seemed that this evolution had be a challenge by itself, he was advancing by leap and bounds and probably skipping some steps, but due to this, he was also being infused with too much power and information! Noah needed to devour all of this and continuously suppress all of this power and information, assimting it into himself! As Noah evolved, he continued to pour his Will and Mana into the task, the more power he acquired, the more his aura of crimson-red color grew. He felt like he was fighting an unexpected trial, as he made all the enormous soul energies infused into his soul and body flow constantly, rotating around his entire existence. The Blood Progenitor watched with awe¡­ Wasn''t this getting way too out of proportion already? "The Blood Core is evolving too! And it ispletely fusing with the System Seed, while drawing necessary power to fuel such a task through absorbing souls!" thought the Blood Progenitor, as Noah''s entire being evolved! "He is going way above¡­ Level VI! He has skipped a few steps and gone even higher without actually losing talent as I did¡­ This power¡­ Noah, you''re truly a talented man!" thought the Blood Progenitor. FLASH! Suddenly, dozens of bloodstreams made of crimson-red phantom flew out of Noah''s body and soul through the crimson-red crystal cocoon, suddenly connecting to all the souls of his subordinates, the Vampires, Robots, and the Blood Servants that didn''t fuse with him! He was connecting himself with many others but not to drain their power, but to share it! This was the effect of Bloodline Soul and Guidance fusing together! Anyone that contained his bloodline, be it through the soul or not, received part of his power, and enhanced themselves even further beyond! Even Scarlet began to shine with bright crimson-red colors, alongside her sister at her side, the tworge castles were overflowing with power! The Blood Progenitor noticed that Noah''s soul was unlocking part of the sealed power he got from eating at God''s Hand and also the Lady of the Lake, using it to fuel his evolution even more! "This is it¡­ Noah, you''re already almost achieving it!" said the Blood Progenitor, as a wicked smile of fascination surged on his pale face, his crimson-red eyes shed with malice. FLASH! The crimson-red crystal cocoon was overflowing with energy, which even had a hint of divinity within it! Noah was soon to step into the realm of pseudo-demi-divinity! And as he evolved, fused his powers, unlocked part of the power he had sealed, and shared his soul with that of others, all those he shared his powers with suddenly began to infuse their powers into him! Just like in the fight against Excalibur, Noah felt all the souls connected with him infusing their power, even the two smaller yet incredibly powerful souls within Iris'' womb! Feeling that even his children were infusing power into him, Noah finally achieved the quantitative and qualitative change! ----- Chapter 243 - Amazing New Upgrades ----- Noah felt the overflowing power of everyone he was connected with sharing their power with him, desiring their Progenitor to raise even higher in power! He took upon this power and made it his own, as he felt the two little yet powerful souls of his children within Iris'' womb sharing their power with their father, despite never having met him, they felt an instinctual desire to help him! Noah sensed that such little souls carried great talent within them and that they had already developed tiny blood cores that resonated with his presence and the connection he had with them! Noah felt happy to receive such help, as he absorbed it all and assimted it, his entire body pulsated, dissolved, and reformed, his entire being exuding an air of pure overpowered domination! He infused this strength into his cage, easily shattering the entire crystal cocoon that entrapped him within the evolution chambers where he had be someone anew! Crack... crack! CRASH! The Blood Progenitor''s Phantom watched Noah emerge, his body had matured some more, and he seemed taller and a bit more muscr, he no longer looked like he was 18, but more like a man around his mid-twenties. His eyes were sharp and filled with domineering power, and his hair had grown incredibly long and silvery-white, reaching his hips. His slim yet beautiful toned body walked over the crystal, unhinged by their sharpness which didn''t even leave a scratch on his incredibly hard skin. His pale white body shined with smoothness, all the scars he had were gone as well. Noah nced at his changes as he smiled maliciously, he noticed that his body felt rather taller. At the same time, the Blood Progenitor felt an immense rush of power and information. As he was somewhat of a System Administrator now for Noah, he received all kinds of new abilities, which the System had unlocked and acquired. Noah smiled as he nced at the several System Windows. Ding! [You have evolved into a [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King]!] [Your power surges! All of your Stats have increased exponentially!] [Your [Blood Core] has evolved into a [Blood Soul Core]!] [New System Functions Unlocked!] [All Skill Points have been used to enhance your System] [You unlocked the [System Rank] System Function] [You unlocked the [Existence Rank] System Function] [Skill Points] have changed into [Lifeblood Points] [Use Lifeblood Points to Rank Up the System and acquire new System Functions] [You can now gain Lifeblood Points by not only absorbing Ability Cores, but also by absorbing Coresparable to your strength, alongside souls, body parts and bloodparable or near your strength, and other types of essences] "Hoh? So that''s a thing now¡­" said Noah as he rubbed his chin, his face has be even more handsome than before, exuding an aura of vampiric charm. He decided to quickly check his status afterward. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King] [Vitality]: [13000] [Mind]: [13000] [Force]: [13000] [Lifeblood Points]: [0] ¡­ What greeted Noah was a newer look to the Status Panel, it seems that the system functions mentioned earlier had all taken effect. Now there were Existence Ranks and System Ranks showed up, and it even showed that he required one million Lifeblood Points to Rank Up his System Rank Realm! However, as the System Ranked up, it seemed that it would acquire new System Functions. Additionally¡­ there was something new as well. Existence Ranks! Noah decided to inspect what Existence Ranks truly was through the System Analyze Function, which had let him see the description of Skills. [Existence Ranks] The Ranks epass your total level of powerbining all kinds of essences, energies, body tempering techniques, or enhancements into your soul. The Existence Ranks are as follows¡­ [F-Rank: Almost an Average Mortal who had recently awakened some Mana] [E-Rank: Someone who has be quite good in the use of Mana, and can do at least a few spells or use Skills] [D-Rank: An individual that has managed to sharpen its skills, mana, and more. Can be considered to be "strong" to an extent] [C-Rank: Those that surpass someone above the average and begin to step into the superhuman level] [B-Rank: A superhuman with great capabilities, powerful magic, and more, it can be qualified as a threat] [A-Rank: A superhuman developing his super abilities to even greater heights whileprehending the depth within everything] [S-Rank: The first step to reaching the pinnacle of the mortal hood, strong enough to fight against giant beings and possessing great amounts of mana] [SS-Rank: The second step to reach the pinnacle of the mortal hood, stronger than S-Rank, capable of doing many super extraordinary things] [SSS-Rank: The third step to reach the pinnacle of the mortal hood, you are midway through it, and some power above a normal mortal has begun to leak within your body, you must develop this supernatural essence to surpass your limits and reach the fourth step¡­] [After reaching the pinnacle of SSS-Rank 3/3, you will be revealed the next Realms you must step on¡­] As if it wasn''t obvious already, the Existence Ranks were fairly simr to the Hunter Ranks! If not the same! It seems that this information was acquired from all the data the System had gathered, mortal hood Ranks were qualified by letters up to SSS-Rank, and each Rank was in fact divided into three stages, but Noah had advanced so fast that he never felt any stage in between the Ranks. However, after thinking about it for a while, this was perhaps the reason why there was often a bit of difference in power in between the same Rank Hunters¡­ After evolving, Noah had be a Progenitor Vampire King and his Blood Soul Core was Level 8, which seemed to also rte to his Existence Rank, he was but a few steps from reaching the pseudo-demi-deity stage! And due to his Stats, it was as clear as water that he had be an SSS-Rank Hunter through his amazing evolution. Noah smiled deviously, as he felt like all the hardships and effort he had put in since he became a Vampire were finally rewarding him the most! With a single evolution, he was already at the pinnacle of the world! ----- Chapter 244 - Vampire King ----- [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King] [Vitality]: [13000] [Mind]: [13000] [Force]: [13000] [Lifeblood Points]: [0] Noah smiled deviously as he nced at his status panel, as he felt like all the hardships and effort he had put in since he became a Vampire were finally rewarding him the most! With a single evolution, he was already at the pinnacle of the world! However, it seemed that beyond that there were many dangers ahead! Noah recalled his evolution ritual and how many Blood Servants merged with him, alongside many other souls that roamed the, which were being controlled by a power he sensed and which his new knowledge acquired by eating God knew as the "Transmigration Cycle". The Transmigration Cycle seemed to be a Divine Construct created by Alien Gods known as the Transmigration Gods, who served an entity known as Samsara¡­ The God that administrated Earth''s Transmigration Cycle was named Hekaton¡­ But that was all he knew. God seems to have barely interacted with this Transmigration God, who seemed unwilling to make contact anyways. Noah smiled as he imagined that his powers were already nearing those of controlling souls, which he had disturbed and brought to him to fuse with him while evolving. If this were the case, he had already most probably annoyed this Transmigration God, but he seemedpletely uninterested in this based on the memories of God, so most probably he won''t do anything, even less when it is considered that his powers were based on souls and transmigration and not on fighting. Additionally from all of this, Noah noticed that the new Points, Lifeblood Points, that emerged within his Soul was arge empty pool, a sphere where any point he would generate would emerge as a drop of bright gold blood. Lifeblood Points seemed like an even greater version of Skill Points, as they could be used to upgrade the System and gain power functions and powers by the result. Although it seems that they would now be on the lower side of numbers instead of the ridiculous amounts he was getting, as one Lifeblood Point was approximately 1000 Skill Points! Nheless, this didn''t mean that he wouldn''t get enough, as he was now able to get points not only from ability cores, but also attribute value cores of his simr Rank or near it, alongside corpses, flesh, blood, souls, and more, if they were strong enough, that''s it. As Noah watched the System, the Blood Progenitor flew towards him. "The new System Functions had already been integrated. Your evolution was¡­ something impressive. Have you done this willingly?" he asked. "No, this happened out of nowhere. But it seems that fusing with all those Blood Servants and Souls had strengthened me to greater heights, I truly feel as if I was made of many beings fused together. It is a fulfilling feeling. Now the only thing left is to massacre more beasts and reach the peak of SSS-Rank," said Noah. "So you''re now SSS-Rank¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "Indeed. This evolution helped me jump leaps and bounds. And even more, my Blood Core has be Blood Soul Core, and I had jumped from Leve 5 to Level 8 and became a Progenitor Vampire King," said Noah. "Indeed¡­ I had seen such information. Your power is surging more and more¡­ I had never attained such evolution before, you''re not simply following the same path I did, you''re bing somethingpletely different¡­" said the Blood Progenitor, as he saw Noah create a new set of clothes using his blood, converting them into thin blood threads and changing their color until his usual royalty clothes emerged. "That might be the case¡­" said Noah. "It seems that several Skills are requesting to fuse together¡­ However, this time they require Lifeblood Points, quickly go gather some." Said the Blood Progenitor. "Are you ordering me? But fine," said Noah, walking outside of the room where he was as he was greeted by a giant group of Vampires, with Iris in front. "Ah, Noah! We all evolved too!" she said, as Noah realized the changes in her appearance, alongside all of his other subordinates and many of the other Vampires that made up the Guild. Noah ended being trapped by his vast family, as he was forced to exin the many things that happened within his evolution, which after Iris exined, took him 10 hours, it was already midnight. It seems that Noah''s powers leaked with everyone he had ever converted, which also shared his Soul Bloodline and were guided by him, this power was shared and at the same time, they also helped him get through his evolution. Therefore, while Noah evolved, everyone began to abruptly evolve¡­ even the robots and the Blood Servants, who had Ranked Up. Although amongst Noah''s close servants, which had Arthur, Timassa, Jon, Adamantine, Clementina, Sugar, Sakura, and Noire, they all had reached the Existence Rank of SSS-Rank at 1/3 Stage! This was an event simr to what had happened when Noah fought against Excalibur or God''s Hand, and everyone was given his power while they also gave their soul power to help him evolve. Therefore, all those close to him had Blood Soul Cores of Level 7 too, with Iris being the only Level 8 after Noah, whose Race had be Vampire from Dhampir, and she was also given the title of Queen! Simr to Noah''s changes, everyone''s appearance maturated a bit more, even the young-looking Jon seemed to be in his early twenties¡­ although he still looked quite adorable and was no taller than 3 or 4 centimeters. Of course, the appearance that most attracted Noah''s eyes was his beautiful wife, Iris, who had be incredibly attractive, even more than before. After her race evolved into a Vampire, her beauty was multiplied by one hundred, her skin became smooth and silky white, her legs were slender yet had a lot of squeezable flesh and beautiful and wide hips. Her breasts were enormous, and Noah could barely resist the urge to grasp them with his hands, and her hair had grown longer and shiny, alongside her beautiful face, which still held that young look but enhanced by the charm of maturity. ----- Chapter 245 - Everyone Evolved! ----- Everyone evolved! Noah had finished exining things to everyone, and he couldn''t help but grow surprised over their matured appearances. Although some didn''t look that different such as Timassa or Clementina, who had already matured a lot before, some that were still child-like such as Arthur, Adamantine, and Jon had be quite mature¡­ And well, Iris who was quite small heigh-wise had be taller as well! However, Noah had be almost two meters tall after evolving, so she only reached his neck, even after evolving herself¡­ Nheless, not only the Vampires had evolved, but mostly every Blood Servant that didn''t fuse itself with Noah did so as well! However, Noah knew that he could help them be even stronger if he did a bit of Blood Servant Fusion, which he nned on doing in the morning. Aside from the Blood Servants, there were the other servants, the Robots! After Noah''s share of power, their Blood Core Batteries were enhanced and evolved once more, which also carried into their physical material bodies, and every Robot now sported new and even slimmer appearances. Sakura, Sugar, and Noire had be even more beautiful as well, their appearances resembling beautifully crafted dolls, although their skin color was not pale white nor they were imitating flesh, as they were clearly of their own model colors, which varied from neon-pink, red, and ck or Sakura, gold, ck, and red for Sugar, and gray, white and ck for Noire. Although Noah congratted everyone for their increase in power, his servants were more amazed by his own changes, he had changed in appearance to the point that some had notpletely recognized him at first, but after sensing his Aura, they had easily realized it was really Noah! Amongst them all, Iris was the one that was the most surprised, drooling as he saw Noah''s new appearance, her lewd mind was running with new thoughts about doing intercourse with her newly evolved husband, his charming appearance and tall height seemed to enhance his masculinity. And the long silvery-white hair made him look mysterious. "Amazing¡­ Noah-sama has be Level 8! And Iris-sama as well, fitting for our lords!" said Clementina. "It is amazing how much you changed as well¡­" said Arthur. "I like the long hair," said Jon. "Noah-sama, you''re tall!" said Adamantine. "My King~! I love your long hair!" said Iris, as she saw down over Noah''s legs and hugged him. Noah petted her silky crimson-red hair as he smiled warmly. "To think that you would be a Queen too. Well, it is fitting," said Noah. "After I evolved, the babies seem to have evolved as well, because their souls and their bodies grew a lot¡­" said Iris, as Noah gently rubbed her belly, it hasn''t gotten big yet, but through his senses, he could clearly feel that the babies had grown and were no longer tiny fetuses. "Interesting. I wonder if Vampires have faster gestation rates than humans¡­" said Arthur. "They usually are slower, I believe. To begin with, it is very hard for female Vampires to be pregnant, as we are an immortal race, reproduction in masse would cause overpoption, our major way of reproduction was by converting other lower races into Vampires¡­ But you bunch seem to be clearly different, and their fast maturation might be because they are connected to Iris'' evolution," said the Blood Progenitor, speaking out loud, now that everyone could see him, he had be somewhat of a figure of guidance. "I see¡­ I guess we are lucky! After these are born, we should get some more!" said Iris. "Eh?! ¡­Well, I will think about it. But we should concentrate on the first two before going for a bigger family¡­" said Noah. "Fufu, I was joking, two is enough," said Iris as she kissed Noah''s cheek. After Noah exined the evolutions and how everything changed afterward, therge party of servants decided to bring him what he desired, a pile of ability cores, monster corpses, and more! "So you can even get Skill Points from this?" asked Arthur. "More or less. Although they''re named Lifeblood Points now! I believe that as long as I can upgrade my System Rank into higher Realms, you will also receive some of its benefits¡­" said Noah. "That would be amazing news," said Timassa. "Indeed, but we''ll work together to reach that goal," said Jon. "Yeah!" said Adamantine, as Noah noticed that she was sticking to Jon a lot, she had recently licked his face and even kissed him¡­ He suspected that something between the two had surged. But he was happy, as it might mean that more members of the young generation of vampires might emerge soon, he would be happy if his children had some friends near their age to y with. "Now that we are done here, pick them up and absorb them!" said Iris, as Noah nodded, as he extended his hand towards the pile of materials, there were also dropped items such as potions included, which were useless due to Noah''s superior Blood Elixir Potions he made with his blood, which had greater effects, and even then, all Vampiric Members had innate regeneration too. Although to trigger that regeneration, they need to drink blood, and hence, Noah''s Blood Elixir Potions were all they needed anyways, as it was the richest of all the Bloods there were, and he seemed to never be able to run out of it as well. FLASH! All the Ability Cores and the corpses of monsters, equipment pieces, and the potions and other types of dropped items and magic materials suddenly turned into particles of pure light, flying towards Noah, and then fusing with his soul, converting into Lifeblood Points! Within Noah''s soul, he sensed therge bubble where the Lifeblood Points were poured quickly fill to the brim. Ding! [You gained +5250 Lifeblood Points] They were indeed bing golden and sparkling blood, filled with great essence! The essence began to be quickly used as the System which was being helped by the Blood Progenitor began to take these points right away. Noah felt like several of his Abilities were awakening and fusing to attain new levels of power, it seemed as if he was even creating a new Skill Tree through this¡­! "Then let''smence," said the Blood Progenitor. ----- Chapter 246 - Creating Something New Using Lifeblood Points! ----- Noah was using his Lifeblood Points to awaken and fuse his Skills! Usually, sometimes Skills would fuse together to form new Skills thatbined their effects, but now that his System had evolved, it seems that he could be able to step into greater types of enhancements, or even manually fuse Skills! Even more, the Blood Progenitor had told Noah that many of the Skills were ripe to fuse, meaning that something new was about to happen. "By fusing these Skills with the concept of Skill Trees and the threest Skill Trees that you should have gotten with each evolution Level you skipped, you will be able to get new Abilities more fitting for your current strength. This power has been designed like something you can upgrade continuously as you progress by using more Lifeblood Points, instead of simply being skill purchase like it seemed to be before¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "Oh? So Skill Trees will grow with me differently than merely giving me skills I can buy using Skill Points?" "Indeed, that''s it," said the Blood Progenitor. "How much will it cost to fuse Skills?" asked Noah. "Should not be so much, I will do the necessary tweaks if that''s necessary. What you will use most of your points are actually acquiring the new Skill Trees and the abilities within them," said the Blood Progenitor. "I see¡­ Very well then," said Noah, as his mind shed with many thoughts, ring at the big list of Skills, and immediately beginning to pile them up for fusion. He nned to only make three main Skill Trees for now. As a Progenitor Vampire, he specialized in the Blood Attribute, but thanks to being a Warlock, he also specialized in the incantation of power from his Patron, Bloodshot Eye. Additionally, he had the second attribute of Darkness, which he nned to also apply into this. What he nned was simple. There was going to be a Skill Tree for physical fighting that physical body, another for blood bending, long-ranged attacks, and magic, and another for his soul and all of its capabilities. [You exchanged 500 Lifeblood Points!] [Fusing Skills¡­] As Noah spent 500 Lifeblood Points, he picked up a myriad of Skills that he began to fuse together into an enormous and ridiculous pile. Some Skills didn''t even make any sense to be fused together, but as Noah had decided, anything that could be rted to physical fighting and his physical body would be fused, and there didn''t seem to be any limits either, so he went all out with his imagination in this one, and hope for the result to say the rest. [Fusing the following Skills¡­] [Lifeblood Exceed Techniques (A)] + [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian Techniques (S)] + [Blood Scion (A)] + [Artery Bursting Scarlet ws (A)] + [Immortal Body (S)] + [Crimson Wind Impulse (B)] + [Rampaging Blood Lycan Transformation (A)] + [Blood-sucking Soul Veil (A)] + [Night Ward (A)] + [Veracious Sacrificial Vampiric Tenacity: Lifeblood Exceed (A)] + [Frenzied Vampiric ughter Heal (A)] + [Demonic Vampiric Blood Wings (A)] + [High-Speed Flight (A)] + [Noble-Born Vampire Capabilities (A)] + [Supernatural Vampiric Senses Capabilities (S)] + [Demonic Vampiric Eyes of Hypnotic Subjugation (A)] FLASH! The moment Noah began tobine these Skills together, they emerged within his soul likerge spheres of crimson-red color, ck color, or golden color, all merging into a bigger and enormous sphere of crimson-red, ck, and gold! A downpour of golden blood fell over it, refining the entire bubble of energy and suddenly crystalizing it! Noah was filled with wonder as he saw the fused skills crystalize into arge crimson-red crystal ball, which had a small painted figure on it that depicted a muscr and healthy man, alongside many beasts at his side¡­ Just what kind of Skill Tree was this? And why did it appeared like a jewel?! And it wasn''t over, as arger, thergest Skill within the whole catalog of Skills that Noah had, the Blood Progenitor Skill at SSS-Rank emerged above the crystal inside of his soul, and suddenly cut arge chunk of itself, fusing it with the crystal! FLASH! The crystal began to rotate around and then began to reduce andpact its height while shining brightly by exuding an enormous Aura of crimson-red color! "This¡­" muttered Noah in surprise, as the Blood Progenitor smiled rather proudly. "Do you like my creation? I acquired a sudden inspiration when I was infused with the power of your evolution. I call them Lifeblood Jewels, to not call them Skill Trees, albeit they are technically highly modified ones," said the Blood Progenitor. "Sounds like a fine name for me¡­" said Noah. Ding! [The Lifeblood Jewel] Function has been discovered!] [You created the [Progenitor Vampire King (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel]!] Lifeblood Jewels! With this new type of Skill Tree, Noah was about to embark on a new journey of discovering his own capabilities! Even more, now that he had merged so many Skills together and had formed a Lifeblood Jewel that epassed all of his physical capabilities! Noah''s soul resonated with bright crimson-red lights, as the Lifeblood Jewel fused with his soul and began to infuse it with the new powers within it, feeling a deep connection with its which kept expanding like the roots of a tree through his entire soul! "Inspect." Said Noah, as he decided to inspect the new power he had acquired. ¡­ [Progenitor Vampire King (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (0/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Progenitor Vampire King on all of his Eternal Glory. Additional Abilities Include Eternal Undeath Body, Elemental Ward, and Vitality-Draining Blood Aura. More Skill Trees can be opened, including Abilities such as Crimson Moon Bad, True Vampiric Eyes, Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses, Space-Tearing Crimson ws, Ancient Scion Transformation, Lifeblood Exceed Arts. ¡­ The first thing Noah noticed that, unlike other Skill Tress, this one had Levels instead of a requirement in points. It meant that every level had a certain cost of Lifeblood Points, which varied depending on the Lifeblood Jewel Rank! As of now, Noah needed 1500 Lifeblood Points to max this Lifeblood Jewel Rank and then have the ability to use its additional abilities! Noah, however, noticed that he had not lost the power to use the skills he used to create this, in fact, such effects remained, but the ones within this power were even better. ----- Chapter 247 - SSS-Rank Lifeblood Jewel ----- ¡­ [Progenitor Vampire King (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (0/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Progenitor Vampire King on all of his Eternal Glory. Additional Abilities Include: Eternal Undeath Body, Elemental Ward, and Vitality-Draining Blood Aura. More Skill Trees can be opened, including Abilities such as Crimson Moon Bad, True Vampiric Eyes, Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses, Space-Tearing Crimson ws, Ancient Scion Transformation, Lifeblood Exceed Arts. ¡­ After creating the Lifeblood Jewel, Noah red at its Stats, which showcased to him the power they contained, which was thebination of many powers he already possessed, and Skills! However, after creating the Lifeblood Jewel, he still sensed that his power was within him. He sensed that he was still able to use these skills as if they were magic spells he had memorized. It was strange, he began to wonder if Skills themselves were simply magic spells of intricate uses and specializations? And indeed, they were. Noah had already kind of figured it out before, Skills within the System were still made through Mana, so technically, they were magic spells of incredibleplexity that could be conjured in a sh. Now, he realized that any Skill he had ever learned could be conjured by him as if it were a magic spell, independent of the System that showed it or not. However, the power that the Lifeblood Jewels contained was better, it was an upgraded version of the Skills in many ways, and they held a greater power, more versatility, and perhaps new and greater effects. However, even after fusing things such as his Eyes Skill, he was still able to utilize them without problems, and all of such abilities he held were still there. "And there are such things as an advanced Skill Tree as well?" wondered Noah, as he noticed that after maxing the first levels, a new Skill tree would emerge containing more Skills¡­ "Indeed, after spending 1500 Lifeblood Points, two more Skill Trees will open, with more Skills between the two, it will be on your own ord to pick which one is better for you at the moment until you can collect more Lifeblood Points," said the Blood Progenitor, who had be something of a guider for Noah through the System, answering his questions as they came. Noah smiled a bit, seemingly as if he were insane. Thankfully, no one was around him as he had gone to his throne room to stay on his own and assess his gains. He red at the System Window and with a swipe of his fingers, he spent the required Points to finally fill the first Skill Tree, which contained three powerful Skills within it. Ding! [You exchanged 1500 Lifeblood Points] [Progenitor Vampire King (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (0/15) > (15/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Progenitor Vampire King on all of his Eternal Glory. Abilities: Eternal Undeath Body (0/5), Elemental Ward (0/5), and Vitality-Draining Blood Aura (0/5). Additional Lifeblood Points are required for the advancement of two Skill Trees: [Vampire King''s Spirit]: As a Vampire King, your Spirit, Senses, and Powers are above any other Vampire, Abilities include Crimson Moon Bad, True Vampiric Eyes, and Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses [Vampire King''s True Form]: Unleash the truest and monstrous form of a Vampire King to exert overbearing power against your foes, Abilities include Space-Tearing Crimson ws, Ancient Scion Transformation, and Lifeblood Exceed Arts. sh! The moment Noah filled this Lifeblood Jewel with Points, he felt a sudden reinforcement into his Soul and Body, as if something had awakened within him. This sudden reinforcement didn''t showcase as Stats within the System, but it could be said that his strength had indeed increased, alongside the density of his very soul, which was connected to the Lifeblood Jewel. Noah''s mind noticed that the two Skill Trees showed themselves atst, but it seemed that a requirement of Lifeblood Points was needed to unlock them as well. However, he decided to first check the other Abilities within the Skill Tree, as they seemed rather strong and important. [Eternal Undeath Body (0/5)]: As a Progenitor Vampire King, your body is eternal, and can regenerate from any wounds incredibly quickly as long as Energy is spent, which can be either Mana, Lifeblood, or Soul. Enhances your regeneration speed by 100%, while lowering damage taken the more your Vitality goes down up to 50% damage reduction. [Elemental Ward (0/5)]: Your body possesses a natural elemental ward as a powerful Vampire Progenitor, reducing damage from Elemental attacks by 50%. [Vitality-Draining Blood Aura (0/5)]: Unleash your truest Aura as a Progenitor Vampire King, releasing a Vitality-Draining Crimson-red Blood Aura that drains 5% of the foes Vitality the moment they touch the user while draining 20% of damage dealt against a foe. Noah''s eyes opened wide as he saw the potential of such Skills, and even more, as they possessed levels! Their effects would increase the more Lifeblood Points he spent on them. Noah asked the Blood Progenitor, who quickly answered, saying that he needed 250 Lifeblood Points to max each Ability, it seemed that they were rather cheap. But it seemed that the prize would ramp up the more Skill Trees he unlocked, so he didn''t hold his hopes up, as he would most likely not be able to get everything he wanted, but definitely, he would be able to grow stronger now. Noah quickly decided to spend the Lifeblood Points, maxing all the Abilities in an instant! [You exchanged 750 Lifeblood Points!] Ding! [Eternal Undeath Body (Passive) (0/5) > (5/5)]: As a Progenitor Vampire King, your body is eternal, and can regenerate from any wounds incredibly quickly as long as Energy is spent, which can be either Mana, Lifeblood, or Soul. Enhances your regeneration speed by 350%, while lowering damage taken the more your Vitality goes down up to 100% damage reduction. [Elemental Ward (Passive) (0/5) > (5/5)]: Your body possesses a natural elemental ward as a powerful Vampire Progenitor, reducing damage from Elemental attacks by 350%. [Vitality-Draining Blood Aura (Active) (0/5) > (5/5)]: Unleash your truest Aura as a Progenitor Vampire King, releasing a Vitality-Draining Crimson-red Blood Aura that drains 30% of the foes Vitality the moment they touch the user while draining 70% of damage dealt against a foe. Amazing! ----- Chapter 248 - New And Powerful Abilities! ----- The moment Noah maxed out the new Abilities, he felt like his body was reinforced, his entire body began to bubble, and a sudden force over it was erected which grew stronger with every single Lifeblood Point! This was most likely the Elemental Ward, an invisible ward that emerged over his body, which Noah could not see directly but feel it! These Abilities were indeed insane, he was now able to regenerate at an even insane speed than before, and even if he were to have his body almost destroyed, he was capable of reducing the damage the more his Vitality went down, up to 100% damage reduction! Of course, this Ability was rted to his body and not his Soul, but his body was the thing he used the most aside from very special asions such as when he fought against the Lady of the Lake of God''s Hand. It seemed that powerful Divine beings were proficient in fighting with their soul and also targeting their foe''s souls with their attacks, something he nned to develop further through the next Lifeblood Jewel he was about to create. Now that he was done with this, what should he pick next? This question emerged within Noah''s mind as he nced at the next two possible Skill Trees he could branch off into. Lifeblood Points were -for now- quite the precious points, so he was rather conflicted in which upgrade to pick. These Abilities were pretty much upgrades, as he was still able to use the Skills they were made of, so it meant that there wasn''t much pressure in picking one or another, and it was solely for convenience''s sake or what he wanted to focus more into. [Conditions met, Lifeblood Points requirement met, you can now pick between these two Skill Trees] [Vampire King''s Spirit]: As a Vampire King, your Spirit, Senses, and Powers are above any other Vampire, Abilities include Crimson Moon Bad, True Vampiric Eyes, and Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses [Vampire King''s True Form]: Unleash the truest and monstrous form of a Vampire King to exert overbearing power against your foes, Abilities include Space-Tearing Crimson ws, Ancient Scion Transformation, and Lifeblood Exceed Arts. The Skill Trees that contained these Skills seemed to divide into two options, one enhance Noah''s perceptive abilities while also bringing somewhat of an offensive Skill, while the other option brought full physical offense coupled with transformation to boot. Noah saw that there was no current need to enhance his already amazing perceptive abilities at the moment, and that gathering more power seemed way better, so he decided to pick up the Vampire King''s True Form Skill Tree for the moment. [Skill Tree Selected] [Vampire King''s True Form]: Unleash the truest and monstrous form of a Vampire King to exert overbearing power against your foes. Abilities: Space-Tearing Crimson ws (0/5), Ancient Scion Transformation (0/5), and Lifeblood Exceed Arts (0/5). ¡­ "So 5 for each¡­ The beginning of this Skill Tree does not require Lifeblood Points?" asked Noah. "It seems that it does not. But it might be capable of receiving them to enhance its effects even further if the Lifeblood Jewel''s Rank is enhanced. Then again, you''re capable of receiving Lifeblood Points through the assimtion of the energy given to you by all those connected with your Soul through Guidance or Bloodline Soul, so you will be able to get points daily, though I don''t know how many exactly¡­ Though, I would guess that you''re not patient enough to sit and wait for points," said the Blood Progenitor. "You know me quite well. We shall start the conquest of this Sector tomorrow morning, everyone will be my servants soon enough, and I will also go to the SS-Rank Dungeon to grind as many Points as I want, and then annihte the Boss and destroy this Gate," said Noah. "You''re quite the proactive man, I see¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. Noah decided to nce at the Abilities he was going to pick next. [Space-Tearing Crimson ws] (0/5): Harness the power of your blood into your nails, growing enormous and metallic crimson ws that hold upon them the power to tear through space itself. Ignores enemy''s physical defense by 20% and drains 20% of damage dealt. [Ancient Scion Transformation] (0/5): Transform into the enormous and monstrous Ancient Scion of Vampires, harnessing your ancient bloodline''s power into your body. Your size grows into a muscr humanoid demon, gaining wings, a sharp tail, horns, and gray skin. While in this form, you are capable of seeing through any obstacle, drain vitality from being near foes, and absorb blood into your body without needing to drink it. While this form is active, +5% Complete Damage Absorption, +50% Physical Damage, +50% Elemental Damage, +50% Elemental Resistance, +50% Attack, Casting, and Movement Speed. [Lifeblood Exceed Arts] (0/5): Unleash the power of your Lifeblood, your very Blood and Vitality into all of your attacks, being capable of unleashing several types of shing attacks, fist attacks, and kick attacks consecutively while coating yourself on your own Vitality, which is constantly drained. After a series ofbos are made, you can unleash the full concentration of your Lifeblood through a powerful Vampiric st. Each sessful attack increases your physical damage by 5% and ignores your foe''s physical defense by 5%, up to 100% in both. Noah couldn''t help but feel the impulse to instantly utilize the Lifeblood Points, these Skills were way too powerful! The insanity of them was driving him mad. Ancient Scion Transformation took aplete upgrade, and it now enhanced his capabilities to insane levels, although it constantly drained his Mana, Vitality, or Soul Energy. However, as long as he could keep sucking the blood or vitality of his enemies, he could keep on this form indefinitely! And the thing that surprised him the most was its Complete Damage Absorption of only 5%, but that was only until he was to upgrade the Abilities using Lifeblood Points. Aside from this stupendous Ability, Noah also noticed the new ws Skill, which could let him tear through space itself and even ignore his foe''s physical defense and even drain damage dealt against them! Truly, a terrifying power. Noah''s Crimson ws had evolved a long way up until this moment! Lastly, the Lifeblood Exceed Arts had be an amazing Ability, bringing Noah the power to unleash consecutivebo attacks with any kind of body part he could imagine, which would increase the damage dealt with every single sessfulbo! Even more, after enough power was umted, he could unleash a powerful Vampiric st for even greater damage! Noah didn''t wait for a second longer, as he spent the Lifeblood Points he had. Ding! [You exchanged 1500 Skill Points] [Abilities Upgraded] [Space-Tearing Crimson ws] (0/5) > (5/5): Harness the power of your blood into your nails, growing enormous and metallic crimson ws that hold upon them the power to tear through space itself. Ignores enemy''s physical defense by 55% and drains 55% of damage dealt. [Ancient Scion Transformation] (0/5) > (5/5): Transform into the enormous and monstrous Ancient Scion of Vampires, harnessing your ancient bloodline''s power into your body. Your size grows into a muscr humanoid demon, gaining wings, a sharp tail, horns, and gray skin. While in this form, you are capable of seeing through any obstacle, drain vitality from being near foes, and absorb blood into your body without needing to drink it. While this form is active, +30% Complete Damage Absorption, +300% Physical Damage, +300% Elemental Damage, +300% Elemental Resistance, +300% Attack, Casting, and Movement Speed [Lifeblood Exceed Arts] (0/5) > (5/5): Unleash the power of your Lifeblood, your very Blood and Vitality into all of your attacks, being capable of unleashing several types of shing attacks, fist attacks, and kick attacks consecutively while coating yourself on your own Vitality, which is constantly drained. After a series ofbos are made, you can unleash the full concentration of your Lifeblood through a powerful Vampiric st. Each sessful attack increases your physical damage by 30% and ignores your foe''s physical defense by 30%, up to 600% in both. Noah smiled maliciously at this enormous upgrade! The power he was about to unleash over his enemies would be truly quite terrifying! He couldn''t simply wait any longer topletely decimate the Dungeon together with his wife and his subordinates tomorrow, no matter what creature crawled within the SS-Rank Dungeon, it should already begin to say its prayers! Theplete upgrade of his transformation now brought him 30% Complete Damage Absorption! It was as if Noah himself had be the Final Boss here¡­ ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! 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Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Chapter 249 - An Unexpected Visit ----- Now that Noah was done with this second Skill Tree, he only had 1000 Lifeblood Points left, which he decided to save, for now, fusing Skills and creating new Lifeblood Jewels could be done with these points, but he wouldn''t be able to get into the Abilities due to the initial cost of unlocking them. Although there could be the chance for him to pick up the two first Abilities of the other Skill Tree, the Vampire King''s Spirit, he decided that such a thing was notpletely necessary and that he would be able to get into this in the next days toe. It was around 9 PM and his subordinates were actively working in clearing all of the Dungeon Gates spread over Sector D while surprising the people and raising the poprity of the Noctem Family. Noah''s desire to conquer the world had not gone anywhere, and it was still fervently zing within his malicious heart. He had made up a n, which he would begin to make this very night. It was simple. Any Vampiric Undead that was converted by him or any of his subordinates became loyal to him, and through the bloodline connection, he was able to suppress them if they were to ever rebel. Now that his power had skyrocketed into someone of SSS-Rank, it was easy for him to spread hisrge Guild across the Sector overnight and infect the people to be his subordinates. In Sector D Noah calcted that there were around 200.000 people or so, and he had continuously spread his Vampiric bloodline through arge group, which he continuously recruited from the slums, where there were the most people. All of those people that needed shelter and someone to give them a hand was an easy target for Noah, as he "blessed" them with his bloodline and converted them into powerful Vampiric Undead Soldiers. Noah desired to make as many people as possible, after all, through Bloodline Soul, he was able to get Skill Points, or better said, Lifeblood Points from their beliefs, prayers, and devotion, as he grew stronger and blessed more people with his bloodline. His soul had already acquired a pseudo-divine state, and he was getting power simr to a god who gets prayed upon by the people. What could happen if he were to convert 200.000 people? Wouldn''t he get an insane amount of points from them every day? However, there was a problem, food. Vampiric Undead need food, after all, their primary food is blood. Although they can eat normal food and monster meat which is the most nutritious alongside their blood, delicious human blood is always a must. However, Noah didn''t need to care about this at all, and he should simply convert everyone he could find. Why? It was obvious. At his current state, Noah''s blood could flow and generate endlessly as long as he used Mana or Soul Energy. This means that he can feed his Elixir Blood, which is the most delicious blood and the favorite meal of all his Vampiric Subordinates, to everyone he converts without a problem, and not even care about keeping blood banks stupidly. He was going big, and he desired to simply expand his Vampiric family through the entire world! A of Vampires! How much power and points could Noah draw if he were to have an entire''s worth of Vampires serving him and worshiping him as the Vampire God? By simply thinking about it, Noah couldn''t help but smile deviously, like aplete sicko. But even if his ns were evil, his intentions were good! He was a good man after all¡­ Right? In the end, if the world were going toe to an end soon due to the Watchers, why wouldn''t he use this opportunity to save all of the humans and subhumans within? Isn''t he the nicest man by doing such a good deed? Noah will be the savior of humanity by converting them all into Vampiric Undead, how noble of him! But Noah wanted to hurry up with his ns, letting his subordinates convert everyone bite by bite would cause too much of amotion¡­ He decided to do some malicious things before dinner, as he quickly jumped out of the window of the manor and flew like mist into the night sky. Noah''s proficiency in Blood Magic had increased, and he was also able to use his own blood for it. He was also able to make his own blood a mist that people could breathe and consume. And by consuming his blood, people could either convert into Dhampirs, Ghouls, or Wights randomly, as he had tested this before with the people of the slums which he rescued every single day. Can you tell where this is going? Noah thought: "Why don''t I just make a blood mist with my own blood, and force everyone to inhale it across the entire Sector? Wouldn''t that turn everyone into a Vampiric Undead immediately?". And indeed, it was a genius and malicious n that only the most devilish of viins coulde out with! He waspletely going to break the rules once more and do as he pleased, as he has always done! He couldn''t have been able to do it until now, because his blood had changed into something else, way more resilient, vicious, and powerful. Before he had evolved, it wouldn''t have worked because his blood wasn''t strong enough and its effects would dilute after expanding for so long as mist. But now that he was a Level 8 Vampire with an SSS-Rank Existence Realm, his blood was enormously strong and could convert anyone below his level of power. And because he was, quite literally, at the pinnacle of this world¡­ wouldn''t this work amazingly? However, as Noah flew over the city, he suddenly felt the presence of an S-Rank moving to his property. He red down below, it was a man with long blonde hair and aquamarine eyes, who rode over an expensive flying car. "Who is this?" wondered Noah, as he flew down below while being mist. The man walked into the door of the house and began to knock. Noah quickly went inside his property again to greet him, and quite possibly catch this fish who willingly came to his te. ----- Chapter 250 - Become One Of My Subordinates ----- Axis Corporations Director, Willian Axis has arrived at Noah''s property, with a prideful smile, although Noah could clearly feel he was concerned and worried. Noah began to think about what to do. This man hade here out of nowhere. Did he found out about the Robots evolving? After all, from everything he had investigated, this man exceeded at magic technology like no one else, and had in fact brought it to the world thanks to his awakened Ability, which let him manipte magical materials and form extraordinarilyplex technology. It was thanks to him that the world was helped so much, his magic technology spread through all the Sectors, and became widely spread and famous, his robots became one of the greatest tools for non-awakened and awakened alike, flying drones, cars, ships, and even space exploration and recently begun¡­ too bad that they had yet to reach mars yet, as the earth was soon going to be greeted by otherworldly beings that want to harvest its core. So what did he want with Noah? Although Noah had already decided to convert him into a Dhampir and make him his subordinate, he decided to talk to him formally. He opened the door as released a small amount of pressure. Willian Axis who seemed annoyed that no one came to greet him had an annoyed expression, however, the moment someone opened the gate, his eyes widened. The enormous pressureing from this person that opened the gate was baffling. If it weren''t because him being an S-Rank, William would have gone stiff in shock. A tall man, of almost 2 meters of height greeted William, his long and silvery-white hair reflected the light of the moon atop the starry night, his crimson eyes gleamed eerily¡­ Noah didn''t show up on his human form, he was showing off as a Vampire. William who had only seen Noah on his human appearance was surprised by his current appearance. "W-Who are you?" he asked, without recognizing him, he lookedpletely different than Noah. Noah smiled back. "You''re William Axis, right?" asked Noah. "Ah¡­ Do you know my name? I have made sure to not reveal my face to the public so much¡­" sighed William. "Of course I know you, you''re a big shot, aren''t you? So? What do you want in my property?" asked Noah. "Your¡­ property¡­?" asked William. "Well¡­ Maybe you can recognize me better like this¡­" said Noah, as he changed his appearance, his pale white skin turned of a healthier color, his eyes became crimson-red, his long silvery-white hair became ck, and his eyes aquamarine. He looked like a handsome man, but he gave away apletely different feeling now. "Ah¡­ You''re¡­ Noah?" asked William. "The very same¡­ I was practicing a little Ability I got. My long hair is due to otherplications that you don''t need to know. Now, tell me, William, what do you want?" asked Noah, with each of his words, William grew warier and scared of him! He was too strange of a man! William had already given up on forcing Noah to work for him, so he was now nning to recruit him peacefully into his corporation and ask him to help him improve his models. "Heh, I guess I have to go to the point with such a man¡­ I havee here to recruit you, Noah. I am sure that no one else in your guild except you, the most talented, could have upgraded my models to such amazing heights¡­ Through my natural connection to my own robots, I was able to see how you upgraded them to greater forms and gave them various abilities, amongst them, the power to wield magic¡­ Noah, join me and let''s improve upon mechanical creations to heights never seen before. I will make sure to pay you very well!" said William with a greedy look. Noah rubbed his chin as he began to think. "(So he came for that? He was able to see the robots be enhanced this entire time? If he hade earlier when I was weaker¡­ I might have ended up enved by him. It is a good thing that I grew incredibly fast, I suppose¡­ Now, what should I do? ¡­Hm)" thought Noah. Noah decided to ept. "Sure thing. I shall dly join you. Now,e to my house- castle, I want you to meet my people," said Noah, as William''s aquamarine eyes shed with enthusiasm! "Oh! I never thought it would be so easy! I suppose you are indeed passionate about mechanical upgrades and advanced magic technology research, Noah?!" asked William, as he walked into the house willingly. He looked like a kid that finally found someone that shared his likings for a certain show he watched on TV and could talk all he wanted about it with that other kid that also watched it¡­ Noah didn''t understand half of what he was talking about, so he invited him inside hurriedly and then closed the gate. And then, a sudden world of blood emerged all around the territory! FLASH! "Eh?!" William was shocked as the sky turned crimson-red. "What¡­ is this?" he asked. "A reassurance¡­" said Noah, his appearance quickly shifting into a white-haired vampire, as his long hair raised into the air like vicious snakes, his eyes shing with crimson light! He had easily encapsted the entire territory by asking his Blood Servants, which spread all around before he opened the gate to fuse and form a dome. Through the use of Noire''s shadows, which she called beforehand, the blood dome was covered in darkness and easily camouged in the middle of the obscure night. "William, how about a deal? If you don''t want me to force you, join my guild and be one of my subordinates," said Noah. "What? What are you talking about? What kind¡­ of monster are you?" asked William. "Yes or no?" asked Noah, he had no time to y games. "Why would I ept that? Whatever you are¡­ you''re exuding the aura of a monster¡­ Noah, what have you be? Is this how you raised so fast?" asked William. "You will know if you ept," said Noah. "No¡­ I won''t ept this! (If he''s really a monster, isn''t he a menace to humanity, the people I am trying to protect with my power?! If things havee to this¡­ I have no choice but to fight!)" said William, as out of thin air, enormous tes of metallic materials began to generate all around his body, shaping, constructing, and building an enormous humanoid mech! nk! nk! nk! Noah watched with amusement at the power of Willian, he was not the pioneer of Magic Technology for nothing! "Mechanical Assemnce!" roared William, as the titan made of steel and magic materials suddenly was formed, an enormous Gundam-like robot which he piloted from a room on its chest! "Amazing! You will be a good addition to my Guild, William! Alright then, let''s fight for a bit, I have wanted to test my abilities for some time¡­ Make sure to not die though!" said Noah, as he suddenly jumped towards William with immense speed, resembling a sh of crimson-red light! FLASH! "Gamma de!" However, William suddenly summoned a giantser sword, and swung it vertically! SLASH! ----- Chapter 251 - William Axis VS Noah 1 ----- As Noah became fascinated with William''s power to summon mechanical parts and construct a giant mech to aid him in battle, William''s heart was filled with the resolve to defeat Noah, who heads realized was a monster by the scent and pressure he released, and due to his strange ability to change appearance, which most likely rted to being a half-subhuman of sorts. Although he had no other thing to prove it, he didn''t want to obey Noah anyways, and if he could defeat him in a battle, maybe he could force him to help him. After all, he believed both were S-Rank, so he still thought he had a chance if he fought with everything he had¡­ but he was just being foolish. He still believed he was S-Rank even after cleaning an SS-Rank Dungeon because it was notmon for anyone to be SS-Rank after clearing an S-Rank Dungeon, many hunters had done this inrge parties, and none had be SS-Rank in a single sitting. Of course, he was unaware of Noah''s ability to use the Blood Cores to attract more monsters and make them spawn at ridiculous amounts, while also enhancing the drop rate of items due to the essence of Blood Cores and the constant mana infused all around the dungeon by the many Blood Cores that entered inside one at the same time. So, unlike he had thought, it was enough for Noah and his group to go a single time inside a Dungeon to reach the next Rank! It was truly a ridiculously fast progression that would shake the entire world. "(If I use Gamma Ray, I could be able to cut his arms, without his arms, it would be easy to overpower him! Heh, don''t worry, I will give them back to you through an Elixir, as long as you work hard, Noah!)" thought William intending to use his powerful Gamma de and slice cleanly through Noah''s limbs! The Gamma de was a special mechanical weapon William had made by refining S-Rank Magic Materials and slowly build it up piece by piece, designing a special mechanism that used a powerful Aether Stone to generate a ray of incredibly dense sma that can easily cut through anything! It wasn''t a Soul Weapon, but it was the pinnacle of his powers as a Technomancer! William didn''t like to fight, but when he fought, he had never lost his entire life! Noah who had boldly jumped towards him and shed like a crimson meteor towards William was greeted by a blue-colored gamma de, unleashing a powerful sh using its Aether Stone! The sh was directed not to Noah''s body, but his legs! "I will slice your legs first!"ughed William, as Noah smiled arrogantly and maliciously, his eyes shing with crimson-red light, as his body was suddenly enhanced by a mysterious power surging from his soul and blood core! SLASH! CLANK! "HAH! Now your legs are gone, you fool! You should have never- Eh?" William had truly expected that his Gamma de would have gone through Noah''s legs like a warm knife through butter! But¡­ CLANK! Suddenly, a strange nk sound resonated through William''s ears, as his eyes nced at something he couldn''t believe he was seeing! "W-What?" In front of his very eyes, Noah''s hands had suddenly be ws! Crimson ws, each finger had be a one-meter-long w, they seemed metallic in appearance, and released a strange crimson-red aura that twisted¡­ space itself around it! It was a truly terrifying sight not only because of this strange power¡­ but because William was seeing Noah use such ws to suddenly stop the Gama de! "Impossible¡­ My Gamma de can cut through anything!" roared William, as his mech suddenly opened cockpits where propulsors began to release blue mes, enhancing his speed and lotion as he raised the mech''s arms and unleashed a series of shing attacks! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! However, Noah was calmly looking at him with a smile, as his crimson ws caught each shing attack swiftly and with enormous precision, one by one, easily! The worst part was that Noah was simply standing there while doing absolutely nothing else than blocking the attacks! But in reality, he was using the Space-Tearing Crimson ws ability, alongside the Lifeblood Exceed Arts to build upbos and enhance his physical strength by blocking attacks! The Gamma de was simply not rushing through his ws because¡­ Noah was simply too strong! The power of Undeath Eternal Body and Elemental Ward enhanced his body to immense levels, while his Stats, which were over two times those of William were also being taken into consideration! The Gamma de that could slice through everything was now being easily blocked by Noah''s ws! And one must not forget Space-Tearing Crimson''s ws amazing effect! [Space-Tearing Crimson ws] (5/5): Harness the power of your blood into your nails, growing enormous and metallic crimson ws that hold upon them the power to tear through space itself. Ignores enemy''s physical defense by 55% and drains 55% of damage dealt. He was able to ignore 55% of physical defense and amazing enough, it also included the de itself and even the Aether Stone Gamma projection! "Hmph, not bad! Maybe if I were a bit weaker, it could have damaged me a bit¡­ but even then, Iris would have easily sliced through the whole thing¡­" said Noah, as William didn''t even understand what he said! "Y-You¡­! Just how strong are you, Noah?!" asked William, his face twisting in surprise, awe, and horror as he couldn''t even discern Noah''s true power through his Appraisal Skill, which simply didn''t even let him see Noah''s status! "Strong enough to do this," said Noah with a devilish smile, as his ws suddenly harbored an enormous amount of crimson-red energy, all the umtedbos from his Lifeblood Exceed Arts were harbored here! "Vampiric st." sh! Suddenly, an enormous beam came out of his w, like a ray of crimson-red light, it hit over the giant mech of William, pushing him into the air as it began to fragment into pieces! "NNNNGGRRYYYAAAAGGHH¡­!" BOOOM!!! ----- Chapter 252 - William Axis VS Noah 2 ----- William was utterly baffled as he saw Noah unleash a beam of pure crimson-red light from his ws, which impacted him like a truck, hitting his chest and blowing up his entire mech into pieces! But it didn''t stop at that, as the all-consuming crimson-red light impacted William''s body as well, burning through his flesh! He tried to shield himself with his arms, as they began to be consumed by this destroying energy! BOOOM!!! The entire mech was blown into pieces, falling over the entire garden as William''s barely living torso fell over the ground, as he vomited a mouthful of blood. His eyes were lost of light, his hair waspletely burnt, his skin was red and roasted, and his lungs were being fried by having inhaled the smoke produced by the mechanical pieces exploding. "Hahh¡­! Aaggh¡­!" William tried to move, to grab a potion and heal while activating his Healing Skill, Healing Recovery Aura, an A-Grade Healing Skill, but even then, he was barely healing his wounds. He noticed that his arms and legs were broken and that these ones were obviously not healing back. William''s face grew paler, as he heard Noah slowly approaching him with the glowing aura of a bloodthirsty beast! "The difference between S-Rank and SSS-Rank is quite big¡­ Too big, I would say," said Noah. William''s mind felt like it was fragmenting into pieces as he heard Noah''s words. SSS-Rank?! Seriously?! Was he¡­ hiding such monstrous strength?! How? There wasn''t anyone in the world with such a high rank, it was simply a spected one! Yet¡­ yet! He said he was one¡­ And even more, he easily overpowered him to the point of ridiculing him like this! In fact, William was already resigning himself into bing a crippled man¡­ His entire life was about to fall apart¡­ and that''s if Noah were to not kill him first, that''s it! Each of Noah''s steps felt like a stake in William''s heart, an enormous fear made him go insane, each step, each step was like torture! He was approaching, slowly! Death wasing to him! William slowly moved his head to the direction where Noah wasing, his eyes sinking into his eye sockets as the light of his aquamarine eyes waspletely gone. His face waspletely disfigured after being burnt and healed back, and his long and silky blonde hair was gone from his head, being left bald and pathetic-looking. Noah smiled back at William, who had dared to reject his invitation. But it wasn''t as if it mattered to him, he knew he was going to beat him, and he beat him, and that was it. It was as simple as showing off your strength against the insolent, these were the simple and ruthlessws of the entire universe, all across countless gxies, the strong ruled and the weak cowered before the strong was devoured by the strong, and was yed by the strong. And William, a gifted awakened man who has been living his entire life as the strong, had now found someone stronger. In this universe, there was always someone stronger than you, and on earth, this truth even for those at the pinnacle, S-Rank Hunters. Because Noah, the former weak, had raised into the strong and stood at the pinnacle of the world! And with strength and ruthlessness, he was going to dominate it all, and greedily take over everything! He was ambitious, after all. Noah reached William as he nced at his aquamarine eyes. "What''s wrong? Weren''t you going to stop me, William? Where is that arrogance? Gone from your every eye. Where is that pride? Nowhere to be seen. It seems that you were never a strong man¡­" sighed Noah, as he waved his head and looked at William as if he were looking at a pathetic ant! William for the first time felt his heart and spirit being broken into pieces, left hopeless to Noah''s mercy, he was nothing but fodder, or worse than fodder! "It is a pity, don''t you have any other power? I would have liked to test out my other abilities¡­" sighed Noah, who had begun to feel the dilemma that he might be too strong for this now. William''s face twisted in anger and frustration! How dare he say that?! "GGRRAAAAAAHH! SHUT UP!" he roared, as suddenly, William''s entire body exuded arge amount of mana, he was using all of his mana as he summoned many other mechanical pieces, which began to assemble in midair at an incredible speed, forming a giant fist and hitting Noah! BOOOM!!! William saw the impact, he saw it! Even if Noah survived, he should be greatly injured at the very least! A stupid and triumphant smile emerged on William''s burnt and healed lips, as his aquamarine eyes glowed with malicious light. "Hehe¡­ HAHA! In your face!" heughed. However, what answered was an ear-piercing monstrous voice. "Oh? Did you think you managed to hit me because I didn''t let you? Such is the thought process of the weak¡­ (Hm, albeit I used to be weak. Perhaps I shouldn''t be so arrogant then? Bah, who cares?)" sighed Noah, as a shing thought entered his mind only to dissipate quickly after. "Hahhh?!" William''s eyes red at the monster that now reced Noah¡­ it was a gigantic, five-meter-big muscr humanoid being. It had its body covered with ck scales and possessed red-colored veins all around the parts without scales. A pair of giant membrane wings with grotesque veins extended. Noah''s face hadpletely changed, as he looked like an ugly and stoic man, his hair was gone too, and instead of hair, he had a crown of long horns. An aura of immense bloodthirst and density exuded from his body, as he stopped William''s mechanical arm with a single hand! "An interesting power¡­ You will make a good addition to my Guild," said Noah, as William suddenly gritted his teeth, controlling the mechanical arm to hit Noah with all its strength! However, Noah raised his fist and gave an upper jab, impacting the mechanical fist before it was to hit the rest of his body! CLASH! The entire mechanical arm exploded into pieces with a thundering explosion! "This is¡­ what¡­ are you?!" ----- Chapter 253 - Can You See The Difference Now? ----- "Can you see the difference now? Hm. Do you have more of those mechanical arms? I think I could train my abilities if there were more giant dummies¡­ Well, we can do thatter, right?" said Noah, shapeshifting back to his Vampire form, as he shed towards William with a crimson-red sh and then cut his wrist open! "Eh?! W-What are you doing?!" asked William, as a downpour of blood hit his mouth, as Noah held his mouth to not close with his other hand, pouring a nice amount of blood inside of William''s throat, which he made forcefully drink! "Hurry up and drink it, I don''t have the entire night, I had enough of ying with you," said Noah, with an annoyed expression, as William choked on Noah''s blood while coughing and making a stupid expression over his face. "Ack! Aggrragggh¡­!" William groaned in pain as he was forced to drink Noah''s own blood, twisting in agony as he tried to get rid of this annoying blood, but it was impossible! Noah was viciously forcing him to drink it, to drink it all! Noah''s wound quickly closed to hismand, as he had now a perfect dominion over his own body, with a simplemand, he could slice off his leg and regenerate it back in a sh, or open a wound and use his guts as threads, but it wasn''t as if he would ever need to do such oundish things¡­ for now. William began to convulse, as he felt a searing pain consume his stomach, going all the way into his throat, and then his head and brain! "UUAAGGGH¡­! W-What¡­ what did you do to me?! Was that¡­ some kind of venom?" asked William while coughing intensively as he felt his heart beating slower and slower¡­ until it suddenly stopped! "Unnnggggh¡­! Agggh¡­! AAAGGHH- Eh?" Suddenly, William''s unbearable pain was reced by a sudden calm¡­ a surge of new strength! "W-What is¡­ this?" he asked, as his entire limbs began to regenerate, his skin too, became silky, smooth, and pale-whited. His eyes turned crimson red from the usual aquamarine, and his hair grew back, but this time it was gray. "You''re being reborn, what else could it be, you fool?" asked Noah with a pleasant smile. William nced back at Noah with a sudden realization, as his heart started to beat again, a sudden convulsion took hold of his body, as fangs grew over his upper jaws, and his senses were enhanced! And¡­ this sudden realization was that Noah was his Master! It was like some kind of enlightenment, something suddenly impacted him, something that hit him in the head made him realize this truth! This was merely the effects of Noah''s power as a Blood Progenitor, anyone he converted, even through blood, was made into his subordinate, and suddenly gained an inner loyalty that was hard to even fight back against. William had a very weak will, it seems, as he was easily consumed by this encroachment without any problems! And this power was enhanced exponentially when it was added the Guidance that Noah possessed, William suddenly had turned from someone that hated and feared Noah into a loyal and enlightened subordinate! "Ah¡­ Ahhh! Is this¡­ God! Noah-sama¡­ You were God this entire time!" said William, his aquamarine eyes glowing with insane fascination, as he kneeled in the ground with his newly recovered body and prostrated before Noah like a pathetic ve! "God? I am not a God, yet... And just call me Master from now on. Instead of killing you, I made you into a Dhampir, make sure to treasure this gift I''ve given you with utmost loyalty¡­ Did you hear me right, William Axis?" asked Noah, ring at a respected S-Rank Hunter, someone who stood at the top, controlling the Axis Corporation''s, a widely popr organization, as he prostrated before him! Although Noah was not a man that got a kick out of sadistic acts, he still couldn''t help but feel some kind of fulfillment within his very being as he saw this man prostrate before him pathetically like Noah would have never imagined in the past! "Master¡­! Yes! Please, tell me¡­ Tell me what I must do to please you! I have done wrong, I should have never attacked you! I apologize! Please, torture me! Cut me into pieces! It is the least I could do for you!" cried William. "It seems that you''re the crazy-type¡­ No need for that, William, stand up and look at my eyes," said Noah, as William nodded and quickly stood up. "For now, I will go do something important, get into the Castle there, where you will be greeted by the rest of the family, they shall give you a few introductions, you can also meet your robots there, for your own research. I am quite interested in using your powers for my own benefit, so work hard to improve them!" said Noah. "Yes, Master Noah! I shall train as hard as I can, and improve with the blissful gifts and allies you will show to me! Hah, what bliss is life! Or death? Whatever it is! I feel so alive! There s now a purpose, a greater purpose in life!" said William, walking away as he kept talking to himself like a madman. Noah heard his strange and weird speech and felt a bit cringed out. Nheless, he quickly went into the car where he saw that the driver had escaped, and was running away several meters from there. He quickly ran towards the driver, as Noah fired a blood bullet into his head! "Eh? Uagh!" Bang! The driver fell to the ground, motionless. Noah quickly scanned his surroundings. No one saw him, he quickly took the driver''s corpse and put it inside of his Inner Realm of Flesh and Blood and then jumped over the building rooftops, reaching up to the highest one, where he began to conjure several magic circles in session as if he were a masterful Magus! sh! sh! sh! sh! Each magic circle emerged one after another, each one was of crimson-red colors, shing with several runes, and beginning to slowly concentraterge quantities of mana within. Then, Noah started to release his blood, converting it into blood mist, and fusing it with the magic circles. "It''s time¡­" ----- Chapter 254 - A Terrific Power ----- After eliminating the driver who might have tried to call for help, Noah quickly jumped over the rooftops of the buildings of Sector D. While bathing before the moonlight, Noah felt ratherfortable, so a natural smile emerged on his lips, as he began to infuse mana into his body and then the outside world, mentally conjuring several Blood Attribute Spells. sh! sh! sh! sh! Each magic circle emerged one after another, each one was of crimson-red colors, shing with several runes, and beginning to slowly concentraterge quantities of mana within. "Blood Vacuum¡­" said Noah, as he conjured the powerful Skill, Blood Vacuum, which absorbed blood inside magic circles. Then, Noah started to release his blood, converting it into blood mist, and fusing it with the magic circles. The bloody crimson-red mist was made by Noah''s Blood Mist Skill, paired up with the Blood Gas Spell of the Blood Attribute Magic he had learned by himself through thest week of training magic. Through thebination of these two, a ghastly red mist emerged out of his wrist wounds, entering the crimson-red magic circles. And then, Noah used another Spell. "Blood Duplication, Blood Duplication, Blood Duplication." Three times, he conjured on his mind Blood Duplication, the maximum amount one could conjure this interesting spell which duplicated a quantity of blood, even if it were made into the mist. The crimson-red magic circles also counted as containers of blood, and quickly duplicated the blood three times within the vacuum space inside of such circles! sh! sh! sh! Noah nced back at the magic circles as they shone brightly, the amount of blood mist stored here which he had duplicated three times was more than enough to convert everyone in this city into Dhampirs, Ghouls, or Wights randomly. "Hm¡­ The only missing thing is¡­ Oh, what if I include Iris Blood? She has be a Vampire as well¡­" thought Noah, as he called Iris through Telepathic Network, she epted happily to help, and she was summoned at his side through Kin Summon. Iris emerged at Noah''s side with a cute and devilish smile, showing her sharp teeth as herrge and beady crimson-red eyes gleamed with malice, she seemed interested in what her malicious husband was crafting tonight! Noah had already told everyone that he was going to do this, but when she was called, she really got quite happy, she now had front-row seat to see the entire Sector D where she grew up convert into Vampiric Undead! How amusing! "Ah, Noah! Want me to help~?" asked Iris while winking. "Yes, Iris. Now that you''re a Vampire, I wanted to test if your blood could enhance this process, so feel free to give me some," said Noah, as Iris nodded like the obedient wife she was, quickly opening her wrists open as blood began to be poured, a strange type of blood with phantasmal properties! "Hm¡­ Interesting¡­" thought Noah, as he quickly converted the blood into gas through Blood Gas, and added it to the mix. The Blood of Iris possessed strange, phantasmagoric properties that seemed rather ghastly and strange as if they were sometimes transparent and others they were not¡­ it was intriguing to think if there could be some interesting changes into the Vampiric Undead that were to raise from this bloodbined with Noah''s blood. "I can''t help but feel rather excited!" said Iris, as she seemed hysterical. "Very well, that''s the spirit! Now, let''s watch the show," said Noah, grabbing Iris hips tenderly as she rested her head over his shoulder, the two Vampires watched as Noah spread the magic circles all over Sector D, and then opened them, releasing the enormous quantities of crimson-red mist over the entire poption in mere seconds! sh! sh! sh! sh! Poof! Suddenly, the magic circles opened, releasing the red mist everywhere, they covered the tallest buildings first, slowly making their way down into the ground, where very few people were on the streets, as most of the poption was now sleeping inside their houses or apartments. "Eh? What is that red mist?" "So strange¡­" "Ugh¡­ is this toxic?!" "It tastes weird¡­ wait, it has a taste?! Run!" However, those unfortunate to see this spectacle watched with horror as some people began to quickly mutate, falling over the ground and coughing. "Cough¡­! Cough¡­!" "GGRRUAARRGGH!" "Aggghhh¡­! IT HURTS! IT HURTSSSSS!" Others began to immediately scream in pain, while others became savage, beast-like Undead, devouring each other or people that had yet to evolve! "GRRYYAARR! FLESH! FRESH FLESH!" "Help meeee!" "Stop! UAAAGGH¡­!" This wasn''t unexpected, they knew that there would be some more¡­ wild than others, Vampiric Undead personalities often varied. There were the submissive and calm ones, the malicious and sadistic ones, the crazy and devoted ones, and the wild and animalistic ones. It was obvious that theter ones might eat a few people, but as more became Vampiric Undead, these urrences quickly came to an end, as each Vampiric Undead that served the same lord instinctively treated and saw each other as allies. The mist continued its curse as thousands of people continued to transform one after another, some of the flying cars began to fall over the ground, but they were quickly caught by the group of Blood Servants and Vampires that Noah spread around Sector D, stopping any stupid ident that might take too many lives, such as people suddenly transforming while riding a car and suddenly killing a bunch of people that had yet to transform, and so on. The red mist entered the houses as well quite slowly, but steadily. As the hours went by, the screams of the people continued, it was a lot of people indeed, but Noah had made sure to not let anyone escape, seeing everyone transform thoroughly¡­ The people inside the buildings began to transform quickly after, and Noah noticed as his power quickly began to rise exponentially, the power of connecting thousands of people into his Bloodline Soul was insane! When the sun rose, Noah quickly spread a mist using his Mist body Skill, covering the direct sunlight from touching the recently awakened, as he quickly emerged above the skies, and decided to speak to his new army, who quickly noticed him, thousands red at him with devotion and insanity! ----- Chapter 255 - All Shall Kneel Before Me! ----- Noah and Iris nced with wonder as they saw thousands of people turn into Vampiric Undead one after another! Thanks to Noah and Iris''s blood, all of them began to convert into their vicious kin! Although some of them had predated against each other, it was nothing much, and after everyone had been turned, or the vast majority, conflicts suddenly stopped, even more as Noah and Iris decided to unleash their Soul Auras while mixing them with the crimson-red essence of their Blood Cores, showcasing their superiority as their Masters. The thousands of Vampiric Undead suddenly came back from the dizziness they were feeling,ing to their senses at longst and ncing with admiration and fascination at Noah and Iris splendorous auras of crimson-red colors. It seemed that amongst all 200.000 people there were no problems, not a single one had presented a single mistake on the change or something, and they seemed all stronger. Even little children had grown into powerful Vampiric Undead, and even all the B-Rank Hunters present too! Noah had grown so strong now that he was able to easily suppress such B-Rank Hunters by merely converting them, the encroachment into their minds thanks to Subordinate''s Loyalty was working excellently. When the sun rose, Noah quickly spread a mist using his Mist body Skill, covering the direct sunlight from touching the recently awakened, as he quickly emerged above the skies, and decided to speak to his new army, who quickly noticed him, thousands red at him with devotion and insanity. "All of you may wonder what has really happened now. And although you might be confused. Fear not, as all of you shall be my servants from now on, introductions and exnations shall be done by my many servants, make sure to listen to them from now on. This might be my first time converting so many people on mass, but it has been a perfect sess it seems¡­ Now that you''re under care, make sure to show your worth!" said Noah, as the people nodded happily. There were some that he recognized, such as the arrogant guild leader of the Golden Guardians Guild, but Noah paid no mind, he had no interest in killing a bacteria, even less now that it served him. As Noah dropped those words, many Vampires began to rush into the city from his territory, spreading around the streets and quickly guiding all the people into several facilities they were just setting up over thergest buildings, where people with spatial storage rings were distributing a liter of Noah''s blood for everyone to drink and quickly gain their resistance to sunlight, as Vampiric Undead would be weak to sunlight if they were to not drink fresh blood right away. The Vampiric Undead continued to drink blood as some moved to their houses while others began to do their daily lives. Noah used his power over his subordinates to manipte their minds through the connection to them with Bloodline Soul and Telepathic Network, ordering them all to go back to their "daily lives" if possible, to not awaken any suspiciousness from the other Sectors. Noah had made sure that this event was to be quickly and not broadcast, as he had made sure to destroy any drone filming anywhere right away, alongside blocking the cameras of the entire city through William''s help, which he didn''t expect to use so fast. It seemed that through the powerful Technomancy Skill that he possessed, William was able to influence the entirework of technology in the city by simply connecting his brain into the area where the inte connection was spread, he was not only an amazing mech developer but also an outstanding hacker! However, amongst the orders Noah had given to the people, there was one that included praying to him constantly through their minds. By simply praying to him through a mere "thank you god Noah" thought, Noah would slowly over umte faith and his Divine Soul would grow in strength. This power he would acquire could also be converted into other types of energies such as Mana and Lifeblood Points, which meant that he was now constantly restoring his own Mana at an insane pace! Even more, although it might take some time for the full conversion, he might begin to get dozens of Lifeblood Points every day now that he had umted a sizable amount of poption all praying to him. Noah decided to quickly travel with Iris towards the Military of the Sector alongside the Government, as he made sure that everyone was properly brainwashed and converted¡­ and they were. It was a perfect n! Noah had done it so quickly and swiftly that even the arrogant military, their puppet super soldiers, and even the governor of Sector D, an old man named Victor Armstrong were kneeling before him! Noah couldn''t help but feel like this entire ce was now his mere yground, many of the values he once had a few days were now down the drain, the world was going to be his yground, he had be a menace to the entire, and the one that would unify it all¡­ by conquering everything! "Everything had gone perfectly now! I am so excited¡­ Seeing all these people that once underestimated us keeling before us is surely a delicious feeling! Hah~! Even stomping over the governor as his head constantly regenerates feels wonderful! Is this what it feels to be strong?" wondered Iris. "Heh, this is what it feels to be the one governing it all¡­ But not enough, this is certainly not enough, Iris," said Noah, as he was filled with ambition, this was but one Sector amongst many in the world, and he was ready to conquer them all! "I see, you''re just as greedy as ever, aren''t you~? I wonder if we could conquer entires one day, wouldn''t that be interesting~?" asked Iris with a mischievous and malicious grin, although she was incredibly beautiful, so every time she smiled like this, she looked like a yful subus. "Hm¡­ It does sound like an interesting thing to do," said Noah while rubbing his chin, as a confident and devilish smile blossomed within his lips. ----- Chapter 256 - Scarlet Upgrade ----- Noah and Iris decided to fly back to their castle, where they were greeted by everyone else there. Arthur and the rest were rather shocked by what Noah had just done, but they had half-expected him to do something as insane sooner orter, and by "conquering the world" he was most likely meaning this, something that seemedpletely insane in every level possible. It was truly a n that broke all rules established in everything, yet he had done it so quickly and so easily it seemed like this was a mere joke to him. Quite possibly Noah had truly be someone at the pinnacle of the world! "So this means that the entire Sector is Noah-sama''s servant?" asked Timassa, who seemed to be closer to Arthur than ever before now, Noah had noticed that they were holding hands sometimes. They were true quite the adorable love birds. "Indeed this entire ce is mine now, and all there is to be. The money, the rich people, the government, all the robots, the food, all of it¡­ And at the same time, it all bes meaningless. The only thing that I care about is the number of mortals praying and devoting themselves to me, as I gain more power that way," said Noah nonchntly. "Oh yeah, I guess it all kind of bes meaningless when we have way better things¡­ I suppose we can still enjoy it all¡­ Well, not now that we are in a hurry¡­ Could it be possible to put the entire Sector inside the Inner Realm?" asked Arthur. "It could be possible, I believe. It has grown bigger and bigger, and it might be the size of a continent by now¡­ But it is mostly used by the Blood Servants. I am sure I can find plenty of space to put Sectors inside, but this is not the time for that yet¡­" said Noah. "True, what we need to do is clean thest Dungeons, right? Things haven''t changed all that much, well, except that everyone has now be incredibly nice," said Clementina. "The rest of the Vampires shallplete the rest of the Dungeons, today we''ll dive into the SS-Rank Dungeon. As SSS-Rank, we will be able to enter as it is only one level below us. It might be easier than we expected, but even then, don''t lower your guard¡­ Oh, we''ll be going in about an hour, for now, I want to fuse some Blood Servants," said Noah. "Roger that!" said Arthur. "Jon, let''s go mate in the meantime!" said Adamantine, waving her tail as she carried Jon into her room. "W-Wait! Not now!" cried Jon, as he was carried unwillingly. Timassa red at Arthur coquettishly as Arthur quickly blushed, it seemed that the direct words of Adamantina had incentivized her to be bolder today as well. Timassa held Arthur''s hand as the two walked in silence upstairs, getting into their room as well. "I-I see that everyone is rather sexually active now¡­ Not that it is a bad thing! I am d everyone is happy," said Iris with a cute smile, as she eyed Noah while he walked out of the castle, following him as if she were his tail. Noah nced at therge castle which had kept growing bigger the more it absorbed magic materials, it was Scarlet, the [Blood Soul Servant Great Spectral Castle] a Grand Elite General-Grade Blood Servant with the power to harbor hundred of people inside her through her amazing ability [Space Expansion]. Nheless, even though she was the ideal home, she was not big enough to harbor 200k people. And it was quite possible that she wouldn''t be able to, even if Noah upgraded her now, but she was already a great home for all the Vampires that were members of the Guild and Noah and his family. And after all, she was also a member of the family, and a protector of it as well! Noah was already imagining upgrading her more and more in the future until she was to be an enormous entity¡­ And with that goal in mind, Noah harbored hundreds of Blood Servants inside of his Inner Realm, as Scarlet greeted him. "Oh~! Master, is it finally my day to upgrade?" she asked cutely, as Noah nodded and smiled. "Indeed, Scarlet. I will fuse you with a few hundred Blood Servants! Thanks to the corpses brought to us periodically, I have been making more and more, so there will be a great amount of turbulence within you," said Noah. "A-Alright! I am a bit nervous!" said Scarlet, as Noah opened arge wound inside of his stomach, where a stream of Blood Soul Servants began toe out from, one by one, covering Scarlet''s entire body as they fused with her continuously, it was a wondrous sight to behold, but this was one of Noah''s greatest joys, to fuse Blood Servants! "Now, raise, even stronger!"ughed Noah, as Scarlet began to unleash an enormous and thick crimson-red aura, the many Blood Soul Servants infused into her continued to fuse with her,bining and merging their souls with her, making her whole and even stronger! It was so much power that she felt like she was about to lose herself in the overwhelming power, as her mind quickly began to fuse with the mind of hundreds of other Blood Soul Servants, albeit she was obviously the dominant mind here! "Uwaaaaahhh!" cried Scarlet, as her entire body started to shapeshift and change! By Noah''s request, Iris began to throwrge piles of magic materials over Scarlet, which she quickly assimted into her body, fusing herself with them and making them into her body! Scarlet continued to grow and grow exponentially, dozens of meters above the ground! Until finally! FLASH! An explosion of crimson-red energy ensued, covering her entire new body with smoke, and then quickly dissipating. What greeted Noah and Iris eyes was a truly wonderful sight! "Uwah, I am so tall now¡­" Scarlet had suddenly be an enormous tower-like castle! It seemed that she was now made entirely out of crimson-red metal and rock, with beautiful and exquisite decorations that depicted blood and roses with spiky vines. Her size was now over 70 meters, she was truly more like a tower! Ding! [The [Blood Soul Servant Great Spectral Castle: Grand Elite General] [Scarlet] has evolved into the [Blood Soul Servant Great Spectral Pandemonium: Grand Elite Phantasmal] [Scarlet]!] In front of Noah''s sight, what seemed to be an illusion was real! Scarlet had jumped out several Ranks from the Blood Servant Ranks and had be Grand Elite Phantasmal! In simple terms, she had attained the same strength as someone at SS-Rank! Noah couldn''t make her any stronger, as he had given her arge part of all his S-Rank Blood Servants, but he was nning on distributing the rest on the other Servants as well. "I have be so big now¡­ Master, is it okay?" asked Scarlet cutely, as Iris''s eyes gleamed with fascination. "W-Woah! She''s really enormous¡­" she said. "Indeed. The evolution has been more than a sess! Scarlet''s strength should at least beparable to an SS-Rank," said Noah. "That strong?! Wouldn''t she be able to¡­" muttered Iris. "Indeed, we could even send her into other Sectors topletely obliterate them! But that would be counterproductive," chuckled Noah. ----- Chapter 257 - Upgrading The Blood Servants! ----- After Scarlet evolved into a Great Spectral Pandemonium, she became capable of floating in midair, despite her enormous size and weight! "Amazing, you can even float now¡­" said Iris. "Hm¡­ she could even be our home as we travel the stars, perhaps," said Noah, considering an escape that included Scarlet carrying them through outer space. After her evolution, Scarlet not only learned the ability to float, but her soul had grown so big now that she was able to use it and shape it as giant phantasmal ws to attack or even generate giant and creepy eyes all around her body. Additionally, she had gained the ability to fire rays of crimson-red light with her body, which spent a lot of Mana, but it wasn''t as if Noah wascking on any after connecting to so many people''s souls through Bloodline Soul after converting all of Sector D into loyal Vampiric Undead. After Scarlet, Frank ended converting each of his "Sin Generals" as he called them into stronger Blood Servants, by fusing them with many materials fitting of their primary elements, which exhausted all of his reserve of S-Rank Soul Servants, but the ones that were left harbored all of the power of all of these servants even more. He also enhanced the Monkey King he possessed, and named it Sloth, while fusing the Poisonous Hydra into Pride. [The [Blood Soul Servant Great Spectral Pandemonium: Grand Elite Phantasmal] [Scarlet] has evolved into the [Blood Soul Servant Great Spectral Pandemonium: Grand Elite Phantasmal] [Scarlet]!] [The [Blood Soul Servant zing Wyrm Hydra Emperor: Great Elite General] [Pride] has evolved into the [Blood Soul Servant Corrosion zing Wyrm Hydra Tyrant: Great Elite Phantasmal] [Pride]!] [The [Blood Soul Servant Chimeric Berserk: General] [Wrath] has evolved into the [Blood Soul Servant Barbarian Chimeric Berserk King: Elite Phantasmal] [Wrath]!] [The [Blood Soul Servant Elder Blood Wizard: General] [Envy] has evolved into the [Blood Soul Servant Ancient Elder Blood Warlock: Elite Phantasmal] [Envy]!] [The [Blood Soul Servant Grand Elemental Jewel Knight: General] [Greed] has evolved into the [Blood Soul Servant High Elemental Jewel Knight King: Elite Phantasmal] [Greed]!] [The [Blood Soul Servant Multi-Armed Frozen Blood Knight: General] [Lust] has evolved into the [Blood Soul Servant Multi-Armed Frozen Blood Emperor: Elite Phantasmal] [Lust]!] [The [Blood Soul Servant Spectral Chimera Demon Lord: Marshal] [Gluttony] has evolved into the [Blood Soul Servant Abyssal Spectral Chimera Demon Lord: Elite Phantasmal] [Gluttony]!] [The [Blood Soul Servant: Crimson Monkey King: Grand Elite General] has evolved into the [Blood Soul Servant: Slothful Crimson Monkey King: Elite Phantasmal] [Sloth]!] Seeing the group of enormous beings made of blood, magic materials, and powerful spectral crimson-red-colored souls, Noah smiled confidently. "Good¡­ It is done for now," he said, feeling expectant for his dive into the next Dungeon. As Noah chatted a bit with the Blood Soul Servants and informed them about what had just happened, Iris patiently waited for him at his side. "Make sure to behave well guys!" said Iris with a cute smile. "Yes, mydy!" said Pride as the other Blood Soul Servants nodded. As Noah was finally free from this task, he had begun to think that they should already get into the Dungeon. However, Iris stopped him as she tightly wrapped his arm with her own. "Before going to the dungeon, want to have some fun~?" she asked. "Fun? Oh? Sure thing¡­" said Noah with a warm smile, as he and Iris quickly walked back to their room inside the newly evolved Scarlet, whose interior had not changed at all. After reaching their vast room, Iris quickly walked towards the bed with Noah, as the two quickly began to kiss passionately without saying another word, the two already had in mind testing their newly evolved bodies not only in battle but on the bed as well¡­ "Hmm~ Hahh~ N-Noah¡­ I love you¡­" moaned Iris, as her little tongue slowly moved away from Noah''s mouth, their passionate kisses always included their tongues. Noah was particrly fascinated with sucking Iris'' little tongue, and her warm and passionate kisses made it all the more enjoyable. "I love you too, Iris¡­ You''re such a precious little gift¡­" said Noah, kissing Iris once more as Iris felt her heart beating heavily with each of Noah''s words, being called a "precious little gift" made her only love Noah even more. Their warm and soft lips kissed each other for a few more minutes, as the two slowly began to take out their clothes, Iris admired Noah''srge torso, which had grown even more well-built and beautiful after bing Level 8. Their lips separated once more, leaving a small trail of saliva as Iris began to touch Noah''s chest with her hands, slowly caressing it as she swallowed saliva, she felt blessed by fate for having found such a handsome husband¡­ Noah noticed Iris''s eyes admire his torso as he smiled. "Do you like my body so much?" he asked teasingly, as he began to take out his shirt. "Y-Yes¡­ It is beautiful¡­" she said, as Noah sat over the bed and Iris began to lick his stomach, his hard biceps were part of her favorite area to kiss and lick, she was fascinated with Noah''s figurepletely, and took pleasure in licking him as if he were a delicious candy¡­ "Such a degenerate wife¡­" said Noah teasingly, as he grasped Iris''s butt cheeks while she sat at his side while licking his stomach and then his upper torso, reaching his nipples which she sucked as if her life depended on it. She knew Noah was very sensitive there, so she began to suck them hard to make him feel good, she quickly saw as his erection grew bigger the more her little tongue licked Noah''s nipples while her lips sucked them like a vacuum. "Hahh¡­ Y-You really like them¡­" muttered Noah. "Hmm~ Hahh~ I love my husband''s delicious nipples~," said Iris, as she began to suck them even harder while her hand grasped Noah''s erection, stimting it with her hand with a lot of strength. Noah covered his mouth shyly as the waves of pleasure epassed his mind, he quickly decided to not stay passive and moved his hand below Iris''s skirt, reaching her wet vaginal lips¡­ "Ahh~!" ----- Chapter 258 - Passion (R18) 1 ----- Noah''s fingers easily slipped beneath Iris''s skirt, as he began to gently rub her wet panties with them, stimting Iris''s pussy which was secreting a slimy liquid the more he rubbed. "Oh~ Y-You''re rubbing it¡­" she moaned, as she nced back at Noah and began to kiss him passionately once more, the two Vampire lovers lost themselves in their love and passion, their hearts beating faster as the minutes went by, Iris quickly took out her skirt and also the rest of her clothes, as Noah began to gently suck on her delicious nipples while squeezing herrge breasts, which had berger the more she evolved¡­ He had been desiring to squeeze them like this for a long time now. Iris was put into a passive state as Noah rested over her, sucking on her delicious breasts as he stimted her vagina with a strong hand job, putting his long fingers deeper into her lips. "Ooooh~! Ah~! N-Noah~! Y-You''re sucking them so hard~" she moaned, as Noah smiled. "You were doing the same to my nipples a few seconds ago¡­ How about a change? And I prefer it more when you are submissive like this¡­ You''re all mine~" said Noah, acting incredibly possessive, which only made Iris even more excited. "Ah~! Y-Yes~ I am yours~ I am all yours~" moaned Iris, as she couldn''t bear the pleasure of having her tits sucked so hard, the stimtion it generated as herrge breasts were constantly squeezed and sucked made her almost lose her mind, even more, if it were mentioned that her vagina was being stimted like this¡­ "Hmm~!" Suddenly, Iris twitched her entire body a bit, as Noah felt her vagina quickly release a small river of her fluids, she had orgasmed before the real game had ever started. "Oh~? Were you so eager?" asked Noah rather teasingly, as he kissed Iris while she moaned in relief and pleasure. "You just¡­ sucked them so good¡­ Hahh~" she moaned, as Noah began to kiss her shoulders and then her tender neck. "We are not done here yet tough¡­" said Noah, as Iris energy quickly came back the moment she saw Noah take out his boxers and reveal therge erection beneath them, she quickly licked her lips as if she was seeing the most delectable of treats, and quickly jumped out of the bed, squatting and waiting for Noah toe to bring her meal. "You''re so eager today¡­" said Noah, as he quickly moved out of bed and stood up, as Iris loved to suck his dick while he stood up, she slowly began to sniff the delicious musky scent, as the warmth of Noah''s cock epassed her face and made her feel a bit dizzy even. "I can never get enough of my husband''s rod~," she said, as she began to lick it with her little and slimy tongue. Noah immediately felt a twitching sensation of pleasure as Iris''s little tongue touched his erect penis, it was so hard it had be incredibly sensitive, and Iris began to lick it casually, making it even more teasing¡­ She slowly moved below the tip sucking it off with her big and tender lips, kissing it and licking it, as her warm saliva covered Noah''s cock bit by bit¡­ "Ahh~ You''ve gotten so good at this, Iris¡­ what a mischievous woman¡­" said Noah, caressing Iris crimson-red hair as her beautiful red lips sucked on Noah''s cock as if she were sucking on the most delicious of things. "Hmm, ~ Hahh~ Do you like it~?" she asked, as she quickly resumed her blowjob with even more intensity, Noah felt jolts of pleasure rush from his penis into the rest of his body, her mouth was filled with warmth and sliminess, her tongue wonderfully licked the lower part of the tip, while her tender and meaty lips savored the rest of the cock continuously¡­ Noah''s cock was getting deeper and deeper into Iris''s throat only toe back to her mouth, she was stimting his entire self through this amazingly masterful blowjob, it seems that Iris''s most beloved forey was sucking Noah''s cock as if there was no tomorrow. Noah couldn''t resist any longer, especially as he saw Iris crimson-red eyes ring at him from below with a teasing look, she was looking at him so sexily that he wouldn''t help but push his hips harder, grabbing her head and thrusting his cock deep into her throat, making Iris release little moansbined with sounds of asphyxiation, but Noah knew that she loved this as well. "I''m going to cum right inside that mouth¡­ Make sure to drink it all!" said Noah with a domineering attitude that only made Iris even more excited, as Noah pushed his cock deep into Iris''s throat and released a thick load of creamy and warm semen all the way up. Iris instinctively drank it all, enjoying the vor, and quickly after, she began to cleanse Noah''s cock, continuing to suck it, because she knew he was capable of ejacting multiple times due to his amazing stamina. "Hmm~ Such a delicious ambrosia~ Please, give me more~," said Iris, as she continued sucking on Noah''s cock for more of her favorite "ambrosia". "Hahh~! You''re really good at pleasing your husband¡­ What a diligent wife¡­ I will make sure to give you as much as you want¡­!" said Noah, as his cock quickly got even harder, Iris continued to suck it intensively as her warm lips and her slimy tongue touched all the right parts, she had be an expert in pleasuring her husband! With such a woman, was there any need for more? Noah feels fulfilled with only Iris and nobody else! "Hmmm~~!" Iris slurping sounds resonated around the room as Noah''s cock was stimted to his very limits, his hips suddenly twitched as jolts of pleasure rushed into it all the way to his spine, he quickly took away his cock from Iris''s mouth, however, as she opened her mouth for Noah to release all of his cum inside of it. "Hahh~! Take it all¡­!" Noah''s cum reached Iris''s open mouth with great uracy, reaching her tongue, and filling her throat with his warm semen, which Iris quickly drank all and then continued to suck Noah''s penis while cleansing it¡­ she intended to continue even longer! ----- Chapter 259 - Passion (R18) 2 ----- Iris continued to serve Noah with her amazing blowjob, which she was doing viciously as if Noah''s penis were the most delicious thing she had ever tasted, which she couldn''t possibly let go of her mouth. Noah was resting over the bed already, as Iris continued to pleasure Noah with her warm and slippery mouth interior, her little and slimy tongue was ying around with the lower side of Noah''s penis, right below the tip, stimting the Vampire Progenitor to even greater levels. This was even more insane as he had already ejacted two times inside of Iris''s mouth, yet she was still sucking fervently, Noah''s penis would never stop being erect thanks to his amazing control over blood, but each time he ejacted, the sensitiveness of his penis became sharper, making of the experience almost euphoric. "Hahh¡­ I-Iris¡­!" Noah named Iris as he was gasping for air, her powerful mouth was sucking in and out his erected penis with great joy and fervency, serving her handsome husband was her favorite part of being his wife. "Hahh~ Do you like my technique, Noah~? I just love to suck it~" said Iris, as her tongue began to lick the tip of Noah''s penis yfully, as a mischievous smile emerged in her young and beautiful face. "You''ve gotten very good at this¡­ But this is already the third time and- Ngh!" Noah was not allowed to continue his words as Iris quickly assaulted his erected penis with her mouth once more, sucking it in and out of her mouth with utmost fervency! The warmness of her mouth, the slippery sensation, the warm saliva, her warm breath, all of it covering his overly sensitive erected penis made Noah quickly give in to his animalistic lust, as he gritted his teeth as his eyes shed with crimson-red light! He quickly grasped Iris''s head as he began to push her down his cock with some strength, Iris began to orgasm out of the pleasure she was receiving by being handled so meanly, which she liked a bit due to having a slight masochistic side. "Hmm~!" Noah''s spine rushed with volts of pleasure as he quickly released another load inside of Iris'' mouth, the third one this time¡­ Iris quickly sucked it all in and drank it obediently, making Noah only more excited about her kinkiness today. Indeed, she had gotten all the lewder after evolving, perhaps her sexual desires had augmented, or perhaps it was merely because she wanted to please him, nevertheless, Iris quickly cleansed her husband''s penis and finished it with a little kiss on the tip. "Phew, that was so good~," she said, as Noah couldn''t contain himself anymore, quickly grabbing her and putting her in all four. "Eh~?!" Noah had such strength that grabbing Iris with his two arms and putting her in the position he desired was as easy as breathing, or perhaps even easier as she didn''t particrly resist. "You''re a pregnant woman and even then, you''re such a degenerate¡­!" said Noah, as he quickly took away Iris panties and her skirt, leaving her nude and round butt in front of him. "Hahh~ Yesss~ I am a naughty girl~ Noah¡­ punish me~ Fufu~"ughed Iris, roleying with her husband to get even more into the mood. Iris began to feel even more excited, sweating all over her body as the entire room quickly got all steamy. She moved her hips around coquettishly, teasing Noah to take action on her devilish butt cheeks! Noah quickly grasped her butt cheeks and squeeze them, they were big, round, soft, and fleshy, and Noah couldn''t help feeling as his erection grew bigger. "Such arge ass, is this because you have evolved?" wondered Noah, pping Iris''s left butt cheek! p! "Aaaahhh~!" moaned Iris, as Noah smiled and pped her other butt cheek. p! "Ooohh~! Y-You''re punishing me~!" moaned Iris. "Do you like me to p your ass, don''t you?" asked Noah with a mischievous smile, pping Iris ass slowly each time, letting her regenerate in time to not cause any damage that could annoy the pleasure, the red marks left in her butt cheek quickly dissipated due to her natural regeneration after all. Noah watched as Iris''s wet lower lips began to leak more liquid, while her anus twitched lightly with each p. He quickly decided to taste his wife''s body, even more, sticking his tongue out and licking his wife''s juicy pussy, slurping out the liquid, and then going all the way up to her butt, sucking her little anus as Iris orgasmed due to the feelings she was having. "Aaahh~! W-What¡­ Uuuhh~! T-That''s¡­! Ah~! Noah~!" moaned Iris, feeling Noah''s warm tongue licking her butt and kissing her butt cheeks and anus, he was really tasting her. "The entire body of my wife belongs to me, so I can do whatever I please with it! Now let me taste you even more," said Noah, sticking his tongue inside of Iris''s tight asshole as the walls began to open up due to the stimtion. "Y-You''re sticking it in?! Ooohh~!" moaned Iris, as Noah began to suck more and more of her wife''s anus, while his penis was growing even firmer. He began to use his fingers to stimte both her anus and vagina, starting with one finger but then going up to three in both, loosening them up. Noah''s warm erected penis quickly emerged, resting above Iris stimted anus¡­ "W-Wait! We haven''t done this before¡­ I-I am a bit nervous!" said Iris. "Let me handle it, my love," said Noah, as he slowly began to shove his cock inside of Iris anus, bit by bit, the immensely tight walls began to open up to hisrge dragon, the slippery saliva he left inside beforehand served as a natural lubricant, as Iris butt trembled in shock as she released a tiny squeal! "Auuhh~! Ah! I-It hurts but it feels nice~! Oof~! F-Fuck~!" cried Iris, as Noah began to slowly insert it deeper, all the way in! He squeezed herrge butt cheeks as he left her anus adapt to hisrge, erected penis, slowly moving it carefully. This was also a first for him, so he wanted to be gentle despite their previous roley. "Oohh~ You got it all inside¡­!" moaned Iris. ----- Chapter 260 - Passion (R18) 3 ----- Iris moaned in pleasure as Noah''s cock quickly got all the way up her butthole, her tiny anus had spread all the way to fit her husband''s dragon, which was a great feat by itself. Certainly, Iris''s butt might never be the same after this. "Hmmm~ I am going crazy¡­ P-Please, start moving it~!" moaned Iris, as she nced at Noah with apletely reddened face and her crimson-red eyes gleaming with strong sexual desire, her entire body even began to exude a strong scent filled with hormones, enhancing Noah''s sexual libido to greater levels. "I will go slowly," said Noah, slowly moving his hips, pushing out hisrge penis out of Iris anus up to the tip, which made her moan even louder, so loud they resembled the squeaks of a pig. "Oooohhh~" Noah slowly began to put it in again, and then back down repeatedly, slowly speeding up and adapting Iris''s delicious anal walls to Noah''srge-sized package. "Hmm~ Ah, it is getting sore¡­" moaned Iris, as Noah slowly took away his cock from her anus, finding out that it had expanded so wide to adapt to his size he could see her pink, red anal walls inside twitching over the missing cock that was just a few seconds inside. Noah quickly produced a special fluid from his fingers using Fluid Secretion, which was merely something simr to slime, and coated his cock with it, quickly putting it again as he realized it slipped all the way down incredibly easily! "Ah! This is it!" Not only he had stretched Iris anus perfectly, but the lubricant he created made the experience even better now! Now, nothing was stopping him from ramming his cock into Iris''s asshole and make her scream his name! p! p! p! "Ah~! Oohh~! Uaahh~! Noooaaahhh~! You''re going so deep!" moaned Iris, as Noah began to fuck her raw into her asshole with his erected cock, beginning to rapidly move his hips while grasping herrge butt cheeks. p, p, p. The sound of Noah and Iris''s sweat skin hitting each other resonated through the room as Iris maintained her submissive and exciting position of all fours, as she received Noah''s cock all the way up her delicate asshole, moaning loudly in pleasure. Noah began to push further as he began to continuously push further, opening her wide as her anus continued to stimte her senses, rushing her with many waves of pleasure over her entire body, she never thought that anal would feel this amazing. It was a new experience altogether, but a wonderful one at that, as Noah continued to fuck her raw even harder, his cock continued to be enveloped by her still quite tight anal walls, while feeling all the warmth inside. The tube-like structure of the anal cavity definitely felt different than the more expansive vagina, as the anus seemed to have this sucking property, which sucked Noah''s cock deeper like a vacuum! "Oh! Fuck, your ass is sucking me in so good!" Noah moaned in pleasure as he quickly moved Iris''s torso upwards and hugged her with his arms, kissing her passionately while banging her hard. "Hmmm~ Noah~! You''re fucking my ass so good~! Ooohhhh~!" moaned Iris, as Noah licked her tender neck to stimte her even further, and then began to speed up the pace! p, p, p! Noah''s hips pped Iris''s ass with their fast movements, hitting her anus and even stimting her vagina through the intense ramming he was giving to her, generating even more ecstasy, making Iris even drool in pleasure as her eyes became dizzy and she gritted her teeth. "Hahhh¡­! I am going to cum inside of that lewd hole¡­!" said Noah, as Iris moaned louder, asking for Noah to fill her asshole with his seed up to the brim. "Yes~! Cum inside~! Please~! Give it to meeee~!" moaned Iris, as Noah quickly gave her a passionate kiss and closed his eyes, the waves of ecstasy rushed through his entire body and reached his cock, as he released a thick load all the way inside of her asshole. Iris felt the warm and slimy liquid fill her anal cavity, making her orgasm further as a lot of liquid came out of her lower lips without even the slightest physical stimtion! "Ooooohhh~! I''m cumming~~~!" she moaned, as she fell over the bed with Noah still having his cock inside of her. "Hahhh¡­!" Noah slowly took it out of her tight asshole, which was gripping his penis with intensity. The moment he took it out, Iris''s asshole twitched slowly, as a small stream of slimy and creamy semen began toe out of it, making the view even lewder. Noah began to kiss Iris''s entire body as he felt her heartbeat fast and her mouth gasping for air. "Hahhh¡­ Hahhh¡­ T-That was¡­ good¡­" she said, kissing Noah passionately yet a bit tired. However, the second after, she felt revitalized once more thanks to being a Vampire, and so did Noah. "Let''s continue, I am sure that you''re not satisfied yet, aren''t you?" asked Noah, as Iris smiled back while smiling devilishly. She quickly raised her legs upwards, as Noah grasped her legs and put them over his shoulders, moving his cock towards her expectant pussy, which was waiting for it for some time now. She was now pregnant, so her belly had grown a bit more, it seemed that vampires developed faster too, but Noah didn''t mind the belly at all, and thought that it only made her look more beautiful as she carried her children. Both had already researched that there was no risk by having sex while the female was pregnant, especially in this early stage, so Noah quickly put it all inside and began to intensely breed Iris like the good wife she was, while Iris quickly leg-locked him and kissed him passionately, the couple continued to do love to each other for some time. Noah couldn''t get enough of Iris''s sweet pussy and the warm walls that epassed his penis, and her loving kisses were also an amazing bonus. While Iris wanted to feel Noah more and more inside of her¡­ it was going to take a bit more time before the two were to get ready for the SS-Rank Dungeon. ----- Chapter 261 - Entering The SS-Rank Dungeon ----- After around three hours of passion with Iris, Noah quickly brought his wife to the bathroom and the two bathed to get ready for the Dungeon, getting outside of the room while wearing new clothes after ten minutes. "Ready?" asked Noah, as he and Iris walked downstairs, greeting the rest of their party. Arthur, Timassa, Jon, Adamantine, Clementina, Sugar, Sakura, and Noire greeted their sight. "More than ready, I really want to try out the strength of an SSS-Rank," said Arthur. "Indeed, thanks to you, my lord, we managed to reach this stage as you shared your power with us through your evolution¡­ Thest thing we could do for you after doing something so benevolent is to work diligently," said Clementina. "I agree with Clementina, let''s make our strength worth for our lord," said Timassa. "Let''s ughter some monsters! I am hungry for fresh flesh and blood!" said Adamantine. "I shall do everything I can to serve my lord," said Jon while nodding confidently. However, there was a group that seemed to be harassed by a blonde-haired vampire who had just joined the group a few hours ago. "Master, William doesn''t stop looking at us with those weird and perverted eyes!"ined Sakura, as William nced at her body as if it were a work of art, ring at her metallic curves, her pink and gray colors, her beautiful crimson-red digital eyes, and more. "Is this really our creator? He looks like a degenerate and acts like one, is this really him?" asked Sugar, she was in doubt if this man in front of her was really William Axis, the creator of Axis Corporations! "I also have my doubts¡­ Master, is this degenerate really our creator? Is he really an S-Rank? He''s weak¡­" said Noire, she and the other two robot girls had already surpassed S-Rank in power, and wereparable to SS-Rank at peak, and perhaps SSS-Rank if they fused. "Amazing! Outstanding! These designs, theponents, the functions, the core! Everything is soplex¡­ yet it seems that they had self-upgraded themselves?! It is amazing how you can surpass your creator through such methods! Master Noah, your robots are truly fascinating! From the Blood Core Batteries which keep upgrading themselves, to the souls imbued in them which my robots could not have, and everything else! Amazing! Amazing! I never thought it could be actually possible to insert a soul into a robot! This changes¡­ everything!" said William. "William, that''s enough, those three are my property, go bother the other ones, they had also been upgraded simrly to them albeit they''re weaker¡­ I want results quickly, analyze theirponents and find ways to upgrade them even further," said Noah, as William nodded with fascination. "Y-Yes my lord! I shall do just that! I will bring you the results as soon as possible! Now that I am a Dhampir, it is impossible for me to get tired, so I don''t even need to sleep! I can work in my creations- I mean, in upgrading your creations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 30 days a month, 12 months a year!" said William. "Just go," sighed Noah. "AH! Yes!" said William, darting away as if he were a cartoon character by how euphoric he was. "Fweh¡­ I was containing the urge to freeze him," sighed Sakura. "Unlike me, you seem to be able to contain your freezing touch a bit more, Sakura," said Clementina as she petted Sakura''s shoulders. It seems that she has taught Sakura who had an affinity for Icy Winds a lot of ways to control lower temperatures and ice, bing something of a Senpai to the robot, despite having joined wayter into the guild than Sakura. Nevertheless, they were friends. "Uwah, Clementina-san, he''s scary!" said Sakura, a robot that could easily crush William''s skull. "Come on, Sakura, stop crying and let''s focus on the mission," sighed Noah. "Ah! Y-Yes master!" said Sakura, apologizing. "Anyways, now that William is not here, let''s get going, the entire Sector D is now ours, Scarlet can move us there without an issue," said Noah. "Eh? Really?" asked everyone, as suddenly, the entire floor trembled! TRUUUUUMMMM¡­! "We are here, Master!" said the cute voice of Scarlet, as the gates of the tower opened, revealing that she hadnded right in the middle of the city, and had moved the room where everyone was up through her body, helping everyone reach the rooftop of the tallest building in the city, the Axis Corporation Building! What greeted everyone''s sight was the clear blue sky, the strong wind, and an enormous red gate floating in midair, releasing an aura of intimidating power! Albeit not so much now that they were all SSS-Rank¡­ "This is it, the SS-Rank gate!" said Noah, admiring it with a smile. He couldn''t wait to enter and decimate everything he could find! "Amazing, so this is our ying ground now?" wondered Iris. "It is, in a way, we can decimate everything inside. And so we shall do. The moment we enter, I want all of you to go all out and showcase to me all the powers and abilities you have enhanced through this entire journey up to the top. Let''s free our city from thest Gate with everything we have. And more importantly, let us have a lot of fun!" said Noah, valiantly enhancing the morale of everyone. "Yes, let''s do our best!" said Arthur. "Fun? I wonder if whatever is inside can take my thunder now¡­" said Timassa. "It would be fun to freeze entire behemoths," said Clementina. "We''ll show you what we are made of other than materials!" said Sakura. "You alwayse with the stupidest of words¡­" sighed Sugar. "Eh?! Who are you calling stupid?" said Sakura while pouting cutely. "You two be quiet. We shall do everything we can to please you, master," said Noire politely. "Good! Now then, let''s go!" said Noah, as he and his entire party walked into the red gate, as Scarlet suddenly detached a piece of herself and entered with them as well! "Scarlet, what do you think you''re doing?!" asked Noah. "I think I can divide myself, so I wanted to join! C-Can I, Master?" she asked. "Sigh¡­ Very well then, but stick with us," said Noah. "Yay~!" Scarlet gigantic body quickly divided itself from the enormous tower that was deposited in the middle of Sector D, the people down below nced with awe and amusement as the gigantic building piece coated in blood floated in midair... Therge group entered the gigantic rift in the sky, as they immersed themselves into the new world within it, a world which they didn''t expected to see, it was very different from the others they had explored, and seemed vast and boundless! ----- [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King] [Vitality]: [13000] [Mind]: [13000] [Force]: [13000] ... Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! 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Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Epic of Vampire Dragon: Reborn as a Vampire Dragon with a System: The Story of a boy born with strange and mysterious powers who was held captive and used as a guinea pig through his entire life, until the day he died and suddenly reincarnated as a Vampire Dragon Chimera in apletely different world, created by an insane Elder Lich that ims to be his father! Chapter 262 - Against Wyverns! ----- "Scarlet, what do you think you''re doing?" asked Noah. "I think I can divide myself, so I wanted to join! C-Can I, Master?" she asked. "Sigh¡­ Very well then, but stick with us," said Noah. "Yay~!" Scarlet gigantic body quickly divided itself from the enormous tower that was deposited in the middle of Sector D, the people down below nced with awe and amusement as the gigantic building piece coated in blood floated in midair... Therge group entered the gigantic rift in the sky, as they immersed themselves into the new world within it, a world which they didn''t expected to see, it was very different from the others they had explored, and seemed vast and boundless! Boundless sky, flowing wind so strong they could blow away an entire city, enormous clouds floating above the boundless blue sky as enormous floating inds could be seen in whichever direction Noah put his sight into! This was the SS-Rank Dungeon, it was in the middle of what seemed to be an endless sky filled with clouds and floating inds! Just what kind of dungeon was this? As if the S-Rank Dungeon were not enough of a warning, if someone didn''t know how to fly and entered here, they would fall into the abyss down below and probably die instantly! Of course, everyone came equipped with ways of flying. All the Vampires floated by manipting the blood inside of them and making them float in midair. Meanwhile, the robots used magic propulsors on their feet and arms which were feed with their own Mana. "This is¡­ We are literally in the middle of the sky!" said Arthur. "Yeah, this is the weirdest Dungeon we had entered yet," said Timassa. "Indeed, very strange! Hmm¡­" said Adamantine, as she nced around and began to fly around the surroundings. "I feel ufortable by floating in the middle of nowhere¡­" said Clementina. "I wonder what''s on those floating inds¡­ Ugh, we probably can''t get there because of the dungeon''s spatial walls, right?" asked Iris. "Most probably- Though I have ws that can tear down space¡­" said Noah, as something came up to his mind. "Jon, what are the limits of the dungeon''s space?" asked Noah. "Hm¡­" Jon began to use his Panoptic Vision to scan the area around him several kilometers but found this dungeon immensely vast. "I don''t know, but it is most likely very far away. This Dungeon is like a gigantic bubble of air," said Jon. "I see¡­ Well, let''s go to the nearest floating ind," said Noah, as Scarlet came shing towards them. "Heeeey! Don''t forget about me!" she said. She had divided herself through her [Body Division] Ability which she gained after evolving. With this, she divided the tip of her enormous tower body and entered the dungeon with it, even though the rest of her body is on Earth! She resembled just that, the tip of an enormous castle-like tower of crimson-red colors and many beautiful decorations. She seemed to be a flying cmity as she neared Noah and the rest, and everyone quickly stood over her rooftop as she carried them into the nearest floating ind! FLASH! However, in the way of Noah''s goals, monsters began to emerge as Jon quickly picked up a strange spatial interference, quickly foreseeing monsters emerging out of thin air! Or rather, they came from inside therge clouds around Scarlet! "Master! More than¡­ 50 Monsters are approaching, of three different shapes!" said Jon, as Noah nodded. With his amazing senses, he had already felt theming here! "Woah, they''re scally," said Adamantine, pointing at the monsters as she began to drool imagining eating their flesh, shadows emerging all around her body. "ROARR!" What Noah and everyone saw were enormous twenty-meter-big Wyverns! Yes, the legendary wyverns, draconic monsters who had their front limbs as wings, had emerged! These Wyverns had armor-like emerald-colored scales, sharp jaws with razor-sharp fangs, and strong talons to tear down anything! Additionally, theirrge wings held wind-like tattoos imbued with wind magic, which released powerful gusts of slicing emerald winds whenever they pped their wings, as they flew towards Noah''s party! The over 50 wyverns were incredibly fast and cunning, shing towards Noah''s party whilebining magic, generating a powerful storm of slicing emerald winds, and releasing a destructive spiraling wind tornado against Scarlet! FLAAASH! The emerald-scaled wyverns roared angrily as they threw this devastating attack towards the Vampires! Noah, however, smiled defiantly! "Heh, about time!" he said, as his entire body began to sh with power, and everyone else around him did so as well! Their entire auras releasing the colors of their element-infused souls, and also the phantasmal figures of their Soul Beasts! Suddenly, everyone''s aura merged together with the order of Noah, as he shaped it andbined it with Magic! Generating an enormous magic circle fueled by the powerful elemental auras! This was a spell he had simply created on a whim through his outstanding talent with magic! "Group Magic: Multi-elemental Energy Shockwave." Suddenly, all the energiesbined together and released a gargantuan multi-elemental shockwave all around the group, shing against the furious tornado and overpowering it with ease! TRUUUUUUMMM!!! The shockwave carried all types of elementals, shadows, phantom, ck thunder, poison, curse, ice, ck light, blood, and darkness, mixing chaotically into a powerful wave! The Wyverns were not able to fly away due to the power, range, and intensity of the attack, as they were consumed by the explosivebination of colorful multi-elemental attacks! "GGRRYAARRR!" "RROOAARR!" "GRRUUUOOOOHH¡­!" BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! As if they were merely nothing, the shockwave devoured the wyverns and sttered their bodies all over the sky, making them explode into bloody sights all around the sky, generating a rain of blood and flesh! The over 50 Wyverns were killed in an instant, as the Cores quickly began to fall like rain, and Noah manipted all the blood and flesh around him in a big radius through Blood Dominion, bringing it all to him while making his blood servants catch all the other loot falling from the sky! "Amazing, we did it so quickly¡­" said Iris. "A nice meal to start the day!" said Noah, as he suddenly shapeshifted his mouth and made it monstrous and enormous, devouring all the broken bones, scales, broken wings, shattered skulls, and sttered flesh pulp all at once, enjoying the flesh and blood thoroughly! The vor of these wyverns was rather exquisite, and they also held strange, green-colored jewels inside of them, which were filled with wind attribute mana as well! Crunch, crunch, gulp. Noah easily crushed everything inside his abyssal maw as he suddenly felt a rush of new power! It was as if the very essence of these creatures was infused into his very being and materialized afterwards! It made Noah feel chills all around his body... Ding! [Bloodline Traits have been upgraded to [Bloodline Skills]!] [Previous Bloodline Traits have been converted into [Bloodline Skills] [You learned the [Wind Wyvern Emerald Scales (A)], [Windstorm (A)], and [Wyvern Roar (B)] Skills!] "Hoh? These are amazing news!"ughed Noah. ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Vampire Overlord System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young and bullied man born in an apocalyptic world, who is given the chance to be a Vampire and dominate this world as he pleases with a malicious and scheming mind! Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Epic of Vampire Dragon: Reborn as a Vampire Dragon with a System: The Story of a boy born with strange and mysterious powers who was held captive and used as a guinea pig through his entire life, until the day he died and suddenly reincarnated as a Vampire Dragon Chimera in apletely different world, created by an insane Elder Lich that ims to be his father! Chapter 263 - New Skills! ----- As Noah devoured the flesh, scales, bones, and drank the blood of the Wind Wyverns, he received a nice power boost and gained new Skills! Ding! [Bloodline Traits have been upgraded to [Bloodline Skills]!] [Previous Bloodline Traits have been converted into [Bloodline Skills] [You learned the [Wind Wyvern Emerald Scales (A)], [Windstorm (A)], and [Wyvern Roar (B)] Skills!] "Hoh? These are amazing news!"ughed Noah. Additionally, Bloodline Traits have be Bloodline Skills, and he seems to have acquired the power to acquire Skills from other monsters'' bloodlines! This was the true power of a Vampire King! The Blood Progenitor quickly realized this sudden change, as he spoke to Noah. "You¡­! That power you acquired is simr to my Bloodline Assimtion, where you can acquire and gain Skills through the assimtion of another being''s bloodline, but you''re carrying it to apletely different level!" he said. "I see. So there is such a thing in Abyss," thought Noah, as he realized he wasn''t getting any more power from the corpses and left them as dropped materials, although Adamantine ate a few piles. The rest of the Blood Servants quickly began to gather the dropped items and SS-Rank Cores, albeit Noah had no use to them, his vampires inside the guild could use them. Ding! [Existing Traits have be Skills!] [You learned the following Bloodline Skills from previously existing Bloodline Traits] [Poisonous de Fangs (C)] [Poisonous Dragonfly Exoskeleton (C)] [Poisonous Frog Long Togue (C)] [Poisonous Hydra Emperor Might (B)] [Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King Might (A)] "Hm! I see. The effects they give are the same, but now my system is not tranting them as merely passive power, but now they be official Skills as well! This means¡­ Can I fuse them?" wondered Noah. "Not yet. The Fusion Function will be unlocked after you use one million Lifeblood Points and upgrade the System," said the Blood Progenitor. "Hoh? For now, let''s continue grinding and getting more Skills then!"ughed Noah. While Scarlet continued to travel through the nearby ind for Noah to investigate this dungeon and perhaps tear apart the spatial walls to enter into an alien world illegally, Noah began to try out his skills. Noah discovered that these Skills didn''t possess Proficiency and could not upgrade in Grade. However, if he were to unlock Skill Fusion, he would be able to fuse these skills and make up a truly terrifying power out of them. Perhaps this was the true potential of a Vampire, to drain the power out of the bloodlines of any being, bing a jack of all trades and master of all! "There are moreing!" said Jon, as from all around the group, two new types of monsters emerged! These monsters were simr to the previous Wind Wyverns which were ughtered by a powerfulbination attack made by everyone, but they had two different new body types. It could be said that they were still Wind Wyverns, but of a different evolution branch, perhaps. There were the burly Wind Wyverns merely named Sky Wyvern Soldiers, who had burlypositions and hard, heavy scales. Noah and everyone else wondered how they were able to fly with such bodies, but it was perhaps due to their wind magic, innate of their bloodline. Alongside them, there were the Cloud Serpent Wyverns, who had long, serpentine bodies with no limbs aside from two gigantic wings, their heads were sharp and long like snakes, and they held a strong gaze! Unlike the Sky Wyvern Soldiers, the Cloud Serpent Wyverns had slim and agile bodies, and enormous yet light wings to fly incredibly fast. "Oh, these look interesting. It is just as you said, Jon, two more body types for these Wyverns¡­ Will thest boss be a Wind Dragon? It would be certainly a good show¡­ Everyone, attack! Bring me their corpses and blood!"manded Noah, as everyone nodded as they flew into the air, as he also released his powerful Blood Servants, which had reduced in quantity but increased in quality! All of the generals of Sins had grown incredibly strong now and released powerful crimson-red auras of power. Scarlet quickly shapeshifted her body, suddenly forming giant cannons all around herself, like the ones Noah had once used against the monsters of the A-Rank Dungeon, blood cannons! However, this time they were supercharged with her new and upgraded Blood Soul! "Fire!" she said, as the cannons began to fire powerful cannonballs made of crystalized blood and charged with phantasmal power, crushing any wyvern that came her way! Of course, the burly Sky Wyvern Soldiers were able to take these cannonballs¡­ Only like three times! As she continuously fired more, and while receiving the support of everyone else, Wyverns, no matter their burly builds, exploded into pieces or were blown into pieces, converted into Swiss cheese with ease! "GRRREAAAARRR¡­!" "GRROOWL¡­!" "GGRRYAARR¡­!" BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! After Scarlet came to the second biggest Blood Soul Servant, Pride! Originally the zing Wyrm Emperor, Pride was fused with many Blood Servants and even the poisonous hydra emperor, reaching the Great Elite Phantasmal Rank and fueling itself with enormous power! "Haha! Interesting, some good friends are here! I suppose you could be my family? Well, I am already way above you! GRRAAAR!" Pride roared like a monstrous chimera beast, as his dozens of heads opened their mouths and showed their sharp fangs, tearing apart the Wyverns they caught mercilessly! He began to take the hundreds of wyverns that had appeared like nothing, one by one, they were all decimated! Their shrieks of agony resonated through the skies as a group of these Wyverns gathered wind power and released a strong tornado of slicing winds, hitting Pride! CLASH! The tornado attacks continued as he tore apart the wyverns until he exploded into pieces! "Nnngggrrroohh¡­!" BOOM! The wyverns celebrated, as their spirit raised thinking that they defeated the powerful yet frail enemy! However, all the blood that sttered out of Pride suddenly gathered once more, as he was revived! "HAH! Did you really thought that blowing me into pieces would kill me?! As long as my lord lives, I am immortal!" heughed, feeding on Frank''s Mana to recover as he rushed through the skies, blowing away the Wyverns and making blood rain! ----- Chapter 264 - The Mosters Nightmares ----- Three Knights covered by crimson-red armor rushed through the battlefield, devastating anything within the skies! The enormous serpentine Cloud Serpent Wyverns were sliced into thin slices in seconds by Greed''s powerful jewel des, which were as thin as they could be, and as sharp as possible. Its jewel body was also thin and incredibly light, giving it the power to move in midair with extreme precision. shing through the skies while spiraling constantly, it shed through everything and covered itself by the blood of the lesser dragons. The cries of the flying beasts continued as they all despaired before the might of the newly upgraded Blood Servants, as Lust entered into the scene! Simr to Greed, it seemed to be made of light ad thin crimson-red jewels, despite being actually made of frozen blood, it was all made of ice blood! Lust rushed through the skies using simr techniques to greed, but using its own long ws to sh and freeze the wyverns on the spot! Some were able to free themselves from the ice only to be attacked again, while some werepletely frozen and then shattered into pieces! The powerful servant in the shape of a thin knight made of frozen blood continued its ughter, as one of itspanions whichcked the finesse that Lust and Greed possessed roared furiously, Wrath! Wrath resembled a giant and burly crimson-red knight, raising its gigantic weapons and crushing its enemies with great precision and speed, the wyverns were sliced in half and then in quarters with its gigantic de that resembled more like an enormous piece of crimson-red metal. Its roars were loud and barbaric, as itsnce pierced the heads of therge and burly Sky Wyvern Soldiers that tried to take it down head-on, piercing through their heads with ease as the spear was thrown like a javelin! It discarded every thrown weapon as it easily creates new ones through its own body and Noah''s Mana, endlessly supplying itself with powerful long-ranged attacks. A malicious skull-faced crimson-red lich-like magician as tall as five metersughed eerily as it raised its crimson-red skeletal hands, it was Envy, made from Merlin and Albert, it had the power to manipte minds but also to conjure powerful magic! Envy cracked its red-colored skull face as it raised its skeletal hands and itsrge and malefic staff that seemed to be made of crystallized blood! Suddenly, countless magic circles emerged out of thin air as powerful spears made of darkness and blood came out of the piercing and impaling the wyverns from all sides! Albeit the spears were not strong enough to one-shot the wyverns, they still died after being hit around ten times, and those were rocky numbers to Envy! At the end of his first onught, dozen of corpses fell from the sky while being covered with dark and blood spears! Envy also employed the new Ability it developed from Albert, Mental Erosion! Which generated powerful waves of mind-disrupting energies, impacting the Wyverns around some meters from him and making them slightly dizzy, enough for him to continuously kill them without the wyverns being able to do much! But Envy was not alone, as there was Gluttony and Sloth at his side, fighting with their own powerful techniques and styles! Gluttony was made from Beelzebub and his servants from the A-Rank Dungeon, possessing outstanding power after being upgraded, it resembled a giant humanoid chimera with sharp horns and the face of a demon. It extended its limbs into giant monstrous insect arms covered by crystals! Each of its punches destroyed the Wyverns defenses and prated through their attacks! And while unleashing this onught, arge sphere of crystals emerged over its chest, releasing powerful crimson-redsers over its enemies, the wyverns survived them, but not if they were attacked by its blows right after. Meanwhile, the Crimson Monkey King, or Sloth, moved around leisurely through the sky, as it used its pure agility and the power of arge staff to fight, hitting his enemies with it and cracking their skulls! Alongside the major Blood Servants, there were a dozen of weaker ones who had joined the battle by merging together into a mass of blood who took many different shapes, capturing many Wyverns with long blood tentacles that wrapped around the wyverns and resisted their strong shing ws, piercing bites, or devastating winds! Sometimes the Blood Servant Legion would be blown into pieces, but it would quickly gather itself back as it continued to consume the Wyverns, crushing them into its body and quickly converting them into blood servants, making up for more and more mass and power, like a never-ending and incessant battalion of the depths of hell! The Wyverns knew what true horror really was when they fought against Noah''s Blood Servants, and the worst part was that they were merely the weakest amongst his party! Iris carefreely released her Phantom Soul wrapped it around her Soul Weapon, which was not knives anymore but had be long des after evolving! These des danced around her as she moved the phantasmal chains connected to them, makingplete chaos in the battlefield by slicing through the very souls of the wyverns and making them all weaken before they were to even hit her! "Hahaha!" sheughed maliciously, as she went all out as her husband had requested her, slicing through the wyverns carefreely, even if she was pregnant of two, the monsters were nothing before an SSS-Rank such as her! And while destroying everything, Iris released more and more Phantom mes, spreading them around the wyverns and burning them with utmost ruthlessness! The wyverns tried to use all sorts of methods to take away the expanding mes, but it was useless, they stuck into their bodies like a malicious curse and wouldn''t let go of their bodies, slowing them down, burning them, and weakening them! This was the power of Iris Phantom mes, which nowbined several curse effects and also would never go away from a target they touched unless they were to simply cut off the zing piece of flesh from their bodies¡­ The Wyverns were going through pure nightmares! This wasplete insanity¡­ ----- Chapter 265 - Devastating Strength! ----- As Noah saw everyone fighting, he decided to try out his new Skills, as they seemed rather interesting. "Poisonous Eel Scales, Poisonous Dragonfly Exoskeleton, Wind Wyvern Emerald Scales," he said, as he was suddenly coated by sharp and metallic purple scales, purple-colored bug exoskeleton, and then by powerful emerald wyvern scales, merging both into a full set of poison and wind armor. It had a sharp look, but it was not as refined as real armor, it looked more like a full suit of a very edgy power ranger. "Interesting¡­ This does give a good amount of defenses, but¡­ what if I fuse it with this?" wondered Noah, as he activated the Grotesque Vampire Soul Armor Skill, coating himself with his soul and blood and fusing it with the two previousyers of magic armor, forming a new and even stronger armor, making Noah resemble a demon knight from the depths of hell, with a sharp helmet,rge demonic horns, a new pair of bug-like arms with scythes, and sharp ws on each arm and leg, all coated with the characteristic crimson-red colors. It was certainly an interestingbination. Even more, as Noah felt an indescribable power boost! This armor not only gave him defense but also a new power, it was all merging together, making him stronger. He nced as the scales formed a coating of winds around him, the extra arms were useful as well, and the super-resistant te of armor was also quite ideal. "GRRRYAAR!" Suddenly, as Noah checked things rxedly, a sudden group of 40 Wyverns spawned right in front of him! As Noah was sitting over Scarlet, he didn''t expect monsters to manage to get near him, but these ones simply spawned near him. However, instead of panicking, he smiled maliciously, like he always did! "Good,e at me!" heughed, as the wyverns flew towards the powerful crimson-red armored demon that Noah looked like to them, raising their jaws, and releasing powerful wind breaths, which resembled strong tornadoes made of slicing winds. FLAASH! Suddenly, Noah activated [Poisonous Hydra Emperor Might (B)] and [Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King Might (A)], enhancing his power even further as a strong aura of pure poison and the might of a furious poison hydra emerged from his body, which he fused with his natural aura, shaping it as enormous draconic heads! "Windstorm, Wyvern Roar." Noah conjured Windstorm and Wyvern Roar at the same time,bining these two Skills into one, as the heads made of his purple and crimson-red aura opened, roaring furiously and generating powerful shockwaves that also generated crimson-red spiraling slicing winds, hitting against the various wyverns! "Grrryyyyaaaarrr¡­!" "Grrrruuoohhh¡­!" "Greaaarr¡­!" Noah manipted the winds as he began to attack the wyverns, slicing them into pieces one by one, as the rain of blood continued to rain over him, alongside the pieces of crushed bones, flesh, and guts! The powerful roars carried strong crimson-red winds made using Noah''s mana and his bloody aura! The Windstorm Skill generated strong winds, while the Wyvern Roar generated a strong shockwave that disrupted the senses of whoever heard it, lowering their defenses and guard! However, whenbined and coupled with Noah''s aura, it became a deadly weapon, reaching the wyverns as Noah manipted the shockwaves and crimson-red winds, he sliced through the wyverns and cut them into pieces. He opened his mouth grotesquely and activated Poisonous de Fangs as well, crushing the pulp, shattered bones, blood, and everything that fell over his mouth, except items, of course! Crunch, crunch! Noah savored the flesh of his weak victims with utmost pleasure, the feeling of being stronger and finally be able to y around with the measly lives of these creatures, which were nothing but stepping stones for his true goals felt incredibly fulfilling to his devilish heart! However, the suffering for the Wyverns didn''t stop here, oh no, it didn''t! Noah suddenly shapeshifted his tongue using the Poisonous Frog Long Togue and made it extend through various meters while reinforcing it with a powerful veil of his soul, using it as a powerful weapon just because he wanted it! SLASH! CLASH! CRASH! Using his tongue as a gigantic whip, Noah wrapped it around the weakened wyverns who survived his onughts due to their powerful defenses, and caught them! And just like an actual frog, Noah began to devour the damned wyverns with his giant mouth while carrying his meal right into his mouth! The items that they dropped emerged right around him and not inside of his mouth or stomach, so Noah began to be covered in piles of cores and more out of nowhere! "W-Woah, Master is so fierce today!" said Scarlet. "I am merely trying these Skills, it is rather fun to change the pace for once!"ughed Noah, as he continued to catch more weakened wyverns and throw them inside his mouth, while the others were quickly ughtered by his Windstorm + Wyvern Roarbination! However, Noah suddenly realized something! "Hm, how about I couple this with¡­ this!" Noah quickly used the Poisonous de Fangs skill into his very tongue, as the tongue suddenly shapeshifted and generated countless small jaws all around itself, looking truly like a tentacle-tongue of nightmares! "Hahaha!"ughed Noah, as he continuously wrapped and devoured Wyverns with his long and grotesque tongue filled with tiny jaws, which tore apart the wyverns while being alive and drank their blood easily, making the whole eating process even easier for the malefic Vampire King. However, some Wyverns still managed to get near, but they were greeted by his hand suddenly detaching his body and flying in midair like rockets! This was a method easily done by the Noah of now, as he easily used his very soul to wrap his arms and move them outside of his body, controlling them at long distances wasn''t an issue at all now! Even more now as he could still control these limbs which continued to be alive, as he filled them with more tiny razor-sharp fangs to catch the wyverns off-guard! Noah drowned himself in the exquisite feeling of annihting these creatures, overflowing with new power at longst! "Here it is!" Ding! [Bloodlines Assimted: [Cloud Serpent Wyvern] and [Sky Wyvern Soldier] Complete!] [You learned the following Bloodline Skills] [Metallic Sky Wyvern Soldier Scales (B)] [Cloud Serpent Wyvern Wind-soaring Wings (A)] More Skills! ----- Chapter 266 - Wyvern Massacre ----- As Noah ughtered more and more wyverns mercilessly and ruthlessly, he continued to devour their flesh and blood, slowly absorbing the new bloodline of these different-looking wyverns. Although they were all of the same Wind Wyvern family, their appearances were fairly different and so were their abilities and specializations, so their bloodlines differed a bit, even though it was the same bloodline, it mutated when they became different. Noah didn''t know the exact reason why, but he knew that different monsters would give different bloodlines regardless of if they were still of the same family. And like this, after consuming enough blood (and flesh), he acquired two new Skills! Drowning himself in the exquisite feeling of annihting these creatures, Noah felt an overflowing new power taking over him. "Here it is!" Ding! [Bloodlines Assimted: [Cloud Serpent Wyvern] and [Sky Wyvern Soldier] Complete!] [You learned the following Bloodline Skills] [Metallic Sky Wyvern Soldier Scales (B)] [Cloud Serpent Wyvern Wind-soaring Wings (A)] More Skills! "Just in time," said Noah, as he nced at the many other Wyverns suddenly spawning out of thin air, this was not over! It seemed that the giant ughter was only triggering even more monsters from emerging! Now the old Wind Wyverns they saw the first time emerged as well as the other two new ones, mixing intorge flocks and flying towards Noah and his party. They gatheredrge quantities of wind and began to release storming tornadoes against them, trying to st them away! The winds rushed through the sky, like a wave of destructive and invisible force! "Hmph, what a pathetic little gust," said Noah, as he quickly coated himself with Metallic Sky Wyvern Soldier Scales, reinforcing his armor with a new and powerfulponent and enhanced his wind attribute strength and generated powerful gusts to flow around his body, and then he activated the Cloud Serpent Wyvern Wind-soring Wings, and coupled them with his Demonic Vampiric Blood Wings, generating enormous 10 meter long wyvern-like wings of crimson-red colors, which flowed with winds all around! But this was not over! As Noah quickly used another Ability, one from his Lifeblood Jewel, Ancient Scion Transformation! CLASH! An explosion of crimson red energies fell over Noah, as his body fused with the new transformation and his armor already set over his body, generating a new and terrifying appearance! All in the span of just a few seconds, Noah had already transformed into a 10-meter-tall giant covered in metallic armor that mixed all of the defensive skills he had, sharp and scaly, while also having many decorations depicting winds, blood, and even jewels that hade out of nowhere. His helmet was long and covered his entire face, resembling a raging demon as gigantic horns erected atop his head. Noah simply willed it as he activated several Skills at the same time, fusing his Soul Aura, his Mana, Windstorm, and many other Skills, generating a deadly and powerful pressuring aura! FLAASH! And then in a single sh of crimson-red light, Noah flew towards the sky, greeting the enormous catastrophe approaching him with yet another catastrophe of his own! Noah gathered the wind and the energy within his chest, as his chest suddenly opened into a giant and metallic dragon-shaped jaw, releasing a powerful wave of crimson-red storms that began to devour his surroundings and the storm of semi-transparent emerald winds, generating a sh between forces of cataclysmic proportions! BOOM!!! The explosion of winds shing against each other resonated through the boundless skies, as the spatialyers shook as if they were about to break apart! "GGRRRYAAARRRR..!" "GGRUUUUOOOOWL!" "GRRAAAAARR¡­!" The wyverns were caught into the powerful explosion, as Noah nced triumphantly as the bodies of dozens of wyverns, no, hundreds were all destroyed, slicing into pieces and sttered all over the boundless skies of the dungeon! Blood, flesh, and bones rained over Noah as he resembled a malicious and unparalleled Demon King who hade to take over this entire world! Noah had already gotten all the Skills he could from these monsters, and had also learned that the Skills he got from them were also the ones they dropped in Ability Cores! With this in mind, he simply converted all these wyverns into Blood Servants, and quickly ordered them to catch the falling treasures for him! Noah''s party quickly began to help at catching the treasures and dropped loot, as Iris quickly flew near Noah. "Amazing, Noah¡­! You literally just decimated them, fufu~!"ughed Iris, as she flew at Noah''s side and sat on his shoulders, he was so enormous that she was able to sit over his shoulder like this. "Indeed, and I only used Skills I got from eating them. I do wonder though, could there be some hidden boss?" wondered Noah. "Oh~? I see, you want to see how far you can go, don''t you?" asked Iris. "You know me rather well. Indeed¡­ Well, usually, hidden Bosses emerge after certain conditions," sighed Noah. Noah truly began to think that he was unparalleled within this Dungeon, but he desired more, something stronger that could take his punches a bit better, he wanted a better punching bag so he could go all out and test his full capabilities, he disliked to not be able to understand his full power in detail. A strong punching bag was what he needed, what he desired! "For now let''s keep grinding, and reaching out to the closest ind, you want to see if you can tear the space of the dungeon, right? Let''s do that for now so you don''t get bored," said Iris, petting Noah. "Alright then," said Noah. "Noah-sama, more monsters areing!" said Jon. "Let''s go!" said Noah, as he led his party. Therge army of blood servants and Noah''s party rushed into the skies, ughtering wyverns of all shapes as they showcased their powerful abilities and sharpened them even more. Arthur showered everything with poison and infected the wyverns with vicious parasites, making them fight against each other. Timassa and Adamantine furiously rushed through the skies, annihting whatever was in front of them with their ck thunder and shadows. Clementina froze entire flocks of wyverns in seconds and sliced them into pieces. And Jon used his powerful eyes to release cursedsers against the wyverns, catching them off-guard as he absorbed all of their vitality and mana! Until a sudden distortion in space emerged, and something big came from it! ----- Chapter 267 - The Dungeon Boss Emerges! ----- "Oh my, look what we got here!" said Iris with mischievousughter, as she unleashed her Soul-Beast Form and burnt a group of Wyverns with her phantom mes, and then sliced them into pieces with her des, the beasts could only agonize in pain before the Vampiress'' might. "Oh¡­ That''s an actual dragon, isn''t it?" asked Arthur, as he unleashed his Soul-Beast Form and expanded it as countless purple tentacles covered with poison, entangling the wyverns that attacked him while shielding himself with cklight barriers. The wyverns met a quick end as he drowned them with his poison and brought their ultimate end¡­ "Indeed¡­ It looks quite mighty," said Timassa, shing around at the side of Arthur with her ck Thunder, covering herself with it and moving like a bullet around the air. She used her thunder to st the Wyverns that reached her, electrifying them even against their winds that could partially negate the thunder! Any wyvern bold enough to get near her was easily decimated. "My lord, do you require any assistance?" asked Jon, with his mere eyes he was shootingsers filled with curses. Some of the weaker wyverns that touched hissers were suddenly twisted into a mass of ugly flesh and instantly killed! And those tough enough to resist this distortion were drained of their vitality and mana and were attacked directly into their souls through his other powerful eyes! And if that wasn''t enough, his Soul Beast was hovering above him, entangling those that managed to get near. "Big dragon, a lot of food!" said Adamantine, as she was coating herself in her Soul-Beast Form. She was so wild and beastly that she was able to perfectly fuse with it and be a wild and roaring shadow wolf. She rushed over the wyverns, literally eating their heads off with her shadow jaws one by one as she jumped forwards towards her next target! "I am beginning to think that my lord might want to wrestle with the dragon by himself," said Clementina, as she flew over the boundless skies while galloping over her Ice Unicorn Mount, while using her Niflheim de to slice through the wyverns, turning them into ice and shattering them into pieces! "Oof, he''s already rushing to it!" said Sugar. "Well, maybe he can have some fun! Hopefully, the dragon is a better punching bag!" chuckled Sakura. "Let''s keep cleaning these other lesser beings that don''t deserve my lord''s attention for the moment," said Noire, as the three robots had merged together once more, bing arge mech of various colors and rushing through the skies with powerful magic-based propulsors. They generated des of shadows and ck light, or froze the wyverns and then made them explode with light bullets. Meanwhile, space itself broke apart, as an entity was summoned out of thin air, everyone saw it and so did Noah, who grew more and more fascinated with it! He wanted to fight it¡­ and test his powers. The entire roared, as its enormous wings pped over the boundless skies, generating power storms that covered its surroundings. It had the size of at least 70 meters, the creature''s head could easily have the same size as a building, and itsrge emerald eyes red at Noah to devour him! It was covered by emerald-colored metallic scales, a natural armor that only a dragon could have to such an amazing extent! Its wings were gigantic, and the membranes possessedrge glowing eyes painted on them, which produced winds constantly, which coated the entire beast constantly. Its tail was long and sharp like a de, and its four limbs possessed gigantic metallic ws that also exuded a semi-transparent aura that seemed to bepressed winds. This entity¡­ was merely an SS-Rank. Yet¡­ yet! Its power was¡­ seemed to be even higher than that. "How amusing¡­" thought Noah. Pride who was ughtering many wyverns with his powerful jaws suddenly came to a stop as he nced at the beast that hade¡­ He recognized it mildly¡­ within his memories when he lived in his own world¡­ this monster¡­ this dragon was¡­ a Draconic Father! "It can''t be¡­ another Draconic Father?! Agni, ording to my lord''s hypothesis, was the first one that emerged here and was defeated years ago¡­ but this¡­ It is Vayu, the Draconic Father of Storming Winds!!!" said Pride, ring at the enormous monster who held tremendous power over wind with admiration, even as an enemy of his lord, he couldn''t help but feel hopeless as he red at him! However, Pride quickly realized that Vayu''s powers were being suppressed¡­ "This dimension we are in¡­ Master, it is suppressing the real power of Vayu¡­" said Pride to Noah through their connection and Noah''s Telepathic Network Skill. Noah smiled, although within his enormous figure, as the Ancient Scion of Vampires who have been fused with severalyers of armor and possessed enormous draconic wings, such smile couldn''t be seen, as his face was covered by his scarlet helmet. "I see. Well, what a pity. But that''s how things are. Is your name Vayu?" asked Noah, directly asking the intimidating dragon for his name! Noah''s size was big, butpared to Vayu he was a mere ant! "You¡­ It seems that my name is well known amongst the otherworldly beings?" it asked. It had the voice of a very calm man. "I might be from another world, but I got a servant from your world¡­ He had told me things about yours. How did yound here?" asked Noah. "Hm¡­ My fate has already been prescribed by the Grand Cosmos. Like my siblings, I and they were incapable of fighting, and we were trapped within this pocket dimension¡­ hopelessly flying without any direction. Tell me, otherworldly being. Before we fight to the death, tell me your name," said Vayu, he seemed to have given up on everything, and had decided to fight to the death with Noah, he instinctively knew this was what he needed to do. "Noah. And don''t worry. After your death, your soul shall be freed from this dimensional cage, and you will serve under me," said Noah. "Hoh? Quite bold¡­ Let''s see how your actions make up for your words!" ----- Chapter 268 - Against Vayu, The Draconic Father Of Storming Winds! 1 ----- Noah nced at Vayu, the Draconic Father of Storming Winds, with admiration and a bit of expectation. It seemed that even as an SS-Rank being, it could give some trouble to an SSS-Rank like him based on its sheer size alone. But could it? Noah actually hoped it could do so because he was going to go¡­pletely all out now. And alone. By himself, he was going to fight this Dragon. He was decided! After the bold words from Noah''s mouth, Noah didn''t waste any other second and shed towards Vayu. By using the power of Windstorm, his powerful wings, and his Dark Winds Propulsion Skill, he flew like a crimson-red meteor towards Vayu. This speed was enhanced even more as he was transformed into the Ancient Scion, enhancing all of his capabilities to even greater heights! FLASH! Vayu red at Noah with their eyes, with a sh of his magic, the winds obeyed his will and they umted into a mass ofpressed wind, a gigantic 20 meters big sphere of wind! With a single order, the sphere shed towards Noah! This sphere ofpressed wind could be strong enough to easily slice through an entire battalion of SS-Rank Hunters and stter their bodies all over the ce¡­ No defensive Skill could ever protect a Hunter from such might! But Noah wasn''t even SS-Rank anymore, and he wasn''t a simple man either. However, surprising Vayu, he decided to¡­ destroy the sphere of winds! "Fool, if you try to destroy it, the winds will consume you- Oh?" Noah''s ws grew monstrously as he covered them with his soul, and then¡­! SLASH! A single sh of his ws prated through space, reaching the wind sphere and suddenly¡­ slicing it in half! Against allmon sense¡­ it sliced it in half! "What? It is impossible to slice my wind, it is not a physical object- Unless he¡­ sliced through space itself?!" Vayu was suddenly shaken by this mere act, and the fight had not even started yet! A being capable of slicing through space¡­ wasn''t ordinary at all! To begin with, no mortals could even do such a thing¡­ FLASH! In a split of a second, Noah reached Vayu as he released his powerful Soul Beast, as enormous tentacles emerged all around his body, attacking the mighty dragon! "Nnngh?!" BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Noah''s powerful soul tentacles were shaped through the use of his de Fangs Skill, giving them sharp fangs all over, like vicious jaws, they not only attacked and hit the dragon''s head, but they also tore apart pieces of his flesh and scales, eating him while fighting! Vayu had to act quickly if he wanted to live! "GRAAAAAAH!" He roared, as he opened his mouth wide open and released a powerful breath of storming winds! The enormous breath resembled more like a powerful beam of pure Wind Attribute Mana, reaching into Noah, and overpowering his soul! "Oho?! Good! Let''s test it!"ughed Noah, as he quickly created a powerful shield using all of his powers, soul, and mana, and the Blood Demon Aegis Skill! FLASH! The enormous shield made of his soul and blood emerged, blocking the powerful beam, as Vayu realized that such shield was actually holding on to his might Dragon Breath! "What¡­?! Interesting!" Vayu also began to feel a bit of adrenaline rushing through his entire body, the fight with Noah might really offer some entertainment! He quickly moved his body at a faster speed than his enormous size implied, suddenly raising his gigantic ws towards Noah, as he blocked them with his own! CLASH! The powerful weight of Vayu''s ws began to press on Noah''s ws, as he smiled and then swiped his ws! SLASH! "NNGH?!" Noah''s Crimson-red ws shed through Vayu''s ws, and actually cut the powerful metallic ws, which fell to the boundless sky as merely dropped items! "His spatial attack can even slice through my powerful ws like nothing! How about this then!?" Vayu roared, as he released another breath attack, which Noah easily blocked with his Aegis, but then! FLASH! "Oh?!" Noah nced with surprise as Vayu''s enormous body suddenly twisted around at an incredible speed, coating itself on storming winds, as it used its sharp tail to release powerful piercing attacks against Noah! Vayu''s tail was like a gigantic, building-sized spear, its piercing attacks easily began to crack Noah''s Aegis, as he tried to use his ws to slice it, but suddenly realized of something! He was merely slicing wind! "Oh? He''s coating his own tail with coverture of powerful winds, creating the illusion that it is physically touching me, yet this powerful piercing attack is merely the wind coating the tip of his tail!" thought Noah, immediately realizing the true power of wind maniption! "HAH! Let''s see how far you can take my power, Noah!"ughed Vayu, feeling all pumped up as he quickly shattered Noah''s Aegis and crushed him with his tail! BOOOM!!! Noah''s entire body gave in to the enormous attack, as his flesh opened wide and his entire torso was prated by the winds! "You''re done for, it seems!"ughed Vayu. However! Vayu suddenly realized that Noah''s flesh began to tightly wrap around his tail, reaching to it as the winds kept slicing and sttering him all over, but he kept regenerating, fusing himself with his soul and resembling some kind of mass of flesh, blood, and bones coated in jaws, eyes, tentacles, and tongues! "What kind of thing are you!?" wondered Vayu, as he put more intent into his winds, but Noahughed, spraying blood all over his tail and then jumping away and shing above the sky using wings he created right away! "BLOOD BOMB!" "Eh!?" Vayu suddenly felt a searing pain as the blood within his tail detonated! BOOOM!!! "UNNNGGGGUUAAAAHHH!" Vayu groaned in agony, this was the first time he was feeling so much pain! He red at his tail as he saw it falling off almostpletely! He quickly averted his gaze from his tail and tried to find Noah, but he was gone from his original position! And then¡­! CLASH! An enormous force hit his back, blowing him through the boundless skies! "AGGGRRR¡­!" Noah had emergedpletely recovered and back up to his previous form, his regeneration knew no limits now! ----- Chapter 269 - Against Vayu, The Draconic Father Of Storming Winds! 2 ----- CLASH! Noah quickly regenerated back from the mass of flesh, bones, and other twisting and gibbering body parts, as he quickly wrapped his ws into severalyers of his soul, materialized them, and then punched Vayu''s back, his ws reached deep into his flesh, easily piercing through his scales, and twisting his incredibly hard muscles. The power of his blow sent the 70 meters tall dragon through the air as if he were a mere ragdoll, his entire body flowing with blood as he groaned in agony. "UNGGRAAAAGGH¡­!" Vayu red back at Noah while flying up into the air by the mere strength that Noah used to punch him, as he suddenly stopped himself from being sent into the airs ay longer by controlling the winds and pushing himself back up! FLASH! The winds gathered around his body once more, permeating him with semi-transparent coverture! "GGRRR¡­! That was a tricky attack!" roared Vayu, pping his wings as he summoned more winds around him, gathering around and forming an enormous storm! Noah was greeted by the powerful storm, as he smiled wickedly, quickly gatheringrge quantities of power around him and releasing a powerful wave of crimson-red energy, charged with his very soul! Both his wave of energy and the storm generated by Vayu shed against each other, shaking even the spatialyers that made up space itself! "NNNGGH¡­! So you can even generate a power that can rival my storms!" said Vayu, his fascination over Noah continued to grow as he quickly gathered winds around his body, boosting himself with power and then charging towards Noah at an incredible speed, he really resembled a giant emerald meteor! FLASH! "Good! I wouldn''t like it otherwise!"ughed Noah, as he charged his power as well, his entire body began to bulge and be even more muscr, until he reached a size up to 10 meters! He did this through the Ancient Scion Ability and by¡­ breaking his own body apart, stretching himself, and letting it all regenerate! This way, Noah was able to actually grow stronger through an incredibly painful method! His ws grew so enormous they were even bigger than his own body size, as he shed towards Vayu and shed against him, his ws reaching the dragon''s ws! CLAAAAASH! Several shockwaves were released all around after the sh of titans, as Noah quickly began to release punches, shing attacks, kicks, and all sorts of bestial martial techniques against Vayu, while the dragon used his gigantic ws to defend himself and fight back! His ws reached Noah several times, so strong that they even prated through his skin and armor and shed him in half or several halves many times! Yet¡­ he was still going on and fighting! He was simply regenerating out of any wound! Vayu sliced his head off once, but Noah quickly discarded the body and regrew a new one out of his neck! It was insane! Noah never expected that an SS-Rank Boss could easily match an SSS-Rank in strength alone, it was obvious that this entity could easily reach even higher realms if it weren''t because of the dimensional dungeon''s oppression over his powers! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Noah and Vayu were literally wrestling against each other, despite their immense size difference, Noah was able to fight hand to hand against Vayu in equal terms- No, in fact, he was slowly overpowering the Draconic Father! Noah''s attacks were charged with the power of his Exceed Techniques! Which gave him the power to increase his damage dealt by 30% with each sessful attack and ignore his foe''s physical defense by 30%, with a max stacking of 600%! All of Noah''s hits were reaching Vayu, so he was stacking on damage increased and ignore defense, and had long ago reached 600%! Vayu was beginning to be overwhelmed, each time Noah hit him, he hit even harder than before! "What kind of power does this dwarf possess?!" wondered Vayu, as he released a breath attack in the least expected time, managing to st Noah off and ending hisbo attacks! CLASH! "That again!" Noah quickly created a shield with blood and soul, Aegis, as the breath attack shed against it, the shield was strong enough to defend him from this power, while Vayu flew around him, going for a sneak attack! By covering himself with winds, he was even able to mask any sound, but Noah''s senses were incredibly sharp, and could even perceive disturbances in space itself that urred when any being with mass moved around, so he detected Vayu in time, which came right after his breath attack ended, as his jaws were already far away, and reaching to Noah''s back! Vayu''s jaws opened, showing Noah all of his sharp fangs, he was going to eat him! "Who are you trying to eat?!"ughed Noah, as he was quickly caught by Vayu''s speed and eaten! Or was he? His head quickly flew off his body, as Noah easily created a new one out of his neck, while Vayu unaware of this, swallowed his entire body! "Nnngh?!" However, a second after he realized that something was wrong, the entire body of Noah was filled with deadly poison, making the dragon feel a horrible pain inside of his stomach! Although this poison was certainly not enough to kill such a big dragon, Noah had another surprise! "Did you really think you just ate me so easily?" he asked, shing to Vayu''s side as the dragon was shocked! "Y-You!" "Blood Bomb!"ughed Noah, closing his hands as Vayu suddenly felt the corpse he was digesting explode! BOOOM!!! "UNNGRAAAGGGH¡­!" Vayu groaned in agony, as his stomach began to explode internally, it wasn''t a single explosion, but various at the same time! Noah''s blood spread more and more as the corpse exploded, and it kept exploding in a chain reaction, as the split souls he infused into his body began to touch and detonate all the insides of Vayu! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Vayu groaned in agony, as he nced at Noah with a grin¡­ "You were really¡­ worthy of a challenge¡­" he said, as his entire body exploded into pieces! BOOM!!! "Don''t worry, you''reing back right away, Vayu," said Noah. ----- Chapter 270 - New And Powerful Blood Servant ----- After Vayu''s death, Noah quickly gathered his Blood Servants and created a, while he used Windstorm to create winds to make all the corpse pieces of Vayu fall over the and not into the endless sky down below. Only a little bit of pieces and blood was lost, but he managed to thankfully catch most of it. ¡­Alongside his soul. Vayu red at Noah with a bit of difort, most of his dignity was gone as he was now a bare soul, his appearance was almost the same as a dragon but smaller and made of semi-transparent essence. Noah held him with his hand. If he were to let go of him, his soul would be absorbed by the dungeon. "Erm¡­ Shouldn''t I be dead? I was already prepared for the afterlife¡­" sighed Vayu. "Did you forget what I said earlier? I told you that you were going to serve me after death," said Noah. "Eh? Are you a Dracolich?!" asked Vayu. "No, I am merely a Vampire King. Now, this should be enough,e back, Vayu! I can''t possibly waste such a strong soul and not make you a Blood Soul Servant!" said Noah, as he sprayed arge quantity of his blood over the soul, making Vayu suddenly trembled as he began to shapeshift and change! "NGRRRUUOOHHH¡­!" Vayu came back to life, or more as his soul mutated. His entire soul grew in size, although not as big as his original body, he was still immense. His entire body was crystalized soul blood, and he gained another pair of wings to go with it, alongside his tail which grew an even sharper tip. His eyes gleamed with crimson-red colors, and he was now even fiercer, as crimson-red winds began to emerge all around his body. Vayu began to tremble as he felt his new body, he felt strange, yet at the same timefortable, no, it was as if he had never felt this good before. "W-What is this?" he wondered. "I already told you, you''re a Blood Soul Servant now," said Noah. "A Blood Soul Servant? Hm¡­ are you a Blood Dragon?" asked Vayu. "No, I am a Vampire King, I already told you¡­" sighed Noah. "Ah¡­! Well, for some reason I feel the instinct to serve you now. How weird, is this how all your servants feel?" asked Vayu. "More or less! Now move aside, I am going to do something outrageous," said Noah, as he had finished saving corpses, loot, and more, he and everyone else at his side flew to the spatial walls of the dungeon. "Amazing work there with the dragon, Noah! I can see that you had fun- Oh? So you''re still trying it out? Though the dungeon is about to break down¡­" said Iris. "I know, but I want to try, at the very least, dungeons take some time before they are destroyed," said Noah, as he extended his crimson-red ws out of his hands and suddenly sliced through the invisible and impassable spatial wall in front of him. sh! His ws passed through the spatial walls like a warm knife through butter, as it suddenly cracked! The spatial wall began to crack more and more, as Noah''s eyes widened, and the rest of his party nced attentively¡­ Space began to open, as Noah held both of his ws within each side of the crack, opening it to be wider¡­ Crack¡­ crack! The gap opened even more, as Noah could see the rest of the world from within! He decided to bring a small wyvern blood servant and told it to get inside there. The wyvern obeyed, pping its wings into the alien world¡­ It began to p its wings around¡­ it seemed to be fine. "Oh, maybe there''s nothing wrong there¡­?" asked Iris. "No¡­" muttered Noah, as he red as a sudden, invisible pressure pressed against the wyvern out of nowhere! Like a crushing force, it pulled down and began to crush it entirely! "Grrryyaaarrr!" SPLAT! The entire blood servant¡­ exploded! Noah noticed that its soul waspletely consumed by something, an invisible and transcendental force that he could not properly understand. "What¡­ was that?" asked Arthur. The Blood Progenitor''s ghost emerged at the side of Noah, exining what this was. "From the information I''ve gathered from the System Cube, what affected the Wyvern Blood Servant is a force named Origin Core Laws. Whatever world is outside is within the outside of our boundaries¡­ Anyone that does not possess an Origin of this world and were to enter would be suddenly pressured by these powerful Laws, which will consume their Souls," said the Blood Progenitor. "But didn''t the wyvern originated from this world?" asked Arthur. "Not anymore, after bing a blood servant, it obviously shared an origin with Noah, so it was suppressed and destroyed. We could call this something simr to an immunity system that worlds possess¡­ Not all worlds have it, or they have it in certain varying intensities¡­ I think. There are still many things I am trying to find, the System Cube had a surprising amount of information within it," said the Blood Progenitor. "I see¡­ Well, we would be killing ourselves if we step into this world. For now, let''s go back to Earth," said Noah, as everyone agreed and followed him into the gate, reaching the city. The gate quickly began to shrink until it finally disappeared behind them¡­ The piece of Scarlet that apanied them quickly joined back to her main body, as the rest of the party entered the giant Scarlet tower, as it moved back to their territory. "Phew, that was a nice little adventure. You were right, it was rather easy¡­" said Arthur. "There should be a few little gates around, but almost all of them have been cleared now¡­" said Timassa. "With this, Sector D is mostly safe for now," sighed Iris, sitting over a cushion. "Hm, for now, let''s rest¡­ But we should quickly continue with the n I have in mind¡­" said Noah, as he decided to go devour the torn corpse of Vayu. ----- Chapter 271 - A Dragons Skills ----- Noah nced at therge torn apart corpse in front of him. The Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu, was a formidable SS-Rank monster, and it most likely would give a nice boost to Noah''s power through its flesh and nourishment, Noah was particrly eager to see what he could get by eating him. As it was torn apart, the entire corpse was gargantuan, but when it exploded it became several pieces of flesh, bones, scales, guts, and more. Its gigantic brain was made into a pulp too, and Noah began by shapeshifting his entire body, breaking it apart, and fusing it with his soul to be something truly deplorable and grotesque¡­ He used this monstrous form to open an enormous jaw and devour the entire pile of the brain, alongside the skull, the eyes, and everything in between. The brain was¡­ delicious. Noah began to consider if he was some kind of zombie, but the brain was particrly exquisite! The brain was creamy, rather slimy, but sublime on its sweetness and juiciness. It had a rich taste that remained within Noah''s pte for some time. The bones were crunchy and incredibly hard to break, expected from a Draconic Father! However, they had tasty and bloody bone marrow inside, making them also quite the delicious feast. The eyes were crunchy and juicy, and rather vorful. And the scales were incredibly hard to chew, so Noah simply swallowed them. He continued with the muscles and bones of the rest of the body, all of them were vorful and rich, and the blood was the sweetest, Noah felt like his strength soared by merely drinking it. After having eaten over half of Vayu''s corpse and having drunk most of its blood, Noah felt a strong boost in power¡­ [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu] Bloodline Assimtion Complete] [You learned the following Skills] [Draconic Father of Windstorms Aura (S)] [Draconic Emerald Metallic Scales (S)] [Might of the Dragon (S)] [Windstorm Dragon Roar (S)] Four Skills! Noah acquired four Skills from devouring only half of the Draconic Father. But why didn''t he devoured it all? Well, he nned to cook the rest, of course. However, before that he tried out his new Skills, quickly activating them in session. sh! [Draconic Father of Windstorms Aura (S)] created a powerful aura of strong windstorms around Noah''s entire body, which flowed with emerald colors all around his body rather gloriously. When he concentrated his mana into it, the winds acquired the shape of a furious dragon. [Draconic Emerald Metallic Scales (S)] gave him an even stronger coat of scales, which he was able to stack with the other Scales Skills and even the Exoskeleton Skills to get an even tougher armor outside of his body, now carrying the might of a true Dragon with it. [Might of the Dragon (S)] was an active skill that enhanced Noah''s power and added the power of a dragon into it, which was a great enhancement into all of his stats by around 100%. [Windstorm Dragon Roar (S)] this Skill was used by roaring, releasing a powerful shockwave that produced slicing winds that impacted the enemy with the might of a true dragon, lowering their stats, with the chance of causing paralysis and other status effects such as Fear or Horror, whenbined with the Wyvern Roar, it became a terrifying power which Noah didn''t possess before. Noah felt satisfied with this power as he smiled pleasantly. "With this I could enhance my way of fighting to a new level, using the power of wind will enhance my speed even more, and my range and flexibility have be greater¡­" thought Noah. After this, Noah decided to call Iris and everyone else, as they held a barbeque, very unbefitting for very "refined" vampires such as them, but Noah didn''t honestly give a single fuck over it and wanted to pass a good time with his wife and his servants, as he considered everyone his family. Iris showcased her great developing cooking skills, as she used a variety of techniques to roast the meat, make hamburgers out of the minced meat, and even extract the bone marrow to make meatballs which came apanied with dragon bone soup. Everyone enjoyed the delicious food, the maids and butlers cooked the most with Iris''s assistance, as the Vampires of the entire guild joined (well, those that were not working somewhere else). Noah immediately fell in love with the preparations, he knew that what was needed was to properly cook this food into delicious meals for its vors to blossom. The dragon meat steaks were perhaps the most delicious ones, as the meat was roasted and made even tender, and afterward, it was enhanced with the seasoning, making it truly a delightful thing. Noah also liked the bone soup, which also had many other ingredients such as potatoes and so on, and it was excellently seasoned, everyone ate the bones too, and the bone marrow meatballs received many praises. The Vampires were pleased to eat the food cooked by their Mistress, the Vampire Queen Iris, and by that sole thought, the food was made even more delicious to the Vampiric members. After most of the dragon was cooked and eaten, Noah had eaten hundreds of tes and was finishing off thest meal, arge, around meter-big emerald jewel that was inside the corpse, it was named [Draconic Father''s Heart] and it seemed to be the equivalent of a Blood Core that Dragons in the world where Vayu originated had¡­ Of course, Wyrms seemed to not have it, or perhaps they had it, but Noah never ate it at that time, as he was not able to get Skills from devouring. However, he was too strong now to get anything from monsters so weak, but he could do with this now. Crunch¡­ Thest bite of the dragon''s heart was eaten, as Noah felt a substantial boost to his capabilities once more, even his stats increased! And he gained new Skills to boot, surprising him. [You learned the following Skills] [Draconic Father Strong Blood (S)] [Draconic Eyes of the Storm (S)] [Wind Attribute Ward (SS)] [Elder Dragon Heart: Windstorm Essence Blessing (SS)] Outstanding! ----- Chapter 272 - Great Progress ----- A new day hase, and Noah was trying out his new and powerful Skills in the morning. He had woken up early, although he had gone to sleeptest night due to his passionate loving with Iris, as a Vampire his stamina was near-endless, so he didn''t particrly need to sleep other than to clear his mind a bit. Noah nced at the sunrise from the horizon as he tried out his new Skills¡­ sh! Noah firstly tried [Draconic Father Strong Blood (S)], which was a powerful active effect that could be left toggled on to be somewhat passive, although it always drained Mana, his Mana had be almost endless now that he connected his Bloodline Soul to so many believers in Sector D. This Skill granted Noah the power to add into his blood the powerful properties of the Draconic Father''s blood, making it boil incredibly fast and enhancing all of his muscles and body, giving him stat boosts, greater reflexes, and more. It was more or less a passive effect to stack up with the rest for more additional power. The [Draconic Eyes of the Storm (S)] Skill gave Noah the power to summon storming winds with his very eyes, this was the power that Vayu most likely showcased yesterday in their fight, giving Noah some entertainment. With this power, Noah''s mere eyes could summon storming winds that could expand and be controlled to his will. He could also target a certain foe to be engulfed in these winds from a distance by merely ring at it! The [Wind Attribute Ward (SS)] Skill was simple, it gave Noah a natural ward against the wind attribute as if he were repelling its damaging effects naturally. It didn''t make him immune to it nor any of that, but it did give him a damage reduction, of around 50%, no less! It was a splendorous defensive power, and he hoped to get more of these if he were to even cross paths with another Draconic Father. The [Elder Dragon Heart: Windstorm Essence Blessing (SS)] was a stupendous Skill, the moment Noah activated it, he gained an Elder Dragon Heart inside his chest! This Elder Dragon Heart enhanced his authority over the wind, his damage dealt using wind, and his wind resistance, alongside enhancing his approximation to this element and even some kind of inner meaning¡­ As if he could grasp something. It was so impressive that it even emerged inside his status as if he were now somewhat of a dragon. Could it be? Was he now a Vampire Dragon? However, this didn''t give him the power to take the shape of one¡­ although he could create scales, wings, and perhaps a tail too. Maybe some Skill Fusion could be done, but such a function required of him to umte 1 million Lifeblood Points¡­ Noah checked his status to see his progress thus far. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level V: Young Windstorm Essence Half-Dragon] [Vitality]: [13000 > 15640] [Mind]: [13000 > 15830] [Force]: [13000 > 15720] [Lifeblood Points]: [1000] [Progenitor Vampire King (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (15/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Progenitor Vampire King on all of his Eternal Glory. Abilities: Eternal Undeath Body (5/5), Elemental Ward (5/5), and Vitality-Draining Blood Aura (5/5). Additional Lifeblood Points are required for the advancement of two Skill Trees: [Vampire King''s Spirit]: As a Vampire King, your Spirit, Senses, and Powers are above any other Vampire, Abilities include Crimson Moon Bad, True Vampiric Eyes, and Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses [Vampire King''s True Form]: Unleash the truest and monstrous form of a Vampire King to exert overbearing power against your foes. Abilities: Space-Tearing Crimson ws (5/5), Ancient Scion Transformation (5/5), and Lifeblood Exceed Arts (5/5). ¡­ By merely devouring this dragon, his stats had increased! Perhaps he simply needed to devour more Bosses of SS-Rank and above to reach the pinnacle of SSS-Rank! Cores? Who needs them? Well, maybe he''ll still use them¡­ But still! This was incredible to think about, by simply devouring a powerful being, his entire strength soared. Although Noah also believed that his stats increased might be rted to another thing¡­ This! [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level V: Young Windstorm Essence Half-Dragon] It seemed that he had acquired an Elder Dragon Heart, the jewel that had emerged on his chest, which was differently positioned than the Blood Soul Core, which was already inside of his soul and not his flesh. However, wouldn''t this mean that if he were to tear apart his body or torso, would he lost this power? Noah decided to quickly try it, and cut his head off! SLASH! His head flew into the air, floating, as he saw his body fall over the ground. Afterward, he quickly created a new body from the neck down in a mere split of a second, and then nced at his status again¡­ And he saw that¡­ the Heart wasn''t gone! And when he checked inside his heart, it was there! He decided to check the corpse of his body, as he saw that there was the jewel inside, and ate it. Nothing happened, although he felt like he gained some more Mana. Afterward, Noah decided to devour his entire corpse and then realized that whatever this was, Dragon Hearts carried with him, and would regrow as if new as they were connected to his body regeneration. Even if they were to be destroyed, his Dragon Heart would regrow and regain its Level. Another important thing was that it seemed that there was some way for the Dragon Heart to increase its Rank or Level. As of now, Noah was a [Level V: Young Windstorm Essence Half-Dragon], meaning that there might be way more Levels ahead! He wondered what he needed to achieve them¡­ perhaps eating other dragons? Or maybe consuming more life essence? He decided to ask it directly to the Dragon''s Heart''s previous owner, Vayu. ----- Chapter 273 - Explanations ----- Vayu, the Draconic Father of Windstorms greeted Pride, one of the descendants of his sibling, Agni. "I see that you''ve grown stronger while serving our Lord," said Vayu. "Indeed, Elder. Lord Noah has helped a lot at growing stronger. Our first encounter was also just as glorious as yours, where both of us fought to the death, and where I sumbed to lord Noah''s cunningness and strength. He is truly a frightening foe!" said Pride. "I see. Even as a Wyrm, you''ve grown as strong as me through this form¡­ You''ve fused yourself with many of our kin as well, and he had recently fused you with many of my descendants as well. I can see that they are living within you now," said Vayu. "Yes, we are all one!" said Pride, as the terrifying roars of dozens of other monsters, wyverns, and Wyrms resonated through his entire body, as if they were agonizing, albeit they were happy. However, Vayu didn''t saw this as terrifying but as inspiring! "How amusing, I hope I can also fuse myself with manypanions, it seems that my life will continue even after death¡­ I might be older than you, but you joined our lord earlier. I hope you can ept me as your apprentice, Pride," said Vayu. "A-Ah¡­! Of course! Of course, Elder! I will make sure to present you to the rest of the team and explore therge facility inside¡­ There is a lot that you must see!" Pride and Vayu reduced their size and wandered around Scarlet''s interior, resembling two crimson-red ghosts. However, Noah quickly called Vayu, summoning him in front of him through Kin Summon, and interrupting his tour around Scarlet given to him by Pride. "Ah! Eh?" "There you are. Vayu, tell me more about Elder Dragon Hearts, the Levels, Evolutions, and how to increase them," said Noah. "Oh, my lord¡­ I was being given a tour by Pride a few seconds ago¡­" sighed Vayu. "Sorry to interrupt you, this can be brief, exin me and I will send you back," said Noah. "Ah, yes!" Vayu then proceeded to exin a few things to Noah. Within the world where he originated, Vedas, the world of Dragons, every being with a draconic bloodline would be able to develop a Dragon Heart! Dragon Hearts were simr to Blood Cores in some ways, but in Vedas, dragons were less refined than Vampires in many ways, and their power over bloodlines and so on wasn''t as potent. Usually, Dragons would be born with an element or would be able to evolve into a certain element through development. But they were able to develop a Dragon Heart after their first evolution. Although sometimes, Dragons born with potent bloodlines from powerful parents might be able to develop even stronger powers and bloodlines and even be born with stronger Dragon Hearts from the start! However, the way that Dragons increased their cultivation of their Dragon Heart was simple¡­ They simply needed to battle and devour their prey, usually, other dragons! Even bugs, mammals, and other creatures in the world of Vedas possessed dragon bloodlines, sometimes very thin, but almost everything was somehow a dragon. They simply needed to devour prey with stronger dragon bloodlines to strengthen their dragon hearts, absorbing their vitality also worked, as it slowly nourished their power. This method wouldn''t even really be called cultivation as it was a very basic way of doing things, merely fighting and devouring your prey¡­ But that''s how dragons did it! The world of Vedas had civilizations of strong dragons and several nations, but it was still mostly a wild dragon eat dragon world, the only way to rise to the top and be able to join the Dragon Nations was to mercilessly hunt and devour your prey! Some Families of Dragos nurtured their children, while others left their eggs in the wild and left their offspring to survive ande back to them one day even stronger, the same way their parents taught them¡­ Vayu and the other Draconic Fathers were the greatest figures of the Mortal World of Vedas, but the mortal world was but a mere small continentpared to the entire world of Vedas, which was perhaps several times bigger than Earth! The more Vayu spoke about it, the more Noah grew interested in exploring such a mysterious world filled with deadly draconic beasts. It seemed that the Draconic Fathers were the governors of the "Mortal Continent" as it was referred to, where the weakest dragons were born, and the strongest of them all would one day evolve past the Elder Dragon Stage and be Immortal Dragons, who would be able to cross the natural barrier that separated the continent from the immensely vast world of Vedas! Vayu and his "siblings" were all at the pinnacle of the mortal hood but were given the task of taking care of the continent and supervise it, this is why the Wyrms, Wyverns, and other beings that descended from them called them fathers and even gods to an extent. Noah quickly realized that this was why Vayu was so strong and gave him nice entertainment, it was because even with his power reduced due to the dungeon, he was still a being at the pinnacle of the mortal hood, most likely an SSS-Rank at 3/3 stage! Even with the dungeon suppression to fit the SS-Rank quota of power, he was still able to exert power above this realm to an extent. In resume, aside from this information, what Noah needed to do was to devour strong Dragons to enhance his Dragon Heart, and perhaps any other monster flesh and vitality could also help, but the fastest method was to devour strong dragons. "You are a Level V Half-Dragon? I was Level X, so I assume that when you devoured my Dragon Heart, its power was reduced several times to fit your own¡­ Although the power might have been reduced by things such as my death, the dungeon suppression, and so on¡­ Nheless, it is impressive that you began at Level V right away¡­ My lord, you simply need to keep devouring strong monsters and assimte their vitality to nourish it!" said Vayu. "So that''s how it is¡­" ----- Chapter 274 - Clearing Things Up ----- "And that''s what I know, more or less," said Vayu, as he had finished exining many things to Noah. "I see. It seems that the world of Vedas is filled with wonders I would like to see and visit¡­ Tell me, Vayu, do you know anything else about the other Draconic Fathers? Have they been sent into Dungeons?" asked Noah. "Hmm¡­ Sadly, I have no idea, my lord. It hadn''t happened to anyone before me¡­ But ording to what Pride told me that you told him about, it seems that Agni hase to this world as well and was already defeated, right? Then perhaps this could open the possibility for more of us to have been sent into this world within Dungeons¡­ But your city has already been cleared of Gates, it wouldn''t be a bad idea to look for more Gates," said Vayu. "More Gates¡­ Hm, this gives me the incentive to go conquer more Sectors¡­" said Noah with a mischievous smile. He seemed to be willing to conquer even more! With his powerful Blood Mist, he could easily turn an entire city into his loyal servants! Why not the entire world then? Although the Watchers were slowly approaching, there was still time for many things yet toe! And this wasn''t going to end any time soon! However, Noah needed to be faster, or he would be caught while the world was already ending! He needed to grab all the power he could get, and this included, rather obviously, conquering the world, and get all these people to be his loyal subordinates to worship him more and more as a good, so he could gain more power from them. He quickly sent back Vayu with pride by the spell he had developed, which was Unsummon Kin, which sent someone he had summoned to his previous location. It was hard to conjure a spell that spent a lot of Mana, but now that Noah''sprehension of magic had be so good, he was able to utilize the runes used for Skills conjuration to make spells out of them¡­ albeit this was still rather hard. This way, Noah was also grasping some understanding over the inner workarounds that the Spatial Attribute Magic possessed, but this was but a mere spell that reversed the effect of a Skill, he still had yet to learn about space magic, which he didn''t know if he had any affinity or not. But¡­ so what? With the System, just as the Blood Progenitor had said, he would be able to get any magic affinity by learning Skills! So he simply needed to get space-rted skills¡­ Though such skills might be incredibly rare, Noah could dream. This logic could be applied to how he acquired the ability to summon winds and storms even without having the magic affinity. Noah simply needed to continue acquiring more and more skills through devouring monsters. However, there was also the case of acquiring them through Ability Cores. Unlike devouring monsters, where he could get Skills only from monsters below his Rank, with Ability Cores¡­ wouldn''t be able to get any Skill he wanted? Well, not really, it was all random, but if he simply umted hundreds, couldn''t it be possible to get a variety of random skills, and amongst them, could there be the ones he could develop? Sadly, this didn''t seem to be possible anymore¡­ Noah had tried it just now, as he was within his hall, many Ability Cores of many Grades were before him, and he had tried to absorb them¡­ but they could only turn into very little amounts of Lifeblood Points, and no Skills! "Why?!" thought Noah in anger, he felt frustrated, but there seemed to be something that didn''t let him assimte Ability Cores of lower Grade than him now, unlike he believed! The Blood Progenitor emerged at his side to give him a brief exnation, although he had not told him before because he was notpletely sure, it seemed that it was just as he had thought. "It is just as I thought. Sorry for not telling you before, but I was also curious to see if my hypothesis was true¡­" sighed the Blood Progenitor. "Hypothesis?" asked Noah, his anger quickly flew away from his mind, as he became calm once more. He wasn''t a man of bad temper, as he often never maintained anger over something for too long. Noah often preferred to be cold-headed as much as possible. So he suppressed his own emotions at times. "The hypothesis that you cannot acquire Skills from Ability Cores below your Realm¡­ It is the same rule for things you devour or assimte their bloodlines. After evolving into a Vampire King, your body evolved as well and the System changed permanently, bing part of you. You are essentially now fairly different than before. Your entire existence has be "above" the grades below you, and it rejects their energy influx, the same way you cannot gain power from low-grade Attribute Value Cores¡­ But you can still use this "waste energy" and make them into Lifeblood Points, although you need thousands for a few dozen points," said the Blood Progenitor. "Hmph. So I can only get things from my grade or below my grade by one realm?" asked Noah. "More or less, the exnation I gave you should be enough, but you don''t seem to be able to get abilities of low grade anymore. As I told you, they end up bing waste energy which s assimted into the creation of lifeblood points," said the Blood Progenitor. Noah sighed a bit but decided to see things positively. "Well, and the Ability Cores that the wyverns dropped only give the same skills I got, so they''re virtually more Lifeblood Points at the end, right?" asked Noah. "Indeed. You can get Skills from devouring them and turn the Ability Cores and Attribute Value Cores into Lifeblood Points," said the Blood Progenitor. "Hm. Well, it is what it is. It is better to have cleared this up quickly¡­ Now, let''s gather some Lifeblood Points, I want to enhance my Lifeblood Jewel," said Noah. ----- Chapter 275 - New Lifeblood Jewel Abilities ----- Noah nced at a big pile of items in front of him. There were also corpses of the wyverns they had just ughtered a few hours ago, many of them dozens, as many as everyone could gather. Alongside that, there were items of all types and many Ability Cores. Noah was about to absorb all of this into Lifeblood Points! 1000 Skill Points were 1 Lifeblood Point, so even if he had such a bounty, it might not amount to as much as he would like it to be. However, Noah was also gatheringrge quantities of Lifeblood Points through the connection and devotion he had with all the citizens of Sector D. But this amount would be given gradually, so Noah needed quite a lot of days to get enough. Even then, he didn''t know if he would be able to umte enough to get to one million so he could upgrade the System¡­ But for now, Noah decides to quickly absorb the materials and see his Lifeblood Points after that. By touching the piles, all of them were suddenly turned into particles of light, flying towards him and overflowing Noah with energy! sh! Noah''s eyes shed with crimson-red light, as he felt as he gained more Lifeblood Points. Ding! [Materials sessfully converted, you''ve gained Lifeblood Points!] Noah quickly decided to check his status and see how many he had now¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level V: Young Windstorm Essence Half-Dragon] [Vitality]: [15640] [Mind]: [15830] [Force]: [15720] [Lifeblood Points]: [17200] [Progenitor Vampire King (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (15/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Progenitor Vampire King on all of his Eternal Glory. Abilities: Eternal Undeath Body (5/5), Elemental Ward (5/5), and Vitality-Draining Blood Aura (5/5). Additional Lifeblood Points are required for the advancement of two Skill Trees: [Vampire King''s Spirit]: As a Vampire King, your Spirit, Senses, and Powers are above any other Vampire, Abilities include Crimson Moon Bad, True Vampiric Eyes, and Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses [Vampire King''s True Form]: Unleash the truest and monstrous form of a Vampire King to exert overbearing power against your foes. Abilities: Space-Tearing Crimson ws (5/5), Ancient Scion Transformation (5/5), and Lifeblood Exceed Arts (5/5). ¡­ He had earned 17200 Lifeblood Points! It was more than enough to get another Skill Tree filled up, and perhaps even make a new Lifeblood Jewel! Additionally, Noah took this opportunity to check his current Lifeblood Jewel, which contained two branches, one which he had filled up, and another that seemed to be waiting for him to take over. The Blood Progenitor told him that this one branch was concentrated into enhancing his senses, alongside giving him powerful eyes and a strong offensive long-ranged blood-based spell-like ability. It seemed fairly strong, although he was surprised when the price increased a bit, it seemed that the more Abilities he unlocked, the costlier it would be to unlock more. He had already filled an entire branch, so going after the one he had ignored cost more Lifeblood Points than the one he had chosen first. So his next path was this! [Vampire King''s Spirit]: As a Vampire King, your Spirit, Senses, and Powers are above any other Vampire. Abilities: Crimson Moon Bad (0/5), True Vampiric Eyes (0/5), and Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses (0/5) Seeing that there were three Abilities here waiting for him, he quickly decided to check each one. [Crimson Moon Bad (Active) (0/5)]: As a Progenitor Vampire King, your masterful maniption over blood is amazing, giving you the power to unleash a powerful offensive Ability over a wide range that can affect many enemies at the same time. Unleash the power of your blood, conjuring a downpour of blood over arge number of foes and shapeshifting as countless weapons, fiends, and other forms and unleashing curse attacks over that certain range, constantly dealing damage until the ability dissipates. Deals 120% Magical Damage with each sessful attack to a foe, enhancing magic damage done for all attacks conjured in this Ability by 5% with each sessful attack and ignoring magical defense by 5% with each sessful attack. Additionally, deals continuous damage over time of 20% Magic Damage. [True Vampiric Eyes (Passive/Active) (0/5)]: As a Progenitor Vampire King, you''ve awakened your True Vampiric Eyes, giving you a series of abilities, such as passively producing a charming re, being able to take over the mind of weaker foes the moment your gaze met theirs, the power to manipte things by your mere gaze through psychokinesis, and the ability to inflict bloodline curses over a foe. Some effects are passive while others must be activated. [Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses (Passive/Active) (0/5)]: As a Progenitor Vampire King, your senses had already surpassed what could be below the realm of a Vampire King, and had ascended into Divine Senses. Through this power, you are capable of easily discerning your surroundings, foes and allies alike will be easily detected, and you can even focus your senses in a certain direction to stretch them even further. Functions such as Auto Mapping and Appraisal will also be unlocked. ¡­ Noah nced with fascination at these new Abilities, they were all ideal! With this, he could have a powerful SSS-Rank long-ranged offensive Ability, have even greater eye powers, and also powerful divine senses! Noah quickly decided to spend more Lifeblood Points, although the cost of the abilities had increased, it was still doable thanks to the amount he had umted now¡­ Ding! [You exchanged 4500 Lifeblood Points!] [Crimson Moon Bad (Active) (0/5) > (5/5)]: As a Progenitor Vampire King, your masterful maniption over blood is amazing, giving you the power to unleash a powerful offensive Ability over a wide range that can affect many enemies at the same time. Unleash the power of your blood, conjuring a downpour of blood over arge number of foes and shapeshifting as countless weapons, fiends, and other forms and unleashing curse attacks over that certain range, constantly dealing damage until the ability dissipates. Deals 220% Magical Damage with each sessful attack to a foe, enhancing magic damage done for all attacks conjured in this Ability by 20% with each sessful attack and ignoring magical defense by 20% with each sessful attack. Additionally, deals continuous damage over time of 80% Magic Damage. [True Vampiric Eyes (Passive/Active) (0/5) > (5/5)]: As a Progenitor Vampire King, you''ve awakened your True Vampiric Eyes, giving you a series of abilities, such as passively producing a charming re, being able to take over the mind of weaker foes the moment your gaze met theirs, the power to manipte things by your mere gaze through psychokinesis, and the ability to inflict bloodline curses over a foe. Some effects are passive while others must be activated. [Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses (Passive/Active) (0/5) > (5/5)]: As a Progenitor Vampire King, your senses had already surpassed what could be below the realm of a Vampire King, and had ascended into Divine Senses. Through this power, you are capable of easily discerning your surroundings, foes and allies alike will be easily detected, and you can even focus your senses in a certain direction to stretch them even further. Functions such as Auto Mapping and Appraisal will also be unlocked. sh! Noah''s eyes grew fascinated as he saw how his power skyrocketed, he received a substantial boost to the power of his soul, which was connected to this Lifeblood Jewel! sh! His entire body began to exude a yellow-gold aura, as he felt thebination of energies overflowing within him¡­ Now, he hadpletely maxed the Lifeblood Jewel, and needed to reach whatever was the next Realm after SSS-Rank to finally upgrade it even further! However, he nned to make another one¡­ ----- Chapter 276 - Creating New Lifeblood Jewel! ----- Noah began to consider something if he were able to create Lifeblood Jewels, wouldn''t it be possible to add the Skills he had earned through drinking blood and eating monsters to make new ones? However, the Blood Progenitor came with a quick answer. "Certainly, it could be possible, but I don''t rmend it, at least until you manage to get many Skills. Lifeblood Jewels don''t delete the Skills you have, it simply uses them asponents and copy-pastes their information from within the System to create power that belongs directly to your soul. They are more like special Abilities you have on top of Skills, by using Skills inbination with Lifeblood Jewels, you get the best performance, don''t you? Whenever you can get true Skill Fusion, things will change, you will be able to merge Skills from the root, and create new powers¡­ The best thing you could do is to abuse both Skill and Lifeblood Jewels and not neglect any for the other," said the Blood Progenitor, making Noah think about what to do now. "Well, didn''t Skills disappear when I use them to make Lifeblood Jewels? Isn''t that life Skill Fusion?" asked Noah. "Although they don''t appear within the Status, you already know how to use them independently, right? Skills are like spells that be engraved into your mind, after you''ve used them for so long, you''ve be exceptional at it, and can use them even without them being present in the Status¡­ Skill Fusion might help you fuse Skills over already existing Path Jewels, which is the key to upgrade them to the next Realms. Additionally, gathering more Skills is rmended for now regarding those acquired from monsters," said the Blood Progenitor. "Hm¡­ I see. So you mean that the best thing I could do is to harbor and collect as many Skills as I can?" asked Noah. "That''s right, whenever you upgrade the System there will be more functions that will aid you in what to do with such Skills¡­ For now, creating Path Jewels from your old Skills would be the best course of Action¡­ I rmend you one that is made of your soul-rted and mind-rted skills to enhance such capabilities even further," said the Blood Progenitor. "Hm¡­ You''ve really be quite polite, fine, let''s go with that¡­" said Noah. "I have be like this because I have resigned myself at this point, at least, I have something to do by assisting you instead of merely being confined inside a mental cage for eternity¡­" sighed the Blood Progenitor. "Heh, I suppose there might be more things that you''re trying to hide, but whatever," said Noah, quickly gathering many Skills together to use as ingredients for a Path Jewel! Noah seemed to be wrong about Skill Fusion, as it wouldn''t be the same as creating Path jewels, but a greater and more useful ability than just that! Although the creation of Path Jewels was named Skill Fusion, the Skill Fusion he would acquire through the upgrade of the System might be even greater, and contain hidden secrets within¡­ For now, he decided to create a new Path Jewel rted to his soul, so he could strengthen it to greater levels. Noah browsed through his extensive Skill List, finding the things he required. "These ones¡­" ¡­ [Using Skills as Ingredients to form the Lifeblood Jewel¡­] [Inner Blood and Flesh Realm (S)] + [Grotesque Soul of Abyssal Yin and Brilliant Yang (SS)] + [Soul Group Thought Processing (S)] + [Eldritch Soul Embodiment (A)] + [Telepathy Network (S)] + [Surpass Limits: Soul (A)] + [Soul Devour (A)] + [God yer (S)] sh! Noah watched with amusement as the many bubbles of bright crimson-red colors, the Skills, began to converge inside of his soul, while being poured with brilliant ethereal material, the Lifeblood Points! Point by point, the massive bubble of energy began to crystalize, as arger than usual Skill, the SSS-Rank Blood Progenitor Skill, which already seemed to have lost one-third of its mass gave up another half, fusing itself over this Lifeblood Jewel! FLASH! The Lifeblood Jewel shined with bright colors once more, finally forming at longst! Noah couldn''t help but find the sight wondrous¡­ The small Lifeblood Jewel resembled a beautiful ruby, infused with the image of what seemed to be a translucent aura, Noah''s soul, which also had a crimson-red eye and tentacles engraved into the Lifeblood Jewel¡­ Ding! [You exchanged 4000 Lifeblood Points!] [You created the [Spectral Divine Vampire King Abyssal Soul (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel]!] Noah quickly decided to inspect the new Path Jewel, which quickly fused into his soul through an orifice that had opened itself after 4000 Lifeblood Points were spent¡­ ¡­ [Spectral Divine Vampire King Abyssal Soul (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (0/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Divine Soul of the Vampire King on all of its eternal glory. Additional Abilities Include Vampire King Divine Flesh and Blood Realm, Divine Soul Connection Network, Spectral Divine Soul Deification. More Skill Trees can be opened, including Abilities such as Divine Yin and Demonic Yang Dual Soul, Spectral Soul Legion, Abyssal Horror, Transcend Limits: Divine Soul, Gluttonous Devourer of Souls, God Destroyer. ¡­ Noah''s eyes shed with greed and fascination as he saw what was in front of him, he could get a bunch of new and powerful Abilities, and all of them were within his grasp, he still had enough Lifeblood Points to at least get the first batch! [You exchanged 3000 Lifeblood Points!] [Spectral Divine Vampire King Abyssal Soul (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (0/15) > (15/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Divine Soul of the Vampire King on all of its eternal glory. Abilities: Vampire King Divine Flesh and Blood Realm (0/5), Divine Soul Connection Network (0/5), Spectral Divine Soul Deification (0/5). Additional Lifeblood Points are required for the advancement of two Skill Trees: [Spectral Soul of Many Forms]: Utilize your soul of many shapes and forms to realize all sorts of tasks. Abilities Include: Divine Yin and Demonic Yang Dual Soul, Spectral Soul Legion, Abyssal Horror [Abyssal Soul Fighter]: Utilize your powerful abyssal soul to fight against your foes. Abilities Include: Transcend Limits: Divine Soul, Gluttonous Devourer of Souls, God Destroyer. ¡­ The moment Noah maxed the first branch, the Lifeblood Jewel revealed more of its secrets to him! ----- Chapter 277 - Soul Cultivation, Soaring Through Realms! ----- Noah''s eyes shed with greed and fascination as he saw what was in front of him, he could get a bunch of new and powerful Abilities, and all of them were within his grasp, he still had enough Lifeblood Points to at least get the first batch! [You exchanged 3000 Lifeblood Points!] [Spectral Divine Vampire King Abyssal Soul (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (0/15) > (15/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Divine Soul of the Vampire King on all of its eternal glory. Abilities: Vampire King Divine Flesh and Blood Realm (0/5), Divine Soul Connection Network (0/5), Spectral Divine Soul Deification (0/5). Additional Lifeblood Points are required for the advancement of two Skill Trees: [Spectral Soul of Many Forms]: Utilize your soul of many shapes and forms to realize all sorts of tasks. Abilities Include: Divine Yin and Demonic Yang Dual Soul, Spectral Soul Legion, Abyssal Horror [Abyssal Soul Fighter]: Utilize your powerful abyssal soul to fight against your foes. Abilities Include: Transcend Limits: Divine Soul, Gluttonous Devourer of Souls, God Destroyer. ¡­ The moment Noah exchanged the points, he received a great boost to the power of his soul! His soul began to soar and expand, gaining new brilliance and power¡­ And then¡­! Ding! [Soul Cultivation] Function has been discovered!] "Oh? This¡­" said Noah, as the Blood Progenitor quickly realized it too. "It seems that your soul has made the system find a way to showcase your Soul Strength¡­ Interesting, look back at your status," said the Blood Progenitor. However, before Noah could check things out, he felt like his soul was beginning to shapeshift and grow even bigger! Whatever was this soul cultivation, it was activating automatically! It was as if his very soul had somehow figured a way to keep growing stronger through a series of Realms. He felt like his soul began to condense, forming something strange¡­ something crystalline! [Your Soul Cultivation has reached the [Soul Energy Gathering Realm]!] [Your Soul Cultivation has reached the [Soul Core Creation Realm]!] sh! Noah quickly went through two Soul Cultivation Realms at once, as his souls suddenly gatheredrge quantities of power within and crystallized it, forming a¡­ Soul Core! It was a translucent and beautiful spherical jewel that exuded an ethereal brilliance. However, it didn''tst like this for so long, as Noah''s soul continued to evolve! sh! [Your Soul Cultivation has reached the [Soul Core Nourishment Realm]!] [Your Soul Cultivation has reached the [Soul Energy Refinement Realm]!] [Your Soul Cultivation has reached the [Soul Core Ergement Realm]!] Noah''s Soul Core was nourished, refined, and erged almost automatically, as if it were a mere reflex of this newfound power such as the universal innate power that all strong souls had, soul cultivation! However, as his Soul Core grew powerful, this didn''t stop here, as it began to gain an even brighter and almost spiritual power¡­ [Your Soul Cultivation has reached the [Spiritual Soul Realm]!] [Your Soul Cultivation has reached the [Spiritual Soul Core Realm]!] [Your Soul Cultivation has reached the [Nascent Soul Realm]!] Atst, Noah underwent three more Realm changes, until things finally stabilized, but his soul felt like it was overflowing with power, like an ocean of abyssal darkness but also bright yellow gold ethereal light! And in the middle of it all, arge and spherical jewel floated, exuding a great amount of power, and increasing Noah''s soul capabilities and even his body power to newer and higher heights! "This power¡­ Fascinating¡­!" said Noah, as everyone within the facility realized that his soul had changed, and had be of improved quality. Before that, although his soul was strong and umtedrge quantities of power which enhanced, even more, when he was merged with those souls while evolving into a Vampire King, now Noah''s soul was dissolved and cleansed of various of its impurities, bing purer but without losing its traits of darkness and light, and ending up resembling an even bigger and more detailed abyssal beast¡­ Noah quickly checked his stats to confirm this¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level V: Young Windstorm Essence Half-Dragon] [Soul Cultivation]: [Nascent Soul Realm: Peak Stage] [Vitality]: [15640 > 15820] [Mind]: [15830 > 16230] [Force]: [15720 > 15893] [Lifeblood Points]: [5700] ¡­ "Fantastic." Even Noah''s stats had increased through this act of soul refinement! Even more now, as his Mind and Mana Capacity had skyrocketed now that he acquired a powerful Spiritual Soul Core, which was able to umte power with even more efficacy. It seemed that Soul Cultivation had various stages between Realms, from Initial Stage, Middle Stage, Upper Stage, and Peak Stage, each one showcasing a level of power within this Realm. But because Noah crossed Realms with ease, he had not been able to see them until now. Noah wondered if this power could go even further beyond. It seemed that he was already at the peak of his Soul Cultivation Realm, and would most likely reach the next Realm with another push¡­ "As you can see, your Stats had increased as well¡­ I am as surprised as you, not even in Abyss did we knew about such a Cultivation Technique. Perhaps within the records of the System, something activated it and infused its knowledge into your soul, making it reach each realm by reflex¡­ Your soul has not only been strengthened but it has been enhanced, cleansed of impurities and more¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "Interesting. Is there any information about this? Anything else?" asked Noah. "Hm¡­ There seems to be some information, here," said the Blood Progenitor, showing Noah arge System Window. ¡­ [Soul Cultivation] A Transcendental type of cultivation that exists in every world, you have unlocked its functions by strengthening your soul density. By using the universal principles of soul strengthening, you can shape Soul Energy absorbed from other souls into yours, making it your own power and soul. Soul Cultivation has several Realms. Soul Energy Gathering Realm. Soul Core Creation Realm. Soul Core Nourishment Realm. Soul Energy Refinement Realm. Soul Core Ergement Realm. Spiritual Soul Realm. Spiritual Soul Core Realm. Nascent Soul Realm. ¡­ Soul Cultivation was a mystical technique of cultivating the soul that has been spred across the entire universe, it seemed. It was a power that those who had umted a lot of soul density could use to enhance their souls to supernatural levels of power! Noah was rather fascinated as he saw the Realms one by one, the more he enhanced his soul, the higher his cultivation would go and the stronger his soul would be. It seemed that Soul Cultivation might be tied with the progression of this Path Jewel as well. "So it depended on soul Density¡­ It doesn''t show the next Realm? Well, we''ll have to get there then." And he knew how he could get there. By spending more Lifeblood Points and exchanging the next three Abilities within the Lifeblood Jewel! ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Vampire Overlord System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young and bullied man born in an apocalyptic world, who is given the chance to be a Vampire and dominate this world as he pleases with a malicious and scheming mind! Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Epic of Vampire Dragon: Reborn as a Vampire Dragon with a System: The Story of a boy born with strange and mysterious powers who was held captive and used as a guinea pig through his entire life, until the day he died and suddenly reincarnated as a Vampire Dragon Chimera in apletely different world, created by an insane Elder Lich that ims to be his father! Chapter 278 - Divine Soul Core! ----- [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level V: Young Windstorm Essence Half-Dragon] [Soul Cultivation]: [Nascent Soul Realm: Peak Stage] [Vitality]: [15820] [Mind]: [16230] [Force]: [15893] [Lifeblood Points]: [5700] ¡­ Noah nced at his status as he began to desire to enhance his Soul Cultivation even more¡­ His next course of action, however, was rather simple, spend Lifeblood Points and fill up the Lifeblood Jewel that represented his soul''s powers, to enhance his soul to even greater heights! ¡­ [Spectral Divine Vampire King Abyssal Soul (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (15/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Divine Soul of the Vampire King on all of its eternal glory. Abilities: Vampire King Divine Flesh and Blood Realm (0/5), Divine Soul Connection Network (0/5), Spectral Divine Soul Deification (0/5). Additional Lifeblood Points are required for the advancement of two Skill Trees: [Spectral Soul of Many Forms]: Utilize your soul of many shapes and forms to realize all sorts of tasks. Abilities Include: Divine Yin and Demonic Yang Dual Soul, Spectral Soul Legion, Abyssal Horror [Abyssal Soul Fighter]: Utilize your powerful abyssal soul to fight against your foes. Abilities Include: Transcend Limits: Divine Soul, Gluttonous Devourer of Souls, God Destroyer. ¡­ For now, Noah wanted to acquire the Vampire King Divine Flesh and Blood Realm, Divine Soul Connection Network, and Spectral Divine Soul Deification Abilities, so he decided to first see its effects to get a great idea of what they could do before any decisions¡­ [Vampire King Divine Flesh and Blood Realm (Passive) (0/5)]: As the Vampire King, your Soul is akin to Divine, giving you the power to form an immense space within that resembles a world made of blood and flesh. Rivers of blood where monstrous bloodthirsty fishes swim, crimson-red dirt, starry skies illuminated by a scarlet moon, forests of fleshy, red-colored trees thaty fruits that are like giant eyes, and more¡­ This world can naturally grow Blood Attribute Divine Materials after being upgraded enough. While being inside your Divine Realm, the Health, Mana, and Soul Regeneration of you or your subordinates is increased by 100%, while you and your subordinate''s Skill and Magic Proficiency receive a bonus of 50% on its learning speed. Additionally, a Time Dtionpared to the outside world can be applied of 1:2. [Divine Soul Connection Network (Passive/Active) (0/5)]: Using your immense divine soul, you''re capable of creating a transcendental divine soul connectionwork with all those you hold close with or are already connected to your soul through other means, such as Bloodline Soul. Through this Soul Connection Network, you and all those connected to your soul canmunicate through telepathy with each other instantly, being able to share images they had registered within their memories, experiences, information of all sorts, and more. Be the King of your hivemind! While connecting with many souls at the same time, you can draw their power to enhance your thought processing speed by 100%, your Mana Regeneration by 50%, and your Magic Damage by 20%. Constantly consumes Soul Energy and Mana to activate. [Spectral Divine Soul Deification (Active) (0/5)]: Through the enormous power of your Divine Soul, you can materialize it to the point of deification, showcasing the true overwhelming power of your very soul existence to your enemies, inflicting fear into their souls with your mere presence, and materializing your soul into a powerful deity form, which enhances your Magic and Physical Damage Dealt by 50%, while decreasing Magic and Physical Damage Received by 30%, and absorbs 5% of damage received. Constantly drains the soul''s Soul Energy and Mana to activate. ¡­ Amazing! The power contained within these Abilities was truly worth their Lifeblood Points! Noah knew this very well, they were amazing. A Divine Realm could aid him a lot, even more, if that time dtion could be multiplied, he could finally have some time to rx with Iris and everyone else inside his Divine Realm while also being able to develop his abilities and practice them even more through this extra time! Noah quickly decided to max all these abilities out! Ding! [You exchanged 4500 Lifeblood Points!] [Vampire King Divine Flesh and Blood Realm (Passive) (0/5) > (5/5)]: As the Vampire King, your Soul is akin to Divine, giving you the power to form an immense space within that resembles a world made of blood and flesh. Rivers of blood where monstrous bloodthirsty fishes swim, crimson-red dirt, starry skies illuminated by a scarlet moon, forests of fleshy, red-colored trees thaty fruits that are like giant eyes, and more¡­ This world can naturally grow Blood Attribute Divine Materials after being upgraded enough. While being inside your Divine Realm, the Health, Mana, and Soul Regeneration of you or your subordinates is increased by 500%, while you and your subordinate''s Skill and Magic Proficiency receive a bonus of 200% on its learning speed. Additionally, a Time Dtionpared to the outside world can be applied of 1:10. [Divine Soul Connection Network (Passive/Active) (0/5) > (5/5)]: Using your immense divine soul, you''re capable of creating a transcendental divine soul connectionwork with all those you hold close with or are already connected to your soul through other means, such as Bloodline Soul. Through this Soul Connection Network, you and all those connected to your soul canmunicate through telepathy with each other instantly, being able to share images they had registered within their memories, experiences, information of all sorts, and more. Be the King of your hivemind! While connecting with many souls at the same time, you can draw their power to enhance your thought processing speed by 200%, your Mana Regeneration by 100%, and your Magic Damage by 100%. Constantly consumes Soul Energy and Mana to activate. [Spectral Divine Soul Deification (Active) (0/5) > (5/5)]: Through the enormous power of your Divine Soul, you can materialize it to the point of deification, showcasing the true overwhelming power of your very soul existence to your enemies, inflicting fear into their souls with your mere presence, and materializing your soul into a powerful deity form, which enhances your Magic and Physical Damage Dealt by 150%, while decreasing Magic and Physical Damage Received by 90%, and absorbs 20% of damage received. Constantly drains the soul''s Soul Energy and Mana to activate. ¡­ And it was done! Not only the effects were enhanced, but also the percentages, now everything was even stronger to a greater level! It was almost ridiculous how powerful could Lifeblood Jewels be! And there was something even better, as his Divine Realm was forming! FLASH! "Aah¡­! Again!" Noah quickly realized that his soul was undergoing refinement once more, especially his Spiritual Soul Core! It was rotating while gaining more and more brilliant energy and abyssal energy, as it continued to grow and upgrade on quality, it was insane! Ding! [Your Soul Cultivation has reached [Divine Soul Core Creation Realm]!] [Your Soul Cultivation has reached [Divine Soul Realm]!] sh! Noah''s Soul Core had evolved into a Divine Soul Core, as it gained an effervescent brilliance, while he saw how a bubble containing his Divine Realm flew inside of it and fused with the Divine Soul Core! ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Epic of Vampire Dragon: Reborn as a Vampire Dragon with a System: The Story of a boy born with strange and mysterious powers who was held captive and used as a guinea pig through his entire life, until the day he died and suddenly reincarnated as a Vampire Dragon Chimera in apletely different world, created by an insane Elder Lich that ims to be his father! Chapter 279 - Divine Realm ----- sh! Noah''s soul evolved into a Divine Soul! His dark-red soul overflowed with power, as it expanded like a vast and boundless ocean of sparkling essence. Within this boundless sea, there was an enormous, crystalized amount of such powerful essence, the divine core! The Divine Core had just been formed, but it was already exuding with a powerful brilliance, even more now that arge bubble containing a gigantic dimension fused with it, Noah''s Inner Realm! Now that the Inner Realm had merged with Noah''s Divine Core, it had begun to change immensely, gaining tremendous quantities of divine energy to fuel itself and advance into a full-fledged divine realm. It was perhaps ahead of time, even, as Noah''s soul had acquired a divine nature despite his physical body not being of divine nature yet. This was all thanks to the new Lifeblood Jewel, which brought upon Noah a new possibility, that of developing his soul through Soul Cultivation. After undergoing several changes on the nature of his soul through the new Lifeblood Jewel and the constant Soul Cultivation Realms he attained, Noah''s soul took a new boost to its capabilities, achieving greater heights that wouldn''t beparable to his actual Existence Rank. The Inner Realm of Flesh and Blood, which he had developed some time ago continued to grow bigger as he developed, but now, it had merged with his new Divine Soul Core, expanding, and transforming into a true Divine Land, a Divine Realm of a Vampire King such as him! Noah calmed himself down as he sat cross-legged, admiring the transformation of his Inner Realm into a Divine Realm. It was all rather beautiful, he saw how this world of flesh and blood changedpletely, expanding and gaining more and more space within its dimension. The sky turned crimson-red and was o longer a cave of flesh, there was even a moon resting above all, although Noah immediately noticed that it wasn''t an immense satellite but something like a giant rock filled with divine essence, some kind of divine material¡­ The moon glowed with crimson-red light as it showered the world that was being formed with eerie and malefic brilliance. The world continued to expand, thend became fertile with crimson-red and purple-colored nts, grass, spiky vines with roses filled with creepy eyes, an enormous forests made of flesh with a dry skin-like hardened bark, which gaverge eyes as fruits. There were enormous mountains made of ck and red rock, filled with boiling blood resembling magma, and red-colored crystals emanating blood attribute essence from within. The enormousnd had the size of a continent, perhaps as big as Australia if not a bit bigger. The entirend within the Divine Realm was covered by many types of biomes, but there were alsorge patches of just grass or deserts made of ash-grey sand, empty of any life or much essence. Noah considered that such ces could be filled with Divine Materialster on, whenever he was to obtain any, if even. He continued to browse through thisnd as if he were the god of everything within this dimension inside of his soul''s divine soul core. As he browsed through everything, Noah saw how there was an enormous sea of blood surrounding the continent. It was flowing with this bloody water, although he didn''t know if it could be drinkable¡­ it seemed to be a ce where many creatures began to emerge out of thin air, monsters. Noah realized that not only onnd there had begun to emerge monsters, but there was also within this sea of blood. The monsters had all shapes and sizes, although most of them looked rather ugly and grotesque¡­ What he noticed is that such monsters had some resemnce to the monsters he had been eating, so there were a lot of wyrm-like creatures, giant poisonous eels, and more, but they were different, as they seemed to be made into a blood-attribute variant. These monsters ranged from B-Rank to SSS-Rank, and were in the hundreds, quickly multiplying up to the thousands! Noah couldn''t help but desire to quickly make a few of them into Blood Soul Servants¡­ although these monsters seemed to obey his will, so he could also employ them as they were, tamed creatures. This also meant that he could store as many people as he wanted inside and not risk them getting ughtered by the powerful monsters, as they obeyed his will, he could easily order all of them to protect these people instead of eating them. There was also the possibility of eating them to gain new skills, although he felt like, as they were simr to what he had eaten, he might not get much, but it was worth a try. He continued to nce at his Divine Realm, as he noticed that it didn''t have a spherical form, but resembled a gigantic floating ind. The sea was encased by enormous ice walls made of this frozen blood sea itself, so the sea didn''t fell over the endless void below. Additionally, all the things within the Inner Realm such as a mountain of items and corpses were also moved inside this Divine Realm, emerging as a pile of things over an empty grasnd, the monsters didn''t approach anything that belonged to Noah, so it was mostly safe inside of here. Noah began to consider that this could be a great time to finally put all of his castle and even Sector D inside of this space¡­ But there was a problem, if a whole sector were to disappear, all other sectors would notice, especially because it would most likely cut connections with the rest of the world''s sectors¡­ So for now, he decided to not do any rash things, although he still nned to move a few things inside, probably half of Scarlet, and a few other houses, or build some himself through his powers or something, as he wanted to begin to build an entire nation inside of his Divine Realm. He also noticed that the time inside the Divine Realm was particrly faster than the outside world, making it a perfect ce to train¡­ or perhaps rx a bit without losing too much time outside¡­ ----- [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level V: Young Windstorm Essence Half-Dragon] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Realm: Initial Stage] [Vitality]: [15820] [Mind]: [16230] [Force]: [15893] [Lifeblood Points]: [1200] [Progenitor Vampire King (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (15/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Progenitor Vampire King on all of his Eternal Glory. Abilities: Eternal Undeath Body (5/5), Elemental Ward (5/5), and Vitality-Draining Blood Aura (5/5). Additional Lifeblood Points are required for the advancement of two Skill Trees: [Vampire King''s Spirit]: As a Vampire King, your Spirit, Senses, and Powers are above any other Vampire. Abilities: Crimson Moon Bad (5/5), True Vampiric Eyes (5/5), and Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses (5/5). [Vampire King''s True Form]: Unleash the truest and monstrous form of a Vampire King to exert overbearing power against your foes. Abilities: Space-Tearing Crimson ws (5/5), Ancient Scion Transformation (5/5), and Lifeblood Exceed Arts (5/5). ¡­ [Spectral Divine Vampire King Abyssal Soul (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (15/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Divine Soul of the Vampire King on all of its eternal glory. Abilities: Vampire King Divine Flesh and Blood Realm (5/5), Divine Soul Connection Network (5/5), Spectral Divine Soul Deification (5/5). Additional Lifeblood Points are required for the advancement of two Skill Trees: [Spectral Soul of Many Forms]: Utilize your soul of many shapes and forms to realize all sorts of tasks. Abilities Include: Divine Yin and Demonic Yang Dual Soul, Spectral Soul Legion, Abyssal Horror [Abyssal Soul Fighter]: Utilize your powerful abyssal soul to fight against your foes. Abilities Include: Transcend Limits: Divine Soul, Gluttonous Devourer of Souls, God Destroyer. ¡­ Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Epic of Vampire Dragon: Reborn as a Vampire Dragon with a System: The Story of a boy born with strange and mysterious powers who was held captive and used as a guinea pig through his entire life, until the day he died and suddenly reincarnated as a Vampire Dragon Chimera in apletely different world, created by an insane Elder Lich that ims to be his father! Chapter 280 - A Battle Between Gods ----- Although the world on the surface seemedpletely normal, the entity made from human beliefs, God, was undergoing a furious inner battle. It has been several days since the battle that Noah had against God''s Hand, which had tried to take away his System, and after having left pieces of his soul as parasites inside of God, many of the minds of God that were guided or charmed by Noah willingly let themselves be consumed and assimted by his soul parasite. Noah''s soul parasite began to crawl inside of God, expanding and assimting its divine soul slowly, bit by bit. It was so slow that for the first days of assimtion, the main minds of God had not noticed. However, when they finally realized that such a thing was happening¡­ it was already quitete, Noah had begun to infect around 20% of it in that time, and even if they were to try to cut the entire piece off their bodies, it would decrease their power even more! They had to simply fight against themselves and try to overwhelm Noah''s mind, as he was now part of God itself. By this logic, God was fighting against itself, rejecting a part of itself as it wasn''t really them but Noah, but because Noah had merged with them and assimted them, he was also God now. It was a hard battle, and the minds were slowly falling to Noah''s parasitic powers, he extended more and more his influence, as many of the minds he consumed and assimted came to aid him right after as if he were making them into his loyal servants¡­ God who had decided to prepare something with the''s Origin Core consciousness was nowpletely busy trying to fight with itself, the virus that Noah had be inside of God was vicious and it never rested, continuously infecting more and more of the vast and immense divine soul of God, an entity that has lived for thousands of year. Without rest at all, Noah continued to devour God''s soul, stockpiling more and more power. However, because this soul clone was disconnected from Noah''s true body and main soul, all of this power simply became that of the clone. Noah was alsopletely unaware of all of this, as he had suddenly been disconnected from its soul clone since the moment it sent it towards God, most likely due to the enormous distance between the earth''s surface and the outer space where God rested, or perhaps because God had cut the connection, or something elsepletely. Noah had already assumed that his clone might have perished, so he paid no mind to it and decided to continue to grow stronger in his own ways, while his soul clone continued to work hard to be of use for his main body, using its pawns, many of the minds within god that it had parasitized, and using them against the minds that were not parasitized which were opposing him and trying to assimte him back to them. All of such minds were of figures of admiration that had been kept alive since immemorable eras, there were even ancient Greek gods within such minds, although they were not at all the real ones but interpretations of humanity over many decades. In specific, Zeus and Hercules were the most famous, who had been adapted in a variety of movies, books, and all sorts of media. Even when humanity lost their faith, they still admired such figures of power that represented the beings above man and the connection between man and god. Although they had been warped over time, these two figures were within the strongest minds of God, alongside the System Master, who was not the real one, but a mind copy made from the perception of people''s beliefs of the System Master. After all, after his appearance and the system creation, which helped humanity fight against the monsters and dungeons, the System Master was seen as a savior of humanity and had been used as a figure of religion ever since the apocalypse began, making up arge religion which around 40% of humanity was a member of. Alongside Zeus, Hercules, and the System Master, two other figures within God were the ones that were the strongest minds within it, one was simply named "God" and was the personification of the monotheistic Christian God, and then another named The Devil, the personification of Christian representation of Lucifer, perhaps, although both were also warped and changed through many of the interpretations of God and the devil. In specific, due to a famous movie of several years ago, God ended in the shape of an old ck man with a white beard wearing a white suit, while the devil resembled a typical demon from cartoons, red-skinned, with big horns, bat-like wings, skinny, and holding a trident. The System Master resembled the same as the real one, a figure made of the white light of humanoid shape, meanwhile, Zeus and Hercules resembled the figures they had been seen as in many of the entertainment media, Zeus was an old white man with a long white beard, muscles, and wearing a toga, with zing aquamarine eyes, while Hercules resembled a youthful and handsome muscr man with chestnut-colored hair and eyes filled with life. These were the five strongest minds within God, and the ones that Noah was now confronting, alongside their army of other Minds that were aiding them, who represented their servants or perhaps other lower yet popr historical or fantastical figures that humanity has known and inadvertently given a lot of attention through the ages. Some of such minds were beings such as King Arthur and the Knights of the Table, although for some reason, due to the exploding poprity of a game 20 years ago and a franchise of the same name as the game, King Arthur was a woman¡­ despite the original one having been a man. The battle within God''s soul resembled an enormous battlefield, where all of such figures emerged as ethereal representations of them, fighting in an enormous war that continued endlessly, but Noah was vicious, and slowly yet steadily devoured his way to thest five bosses¡­ ----- Chapter 281 - The Last Hope Of The Planet... ----- As God was undergoing a battle with itself, the earth''s Origin Core, which contained a consciousness of its own, was nning what to do. It had to somehow destroy the many rifts that had emerged over the world¡­ Each rift that led to a dungeon would simply keep being open unless it were to be destroyed by defeating the Boss inside. However, there wererge uninhabited areas, so the gates that led to dungeons continued to pile up one by one within these areas. Thergest areas were, of course, the sea itself, even the depths of the ocean, there were gates with aquatic monsters rushing inside. The sea had be a turbulent and dangerous ce, where many monstrous creatures roamed and due to the hundreds of gates opened all around the sea, the sea continued to be filled with more and more deadly beasts, there were even a few dozen of SS-Rank Dungeons, and even some SSS-Rank in some areas, especially near the Antarctica, where immense aquatic dragons have been spotted by drones sent there to inspect the area. The drones were usually destroyed by these territorial dragons after a few pictures were taken and sent through the inte to their owners. Alongside this, therge continent of Australiacked a sector and was mostly filled with subhuman tribes surviving within these chaotds, who unknowingly to humanity, served a simr role than Hunters, using their monster-like powers to defeat the monsters and clean somends, although the gates were too many even then. However, within the dozen of tribes of subhumans of these areas, there was a certain creature, a monstrous dragon that had the power to control the sky and generate thunder and rains, worshiped as both a god that brought life and death¡­ it seems that it also originated from an SSS-Rank Dungeon, ording to the Origin Core data. There was also therge gate that was above SSS-Rank in power, which continued to exist within central America, which was mostly uninhabited and filled with deadly monsters and subhuman tribes. And above all, there was arge concentration of miasma within the atmosphere and the underground, the tectonic tes, and even the center of the earth, where the origin core rested. As it was slowly being infected by miasma, the origin core started to gain more power from this substance, but was also infected by it and began to be stranger, with many of its functions failing, while the miasma, which umted inrge quantities, began to awaken some kind of consciousness¡­ Truly, the Origin Core was left mostly hopeless after all such things. Especially because with each gate to a dungeon, a strange spatial weight would be exerted over the entire, weighing down over the''s core and making it grow weaker¡­ It would have to do what it had been neglecting for some time¡­ At first, it had believed that it could somehow handle it by itself, but oh, how wrong it was. The Origin Core was not even able to do anything it wanted, although it had power, it was terrible at doing "miracles" that could exert its will over the surface, unlike God who could do it easily, the Origin Core never did such a thing, so it was very inexperienced. In fact, it used most of its powers and will through God, but now that it had suddenly gone silent, it was very hard for the origin core to make any contact with it¡­ The miasma in the atmosphere and the underground made everything even tiring, although the origin core found a way to gain power by absorbing miasma, the miasma was also unstable and could quite possibly bring changes to it, even warping its own perception of itself and end up being consumed by the collective consciousness of the miasma. However, it had suddenly noticed that in just two days, arge concentration of gates had suddenly beenpletely suppressed, which also included a powerful gate containing an SS-Rank Dungeon which even held some power almost simr to SSS-Rank! In just two days! Who could have done this?! It was a group of beings¡­ Vampires. And it was these beings that the Origin Core had despised for so time now, even knowing that its leader, Noah, had the potential to help it. But the news didn''t stop there, as the Origin Core had a certain connection with all the life of Earth and also could gather data of what urred in there¡­ it immediately noticed when Noah converted all of Sector D into Vampiric Undead! Such a frightening event would have shaken the world, but it was quickly hidden by Noah''s schemes and various tricks. He had forced all the converted to pretend to be as normal as before, so nothing really happened! However, Noah had begun to gather enormous quantities of power bit by bit, as he connected himself with all these thousands of people he converted into Vampiric Undead¡­ The Origin Core was shaken, it found this both horrible and¡­ amusing! What was Noah?! How could he do all of this and more?! It was surely a power the Origin Core had never seen before! But¡­ wouldn''t this go ording to the Origin Core''s goals? At first, it had desired to end all of humanity, but through this method, it could also control them, another thing it always desired but never had the power to do, and even if it had the power, God opposed it. But now¡­ if it could be an ally of Noah, wouldn''t the Origin Core be able to fulfill one of its desires of controlling all humanity through this Vampiric Undead that obeyed everything Noah did? And like this, all of humanity could work together to defeat all the dungeons and stop being such selfish beings that sheltered themselves from the danger while barely doing anything against it, leaving the to hold all of these burdens¡­ The Origin Core had to quickly swallowed its pride and admit its pathetic state¡­ it had to ask help to this mortal, to Noah. Who would had thought that this malicious being would be thest hope of the¡­ ----- Chapter 282 - Progress ----- Time goes flying by and an entire week has gone by since Noah acquired his Divine Realm, and many things had happened since then.?? Well, not really, an entire week inside of Noah''s Divine Realm, which was around two days outside. In these two days, which were a week inside his Divine Realm, if not a bit more, Noah had taken half of the time to rx and assess his power, refining his overflowing soul energy and slowly taming its power. Taming was not a bad word choice in this, as Noah indeed needed to "tame" his own soul, as it had grown so strong it seemed to have a life of its own, so he had to sit down and meditate for a few days to manage to refine his soul several times until the overflowing divine power didn''t damage him anymore. Indeed, damaged. And well, it had not stopped damaging him, but he had calmed down about 40% of it at the very least. This divine power was damaging Noah''s body because it was not divine, it was a mortal''s body with immense supernatural powers, but it was still a mortal body, and because hecked any power that could let his physical body take on all of this correctly, his body was being constantly burned alive by this power. Thankfully, he healed himself almost instantaneously too, so his body was "fine" but at the same time being constantly torn apart¡­ But thanks to this "break" he took for a few days, he had managed to stabilize his energies through methods of soul cultivation he had figured by himself. This method was rather simple! He used his own soul to cut his soul and then regenerate it back. He cut it and regenerated it constantly through mana regeneration filling the soul wounds, this way, Noah purified his soul from all this malicious overflowing energy. After that, he devoured his own soul pieces, although some ended escaping his grasp and wandered around the Divine Realm until he caught them and managed to eat them, although these "evil" soul clones had possessed powerful SSS-Rank monsters, although he defeated them all at the end and reimed the pieces of his own soul while devouring the beasts. He had also experimented with devouring the monsters inside his divine realm but gained no skills from them nor stats or power, they seemed to be, to him, made by his own flesh. It was as if these monsters were made of his own flesh! It was a strange feeling, but everything within the divine realm was in some way part of his own body, even the monsters. Although the Vampires of his guild and the entire sector entered his divine realm to hunt down these monsters, their meat and blood were very tasty for them and nourished them more than anything. Anyways, going back to the previous topic, Noah''s soul cultivation had advanced so much that his soul became too strong and wild, so he had to cut it down and regenerate it back several times until it calmed down, although its very existence still damaged his physical body. But Noah had be rather dull to pain, so being constantly burned by the divine power of his soul, and then regenerated back was nothing at this point. After his soul grew so big and strong, Noah had realized that his soul had grown vast and filled with essence¡­ and well, he was now able to create Soul Clones, which he had employed a few times against Excalibur and God, with even more ease. But what were Soul Clones? Soul Clones were a piece of Noah''s soul that functioned independently, it even had a copy of his own mind, and was connected to him as well, so he was able to order them to do things and even put his own main mind in them. He had also discovered a way to even give them bodies like his! Although it wasn''t through self-duplication, or at least not the conventional self-duplication, as Noah was not a slime or something. So what he usually did was cutting his head off and growing a new body, cutting, and leaving the bodies separated. After that, he used the potent healing magic of Arthur to make these corpses regrow their heads, although they were soulless. And after that, he inserted the soul clones inside of them¡­ and that was it! He made clones. However, they didn''t share all of his powers, although they could use part of his magic and skills, but not his lifeblood jewels. Alongside that, they were not able to grow independently and needed to be "upgraded" by Noah, as theycked a blood core of their own as strong as his, he wasn''t able to split his blood core or dragon heart, so when they were made, he created blood cores and dragon hearts for all of them from the beginning, so they ended with Level I Blood Cores and Dragon Hearts, sadly. But they were still able to exert more power than what these organs said about them! But they were unable to gain stats by themselves and needed Noah''s assistance for that. But because they held his knowledge and memories, and also could use his skills and magic, he decided to use them for something truly deplorable! He had begun to n for a "mass conversion" by sending his Clones around the world. As they held his appearance and could change their appearances a bit as well, Noah decided to send them to other Sectors through Axis Corporations flying vehicles, courtesy of William. This event had just begun, so he was still sending more, while he began to travel to Sector C, his next destination, where hunters were still struggling toplete all the dungeons that had suddenly emerged when the mana crystal meteors hit the earth and filled with too much mana. Of course, Noah didn''t even need to move there, as a clone had already reached there and had used Kin Summon to teleport him there directly! And so, in a night like any others for the people of the sector, Noah and his party stood above the top of the Axis Corporations Building of Sector C, as he began to generate the same magic he used to convert the entirety of Sector D. ----- Chapter 283 - Conquering Another Sector! ----- The group of Vampires stood atop the tallest building within Sector C, this sector had many dungeons and a few S-Rank Hunters, but to Noah and his party, they were quite literally nothing, and they were soon about to be his ves anyways.?? He had made sure to pick up an ideal hour, where all the dungeons were empty of people, and where everyone was already out, either inside their houses or somewhere else within the city. Unlike Sector D where the Noctem Family cleared the dungeons in around 3 days, Sector C was still eagerly fighting against the dungeons and had barely managed to clear the easier A-Rank and B-Rank ones, while the S-Rank Dungeons were still mostly unexplored. Or well, they were, but the hunters that had entered had either died instantly or came back barely¡­ Noah knew very well that if the S-Rank Dungeons were like the Poison Lake in the level of difficulty, then even other S-Rank Hunters might face sure death inside¡­ This is why, after converting everyone within Sector C into his subordinates, he was going to clear all the dungeons using his vast army of subordinates, working as one and unifying humanity! This was perhaps why the had given up on its useless ns and had considered recruiting Noah as the Hero of the¡­ or something. But Noah had no idea of that, as he was ncing at the beautiful city from above the building of Axis Corporations, which was present in every Sector. William Axis was also present, smiling pleasantly as he nced at the city, waiting for his master to do the trick and convert everyone! Meanwhile, there was Arthur, Timassa, Jon, Adamantine, Clementina, Sakura, Sugar, and Noire as well, the "main team" as they call them. And of course, at the side of Noah, there was Iris, as radiant as ever, although¡­ there was something a bit different. Her belly¡­ well, it had grown a bit, like a few centimeters. And this wasn''t because she had be a glutton or something, it was due to the twins within her womb! It seems that, unlike humans, Vampires actually developed faster¡­ Although one would think that such strong beings could even take years of gestation, it seemed that the development of the fetuses was enhanced with each of Iris evolutions, so the babies had grown a lot. Iris was eager for her children to be born, and so was her husband and the father of her children, Noah. The two couldn''t honestly wait any longer for them toe and bless them with the beautiful bliss of being parents, but for now, they had to wait. Of course, they wouldn''t simply ck off inside the divine realm while they developed! The babies could rest, but their parents had to work hard, for now, after all, the world would soon be invaded by super overpowered aliens, the Watchers, so Noah needed to quickly do everything. And of course, he was doing it. In less than a week after having converted the entire Sector D into his subordinates, he had quickly moved into Sector C to do the same. And it clearly showed in the several magic circles emerging atop the building. The amount of mana that Noah was using was immense, and some A-Rank and S-Rank Hunters had already realized that there was a strangely high concentration of mana around¡­ but because there were many Gates all around the city, which was all high concentrations of mana by themselves, they were not able to do much over it and thought that it was merely the Gates that were making their senses in the alert. Noah quickly did the same preparations as in Sector D, and after everything was done, arge crimson-red mist began to fill the entire city, which was protected byrge 50 meters of height walls all around, which Noah had closed bybining his magic with many other vampires spread around the city, generating a magic barrier using many elements. The crimson-red mist began to expand through the entire Sector C, as the group heard the screams of the people, and well, the usual stuff. "Fufu, everything is going wonderfully! Our children will have a lot of people to govern, wouldn''t they?" asked Iris rather maliciously. "Indeed, all of them shall serve our children," said Noah. "Seeing this nearby is really something else¡­ Like this, we really can just conquer the entire world¡­" said Arthur. "Indeed, like this¡­ Everything is quite possible," said Timassa. "And we won''t be stopping here. After taking care of the SS-Rank Gate in here, we''ll clean the others using the other members of the guild, and we''ll quickly move towards our next destination," said Noah, he was in quite the hurry, he didn''t want to waste much time, he was going to easily conquer the SS-Rank Dungeon here and quickly move towards his next destination without any further ado. After a few minutes, the mist continued to infect more and more people¡­ Some started to eat each other, although the majority stayed in the ground struggling to breathe and adapt to the sudden changes in their bodies. Just out of nowhere, their entire selves had changed! Just how creepy could this actually be?! Those that were sleeping could be said to be blessed, as the changes would only be noticed when they were to wake up all dizzy, probably only remember having a bad dream, or a nightmare and that''s all¡­ But for all the rest, all the other people that didn''t know what was happening, well, it was the most terrifying thing, it was as if they were all suffering a panic attack or something. Indeed, it was quite terrifying! Noah and his party watched from above as the chaos unfolded, their way to unify humanity to survive what was toe was very forced and malicious, and perhaps no one on their sane minds would ever try what they''re doing¡­ but so what? Who cares about that? Noah only cared about the gains! And getting all of these people to worship him will quickly increase his amount of gained energy through the Bloodline Soul Connection, the more people he converted, the better¡­ ----- Chapter 284 - Rushing To A New SS-Rank Dungeon ----- Noah and his party watched from above as the chaos unfolded, their way to unify humanity to survive what was toe was very forced and malicious, and perhaps no one on their sane minds would ever try what they''re doing¡­ but so what? Who cares about that??? Noah only cared about the gains! And getting all of these people to worship him will quickly increase his amount of gained energy through the Bloodline Soul Connection, the more people he converted, the better¡­ Sector C didn''t have as much poption as Sector D, but there were still around 150.000 people if not a bit more, so the amount of energy infused into Noah was noticeable. However, he knew that it would take a particrly long amount of time to actually umte enough energy and then convert it into valuable power such as stats or Lifeblood Points. This was why it was a tricky thing to do, and he would need a long time to fully convert everything without blowing himself into pieces from the ovewhelming unrefined energy infusion... If he could easily wait a year or so, he would happily do so, but as of now, even if he were inside his Divine Realm and wasted an entire month outside inside his divine realm, which would be around 5 months, it still would not be enough, and he knew very well that the Watchers mighte at any moment, even a single day wasted felt a bit bad to him. Noah most likely nned to take a nice breakfast everything rted to Earth was done for, wherever he was tond into after the world was to end, he would probably spend some months if not years inside his Divine Realm assessing everything. But for now, time was gold! He couldn''t waste any second. He knew that if he could wait a few months, almost a year or two, he could be capable of umting enough energy to convert into a lot of Lifeblood Points, and perhaps get to the million and upgrade his System¡­ But for now, that was rather unlikely, as he needed time for all this energy to properly convert and transform, and because it was so much, it would take even longer. But Noah had everything nned now, he didn''t n to fight the Watchers at all, and was going to do the best thing he possibly could, which was¡­ grabbing everything valuable in the world, plundering an entire, and then escape! He didn''t care that this act could be qualified as cowardly, Noah was not bound by any of such measly ideals, he only cared about surviving, if victory were achievable, he would try to achieve it bravely, but if he knew that it was hopeless from the beginning, he wouldn''t act¡­ Although this sounded boring, this was real life and not some kind of anime, so Noah had no interest in risking his life stupidly. Of course, there could be times when he would pressure against a wall to act rashly and to survive desperately, in those times everything he thought and considered would be easily thrown into the trash bin¡­ but Noah was someone that disliked when things didn''t go his way, so he carefully nned to escape in time for none of such things toe towards him. Although, it was all left to destiny if this would happen or not¡­ But for now, at the very least, Noah did everything he could. The people quickly came to their senses, now, they all held the innate desire to serve and obey Noah! Even Jean Firebrand, the older brother of Fernand was not left out of this, although he was in a currenta due to the curse Noah put on him as he had originally nned to weaken him for a possible match against him, it seemed that such ns were useless at the end, as he ended bing stronger fairly fast, and now he was merely an ant before Noah. Even the n he had about him to test his abilities was discarded, in the end, he had lost any interest in such a person. It could be said that Noah nned many things but in the end, only a few things would end up bing realization, although he was d that things ended like this, the less he cared about such ants the better, it meant that he as a being had evolved and be above such measly disputes and problems, Fernand and Jean were nothing but ves at this point, fascinated to serve him¡­ He quickly used them alongside other of his subordinates, sending them to clear dungeons and bring him the loot, the stronger his army grew while clearing these dungeons, the better. After all, the stronger those connected to him grew, the more high-quality energy they would feed him through Bloodline Soul. "Now, all of you, there should be some people waiting for you outside, you will be givenrge amounts of blood for your nourishment, quickly go pick them and go back to how you''ve always have been until I order you something else," said Noah, as the citizens quickly moved inside various buildings, where other Vampires were waiting for them, as they gave them boxes filled with Blood Potions made of Noah''s blood to feed their vampiric thirst. It was a box of 30 for each person, enough to feed them for a month, good enough until the next distribution. However, Noah had already nned this and was going to leave ces where people could easily buy more blood potions. One of these was his guild headquarters, as he had quickly made one for Sector C, and every Sector that he was to conquer. After that, people quickly went back to "normal" obeying Noah''s every word, and Sector C seemed as if it never went through the hellish nightmare that all these people experienced¡­ Of course, there were a few dozen of people that died due to the outrage of some ghouls or wights, but their corpses were quickly retrieved and eaten by Adamantine. "Now that we are done here, should we go into the SS-Rank dungeon?" asked Iris. "Yes, let''s get to it, I don''t want to waste much time¡­ Iris, remember to not jump into battle, or at least, fight from far away. Well, I will be protecting you anyways, but still¡­" sighed Noah. "Come on, I know that you''re worried, I will only fight through long-ranged means, don''t worry dear¡­ It makes me very happy to know that you''re so worried about me¡­" said Iris kissing Noah. "Of course I do¡­ Now, let''s get to it. I hope there is something that might appease my craving for strong creatures. It was truly a pity that the Divine Beasts were not enough to satisfy my hunger," said Noah. "Maybe another dragon?" wondered Arthur. Noah hoped that it could be another Dragon, but it could just be anything¡­ Perhaps something he wouldnt really expect... Anything! What could it truly be? ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Vampire Overlord System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young and bullied man born in an apocalyptic world, who is given the chance to be a Vampire and dominate this world as he pleases with a malicious and scheming mind! Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Epic of Vampire Dragon: Reborn as a Vampire Dragon with a System: The Story of a boy born with strange and mysterious powers who was held captive and used as a guinea pig through his entire life, until the day he died and suddenly reincarnated as a Vampire Dragon Chimera in apletely different world, created by an insane Elder Lich that ims to be his father! Chapter 285 - Against Grotesque Flesh Trees 1 ----- Now that Noah and the rest of his group had finished transforming and assessing the situation within the new sector they infected and convereted into Vampiric Undead, they decided to move towards the SS-Rank Dungeon.?? "Now that we are done here, should we go into the SS-Rank dungeon?" asked Iris. "Yes, let''s get to it, I don''t want to waste much time¡­ Iris, remember to not jump into battle, or at least, fight from far away. Well, I will be protecting you anyways, but still¡­" sighed Noah. "Come on, I know that you''re worried, I will only fight through long-ranged means, don''t worry dear¡­ It makes me very happy to know that you''re so worried about me¡­" said Iris kissing Noah. "Of course I do¡­ Now, let''s get to it. I hope there is something that might appease my craving for strong creatures. It was truly a pity that the Divine Beasts were not enough to satisfy my hunger," said Noah. "Maybe another dragon?" wondered Arthur. Noah hoped that it could be another Dragon, but it could just be anything¡­ Perhaps something he wouldnt really expect... Anything! What could it truly be...? The enormous gate in front of Noah and the rest shined with eerie crimson-red colors. The gate color was red, as it was as clear as water that it meant that monsters were inrge numbers inside and that they would most likely end up escaping sooner orter. If SS-Rank Monsters were to escape into Sector C, the results would be more than catastrophic, the entire city would be left on ruins in less than an hour, and all the people would end up most likely ughtered. Of course, to Noah and his bravepanions, such a Dungeon was a mere yground, so they were rather rxed while entering it, unaware of what mighty ahead¡­ "Let''s get to it," said Noah, guiding his allies into the gate, as their figures disappeared the moment they crossed through the dimensional gates that led to otherworldly dungeons. The moment they crossed through, the group was greeted by the beautiful spectacle of the spatialyers greeting their sight, twisting, and dting to let them easily pass through them, as Noah opened his eyes once more, and he was greeted by an enormous alien forest. This forest looked oddly familiar to him, although he had never been on this ce. The sky was of a sickly green color, and there were a few moons atop the sky¡­ The nts, however, seemed fleshy, their leaves were deceptive as they had eyes ring at him, the ground was also purple-colored, and there was a river nearby exuding a purple smoke of poisonous nature. Wait¡­ no, this wasn''t a river, it was ake! An immenseke made of purple-colored poisonous liquid. Aside from the nts with eyes, there was nothing but a vast forest that led somewhere. Noah quickly expanded his senses as he detected a bit of the ce, but it wasn''t until Jon came that he was able to understand everything better, as Jon connected his mind to his alongside what he was able to see and understand while using Panoptic Vision, he was able to fully map the ce and present it to Noah through Telepathic Network. The entire dungeon wasposed of this immense forest, which had many little rivers of poison here and there, somerger pools around, and theke, which wasn''t actually essible but only visible, as there was an invisible spatial wall blocking him from crossing through. But wasn''t this the same one where they fought against the poisonous eels, and other creatures? Indeed, this was! "It is this ce from all ces," said Noah. "Oh, thatke¡­ This is the poisonouske dungeon? So we arrived on this again," said Iris. "It seems to be the case. Although we had grown particrly stronger since then, and the atmosphere here isn''t even working on us anymore¡­" said Arthur. "Yeah, I remember that it used to burn our throats. But now? Not even that," said Timassa. "The dungeon is quite big, but not as much as the other where Vayu was¡­ And the monsters are already here, all these nts with eyes silently watching us¡­ I guess they are not really hostile unless we attack them¡­ Now I feel a bit bad," sighed Jon. "I kind of guessed it, so these nts are the enemies?" asked Noah, pointing at arge tree made of red flesh with eyes as fruits, andrge tentacles dancing atop its hardened skin bark, it seemed to not even mind them. "Oh, they look quite meaty, and they won''t attack? Are they free meal?" asked Adamantine, waving her shadow tail. "W-Wait, don''t get ahead of yourself, Adamantine-" muttered Jon, as his girlfriend quickly leaped out and opened her jaws, wide, reaching the nearest flesh tree and tearing arge chunk apart! MUNCH! "GGGRRRRYYAAARRRR!" The tree roared in agony as it fell over the ground, as blood began to sprout all over, its entire body began to twist around as many tentacles tried to attack Adamantine, but she sliced through them and bit them, while she crushed the trunk and the bones inside¡­ yes, it had white bones inside. What a strange tree. "Hm! It is tasty! Jon,e eat with me!" she said. "Ugh¡­ I don''t think I will," sighed Jon. RUMBLE! Suddenly, the entire forest began to shake, as many of the trees, whose minds were connected, started to move, they saw Adamantine and her allies as their enemies! BOOM! BOOM BOOM! Suddenly, gigantic tentacles emerged from the ground, attacking everyone, as the trees began to walk around using their roots, and shooting redsers from their fruit eyes! "This ended way crazier than I originally thought!" said Timassa, as everyone was forced into battle, quickly taking out their weapons and sting away the gigantic flesh trees and slicing through seas of fleshy tentacles! Iris flew up high above, as she, alongside a clone of Noah, who was her back guard and that shared the same soul with Noah, effectively making it a second body with less of its power protected her with barriers and projectiles of blood from the tentacles reaching to her. Iris quickly unleashed her phantom re, releasing gigantic tornadoes of fire and burning through vast amounts of the forest! More and more flesh trees woke up and began to fight, while many others were grilled alive, releasing an inciting smell to the gluttonous Adamantine and Noah, who were eager to taste this new dish! Timassa also flew at Iris''s side, and used her ck thunder and her bow-like soul weapon to fire dozens of ck thunder arrows, bombing the trees down below into piles of flesh and blood! CLASH! BOOM! CRASH! Meanwhile, Jon was at the side of Adamantine as the two took care of each other''s backs, Jon used his eyes to inflict many curses while firingsers, while Adamantine was a beastly and berserk-like fighter, coating herself in her shadows to fight with all sorts of monstrous physical attacks. And as this happened, Arthur remained near Noah, as he released downpours of corrosive poison, melting the fleshy trees rather easily, while Noah used his new and stronger soul to generate gigantic fists and materializing them, crushing anything near him with almighty strength! ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Epic of Vampire Dragon: Reborn as a Vampire Dragon with a System: The Story of a boy born with strange and mysterious powers who was held captive and used as a guinea pig through his entire life, until the day he died and suddenly reincarnated as a Vampire Dragon Chimera in apletely different world, created by an insane Elder Lich that ims to be his father!(editado) 20 de julio de 2021 Chapter 286 - Against Grotesque Flesh Trees 2 ----- Noah and his party reached a ce they had never thought that they would have been able to get again, the same where they once came through another dungeon!?? Perhaps this was a unique event, or perhaps there were more cases, but this was the first time for Noah and his subordinates to see how they had suddenly gotten into the same as before! This dungeon was, however, not located in the same position as the previous one, but it was located at the side of it, near the giganticke that they had once entered and decimated the creatures inside! "GRRRRYYYYAAOOO!" "GGRRRYYAAARRR!" "GGRRUUUOORRR!" The monstrous trees roared like creatures straight out of the worst nightmares that a person could have, even more as they were fleshy trees with long and slimy tentacles¡­ they were indeed the worst nightmares of arge poption of people. Or at least they would be the moment they were to see them! But for Noah and his party, they were merely good targets to practice their Skills and Magic! Noah used his soul this time, as he had acquired the Path Jewel of Souls some time ago, he wanted to try it out as much as he could, and the mighty SS-Rank Flesh Trees were a good enough challenge for the vicious Vampire! CLASH! SLASH! BOOM! His furious materialized soul fists fell over the approaching and ten-meter-tall flesh trees one by one, crushing them into the ground and sttering their bodies across the entire ground, their internal guts and blood reaching everywhere around, and leaving a big mess! Noah quickly used Blood Dominion and his True Vampire Eyes ability to unleash psychokinesis, as he controlled the flesh and blood and began to devour it by shapeshifting his stomach into a gigantic dragon-shaped maw! Crunch, crunch, crunch! His gigantic jaws continued to devour everything as Noah unleashed the monstrous appearance and being that he was! He quickly covered himself in severalyers of scales, forming arge armor, as his chest harbored an enormous dragon head that devoured anything he killed (or came across). He also generatedrge dragon wings using the dragon wing skills and enhanced his movement by generating an aura of winds around him, while also fusing it with his soul and soul materialization to generate powerful wind-infused fists that generated powerful storms everywhere they hit! And as if such a ridiculous amount of powers were not enough, Noah''s dragon head opened sometimes, charging a powerful Vampiric Beam fused with a Windstorm Dragon Beam, devastating dozens of flesh trees, who seemed to have no end to their vast group, as they continued to emerge one by one without stopping! BOOOM! Noah''s draconic head released powerful beams of burning energy, decimating countless trees into a pulp which he quickly devoured right after, meanwhile, Arthur shapeshifted into an enormous, titanic 40-meter-big poisonous worm, which was his Soul-Beast Appearance, and began to rush through the entire ce, destroying and also devouring the trees that he was toe across. Noah continued to fight as he slowly shapeshifted more and more, slowly turning evenrger, scaled, and furious! At some point, his entire body had already turned into a gigantic 50-meter-tall dragon with dark and red scales, and two heads, one which was his original head and another on his chest, looking menacingly terrifying as many crimson-red eyes opened all around his arms, releasing the power of his Vampiric Eyes and using psychokinesis forces to push his enemies aside, crushing them into the ground violently as the power rushing through his very being felt like it was consuming him! "Oh my, Noah-sama is so strong~!" said Iris, cheering for her husband whose appearance had be utterly different, yet she was fascinated by how amazing and cool he looked¡­ she could be said to be Noah''s top 1 fan. "RROOOAAARRR!" Noah roared monstrously, as he released two more beams from his jaws, crushing more groups of flesh trees into the ground, as he jumped over them like a beast who had lost all of his sanity and began to devour their burnt corpses! The sweet and bloody vor and the tenderness and smokiness of the burnt flesh of these tree-like fleshy creatures were delectable to Noah''s pte, as he devoured many on his way through, bringingplete cataclysm to this''s fauna once more. Many different monsters emerged, but they seemed to be all part of the "Flesh Tree" lineage, some were fatter than others, while some resembled giant flowers with an enormous eye on the middle, who were able to release powerfulsers from their eyes, there were also giant carnivorous-nt like flesh trees, with giant jaws to devour the prey, but those were also easily crushed into a pulp and eaten. Nothing in this world seemed to be even capable of facing against Noah''s might! For him, this was an all-you-can-eat buffet! At some point, after eating dozens- no, hundreds, he started to gain some power in the form of Skills. Ding! [You learned the following Skills] [Abhorred Flesh Tree Slimy Tentacles (A)] [Abhorred Flesh Tree Carnivorous Jaws (A)] [Monstrous Flesh Tree Body Division (S)] Noah acquired three new Skills! And all of them sounded¡­ simply terrifying! "Oh? Interesting¡­" It seemed that the first two Skills were simr to the dragon ones, where he was able to create body parts such as scales, wings, and even jaws, but these were way more grotesque, giving him the ability to create enormous fleshy tentacles, something he wasn''t able to do with his flesh, but only with his blood or soul. Additionally, he was able to create enormous jaws simr to those of carnivorous nts, but also made of flesh, which was quite grotesque. Andstly, the third Skill, an S-Rank Skill granted Noah the ability to¡­ self-divide?! Well, he was already able to do that through some turnaround! But¡­ wouldn''t this facilitate this a lot now? Noah quickly tried out these Skills, bing a monstrous tentacle and jaw-covered abomination, while he also began to self-divide his body, as tiny masses of flesh started to shapeshift into monstrous creatures, rushing over the flesh trees and attacking them! "Hm¡­ This is indeed strange," thought Noah. ----- Chapter 287 - Against Grotesque Flesh Trees 3 ----- Noah tried his new Skills, seeing that he could now shapeshift his body a bit more freely, while also acquiring the ability to shapeshift tentacles and divide his flesh into small monsters or "clones" although these clones possessed hideous appearances. Perhaps with some more practice, he could be able to perfectly create clones.?? The small abominations that surged from pieces of his self-regenerating flesh resembled the limbs of the dragon form he had, with tentacles and jaws everywhere, they were as strong as S-Rank monsters but were easily crushed by the Flesh Trees if they were overwhelmed in numbers. Also, as these were made improvised, they were not the smartest and could be qualified as stupid creatures, acting by instincts, and barely possessing any intelligence, even more as they were soulless as Noah didn''t give them any split soul. These creatures were able to obey his mentalmands, however, and quickly gathered into a small army to kill some Flesh Trees, but more and more of these monsters appeared too, so they ended being crushed at the end and devoured. However, to Noah, this was all but mere experimentation, a way to discover the potential of his powers. So he was learning a lot from this. Perhaps with this, he could make his Blood Servants into flesh creatures as well? And if he could add the self-regeneration factor of their blood souls, but with physical flesh, perhaps they could be even deadlier. Noah''s Blood Servants were already spread through the battlefield, ughtering Flesh Trees by ganging on them and then converting these trees into Blood Servants as well, increasing their numbers exponentially. But what if Noah could find a way topletely convert the corpse and soul into a Blood Flesh Servant or something like that? He had indeed tried before, but it didn''t sustain itself enough. For now, Noah decided to continue the massacre with everyone else, while Iris was apanied by his second body, which also had his soul on it, using two bodies with the same soul, so this "clone" was not technically a clone but just a second body he could use at the same time. He used this body to be overprotective of his pregnant wife and destroyed anything that got near her with great uracy, although this left not too much fun for Iris, she understood that he didn''t want her to even get a scratch. Noah continued to consume more Flesh Tress, but he didn''t get any more Skills, it seemed that he had hit a limit or cap, perhaps. However, he continued to relentlessly the creatures on his path with ruthlessness, destroying the beasts in front of him as a sea of Loot continued to grow bigger and bigger. Everyone also practiced their abilities and learned how to better use their souls, SS-Rank monsters were a joke for all of them, as they were already at SSS-Rank, but they were nice punching bags to practice their power and get more ustomed to it and proved to be a decent challenge due to their resiliency. BOOM! CRASH! CLASH! Tremors resonated through the entire poisonous forest, as beasts from across the dungeon began to watch the scene unfold, some tried to trespass into it but were blocked by the invisible wall. "Oh! Master, it is approaching, the Boss!" said Jon. "Oh? Maybe the Hidden Boss was mixed in between the massacre¡­" said Noah, thinking that the hidden boss might have died without him realizing it was a hidden boss, as the real boss, the final boss, began to suddenly emerge from the ground, shaking the entire dungeon! BOOM!!! The gigantic flesh tree expanded its tentacle roots across the soil, reaching upwards and expanding its gigantic trunk with many branches releasing bloody secretions. Its many eye-fruits opened, beginning to gather crimson-red energy from within and suddenly firing it at Noah, the biggest threat it could see! The final boss was a grotesque eldritch-like flesh tree the size of a skyscraper, with tentacles everywhere and enormous eye-fruits that firedsers at Noah! sh! sh! sh! sh! Noah quickly rushed in, as he generated a barrier fusing several skills, of wind, blood, darkness, and soul, materializing it into a gigantic aegis that protected him! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Thesers were easily reflected into different directions, as Noah was merely trying out how this powerful barrier could resist! However, as moresers fell over it, the shield quickly shattered, as all thesers reached him before he could reach the flesh tree in time! BOOM! BOOM BOOM! Noah''s entire body was bathed in rays of crimson-redsers, as he tested the several stackedyers of scales he made, thesers were able to easily prate the firstyers, but ended stopping at the fourthyer, proving that Noah''s powerful scale armor could even survivesers as deadly as those of an SS-Rank monster! Noah quickly flew into the air, pping his bloody draconic wings and falling like a crimson-red meteor over the Flesh Tree Boss, crushing it into the ground and taking awayrge chunks of flesh off it! BOOM! CLASH! SLASH! Noah decided to go all out to see how it could take his max power, the monster had outstanding regeneration abilities and was immense, so he hoped for it to be a nice punching bag! "Show me how far you can take my hits, I really need to test the full extent of my power!"ughed Noah with a monstrous voice, as he activated the Ancient Scion Transformation and his draconic body suddenly turned a bit more humanoid, and immensely muscr and eve more demonic-looking, he resembled an Elder Dragon of Blood and Darkness, as ck winds rushed around his body through the power of the Wind Dragon Vayu he had absorbed before! He truly looked like a monster that could end the world if it desired! Even the animalistic and stupid Flesh Tree Boss felt utter fear as the monstrous Noah emerged, quickly trying to retreat into the underground, but being stopped by a rain of punching attacks and jabs, as Noah began to use his Exceed Arts to increase his damage dealt with each sessful hit! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "GRRRYYAAARR¡­!" ----- Chapter 288 - Against Grotesque Flesh Trees 4: Boss! ----- Noah shapeshifted into a gigantic, armored dragon with crimson-red and ck scales, coated in shadow winds and a bloodthirsty aura. His muscles bulged with great power within, as the strength of several Skills stacking up with the Ancient Scion Transformation Skill made him even more terrifying, his power could be more or lessparable to a being even above his Rank!?? With such terrifying power, he began to st the Flesh Tree into pieces, punching it with his gigantic draconic ws and using Excalibur to slice through it cleanly. His dragon breath left enormous holes that were barely regenerating over the monster, as its tentacles tried to catch him, but he easily sliced them into pieces and devoured them! His attacks continued to get stronger and stronger, as his sharp tail was used as a spear, crushing the creature with dozens of piercing attacks unleashed consecutively. CLASH! BOOM! CRASH! SLASH! "GGGRRRYYAARR¡­!" The flesh tree boss roared in agony, as Noahughed maniacally, his full strength couldn''t be taken by this immense beast with powerful regeneration, as its entire body began to be pulverized into the ground into many pieces! Noah charged a powerful amount of his soul, aura, and mana into his throat, releasing a gigantic breath attack and decimating the monstrous Flesh Tree into a pulp, sttering it all over the forest! BOOOOOMMM!!! The pieces of flesh and the blood began to shower over the entire ce, making it for a bloody scenario¡­ Although all the Vampires and Blood Servants found it rather pretty andfortable. Reminding them of the times when inside of Noah''s Divine Realm, there would be a very tranquil blood shower that calmed down the people. Poof! Suddenly, several piles of items emerged, which Noah quickly saved inside his Divine Realm. "And we are done, let''s quickly leave before things disappear," said Noah through his second body at the side of Iris. "Eh? So fast¡­ it took like 20 minutes," chuckled Iris. "Well, it is an SS-Rank Dungeon, nothing much," said Noah. After having gathered everything, from corpses to items to magic materials, the party quickly flew away from the gate, and then it slowly disappeared. As they came out of it, they saw several other teams delving into lower-ranked dungeons, slowly cleaning them all. "That was a nice warmup exercise," said Arthur. "Indeed, it was a bit of fun I suppose but after battling the beasts inside of Master''s Divine Realm, monsters inside dungeons be quite dull¡­" sighed Timassa. "Master, have the trees begun to grow inside your divine realm?" asked Jon. "Indeed. It is just as I thought, eating strong monsters will make them emerge inside my Divine Realm as endemic life¡­ Although they seem bloodier than before and redder," said Noah. "Interesting. I wonder if Master eats humans, will humans popup?" asked Clementina. "That''s an interesting question, I never thought about it¡­ I might as well try eating one in the next sector," said Noah. Noah quickly flew inside his Divine Realm alongside everyone else, as he flew into the area where he had left all the corpses and dropped items. Several Maids and Butlers began to quickly cook the meat and made arge feast using the flesh tree meat, the steaks were red and juicy, and some minced the meat and made delicious meat loaves, while others did meatballs and soup, and even hamburgers. Noah had be rather interested in eating cooked monster meat even more than before, just to pass time, it had be one of his "hobbies", even more, that he had realized that the better the meat was cooked, the higher the quality it would be and the more chances for a Skill to be obtained there would be. It was all connected, to an extent. Noah and his party sat down around arge table in the middle of a beautiful Blood Rose Garden, right below the shiny crimson-red moon of his Divine Realm, as they did a toast with fine wine, the most expensive Noah could find between these two sectors. "A toast for a bountiful harvest in our next dungeon explorations. And well, for the conquest of the world!" said Noah, charismatically inspiring his servants and wife, as everyone cheered and drank the wine, as they started to dig in. Despite the hurry they were, and how malicious and monstrous they might seem, they seemed to enjoy life a lot and knew how to enjoy it to their fullest. Noah had learned to rx and take a break sometimes, speeding through everything wasn''tpletely necessary when his Divine Realm''s time went faster than the outside world, so he had extra time here to assess things slowly and correctly while calming down his mind. "Oh my, you''re quite hungry today!" chuckled Iris, as she saw Noah finish his 104th te of food in this dinner, asking for yet another one, with several extras. "You are also eating a lot, despite not being as much as me, that''s your 50th te," said Noah. "Oh! Yeah, the babies are asking for nourishment after all! I-It''s not like I am fat or something!" said Iris while blushing a bit, she felt a lot of hungry after seeing all those bloody corpses, and it seemed that the twins inside of her womb were draining a lot of her energy while developing faster, so she needed to make up for all of the energy lost by drinking a lot of blood and meat. Oh well, there were also special vegetables that grew in the Divine Realm, which were all Blood Attribute Divine Materials, which even Vampires enjoyed despite that they would usually find vegetables and fruits not so tasty after drinking blood for the first time. Noah continued to eat while enjoying the day with his wife and his subordinates. The more tes brought to him, the more he devoured everything in a single gulp, surprising the maids and butlers that were frantically cooking more and more food to please their lords. There was even an internal race between the many servants, trying to cook the food the fastest to gain more favor¡­ After a lot of eating, Noah quickly realized he gained a few Skills! ----- Chapter 289 - New Skills! ----- As Noah continued to eat the tes made of the Flesh Tree Boss, he gained a substantial amount of power, finally assimting it into Skills and even a few stats!?? Ding! [You learned the following Skills] [Flesh Tree Emperor Super Flesh Regeneration (S)] [Flesh Tree Emperor Flesh Assimtion (S)] [Flesh Tree Emperor Compound Muscr Flesh Body (SS)] Three Skills! "Considering that I am so strong, getting three out of it is very decent, especially because its strength wasn''t asparable as Vayu," thought Noah. These three skills seemed to be a goodbination with the previous ones that he had learned, the first one helped Noah regenerate flesh- Wait, he was already able to do that, so it was perhaps making it even faster now. The second skill gave Noah an ability he actually didn''t have before, granting him the power to assimte the flesh and bodies of other beings into his own, it was rather mysterious, but it could perhaps open the path to get more transformation and shapeshifting-based Skills shortly. Andstly, the third Skill granted Noah the ability to transform his entire body into muscr fibers of flesh, and to manipte such flesh to extend or contract, or even shapeshift more, making his entire body something he could shape to his liking¡­ After the feast ended, he quickly went to practice with his second body, while leaving his first body with Iris. He traveled across the vastndscape within his Divine Realm, growing through crimson-red grasnds and floating above it, where a few creatures resembling wolves covered by crimson fur and bloody eyes were hunting for something. He began to shapeshift his entire body, changing his entire body into a sudden mass of flesh, extending up to 50 meters if not a bit more! "Hm¡­ This is certainly something quite grotesque," he considered, coating himself inyers of scales and shapeshifting into a humanoid shape¡­ and then there it was, a giant humanoid the size of a titan. Noah began to walk around, as his step made his entire divine realm tremble! TRUUM! The steps and shockwaves decimated the small creatures around, turning them into a bloody pulp in an instant. He began to shapeshift some more, feeling a bit strange, but deciding that this could be of some use, so he began to form many arms and legs, even tails, anything did. He was merely practicing, for now, rather eager to discover the full extent of such a power. After a while, he quickly began to create smaller clones, this time they didn''t have the shape of humans, but of beasts. Small Bats, tiny spiders, andrger creatures such as bears, all of them made of red flesh. He ended creating a few dozens of these flying creatures, mostly bats, birds, and insects, and sent them out of his Divine Realm, telling them to expand across the entire, and offer him any information they could see through the Telepathy Network that connected him to their small minds and tiny split souls he had infused them with. He even created more flexible masses of floating flesh that could adapt underwater, which he began to send in mass to the oceans, and anotherrger and stronger one to scout the skies. It didn''t costed anything to Noah to create these creatures, so he nned to fill the with them to offer him aplete view of the world and to explore and discover things for him which he wasn''t able to do for now. This way, he would even be able to find treasures andplete dungeons without even being there! Of course, such clones varied in strength, but the strongest ones he could make wereparable to SS-Rank Hunters, and if they came apanied by Blood Servants or other Vampires, which they could selectively summon using Summon Kin¡­ then Noah could really just conquer the world while leisurely resting inside his Divine Realm! What kind of cheat was this?! He had truly be a vicious monster, who expanded across the entire with the only desire to devour and conquer everything¡­ like a collective consciousness of many monstrous beings, all roaming across the globe. The clones with his appearance, those he had made previously also had already reached all the other Sectors of the world, and he had given them the order to infect all the people this night! The entire world was going to shake, the entire world was going to truly be his soon enough! As he sent more Clones towards those Clones who summoned them using Summon Kin, these groups of Clones, summoned blood servants, and vampires, quickly began to do the same magic conjurations he did, fusing skills into it to create the powerful and all-transforming Crimson Mist! This second body of Noah continued to create clones continuously, while devouring souls to nourish the Soul Mass lost after taking out little bits to make these clones intelligent, while his first and original body was within his Manor''s Garden, at the side of Iris. Noah quickly checked his status to see his progress. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King: Middle Stage > Upper Stage] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level V: Young Windstorm Essence Half-Dragon: Initial Stage] > [Level VI: Adult Crimson Storm Half-Dragon: Initial Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Realm: Initial Stage > Upper Stage] [Vitality]: [15820] > [16520] [Mind]: [16230] > [17200] [Force]: [15893] > [16330] ¡­ Noah noticed that his Elder Dragon Heart had evolved into Level VI! And he had also noticed that he was able to see that there were stages in between Levels, simrly to the stages of souls, from Initial Stage, Middle Stage, Upper Stage, and Peak Stage, Noah was able to notice that he was slowly growing as he devoured the flesh of monsters and drank their blood, and even his soul had given a nice jump after eating a nice amount of souls over thest week. His stats were also getting higher, especially his Mind Stat, which might soon reach 18000, the max number that an SSS-Rank was spected to be able to achieve! Amazing! ----- Chapter 290 - Complete Conquest... ----- ¡­?? [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King: Middle Stage > Upper Stage] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level V: Young Windstorm Essence Half-Dragon: Initial Stage] > [Level VI: Adult Crimson Storm Half-Dragon: Initial Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Realm: Initial Stage > Upper Stage] [Vitality]: [15820] > [16520] [Mind]: [16230] > [17200] [Force]: [15893] > [16330] ¡­ Noah noticed that his Elder Dragon Heart had evolved into Level VI! And he had also noticed that he was able to see that there were stages in between Levels, simrly to the stages of souls, from Initial Stage, Middle Stage, Upper Stage, and Peak Stage, Noah was able to notice that he was slowly growing as he devoured the flesh of monsters and drank their blood, and even his soul had given a nice jump after eating a nice amount of souls over thest week. His stats were also getting higher, especially his Mind Stat, which might soon reach 18000, the max number that an SSS-Rank was spected to be able to achieve! Amazing! This meant that soon enough, Noah would be able to reach SSS-Rank 3/3, the pinnacle of an SSS-Rank! However, he wanted more, he wanted to defeat an SSS-Rank Monster and a Gate! However, they were incredibly rare, most of the cities had SS-Rank ones. But he knew deep down that there were a few SSS-Rank Gates somewhere in the world, one he detected with his senses might be close to the Antarctica, while another was in Australia! And after those two, he would delve into the strange and mysterious gate that had emerged in South America, which was spected to be above SSS-Rank. Now that he was about to speed up his game even more, the Watchers would alreadye to see an empty world when they finally reach the! For the time being, Noah decided to develop his abilities further while passively gathering energy, as he used his clones to convert the various sectors of the world into his loyal vampiric subordinates. The n was rather simple, he had worked hard to finally achieve all of this, so it was on his right to finally sit and watch as everything he had built up finally turned as he nned¡­ One of the greatest wishes and goals of a Viin, world domination, was already being achieved by Noah¡­ ¡­ Across the entire world, and within every Sector where thest of humanity sheltered themselves for thesest years, immense world-changing events were urring, a strange phenomenon that wouldter be known as the "Crimson Mist of Awakening" began to spread through the entire''s sectors. The people underwent immense changes, one after another, many mutated, as their powers were enhanced, while others felt wild and monstrous, attacking one another. These scenes repeated themselves across the entire globe, as Noah''s eyes, who were all of his clones, watched with patience as everything went his way. Hours after hours of this, many of the humans were no longer human, waking up with new powers and a fervent fanatism for the master they had never seen before, not even S-Rank Hunters were able to escape Noah''s ambition and schemes. There were some Humans that managed to escape, yes, but Noah quickly took care of them through the use of his strong vampires, blood servants, and clones. There was no ce in the world that escaped his grasp! And so, three weeks have gone by in the outside world, which was around three months inside of Noah''s Dungeon. The world had changed. The Supreme Vampire King, the Progenitor of the millions of Vampiric Undead was Noah, and he was worshiped as nothing less than a deity! His face and figure, the insignia of the Noctem Family was spread across the entire, as all the Sectors had stopped their pointless fights for resources, and all unified for the single cause of serving their master! This wasplete tyranny! However, somehow, all these people felt like their lives were more fulfilling now. They were stronger than ever before, and not a single person was left without strength and potential to grow stronger. Differences were no longer a cause of dispute as everyone worked together to achieve the goal of better serving their master, and the world had suddenly entered in an era of peace! Noah¡­ was truly a Hero! The''s will was surprised, she wasn''t able to contact with Noah as he had entered his divine realm, and his clones were not able to hear the''s words. But Noah had done what the had wanted the most, he did what the has been hoping and dreaming to do all this time, to conquer and unify the world at longst! The Sectors now obeyed him, and humans stopped killing each other foolishly. More importantly, they all started to cooperate with one another, cleaning dungeons and working together for the greater good of the! Dungeons began to disappear incredibly quickly, dozens of them being cleaned every day, most Sectors werepletely cleaned of Dungeons at this point, and the couldn''t help but praise Noah''s amazing performance! It was truly something to be amazed at. Even the powerful S-Rank Hunters all praised and prostrated themselves to Noah''s image, and he had truly be the figure of greatest authority in the entire Earth. Even the Blood Progenitor was amazed. However, despite what was happening outside, Noah was at the side of Iris, as her belly had grown a lot in these three months inside his Divine Realm, the babies were perhaps very soon to be born. The two were simply resting, as Noah caressed her belly. "Fufu, everything that you wanted has finally happened, the world is yours, dear¡­" said Iris. "Indeed¡­ Yet¡­ even that is nothingpared to these precious moments we have together¡­ The greatest joy wille when they are born, for sure," he said, kissing Iris. "Now, what will we do afterwards?" she asked. "We''ll clean the SSS-Rank Dungeons, of course." ----- Chapter 291 - Amazing Increase In Power! ----- Noah nced at his former status.?? ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King: Upper Stage] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level VI: Adult Crimson Storm Half-Dragon: Initial Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Realm: Upper Stage] [Vitality]: [16520] [Mind]: [17200] [Force]: [16330] ¡­ After three weeks or three months inside his divine realm, Noah had been slowly umting more power as he spread his Clones across the globe. The power he gained was great, but slow. However, over time, he finally achieved it, his soul was evolving and so his existence Rank! The pinnacle of SSS-Rank¡­! FLASH! A sudden wave of new power was finallypressed and assimted, but a bit of the enormous power he was slowly amassing, surging through all of his being, and enhancing his power to new levels! He didn''t even need to defeat SSS-Rank Dungeons, merely by all the power he was getting he had been able to properly amass it through this entire time to do this quickly, at the very least! After all, what Noah doesn''t like is losing, so if he can get as much advantage against SSS-Rank Dungeons, he will get them! Who cares about fair battles? All he cared for was victory! The more power he can get, the more guaranteed his victory is. After all, Noah doesn''t fight battles that he is not sure to win. This is why he would never jump straight into danger without being well-prepared. It was an obvious thought process for a man that already had way too much to lose. He couldn''t bear losing everything due to hurrying his ns or being reckless, he needed as much power as he could before doing this. After all, his next target was¡­ Antarctica itself! He was going to travel to the south pole and enter the SSS-Rank Dungeon Gate there. And that entire area is filled with powerful Water and Ice Dragons, he couldn''t be careless. FLASH! More power began to surge through Noah''s entire existence, his body strengthened, and his soul overflowed with energy, he smiled maliciously as his crimson-red eyes shed with new power and the intensity of this energy! The rivers of energies continued to cross through his soul and body, as he continued to receive the power, his Strength, Magic, and Vitality began to be reinforced as he reached new levels. "Hah! It is done¡­" Ding! [Power assimted, your stats have increased!] [You have ranked up to SSS-Rank 3/3!] [Your [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King: Upper Stage] has ranked up to [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King: Peak Stage]!] [Your [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level VI: Adult Crimson Storm Half-Dragon: Initial Stage] has ranked up to [Level VI: Adult Crimson Storm Half-Dragon: Peak Stage]!] [Your [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Realm: Upper Stage] has ranked up to [Divine Soul Realm: Peak Stage]!] ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 3/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King: Peak Stage] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level VI: Adult Crimson Storm Half-Dragon: Peak Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Realm: Peak Stage] [Vitality]: [16520] > [18000] [Mind]: [17200] > [18000] [Force]: [16330] > [18000] ¡­ Noah felt the overflowing power surging through his body as he sat down over his throne, Iris at his side opened her eyes wide in fascination as her husband had finally reached a new level of power! "Oho~! Amazing!" she said, pping to her husband''s great performance. "Well, I most cked off this entire time¡­" said Noah. "Not really, you worked very hard with all your Clones and more. Spending some time with me was also nice, a break from all the battles was really refreshing¡­ But I feel like I am getting rusty¡­" said Iris. "Well you are pregnant, so it is fine for you to rest. Later on, when they are born and grow some more, we can train together to get you in form if you so desire, don''t worry about such stuff for now, Iris," said Noah, caressing Iris face. "Fufu¡­ You''re so considerate it makes me embarrassed¡­" she sighed. "This is but a small quantity of consideration to the wife of the Vampire King, the least you deserve," said Noah. As Noah and Iris spoke a bit, Noah felt like his Blood Core was resonating with bright crimson-red light and a powerful bloody essence¡­ At the same time, system windows popped up. Ding! [Requirements for evolution have been met!] [You can now evolve!] Evolution at longst! It has been so long since Noah evolved, but thest time he evolved he had grown exponentially stronger. But now¡­ he was finally being able to evolve again! And simrly to his previous evolution, he might end up unsealing more of his powers¡­ Although he had unsealed all of what he had gotten from God''s Hand and Excalibur, there was still the power within his soul.. The entity inside his soul, the Ancient One, the abomination of the outer void, the entity¡­ Could Noah achieve the power it needed to get some of its power? Perhaps¡­ or perhaps not? FLASH! However, Noah had already pressed the "yes" option on evolving, as Iris stepped back a few meters and watched as her husband was enveloped in blood, forming a cocoon of blood that began to crystalize, as he underwent various changes inside! His Blood Core and his Dragon Heart began to unleashrge quantities of energies,bining together to enhance Noah''s evolution even further beyond¡­ Something that Noah could only imagine on his wildest dreams. The power continued to overflow his entire being, as his body started to dissolve and reform a new, from bones to flesh, organs, everything! His soul resonated with all of this as well, receivingrge quantities of power, making it grow vast like a sea! Noah was evolving at a rapid pace! ----- Chapter 292 - Evolving! ----- The overflowing energies began to rush through Noah''s entire body, as he underwent evolution.?? FLASH! Noah had already pressed the "yes" option in evolving, as Iris stepped back a few meters and watched as her husband was enveloped in blood, forming a cocoon of blood that began to crystalize, as he underwent various changes inside! His Blood Core and his Dragon Heart began to unleashrge quantities of energies,bining together to enhance Noah''s evolution even further beyond¡­ Something that Noah could only imagine on his wildest dreams. The power continued to overflow his entire being, as his body started to dissolve and reform a new, from bones to flesh, organs, everything! His soul resonated with all of this as well, receivingrge quantities of power, making it grow vast like a sea! Noah was evolving at a rapid pace! Noah''s Blood Core and Dragon Heart started to sh with crimson-red and yellow-gold energies, like two rivers of ethereal brilliance, the two energies began to fuse, enhancing the evolution even more to higher levels of power. Additionally, many blood servants began to be fused into Noah''s cocoon, and even souls all across the entire, which crossed into his divine realm as if nothing! Just like in the previous evolution! FLAAAASH! Iris eyes opened wide as her entire body was suddenly epassed with the shared energies of Noah, his power overflowing like a supernova that was about to explode, she and her children inside her womb quickly absorbed this power and assimted it slowly, as she ended up sitting over a seat. "Ahh¡­ It''s happening again¡­ Having such a big belly makes it more difficult¡­ Come on¡­" she sighed, resisting the energies, and slowly assimting them, using all the cultivation knowledge she had learned about absorbing and assimting energies into the body and soul. All of Noah''s clones had stopped moving the moment he began to evolve, and all the Vampires around the Divine Realm were also absorbing the same energies, as Noah''s power was overflowing like immense rivers everywhere, reaching anywhere across his internal world! However, as she was having some difficulty, her two children within her womb began to help her, unleashing immense souls she had not noticed they possessed, like two giant self-contained seas, the two souls began to slowly merge with her through strands of souls, absorbing the power and helping her assess it correctly¡­ "Ah¡­ My children¡­" Iris felt at ease as her babies assisted her in this process, it seemed that they had felt naturally attracted to these energies, and as they were naturally gluttonous, they quickly went into the energy and began to siphon it to appease their gluttony. Of course, even as still-developing babies, they held a strong connection with their mama, seeing her in some hardships immediately triggered their instincts and triggered the power of their amazing souls. As Iris saw this, she began to wonder how strong these babies could be in the future, perhaps they would be born packed with special abilities. Meanwhile, Arthur, Timassa, Clementina, Jon, Adamantine, Noire, Sugar, Sakura, William, and many more were being showered with this shared and never-ending power, as if Noah had be a core of pure energy of transcendental properties! And as this happened, Noah delved into his own subconscious, as he found himself inside the ckndscape of his soul¡­ "This ce¡­" Noah began to walk around curiously, seeking what he hade here for¡­ He looked through all the darkness, as he felt that his body and soul continued to evolve at the same time. He found of this ce as an immensebyrinth, confusing to the core, but he was somewhat managing, slowly reaching the center, where the entity lied down. Across the darkness a ball of ckness greeted him¡­ opening a single crimson-red eye. Its power was abyssal and just as enormous and terrifying as the first time he saw it. Noah couldn''t help but feel utter fear¡­ deep within him by seeing this monster so close. However, unlike other times, where he felt paralyzed. He didn''t felt paralyzed anymore. In fact, although he was incredibly terrified, he was still moving forward and forward¡­ The entity red at him with intensity¡­ "You think it''s enough? It''s not. You''re not ready yet," it said. "I don''t care," said Noah. "Hm?" The entity''s crimson eye became surprised as Noah suddenly grasped a piece of its abyssal ckness and extended his hand like an enormous draconic jaw, piercing its fangs into it and taking a chunk, eating it! "What? Bold, I see¡­ But do you think you can take that little bite and be able to contain your own power after that?" asked the entity. Noah, however, didn''t stopped eating. "I might not be able to contain your entire power, but at the very least¡­ Nnngh¡­! I can take a few bites! Uugh¡­!" Noah took more bites, as he swallowed the abyssal ck flesh within the entity, which didn''t opposed resistance. "Let me tell you something. You and I are the same. You are my vessel as I am your power¡­" said the entity, as Noah''s senses became dulled, as if he was about to die¡­ "W-What?" he asked. "The truth about what I am might one day be revealed to you¡­ For now, what I said is enough¡­ If I say more, you might go insane," said the entity, as Noah''s senses began to warp, he started to hallucinate as his power overflowed everywhere. The overflowing powers continued to resonate through his entire being without stopping for a single second, every second his power was reaching new heights without a second of rest! FLAAASH! Noah continued to digest the pieces he ate, almost dying several times as he continued to devour his own soul so he could better devour the pieces he had taken bites off. By using this method, Noah discovered a way to continuously digest such power, and slowly dissolve and assimte it into his own power¡­ it was slow, but it was working, somehow¡­! The overflowing essence of power continued to be infused into Noah''s very being, without stopping for a second! He was doing it¡­ somehow, he was managing! ----- [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 3/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King: Peak Stage] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level VI: Adult Crimson Storm Half-Dragon: Peak Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Realm: Peak Stage] [Vitality]: [16520] > [18000] [Mind]: [17200] > [18000] [Force]: [16330] > [18000] [Poisonous Eel Scales (C)] [Poisonous de Fangs (C)] [Poisonous Dragonfly Exoskeleton (C)] [Poisonous Frog Long Togue (C)] [Poisonous Hydra Emperor Might (B)] [Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King Might (A)] [Wind Wyvern Emerald Scales (A)] [Windstorm (A)] [Wyvern Roar (B)] [Metallic Sky Wyvern Soldier Scales (B)] [Cloud Serpent Wyvern Wind-soaring Wings (A)] [Draconic Father of Windstorms Aura (S)] [Draconic Emerald Metallic Scales (S)] [Might of the Dragon (S)] [Windstorm Dragon Roar (S)] [Draconic Father Strong Blood (S)] [Draconic Eyes of the Storm (S)] [Wind Attribute Ward (SS)] [Elder Dragon Heart: Windstorm Essence Blessing (SS)] [Abhorred Flesh Tree Slimy Tentacles (A)] [Abhorred Flesh Tree Carnivorous Jaws (A)] [Monstrous Flesh Tree Body Division (S)] [Flesh Tree Emperor Super Flesh Regeneration (S)] [Flesh Tree Emperor Flesh Assimtion (S)] [Flesh Tree Emperor Compound Muscr Flesh Body (SS)] ¡­ Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Epic of Vampire Dragon: Reborn as a Vampire Dragon with a System: The Story of a boy born with strange and mysterious powers who was held captive and used as a guinea pig through his entire life, until the day he died and suddenly reincarnated as a Vampire Dragon Chimera in apletely different world, created by an insane Elder Lich that ims to be his father! Chapter 293 - Evolution! Reaching The Rank Above SSS-Rank! ----- "Let me tell you something. You and I are the same. You are my vessel as I am your power¡­" said the entity, as Noah''s senses became dulled, as if he was about to die¡­?? "W-What?" he asked. "The truth about what I am might one day be revealed to you¡­ For now, what I said is enough¡­ If I say more, you might go insane," said the entity, as Noah''s senses began to warp, he started to hallucinate as his power overflowed everywhere. The overflowing powers continued to resonate through Noah''s entire being without stopping for a single second, every second his power was reaching new heights without a second of rest! FLAAASH! Noah continued to digest the pieces he ate, almost dying several times as he continued to devour his own soul so he could better devour the pieces he had taken bites off. By using this method, Noah discovered a way to continuously digest such power, and slowly dissolve and assimte it into his own power¡­ it was slow, but it was working, somehow¡­! The overflowing essence of power continued to be infused into Noah''s very being, without stopping for a second! He was doing it¡­ somehow, he was managing! Noah had devoured the pieces of the Ancient One that he could, ignoring that the entity had told him that he was not enough, even after evolving! He was being defiant and not caring about what it said, Noah was getting tired of waiting so he took bites off the entity''s ethereal body and began to digest them to absorb at least a tiny amount of power! But this being was so immensely powerful that a few bites were enough to grant Noah a tremendous amount of power! It felt like a train had hit Noah- no, it felt as if several trains were constantly hitting Noah from all directions, crushing him with enormous power and pressure. He felt like his soul was about to explode, and it exploded! BOOM! However, the pieces of soul quickly got together, and continued to reform themselves and assimte the power! Noah was not giving up, as more blood soul servants came to fuse with him alongside the souls across the world! Like in his previous evolution, Noah was receiving all this power to sustain the other power he was trying to assimte properly. Noah''s entire body began to dissolve and reform over and over again many times. His flesh started to fuse with his bones, and his guts with his flesh and bones, a body that worked for many things and couldn''t easily be broken down¡­ His eyes opened with crimson-red colors as a sh of blood-like rivers exploded from the cocoon, Noah had evolved at longst. The environment turned crimson-red as the pressure of his power resonated through his entire divine realm. His divine realm began to suddenly tremble, growing immense. The skies erupted with enormous crimson light, as another moon suddenly was born at the side of the other, glowing with silver colors instead of the other which shined with crimson colors. Thends extended, as the continent grew bigger and the blood seas vaster. The beasts began to propagate at a fast speed, as new monsters emerged too, roaring, and fighting against each other chaotically. CRASH! Noah destroyed the cocoon as he walked outside, as he was greeted with Iris whose essence and aura had been enhanced as well. Noah nced at his appearance, he had not changed as much as he would have expected, but his eyes were shing with a crimson-red light even brighter than before, it seemed that his entire body had been upgraded to near-divine levels¡­ he was getting closer and closer to be a pseudo-demi-deity¡­ Noah quickly noticed Iris reached the peak of SSS-Rank and had evolved too, and all of his allies had also evolved some way or another. Even the various robots and the blood servants underwent some evolution of sorts, now that their souls were so strong, even the robots could evolve simrly to Vampires, as their mechanical bodies adapted with them. Noah noticed that his entire body was now releasing an aura of blood and darkness, twisting together into shadows and blood. It seemed as if he was a terrifying monster. However, to Iris, it didn''t seem like that. "Ah, I evolved?" she wondered, as she woke up. "It happened again. I suppose this might be something normal. As your Progenitor grows stronger, those that were converted by it also will receive power¡­ But that outside did not. It seems that only those inside my Divine Realm received the powerup," said Noah. "Interesting¡­ I think that even the babies evolved¡­ Oof¡­ My belly got bigger?" Iris noticed that her belly had grown a bit more after she evolved, the babies had suddenly taken a growth spur out of nowhere! Meaning that they also evolved¡­ how wondrous. "Perhaps they will be born in a few more days like this¡­ I can''t help but admit I am nervous," said Noah. "Hehe, don''t worry, we''ll work together on them," said Iris, with a gentle smile. "Hm, as long as you''re there I believe I can manage," said Noah, as he checked his stats for a moment¡­ Ding! [You have evolved!] [Your [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King: Peak Stage] has Ranked Up to [Level IX: Progenitor Vampire Emperor: Initial Stage]!] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level VI: Adult Crimson Storm Half-Dragon: Peak Stage] has Ranked Up to [Level VIII: Vampiric Crimson Storm Dragon: Initial Stage]!] [Your [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Realm: Peak Stage] has Ranked Up to [Divine Soul Core Nourishment Realm: Initial Stage]!] [All your stats have increased!] [You have Ranked Up to X-Rank 1/3!] "X-Rank?" The Blood Progenitor''s Phantom emerged at the side of Noah, enlightening him. "It is the Realm beyond SSS-Rank. X-Rank is thest step that a mortal must undergo before reaching the Pseudo-Demi-Deity Realm! In that Realm, there might be more changes awaiting you. Now it is up to you to reach it," said the Blood Progenitor. "I see¡­ The rest should be able to reach X-Rank after consuming more SSS-Rank Attribute Value Cores in the uing Dungeons," thought Noah. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [X-Rank: 1/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level IX: Progenitor Vampire Emperor: Initial Stage] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level VIII: Vampiric Crimson Storm Dragon: Initial Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Nourishment Realm: Initial Stage] [Vitality]: [18000] > [24000] [Mind]: [18000] > [24000] [Force]: [18000] > [24000] ¡­ Noah checked his status panel, finding that his stats had skyrocketed to 24k! It seemed that the pinnacle of X-Rank was 36000! And he was already 1/3 out of it. Due to theserge amounts of Stats, his power was soaring. Vitality, Mind, and Force were the only stats there were, but they were divided into many other stats. Force was his physical strength and also his agility, while Vitality was his physical defense, stamina, and health, and Mind was his magic strength, his magic defense, and mana! The higher his stats went, the more Mana overflowed around his body, the stronger his muscles felt, and the higher his defense became¡­ And he also felt like most of this newfound power was thanks to those little bites he took from the Ancient One! ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Epic of Vampire Dragon: Reborn as a Vampire Dragon with a System: The Story of a boy born with strange and mysterious powers who was held captive and used as a guinea pig through his entire life, until the day he died and suddenly reincarnated as a Vampire Dragon Chimera in apletely different world, created by an insane Elder Lich that ims to be his father! Chapter 294 - Chasing Down SSS-Rank Monsters In Antartica ----- [Noah Luna Noctem]?? [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [X-Rank: 1/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level IX: Progenitor Vampire Emperor: Initial Stage] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level VIII: Vampiric Crimson Storm Dragon: Initial Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Nourishment Realm: Initial Stage] [Vitality]: [18000] > [24000] [Mind]: [18000] > [24000] [Force]: [18000] > [24000] ¡­ Noah watched his stats skyrocket with a smile. Now that things were done with his evolution, he was greeted by not only Iris but the rest of his main group, who was spending some time by themselves but suddenly began to evolve¡­ They all seemed rather unchanged, but Noah easily noticed that their souls became stronger and so did their bodies, the elements they possess resonated with new essence and power, as their soul beasts had grown stronger and emerged as semi-transparent phantasmal presences behind them¡­ Each one was a monster of their own¡­ even the robots, the trio of robot girls had powerful soul presences, although they were not as refined as the other''s soul beasts, they seemed to have something close to the others¡­ Although they were still weaker due tocking a System, thanks to being robots that could self-upgrade and absorb magic materials and more, they could easily rival SSS-Rank Hunters, and if they fused together, they might be as strong as a peak SSS-Rank. And well, through this whole time William Axis has been upgrading them as well, generating new gadgets, blueprints, and more, so they were packed with several new tools and weapons. Noah also noticed that simrly to Iris, Timassa and Adamantine''s bellies had grown a bit more, although they might take more time than Iris. Indeed, these two girls had also ended pregnant, as they had been rather active with their romantic partners¡­ Arthur and Jon were about to unexpectedly be fathers as well! Thankfully, after their previous evolution, they stopped looking too childish and seemed way more mature, like the early twenties, perhaps¡­ but even then, they still had youthful faces. Noah didn''t know how they would handle being parents, but he thought that it might be an enjoyable experience if there were many families like him with newborn vampiric babies to share experiences. Unexpectedly, the fearful vampires, the strongest beings on this, Noah''s party, were about to experience the hardships of parenting! At the very least, they were going to do it as a team¡­ Like they always do everything! The only one missing a belly was Clementina, and the robot girls (for obvious reasons). Clementina seemed to be asexual, as she had no interest in any male¡­ nor female. Or at least not romantically. In fact the only males she was close with were Noah, Arthur, and Jon, with Noah at the top, which was her figure of greatest devotion and her reason for waking up every morning¡­ There might be the chance that she might be in love with him but due to Iris''s rtionship with Noah, she had not said anything. Of course, Noah didn''t consider such a thing and didn''t force her to be with a man or something. "So you all evolved as well¡­ I can see that you''ve grown stronger," said Noah. "Indeed¡­ And well, the babies also can evolve?! I didn''t know that! Timassa''s belly just got bigger out of the sudden¡­" said Arthur. "Fufu, we might be blessed with a beautiful child soon, Arthur-sama," said Timassa. "This was quite sudden, but it was also simr to thest time¡­" said Jon. "Yeah! My belly got big too! Ah, Mistress''s belly is the biggest though!" said Adamantine, as she nced at Iris. "Yeah¡­ I have a hard time walking correctly now¡­" said Iris. After talking about their new powers, Noah exined that he had reached the rank above SSS-Rank, X-Rank, surprising everyone. "Amazing¡­ To be expected of my lord," said Noire. "Indeed! Now that the world ispletely ours, nothing can stop us!" said Sakura. "Well¡­ there are the Watchers and all the Dungeons¡­" said Sugar. "Oh¡­" muttered Sakura. "The dungeons shouldn''t be much of a problem except that one that should also be X-Rank, we''ll go to that one after weplete the one in Antarctica and Australia," said Noah. "Can''t wait to go!" said Timassa. "Timassa, you''re not going¡­" sighed Arthur. "Eh? Oh right¡­" said Timassa, looking at her belly again. "I can go, right? I am still strong!" said Adamantine. "No, you are not going," said Jon, petting Adamantine''s head. "But I wanna go!" cried Adamantine. "You''re pregnant with our child¡­ You have to be considerate with the pup," said Jon. "Hmm¡­ Okaaay¡­" sighed Adamantine. It seemed that Jon had somehow tamed Adamantine! This was rather shocking, no one had expected him to convince the wild girl so fast¡­ "I guess I am not going either¡­ Heh¡­" sighed Iris, she was itching for some ughter, but she had to contain herself and stay inside the castle rxing. "The rest of us shall get going tomorrow morning, so for now, all of you are dismissed, go rest and prepare for tomorrow," said Noah, as everyone nodded. He also went back to his room with Iris and the two enjoyed a nap together, as they felt tired after evolving. Meanwhile, within the artic areas of the south pole of Earth, an enormous tremor was urring. Gigantic beasts over 100 meters tall were fighting, roaring, and tearing each other apart. BOOM! Suddenly, one of them fell over the ice, it was dead. It resembled a gigantic snake-like dragon, coated in metallic azure scales¡­ Suddenly, an even bigger w surged from the water, big enough to take this one-hundred-meter dragon and drag it into the depths of the water¡­ Ssh! Noah''s clones watched this from afar. "So the SSS-Rank Boss escaped ahead of time¡­" "It had escaped already for some time, it has simply stayed in the water." "Well, the main body ising here soon, a day inside the divine realm are a few minutes outside¡­" "Let''s await him¡­" ----- Chapter 295 - Showdown! Against Ocean Dragons! 1 ----- Leaving Iris, Timassa, and Adamantine inside of his Divine Realm, Noah and the rest of his party quickly rushed into Antarctica¡­ well, they were easily teleported by clones that had already reached the freezing south pole through the Kin Summon Skill, which they were able to use to easily let Noah teleport anywhere in the world!?? Like this, they easily cheated using this power and easily reached the south pole, being greeted by raging freezing seas, cloudy and freezing skies, and¡­ enormous dragons?! Indeed, there were hundreds of gigantic, one-hundred-meter big serpentine dragons covered by azure and blue-colored scales, they had gigantic jaws filled with razor-sharp fangs, resembling the heads of barracudas. The gigantic dragons were mostly fighting against each other for territory or predating on anything else that came into view! Sometimes, a gigantic Shark would emerge, only to be easily devoured alive by the dragons. Or other times a flying whale would be thrown into the water by these dragons, who quickly jumped out of the water. Other times, giant birds woulde forward and fight back inrge flocks, but the dragons were too mighty, they were easily devoured as well! Noah analyzed these creatures, they were all¡­ SSS-Rank Monsters! "So the monsters from the dungeon escaped?" wondered Clementina. "Indeed, I had received reports from my clones some days ago. They had been taking over the entire south pole for some weeks now..." said Noah. "The entire south pole?! Isn''t Antarctica like¡­ a continent of its own?" asked Arthur. "Yes, it is, Arthur. These creatures had merely taken over an entire continent and all of its coasts. Any monster thates near other dungeons nearby gets devoured," said Noah. "Thankfully, they are far away from any civilization or Sector¡­" sighed Noire in relief. "Indeed¡­ I can''t imagine the damage they would have done if these creatures were to be on other continents. Thankfully, they require water," said Sugar. "Water Dragons¡­ I wonder how those scales taste like!" said Sakura. Robots were able to taste the materials they absorbed, the stronger they were and the higher quality they were, the tastier they felt for them¡­ And Sakura had grown quite gluttonous for high-quality materials. "Master, there are a dozen of them below our feet, they seem to be watching us over beneath the sea¡­ And deep down- Ah, I guess my range doesn''t reach so deep in the ocean. But it seems that several kilometers down below there is something else, immensely big," said Jon. "Indeed, my cloned already saw it once. Its entire ws were so enormous it grabbed one of these hundred-meter-tall water dragons and moved it to the depths¡­ It probably sees these things like small snacks rather than family or something¡­" said Noah. "The only water-type dragon then¡­ Could it be¡­?" wondered Vayu''s Blood Soul Servant form, who was at the side of Pride. "Vayu-sama, you think so too?!" asked Pride with his many heads. "My lord, it must be Varuna, the Draconic Father of Uncontroble Oceans!" said Vayu, as Noah nodded. "I had forgotten the name, but yeah, I thought it was gonna be another of your kin. So the water one seems to like to devour his kin?" wondered Noah with a smile. "It''s not like that! Varuna never had children, these other dragons are part of the area where he lived. They are from other parents, or probably they were born out of his high amounts of Mana which can spontaneously create monsters too, filling the oceans where he lived," said Vayu. "I see. Kind of like my Divine Realm''s beasts?" asked Noah. "Exactly! I was also able to make dragons and wyverns like that, those you defeated with me were not my children. I do remember having children, but they didn''te with me, thankfully," said Vayu. "I see. One of these days we''ll go to your and bring them so they can be with you," said Noah while smiling benevolently. "Ah, my lord, you''re way too benevolent!" said Vayu. "I am a generous god," said Noah. "Well, you''re not yet a god though¡­" said the phantom of the blood progenitor. "Don''t ruin my phrase¡­" sighed Noah. Jon quickly noticed that the dragons down below began to move already! "Master! They''reing!" said Jon. "Alright then! Let''s test out our power with a few hundred SSS-Rank monsters, shall we?" roared Noah, leading his party as he unleashed all of his Blood Soul Servants, even a part of Scarlet came here, and all of his Sin Knights too! Roaring and taking out their varied weapons, magic, and all the arsenal they held! Thousands of monsters made of phantom blood ad crystalized blood emerged, many were chimeras, made up of many fused soldiers together, there were gigantic wyverns made of many of them together, resembling titans in the sky, all led by Vayu, who had also been fused with many of his former kin to be stronger. SPLASH!!! With a single explosion of the oceans, gigantic serpentine dragons from the depths emerged, opening their gigantic and grotesque jaws, and reaching Noah and the rest! "GGGRRRRYYAAARRR!" they roared monstrously. "Hahaha! Good, that''s a good roar! March onward! And don''t stop until the seas are tainted of crimson-red!"ughed Noah, as he himself transformed too, bing a gigantic humanoid dragon covered by severalyers of metallic scales and exoskeleton of many types, as his aura unleashed the power of winds, blood, and darkness the more his Dragon Heart resonated with the former power of Vayu! FLAAAASSH! His immense aura made even the serpentine Ocean Dragons feel threatened, but they continued to rush into the skies, being naturally able to float in the air but needing water to sustain themselves, so they usually kept themselves in therge oceans. Gigantic jaws reached to Noah, as the one-hundred-meter-tall creature roared! However, Noah''s size was also expanding, as four gigantic wings emerged o his back and an enormous ck sword which took the same size as him! SLAAASH! With a single sh of his gigantic ws and sword, the enormous ocean dragon stopped rushing towards him, staying still in the air until suddenly, its entire body exploded into dozens of pieces! BOOOM!!! ----- Chapter 296 - Showdown! Against Ocean Dragons! 2 ----- Noah rushed into the Ocean Dragons with all of his strength and speed, resembling a zing crimson-red meteor!?? Having already shed one into pieces with a single sh from Excalibur, he quickly rushed towards his next targets, as he saw his army of blood servants and vampires sh against the other gigantic draconic beasts around him! CLASH! SLASH! BOOM! Hearing the explosions and shes of his allies as they ughtered these beasts, Noah roared and opened his gigantic jaws, releasing a powerful beam towards the beasts down below, devastating five of them in one shot, and making them all explode in a chain reaction! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! His breath attack was so explosive it made the creatures instantly explode into pieces, painting the sea with more and more blood and flesh pieces! Dropped items began to emerge too, making Noah realize that even dungeon monsters that escaped from the dungeon can drop items. But it was also weird¡­ Why would monsters that came from another world easily slip inside this world but not the other way around? It seemed thating from a dungeon as an invader granted the monsters some kind of innate ability to adapt to the world they were invading¡­ What if Noah could somehow make this as well and make his entire divine realm into a dungeon to invade other worlds with? It was an interesting thing to consider¡­ "GGRRYYAAARRR!" However, before he could think deeply, more monsters emerged from the sides, rushing towards Noah, and attacking him from all sides, these ones were quicker, perhaps more mature dragons than the young and inexperienced ones that were like wild beasts. "We''ll put an end to your massacre!" they roared, surprising Noah as they could speak! "Massacre? Aren''t you the ones killing anything thates nearby? Save up your words!"ughed Noah, his draconic form was even bigger than them intimidating the shit out of these dragons as they gritted their teeth and rushed towards him, generating all sorts of magic circles, and showering him with gigantic bullets of highly pressured water and icicle spears! "That''s because the younglings you''re ughtering are hungry and require a lot of nourishment!" roared the dragons, as they saw Noah being showed and overwhelmed by their magic! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOOOMMM!!! A gigantic downpour of oceanic water with enough pressure to crush an entire mountain fell over Noah, pushing him down into the ocean, where dozens of dragons were awaiting to devour him! "DON''T MAKE ME LAUGH!" he roared, as he generated two more draconic heads and opened their jaws, releasing three powerful beams, one reached below his feet, crushing, and pulverizing the smaller dragons waiting for him! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOM! "GGRYAARRR¡­!" "GGRUUUOOORR¡­!" "GRAAAGGGH¡­!" And the other two reached two of the "Adult" dragons around him, pulverizing their bodies the moment they reached their scales, inting them and them making them explode horribly! BOOOM! BOOOM! The other Adult Ocean Dragons that survived were angered, roaring, and unleashing their own breath attacks of ice or highly pressured water, crushing Noah from all sides, he created powerful barriers using magic and skills the strongest he could muster! BOOM! The breath attacks reached his gigantic crimson-red barriers, as the barriers resisted but began to quickly shatter! "Huh, you''re mightier than I originally thought!"ughed Noah, extending his hands towards one of the Adult Dragons, and holding their throat, and crushing it! "GGREEEERRRGGH¡­!" CRAAASH! An explosion of blood showered Noah, as his heads prepared another breath attack, crushing three dragons at once! "GGRRUUAAGRRGH!" BOOOM! "GGGYYAAAAGGH!" BOOOM! "NNGH¡­! AAAGGH¡­!" BOOOM! Before Noah''s might, they were nothing! Merely¡­ just some SSS-Rank Monsters! "Heh, I did good in preparing beforehand, their strength is very high, I would have¡­ most likely been overwhelmed ultimately if I didn''t jump into X-Rank! Well, that''s without counting y army and allies who are fighting some meters away from me¡­" thought Noah, as he ughtered anything within his path with utmost ruthlessness! He waved his ws as gigantic tentacles coated in scales and teeth emerged, entangling the dragons, and crushing them like nothing! His ws shed through their heads and throats, and his tail was like a deadly spear, piercing through their heads and bodies! He raised his ws and summoned Excalibur once more, which had evolved into an SSS-Rank Weapon after he infused it with his powers and evolved it manually! After breaking its own limits, Excalibur became a frightening weapon with the power to change its size to match his own, bing an enormous 70-meter-big de that could easily sh through mountains! The de continued to rush through the air, reaching any dragon within its path as he continued to crush and destroy them like nothing, Noah''s mere presence instilled immense fear into these dragons, who valiantly fought him to protect their kin! "I-It''s useless¡­! GGRRAAGGGH¡­!" SLAAASH! Another Adult Ocean Dragon was shed into pieces, dying on the spot! The battle became more intense as not only Noah was annihting the dragons into extinction, but all of his party! The robots had received many upgrades after William Axis joined the team, but they knew that even then, they wouldn''t stand a chance against so many monsters as high as SSS-Rank! Due to this, they quickly merged and added all the mechanical equipment that William had prepared for them, merging it all into an enormous 90-meters-tall mech of dark, purple, pink, red, and gold colors, with a design simr to those mega mechs from super sentai series! They used such an almighty power to fly through the skies and sh their enemies with an enormous de made of gamma energy, slicing cleanly even through SSS-Rank Monsters now that it was upgraded! Meanwhile, they used their raw strength to fire rocket punches, reaching some of the dragons far away and punching them in the face with a giant 30-meter-big metallic fist, which also exploded in contact! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! And even more, as enormous shotguns appeared around their bodies too, firing hundreds of bullets all around their facility, and crushing anything even more! "GGRRYYAARRGGH¡­!" "GRRUUUOGGH¡­!" "RRAAARRGHH¡­!" BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The Dragons were hopeless before this almighty titan made of metal! ----- Chapter 297 - Showdown! Against Ocean Dragons! 3 ----- The fusion of Sakura, Sugar, and Noire was of immense proportions, and it containedrge added parts made exclusively for their fusion by William through all this time, including a giant and upgraded gamma de, powerful force barriers, and all sorts of long-ranged gun machinery!?? Additionally, they were able tounch powerful rocket punches that exploded on contact, and followed their foe until they hit! This also included their giant tracking missiles, but the rocket punch was cooler! Also, they were able to recreate a new fist of metal with some mana, so they were able to easily rocket punch entire battalions of giant ocean dragons by themselves! And well, they used the other weapons too. Including a giant chest cannon! "Activating chest cannon!" said the three girls at the same time, as their chest opened into an enormous cannon, charging mana, and firing a devastating ray that pulverized anything in front of them! BOOOOMMM!!! The dragons were nothing against this ridiculous fused trio! They had really progressed a lot from the first time Noah had met them, as two of them were not even good at fighting, while Noire waspetent but stillcked a lot of experience. After so many trials alongside their master, the three robots became, most likely, the strongest robots there were on the entire, and when fused, they became as strong as peak SSS-Rank Hunters, if not a bit higher! In a way, these robots that once lived in the dumpsters of the city could actually destroy the entire if they wanted! Such a terrifying power¡­ The Ocean Dragons, on all of their might, didn''t stand a chance and were being pulverized one by one by this ridiculous mechanical power. William Axisughed while being within Noah''s Divine Realm, watching this unfold before him through aputer. "Hahaha! There they are! My daughters might know no bounds! They make their father very proud! Such an almighty power¡­ If it weren''t thanks to Noah-sama''s divine beasts and the amazing materials they offer, such advanced technology wouldn''t be capable of existing, it is all thanks to my lord! I am so fulfilled!" heughed. He ispletely devoted to Noah! As he was the creator of these robots, he called himself their father, although the girls didn''t enjoy being called that¡­ A robot appeared near William, seeing the footage of the screen going incredibly slow¡­ "Erm¡­ Why are you looking at still, image?" he asked. "It is not a still image! It is moving slowly, look! This is because of the time difference between the divine reality and the outside world!" said William. "O-Oh¡­ Well, why don''t you just go outside of the divine realm?" asked the robot. "¡­Right," sighed William, realizing his foolishness as he was summoned by a clone of Noah in the outside world within one of his buildings, and the footage finally began to run faster! "OOOOOH!" As William expected the battle with a lot of excitement, Noah''s group continued pushing down the onught of Ocean Dragons, easily suppressing them with their almighty power! Clementina was one of those that loved to fight in the front lines and feel the thrill of battle, many times she was almost gobbled up by these giant tyrants of the sea, only to unleash her power over their open jaws and freeze enormous dragons within seconds! She wore her Ice Soul Armor, making her resemble a strong warrior princess of an ice kingdom, even more as she mounted with her galloping ice Unicorn Pegasus, a being made of her soul as well and something like her own soul beast! She rushed through the skies leaving a trail of ice that froze anything, while herrge ice de, named Niflheim, was used to sh and freeze through her enemies! Any wound she gave to them froze parts of their bodies, which she used to sh and unleash deadly wounds! Sometimes, entire dragons would crumble into ice cubes and fall over the sea, freezing it as well! This was Antarctica after all, and Clementina felt as if she were at home! The freezing temperatures were excellent for her body and soul, enhancing it to new levels of power. It was as if all the magic-infused into this region of the had made the magic into ice attribute, which was absorbed by her own soul and body and strengthened her beyond her usual capabilities¡­ Her ice continued to form everywhere, as she created enormous weapon-shaped ice projectiles, or even froze her own blood to make them explosive and more powerful! At some point she began to create Ice Beasts out ofbining her magic with skills, these beasts resembled enormous Pegasus or Dragons too, fighting against the other ocean Dragos, freezing them, or inflicting deadly wounds into their entire serpentine bodies, leaving them with barely any chance for survival after such deadly wounds! She waved her giant ice de and shed through her enemies with ease as well, their entire bodies falling from the skies into frozen pieces of flesh and bone! Meanwhile, at the other side of the battlefield, Arthur extended his worm-like body coated by poison, firing deadly poisonous fogs everywhere, and intoxicating the beasts into dying horrible and struggling deaths! Their entire bodies fell over the ocean one by one by his mere presence, as his gigantic, spiraling-jaws of the soul beast for he always used were able to easily destroy through the dragon''s scales and leaverge wounds to fill with more poison! And Jon didn''t ck off either, using his soul beast to defend using powerful spectral tentacles of materialized soul, and the many eyes spread across the soul to release multiple attacks using his powerful eyes at once, distorting the beasts into crushing themselves into pulp or paralyzing them with horrible fear, anything went! At some point, Jon began to firesers from his various eyes, burning through the scales of the dragons and reaching the tender meat beneath them, showering the dragons with them until they ended filled with holes and died horribly¡­ As the massacre continued, however, something within the depths started to move upwards¡­ ----- Chapter 298 - Showdown! Against Ocean Dragons! 4 ----- TRUUUUM!?? The entire ocean within Antarctica began to shake, the waves were so strong they began to even throw away the gigantic Ocean Dragons aside! A bright blue light emerged from beneath the ocean, so bright it began to consume the oceans, everything was shaking! Suddenly, Noah and Jon noticed what it was, as Noah gritted his teeth and rushed away with immense speed and then used Kin Summon to drag everyone with him! "Eh?! What''s going on?!" asked Arthur. "That''s¡­ a breath attack!" said Jon in surprise. "Eh? The light¡­?!" asked Sakura in horror, as Noah and everyone else managed to escape in time before the immense explosion! BOOOOOOOMMM!!! CLAAAASH! A gigantic breath attack consumed the entire ocean where they were, being several kilometers at once, if this attack were to hit an ind such as Hawaii, it would havepletely consumed it into nothingness! The arc of blue light as a beam that crossed through many kilometers, reaching the stratosphere, and slowly dissipating¡­ When everyone nced down below again, a giant hole was made in the sea, as the oceans slowly began to fill it with water¡­ This was¡­ ridiculous! "Just how big is that thing?!" asked Sugar in shock. "Haha¡­ Hahahaha! Good! It wouldn''t be fun otherwise!"ughed Noah, his immense figure dwarfed before whatever fired that breath attack beam! "Vayu¡­ was Varuna this immense?!" asked Pride to Vayu. "I¡­ I do remember that he was the biggest one of all of us. After all, the seas are immense and make it so most of the creatures living there also grow into gargantuan sizes¡­ The worst part is that Varuna was still at the peak of mortal hood¡­ I couldn''t imagine how Dragon Gods of the Outer Seas could look like if he were already so big!" said Vayu in shock. "T-There were even bigger ones than¡­ this!?" asked Pride. "ording to what I''ve learned, our original world might have been dozen times bigger than this, Pride," said Vayu. "Ah¡­ Such immense world¡­ and I was still confined in the smallest ind?! This is shocking¡­" said Pride. Noah smiled monstrously as he showed off his giant sharp fangs. "Amusing! This shall be a good punching bag, then¡­" said Noah. "P-Punching bag?!" asked Vayu and Pride at the same time¡­ if Varus was this mighty, then how mighty Noah was?! "Noah, it''s getting there!" Jon quickly alerted Noah of Varus''s emergence from the depths of the abyssal oceans, as his gigantic shadows could be seen deep below, surging at fast speeds! SPLAAAASH! An enormous snout emerged first, apanied by a gigantic head the size of a mountain, Varus enormous eyes glowed with azure light, ring directly at Noah with immense might! "Who dares disturb my sleep?! Otherworldly beings, leave at once before you all perish!" roared Varus, his entire body slowly began to emerge from the seas, it was just like a serpentine ocean dragon, but he had enormous arms as well, big enough to grasp entire cities¡­ He was truly titanic! Was herger than a kilometer? Now, he was several kilometers big! Before him, Noah and the rest were mere ants! Yet Varus was able to clearly see all of them, from above, he was like a god overlooking the entire world, the entire creation. With almighty might, the almighty might of the oceans! Just how big was the world of Dragons?! "I am sorry, Varus. But we are here to take you down," said Noah, defiantly confronting the giant dragon! "Oh? Bold little ant¡­ Perish then!" Varus roared so loudly it was heard across hundreds of kilometers, making the world tremble with its shock waves! FLASH! Suddenly, his gigantic ws reached towards Noah and the rest with fast speed, they were immense, but moved at a speed that shouldn''t belong to such a big body! Noah, however, was faster! FLASH! BOOM! The giant w shed against the oceans, sshing the seas away as Noah flew away and teleported everyone through Kin Summon once more. "Now, all of you, as we practiced before!" said Noah, as his entire body began to shapeshift, fusing with his soul and openingrge holes, where everyone flew inside. Each grotesque hole closed quickly after, as Noah continued to expand his size as if it had no limits! Varus noticed this, as Noah had somehow "swallowed" the entire army of blood servants and the other tiny ants with him. "Whatever you''re nning to do is useless, prepare to die!" roared Varus, as he generated hundreds of magic circles the size of buildings, firing a rain of icicle spears, each one being 30-meter-tall! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Noah''s entire soul quickly connected with all those that had entered his body and even his divine realm''s people, as his entire body exploded into a mass of red flesh and scales, bones, eyes, and jaws, and suddenly disappearing from the range of Varus'' attacks! FLASH! "Eh? Teleportation?" CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! All of the attacks reached the sea began to explode over the sea, freezing over the sea and formingrge frozennds by his mere magic! However, his target, Noah, had disappeared! How?! He had not gone inside his divine realm or anything! However, Varus realized toote that Noah had emerged right behind him, as a mass of flesh and jumping over his back! CLASH! "NNGH?!" Noah had used his clones, which he spread over the skies all around, andmanded them to use Kin Summon, effectively being able to teleport to an extent! However, the space that Varus used was way too big, so his clones wouldn''t be able to reach the areas he wanted to teleport into in time¡­ Thankfully, there was a flesh clone in the shape of a bat right above Varus, who had been overlooking things out, and teleported him out of danger in time! "GRAARRGGH?!" Varus roared angrily as Noah began tough maliciously, his flesh started to entangle his arms and crush his scales with thousands of razor-sharp fangs! And then, an enormous sword started to fly around Varus, rushing through his body and slicing his flesh slowly! SLAASH! SLAASH! ----- Chapter 299 - Showdown! Against Ocean Dragons! 5 ----- Noah knew that spreading out would be of no use against Varus, his size and strength were too much, and everyone would end up getting crushed to death somehow one way or another! Due to this, Noah had decided to do what he had been practicing for some time with everyone, and perform soul fusion once more, sharing the power of everyone with his own, and quickly using the series of other Skills he possessed to shapeshift into a giant mass of monstrous flesh! He utilized the power of his clones spread through the air, as he asked them to use Kin Summon on him to teleport him around the battlefield, effectively being able to evade Varus'' powerful ice magic attack in time! After that, he leaped over the giant Ocean Dragon''s back and started using everything he had to pierce his powerful scales, entangling him as he expanded his body with his new physiology after evolving and also after acquiring the skills of the Flesh Trees. He began to entangle hisrge and giant arms, and quickly started to conjure all types of attacks, although most of them were useless¡­ so he had to use his Lifeblood Jewel Abilities instead! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! However, Varus was not giving up, as he quickly began to unleash giant icebergs over his body, which didn''t damage him at all, but began to freeze through Noah''s flesh body! Noah covered himself with dozens ofyers of draconic scales, as he generated several draconic heads across his body and fired powerful breath attacks towards the icebergs, but he was still being frozen! And then, suddenly, scales made of ice and an icy aura emerged, as a giant unicorn Pegasus emerged, it was Clementina''s power and soul beast, which had rushed out of the body of Noah through their soul fusion! The giant soul beast started to assimte the icebergs and destroy the magic circles, surprising the giant dragon! "W-What?!" And then, suddenly several soul beasts of different colors emerged out of Noah''s flesh, attacking around Varus''s body like vicious and colorful ethereal ghosts! There was a giant worm that vomited poison and sued sharp fangs, a giant wolf made of shadows, a mass of eyes with tentacles, a furious beast made of phantom mes, a roaring bird made of ck thunder, and another one, resembling a mass of shadows, ice, and ck light that began to shapeshift giant mechanical cannons made of soul, and firing powerful beams! It was utterly ridiculous! "What kind of power is this!?" roared Varus, as he continued to use his powerful magic to attack the Soul-Beast, quickly making some explode and die out, only for a new one to emerge right after! "Unlike your physical bodies, soul beasts are made with a piece of your soul, as long as you''re fused with my soul, I can keep using my own ever-expanding soul to create these soul beasts!"ughed Noah, telling this to those inside his divine realm. Everyone was meditating, concentrating on giving away their spiritual power and their souls to Noah, fusing it with them! Noah continued to receive such power as a swarm of soul beasts from not only his main party but many of the other subordinates emerged one after another, assaulting Varus and crushing him with several long-ranged attacks of all types, his entire body began to feel the damage at longst, as he tried to take away Noah with his sharp ws, slicing him continuously! However, Noah quickly began to gather enough mass, mana, and soul and suddenly separated himself, dividing his flesh into two pieces! He left the giant flesh entangling Varus where it was as a flesh clone, while he separated himself from it and quickly transformed into a giant humanoid dragon with an enormous multiyered armor of exoskeleton and scales, unleashing an aura of storms, darkness, and blood! He could only expand up to half the size of Varus, but this was enough. Noah roared monstrously as he kept Varus entangled with his giant flesh clone around his body, and at the same time that an army of Soul Beasts continuously attacked him from all sides! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! He used his gigantic ws to sh Varus while using his Excalibur to pierce his flesh, his breath also shed against Varus''s breath attack, the two exploding and generating shockwaves that shook the entire world. "Y-You miserable invader! What kind of monstrous being are youuuu?!" roared Varus, as he reached one of his ws against Noah, shing through his entire body and cutting him into pieces! SLAAAAASH! "Nnggh¡­!" Noah groaned in pain, he not only felt his flesh being sliced, but his soul was also damged1 However, he gritted his teeth and made both of his halves into his two bodies, forming giant fits with them, and punching Varus in the chin! CLAAAASH! "UNNGGRAAGGH..!" Varus felt his chin cracking as his razor-sharp teeth shattered into pieces. His pain was obvious with his roar, as Noah''s flesh clone entangling his back continued to attack him and drain his power and blood through Jon''s eye-rted abilities. The titanic dragon was actually¡­ slowly, falling behind! "I am the guardian of the seas¡­ you can''t possibly think you stand a chance against me!!!" roared Varus, as his entire aura began to unleash out of his body, surpassing the power of an SSS-RANK! "I knew it!" thought Noah, as he saw that Varus power was rising. Now that he had escaped the Dungeon, he was no longer restricted by the Rank he was, and could easily surpass this rank and unleash more of his true power! Which was¡­ Peak X-Rank! His aura began so strong that it began to freeze everything, the soul beasts assaulting him began to be frozen and shattered into pieces by his long tail! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! However, Noah continued to create more Soul beasts, as he persevered! "I am going to devour you now, and there won''t be any other end to this!" roared Noah, as he fused with his two sliced halves and continued to release breath attacks over Varus, while Varus continued to punch him and slice him with his ws, it was a beastly fight like nothing ever before! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! ----- Chapter 300 - Showdown! Against Ocean Dragons! 6 ----- "I am the guardian of the seas¡­ you can''t possibly think you stand a chance against me!!!" roared Varus, as his entire aura began to unleash out of his body, surpassing the power of an SSS-RANK! "I knew it!" thought Noah, as he saw that Varus power was rising. Now that he had escaped the Dungeon, he was no longer restricted by the Rank he was, and could easily surpass this rank and unleash more of his true power! Which was¡­ Peak X-Rank! His aura began so strong that it began to freeze everything, the soul beasts assaulting him began to be frozen and shattered into pieces by his long tail! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! However, Noah continued to create more Soul beasts, as he persevered! "I am going to devour you now, and there won''t be any other end to this!" roared Noah, as he fused with his two sliced halves and continued to release breath attacks over Varus, while Varus continued to punch him and slice him with his ws, it was a beastly fight like nothing ever before! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "GGGRRROOOAAAARRR!" Varus roared monstrously, his gigantic jaws couldn''t be easily broken even after receiving so many jabs from Noah. However, Noah was continuously building up damage through his Exceed Arts with each sessful attack, gaining more Ignore Defense and Damage Dealt! All of his punches were hurting Varus to a whole new level of pain! CLASH! Noah''s fists crushed Varus''s stomach, making the gigantic dragon vomit a mouthful of blood! "GRAAAGGH¡­!" Noah had tried several times to control Varus inside the blood, but it was useless due to the insane amount of blood he had inside¡­ However, he still could use his own blood against him! Noah controlled the blood that Varus vomited, as he shapeshifted it into giant spears and began to pierce his entire body with them, as they were the dragon''s very blood, they were bound to be stronger than before! And Noah also infused several skills, soul, and magic into it, making them powerful crystalized element-coated projectiles the size of skyscrapers, falling over Varus in all directions! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! And of course, he made them all into Blood Bombs, showering Varus with explosions, explosions that were actually able to pierce his powerful scales, something that his blood was not able to achieve! "GGRRUUUAARRGGH¡­!" Varus cried in agony as he saw more wounds beginning to emerge around his body, he was fighting with every single weapon he had and had even unleashed his true power which was sealed by the dungeon''s powers. But even then, after doing all of this¡­ he was still receiving damage?! And then, somethings strange grasped his tail and legs, as he saw an enormous, gargantuan mass of blood with many shapes and sizes sticking together grotesquely slowly moving over his body! "What¡­ blood?!" Noah used most of his non-named blood servants this moment, fusing them all into a giant mass of phantasmal blood which started to grasp Varus''s body and then slip inside of his open wounds! "Nnngh?! What are you doing!?" roared Varus, unleashing his aura as he tried to suppress these invaders, freezing many of those attempting to get inside his body, but not all¡­ "Nothing for you to worry about!" said Noah, shing his sword against Varus''s neck, but even the dragon''s scales were able to resist the powerful upgraded Excalibur! CLASH! "That''s a fine sword you got there, but¡­!" Varus grabbed the de with his gigantic ws and then¡­! Crack¡­ Crack¡­! CRASH! He shattered Excalibur! Even Noah was surprised, as the legendary de was shattered into pieces! All of its soul and light quickly dissipated, as the pieces began to fall into the ocean¡­! Such might! "Heh!"ughed Varus, as he punched Noah into the waters and began to push him down with all of his might! He was trying to crush him with the pressure of the oceans, the pressure that he was easily able to withstand, but could Noah do the same?! SPLAAAASH! "Unnnggghh¡­!" Noah tried to teleport away using his clones, but he realized that they were all killed! They were frozen the moment Varus unleashed his freezing aura¡­ However, he could theoretically teleport farther away but would have to make the whole travel in here in time, and Varus might end up attacking a nearby Sector out of rage while looking for him¡­ No, Noah didn''t want to run away, he was confident that victory could still be grasped, and as long as he was confident in his victory, he was willing to fight and crawl with everything he had to achieve such a victory! Noah would quickly escape if he found things to be hopeless, but Noah was not a coward either, if it came to fight to almost death, he would do so! "RRRROOOAARRR!" Varus roared as he pushed Noah into the depths of the oceans, using his breath attack which had immense power to push him down even further! BOOOM!!! "Die!" roared Varus, as he saw how Noah''s entire body began to be crushed by the deadly pressures of the oceans and the disintegrating and pulverizing power of his breath attack! However, Noah smiled! "You idiot¡­ you forgot about something!" heughed, as Varus had already thought he had triumphed! "Eh? What are you-" BOOOOOOOMMM!! Suddenly, Varus saw his legs blowing into pieces! The flesh began to spread through the entire ocean as it was all tainted with his blood! "UNNNNNGGRRRRRAAAAAGGGH¡­!" Varus groaned in agony as this was not ending yet¡­! Noah smiled maliciously, as he was being crushed into pieces by the pressure of the oceans! "Hahaha! Hahahaha! YOU FOOL! YOU UTTER FOOL!" heughed. Noah couldn''t help butugh like a madman, it seems that Varus, on hisplete foolishness, ended up simply not caring about Noah''s blood servants sneaking inside of his body through his wounds. Varus''s body was way too big, it was obvious that he would forget about every single one of them one way or another! And Noah used this to force his own Blood Servants to absorb Varus blood and use it to expand their bodies, and then, when they had reached certain areas, he made them explode through Blood Bomb! BOOOM!!! Another explosion happened underwater, as Varus''s tail exploded into pieces, and so did arge chunk of his stomach, blowing off into the oceans! Varus was enormous yet these wounds were just as gigantic! "HAHAHA! It seems that at the end, you were not as mighty as I thought!" roared Noah, quickly shapeshifting his body and forcing his way up, battling against the deadly pressures of the seas and reaching Varus, pushing him into the surface! CLAAAAASH! Vampiric st! Noah quickly fused Vampiric st, a culmination of his stacked-upbo using Exceed Arts to release an enormous st of Vampiric Power, andbined it with his Breath Attack, releasing a deadly beam, enough to push Varus upwards! SPLAAASH! His enormous body was already falling into pieces, as he fell over the waters again, and Noah quickly jumped over him and fused back with his flesh clone which was still stuck to Varus¡­ reaching to the dragon''s head! "Nnnghh¡­! Y-You bastard¡­!" groaned Varus, trying to fight back. "It''s over!"ughed Noah, as he crushed the enormous head of Varus into pieces! BOOOM! ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! My World Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! Demon Queen Rebirth: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. Epic of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! Epic of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! Epic of Vampire Dragon: Reborn as a Vampire Dragon with a System: The Story of a boy born with strange and mysterious powers who was held captive and used as a guinea pig through his entire life, until the day he died and suddenly reincarnated as a Vampire Dragon Chimera in apletely different world, created by an insane Elder Lich that ims to be his father! Chapter 301 - Where Are You Going? ----- Varus''s entire head was crushed, as his brains, shattered skull, eyes, and more sttered over the entire oceans. His soul quickly began to leave his body, however, it was caught by Noah''s vicious soul! "Nnngh?! Eh?" "You''re not going away, I have toplete the Draconic Father collection after all!"ughed Noah. "Y-You¡­! Stop at once¡­ What are you¡­?! Let me go in peace, or I shall crush you as a soul!" Varus was strong, even his soul was able to fight to an extent, unleashing powerful ice and water-rted spells over Noah! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! However, Noah chuckled even more as he generated several barriers and defended himself. After the dragon died, his magic became way too weak, although his mere soul could beparable to an SS-Rank monster at his peak, this was nothing to Noah, of course! Noah waved his gigantic draconic arms and began to infect Varus''s soul with pieces of his own soul, and he poured arge amount of his own blood there, alongside Varus''s blood too! "Nnnnggrraaaggrrr¡­! W-What is¡­ happening to me?!" Varus struggled to not be transformed, but in the end, he was assimted and quickly became a titanic Blood Soul Servant, his mind quickly warped, as he gained an undying devotion to Noah! His figure was like that of his original body, but perhaps a few kilometers smaller, but he was still over one kilometer tall. His entire body was nowpletely red, of course, his scales seemed like crystallized blood, and his eyes were bloodshot red. "Ahh¡­ W-What is happening¡­ I¡­ I¡­ I AM FILLED WITH DEVOTION!" said Varus,pletely changing his perspective as Pride and Vayu who had been fused with Noah''s soul emerged at his side, quickly going to talk with the giant dragon. "Wee to the party, elder!" said Pride. "Varus, it is nice to see you here with us now! Master finally beat some sense into you by ughtering you!" said Vayu. "Oh? Vayu?! And who is this hydra dragon?" asked Varus. "I-I am Pride, elder-sama! I am but a mere wyrm who had evolved into the being you see now¡­" said Pride. "I see! d to see you two here then, please, I will be on your care!" said Varus. Noah nced at this anti-climatic end with a bit of expressionlessness. Varus was already his loyal servant, so he let the other two do whatever they wanted with him. There wasn''t anything wrong with letting them chat around or something. Noah quickly called everyone out, as they praised his performance, although he also said that he wouldn''t have been able to do all of this if it wasn''t due to the souls of everyone fusing with him and giving him power above his own realm. "But still, you did amazingly, my lord!" said Clementina. "Indeed, that was fantastic¡­" said Arthur. "My lord cannot lose after all!" said Jon. "Stop praising me so much¡­ For now, let''s get to more important matters, help me retrieve all the drops," said Noah. Everyone nodded as they began. "Fufu, now we got all this loot!" said Sakura. "Let''s quickly pack things up inside of master''s Divine Realm, if we don''t act quickly the corpse and its pieces will sink into the ocean," said Noire. "Indeed, let''s do it!" said Sugar. As Noah continued to pick up the dropped items, he retrieved the shattered pieces of Excalibur, as he nced at them with a bit of disappointment. He had not grown that attached to the weapon, and if it was destroyed, there wasn''t anything to do over it other than to look for a way to repair it or make a new weapon out of its pieces. "Hmph, so much over an SSS-Rank weapon¡­ Well, whatever, I will see what I can doter," shrugged Noah, as he quickly started to retrieve the corpse pieces. The giant brain seemed to slowly be dissolving into the ocean, so he picked it up alongside all of the other masses of flesh, the giant corpse of Varus was so big it took over an immense amount of the empty blood grasnds of his Divine Realm, its bones could probably make a whole mountain range¡­ He also retrieved the thousands of dropped items, Attribute Value Cores, Ability Cores, and more. He didn''t care much about Ability Cores other than as materials for Lifeblood Points, as he was able to get all the skills within them by eating the corpses of the monsters that dropped them, so they became useless other than as Lifeblood Points¡­ Of course, his allies did began to consume them, so they had gained some wind wyvern and flesh tree-rted skills before, and now they would get some water dragon stuff too, so they were growing faster. But of course, they wouldn''t get as much as what he gets by eating, it was something that the others could not imitate, no matter how many corpses of monsters they ate. However, they were growing at a fast speed too, and all these attribute value cores were going for their growth, as they would probably soon rise to X-Rank! After this, Noah gathered the pile of giant Ocean Dragon Corpses there were, and then he dived into the ocean, looking for the dungeon gate. He saw that it was slowly breaking apart, it seemed that as long as the boss monster was defeated, the dungeon gate would be also destroyed¡­ the life of the dungeon and the dungeon boss was somehow connected, perhaps this was also why these monsters from other worlds were not being suppressed by this''sws, as they were using the dungeon itself was something like their "anchor" to keep in existing in the they''re invading? Certainly, this is useful information, Noah was slowly figuring out more and more things about how dungeons worked, and whenever he was to acquire enough power, he was going to try somehow making his own dungeon and invade another! After all, wasn''t this the best shortcut to travel to other worlds? If he could do this on Abyss, or others such as the one where the dragonse from, things could be done quite easily¡­ But for now, he returned to Sector D¡­ ----- Chapter 302 - The Blood Progenitor In The Flesh! ----- Noah was summoned by one of his clones in Sector D, as he quickly deposited his Divine Realm into the spatialyers and then went inside as well. The whole fight took around 6 hours, which were more than a day inside the divine realm, but Iris and the rest were still participating in the battle as they had fused their souls with Noah. When they separated their souls, unlike other times, they didn''t felt weakened, it seems that Noah''s soul regeneration was now superb, especially because he had been drinking blood with his soul inside of his divine realm through this entire fight. But which blood? Well, the entire blood ocean he has in his divine realm. As a Vampire, Noah was able to recover Mana by drinking blood in his early stages, and now after growing so strong, he was even able to restore his very soul and hasten its natural regeneration by drinking gigantic amounts of blood from his Blood Sea, a valuable Divine Treasure that surged inside his Divine Realm¡­ The Blood Progenitor had exined to Noah that Vampires in Abyss, after reaching a certain level in their Blood Core would be able to get their "Vampiric nes" as they called them instead of Divine Realms. Inside these Vampiric nes, there would be varied ecosystems and biomes, and depending on the power and quality of the Vampire''s Blood Soul Core and their bloodline, Magic affinity, and Bloodlines, they would be able to generate special Treasures, as they called them. Noah had generated many, such as giant Flesh Tree Forests, and even the enormous and never-ending Blood Sea. Vampires who had Blood Seas were formidable, as they had near-unlimited blood to use in battle and also to drink to recover, but those that had it were very rare, they only had Blood Lakes or Blood Rivers. However, as Vampires were raised into this god-like state, those that had a lot of such Blood Depositories would be stronger than others due to their easy ess to their lifeblood and panacea. However, every so often, those Vampiric nes with Blood Seas were gigantic and filled with chaos, a lot of it, so even the owner had a hard time assessing everything correctly, and often needed many resources to stabilize everything¡­ But Noah was different, although his entire Divine Realm was filled with monsters and many areas, he held a powerful authority over everything for the moment¡­ Although it might change in the future, as of now, things were mostly stable. Thanks to this Blood Sea, Noah was able to recover his blood quite quickly by drinking on it! But¡­ what was this blood, to begin with? It was a treasure that feeds on the souls, flesh, and blood he drank from other monsters. The more he consumed things, the more the richness of the blood would be, and the more variety of beasts resembling what he ate would also grow. Today, aside from eating the dragons, he had been brought a pile of pure humans and some Vampiric Undead that he was going to eat. He was going to experiment and see what he could get by eating them¡­ And of course, they were not mere civilians, Noah had killed mostly criminals who had taken the life of innocents, or rapists as well as other people that had yed with other''s lives, and even corrupt politicians, many people that no one would ever miss anyways. Even less now that the world was his domain. After the battle ended, Noah asked Iris and the other girls and butlers and maids to prepare a feast. Despite her being pregnant, she was still a hard worker and liked to cook for her husband, so she quickly put herself to work, guiding the servants and beginning to cook countless tes using the delicious new meat of the dragons. Noah, in the meantime, decided to eat his pile of humans and converted the vampiric undead he had killed and eaten their souls. The purpose of this experiment was, however, to see if a new race of human-like monsters could begin popping up inside his divine realm if he could get anything such as skills was another thing separately. "Hm¡­ Human flesh is rather nd¡­" he sighed. Havingpletely lost a sense of humanity, Noah devoured his own race without any problem. After half an hour, he had eaten everything rather gluttonously but seemed unsatisfied. He didn''t get a new skill, and he had not even filled his appetite. In the end, it might take some hours or even days before any new monster could emerge, so he quickly walked out of this and moved to enjoy a meal with everyone else. "You''ve really done something like that without any remorse?" asked the Blood Progenitor. "Well, what about it?" asked Noah. "Huh, you''ve changed quite a lot¡­ Well, it doesn''t really matter," said the Blood Progenitor. "Look whos'' talking. Are you anyone to tell me that when you''ve changed so much as well? Huh, the irony¡­" said Noah. "O-Oi! I have not changed¡­ I have been¡­ merely forced into this position!" said the Blood Progenitor. "I never knew that Vampires could make such excuses," said Noah. "I am not a coward! Is that what you''re trying to tell me?! And there''s a lot of different types of Vampires in Abyss!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Okay, calm down a bit, Drac¡­" sighed Noah. "Tch!" The Blood Progenitor crossed his arms as Noah looked at him while raising one eyebrow. "This man is really something else," he thought. He still couldn''t adapt to his intrusions sometimes¡­ "Hey, how about you get a body and stop being so annoying?" sighed Noah. "Eh? What¡­?" sh! Suddenly, Noah grabbed the Blood Progenitor, separated arge mass of his body''s flesh, and put the soul of the Blood Progenitor into it, alongside some blood too, and several Blood Cores to boot. "Ungh¡­! W-What are you doing?!" A second after, the entire mass of flesh took the shape of¡­ the same appearance as the Blood Progenitor! "Ah¡­! I have been revived! ¡­Wait, was that simple?!" asked the Blood Progenitor. "Yes, I could have done it long ago," said Noah. "Then why didn''t you do it before?!" asked the Blood Progenitor. "I don''t know, I didn''t feel like it. Now, put some clothes on," said Noah while shrugging. "¡­" ----- Chapter 303 - Explanations ----- "Hey, how about you get a body and stop being so annoying?" sighed Noah. "Eh? What¡­?" sh! Suddenly, Noah grabbed the Blood Progenitor, separated arge mass of his body''s flesh, and put the soul of the Blood Progenitor into it, alongside some blood too, and several Blood Cores to boot. "Ungh¡­! W-What are you doing?!" A second after, the entire mass of flesh took the shape of¡­ the same appearance as the Blood Progenitor! "Ah¡­! I have been revived! ¡­Wait, was that simple?!" asked the Blood Progenitor. "Yes, I could have done it long ago," said Noah. "Then why didn''t you do it before?!" asked the Blood Progenitor. "I don''t know, I didn''t feel like it. Now, put some clothes on," said Noah while shrugging. "¡­" The Blood Progenitor has been reborn! ¡­In the most anti-climactic way possible. He had been reborn by Noah''s own flesh, so it could be said to be like his son, but we better not talk about such a topic ever again. Noah had used his flesh and inserted the Blood Progenitor''s main consciousness into it, shaping it as how he looked before dying, although not as tall as the original version. Additionally, his mind was still connected to the system and was still an Administrator, so he still held the power to help Noah with the System. But now, he had a body! And as he qualified as a new being, he finally held some of his "own" strength. He nced at his body as he shared some of Noah''s Skills, such as his Blood Dominion and Blood Armor Skills, shaping his own blood as fine clothes that an aristocrat of the middle ages would wear, his appearance seemed rather simr to Noah, in fact, but he looked way older, resembling a man on his early forties. His face was more stoic and less youthful, although his long silvery-white hair was the same as Noah''s. His eyes gleamed with crimson-red hair, and if someonepared the two together, they would believe it was father and son¡­ "You look surprisingly like me," said Noah. "It is not as if I wanted that!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Is that so? I molded your body, but I let you take whatever appearance you wanted," said Noah. "You''re mistaken me, YOU are the one that particrly looks like me after you turn into your Vampire Form. Perhaps because your Blood Core is my own, after you evolved you took a simr appearance than mine," said the Blood Progenitor. "Hm, that''s certainly disgusting to think about, maybe I should shapeshift my face to look different?" wondered Noah. "You should feel honored to look like me, ungrateful youth!" roared the Blood Progenitor. "Oi don''t raise your voice against me, or do you want to go back to the Mind Prison and lose your new body?" asked Noah, as his eyes gleamed with crimson-red light. "Geh¡­! Tch! Okay¡­" sighed the Blood Progenitor, stopping the act. "But still, is that why I changed so much after evolving into a Vampire King? Hm¡­ Well, we are different enough that it doesn''t matter that much. Although I will most likely remain with this appearance forever, growing old won''t be a thing anymore," said Noah. "Vampires in Abyss grow like you humans until we reach an age of maturity, usually being twenty to forty years¡­ However, sometimes some mature and look more adult such as me, but some Vampires looked like Jon who was even older than me. In Abyss all Vampires are most of the time born as Vampires, although there are also Humans we convert or other species of lesser beings," said the Blood Progenitor. "So you''re an old man they converted?" asked Noah. "Ngh! I told you that I merely maturated more than my peers!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Is that so?" asked Noah. "You see, the denser and higher quality our bloodline is, the youthful our appearances be, as my bloodline was of the Dracul Family with a thinner side, I looked like this, but there are some that looked even older, and others even younger¡­ It was an annoying difference. Well,ter on, higher-ranked vampires can shapeshift to any age they want, so it doesn''t matter," sighed the Blood Progenitor. "I see¡­ It will be quite an interesting experience to travel to such a world shortly," said Noah. "Hm, you still want to go? The world of dragons that the dragons described to you is probably as big as it¡­ No, maybe Abyss could be bigger," said the Blood Progenitor. "Oh? Care to exin?" asked Noah. "Even at the level I reached, I had but barely scratched the surface of divinity and never attained it anyways, sadly. But there was an immense world within Abyss, an even bigger and more expansive one than you imagine¡­ The real world opened to those that attained a certain amount of Divinity, though, but I never managed to reach this, I was¡­ but a little bit closer to it¡­ If it wasn''t because I ended ruining my own growth and created a progression wall I wasn''t able to cross anymore with my techniques that ruined my talent¡­ I would have been able to do it!" sighed the Blood Progenitor. Noah heard the Blood Progenitor words with a lot of attention, it seemed that there was way more than he had originally believed in Abyss. Most likely, the pinnacle of the earth was nothing before the pinnacle of such a world, it seemed to be a small self-contained universe by itself! What dangers could await there? "I see. So that''s a fitting word for me to conquer and dominate. Of course, I will also make sure to defeat that Blood God and devour him," said Noah, boldly stating something that not even the Blood Progenitor would believe. "You''re now talking out of your ass!" he said. "Heh, I like to state facts. I have done it before, and see where I got? Do you believe I won''t do what I set my mind to?" asked Noah. "Sigh¡­ Sure thing," sighed the Blood Progenitor. Perhaps Noah might finally have a fitting challenge after getting there, but for now, it was better to concentrate on the present and on what he needed to do now. After he was to devour Varus and the other ocean dragons, he was going to employ underwater troops of Vampires equipped with the various skills of the ocean dragons from their ability cores and clean the weaker dungeons within the depths of the oceans. While doing so, he would move to thest challenge before going to the X-Rank Gate within Central America, Australia! For now, however, he had a feast to feast to enjoy, as he rushed back to his castle within his Divine Realm and found that most of the food was mostly ready. "Dear, it''s ready~!" said Iris. ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! M y W o r l d Traveling System: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by lightning while sleeping with his phone, which awakened his ability and the World Traveling System! D e m o n Q u e e n R e b i r th: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a Demon Queen who lost everything, in thest battle, her soul was split in half and she was reincarnated twice in her third life. E p i c of Caterpir: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a forest infested with monsters! He will have to somehow survive as a Caterpir in this world filled with chaos. V a m p i r e Overlord System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young and bullied man born in an apocalyptic world, who is given the chance to be a Vampire and dominate this world as he pleases with a malicious and scheming mind! E p i c of Ice Dragon: Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System: The Story of a young adult man who died buried in an avnche and was suddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reincarnating in a Norse mythology-inspired cultivation world as an Ice Dragon with a System! E p i c of Summoner: Supreme Summoner System in the Apocalypse: The Story of a young web novelist who is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! E p i c of Vampire Dragon: Reborn as a Vampire Dragon with a System: The Story of a boy born with strange and mysterious powers who was held captive and used as a guinea pig through his entire life, until the day he died and suddenly reincarnated as a Vampire Dragon Chimera in apletely different world, created by an insane Elder Lich that ims to be his father! Chapter 304 - New Skills And Powerups ----- Noah enjoyed the delicious food prepared by Iris and the rest of the maids and butlers, the meat of Varus and the other Ocean Dragons was more than superb, it was excellent in every way possible. The meat was strong and juicy, and when it was grilled with fire generated by powerful Fire Spirit Stones mined inside dungeons of high ranks, the meat would be tender and delicious. The vor was strong, even more, if Dungeon Salt was added, and other types of spices. He also enjoyed the delicious wine he got from the finest ces around the. As he was the one that dominated it all, all the worldly riches, resources, and more were his, meaning that he could take anything he wanted. But he was not the only gluttonous here, most of his party had grown incredibly gluttonous as well, it was as if their stomachs had be voids that could take way more food than their entire body sizes. It seemed that simrly to Noah, their stomachs had fused with their souls and their souls also devoured the food they ate, nourishing their souls and stockpiling insane amounts of energy through this method. With this, they were able to stockpile energy and acquire enough power to fight against the giant monsters they fought. The ones that ate the most aside from Noah were Iris, Timassa, and Adamantine, as they were pregnant, the girls needed to devour even more food for their young within their wombs. Noah noticed that the children within them were growing at a rapid pace, and theirtest evolution and made them mature even faster¡­ Their bellies couldn''t possibly get any bigger¡­ However, only Iris seemed to soon give birth, as the other girls might take a few more weeks. However, due to this, they are required to eat a lot. They had already finished a giant Ocean Dragon each on their own, they even ate the scales and the eyes, and bones too, anything¡­ Iris in specific was already midway through her second one, while she had also eaten part of Varus Dragon Heart, as the amount of essence and richness would nourish the children, ording to Noah''s insights, which were actually what Varus himself rmended to him. "Letdy Iris eat part of my Dragon Heart, my lord. It containsrge quantities of strong essence, with it, the children will be born even stronger, with the possibility of developing dragon bloodlines as well as your vampire bloodline," he had said. Of course, Varus''s Dragon Heart was immense, having the size of five blue whales¡­ so a little piece wasn''t that much, but was good enough. Noah also decided to share it around the other pregnant girls, and ultimately even gave some to the others. Who quickly gained some more power and even stats. Now, they needed to absorb the SSS-Rank Attribute Value Cores dropped by Varus and the other dragons to finally attain X-Rank. Varus''s corpse was immense, no matter how fast Noah ate or how bottomless his stomach could be, he would certainly take a long time eating him entirely¡­ And the corpse was covering a giant grasnd, it resembled a series of mountains to an extent. Due to this, Noah went for the most tasteful and strong parts of a monster first, which usually gave the most Skills, such as Varus brain, which was gigantic, his eyes, tongue, Dragon Heart, lungs, liver, and ws and scales. He went for the strongest bones in the ribs and thenrge pieces of muscle mass, and the bone marrow as well as the spine¡­ but what he ate was around 5% of the entire corpse¡­ even after around two days of constantly eating with Iris at his side¡­ Actually, Iris was also eating a lot and helped him lower down a bit of the mass of the giant corpse. But Noah ended giving up after he ate the entire Dragon Heart, it was more than enough. Of course, he had shared some chunks of it with the robots as well, all of them, so they could upgrade and perhaps even acquire some dragon-rted powers or shapeshifting abilities. The Dragon Heart of Varus resembled a gigantic blue jewel that released various types of reflections of azure and aquamarine colors, it was a beautiful spectacle by on itself, but he managed to eat it all! On the third day, Noah had acquired several Skills, also including the ones he got from eating the Ocean Dragons¡­ Ding! [You learned the following Skills] [Ocean Dragon Water Adaptability (S)] [Ocean Dragon Azure Scales Creation (S)] [Ocean Dragon High-Pressure Water Breath (S)] [Ocean Dragon Coiling Body of Azure Colors (S)] [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans Aura (SS)] [Draconic Aquamarine Metallic Scales (SS)] [Multiple Draconic Scale Layers (SS)] [Raging Ocean Roar (SS)] [Draconic Eyes of the Raging Oceans (SS)] [Water Attribute Ward (SSS)] [Draconic Father Raging Oceans Breath of Extermination (SSS)] [Elder Dragon Heart: Raging Oceans Essence Blessing (SSS)] ¡­ Amazing! With thisrge amount of skills, Noah had acquired the power of yet another Draconic Father, and he now held the power of both Windstorms and Raging Oceans within him, alongside the two powerful Bloodlines. He quickly activated the Elder Dragon Heart Skill, as Noah''s Dragon Heart evolved, gaining the essence of Varus''s powerful bloodline and his gigantic body! FLASH! Noah had no X-Rank Attribute Cores to devour, but with what he had devoured and with this power, his stats quickly skyrocketed! ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [X-Rank: 1/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XI: Progenitor Vampire Emperor: Initial Stage > Middle Stage] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level VIII: Vampiric Crimson Storm Dragon: Initial Stage > Middle Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Nourishment Realm: Initial Stage > Middle Stage] [Vitality]: [24000] > [28000] [Mind]: [24000] > [28000] [Force]: [24000] > [28000] ¡­ It was a good enough meal, indeed. His stats had increased quite a lot, and Noah''s body felt like it was unleashing a zing aura of new power. ----- Chapter 305 - Practicing Skills ----- Noah''s entire body exuded the aura of raging oceans, it seemed that the power that his body had gained was equal to Varus! The immense dragon''s powers were roaring within his body, exuding such enormous power, the same he held when he fought against Noah and then lost miserably. Against Noah there would always be cheap tactics used, Noah was not at all an honorable man, or perhaps, he had a twisted sense of honor where it meant doing whatever he could to win as honorable, holding back and not using any opportunity to kill your enemy felt dishonorable for him, as it meant that he was underestimating someone. When Noah went all out against someone, it meant that he recognized their power! Even if it meant abusing their wounds to insert hundreds of blood servants inside and then making them explode to kill someone from the inside out. Although Varus was so strong that he even survived that, but was ultimately weakened by it and Noah finished him off by crushing his gigantic head with everything he had. Now, it felt as if Noah''s entire body was unleashing the power of the oceans, his entire body released an aura of raging waves, as if he was representing such an immense thing. Noah was urging to test his abilities, so he quickly flew into the Blood Oceans after leaving Iris and the rest absorbing the SSS-Rank Attribute Value Cores inside their rooms, as he began to unleash his new powers, changing the nature of the beasts that roamed this ce and telling them all to attack him with everything they had, to try to kill him as much as they could! TRUUMM!!! Suddenly, the entire oceans- no, the entire divine realm shook, as a gigantic wave of beasts began to rush towards Noah from all directions! These were often peaceful and only minded their own business, not even attacking the Vampires that were not Noah, but now, they had been given the order to kill him! And just like Noah wanted, they came to kill him! Gigantic crimson-red wolves of over 20 meters, enormous titans made of red crystals of over 50 meters,rge blood octopus of 70 meters extending their tentacles filled with jaws and razor-sharp teeth, flying crimson-red birds, raging blood wyverns, and even enormous dragonflies rushed towards him. Noah quickly activated several Skills at the same time,bining those of Varus and Vayu to coat himself in severalyers of scales of both azure and emerald colors, alongside various other skills, making him generate gigantic draconic wings, enormous dragon heads, which reached up to three, and many sharp-tipped tails leaking deadly venom! His ws grewrger and sharp, as his entire body was shrouded with the auras of Blood, Darkness, Winds, and Water Attributes, raging like a chaotic storm that was engulfing everything! His entire presence began to shake the entire Divine Realm, as all the monsters within it nced at Noah with utmost fear, they didn''t want to fight him at all! Yet¡­ they were being forced by his will, and they could not refute nor fight back against it, obeying him even if it meant their sure death! "GROOOOWL!" Although he had only eaten them recently, they had already emerged within Noah''s Divine Realm, the Ocean Dragons! Of course, they were now different, as they were coated by red scales and had around doubled their original sizes, with immensely strong razor-sharp teeth and furious yellow eyes, dozens of them surged from the Blood Oceans, reaching towards Noah as he smiled maliciously! "Hahaha! Come at me!!!" he roared, excited about trying out his new powers as he suddenly unleashed the power of Draconic Eyes of Raging Oceans, generating a sudden mass of oceanic water from within his aura and shaping it as enormous kilometer-sized vortexes which he fused with his Draconic Eyes of Windstorms, unleashing a deadly catastrophe over the Blood Sea Dragons! BOOOOOMMM!!! "GRRRYYAARR..!" All the dozens of Dragons that reached to him were greeted by these deadly oceanic vortexes, being consumed by them as the highly-pressured waters crushed their bones and muscles while the slicing windstorms sliced them into pieces! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! Dozens after dozens of Blood Sea Dragons died agonizingly, as Noah continued to fight more monsters, enormous Blood Scale Wyverns reached up to him from above, these were even stronger versions than their predecessors, the Windstorm Wyverns, and their power was more than superb! They roared and unleashed powerful crimson-red windstorms over Noah, but Noah smiled! "Excellent!" heughed, as he suddenly generated several magic circles and conjured Wind and Water Magic! Yes! He had been capable of doing so the moment he devoured the Hearts of these dragons, which gave away their bloodlines and actually gave him these element affinities! Now, he was able to use their magic as well! He generated 50-meter-big Ice Spikes which he coated on spiraling windstorms, shing them against the Wyverns as the spikes easily sliced through the crimson storms that the wyverns made, reaching their bodies, and crushing them into countless pieces! The spikes were so big and sharp that the wyverns began to stter all around the skies, making a beautiful shower of death! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "Hahaha! More! Bring me more!"ughed Noah, as all the monsters continued to jump to their agonizing deaths, Noah continued to practice and get ustomed to his newfound powers, unleashing gigantic breaths even bigger than those of Varus, decimating monsters in seconds and turning them into mere ashes! BOOOOOOM!!! The entire Divine Realm shook as if the end of the world was near, monstrous, and annoyed creatures began to emerge from the high Crimson Heavens, a perpetual world of crimson-red color made of the clouds that covered the world from above, these clouds harbored eve stronger beasts, as they rushed because they were actually annoyed, and well, partially forced to fight too! "GGRRROOAARRR!" Suddenly, a kilometer big grotesque abomination, resembling a gargantuan Flesh Tree jumped from the skies, rushing towards Noah as he smiled monstrously and unleashed a breath attack! BOOOOOMMM!!! ----- Chapter 306 - Lurking Threat... ----- Noah continued to fight against the monsters inside of his Divine Realm for hours after hours, trying out his new powers and magic affinities as he battled viciously. Noah was not a battle junkie or something, but he enjoyed his mindless ughter from time to time¡­ He didn''t worried about the monster poption going down, as he infused more essence into the divine realm, and as if it were a dungeon, the monsters would be reborn with their souls intact! After he finished fighting, most of the monsters he had killed were already back, wondering what the heck had just happened. Some thought it was but a nightmare and quickly forgot about agonizingly dying to Noah''s outstanding might. From this might, however, Noah had gained a lot of insights about how to use his newfound powers, and couldn''t help but find that SSS-Rank Bosses were truly amazing. "Every SSS-Rank monster I''ve fought has given me a substantial power increase, and even the Blood Progenitor who was also an SSS-Rank Boss did so. His Core had given me all these possibilities, so it was obvious that if I consumed the Dragon Hearts of these Draconic Fathers, my strength would skyrocket even more¡­ This was a fruitful discovery of my powers," thought Noah. When he went back to the castle, Noah noticed that Iris was taking a nap, her belly was so big it looked a bitical on her she slept, but Noah couldn''t help but find a transcendental beauty in a pregnant woman, someone that was bearing the life he and she had created was something rather precious, even more, because it was Iris, the only woman he loved. He quickly sensed that her aura had changed, however, as she exuded the Aura of an X-Rank! "Excellent, she had also evolved, it seems¡­" thought Noah, as he had checked Iris''s status and found that her Blood Soul Core had reached Level X and she became a Vampire Empress. Her Phantasmal powers had evolved into an even higher level, as the twins within her womb had also evolved with her when she did, meaning that they had once again developed and elerated their growth, meaning that soon enough they would be born¡­ In fact, Iris''s belly looked like it was about to burst open or something¡­ But she was strong enough to contain the kids for the moment until they were truly be ready to be born. Noah used his eyes over them, as he checked that their auras were zing with even more power than before, two distinct auras, in fact. It seemed that they also held some draconic power now that Iris consumed Varus Dragon Heart. Noah already imagined the powerful vampires they would be after being born and growing up¡­ they would be born with even more talent than anyone here and would have an endless possibility for growth. However, there were also new challenges that would arrive with them, such as parenting. Noah was sure to teach them how to be good little evil Vampires, of course, but he would also have to give them a lot of attention and love, so they grow attached to him and don''t end up despising him because he was an irresponsible father that wasn''t present for them. Noah already knew that one of them was going to be a girl and the other a boy, as he had already seen their fetus bodies just recently and also before going to exterminate and eat Varus. They were twins too, so their appearances might be simr even as a boy and a girl. Noah wondered if they would inherit more from him or more from their pretty mother, whose beauty was so immense it could make these children the most beautiful babies that could be born in face of earth¡­ Noah honestly hoped for them to be more like Iris, as he didn''t found himself particrly handsome, although this was because hecked self-awareness of his own beauty¡­ Even when he was constantly praised by others, especially Iris, who always said he was a very handsome man, but he often thought she said it because she was in love with him. Nheless, these were little thoughts that really didn''t matter at all, they were just passing thoughts within Noah''s mind that was busy thinking about many things, he decided that he had enough ughter for today, and quickly took a warm bath and then went to sleep at the side of his wife¡­ Caressing her belly, he closed his eyes and decided to sleep for a few hours with Iris. ¡­Meanwhile, within the confines of outer space and the cosmos beyond earth, the Watchers approached the at a decent pace. The was developing rather well, and its origin core was getting ripened, it was at the right growth level, and it would make for a delicious meal to boost their cultivation, although they would most likely gift it to their master. The various aliens with a different set of suits nced at the coordinates of the hologram of Earth, as they sensed something anomalous. "Hm? Didn''t we make more Dungeons emerge? Why¡­ the surface living beings have not gone extinct yet?" "We had surely sent Mana Core Meteors¡­ Yet there isn''t any change?" "The Dungeons had been cleared¡­ in just a month?!" "Impossible, what kind of beings are those? They shouldn''t be capable of handling that many dungeons!" "Even weird¡­ the Origin Core of the seems to be regaining more independent power as of now. Now that the dungeons are not pressuring its existence¡­" "Has a Deity-level being emerged in Earth aside from the useless God?" "It¡­ seems so. There is arge amount of power emanating all around the world, it was as if this being was everywhere within the." "What an annoying ant, believing that it can make a difference by slowing down our job¡­ Send the Mechanics and the Raid Beasts!" "Are you sure?" "Of course I am! Just get rid of that annoying pest, we need to work as swiftly as possible to not provoke the rage of our master¡­ Now move!" ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! M y W o r l d T r a v e l i n g S y s t e m: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by li ghtning while sleeping with his phone, w hich awakened his ability and the World Traveling Sy stem! D e m o n Q u e e n R e b i r t h: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a De mon Queen who lost everything, in t hest battle, her soul w as split in half and s he was reincarnated twice in her third life. E p i c o f C a t e r p i l l a r: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a for est infested with monsters! He w ill have to so mehow survive as a Caterpilr in t his world filled wit h cha os. V a m p i r e O v e r l o r d S y s t e m i n t h e A p o c a l y p s e: The Story of a young and bullied man born in an apocalyptic world, who is given the chance to be a Vampire and dominate this world as he pleases with a malicious and scheming mind! E p i c o f I c e D r a g o n : Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System : The St ory of a young adult man who died buried in an avanche and was s uddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reinca rnating in a N orse mytho logy-inspired cultivation world as an Ic e Dragon wit h a System! E p i c o f S u m m o n e r: S u p r e m e S u m m o n e r S y s t e m i n t h e A p o c a l y p s e : The St ory of a young web novelist wh o is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! E p i c o f V a m p i r e D r a g o n : R e b o r n a s a V a m p i r e D r a g o n w i t h a S y s t e m: The Story of a boy born with strange and myster ious powers who was held ca ptive and u sed as a guinea pig through his entire life, unt il the day he died and suddenly re incarnated as a Vampire Drag on Chi mera in apletely differ ent wor ld, create d by an insane Elder Li ch that ims to b e his f ather ! Chapter 307 - Gods Last Stand! ----- As the world peacefully floated in the middle of outer space, God fought against itself for the supremacy of its own existence, for the supremacy of its own control! Hundreds of Minds within God fought against one another, two armies were separated within a mindscape battlefield. One of them was led by important figures that had been praised by millions and worshipped by many through generations, such as Zeus, with the new addition of the System Master. Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, a group of gloomy figures and other beings that seemed to have also been worshiped, who held more dark sides and were closer to death or monsters fought against the army of other wills, led by a vicious white-haired and crimson-red-eyed Vampire, Noah! This was Noah''s Soul Clone, which had survived up until this point while slowly eroding God himself. It has slowly brainwashed the weaker minds not only using its power but by using the help of the other minds that were guided by him by their close affinity to him. Of course, due to therge distance from the original Noah, alongside many other factors, the Soul Clone had lost its contact with him, and Noah had given it for dead already, he wasn''t a man that liked to hope and was rather realistic. He would have never imagined that the soul clone would have survived somehow, so he gave it for death and didn''t think about it anymore¡­ However, against its expectations, against his wildest dreams, the soul clone survived, and it was devouring God''s soul! It began to devour everything while assimting it as well, growing in power more and more¡­ It was now in thest battle against the strongest and oldest wills within God, after this, Noah''s soul clone would be God itself, the being worshiped by many, and the one that was made of many figures of worship¡­ all of them would be him, and he would them! However, the fight was intense, many of Noah''s troops were being crushed by the army of the dead generated by Hade''s mind, while Zeus bathed his army with deadly thunder! In this mindscape, these minds were able to exude the power that they were imagined as, the stronger the imagination of those that worshiped them, the mightier they would be¡­ C L A S H ! C R A A A S H ! B O O O O M M ! Zeus continued to destroy the troops of Noah, as many of the wills that had helped him weakened and were assimted again, meanwhile, the clones he had were also being annihted and assimted! Noah''s clone felt like this was it¡­ In the end, it sacrificed everything to take over such a being, but in the end¡­ it seemed that it wasn''t possible. Zeus and Hades'' armies and might were immense, and so was the power of Lucifer and the conventional Christian God¡­ and there was also the System Master infusing power into them as it seemed to be a support-type of will. Holding thest Noah, Zeus nced at him with his fiery yellow-gold eyes, releasing thunder everywhere. "It is over, Noah! Give it up! You were a mighty foe, but this is as far as you can go!" "You were a tough enemy, I give you that¡­" sighed the will representing the figure of a Norse God, Loki, who seemed oddly popr¡­ "Indeed, as Loki said, you were amendable foe. But now, it''s over!" said Thor. "Give up now and die with honor¡­" said Zeus. "Haha¡­ Hahahaha¡­! Hahahahaha! HAHAHAHAHA!" However, against all expectations¡­ Noah began tough like a maniac! "He''s really a sicko¡­" sighed the Christian God. "Kill it already, I don''t want to hear his horrendous voice anymore," said Aphrodite. "You fool¡­ughing like that won''t get you out of the situation you got yourself into!" said Loki. "After this is over we''ll use the power we drained from you and descend, so we can kill your real body and free our from your menace!" said Hades. But Noah continued tough¡­ "What''s so funny?!" roared Zeus, grasping Noah from his head with his enormous hands. "Hahah¡­ All of you are such idiots¡­ You talk so much, you ended buying me a lot of time!"ughed Noah. "Eh?!" The gods nced around but nothing happened¡­ "He''s bluffing! He got no more reinforcements, we assimted all the others," said Hades. "Just kill him!" said Lucifer. Zeus squinted his eyes as he began to press his hand over Noah''s head. "You''re stillughing even as I crush your head?!" roared Zeus, as Noahughed until his entire head was crushed like a watermelon falling off a cliff¡­ hisst clone was assimted. "It''s over¡­" sighed the Christian God. "At longst, we don''t have to bother anymore with that annoying being," said Lucifer. "Indeed, we can now rx for a bit until¡­" "Is that so? Do you really think that it would be over so soon?" Suddenly, the voice of Noah resonated through everyone''s ears! All the Gods nced with horror as the entire battlefield suddenly began to twist and change¡­ flesh started to transform everything, as gigantic crimson-red eyes and jaws emerged in the sky and the ground¡­ enormous fleshy tentacles started to grasp the gods and crush them one by one, as Zeus asked what was going on! "Hahah¡­! While you all fought against my clone, I became the God of all Humanity! Humanity now obeys my main body, and they pray to him as a god every day, for months! As you can see¡­ You are all merely a construct of their belief. If all belief suddenly shifts to my main body¡­ well, what do you think will happen?!" asked Noah. "N-No¡­ T-This can''t be¡­!" cried Zeus, as he realized¡­ the horrifying truth! After Noah converted every single human into a Vampiric Undead, they worshipped him as a Vampire God, and all their belief shifted to him and him alone! All the other wills of God weakened, and so, he was born from God by the beliefs of humanity¡­! He became God! "It''s over, Zeus!"ughed Noah, as he crushed Zeus and assimted him! "UNNNNGGRRRYYAAAAGGH¡­!" C R A A A A A A S S S H H H ! ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! M y W o r l d T r a v e l i n g S y s t e m: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by li ghtning while sleeping with his phone, w hich awakened his ability and the World Traveling Sy stem! D e m o n Q u e e n R e b i r t h: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a De mon Queen who lost everything, in t hest battle, her soul w as split in half and s he was reincarnated twice in her third life. E p i c o f C a t e r p i l l a r: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a for est infested with monsters! He w ill have to so mehow survive as a Caterpilr in t his world filled wit h cha os. E p i c o f I c e D r a g o n : Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System : The St ory of a young adult man who died buried in an avanche and was s uddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reinca rnating in a N orse mytho logy-inspired cultivation world as an Ic e Dragon wit h a System! E p i c o f S u m m o n e r: S u p r e m e S u m m o n e r S y s t e m i n t h e A p o c a l y p s e : The St ory of a young web novelist wh o is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! E p i c o f V a m p i r e D r a g o n : R e b o r n a s a V a m p i r e D r a g o n w i t h a S y s t e m: The Story of a boy born with strange and myster ious powers who was held ca ptive and u sed as a guinea pig through his entire life, unt il the day he died and suddenly re incarnated as a Vampire Drag on Chi mera in apletely differ ent wor ld, create d by an insane Elder Li ch that ims to b e his f ather ! Chapter 308 - A Conversation Between God And The Planet ----- Noah has be God in the most literal sense! After weeks of having taken over the world, humanity''s wishes, which were now all about worshipping and serving Noah, materialized into God. God was a divine being made from the over-umtion of mana from all the people that had worshiped a higher being than themselves since the birth of humanity. It had changed into many forms over the years, but there were certain figures that since they emerged, were never suppressed, such as Zeus, Hades, Loki, and more¡­ However, this changed this day, as Noah became the only God that every single person all around the Earth worshipped. The result? All the minds of God were suddenly suppressed as the strongest mind that had ever been born within it was born, and it quickly took over the entire body of this divine being, bing the sole mind of God, something that had never happened before in all of history! Devouring thest and most resilient one, Zeus, this new Noah assimted the entire God, and it gained the memories of Noah''s soul clone that had fused and assimted into God. This "Noah" was still not the real Noah, or it was Noah''s Soul Clone that was suppressed and assimted. This Noah was a new creation on his image and personality, or well, how his worshippers saw him. Which wasn''t so far from the real Noah. God Noah became a separate and new entity from Noah, but it was still Noah, and it became even more like the true Noah as it gained Noah''s Soul Clone memories and assimted them, fusing with the remnants of this soul clone, and bing whole once more. In a sense, it was as if he were a clone of Noah or a split of his mind. But even now, it was still not connected to him. He had to make the connection so Noah could share a part of its power! However, if it were to fuse with him, Noah could be even stronger. But¡­ that was impossible for now. The simple fact was that if he were to descend and fuse with Noah''s soul, God would cause a cataclysm due to its enormous divine soul size, and probably generate a second apocalypse. For now, it needed to probably create a soul connection with him and share some of its power with Noah, while also sending a message to it and inform him of everything¡­ But even doing that seemed hard. It could not try to intrude into Noah''s soul anymore as he had assimted and "hacked" his system cube, so God wasn''t able to reach his soul directly through the System anymore¡­ "Maybe creating a soul thread and slowly make it descend? It will take ages though¡­" However, a sudden force from the itself connected to him and spoke directly! "Ah¡­ Are you Noah?" it asked. "Eh?! You¡­ How do you know that? And you are¡­ wait, the?!" asked God. "Indeed! I am the''s will, nice to meet you, God- I mean, Noah¡­ Ah, well, you''re not the real Noah, so well, this is awkward¡­" sighed Earth. She seemed way casual than Noah had expected, but because he inherited the memories of the other minds, he quickly recalled from them that she was like this. "It is not awkward at all, this is me. And I am both god, and the Noah that people worship. Yet, I am not the real Noah, who I believe is my main self and body," said God. "I see¡­ Before it was very hard to speak with you because all your minds were messing around, some didn''t want to speak and others did, so it was always a mess that never got anywhere¡­ But now it seems possible to make some negotiations," said Earth. "Is that so?" asked God, as he browsed through more memories. "I see. So this is how it is. You''re the will of the, a separate entity from me, God. You are as strong as me? No, even stronger¡­ Yet you seem weak. The apocalypse did this? It did¡­ Hm. What negotiations?" asked God. "You''re still adapting, huh? One mind using all of that info will take some time to get used to the enormous divine soul body of God¡­ But yes, I want to negotiate. And what I want to negotiate is all about your main body. I want to reach up to him so we can speak¡­ I''ve decided to pick him as the guardian of the! And due to that, I really need your help. He hides inside a different space from one of his powers, which I cannot reach, so I want to use your connection to him to reach him and send him an oracle about me, so he can get out and speak to me," said Earth. "¡­What is the purpose of making the main body a guardian of the? Do you desire to use him as your puppet? I won''t let you," said God. "Ah¡­ No! Wait, I am not THAT evil¡­ He''s actually cleaning all the dungeons on the and that''s a bit of relief to me¡­ Mostly, I just wanted to thank him personally for what he has been doing, I really appreciate it¡­ And by making him a guardian, he could get more power to fight what might arrive soon¡­" said Earth. "The Watchers?" asked God. "Not only that, but all the things they''ll send to me before that¡­ I can sense it, through the proficiency I have with the Law of Fate, I can sense that mysterious and powerful entities are being sent here¡­ We must alert your main body and help him prepare against them¡­" said Earth. "¡­There are no lies within your words. Very well, let''s work together to speak to the main body," said God, as he and Earth began to work together for the first time in hundreds of years¡­ Meanwhile, it has been around five days since the defeat of Varus inside of Noah''s Divine Realm, and Noah was already preparing to go to Australia. ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! M y W o r l d T r a v e l i n g S y s t e m: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by li ghtning while sleeping with his phone, w hich awakened his ability and the World Traveling Sy stem! D e m o n Q u e e n R e b i r t h: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a De mon Queen who lost everything, in t hest battle, her soul w as split in half and s he was reincarnated twice in her third life. E p i c o f C a t e r p i l l a r: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a for est infested with monsters! He w ill have to so mehow survive as a Caterpilr in t his world filled wit h cha os. V a m p i r e O v e r l o r d S y s t e m i n t h e A p o c a l y p s e: The Story of a young and bullied man born in an apocalyptic world, who is given the chance to be a Vampire and dominate this world as he pleases with a malicious and scheming mind! E p i c o f I c e D r a g o n : Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System : The St ory of a young adult man who died buried in an avanche and was s uddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reinca rnating in a N orse mytho logy-inspired cultivation world as an Ic e Dragon wit h a System! E p i c o f S u m m o n e r: S u p r e m e S u m m o n e r S y s t e m i n t h e A p o c a l y p s e : The St ory of a young web novelist wh o is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! E p i c o f V a m p i r e D r a g o n : R e b o r n a s a V a m p i r e D r a g o n w i t h a S y s t e m: The Story of a boy born with strange and myster ious powers who was held ca ptive and u sed as a guinea pig through his entire life, unt il the day he died and suddenly re incarnated as a Vampire Drag on Chi mera in apletely differ ent wor ld, create d by an insane Elder Li ch that ims to b e his f ather ! Chapter 309 - Going To Australia ----- It has been five days inside of Noah''s Divine Realm, which has been around a day outside, perhaps, since he defeated Varus. Almost a week has passed, so he felt like it was enough of a break to go to Australia and get rid of the creatures there. He had nned to go to where the SSS-Rank Gate was, which had already been located and secured by the clones, alongside his main group except the pregnant girls, while leaving most of the rest of his Vampire Army to spread through the entire continent and clean all the dungeons and defeat all the monsters they could find too. Most of his squadron was made out of S-Rank and SS-Rank Hunters, with some of them already having reached the initial stage of SSS-Rank. And they were hundreds! The strongest and most talented hunters across the entire had been gathered here and were trained and enhanced to reach such powers all in unity, something that humanity would have never been able to achieve. Using this enormous army of vampiric undead, Noah had decided to use the recently built Blood Core-fueled Spaceships made by William to spread the entire army as far as he could, in a week or so, the entirety of Australia should be cleaned of Dungeons and Monsters. Alongside that, his clones had been recruiting and converting the tribes of Subhumans within Australia, and had also made a camp where the SSS-Rank Gate was, where the chief of the Subhuman Tribe that inhabit that ce is waiting for a meeting¡­ It seems that there were around one hundred thousand people in terms of subhuman tribes, so all of that people were being slowly assimted by Noah''s army and made into Vampiric Undead, so his worship power would grow bigger. Antarcticacked tribes, and it seemed to be mostly deste aside from Ice-type monsters and some dungeons spread around, which were already beingpleted. Noah wanted to spread his troops around the entire ocean, but the ocean was way too vast, so for now he decided to clean Antarctica and Australia, while he dives into the SSS-Rank Dungeon and fights whatever is there. Iris still hast given birth, but it seems that she might soon do so¡­ her belly had gotten a bit bigger now, and Noah could clearly notice that the twins are about to get out¡­ She was mostly resting inside the Divine Realm. But because he didn''t want to miss the time when she gave birth, Noah altered the time of the Divine Realm and made it so it goes slower than the outside world, one day inside is five days outside¡­ Of course, he hasn''t done it yet, he will do so whenever he gets out of the divine realm, and he will still leave a second body with Iris. Second Bodies or True Body Clones are different than independent clones. Independent Clones are made from Noah''s flesh and possess a separate soul from him, often being a split soul from his main soul, but True Body Clones or Second Bodies are another body identical to his which shares most of his abilities and his soul, so he has two bodies and one soul. These Second Bodies are not the best though, and cannotpare to the Main Body. Alongside this, the more he makes Second Bodies, the more his stats decrease, decreasing by the number of Second Bodies he has, which is usually 20% of his stats per Second Body. But even then, even with 20% fewer stats, Noah was still vastly strong, and he had the support of his massive army of Blood Servants which has continued to increase in size through all this time¡­ And even more, there were his servants and party members at his side, so everything should be good. The Dragon might be as strong as Varus, or perhaps even stronger, but Noah seemed to have faith in his own power, especially because he had reached X-Rank already. "Good luck!" said Iris, as she kissed Noah. "I am not even leaving you to know?" spoke Noah through both of his bodies. "I know, I know~ But what''s wrong with wishing good luck to my husband?" asked Iris with a cute smile. Noah smiled back at her as he hugged her. "I love you. I will be back right away, so don''t worry," said Noah. "Alright then! Well, we are in your divine realm, so it is like we are inside of your soul, right? I guess you''ll never leave¡­" chuckled Iris. "I told you I would never leave¡­" spoke Noah through his second body. "Uwah, this is a bit confusing¡­ Okay, okay, good luck!" said Iris, as Noah''s main body quickly flew away of his Divine Realm alongside the rest of the team, as giant high-tech spaceships began to fly outside of the divine realm and fly through the skies of Australia, flying around and spreading everywhere. Australia was way too big for Noah to use his clone to teleport every single person, although he hade here by teleportation though. He nced at the vast wilderness of the continent, the dry earth, therge forests, and more. The sky was clear blue, and there were no monsters around, but arge camp of Subhuman tribes gathered¡­ And well, in front of it, aside from the natural beauty, there was a giant crimson-red spiral, a Gate. Noah and his party flew down below as they reached the surface, the dry dirt, and walked towards the camp, where they were greeted by some of the Vampires put there¡­ Rodrigo and Lumis were put in here, the two seemed to be always sent everywhere to make camps and assess most of the gains, corpses, items, and more. However, aside from the two, there was a tall woman with a chocte-skinned body, beautiful muscles toned across her body, andrge and sharp¡­ kangaroo-like ears popping out of her head, alongside a gigantic kangaroo tail at her back¡­ she was covered in white tattoos of tribal aesthetic, and she wore leather clothes and feathers while holding a cane infused with a magic crystal¡­ "This must be¡­ the Tribe''s Chief?" asked Noah. ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! M y W o r l d T r a v e l i n g S y s t e m: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by li ghtning while sleeping with his phone, w hich awakened his ability and the World Traveling Sy stem! D e m o n Q u e e n R e b i r t h: I R e i n c a r n a t e d a s a L i v i n g A r m o r ?!: A Story about a De mon Queen who lost everything, in t hest battle, her soul w as split in half and s he was reincarnated twice in her third life. E p i c o f C a t e r p i l l a r: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a for est infested with monsters! He w ill have to so mehow survive as a Caterpilr in t his world filled wit h cha os. E p i c o f I c e D r a g o n : Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System : The St ory of a young adult man who died buried in an avanche and was s uddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reinca rnating in a N orse mytho logy-inspired cultivation world as an Ic e Dragon wit h a System! E p i c o f S u m m o n e r: S u p r e m e S u m m o n e r S y s t e m i n t h e A p o c a l y p s e : The St ory of a young web novelist wh o is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! E p i c o f V a m p i r e D r a g o n : R e b o r n a s a V a m p i r e D r a g o n w i t h a S y s t e m: The Story of a boy born with strange and myster ious powers who was held ca ptive and u sed as a guinea pig through his entire life, unt il the day he died and suddenly re incarnated as a Vampire Drag on Chi mera in apletely differ ent wor ld, create d by an insane Elder Li ch that ims to b e his f ather ! Chapter 310 - Submitting A Subhuman Warrior ----- The Kangaroo Subhuman Tribe Chief awaited Noah and his group alongside Rodrigo and Liam. Noah noticed that her level of power was probably upper S-Rank. Impressive. For people that didn''t even live in advanced societies such as the Sectors to grow this strong¡­ It seemed rather obvious as he had already investigated enough about Subhumans, but they were also able to absorb Cores, unlike it was falsely believed in human societies, where it was said that they could not. In fact¡­ Subhumans were more or less better humans in every way possible. They were humans that not only gained a gifted power after undergoing mutation, but they also gained a greater physique and more talent, gaining superhuman and beast-like strength, and even good magic affinity. The woman in here, Acathea, was an excellent magician. And no, not of Skills that resembled magic, but of true magic. Despite her intimidating appearance and her position, however, she was around 12 years of age. Pure Subhumans grew at an incredible speedpared to Humans, as they adapted better to these conditions, humans that took over 14 years to mature would easily die in the apocalypse if there were not societies and sectors. However, Subhumans all around the world had been proven to be able to be capable of walking at around two months of age. After 5 months, they can speak fluently and after 7 months, they mature¡­ Of course, this can even be shortened even more if they evolve and naturally age faster, simr to how it happened with Noah and his party after evolving. Of course, if they grew so fast, how was it that they didn''t take over the world already? Well, they only had mating seasons in-between years, so they could not mate regrly¡­ resources were scarce so they didn''t make too many children either, and monsters were dangerous, even more in the wild, so many children that had yet to learn how to fight or escape would easily get killed and eaten. Due to this, despite their fast growth, they had not taken over the world or something¡­ The woman in front of Noah, Acathea, wasparable to a peak S-Rank and was the strongest of her tribe, which included Rat-kin, Kangaroo-kin, and Bird-kin Subhumans. She was the oldest of the tribe as well¡­ Due to many reasons, the original subhumans, who used to be human, had mostly died after leaving offspring, which multiplied around the continent. After years of surviving and growing stronger by exploring gates and hunting and eating mutated beasts to strengthen herself, she gathered many small families or groups of subhumans and formed one of the biggest tribes in Australia. Former humans were non-existent here, sadly, they all had been wiped out as Australia was the ce where the miasma wave hit the hardest due to the position of the Earth at the moment of impact. ¡­It was as if a giant nuclear bomb hit the entire continent, so it was natural that they all died or were either mutated into mutated beasts or subhumans. There were also many forests filled with monstrous creatures, living forests, and more, which made it all the more terrifying¡­ But these people had somehow survived and got this far, Noah thought that they would make excellent soldiers and warriors. Ideal servants! Noah''s charm acted almost instantly in the woman, as she felt a bit paralyzed by it but quickly calmed herself again. "You''re Noah, right?" she asked. "That''s me. And you must be Acathea? Is it?" asked Noah. "Indeed. I agree to your offer if by converting my people into your race, they can survive this world and¡­ the end that you spoke about¡­ then go on, but- You must fight and win against me!" said Acathea. "Eh?" Everyone around Noah nced at her with disbelief. Is she stupid or something? Noah sighed. He knew how it was. The strong rule after all. If Noah wanted to convince her, he had to fight and show off his power. But his power was so overwhelming he created a gigantic cloud of darkness over him¡­ Yet¡­ she still wanted to fight. "Okay, let''s fight. I won''t kill you because I like your bravery, it ismendable," said Noah. "Good! Come at me with everything you got!" said Acathea, as she enhanced her entire body with several body-strengthening magic spells that surprised even Noah. Her aura suddenly began to ze with pure magic and fire attribute magic at that! Additionally, she activated some skills that formed an exoskeleton around her, as an armor of sorts¡­ "(Impressive, she''s amazing at magic and her skill set seems quite good as well¡­ A good addition to my servants¡­)" thought Noah. "Very well then. I said I won''t kill you, but that doesn''t mean I won''t crush the rest of your limbs for being so daring!" said Noah, rushing towards Acathea as she released a gigantic st of an infernal re right in front of him! CLAAAASH! Acathea smiled as she thought of her victory! No matter how scary his aura was, he couldn''t possibly survive being burned by her mes, which had even melted whole monsters alive! However¡­ sh! Noah waved his hands as the fire dissipated, he reached Acathea and punched her in the stomach. CLASH! "UAAGH¡­!" She vomited a mouthful of blood, as she fell over the ground. However, she quickly tried to fight back somehow, but Noah sat down over her back and raised her leg. "One leg¡­" CRASH! "GGRRYAARRGGH¡­!" He mercilessly took away one leg just like that, a river of blood began toe out of her horrifying wound¡­ "Another leg¡­" He quickly took away the other leg, as Acathea screamed in agony. "Left-arm¡­" CRASH! "Unnnnggrraaagggh¡­!" "And right arm¡­" CRASH! "NNnnggh¡­! Aaaaghhggh¡­!" Acathea was left in a simr way that Adamantine once was¡­ "You surrender?" asked Noah. "Hahhh¡­ hahhh¡­ Unngh¡­! Y¡­ Yes¡­" sighed Acathea. "Oh? You can resist the pain? Commendable! Be a Dhampir," said Noah, prating her neck with his fingernail as he injected his blood directly into her bloodstream! A few seconds afterward¡­ Acathea turned into a Dhampir, and her limbs grew back¡­ "Such¡­ amazing power¡­" she said, kneeling before Noah. And just like that, the issue was done with. ----- Chapter 311 - Discussion Before Entering The Gate ----- Acathea was defeated in the easiest of manners, her pridepletely stripped of her as each of her limbs was detached from her body. Noah might have a wife and two children that might be about to be born, but he had not be soft at all. He was still ruthless and rather sadistic sometimes. Teaching someone bold their ce was something he enjoyed rather thoroughly. After that, he converted her into a Dhampir by injecting his own blood through his fingernails into her bloodstream, and she slowly regenerated her limbs back. Noah asked her on her first mission to eat her own limbs and then to go gather with the rest of the subhumans. She nodded obediently, although he could tell within her eyes that she was terrified now¡­ What a way to break the spirit of someone¡­ But Noah knew that she wouldn''t be like this forever, she had a strong spirit, and that strong spirit would quickly reforge into a new and even stronger one. Using this strength, she might be a nice and fitting soldier for him. After that, Noah had a small meeting with Rodrigo and Lumis, where he and those of his group spoke about what was within the Gate and the history of these subhuman tribes and their corrtion to it. "You see, Master, it seems that the Subhumans here pray to a "Thunder God"¡­" said Rodrigo. "And this Thunder God is most likely the creature that emerges from the Gate and then goes back every 4 months, apparently," said Lumis. "A Thunder God¡­" said Noah. The Blood Servants of Varus and Vayu emerged at each side of his shoulders as small crimson-red phantoms. "My lord, it must be another of our siblings, Indra, the former Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder!" said Vayu. "Hm, I thought the same." Said Noah. "But wait¡­ Would it not make sense? Indra was imprisoned by Vritra when he separated in half and give birth to him!" said Varus. "You''re right¡­ Then how did Indra ended here? Wasn''t he imprisoned?" wondered Vayu. "Wait, could this imprisonment be this dungeon itself?!" asked Varus in surprise. "Hm, it is certainly a mystery. But we''ll have to find out when we get inside. No point in talking about theories," said Noah. The two Draconic Fathers nodded obediently at the words of their lord, as they decided to hide for now. Acathea hade back after eating her limbs, she seemed a bit moreposed this time. "We had been praying to the Thunder God for years. Whenever hees, storms form above the skies and wateres from them, raining and bringing the precious water that we oftenck for our daily lives and crops," said Acathea. It seemed that the Boss of this SSS-Rank Gate was harmless against these people, and they even saw them as a God that brought harvest through the rain it provoked by emerging. This was perhaps a very unique case, Noah had not seen such a thing before in his entire life, all the amount of information he had learned from all around the world, this was the first ce where people actually prayed to Bosses as if they were Gods¡­ Most of the time, they were seen as monsters and cmity bringers, but never as a good thing. "The strangest thing is that he has never attacked the locals¡­ so they also called him a guardian because his presence and storms scare away other weaker monsters. This ce is called a holynd due to this, the essence that the boss leaves in here is so strong that the monsters don''t approach as much," said Rodrigo. "Interesting¡­ Well, Vayu and Varus had not attacked humans either¡­ So maybe these Dragons are good-hearted?" wondered Chaos. "Well, I would have killed them whenever I had gotten out of the dungeon, but that only happened after I became your servant, my lord, and you said that I should not," said Vayu. "I would have killed humans if they were in front of me, but I emerged in an area without them. My children, however, devoured anything that emerged. And well, sometimes I also ate them," said Varus. Indeed, the Draconic Fathers were not good-hearted people, Varus nonchntly admitted that he did eat his children¡­ Perhaps Indra might have a reason behind protecting these people. Or perhaps he never realized they were here because they were like ants or bacteria to him. As we grow old, we begin to not care about what is below our feet, such as this, only children can see the ants below our feet have fun, but when we age, we forget about them and we never truly look for ants, we merely ignore them, knowing as a fact that they cannot affect us in any possible way¡­ Noah considered all these possibilities but already got bored of thinking something that would ultimately be useless in the end. "I don''t care. Let''s go kill him and get done with this," he said, surprising a bit everyone, but everyone then nodded, knowing that their boss liked to do things fast. "Right, I guess it doesn''t matter what he is and what he does, at the end, we will kill him and then he will be a blood servant. After that, we can get all the answers we want," said Arthur. "Indeed, there''s no point in wasting any other second, let''s go," said Noah. "My lord is as efficient as always!" said Clementina, with a fascinated expression. The group quickly walked towards the Gate as Rodrigo and Lumis, who were SSS-Rank, decided to remain outside to look for any monster that might rush outside. "Good luck, my lord!" said Rodrigo. "Get ''em!" said Lumis. Noah mostly ignored them as he was no child to be cheered like this. The only one he let to cheer him childly like this was his wife and perhaps his future children, but anyone else bothered him, so he ignored them. "Hahaha¡­ Is it my idea or is our lord colder today?" wondered Rodrigo. "I think it is because Lady Iris is soon to give birth, and he might be nervous¡­ He wants to hurry up with this so he can go back to her," said Lumis. "Right¡­" said Rodrigo, as he saw Noah and his group enter the Gate¡­ ----- Chapter 312 - Against Lightning Dragons 1 ----- Noah''s sight began to change and twist as space itself distorted at every second, crossing through a dungeon gate was a spectacle by itself, however, within his mind, he only wanted to get this done with, so he wasn''t particrly enjoying this sight, and quickly pushed forward, as a new world greeted him. TRUUM! CLASH! SPARK! The first thing Noah saw was an arid wastnd simr to Australia, but the sky was not clear blue, it waspletely covered by ck clouds raining and releasing thunderbolts everywhere. CLASH! SPARK! BOOOM! A sudden thunderbolt reached him in an instant, the burning and shing force of the natural phenomenon was of no issue for Noah, as he took it without even blinking and didn''t even mind it. The thunder barely burnt his skin which recovered so fast it seemed like he never took any damage. "A thunderbolt¡­ I had never received one but that wasn''t much¡­" he sighed. Everyone nced at him with a bit of surprise, but soon after, many thunderbolts began to fall over them. These attacks were not actual attacks, but naturally produced by the clouds¡­ nheless, everyone seemed near immune to them, as they started to speak while being bathed in electricity that could easily fry an S-Rank hunter alive "This is quite the electrifying experience," said Arthur. "I don''t know what to think, but this thunderbolt is most likely the nature of these clouds, right?" asked Clementina. "Yes, it seems to be the case, Clementina," said Jon, as he expanded his senses across several kilometers. After evolving, Jon Panoptic Vision evolved into Astral Vision, which had been proven to work before, letting him¡­ map an entire! Indeed, Jon''s vision had be so strong he was able to map the entire earth! And he easily memorized it as well, now, the moment he entered his ce, he mapped the entire and immense dungeon. He quickly detected that there was a giant army of monsters approaching from within the clouds, although they had yet to attack, as they were simply flying here at fast speeds. He easily detected that the ones attacking were the clouds themselves, which¡­ were also monsters! Jon hurriedly exined this to everyone through Noah''s Telepathic Network, as it was actually faster than speaking. "Monsters? The clouds?" "So it wasn''t a natural phenomenon!" said Arthur. "Indeed, the clouds are an immense monster, some kind of gas-like creature, it seems to be many unified together, and they are nesting a giant army of other monsters, resembling the wyverns we once fought inside of Vayu''s dungeon!" said Jon. "Great recon, Jon. Your powers are incredibly useful even now," said Noah, praising Jon as the youthful Dhampir blushed a bit. "Now¡­ let''s begin!" Noah quickly waved his arms as his cape moved away¡­ A sudden aura of pure crimson-red light emerged from him, as it expanded and began to shape like countless beasts of monstrous sizes and appearances, all roaring monstrously and like berserkers! "GO!" FLAASH! However, this wasn''t Noah''s aura, no, this was the mass of Blood Servants he usually saved within his shadows through the Shadow Storage Spell, an advanced Darkness Magic Spell that Noah had learned from reading grimoires that he found as he traveled across the world and found magus inheritances from the middle ages. Amongst them, there were a lot of books about all types of elemental spells. Using his vast memory and amazing magic talent, Noah quickly learned most of the Spells fitting for his affinity, and amongst them, Darkness Magic had the pathway to learn Shadow Magic, which came with several amazing spells, such as Shadow Storage, which allowed Noah to create a pocket dimension within his very shadow and store arge number of things inside, although it drained immense quantities of mana the more he stored, he had near-endless mana now that he could get it from all the bloodline soul connections he had with the entirety of humanity! "RROOOAAARRRRR!" The immense monsters made of blood soul and other fleshy materials that Noah had mixed in since thest time he upgraded his legion of blood servants rushed towards the skies, as they were quickly showered with constant thunderbolts! BOOM! CLAASH! SPAARK! The Blood Servant Legion started to explode into pieces as the thunderbolt became more intense, but they continued to regenerate endless thanks to Noah''s mana. Now, Noah''s mana was the same quantity as the entirety of his servants, which were all of humanity¡­ this meant trillions after trillions of mana constantly being infused into his soul! The Blood Legion was able to regenerate endlessly, as they continued to rush through the thunder and became an enormous army made of blood and phantom, raising their weapons, ws, and deadly fangs, as the giant legion was led by the Sin Knights and the two giant Draconic Fathers! Suddenly, from within the thunderous clouds, an enormous army of hundreds of wyverns emerged, they had yellow and purple scales, and long, snake-likeplexions, but also had long wyvern-like wings in their front limbs. The creatures resembled a fusion between eastern dragons and wyverns! Their entire bodies shined with either golden scales or purple scales, and they also had several crystals of thunder-enhancing properties incrusted over their bodies. The draconic creatures, which were named Thunderstorm Snake Wyverns rushed towards Noah''s Blood Army as both shed against one another in a spectacr scene! CLAAAAASH! "RROOOOAAARRRR!" "GUUUUOOHH!" The Wyverns roared as the Blood Servants groaned, the two armies quickly began to ughter one another! The thunder of the wyverns was powerful, easily killing dozens of blood servants at once and making it seem as if they were quickly pulling through their ranks! However¡­! WHOOM! All the Blood Servants began to revive themselves, forming once more from the blood pieces they left behind, and swarming the wyverns viciously, one by one! The strongest Blood Servants were the giant Draconic Fathers, Varus, and Vayu, who rushed in the frontlines and began to devour and ughter wyverns from left and right, while also converting the corpses into more soldiers for this never-ending army! This was pure insanity! ----- Please make sure to check out my other novels, I am sure that you will like them! M y W o r l d T r a v e l i n g S y s t e m: The Harbinger of Death: A Story about a young man who is suddenly struck by li ghtning while sleeping with his phone, w hich awakened his ability and the World Traveling Sy stem! D e m o n Q u e e n R e b i r t h: I Reincarnated as a Living Armor?!: A Story about a De mon Queen who lost everything, in t hest battle, her soul w as split in half and s he was reincarnated twice in her third life. E p i c o f C a t e r p i l l a r: A Story about a mysterious man who died of a fever and reincarnated as a Caterpir in the middle of a for est infested with monsters! He w ill have to so mehow survive as a Caterpilr in t his world filled wit h cha os. V a m p i r e O v e r l o r d S y s t e m i n t h e A p o c a l y p s e: The Story of a young and bullied man born in an apocalyptic world, who is given the chance to be a Vampire and dominate this world as he pleases with a malicious and scheming mind! E p i c o f I c e D r a g o n : Reborn as an Ice Dragon with a System : The St ory of a young adult man who died buried in an avanche and was s uddenly given wishes based on hisst desires, suddenly reinca rnating in a N orse mytho logy-inspired cultivation world as an Ic e Dragon wit h a System! E p i c o f S u m m o n e r: S u p r e m e S u m m o n e r S y s t e m i n t h e A p o c a l y p s e : The St ory of a young web novelist wh o is suddenly thrown into an interdimensional apocalypse but given a powerful System that lets him summon his novel characters to aid him! E p i c o f V a m p i r e D r a g o n : R e b o r n a s a V a m p i r e D r a g o n w i t h a S y s t e m: The Story of a boy born with strange and myster ious powers who was held ca ptive and u sed as a guinea pig through his entire life, unt il the day he died and suddenly re incarnated as a Vampire Drag on Chi mera in apletely differ ent wor ld, create d by an insane Elder Li ch that ims to b e his f ather ! Chapter 313 - Against Lightning Dragons 2 ----- CLAAASH! The army of Thunder Wyverns and the Blood Servants shed against each other in a loud crashing sound, the blood and thunder impacted each other, forming explosions where a lot of blood mist was spread around. The army of blood servants was being destroyed quite easily, but after they started regenerating over and over again, they quickly started to swarm over each individual wyvern, crushing their entire bodies, or tearing thempletely apart! And with every dead wyvern, a new one rose from its blood and joined the Blood Legion, a never-ending and never-tiring Legion of soldiers made of blood! Noah nced at the spectacle with a pleasing smile, his army was furiously rushing through the skies without stopping, devastating the monsters without problems! However, he quickly sent the rest of his group to assist them, as two more armies of wyverns emerged from the sides, trying to do a pincer attack against the blood army! Arthur, Clementina, Jon, and the trio of robots rushed towards the skies, unleashing their powerful Skills, Magic, and Soul-Beast Forms, materializing them, and shing against hundreds of wyverns! BOOM! CLASH! CRASH! As Noah let everyone kill the small fry, he nced at the skies. The thunder was trembling with thunder, sparking sounds chargingrge amounts of electricity, about to unleash it all over the army of blood! "Clouds that are monsters, huh?" Noah enhanced himself with his aura as he flew into the skies, quickly shapeshifting into a giant chimera dragon with the appearances of Vayu, Varus, and that of his monstrous blood dragon form, coated by severalyers of an exoskeleton, scales, and barriers of magic! His entire body shed with powerful elemental radiance. TRUUUUUUM!!! The skies roared, as they noticed Noah''s enormous presence, he unleashed all the elements he knew and the magic he had learned, Blood, Darkness, Wind, and Water Magic,bining them all into a gigantic chaotic turmoil, an enormous beam ofbined elements emerged from Noah''s very hands as several magic circles unleashed this power andbined it together into the gigantic elemental beams that Noah used! BOOOOOMMM!!! The elemental st reached the clouds as they passed right through it, barely receiving any damage! TRUUUM! The clouds seemed tough at Noah... "I see, so because it is gaseous, I cannot truly damage it¡­ Not even with that? But if it is a living being and clouds¡­ then pure wind might do it!" said Noah, as he conjured many magic circles around him, and the winds of his dragon heart emerged! Noah decided to instead of concentrating his power into a powerful beam, unleash a strong storm of winds that could shake the clouds! However, he also added his soul to the mix, fusing it with the winds to create powerful phantasmal winds! FLAAAASH! A storm of emerald winds rushed towards the sky, as it began to spread around the entire ck clouds, shaking them and slowly¡­ disintegrating them! TRUUUM! A sudden rain of thunderbolts began to fall over Noah, as he rushed towards the clouds and began to attack them! "GGRROOOARRR!" However, a sudden roar surprised him¡­ it came from the clouds themselves! "What? This¡­!" Noah nced as arge mass of clouds suddenly shapeshifted into a giant draconic w, rushing towards him! It almost had the same size as the ws that Varus had when he fought against him! Noah readied himself for the impact as he generated severalyered barriers and reinforced his body to its limits! CLAAAAAASH! The gigantic w pushed him downwards as thunderbolts came out of the impact, shaking the entire sky and producing ear-piercing sounds! Noah resisted the attack as he realized that the entire sky- No, all the clouds themselves were¡­ Indra himself! Yes, somehow, the powerful Draconic Father of Thunder was capable of shapeshifting his body into an enormous mass of thunderstorm clouds, which he could freely divide around to fight! It was even more ridiculous than Varus power over wind or Varus power over water. It seems that Indra had reached an even higher mastery over the elements, giving him the power to shapeshift into them! This faintly reminded Noah of Iris, who was also able to shapeshift into her Phantom Element and freely divide or cut her body apart. Although he had not seen her doing this in a few months as she got pregnant and couldn''t risk taking much damage anymore. "So, you found me out! So what?!" roared the clouds, as its voice epassed almost the entire dungeon! Jon fought against the army of wyverns as he nced at the spectacle behold, his face filled with surprise, he had not fully detected in time that these "monster clouds" were in fact Indra himself! CLAAASH! CLAAASH! CLAAASH! Indra used the powerful shapeshifting ability he possessed to crush Noah with it, reaching Noah in an instant as he epassed all of the skies! He easily shapeshifted a mass of clouds into a giant w and hit Noah with it, quickly shapeshifting the ws back to clouds and then surprising him again with a breath attack from below! CLAASH! BOOM! TRUUUM! Noah gritted his teeth as he was being¡­ actually surprised! "Amazing, so there is still someone that can contend against me in SSS-Rank! Excellent!" heughed, surprising the Draconic Father, who expected him to despair! FLAAASH! Noah suddenly began to expand his body into a giant mass of flesh, extending over a kilometer! "EH?! W-What are you?!" roared Indra, as he began to hit Noah''s entire body with thunderbolts and his shapeshifted ws, even breath attacks, takingrge chunks out of Noah! However, Noah continued to expand as gigantic eyes emerged all around his flesh body, alongside enormous jaws with gigantic tongues, an enormous aura of magic began to be exuded of his entire body, as he started to gather gigantic amounts of wind all around himself! Suddenly, all across his flesh body, which was reaching its limits of how long it could extend, dozens of enormous jaws opened, releasing a gigantic typhoon of emerald winds, flowing towards the entire body of Indra! FLAAAAAAASSHHH! "UUNGH?! A TYPHON?! UAAGGH¡­!" ----- Chapter 314 - Against Lightning Dragons 3 ----- Noah surprised Indra! He suddenly shapeshifted into an enormous mass of flesh so he could easily tank all the hits Indra was showering him with, while he began to gather wind magic within his entire body! Afterward, he decided to create a cataclysmic attack, by using all the grotesque jaws spread across his fleshy body, Noah exuded an enormous typhoon of winds through it, blowing off Indra''s cloud body! FLAAAAASH! The winds continued to rush through Indra''s immense body, surprising the draconic father! His powerful ability let him shapeshift his entire body into an enormous mass of thunderstorm clouds, which he used to cross his world in the past. When he suffered a sudden split of his entire being after failing to utilize a special technique he had learned, Vritra, an evil counterpart of himself emerged, and caged him, using his powers to bring forth the Undead into the world where they lived. Or well, into therge continent where most mortals lived! After that, Indra was sealed by Vritra, and his future looked grim¡­ However, out of nowhere, he was suddenly trapped elsewhere, in a different space¡­ After that, Vritra was incapable of using his powers or absorb his energy, but he was trapped for years¡­ Until finally, the strange chains of this world broke apart and Indra was capable of moving once more! The first thing he did was to explore the outside world, rushing into the gates and exploring earth, however, as he got out, he realized how weak he had be, and ended hunting beasts and devouring them to cultivate back to his peak. However, this was not enough. He remembered, suddenly, that in his previous world he had used mortals to gain worship and energy through it. He merely decided to use this method and helped the tiny ants beneath his feet so they could pray to him instead, rushing inside his gate and emerging to hunt every few months. Like this, after several years, he had slowly begun to gain more power, more than he would have imagined! With this, he slowly started to reach the peak once more. Until this happened! An invasion from outside! He rushed and used his army of wyverns to kill them, but they had their own army of blood monsters, crushing his own army in the process while making their army stronger through making his army''s corpses into more soldiers for their undying army¡­ This happened in merely a few minutes, and now, he was fighting against a strange abomination, he was a human-like being, yet he was also a dragon?! And even worse, he was able to shapeshift into weird things such as Indra with his Thundercloud Shapeshifting Technique! Now, this "being", Noah, began to unleash such a powerful wind attribute magic it resembled that of his brother, Vayu! "T-This is Vayu''s wind?!" he roared, realizing the powering from Noah''s Dragon Heart. He began to feel as the winds started to dissipate his cloud body! Alongside bing almost intangible to physical damage, Indra also acquired such a weakness, if his clouds dissipated, his main and real body would also take great damage from it¡­ if he lost too much of his own body, he might even end up dying! Indra quickly gathered his clouds before he was to die dissipated into the air, and shapeshifted back into a dragon! FLASH! Noah nced with excitement as Indra finally came back, he almost had the same size as Varus if not a few meters less¡­ "You monstrous being, how did you acquire that powerful Wind?!" roared Indra, as Noahughed maniacally. "In simple terms, I ate your brother!"ughed Noah, as he rushed towards Indra and shapeshifted his entire mass of flesh body into a giant spear, coating it into scales and exoskeleton through hundreds ofyers, and rushing towards Indra! "Nnngh?!" CLAAAASH! Now that Excalibur was gone, Noah didn''t particrly care, he could easily convert himself into a weapon anyways! Indra groaned as he gritted his teeth, the powerful piercing attack of Noah''s spear-shaped body made his entire body tremble due to the shockwaves. Indra roared back at Noah as Noah shapeshifted once more, taking the form of the giant dragon once more, which was also while using the Ancient Scion Transformation, which enhanced his power to new and ridiculous levels! His fists emerged as they shed against Indra''s face! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH! "UNNGRAAGGH¡­! Y-You dare punch a Draconic Father?!" roared Indra, as he vomited a mouthful of blood and quickly leaped over Noah, shapeshifting his arms into clouds and covering Noah''s body with clouds, unleashing a storm of thunderbolt over him! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "Nnngh¡­! GRAAAH!" Noah roared like a monstrous dragon, as he shapeshifted his body into an enormous w and shed Indra''s entire body! SLAAASH! "UNNGGH?!" Noah, however, quickly shapeshifted back into the enormous humanoid dragon form and generated several arms, raining Indra''s entire body with punches, as he charged the power of his Exceed Arts! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Indra tried to turn back into clouds to defend himself, but every time he did, Noah unleashed powerful winds from his jaws, intimidating him! After all, if Indra were to lose too much mass as clouds, he would lose flesh as well, generating wounds whenever he went back into his dragon form. "ROOOOAARR!" Indra roared monstrously as he unleashed several techniques and magic spells consecutively, showing off his enormous thunderous soul to Noah, which shined brightly with the yellow-gold thunder! His soul quickly shapeshifted into giant ws as well and even resembled a monstrous coiled dragon. Indra used his own body to defend and fight back against Noah, as the powerful blows he unleashed were too much for the old draconic father, it seemed! "Oho?! Good, you''re finally going serious!" roared Noah, as he unleashed his soul as well, the power of two dragons emerged from it, alongside his own monstrous soul as well, however, Indra''s soul, although small, still fought bravely against the monstrosity that Noah''s soul was! "You monster! You killed two of my siblings?!" CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! BOOM! Their blows created explosions that shook the entire sky, it was as if the entire dungeon was about to fall apart at any moment! ----- Chapter 315 - Against Lightning Dragons 4 ----- BOOOM! CLAASH! CLAAASH! TRUUUM! Thundering sounds resonated through the skies of the dungeon as Noah quickly flew towards the clouds, which were Indra himself! He had just gotten inside the Dungeon, and he already began to fight the big boss, what a speedrunner! Noah''s shapeshifting way of fighting quickly overwhelmed Indra, as he felt like his strength faltered with each blow that Noah unleashed over him, this was because Noah was constantly casting curses over his entire being, although the dragon was so powerful he quickly healed from them¡­ However, because Noah did this constantly by coating himself on his own blood, which he had cursed beforehand, it was possible for him to constantly stack curses over Indra, even if they were healed after a bit, they would easily be cast over him again! Additionally, Noah was also poisoning him, although it seemed to not have as much of an effect, as Noah stockpiled the cursed blood with the poison blood, he was slowly being able to overwhelm Indra with several negative status effects that healed themselves only to appear again! Noah was really ying nasty here, but who cares about that?! What he cared the most was a victory, and ying nasty to Noah was actually going all out, he was being honorable on his dishonor! This was, after all, Noah''s strength, no matter what others could say, no matter what a self-righteous dragon could say! "Y-Youuu! What kind of grotesque abomination are you?! You can shapeshift into such monstrosities, and even have the bloodline of my siblings within you! Even more, you constantly conjure poison and curses over me, thinking that¡­ there can be anything they can do to a True Elder Dragon such as me! RROOOAAARRR!" Indra roared as he spoke out loud, trying to fuel himself with more resolve while pretending to not feel intimidated by Noah''s immense repertoire of powers and abilities! His electricity rushed out of his body like storming vortexes of ck clouds and thunder, shing against Noah''s entire body as he began to be torn apart! However¡­! "You may be strong¡­ But your siblings were also pretty strong, Indra!"ughed Noah, as he used the power of Varus and Vayu within his soul and dragon heart, releasing his own vortexes of water and winds towards Indra, shing against his own vortexes of clouds and thunder into a constant explosion! BOOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOOM! TRUUUM! Suddenly, the entire sky was once more shook by the sudden explosion of such powerful elemental attacks! "Nnngh¡­! The power of Varus and Vayu¡­ As he mastered them already?! And even more, he''s incredibly good at using Magic! What kind of genius is he?!" thought Indra, as he gritted his teeth and suddenly transformed into a mass of ck clouds, rushing down below! FLAAAASH! "Hm? Running away?!" roared Noah, following him from behind! "I won''t let you get away with this! If you killed my siblings, then I will kill yourrades! An eye for an eye, you bastard!" roared Indra, already assuming the worst, which was the urate truth! Noah had indeed killed his siblings and even ate their bodies and enved their souls into brainwashed and loyal servants! Such a malicious monster, he really was the worst! "Do you think I will let you get away?!" Noah quickly shapeshifted once more into his Spear-shaped form, resembling a gigantic grotesque spear made of flesh and coated in severalyers of metallic scales and exoskeleton, rushing towards Indra, and then releasing a storm of winds over him! FLAAAAAASH! "UUNNGH¡­!" Indra was caught off guard as he was trying to fly away, thinking that he could be faster than Noah due to Noah''s immense mass and body size, but he was absolutely wrong! TRUUUUM! Another tremor of shockwaves happened across the skies as Indra''s thundercloud form was shaken, he forcefully went back to his dragon form and rushed back to Noah with all of his might! FLAAASH! "Alright you son of a bitch!" he roared, sounding like a nasty-mouthed brat. "Hah! Come at me!"ughed Noah, as he shapeshifted into a giant dragon the same size as Indra if not a bit bigger, shing against him as both of them started to wrestle! Dragon wrestling! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAAAASH! "OOOORRRRAAAAAA!" "RRROOOAARRR!" Noah continued to umte momentum and exceed power through his blows, slowly getting to prate Indra''s defenses and also enhance his damage output, the power of his Path Jewels was really kicking out to their max! TRUUUUMMM! Suddenly, Noah felt it as he smiled maliciously, the power within him was overflowing, this was enough! Noah quicklybined several Skills and Abilities together, as a gigantic draconic head emerged in the middle of his chest, opening wide as arge amount of crimson-red energy was umted within it! "W-What is that? A breath attack?!" Indra quickly charged his thunderous aura of electricity around his body, charging his power within his throat and unleashing a powerful breath attack against Noah! However, Noah also released his breath attack, which contained within the power of Vampiric st, the ultimatebo finisher of Exceed Arts! FLAAASH! FLAAASH! CLAAAASH! Both beams of enormous potency shed against each other, causing a thundering explosion of shockwaves that made the entire world tremble! TRUUUM! The shockwaves were so loud that the sky seemed to be trembling, it was as if the power of such a fight was so strong it was distorting the spatial walls that made up the dungeon! "Unnngghh¡­! I am not going to lose against youuuuu! OOOORRRRRAAAA!" roared Indra, as he charged all of his power, Noah nced with fascination as Indra''s Dragon Heart activated to its limits, overflowing the Elder Dragon with the enormous power of Thunder! Meanwhile, Noah charged his Vampiric Dragon st Breath with his soul, filling it with the near-endless Mana he had from all those connected to him through Bloodline Soul! Iris and the rest of the members within his Divine Realm connected their souls to him, as his power began to overflow from his body like an ocean of ethereal brilliance! Both breath beams were on a stalemate! However¡­! ----- Chapter 316 - Against Lightning Dragons 5 ----- CLAAASH! The two powerful beams shed against each other in a fric scene! The powerful shockwaves released from both beams shed against the space walls of the dungeon itself, the entire world was trembling as the battle between a Dragon and a Vampire ensued! A beam of bright yellow-gold thunder and crimson-red energy began to overwhelm one another, each party knowing that if they were tond a hit, they could achieve a win bypletely obliterating their foe! However, through such means, both seemed to be in a stalemate! Their power was immense, and each other was doing their best! Within both of their minds and hearts, they couldn''t help but feel¡­ excitement! How wondrous! Could this be¡­? Have they been having fun fighting? Indra who had been caged his entire life by his malicious twin Vritra had finally been given a fitting challenge¡­ a fitting challenge that was such a wondrous fight for supremacy such as this one! Could it truly be this? Could he truly be having fun at longst? A fitting opponent, a bastard that killed both of his siblings¡­ yet such power! He was really like a true rival that could fight against the might of his power¡­ Something that he had never experienced since a long time since he arrived in this world where everyone else was a mere ant¡­! "Tell me your name!" roared Indra. Noah unleashed his soul power as he smiled with his draconic teeth. "My name? Noah!" said Noah, as Indra smiled. "My name is Indra! You were fitting foe, Noah! But this is as far as you go! Now, die! RROOOOAAAARRRR!" TRUUUUUUM! The entirety of Indra''s Dragon Heart began to pulsate with enormous quantities of Mana and Draconic Essence, the powerful energy that Dragons harbored within their Dragon Hearts at higher Levels! With such power, Indra unleashed the true power of his dragon heart and his soul, fusing it with his breath attack as a gigantic dragon-like specter roared! The entire beam became an enormous roaring dragon made of thunder, as Noah''s eyes opened wide in fascination and surprise! The gigantic dragon made of thunder began to consume Noah''s Vampiric Dragon Breath st, rushing towards him and devouring him! "Nnnngghh¡­! Splendid¡­!" BOOOOOOMMM!!! Indra closed his jaws as he saw Noah''s entire body disintegrate, it was over. "Varus, Vayu, you''ve been avenged¡­" he sighed. He had not seen the two in blood servant forms, or more like he had not noticed they were them, as¡­ well, they were made of blood. Indra quickly nced down below as he began to think. "It was a fitting challenge, my entire body is tattered with wounds, many of my internal organs busted and most of my bones are broken¡­ Even more, I''ve exhausted my soul and my dragon heart¡­ It will take some time to heal, I should go take a nap after taking care of thesest things¡­" said Indra, he was a man that often spoke his thoughts out loud. "Hm? Is that it?" Suddenly, Indra was paralyzed. A voice! That¡­ was¡­ Noah''s voice! What? How?! "Y-You?!" Indra suddenly realized that Noah''s voice resonated behind him, as he quickly moved his body and found his humanoid form! He was¡­ right there! "It seems that you''ve disappointed me, Indra. After that all-out attack, you''ve already given up?" asked Noah, with an expressionless face. "Y-You¡­ HOW?!" asked Indra, as he suddenly vomited blood, most of his internal organs were destroyed, but even then, as an Elder Dragon, he was able to survive that and heal them back after some rest. "You''ve defeated but only a part of me, Indra!"ughed Noah, as Indra suddenly saw several ant-sized pieces of flesh that were floating around transform into exact copies of Noah! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Noah began tough as Indra despaired! This was¡­ impossible! "How was he able to do this? I was sure to have destroyed him there¡­ yet¡­ he had more bodies? Does he have the power to clone himself? Such a terrifying power¡­!" thought Indra, as he began to panic! Noah had easily done this. He had merely used a "main body" to fight, weaken Indra, and die to his strongest attack, so his weaker bodies coulde here and pick him now that he had weakened. Of course, the main body had higher stats, and such stats won''t be easily recovered with weaker bodies that were partially weaker, but that still shared his soul. This was¡­ as if Noah had multiple lives. "Just¡­ What kind of undying bastard are you?!" asked Indra, as his aura began toe out of his body, but quickly dissipated¡­ He was already way too weakened! "I am a busy one, my wife is about to give birth, so let''s get this done with!"ughed Noah, as all of his lesser bodies, began to merge together, forming the main one once more into a disy of flesh sticking to flesh and merging together! "T-This¡­!" groaned Indra, as he felt that Noah''s power had barely diminished through the entire fight! What kind of monster was he?! "I won''t fall without fighting! OOORRRRAAAA!" FLAAAAAASH! Indra roared onest time as he forcefully coated himself in thunder and rushed towards Noah with all he had! "Hmph. I like that attitude, you will be a fitting servant, Indra!"ughed Noah, as he activated several skills and transformed into a gigantic, armored dragon, rushing towards Indra! CLAAAAASH! "UNNGGRRRAAAAAAAGGH¡­!" Indra groaned in agony as Noah''s ws¡­ prated his chest and grasped his heart! "Unnngh¡­!" "It''s my victory!" CLASH! Noah crushed Indra''s heart as the essence of the dragon rushed into his entire being, strengthening him! Indra agonized for a few seconds, before dying, his head resting over Noah''s shoulders. "Heh, don''t worry, my friend, you''reing right back," he said, as he grabbed Indra''s soul and infused it with blood and a piece of his soul! FLAAASH! And then¡­ Indra was reborn! An enormous thunder dragon made of blood and phantom suddenly emerged out of thin air, ring at Noah¡­ "I am¡­ not dead?!" he asked in surprise. "Of course you are, but even after death, I can keep you as a servant,"ughed Noah. ----- Chapter 317 - Dungeon Clear ----- Indra was quickly "brought back to life" through the power of Noah, bing a Blood Soul Servant of excellent quality and power! His enormous body was remade as he absorbed arge amount of his original body''s blood, but Noah didn''t want the meat to get too dry, so he only let it absorb a part of it, the rest was Noah''s own blood and a few pieces of his soul, forming the new and reborn Indra. "Eh? What¡­ happened?" asked Indra. "You died," said Noah, as he quickly grabbed Indra''s corpse and threw it inside of his Divine Realm. "I¡­ Eeeh?" Indra seemed very confused, but Noah decided to ignore him, as he told Varus and Vayu to exin things to him. "Indra! So you''ve finally joined us!" "Nice to see you." "Huh? Wait¡­ Varus?! Vayu?!" The three dragons had an emotive meeting, but Noah didn''t care either. He quickly flew down as he found his party waiting for him over a pile of hundreds of wyvern corpses. "We are done here then?" asked Arthur. "Indeed, let''s quickly get out of here, the dungeon is beginning to fall apart," said Noah, as he noticed that the spatial walls of the dungeon started to tremble and crack. He quickly saved every corpse and dropped the item there was, and then rushed outside. The outside world greeted Noah and the rest, as the blue sky and the bright sun outside seemed to have a big contrast with the dark skies inside the dungeon¡­ "Phew, we are done¡­" sighed Sakura in relief. "It was quite an easy job, although Master took care of the hardest monster," said Noire. "Well, that''s what he likes to do, he likes to solo them," said Sugar. Rodrigo and Liam greeted Noah and the rest outside of the dungeon, as they saw the giant SSS-Rank Dungeon falling apart and disappearing¡­ It was done. Thest SSS-Rank Dungeon Gate of the world was destroyed! And in¡­ "Eh? That was just¡­ ten minutes?" asked Liam in disbelief. "Well, it was fun while itsted," said Noah. "R-Right¡­" said Rodrigo. The two knew very well of their master''s power, so they were aware that Noah could quite easily destroy an entire dungeon in such a short amount of time if he really put the effort into it¡­ After this, Acathea was left speechless as the gate of the "god" they praised so much disappeared, and that she saw the god in person right there, floating over Noah after just ten minutes of entering the dungeon. "W-What¡­ Y-You''re¡­" she muttered. "Hm? Who are you?" asked Indra. "I-I¡­ I am¡­ A-Acathea¡­" she said. "So? Why should I care?" asked Indra. "Is¡­ Are you the dragon thates out every few months?" asked Acathea. "¡­Ah, yes. I used to be. Now I am bound for eternity with Noah-sama¡­ Are you one of the little things that used to pray to me? Well, thank you for the help, but now I would appreciate it if you and your group were to pray to Noah-sama from now on. Get it?" asked Indra. "¡­Y-Yes¡­" sighed Acathea, her expectations were broken down way too horribly¡­ "Stop wasting time talking," said Noah, as Indra noticed Noah''s anger. "S-Sorry master!" he cried, flying at the side of Noah as the whole group teleported back to Sector D, which was their "main base" and then everyone went inside of Noah''s Divine Realm, including him. He deposited the entire space within the spatialyers and went inside his Divine Realm¡­ He quickly rushed into his castle as he greeted Iris once more, fusing back with the body he left there. "Good work!" she said cutely. "Is iting?" asked Noah. "N-No, maybe one or two more days, I think¡­ Calm down for once!" sighed Iris. "Despite being the mother you''re the calmest¡­ But how do you want me to calm down?" sighed Noah. "Sigh¡­ Well, let''s go outside, I want some fresh air, we can eat dragon. Did you killed it?" asked Iris. "Ah, that. Well yeah, it was a fine challenge, nothing too much. Although¡­ Maybe it will grant me some interesting abilities," said Noah. "Ooh! I want a few steaks, the babies love dragon after all," said Iris. "Alright, let''s go," said Noah, as he carried Iris with a floating throne made of blood, he didn''t let her walk with such a big belly anymore. After the dungeon clear there was a fitting feast, the other pregnant girls, Adamantine, and Timassa quickly joined the rest of the group and greeted their husbands, after that, the chefs, maids, and butlers quickly started to cook the meat and prepare several other side dishes, there was also a fine wine brought here. Of course, Iris had not been drinking wine since Noah knew she got pregnant, so only fresh blood for her¡­ The steaks of Indra''s flesh were juicy and meaty, and the meat was tough at first, but when grilled, it really got tender to the point of easily tearing down inside the mouth, everyone enjoyed the meals thoroughly. Aside from that, there wererge piles of items, which Noah left to be assorted by other servants and sent to the treasury, the rest of the party would be able to go look for anything they wanted there afterward. Noah also ate several of the wyverns first, mostly raw, as he expanded giant jaws out of his body and devoured them one after another. After the number 32, he got some skills. But he did notice that it became quite hard. [You learned the following Skills] [Thunder Wyvern Electric Scales Creation (S)] [Thunder Wyvern Explosive Electric Breath (S)] ¡­ "Only two Skills¡­ Well, there are no more SSS-Rank Monsters, so I won''t be able to get as many Skills. Well, we shall go to the new gate soon, so there will be new Skills there," thought Noah. Noah then moved to eat more of Indra''s body, from his scales, bones, eyes, ws, fangs, and more, his corpse was just a bit smaller than Varus, so there was enough meat for weeks or even months¡­ ----- Chapter 318 - Great Gains! ----- Noah continued to eat more of Indra''s corpse, after a while, when the many preparations were done, and he enjoyed some more time with everyone and Iris. Iris was eating as if she had a bottomless stomach, thanks to the kids that asked for a lot of nutrition, she was able to eat way more than her entire body size¡­ But she didn''t have such a strange body as Noah, so this was hard to believe sometimes. Nheless, she was eating without stopping, and the more of this nutritious dragon meat she ate, the stronger she felt and the more energy she could give to the children. Meanwhile, Noah nced at the next meal, a gigantic yellow-gold crystal, this was Indra''s Dragon Heart. What Noah had destroyed and eaten before was his normal heart. A Dragon Heart and the normal heart were positioned near one another but were different things within a dragon''s physiology. Now, this enormous crystal contained an enormous quantity of energy and essence, which Noah was dying to devour, where he would get most of Indra''s power. Of course, he decided to share a piece with Iris so the children could grow stronger as well, as he had done the same before with Varus''s heart. After that, he gobbled the rest of the thing on his own and quickly felt the power of Indra flowing through his entire body. FLASH! Noah nced at his hands as he felt his power skyrocket. Although arge part of his main body was decimated, as long as he held many other separated parts, he was able to reconstruct himself again, and through his soul, system, and skills, and abilities, he was able to regain all the physical power he needed, even more after eating the Dragon''s meat and Heart, which also gave some extra stats. Now Noah held the power of three dragons within him, although he felt that it was a pity that Igni had died before he even started his journey as a Hunter¡­ But that was how things were. At the very least, there was a delicious aperitive waiting for him within the new Gate near central America. Ding! [You learned several Skills!] [Draconic Father of Lighting And Thunder Aura (SS)] [Electrifying Draconic Golden Scales (SS)] [Thunderstorm Roar (SS)] [Draconic Eyes of the Thunderclouds (SS)] [Electric Attribute Ward (SSS)] [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder Breath of Decimation (SSS)] [Thunder Dragon Magic: Thundercloud Body Shapeshifting (SSS)] [Elder Dragon Heart: Lightning Thunderclouds Essence Blessing (SSS)] ¡­ Outstanding! Noah gained several new Skills after devouring it all, alongside the meat ad everything else¡­ He quickly felt like his Dragon Heart was strengthened, and that his power was enhanced. Even more, he gained the ability to produce a new type of scales, which he could also stack with the others through the [Multiple Draconic Scale Layers] Skill that devouring Varus gave to him. With this, he could effectively cover himself with an armor of scales. He also gained a new set of other useful skills, and more importantly, the power to¡­ turn himself into Thunderclouds! He checked it out and found that it was oddly simr to the Blood Mist Transformation Skill he already had, but it was way more effective than it, and way better at moving. It also had a powerful method of absorbing mana from the environment to produce lightning and shower your enemies with it. He could quite literally ambush someone by pretending to be clouds in the sky! Perhaps in this world where he was the strongest, it wasn''t so much, but maybe whenever he was to invade another world, it could be fairly different! He already began to try it out, converting into a massive thundercloud and flying into the skies, expanding across the entire sky, and beginning to shower with thunder in some uninhabited areas. "This is amazing¡­" said Arthur in awe. "Now my dear is really like God!" said Iris whileughing mischievously. "Amazing¡­ Maybe he could upy the entire skies and always watch over everything," said Clementina. Noah, after hearing this, suddenly got an idea. Unlike Indra who was unable to self-divide so he took damage when his clouds divided themselves, he was able to divide himself without repercussions¡­ Then¡­ couldn''t this mean that he could easily divide his thundercloud body and coat the entire world with them? As long as he continued to regenerate¡­ But then again, the thundercloud shapeshifting ability negated regeneration abilities simr to the mist one¡­ Meaning that if he lost too much mass as mist or thunderclouds, he would still die. But then¡­ there was an easy roundabout. He went back into his vampire form and quickly produced five masses of living flesh, which he ordered to convert into clouds¡­ And¡­ Poof! All five of them turned intorge masses of thunderclouds, each one the size of a truck. Of course, they were certainly weaker than him, way weaker, but he could create special clones that could use this Skill in specific and make them cover the skies¡­ However, for now, Noah left it as it was as he checked his status. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [X-Rank: 1/3] > [X-Rank: 2/3] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XI: Progenitor Vampire Emperor: Middle Stage] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level VIII: Vampiric Crimson Storm Dragon: Middle Stage] > [Level IX: Vampiric Crimson Thunderstorm Catastrophe Dragon: Initial Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Nourishment Realm: Middle Stage > Peak Stage] [Vitality]: [28000] > [31.000] [Mind]: [28000] > [31.000] [Force]: [28000] > [31.000] ¡­ Noah nced at his progress with a malicious smile, his Elder Drago Heart had Ranked Up to Level IX! And with that, he gained even more stats¡­ He was getting very close to the peak of X-Rank, and he was sure that he could reach it after exploring the Dungeon awaiting him¡­ However, he might soon be blessed with two beautiful offspring. How will this cold-minded bloodthirsty Vampire deal with child parenting? ----- Chapter 319 - A Conversation With God ----- God had be Noah! Yet¡­ Noah, the original Noah, had no idea. He still had no connection with it, even when God itself had be Noah due to the worship given by all of humanity to the sole figure of their Vampire Progenitor, Noah. And after being requested to call upon Noah by the World''s Core itself, God had decided tobine the origin it shared with Noah as its alter ego and as it was fused with a small soul fragment of him and try to forcefully send an oracle to him! The World''s Core had tried multiple times, even when he was out, but because of some kind of ability that Noah possessed which protected his soul from any external influence, even if it was a mere and innocent message, he seemed to be deaf to her words. However, now that he had finished killing Indra and had also finished eating, God and the World''s Core unified their strength and powers and directly sent a Divine Message to Noah, even with him being inside his Divine Realm and even with such a powerful soul defense mechanism he possessed! FLAAAASH! As Noah was taking a warm bath to rx in the bathtub, a sudden burst of energy hit his soul directly! CLAAASH! "Nnngh?!" Noah was so surprised he was thrown into the water and swallowed some of it. "Cough¡­ Ugh. What is it?! A Soul Attack? Inside my Divine Realm!? Who is it! I am going to devour you before you ever dare to-" "Wait, please stop!" The sudden voice of a girl speaks with Noah¡­ no, more like a youthful woman. "Wait, main body, it is me, your soul fragment!" And then¡­ his own voice speaks with him. Noah couldn''t help but feel a bit baffled. However, he quickly calmed himself down as he jumped out of the bathtub and began to dry his body through controlling winds around his nude body. Afterwards, he quickly summoned new clothes through the transforming of blood itself, and he was ready. "Who are you?" he asked. "Phew¡­ we can finally speak with you, Hero," sighed the woman''s voice. "Hero? What kind of joke is that?" asked Noah. "Ah¡­ Sorry, I didn''t intend to make you angered¡­ I am the World''s Core, yes, I have a consciousness¡­ Thanks to you clearing the Dungeon Rifts, I have been recovering slowly¡­ I just wanted to thank you for what you''ve done, especially unifying humanity for such a noble cause as saving me," said the World''s Core. "Saving you? What are you talking about? I have been doing that because it is the most efficient way to strengthen my troops and gain resources¡­" said Noah. "Eh? Y-You were not doing it to save me?" asked the World''s Core. "Like I would care about a world that will soone to an end¡­ I am merely grabbing everything I can before I leave this floating rock," said Noah. "F-Floating rock?! I-I am way more than that! I am the where you were born!" said the World''s Core. "So what? I say whatever I want and do whatever I please, if you have a problem with that, do tell me," said Noah. He was acting arrogant before the World''s Core! "Listen here, I just wanted topensate for your efforts, you don''t have to be so rude¡­" sighed the World''s Core, feeling a bit overwhelmed. "Main body, please be more patient, I know how you must feel. The situation is dire. But please, don''t worry, the World''s Core doesn''t intend to use you, it wants to aid you," said Noah''s voice. "Aid me¡­? And who are you?" asked Noah while sighing. "I am God. Well, a lot of things happened, but I am the fusion between the soul fragment you sent to God and God. I have changed not only because of the fragment but because of the worship humanity as done to you, as you know, my nature and appearance, alongside my minds depend in who humanity prays to. And because everyone only offers their prayers to you, I have surged as an alter ego of yourself into God. I used this opportunity to merge with the soul fragment and effectively be it, and then, I easily devoured the lingering minds of God, bing a single being," said God, surprising Noah. "So such a thing happened! Haha¡­ Hahaha! That''s amusing! To think that I would defeat God without even moving a finger! So you''re like a clone?" asked Noah. "More or less, main body. I am here to assist you as much as I can. By receiving part of your worship, I am also growing stronger and recovering part of the original strength that God once had¡­ However, what I can do is still limited. The best way to share my power with you would be through a soul connection, but for that¡­ You would need toe to outer space," said God. "Hm, that''s not really a problem at all¡­ But now, World, tell me what rewards are you going to give me, and what is your interest over aiding me? Are you aware of the Watchers and their desire to take your core and use it as a material?" asked Noah. The World''s Core sighed. "Indeed¡­ I know that my life is pending from a thread¡­ This is why I must request your aid, you''re the only one with enough power to actually help me defend the¡­ But it seems that you want to escape," said the World''s Core. "Indeed, that''s my n. I will grab everything I can and then escape¡­" said Noah. "Hm¡­ Then, can''t you escape with me? You possess an immense space within your soul, could it be possible to move me inside?" asked the world''s core. "That''s something I have considered, but my Divine Realm is not so big to fit an entire inside yet¡­ However, it gets bigger every time I grow stronger considerably," said Noah. "I see¡­ Well, for now, let me aid you in growing as strong as you possibly can while fighting off the treats approaching here¡­ And then, if you can fit me in, please, let me go with you¡­" sighed the world''s core. "Hm¡­" ----- Chapter 320 - Meeting God ----- Noah has been given a great offer by the world''s core! He was offered the literal help of the itself for him to grow as strong as possible, so his Divine Realm could grow in size and fit an entire inside. Although Noah''s Divine Realm even had two moons, these moons size was not like that of the actual satellite, but around the size of mount Everest, if not a bit bigger each one. The total size of Noah''s Divine Realm would be around the entirety of north America, if not a bit of south America. There wererge blood seas, which gave it a bit more size, but this was certainly not enough. Also, there wasn''t an immense outer space around it, the space was only open for a bit around the habitable soil and sea, after that, space "ended" and there was an invisible spatial wall in there. So, he required to cross through X-Rank and reach an even higher Realm of power, this way, each time he became stronger, his Divine Realm would grow, and he would be able to ultimately fit the entire inside, and be able to escape with it into another world. But could Noah even be capable of doing such a thing? Only time would tell¡­ For now, he decided to ept her request. He had nothing to lose with this. "Sure thing¡­ But what can you even offer me? Aren''t you weakened? I have also mostly plundered everything in here¡­ Even the most valuable inheritances of ancient mages have been plundered, most of their artifacts were rather garbagepared to dropped items, though, but the spell books were useful," said Noah. "Indeed, there is something that not even you have acquired yet, that is the treasure within the center of the, and also, the Title of "Guardian of the"! With those two, you should be even stronger¡­ Feel honored, such title was once wielded by figures that made history¡­ Some of them were the Hero King Arthur!" said the world''s core. "A title? Hm¡­ Well, for now, I shall go to outer space and met God," said Noah, as he reabsorbed the divine realm into his soul and emerged outside. He coated his entire body with his soul aura and generatedrge draconic wings, using them to propel himself into the skies at immense speeds! FLAAAAAASH! Noah flew through the skies as he reached high above, crossing the clouds, and reaching high into the stratosphere, where not even his clones had reached yet¡­ He crossed through the air and reached a ce with less and less oxygen. However, he had no problems at all, even less with the low temperatures. The sun was radiant as always. He nced at the from above, the entirety of space was filled with countless stars, if he could focus his sight well enough, he was even able to see mars, and the moon. "Hm¡­ So I can even reach such a ce now¡­" he thought, as he rushed towards the direction that God had told him to go. FLAAAASH! Crossing through space was something that Noah would had never imagined on his wildest of dreams, simply flying through outer space like this filled him with excitement, it was something that even the cold-hearted vampire could not help but enjoy like an excited 10-year-old kid¡­ He suddenly came to a stop as he kicked the space with immense strength, as he stopped in a certain area while floating in outer space. He nced above as he spoke through telepathy waves. "I am here, God," he said. Crack¡­ crack! Suddenly, the Divine Realm of God opened a rift in space, revealing its entrance¡­ Indeed, God had a Divine Realm, just like Noah! Every Divine entity would develop a Divine Realm, this was a space that God used to not be seen by normal people, of course. As Noah entered the Divine Realm, the rift quickly closed behind him. A sudden scenario greeted him, it resembled arge ck space. Unlike Noah''s Divine Realm, this Divine Realm seemed devoid of divine materials, and was more like just a pocket dimension. What greeted him was¡­ immense. And immense entity that was as big as a kilometer emerged before him. It seemed as if it were made of ethereal mass with many eyes, tentacles, and jaws expanding all over its body. "So you''re God," said Noah. "I am. More or less, this is the form I''ve taken after bing "Noah" and fusing with your soul clone. Now, main body, let''s connect our souls! I would dly fuse with your soul, but the power of this body is immense, if I were to forcefully attempt to fuse with your soul, your soul and body wouldn''t be able to take the burden, and would most likely explode¡­" sighed God. "I see. How much strength do I need so we can fuse?" asked Noah. "I cannotpletely estimate it but¡­ Probably¡­ You must be a Demigod¡­" said God. "A Demigod?" asked Noah with intrigue. "It is the next step after crossing through the peak of X-Rank and then of Pseudo Demigod¡­ It is thest step before evolving into a God. There is still some time before that, but I am sure that afterpleting the gate in central America, it should be possible for you to cross into Pseudo Demigod¡­ After that, you might need to find other means," said God. "I see¡­ For now, let''s connect and get this done with¡­ (So Demigod? Can I even be such an entity? Now things had be even more interesting¡­)" Noah quickly extended his soul like a tentacle, and merged it with God. FLASH! Right away, Noah felt like a Primordial Essence began to bathe his body and refine his soul! "T-This power¡­!" "This is but a fraction of what I can share, but with this, your Mana reserve might as well be near-endless!" said God. Noah felt amazing! His entire being was overflowing with new power! Charged with new power, he even gained new Skills¡­ Ding! [You learned the [Divine Connection: God of Earth (SSS)] and [Divine Energy Usage (SSS)] Skills!] ----- Chapter 321 - Aamzing New Skills! And Meeting The Worlds Core! ----- Noah gained two Skills by connecting his soul with God, which seemed packed with new abilities. He decided to not waste any more time and checked both. ¡­ [Divine Connection: God of Earth (SSS)] A Divine Connection with the God of Earth brings the user with a great amount of new Divine Power. Through the connection with God, the user is capable of using the power of God to a small amount. But because this power doesn''t truly belong to the user permanently, it can only be used temporarily. Bring forth a part of the power of the God of Earth, enhancing all your Parameters by 1000%, while giving you the ability to ignore 50% of the foe''s defenses. This enhancement is temporal, but can be extended if more energy is spent. However, the user will grow more and more tired by overusing this power. ¡­ [Divine Energy Usage (SSS)] Through your connection with a divine entity, you can employ their powerful divine essence, divine energy, to enhance your Skills, Abilities, and more. By using this powerful Divine Energy, you can increase the power of all Skills or Abilities conjured using it by 500%, however, Divine Energy is tiresome to use in a mortal''s soul and body, overuse of this power might bring a temporal reduction to the user''s stats and great exhaustion. ¡­ The power of these Skills seemed fascinating to Noah, his eyes shed with amusement. If he were to merge these amazing powerups with his power Abilities, he would clearly be capable of overwhelming even beings above his own Realm! Fantastic! This was the only word that could describe this amazing duo of Skills! Noah then decided to check his stats, and see if they had changed. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [X-Rank: 2/3: Initial Stage > Middle Stage] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm][0/1.000.000] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level IX: Progenitor Vampire Emperor: Middle Stage] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level IX: Vampiric Crimson Thunderstorm Catastrophe Dragon: Initial Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Nourishment Realm: Peak Stage] > [Divine Soul Core Ergement Realm: Initial Stage] [Vitality]: [31.000] > [32.500] [Mind]: [31.000] > [32.500] [Force]: [31.000] > [32.500] ¡­ His stats had indeed increased a bit, it seems that notpletely reach X-Rank 3/3 yet¡­ but it seems that it was closer to it. His stats didn''t increase so much because this was the most it could add to him without making him suffer great drawbacks that might cause permanent damage. This is why the two new Skills were here, to give him a greater extent of this borrowed divine power. Noah noticed that his soul had advanced into a new Realm, the Divine Soul Core Ergement Realm, and he could clearly feel it as the Divine Core within his Soul had increased in size. With this done, Noah quickly left God for the moment, leaving it as another ally and guardian of the whenever invaders were toe and also as a sort of watcher that would oversee if there were any invaders or problems sent by the Watchers. FLAAAAASH! Now that Noah was done with this, there was yet another powerup waiting for him, as he reached the surface of the world, he flew into a special area within the, the Lechugui Cave, which is said to connect to the center of the world¡­ Well, it is true. The World''s Core requested Noah to go there and meet the World''s Core in person! This was the only way for him to acquire the World-ss Treasure and also the title of Guardian of the, it seems. She had said that she was able to do give this title from a long distance before, but now that she was weakened, she wasn''t capable of it, so Noah needed to get closer to her. He flew through the and quickly teleported near the area through a clone that was nearby, who had used Kin Summon on him. sh! The clone resembled a small bat made of flesh with a single eye in the middle of its body. Noah ignored it as he continued to fly through the skies, falling into the surface and then reaching the cave. He flew through it all, evading therge boulders to not sh on them can cause a mass fall, as he went through the special route that the world''s core has given to him. After a few minutes, he crossed through endless beautiful caves, finding a variety of mutated beasts in the way which he mostly ignored. Noah had always wondered if the was hollow inside, and found out that it was the case. However, this didn''t mean that there was an ocean and a continent inside like in some fiction stories, no, it was just an enormous hollow cave. Well, it wasn''t so hollow. After an hour and a half, he finally reached his destiny as he found an enormous abyssal sea of slimy and ck substance sticking to the immense cave of the hollow. And in the middle of this sea of miasma which had seeped from the surface into the center of the, there was arge crystal, the size of several mountains resting, it was pale-green colored, as it gleamed with a beautiful brilliance. However, the miasma was slowly corroding it as well and seemed to be entangling the core. "So this I the core of the¡­ it looks so big even from so far away¡­" Noah crossed through several kilometers above the ocean of miasma, as he was attacked by enormous monsters swimming within this abyssal sea, which he decimated quite easily while trying out his new Skills, all these monsters seemed to be qualified as Mutated Beasts up to S-Rank. When Chaos finally reached the core of the, the soothing voice of the''s core spoke to him. "Ah¡­ You''re finally here¡­ Sorry about this, this is the miasma that started the apocalypse," she said. "Is that so¡­" ----- Chapter 322 - Planets Guardian! ----- The miasma that caused the apocalypse! This poodle of primordial miasma¡­ was the one that caused everything to change so much¡­ But how? How did it end here? "It slowly seeped into the center of the world after the initial impact and over the years, it formed this immense sea of miasma¡­ Don''t worry, it won''t easily take over me yet¡­ At least it will take good hundreds or perhaps a few thousands of years to get to it¡­, But nheless, I can already feel myself a bit weakened¡­ This Miasma seems to be packed with Chaos Attribute, a deadly attribute that disrupts other attributes and causes mutation, corruption, and contamination¡­" sighed the World''s Core. "I see, so that''s how it is¡­" said Noah, realizing the truth. This was the miasma that brought all this chaos, all this apocalypse, all of this change¡­ Before that, the world was not as devastated, there was still hope, humanity seemed to be prospering¡­ Yet it all changed with this. Noah didn''t seem to harbor any hate towards this miasma, however, what had happened had already happened. There was no point in getting angry over a mass of slime. However, he considered devouring it. Indeed! If he were to devour all of this chaos, wouldn''t he be able to grow stronger? It certainly would bring him arge boost to his capabilities, one that he had always desired! Which included the mysterious element of Chaos! However, how would he be capable of consuming it, to begin with? All of this quantity was insanely big, just like with fusing with God, his soul and body wouldn''t be able to take it all and he would dissolve or explode and die. For now, he needed to contain himself ande back hereter, whenever he was to find himself strong enough to be able to confidently consume and assimte this entire amount of miasma filled with Chaos Attribute. "You''re thinking about assimting it?" asked the World''s Core. "You read my mind. Indeed. I was thinking just that¡­" said Noah. "You should be able to¡­ Your soul is not normal at all, it possesses certain darkness, a certain¡­ chaos to it that no other being has. Or at least, not many. A normal divine entity such as God would end with his soul corrupted and weakened if he tried to absorb this. But you¡­ you''re fairly different, you wouldn''t¡­ But not yet, you require more strength, both in your body and soul," said the World''s Core. "I know¡­ Now, show me the treasure," said Noah. "Fufu, everything at its due time. First of all, your title," said the World''s Core, as a shing light suddenly was fired from her crystal body andnded over Noah! FLAAAAASH! Noah felt a sudden power surging through his entire body as the ray of light inscribed some kind of runes over his soul and body¡­! And then¡­ Ding! [You acquired the ''s Guardian: Earth (SSS)] Skill!] Just as it came, the power faded away, but a new Skill emerged a powerful Skill. ¡­ ''s Guardian: Earth (SSS)] A Skill gave to the Guardian of the Earth, selected by the''s will. Grants a substantial enhancement to the user''s growth speed, alongside stats, and stat growth. Additionally, it grants several extra effects: Aplete map of the entire within your mind, where you can guide yourself easily where you need to go. You can expand your senses across the entire by using Mana, detecting foes and dangerous entities rushing around, so you can find them easily. You can share the power with the, the more power you acquire, the stronger the will grow as well. By using a lot of Mana, the can enhance your capabilities and stats by a small amount of time, but there is a cooldown of a whole day before you can use this again. By using a lot of mana, you can exert the''s Laws over an enemy, temporarily suppressing part of their power, has a cooldown of half a day. You be a natural leader to all living beings that have originated from this. ¡­ "Interesting¡­ This power is quite good. A fine gift" said Noah. With this power, Noah was truly like the Guardian of the entire. The was now his entire domain, his battlefield! He could even use the''s power to seal part of the power of a foe temporarily, and even suppress them! Even more, he could also boost his power even more through this method, which meant that he could even deal with stronger beings than himself¡­ "Is this the power that Arthur had?" asked Noah. "Indeed. Thanks to this power, he always came on top, even when he defeated the ancient evils of this''s past. There were once used to be powerful Dragons, Demons, Vampires, and more. Born from people''s fear, the same way that God was born from their worship. Arthur defeated the embodiment of people''s fears and led them to a brighter future¡­ Although your methods are different, I recognize you as someone worthy of this Title and power," said the World''s Core. "I see¡­ For now, I will address you like Earth, for convenience''s sake," said Noah. "Very well, it is fine by me¡­" said Earth. "Now, where''s the treasure?" asked Noah. "Here, it is saved within my core itself, you must enter through this door that leads to the inner pce of my Core, and there, you will find it, the greatest treasure of this, aside from myself, whose the Watchers are after¡­ this treasure is something that they are not aware of," said Earth. "Is this treasure¡­ Something simr to Arthur''s Excalibur? Because even after I upgraded it to SSS-Rank, it broke against Varus," said Noah. "E-Excalibur broke?! ¡­I should have guessed it, that monstrous dragon was way too strong¡­ Do you still have the fragments? It could be reforged¡­" said Earth. "I do have them," said Noah, showing them to Earth. "I see¡­ I think I have an idea¡­" said Earth. ----- Chapter 323 - The Holy Grail?! ----- Noah showed the fragmented pieces of Excalibur to the World''s Core, as the World''s Core nced at the pitifully through her expanded senses. She had once forged this weapon from humanity''s wishes, it was one of the greatest treasures that had existed¡­ well, one of them. However¡­ there was a greater treasure, the one within the interior of her very Core. Noah couldn''t help but wonder what kind of treasure could be considered even higher than Excalibur itself¡­ "I see. These fragments still contain the materialized essence of the humanity''s wishes, a great source of power¡­ They are reusable," said the World''s Core. "How do you n to use them?" asked Noah. "Simply put, I will merge them with the greatest treasure, the one that has been forged from long ago, not only from the blood of Christ, but also from the contained materialization of the primordial essence that life had been releasing since its birth into this¡­" she said. Noah was surprised¡­ Did she just mention Christ? "You mean¡­ Jesus Christ? The one from the Christian religions? Seeing how the current God had nothing to do with the perception of Christianity, I thought that Jesus wouldn''t exist, or that at the very least, he wasn''t as he said he was," said Noah. "Oh. Jesus Christ did exist. He always exist in every parallel Earth. He is the embodiment of The One in all Earths, the one that has descended to our measly existence to guide humanity. The records of Humanity are a transcendental inter-dimensional thread that exist in every single parallel "Earth", hence, Jesus Christ exist in all Earths, it is a fact," said the''s core, leaving Noah baffled! "This¡­ If Jesus Christ existed¡­ Then the Treasure that contained his blood and that is considered the strongest is¡­" muttered Noah. "Indeed, the Holy Grail," said Earth. The Holy Grail! Hearing this shocked Noah to no avail! How could it be? Such a legendary treasure seek by many, that was said to grant any wishes¡­ It was right here! All along¡­ It was in the center of the! Noah walked through the long corridors and halls inside of the''s core, as he was guided by the light that represented the''s will. "The Holy Grail was not named like this before Jesus Christ appeared. It is an agglomeration of all the residual energy that life has created since its creation in this. When The One, the Primordial Deity of Eternity and Creation sent forward his Holy Spirit into the womb of a virgin woman, and Jesus Christ was born as his vessel, he guided humanity and his blood ended being poured over a certain grail. After that, all the Required Events emerged, and the ultimate treasure of this was forged from this umted energy, the Holy Grail was born before I could actually generate moreplex thoughts¡­ It was there already when I gained consciousness of my own existence," said the world''s core. "Amazing¡­ But.. a Primordial Deity? What is that?" asked Noah. "Primordial Deities are only three in all of our Universe. They are the three Primordial Pirs that keep the universe existing, they created it and can also bring it to an end if they want to¡­ The One is one of the strongest of the three, and the only one that can govern over all other Primordial," said the world''s core. Noah couldn''t help but feel surprised, being revealed such transcendental truth shook his heart! This was information that not even God knew about! The World''s Core seemed like the real god of this¡­ "Who¡­ are the other two?" asked Noah. "Chaos, Azathoth, and The One, all three of them spontaneously emerged when the Universe was born. Their existence is Primordial to our own. And you¡­ Noah, you seem to be the child of Azathoth. I had already guessed it," sighed the world''s core. RUMBLE! Noah was left speechless once more! How could the world''s core reveal something so important like this?! It was way too casually! "What¡­ what are you talking about? I do remember Bloodshot Eye, the Outer God, say that the entity within my soul was a Spawn of Azathoth¡­ But this¡­ It is me?!" asked Noah in shock. "Yes, he was referring to you. The entity within your soul is simply put, part of you. It is an expression of your very self, the part of your monstrous being that is insane and cannot be controlled, it is the other half of your very nature and soul, that of an overwhelmingly strong entity¡­ It sealed itself because it was weakened at first, and as you underwent multiple reincarnations in this as many people, your soul regained its strength, until this very point in time. When you were reborn as Noah," said the world''s core. "What¡­! This is ridiculous! Are you taking me for a fool!?" roared Noah. "I am not forcing you to believe me, I cannot prove it to you as we are now, but I suppose that as you develop more, the memories of your previous incarnations will soon enough emerge within you, and so will your true power¡­ But due to several circumstances, you cannot use it all¡­ And I thank it, because if you did, this entire would die," sighed the world''s core. Noah squinted his eyes as he nced at thest hall, his thoughts were all mixed up now. To think that he was actually the entity that was inside his soul all along! The entity that always told him that it was "not enough" the one he had even devoured¡­ So he had actually devoured himself and forcefully awakened part of his power! Yes, this was indeed ridiculous! But maybe it was all a lie and the world''s will was trying to trick him into believing it? But what would this win by lying about something so important, especially now that she had given her total loyalty to Noah? Noah''s mind was a turmoil of emotions, but he quickly suppressed them as he sighed¡­ "Sigh¡­ I better concentrate in the present," he thought, as he nced at therge altar in front of him¡­ above it, there was a golden cup! ----- Chapter 324 - Holy Spear: Pillar Of Light Rhongomyniad ----- Before Noah, there was arge altar made of the same crystal material as the world''s core. And above it, there was arge cup made of pure gold, glistening with beautiful golden color. However, aside from the beauty of this piece, there was something else within it, primordial energying from it that exuded an immense amount of brilliance and divine power! After assessing his own thoughts and calming himself down, Noah nced at the item above the altar with fascinated eyes, his sight seemed fixated on it, it was a wondrous sigh like nothing he had ever seen before. Such divine beauty! "This is the Holy Grail¡­ Its power is immense, although you cannot assimte it yet because you will most likely die before you can even awaken more of your original power, it can be used to generate a new weapon, using the fragments of Excalibur as a recipient and blueprint¡­ I can reforge a new Excalibur, an even stronger weapon like never before¡­" said the world''s core. "An even stronger weapon than Excalibur? Will this one not easily break apart?" asked Noah. "Oh, it might break¡­ But not against anything you will ever fight for the moment¡­ And even if it breaks, through its power, it will regenerate back!" said the world''s core. A self-regenerating weapon! "Interesting¡­ But I don''t want it to be a sword," said Noah. "What? You don''t¡­ want it to be a sword?!" asked the world''s core. "No, I fight with my own body, it will always get in the way unless I use it as an assistant for the most part¡­ This is why, I want something that can adapt to any situation, perhaps even something I could infuse into my body¡­ Can there be such a weapon?" asked Noah. "¡­I believe it can be done. The Holy Grail possess immense power, although it is not as insane as being able to concede wishes, it can be used as a powerful material, I can tinker it around to have unlimited potential as a weapon, as long as you progress, it will progress with you," said the''s core. "I see¡­ Well, do it then. I want it in the primary shape of a spear," said Noah. "A spear¡­ Very well!" FLASH! The world''s core, Earth, immediately began to create the weapon as she threw the fragments of Excalibur over the Grail, fusing all of it together while using her power and mastery over the elements in front of her to craft the spear that Noah desired! The primordial essence being used to forge this powerful weapon left Noah speechless. The gold energiesing from the Holy Grail created waves of the enormous pressure that even made him feel weakened! Noah coated himself on his own aura to resist this pressure, as the construction of the weapon he desired was almost done¡­! FLASH! Shining brighter than the sun, a sh of light was released from the convergence of materials, as it slowly shaped into a long shape, a spear! "Can I name it?" asked Earth. "¡­Go ahead," said Noah, he was amazed by the wondrous item before him¡­ "Very well. Then, it shall be named Rhongomyniad¡­ As the tower of light that anchors theyers of the World. It shall be called this way, as through the power of the Holy Grail, you''ve be the ruler of the, and the one who holds authority over the world!" said Earth, as thence shined with bright golden and white light, shing around and surprising Noah with its immense and beautiful light! FLAAAASH! "Rhongomyniad? What aplicated name, I shall call it Holy Lance whenever I use it for convenience''s sake¡­ Thought isn''t it ironic that a monster such as myself is wielding such a holy item?"ughed Noah, as he grasped the spear and a sudden rush of information, visions, and insight reached his mind! His entire body started to bolt with new power as he exuded an aura of pure divinity! "W-What?!" Noah assessed the visions he saw, which included information about the ancient age of humanity, and other things he thought he would never see¡­ He even saw a glimpse of The One''s embodiment in this world, Christ, as he died on the cross. How bizarre¡­ What was the point of seeing such visions? And why would such an entity as strong as The One even care about Humanity, to begin with, to send a vessel of his Holy Spirit to every single parallel Earth? Wait¡­ there is parallel earth? Ding! [The [Excalibur (S)] Skill has awakened into the [Holy Spear: Pir of Light Rhongomyniad (SSS)] Skill!] Noah had acquired a new Skill! Awakening Excalibur into [Holy Spear: Pir of Light Rhongomyniad (SSS)]! The weapon itself had essentially be a part of himself, as he clearly could feel its soul connection to his own, reinforcing his own power with a divine brilliance made through the blood of a primordial deity''s vessel¡­ How wondrous! Noah nced at the spear as his eyes were filled with insane fascination, his eyes shed with crimson-red light, as he took a nce at the beautiful yet simple spear made of holy gold, shining brightly with beautiful golden colors. Of course, Noah, much like Excalibur, could also show the spear''s dark side by infusing his dark attribute and blood attribute into it! FLAAASH! Suddenly, the spear was corrupted by Noah''s darkness and all of the sins of humanity, as it becamepletely ck and several crimson-red spikes emerged all across the spear, showing a malefic aura. The nature of holiness hadpletely shifted into one of sinfulness and pure malice. Noah''s expression grew more fascinated as he nced at the spear shine so brightly and then turn intoplete darkness, something way more suitable for his tastes. "Impressive, through your soul connection, you can even corrupt Rhongomyniad and showcase not the innocent wishes of humanity but¡­ their most sinful darkness and their destructive and selfish desires¡­!" said the world''s core. "It seems that as its nature change in between, it can both generate darkness and light¡­ A useful weapon, I have to admit it," said Noah. ----- Chapter 325 - What Is He, Really? ----- After having acquired everything he could get from the world''s core, Noah quickly decided to go back to the surface. However, he was stopped by the world''s core. "W-Wait!" she cried. "What is it?" asked Noah. "Well¡­ I was thinking that there could be another way to assist you. Could there be a possibility of letting me aid you with your System? It is amazing how you were capable of stealing the System Cube that made up your System Status and corrupted it with your Blood Core into your own System¡­ And you even did the same with the rest of your allies, all of humanity has now changed their system to this one¡­ Could it be possible for me to insert some of my power into your system to aid you through there? I am a novice at system management, but I really want to learn more," said the world''s core. Noah squinted his eyes. "How could I let you do that without a good reason? Even less as I don''t trust you, even after what you''ve done. What if you enter my system only to sabotage me and I end up losing my Skills and power? Even more, to do that, I would have to let you enter my soul, something I would never do. If you enter my soul and use your powers, I could die! Do you take me for a fool?" asked Noah. Although Earth didn''t have any bad intentions, Noah was way too cautious to let a stranger enter his soul and do all sorts of stuff in it. "I understand your cautiousness but¡­ I could help you assess the energy you''re umting and perhaps even more things! Come on¡­ You don''t have to be so overly aggressive nor cautious against everyone¡­" sighed Earth. "¡­I will consider it," sighed Noah, as he flew away. The world''s core sighed. "Hahh¡­ This Hero is way too cautious¡­ What good would it do to be to actually sabotage him? Is he insane or something? Why would I do that to thest hope I have? The only thing I desire is to help him as much as he wants and yet he treats me like this!" she sighed. "Don''t listen to him, perhaps he''s just a tsundere!" said another of earth''s minds. "Oh, right¡­ Maybe he will open up to me after we talk a lot and be partners. Like those types of characters that show their cold exterior but have soft interiors," said another of earth''s minds. "True! ¡­Though, looking at his history¡­ let''s not get our hopes up, shall we?" they sighed. "Yeah, we better not try to think that he will slowly open to us, he might never do so¡­" The earth''s core continued to talk with herself, as a being made over a millennium, her power was immense but so was her mind, which was not limited by a human''s brain capacity, it expanded all across the and due to this, she had hundreds of split personalities made into separate minds. In a way, it could be said that Earth is a hive mind of split minds made by the core. Each one had a different task in maintaining the world, so they would usually not speak between each other, but speaking with Noah and being with him had ended frustrating all the minds, so they were talking with each other more than they had ever done so. "Seriously, we gave him the Holy Grail and everything and he was still so rude with me!" "Yeah¡­ Such a rude hero!" "Why can''t it treat the where he was born a bit better?!" "We are not asking for anything else than a bit of respect, not even that, just some basic decency!" "So rude¡­" "Is he really just a clich¨¦ viin archetype, or an edgy teen?" "I don''t think so, maybe his mind is way too filled with things he''s thinking about, so he doesn''t want to bother himself with me¡­" "Oh¡­ Maybe? Well, whatever, let him be¡­" "Hopefully, he''s not that bad with uster on¡­" As Noah was Summoned by a clone back to Sector D, he quickly deposited his Divine Realm over this ce and entered his Divine Realm at longst. Only a few minutes passed since he did all of this, but he was getting tired. Thankfully, he had not elerated the time of his divine realm through this ordeal, and had left it at normal 1:1¡­ But now that he was inside, he decided to quickly manipte his authority over it and make it even faster inside, being 1:8, the maximum amount of time dtion he could do at the moment, which meant that 1 hour outside was 8 hours inside. This way, he was able to rx for the moment while the world outside seemed to go slowly, although it was merely the other way around! Nheless, Noah felt like he could finally rx, so he rushed back to his castle where he met with Iris once more, the only person he wanted to be with now, and the two sat over the bed. "Ah, dear, you''re back! How did it go?" she asked. "It was a rather insane trip¡­ But it went well. God had somehow be me¡­ Yes, I know it sounds ridiculous. And well, the world''s core had the, hear me out, Holy Grail, which is used to forge a new spear for me using the fragments of Excalibur¡­" said Noah. "E-Eeeh?! What? I-I see¡­ It went well, I guess¡­ But that''s crazy!" said Iris. "Indeed. This is the new spear," said Noah, as he showed off his new toy to his wife, Iris crimson-red eyes that resembled two beautiful rubies opened wide open as she saw her husband''s new weapon! "Amazing, this is¡­ a deserving weapon for my husband, no less! And its ingredients were¡­ the Holy Grail and the Excalibur fragments? It must be very strong¡­" said Iris. "It seems to be, but most of its power is yet to awaken, I must develop myself to make it develop more," said Noah. "So cool¡­" said Iris. Noah and Iris continued to chat through the rest of the day, speaking with his wife always calmed the troubled mind of Noah. However, he didn''t know if it was okay to tell her about the whole thing about being a child of Azathoth yet¡­ ----- Chapter 326 - The Twins Are Born ----- Today was a day of unrest within Noah''s Divine Realm. Many Vampires all around were flying everywhere, walking everywhere, all of them were concerned, worried, and euphoric. Some were so expectant and anxious that they began to cut their own fingers with knives to see them regenerate back and do it again over and over again. Others continued to repeatedly hit their head into the walls because they couldn''t take the anxiety, crushing their faces and even pouring some of their brains out, only for all of it to regenerate back. Yes, they were being very stupid, but what was happening today was so big that the anxiety made everyone so unrest that they became insane! Inside the castle, all the maids and butlers were rushing in and out, there was total chaos everywhere! "Bring the warm water!" "The towels! All of them!" There were also several doctors telling these people that such things were unnecessary. "Through modern medicine, it is not necessary to use such antiquated methods!" "Shut up!" And inside of the room where everything was going on, Iris was pushing with all her strength as several contractions within her womb were happening! She was giving birth right at this moment! All of Noah''s main party was outside the room, as only Noah and Iris were present at the moment alongside the Fembot named Holy, who had powerful healing magic. "Nnnghh¡­! They''re noting out! Agh¡­ Noah, open my belly up, it will be quicker!" said Iris. "Sigh¡­ Are you sure?!" asked Noah, even the calm Vampire was feeling unrest! "Yeah, we are vampires, we''ll regenerate¡­" said Iris, as she felt lethargic. "Iris-sama has been pushing for around three hours now¡­ I suppose we have to retort to this, her uterus seems to be too small¡­ and the two heads of the twins areing at the same time¡­ We must open her up," said Holy. "Agh, fine! I will do it myself! I shall bring my children to the world with my very two hands!" roared Noah. "Iris, here¡­" Noah generated a special toxin through his venomous nds with the power of appeasing pain, which he injected on Iris''s neck, it had a very strong effect that even Vampires who had great status effect resistant effects were affected by! Using this, Iris felt less pain, and Noah immediately started! Holy quickly disinfected Noah''s ws with her Disinfect Holy Light Spell, and then, Noah expanded his ws intorge, knife-like ws! "I trust you¡­! You can do it¡­" cried Iris. "Leave it to me!" Noah quickly began to open Iris''s belly, as he slowly moved away from her skin and hold it from regenerating fast, as the Vampire Queen she was, her flesh regenerated incredibly quickly, but he infused a curse into her own flesh through his nails which slowed down regeneration! This way, her regeneration wouldn''t suddenly leave his hands trapped inside her flesh¡­ Using this curse, Noah opened Iris''s belly and reached to her uterus, as he found two little bodies inside! "There¡­!" Noah extended his hands towards the babies, as he pulled one first. Bald, pale-whited, and covered in a bit of blood and centa. There were not many distinct features. "This is the girl¡­" Noah quickly cut her umbilical cord, and gave her to Iris, as the little girl immediately began to cry her lung outs. "Uwaaaah! Uwaaaaaah!" "Ah¡­ My baby girl¡­" muttered Iris. "S-So loud¡­!" cried Holy. "There''s another one left!" Noah quickly pulled his hands inside of Iris''s uterus as he grasped his little son, bringing him into the world! He looked just like his sister, as babies, their features were not so very different. Noah quickly cut the umbilical cord once more, as he dispelled the curse and let Iris''s body regenerate back together once more¡­ In just 10 seconds, her body was back to normal¡­ "Uwaaaaah! Uwaaaaah!" The boy began to cry his lungs out as well¡­ "Hahh¡­" Noah had killed and ughtered people and monsters cold-bloodedly before, but this was the first time he felt so nervous while cutting someone¡­ perhaps because it was his wife and the ones he was trying to bring to the world were his children. "I have¡­ brought them here¡­ they''re here¡­" he sighed, as he gave the boy to Iris and she immediately began to breastfeed them, they quickly started drinking her milk. It seems that even for Vampires who breastfeed their children, milk was essential even for Vampires who were still mammals at the end of the day! "Yeah, they''re here¡­ Our children¡­" sighed Iris. "What names will you give to the two, my lords?" asked Holy, as he conjured the Rehabilitation to Iris, a Spell that rehabilitated someone from exhaustion. "We have been thinking it for some time," said Noah. "The boy will be named Dante¡­" said Iris. "And the girl, Eleanora¡­" said Noah. "Those are fitting names¡­ Hmm! They ring well with the children of my lords!" said Holy. "Now, we want some private time, so please leave," said Iris. "I will!" Holy quickly left the room as Noah sat down at Iris''s side. "They shall have glorious futures as the children of the rulers of this- No, of countless worlds in the future¡­!" said Noah. "Fufu, that''s right¡­ I feel so happy right now¡­ I feel like¡­ I could smile forever¡­" sighed Iris. "For now take a nap, you must be tired," said Noah. "Yeah, it could be said that I am very tired¡­ But I can''t sleep now¡­ Not now with my babies here¡­" said Iris. Iris kissed the two babies'' foreheads, as Noah caressed their little heads with care. A warm and calm atmosphere surged, as the family remained in silence, peacefully living¡­ Noah wished that every day could be as calm as now. He wished that things couldn''t be about anything else for once. By admiring the beauty of life, a person can appreciate a victory in a life-or-death situation way more. The desire to livees from the appreciation of living. Noah needed to engrave this deep into his will and forge his resolve with the desire to live and fight for them. For his family. ¡­ ¡­Meanwhile, within central America, arge Gate continued to expand across the skies, taking several kilometers¡­ The roars of a beast from the depths of hell came from its interior, as an enormous bone w could be seen emerging from within the gate from time to time¡­ "ROOOAAAARRR!" ----- Chapter 327 - Dante And Eleanora ----- Within the confines of Noah''s Divine Realm, a terrifying beast roamed through a bloody field, anything it came across was being annihted! An enormous creature, a monstrous being, a dragon-like entity with three heads, a long and spiked tail with the tip of a snake, coated from head to toe into crimson-red scales, with a single vertical eye in each draconic head, andrge bat-like wings on its back, six, to be exact. Behind its path, there was only blood and the corpses of its enemies¡­ it roared as it released a deadly aura of pure destruction. Its ws crushed the ground and made the world tremble, it was a living cmity! It was¡­ A baby? "GAAAOOO!" BOOM! The world trembled as the creature released a very cute roar despite being a terrifying monster. Noah nced from above with a little girl on his arms, her hair was short and silvery-white like his, and her eyes sharp crimson-red¡­ with a third eye in the middle of her forehead. She wore a cute little white dress. "Dante, that''s enough for today!" said Noah, as he exuded his aura over the monstrous creature before him. "GAAAAAAOOO!" However, it dared to roar back! "Son, you''ve already ughtered over a thousand monsters, wait for them to recover," said Noah, as he flew down below with the adorable little girl in his arms. "Muuh!" said the little girl, as she seemed mildly angry, but she looked cute. It seemed that she was imitating her father. "Gaoo¡­" The gigantic monster seemed to have understood as it suddenly shed with bright crimson-red light, its entire body slowly began to dissipate into pure energy as what was left was but a small baby, which was but a fraction of the creature''s size¡­ It was a little boy with short red hair and crimson-red eyes, he also had a vertically positioned third eye in the middle of his forehead, and two tiny red horns at each side of his head, unlike his sister. "Bahh!" Noah smiled as he flew down below and grabbed his son, Dante, as he carried the two adorable Vampire babies with his arms. "It is time to have lunch, your mother wants you to eat what she makes for you, no more snacks," said Noah. "Buuhh¡­" sighed the boy. "Muhu!" said the little girl, as she nodded while patting her brother''s head. "Buh¡­" Dante sighed. His sister liked to pet him, but he didn''t like it, however, it was even more frightening to enrage her, so he let her have her way. Noah smiled pleasantly as he watched his two children interact. It has been approximately two weeks since the babies have been born inside of Noah''s Divine Realm, which would only be a couple of days outside. In these two weeks, they had developed rather quickly, their hair grew quite a bit and they had already begun to develop their abilities greatly. Noah was surprised when after almost a week of being born, Dante suddenly transformed into a giant three-headed dragon and almost destroyed the interior of Scarlet as he went into a rampage. However, right after that, Eleanora got angry that her brother was making a ruckus and transformed into a gigantic mass of flesh with tentacles, eyes spread across her body, and an enormous mouth, she entangled her brother and forced him into submission. Since then, Dante respects and fears his sister a bit. Dante grew little horns due to his greater dragon bloodline, while Eleanora remained mostly the same, although Noah didn''t know what she exactly was, he could assume that she had inherited something simr to his shapeshifting into a grotesque creature made of flesh. The boy had a wilder temperament, while the girl was mostly calm, however, when she gets angry she transforms until she resolves the problem that had made her angry. Noah had checked their stats when they were born and thenpared them to now, they had been slowly gaining stats by merely growing up. In the beginning, they had stats that made them equivalent to A-Rank. However, in these two weeks, they grew as strong as SSS-Rank naturally, and Noah guessed that whenever they grew up into adolescents, they would also gain even more stats. Like maturing beasts, they didn''t need to grind for cores or anything, they merely gained stats by growing up¡­ Perhaps at their peak, they might even surpass their father''s current strength, so Noah had to work harder. Their souls were also a great thing, both of their souls were immense and terrifying, simr to Noah''s soul. They had yet to master the Soul-Beast form, but their souls would make for immense ones, perhaps as big as their transformations. Noah discovered that they gained Skills naturally too. Such as the [Dragon Transformation (SSS)] and the [Abomination Transformation (SSS)] Skills, which they gained after 5 days of being born. It seems that they will unlock their true potential through Skills and more Stats naturally as well. Both babies were very talented, it seemed. Andstly, there was the Blood Core issue. Both had Blood Cores at Level X from birth¡­ And Dante possessed a Dragon Heart, but Eleanora did not. Noah didn''t know why she didn''t develop one, but clearly, even without one, she still beat her brother¡­ And well, Noah and Iris have been taking care of them as well. Things such as diapers, giving them food that they can digest, and more¡­ Although by drinking a mix of their parent''s blood, they were often just fine. However, Dante liked to snack on monsters from time to time. But Eleanora was more refined and didn''t like to eat raw creatures, only drinking her mother''s milk, her parent''s blood, or the baby food that her mother prepared lovingly. "You''re all covered in blood, Dante, we''ll have to bathe you after lunch," said Noah. "Buhh¡­" sighed Dante. He didn''t like baths. "Muh!" Suddenly, Eleanora opened her mouth as a giant tongue licked all the blood out of Dante¡­ Sluuurp! "Geh¡­" sighed Dante. "Eleanora, that doesn''t count as a bath, sadly," said Noah. "Muh¡­" ----- Chapter 328 - Alice And Adan ----- Noah quickly went back to the castle with the adorable Dante and Eleanora, as he was greeted by the Fembots wearing maid outfits, alongside Scarlet''s humanoid form, which resembled a red slime girl wearing another maid outfit. "Wee, Master! Ah, and wee back, young lord Dante, youngdy Eleanora!" said Scarlet. "Ah, both look as cute as ever!" said Sakura. "Indeed, our master''s adorable offspring have changed our lives," said Sugar. "That''s right, now we always look forward to greeting them each day!" said Noire. "Baabaahh!" Dante raised his little arms as he jumped out of Noah''s arms, reaching Scarlet. "Uwah! My lord Dante are you happy to meet me?" asked Scarlet with a gentle smile. "Buh!" Dante began to hug Scarlet, as the other three maids also took turns carrying and hug him. Even kissing his cheeks. "Wawaaahh!" Dante seemed oddly happy to be with these girls. Noah had not been negligent or anything, he''s usually always with his children alongside Iris, but it seems that every time he left him a few hours ying with the Maids, he grew attached to the cute girls. "Could my son be a womanizer?" wondered Noah. This was a serious issue. "Muhh¡­" Meanwhile, Eleanora nced at the scene rather bored¡­ She suddenly shapeshifted her left arm into a tentacle and grabbed Dante back, as Noah caught him. "Thank you, dear," said Noah, as he walked past the maids who were euphoric over the cuteness of Dante. As Dante extended his arms towards them as if missing them. "Dear, lunch is ready!" Iris was wearing a cute dress below her apron, as she brought a variety of preparations. Now that she was not pregnant anymore, she was doing a lot of stuff, and alongside cooking, she was getting more in form, fighting off monsters again and other stuff. However, taking care of the kids took priority so she didn''t have much free time. Dante flew back to his mother, as he preferred to be with her than with Noah, while Eleonora hugged her mom. Their mother hugged and kissed both, of course. "Dante ate a lot of monsters again, hopefully, he will eat his baby food at least," said Noah. "Hehe, with mommy he always eats everything! Right, dearie?" asked Iris with a cute smile. "Maaaaa!" Dante seemed happier now that he was with Iris, smiling cutely. "Alright, let''s have some lunch¡­ Eleanora, don''t get picky, okay?" asked Noah, his charming smile made Eleanora''s crimson-red eyes shine. "Paaaa!" she said happily, her cute smile showed her sharp vampiric fangs, which were still growing. It seemed that both children had favorite parents! And this, in a way, is also reflected in their personalities and genders. Dante was wilder and crazier, kind of like Iris, and he was also a boy and Iris the mom, usually children grew more attached to their opposite-gender parent. Meanwhile, Eleanora was very calm, and even expressionless at times, like her father, and she liked to be with him a lot, usually always asking for Noah to carry her wherever he went to. After the four sat around the table, the rest of the family came rushing in, Timassa with Arthur and Adamantine with Jon, Clementina also camete as she was sharpening her skills in another side of the divine realm. However, the other two pairs had all of their hands busy with their own babies. Indeed, in these two weeks, their children were also born. However, they were smaller than the twins, and only one per girl. Arthur''s child was a girl, a beautiful angelic girl with pale-white skin and short blonde hair, she looked a lot like her father. Her eyes were also aquamarine, but sometimes they would turn yellow-gold whenever she released a bit of electricity from her body, as the little blonde girl had begun to develop her abilities. Other times she would begin leaking deadly venom from her hands, and it would dissolve all her clothes, making a mess¡­ Her name was Alice, and she seemed like a cute and energetic type of girl, although she needed to develop a bit more. Meanwhile, Adamantina had a boy, who looked a lot like her, with sharp crimson-red eyes and wildly messy gray-blonde hair. He often liked to imitate his mother so he would go walking like a dog out of their house. And sometimes he would shroud himself in a mass of shadow covered in crimson-red eyes and go hunt. Adamantina would usually praise her son, but Jon would get very worried, and would end up reprimanding both¡­ The boy was named Adan, by the way. Truly, both were unique families of their own. "Wawaaaahh!" Alice suddenly began to cry out loud in the middle of the lunch. "Sigh¡­ Now what?" sighed Arthur, he seemed exhausted. "Alice-chan, what''s wrong now?" sighed Timassa. "Maybe she wants to take a nap?" asked Arthur. "No, she already took one! Ah¡­ Is this it?" asked Timassa, as she revealed her tit and Alice quickly began to drink milk energetically. "Eh? She wanted milk but not the baby food?" sighed Arthur. "She likes milk a lot¡­ Well, that''s how it is," said Timassa. "Hahaha! Your baby girl doesn''t like food! But our baby likes meat!" said Adamantine, as the little Adan was trying to eat a giant grilled steak, his sharp fangs gritting¡­ "No! You''re too young to eat meat yet, you cannot digest it well and you end up having problems going to the bathroom, Adan¡­ Eat your baby food instead," said Jon. "Naam! Naaa!" cried Adan, as he wanted to refuse, but his father''s glowing eyes seemed to intimidate him a bit, as he gave up and ate the insipid baby food, which was actually made of mashed vegetables and a bit of dragon bone marrow. "But my son wanted meat¡­" cried Adamantine. "And I say that if he eats too much he will have problems going to the bathroom¡­" said Jon. "Eep! Okay, okay, don''t get angry!" sighed Adamantine. It seemed that Jon had be quite the strict father, but it was necessary if he wanted his familyposed of two reckless beasts to prosper¡­ he had changed a bit, certainly¡­ ----- Chapter 329 - A Weird Egg! ----- Amongst the family that was now adorned with little children, there was Clementina, who had suddenly brought something¡­ everyone had initially not realized it because they were all distracted with the kids. But after that, Noah realized she was carrying something between her legs. "Clementina, is that an egg?" he asked. "Eh? Ah! I-I thought you just were ignoring it¡­" said Clementina. "Honestly I didn''t realize it was there¡­" said Iris. "What is that egg?" asked Arthur curiously. "It looks like a monster egg. From the creatures born in the divine realm. I sometimes see clutches near their nests," said Jon. The egg Clementina was carrying, which was wrapped in cloths, was red-colored, with several decorations around it, making it resemble a finely crafted decoration. "It does not look like a normal monster egg, and I''ve seen many. Aside from monsters spawning out of nowhere, they usually also mate and produce offspring naturally. Whenever monsters reach a certain poption number, they stop emerging out of thin air and reproduce through these means¡­" said Noah. "Is that so? I wonder why you got an egg, did you wanted a pet, Clementina-chan?" asked Iris. Everyone''s gazes weighed over Clementina, as she got redder and redder. "Yes¡­ I just¡­ Seeing everyone so busy with a baby¡­ And how we took a long break¡­ I was considering having a pet¡­ To fill¡­ the void a bit¡­" she sighed. It was very hard for her to say that. "Aww¡­" Everyone except Noah who remained expressionless looked at Clementina with pitying eyes, which only made her feel more embarrassed. "Well, you can keep it, I don''t really care. I have not considered taming any monster here because they all naturally obey my will, you can take as many as you want," said Noah, as he seemed to not mind. "Thank you, my lord! I found this egg near the shore¡­ There were no monsters nearby or anything, so I was very curious how itnded there¡­" said Clementina. "I see¡­ Maybe there is a monster species that leave their eggs in the coast and goes back to the blood sea," said Noah. "Well, the thing is- Eh?" Crack, crack¡­! Suddenly, the egg began to crack! "Is it hatching already?!" asked Clementine in shock. "Interesting, I wonder what mighte out. I have not seen this egg before," said Noah. Everyone looked attentively as the egg cracked open, revealing the creature inside! CRASH! The egg exploded into pieces, as the creature inside raised its little arms. It opened his bright crimson-red eyes, looking at everyone curiously. "Wait¡­ that''s¡­" "Eh? I thought it was going to be a dragon or something¡­" "How could hee out of an egg?!" "Oh! Interesting! I just had devoured some before, so I was wondering when they would emerge¡­ To think that the first being woulde from a mysterious egg¡­" said Noah. The baby that emerged looked like¡­ a human! It looked exactly like a human baby, in fact. It had pale-white skin, short ck hair, sharp crimson-red eyes, and a tattoo resembling a drop of blood over his forehead, alongside sharp elf-like ears¡­ "It was born from this Divine Realm?! A baby Vampire?!" asked Iris in surprise. "Indeed. I had devoured Human and Vampire corpses some time ago. As you can see, anything I eat will sooner orter emerge in this Divine Realm as an endemic monster. It seems that Human/Vampires had finally begun to spawn¡­ This could quite probably be the first one. You have a good eye, Clementina. I will call him Blood Human," said Noah. "Blood Human¡­ It kind of looks like my lord a little bit¡­" said Clementina while blushing a bit as she touched the baby''s fluffy ck hair, it seemed to be calm, but she touched him, the baby rubbed his face over her hand¡­ and then took a bite. "Eh?" The baby continued to bite Clementina as it drank her blood, it seemed to be hungry. It seemed that today, even Clementina was blessed with an unexpected baby! "Have you thought of a name?" asked Iris. "Noah Jr!" said Clementina. "Don''t dare name him like that," said Noah. "Eep¡­ Okay¡­ Erm¡­ I don''t know," sighed Clementina. "How about Cain?" asked Jon. "Cain¡­ Uwah, I don''t know what name to give him¡­ Maybeter I will decide one," said Clementina. "Hm, no, decide one right now!" said Noah. "Eeeh?! Why?" cried Clementina. "Because he''s the first child of a new race. He will be this race''s King, so he must be named asap!" said Noah. "Sigh¡­ W-Well¡­ Okay then¡­ Erm¡­ Crimson!" said Clementina. "Crimson. A fine name" said Noah. Everyone nodded. And since this day, the first Blood Human to have been born spontaneously in this Divine Realm was named Crimson, who also became Clementina''s adoptive son! In the middle of the dinner, Noah finally began to talk about his next course of action and his ns. "It has been approximately two days in the outside world, even though we had two weeks in here. My clones had already detected powerful waves of manaing from the Gate set in Central America¡­ there were even sightings of giant ws made of bones and even roars¡­ Whatever it is inside, it is getting bored of being there," said Noah. "That must be the X-Rank Gate, right?" asked Iris. "Indeed, a powerful Gate that contains the first X-Rank monsters of this world," said Noah. "Amazing, and the monster inside¡­ What could it be? An Undead?" asked Arthur. However, the blood servants of Vayu, Varus, and Indra emerged at the side of Noah in small, reduced forms. "You''re not so far the truth," said Varus. "However, what''s there is¡­" muttered Vayu. "It''s Vritra, most likely!" said Indra. "Vritra?" asked Noah. "Vritra, my other half¡­ At that time when I suddenly separated myself in half¡­ That other half was Vritra¡­ It is an undead dragon, a Dracolich. The bone w was most likely him!" said Indra. "But why? How did he get here?" wondered Vayu. "Well, through a mysterious way, the same way we ended here," said Varus. "Vritra, huh?" wondered Noah. ----- Chapter 330 - Vritras Talk And... Eleanora, Stop That! ----- Vritra was a deadly Dracolich, born from Indra when he underwent a separation of his two halves. This was due to him having performed a ritual to enhance his power, which would take away all of his impurities right away. However, he had so many umted, which were all mixed with miasma that it ended forming a new and powerful entity named Vritra. In the mortal continent where the Draconic Fathers governed, there was no Undead, however, when Vritra was born, he naturally held the power of Death, and used it to bring forth the dead in the continent. After Vritra''s changes, souls would no longer go directly into the transmigration cycle, or perhaps not as much, and they ended wandering around the area where their bodies died. Thanks to the mana and miasma of the environment, they would turn into a ghost, or possess other corpses or inanimate objects and be all sorts of undead creatures. Mostly this brought the birth of Dracolich, ancient Dragons that had died in the continent began to awake from their eternal slumbers, their graves, and temples, where they were buried, would break open as armies of Undead Dragons would emerge being led by powerful Dracoliches, ancient dragons from eras of the past. "Whatever was the entity or the phenomenon that sent us here into a dungeon, it seems to not discriminate, as Vritra was sent here at the end!" said Indra. "Vritra will be most likely apanied by his Undead. As many as there can be¡­ He is a vicious monster. And killing Undead is tricky¡­ Sometimes they will reanimate or reconstruct after being in. You must properly purify their souls or¡­ destroy them," said Vayu. "But I suppose that''s no problem to our lord, who is looking so calm," said Varus. "Hm, I have more than one way to destroy souls. One of them is eating them, so I don''t care if the enemy is Undead. Rather, I am interested in Vritra''s powers or abilities. Anything worth mentioning aside from his Necromancy? Any weakness?" asked Noah. "Vritra is weak to fire and light elements, our brother Agni was the strongest against him¡­ Sadly, he seems to have perished before Vritra was to emerge here," sighed Varus. "I see¡­ Anything else?" asked Noah. "He can wield the element of Death. Therefore, he can use Death Magic, the opposite of Life Magic," said Vayu. "Death Magic is tricky, but its concepts and utilities usually vary. He mostly uses it to boost the power of his Undead, maintain their bodies strong and fresh for them to not fall apart, and he can gather death energy and produce a phantasmal fire of death magic that he fires using his jaws," said Indra. "I believe he also has the power to control his own bones or those of his allies. He was able to merge his bones or attack them like sharp projectiles. And even if his bones were shattered, as long as theysted, he would be able to reform¡­" said Varus. "That''s interesting. I will dly eat those bones until none remain," said Noah. "Ooh! He can use my fire?" wondered Iris. "Hm, it could be said that Iris-sama fire is different than Vritra''s¡­ Yours is of course superior and more potent, as your firees from ability. Vritra''s fire is a spell, so its growth is limited," said Vayu. "I see. Anyways, we are going today. After lunch," said Noah. "All of us? Can I go too?" asked Iris. She seemed eager to join the battle. "Yes, the kids will be left in the Divine Realm, they will be taken care of by my clones. Additionally, the space in here will go slowly, so for them, it will only be minutes. Whenever they go take a nap, we''ll go," said Noah. "Been a while since we went into a Dungeon, I can''t wait!" said Timassa. "Yeah, time to ughter!" said Adamantine. "I wonder if the Undead will be affected by my poison¡­ Perhaps not¡­ Well, not like I cannot turn it into a dissolving acid¡­" said Arthur. "Would my eyes work on the undead? Maybe a couple¡­" said Jon. "It pains me to leave the kids though¡­ But well, if it will only be a few minutes for them, and if they will be with your clones, I guess it is fine," said Iris. "Yes, it is better like this. I want everyone to exercise and get some good action to not get too rusty. Additionally, as long as you keep close to me things should be fine. I will charge in front and test the waters. Even if I am torn apart into shreds, I can regenerate back, and even if I am disintegrated, I cane back in one of the clones inside my own Divine Realm, although my stats might lower temporarily. Whenever something I am not sure of you winning might emerge, you will all be called back to my divine realm. However, your souls should be strong enough to shield you using Soul-Beast Form¡­" said Noah, as everyone nodded in affirmation. However, there was another surprise! William Axis rushed into the room with an excited expression. "My lord, if you''re going to central America, why don''t you take the mechs I''ve been crafting for each member?! They are perfectly made for all of your fitting attributes! They are the culmination of my research of true magic and mybination of blood core technology, my technomancy, and true magic!" said William. Who surprised everyone, resembling a crazy homeless guy by how bad he looked. He had taken many all-nighters, it seemed. "Muh!" Suddenly, Eleanora saw this man as unsightly, getting angered at seeing his face, her third eye opened vertically in the middle of her forehead and shed with pink and purple light, releasing waves of psionic energy, and grabbing William through Telekinesis! She began to smack him into the ground¡­ CLASH! "Ueggh¡­!" CLASH! "Uhggh¡­" CLASH! "Aggh¡­ My youngdy''s punishment¡­! Is a pleasure to take it¡­" CLASH! "Eleonora, stop," sighed Noah. "Muh¡­" As the little girl stopped, Noah looked at William as the man regenerated his disfigured face. "Fine, let''s go take a look at them," said Noah. ----- Chapter 331 - Giant Mechs! ----- Giant mechs! William has been working on this side project for some time already, fusing his power of Technomancy and the knowledge he had acquired by learning and developing his True Magic Attribute, which was coincidentally Earth Attribute, giving him the ability to shape ores and more, and fusing the power of the Blood Cores, Soul Theory, and more, he had created new and amazing mechs. These mechs were not at all like the normal versions he had created. It didn''t evenpare to the mech he used to fight Noah before, which didn''t evenst more than a minute. No¡­ these mechs were new, a new generation of mechs, made better in every single possible way! William felt amazingly proud of them, he felt like they were his first step into newer and higher heights. He had made them in a way that imitated the three Fembots in a way, making these mechs develop Abilities, and even Souls of their own, while still being capable of having a pilot inside that could infuse their own mana and soul power into the mech to make it stronger! Apparently, William had overshadowed that it could even be possible to share the pilot''s magic affinity, skills, and other abilities into these amazing new mechs. It could be possible through a soul connection, a new technique that these mechs possessed! And now, he opened hisrge bunker, which he had created through technomancy, as the group was greeted by hundreds of little Robots working around the entire facility, doing a variety of things, mostly supporting, and enhancing the mech to new levels of quality and power. The group was surprised after seeing this, so much that their eyes opened wide. "You''ve been having a lot of fun here, haven''t you? What are all these robots? You''ve made way too many!" said Noah. "A-Ah, yes, but it was necessary, my lord! I swear that it was just to make these mechs better and faster!" said William. "Sigh. Fine, but next time, you must inform me of your crazy projects ahead of time, I don''t like surprises," said Noah. "Don''t worry, master, they seem rather happy. After all, unlike us, they seem to be doing their purpose, the purpose they were made for," said Sakura. "Hm, and they are also soulless, so they have not developed too much," said Sugar. "Well, I still dislike how he can create our siblings so easily and enve them into doing his bidding," sighed Noire. "Ipletely understand you, Noire. That''s why it enraged me a bit. But I suppose it is fine as long as they will be given breaks and other thingster on," said Noah. "Oh? Noah-sama seems¡­ So considered of us¡­" said Sakura. "Of course! Noah-sama is very considerate with us robots!" said Sugar. "Ah?! What are you even talking about! I am not considerate with anyone!" said Noah. "Buaaaaaah!" Eleanora suddenly began to cry as she heard her father scream angrily, and Noah''s face immediately changed into concern. "Ah! I didn''t mean that way, dear, don''t cry¡­" sighed Noah, as he caressed his daughter which he was carrying with his arms. Eleanora slowly stopped crying as Noah cleaned her tears. "I was just joking! Ha¡­ Haha! See? Your father cares about you, of course!" said Noah, caressing and spoiling his daughter. "Dadaaa!" Eleanora began to touch her father''s nose cutely, Noah smiled happily, a smile that only Iris had seen before. "So Noah-sama is just a tsundere at the end, just like Iris-sama had said before," said Noire. "Indeed! He''s such a nice father too!" said Sakura. "That''s right!" said Sugar. "Tch! Just shut up already!" roared Noah, as Eleanora didn''t cry this time, but nodded angrily as she pointed her fingers at the robots. "Babahaa!" she said. As this transpired, the party reached the deeper area of the facility, where William presented to everyone the enormous metallic titans he had been crafting this whole time! "Here they are, my lord! Look! Aren''t they glorious in every possible way?! Aren''t they amazing in every way possible?! Yes! Yes, I know they are!" said William, he raised his arms as if presenting something amazing. And well, the wondrous mechs in front of every one were just as amazing! The giant mechs looked wondrous and glorious just as William said! They looked like gigantic titans, each one reaching up to 60 meters! They were truly titans! Perhaps Noah could be even bigger, but for the rest of his team, they were immense! "Amazing¡­" said Iris. The mechs resembled models straight out of a Gundam Anime series, but they had varied colors depending on for whom they were made and customized. "I have made them specifically for each member, I have shaped their structure, added many elements, and many other things were taken into consideration, so these mechs could be the best fit to each one''s Skills Abilities, Ways of fighting, and even their Spells and True Magic Affinity!" said William Indeed, there was one for every person! Noah, Iris, Arthur, Timassa, Jon, Adamantine, and Clementina! And there was also an extra one¡­ this one had strange decorations resembling neon colors that shined in the darkness¡­ "And whose that one?" asked Noah. "Ah, that one is mine! My lord, can I join you in your battle?" asked William. "Hmm¡­ Fine by me, you''re already SSS-Rank, just don''t be reckless, we''ll be fighting X-Rank monsters, and you will be the weakest. We won''t be protecting your back at every second, so you better be confident on your mechs," said Noah. "Yes, my lord! I shall! I will!" said William, spinning around like a ridiculous clown, he was really an entric man like not many. "But why there are not for us?!" asked Sakura. "Ah¡­ Well, you three can already merge and be the same model if not even better in every possible way, my creations! Additionally, you''ve absorbed the materials of even dragons! Why are you fearing not wearing one of these?" asked William. "Ah¡­ Well, I guess he''s right," said Sugar. After this showcase, William moved the mechs outside of the facility, as the group prepared to go outside and reach the X-Rank Dungeon! ----- Chapter 332 - Flying To Confront The Last Challenge! ----- The immense gate within Central America continued to expand across the skies, as the sky itself began to twist to its immense magical pressure. The clouds turned ck and even purple, being contaminated by the deadly miasma being emanated from the Gate. The cloud started to spiral around as they started to generate lightning, falling over the wild jungles below and causingrge catastrophes all around. Therge viges of Subhumans living in here were destroyed in an instant, although their members had long ago run away from this ce, as Noah recruited them several days ago through the Clones he had sent here. CLAAASH! The thunder fell over the jungles as acid rain began to rain,ing from the contaminated miasma clouds. The clouds continued to spiral as the gate started to slowly meld with it. If things continued, the gate would open and be so big it would take over the entirety of the sky, as the monsters within woulde out and make aplete catastrophe. This was the surface, after all, meaning that perhaps Varus and his dragons were able to get out in the sea, which was vast and immense, but in the surface, these monstrous creatures that mighte from the Gate here would surely tten the entire surface until nothing was to remain. And if that wasn''t enough, their deadly miasma would contaminate the life and kill it, if not mutating them into even more aberrant forms, it would be a never-ending cycle where lie would die and mutate constantly, bing more and more warped, turning into a pure monstrosity. An immensely strong entity from within this gigantic, ck-colored Gate gleamed its crimson-red eyes from within the space of the Dungeon, watching over the catastrophe. The monstrous entity smiled maliciously as its entire purpose, destruction, was being fulfilled, and soon enough, it would be capable of escaping this spatial prison and engulf this entirely new world in pure chaos. If SSS-Rank monsters could destroy entire continents if they wanted, X-Rank monsters could endanger the entire life of a, the entire''s fate would be in the ws of such a vicious entity, it would surely end badly for it. God and the World''s Core nced at this scene with their powerful all-seeing senses spread across the. CLAAASH! More and more lightning began to fall over the jungle, setting it all aze in the middle of this acid rain, the entirendscape had already shaped itself into a wastnd in a few hours. The monstrous creature within the Gate was constantly producing more and more miasma, the world was soon going to meet its end! The creature desired only one thing, whatsoever, to bring destruction and chaos to anywhere it went! Since its birth that it had only harbored such malicious and terrible thoughts. It wasn''t even a rational being, not even a viin would want to destroy the world, but conquer it! However, this creature was an embodiment of the end, and its sole desire was to destroy it all. To destroy it all! To bring an end to all things! Since its birth from the residual impure energies and thoughts of Indra that this creature has only known about destruction, its sole purpose was this, it was a being born for it, it destroyed everything and even imprisoned the one that gave birth to him, with what purpose? To govern it all through destruction! The entity, within the depths of this confined space, overflowed with anticipation, it wanted nothing else than to jump straight out of this gate and make a mess of everything, it wanted to bring an end to this beauty of a world, it wanted to bring it to hisfort zone, a zone of pure destruction, a zone where the only thing that remained in the eyes of anyone that saw it was¡­ catastrophe! The creature''s crimson eyes gleamed eerily, anyone standing outside the gate would be able to sense such gleaming and terrifying eyes¡­ And not only miasma came from within the gate, butrge quantities of darkness and phantom energies, the entity was most likely an Undead of immense levels of power. The beings watching over this entire chaos were arge colony of Noah''s Clones that were watching over this ce, although some of them were bathed in lightning and burned, they quickly regenerated from their burnt flesh and continued to watch over this, they needed more than just conventional lightning to die now, even more now that Noah had eaten Indra and had acquired Lighting Attribute Ward! It was only possible for them to die from an even stronger lighting, a lightning containing divinity and even darkness, the lightning that the creature across the gate possessed, such lighting was capable of piercing the divine, even! This entity was born from Indra himself, and therefore it had inherited part of his powers, even that! It had the power to not only use Death Magic, but the powerful Dark Lightning Magic his Dark Lightning was not like any other, capable of causing chaos and terror anywhere it went, it could easily ignore the resistance to lighting and even pierce all sorts of defenses, it was an ultimate weapon of destruction. By infusing miasma into the environment above the gate, the creature infused his powers into it and conjured this ck lighting, that began to shower the ce! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOM! The chaotic scenario left dumbfounded anyone that could see it, however, one of the clones suddenly opened its eyes wide open as it received a message from the main body! "It''s time!" FLAAAASH! Suddenly, enormous magic circles emerged all across the sky as all of Noah''s clones used Kin Summon in session, without anyone failing! Suddenly, enormous titans made of steel of all colors, who exuded powerful elemental and soul auras emerged one after another, floating in midair while showcasing their beautiful and metallic might! They were here! The entity within the gate felt the presence of these titans of steel, as it suddenly grew wary, burying itself deeper into this spatial cage¡­ It was waiting for them. ----- Chapter 333 - Showdown! Against Undead Legions 1 ----- Titans made of Steel with different colors emerged one after another across the skies, as the entity within the gate sensed their presence, feeling their power, it quickly moved deeper into the gate''s space, waiting for them to enter into his domain. Even Noah had entered into one of these mechs just to try it out. William had said that they had the power to channel the user''s skills and that they could also shapeshift as they were made of trillions of small nanobots! Noah wondered if he could merge with this thing as he shapeshifted, perhaps even gaining the power of the nanobots within it and enhancing his entire physique for a greater result in a battle. Literally, anything was possible at this point if this could be the truth! Noah''s children and the other children were being taken care of by Holy and Noah''s clones, who were also using his own soul, so it was as if he himself was overseeing the babies as they all slept leisurely after having eaten food. Even Crimson, the first Blood Human to have been born was sleeping peacefully as Noah felt that something within him was developing, the Blood Core of his chest was shining brightly for some unknown reason, awakening new power. Perhaps as the first Blood Human, it could develop some new abilities that Noah had not seen before, but for now, Noah had most of his mind concentrated in the outside world, which time ran faster than the inside of his divine realm! "We are here!" said Iris. "Very well then, let''s go!" Noah led his party as the gigantic mechs rushed into the Gate, entering it without waiting for another second! FLAAAAASH! BOOOM! The moment Noah''s vision changed as he entered the Dungeon, what greeted his sight was a shing explosion of darkness! "Oh?" He naturally took the entire hit without any issue as the entire mech seemed just as impable as before. "This could work as anotheryer of armor, now that I think about it¡­" Noah and his party nced down below, as they were surprised by the giant army that greeted them straight away, as if the culprit behind this was already waiting for them and had prepared a nice weing party, how nice of him! The immense army of Undead wasposed of many creatures resembling Dragons and Wyrms, but they were rotting away, with their flesh decaying, showing their bones and muscles, and more¡­ These creatures were Zombie Dragons and Zombie Wyrms of various species, there were even Fire, Wind, Water, and Lightning Wyrms and Dragons who had been converted into zombies! The one that hadunched such a pathetic disy of dark magic was arger Zombie Dragon, a Zombie Dragon Hydra! It looked like several Dragons that were somehow stitched together, it looked truly monstrous, each head, which was four, looked like a fire, wind, lightning, and water dragons, and its body went up to almost 100 meters in height! Noah quickly pointed his giant divine spear to the monster, as the creature prepared a quadruple breath attack against him! "Haha! Pathetic creature, do you truly believe I will let you do as you please?! Holy Spear: Pir of Light Rhongomyniad!" Noah roared as the spear grew into an enormous size, the entire space and time around him distorted as the spear released a splendorous ray of light from all its surroundings, the light was of pure holy nature, something that such a vile vampire like him shouldn''t be able to wield! Yet¡­! FLAAASH! The spear coated the sky and the earth with golden effervescent light, shing through the sky and reaching the monstrous Zombie Dragon Hydra, as its quadruple breath reached up to Noah, but the holy spear rushed through the breath attacks, breaking through them with utmost ease and reaching the monstrous undead! CLAAAAAAASH! The spear shed against the creature as its holy light started to burn through the entirety of the creature in no time, it was so potent it was as if the light was burning the monstrous creature into ashes, and all those around it were showered in such deadly light as well, disintegrating against its might! BOOOOOOM!!! It was as if the spear carried a nuke with itself, Noah smiled maliciously as he saw the chaos unfold, arge chunk of the Undead army die instantly! The monster within the depths of the dungeon was left shocked as well, his crimson-red essence leaking from within the space it was confined as his powerful and ancient magic quickly conjured more Undead, raising from the ground one by one, an army of flying Zombie Dragons and Wyrms rushed towards Noah andpany, as Noah decided to call the cavalry! "Come forth, blood army!"ughed Noah, as he summoned a gigantic army of Blood Servants, surprising Vritra once more! It was as if Noah was using his own type of Necromancy to fight Vritra''s necromancy! Blood Army VS Undead Army! "ROOOAAARRR! Vritra, we are here for payback!" roared Indra, as he released a thunderstorm of crimson lightning, crushing and burning hundreds of Undead in the spot! CRAAAAAASH! "Come on, brothers!" Varus roared as he moved through the skies with his gigantic serpentine body, generating a massive flood of oceanic blood water, which continued to fall over the army of the dead, crushing them with an immense pressure into mere ashes! BOOOOOM! Vayu summoned an enormous windstorm that merged with Indra''s thunderstorm, engulfing the sky above the Undead with pure and eternal chaos! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! The Sin Knights also joined, as Pride who had been recently merged with many new members had be incredibly strong, resembling a titan of the same if not higher power than his draconic fathers, his dozens of heads prepared crimson-red mes as they burned through the army of the dead with utmost ease! FLAAAAAASH! The agonizing cries of the pained souls used to raise the Undead resonated through the battlefield, as Noah and his party continued to advance through the territory, which resembled andscape of gray and ck stone, with a cloudy and ck sky! ----- Chapter 334 - Showdown! Against Undead Legions 2 ----- The Blood Army shed against the Undead Army as their explosive attacks resonated through the battlefield. The deadly elemental attacks of the three Draconic Fathers and Pride, whose power could now even bepared with Agni, fell over the Undead Army as their casualties kept rising and rising. However, from the ashes they were reborn, the bones merged together and remade new and even more monstrous Undead, however, as they continued to be pulverized into ashes, they ended dying at longst, the soul was being harvested by Noah''s sole presence, who attracted them all to his own! Noah quicklymanded the heavy cavalry, as his allies rushed into battle as well, Iris, Timassa, Arthur, Jon, Adamantine, Clementina, the robot trio, and even William all rushed together as a team as they exuded the power of their souls! "Been a while since I fought for real¡­ Time to go a bit wild!" Irisughed maliciously as her mech was one of the first ones that began to shapeshift, she infused her powerful soul into it as it began to be set aze by powerful, blue-colored phantom mes. FLAAAASH! The giant mech was devoured by the mes as its entire size expanded, its height increased, and its shape changed! It suddenly turned into a more wild and monstrous shape, resembling a slim and tall fox coated in phantom mes, forming nine new tails behind itself as it roared loudly! "RRROOAARR!" Iris roared like a wild fox, as she infused her entire consciousness into the transformed mech, the creature jumped over the army and used the mes it possessed to enhance its speed to insane degrees, rushing through the entire battlefield, her phantom mesbined with the soul mes she got long ago, burning the souls of the Undead! By burning their souls and ultimately consuming them, the Undead were torn apart and began to fall over the ground one by one, as if they were puppets that lost their strings. Vritra noticed this power, as he decided to use a chunk of his power and summon a greater Undead! FLAAAASH! A magic circle emerged in front of Iris, as her rampage stopped suddenly! A monstrous being made of many different types of bones emerged, resembling a chimera with several limbs, jaws, and tails, a Bone Chimera! The creature exuded a powerful presence, it was obviously X-Rank! However, before such might, Iris only smiled diabolically! She might be a good mother, but she was also an insane and berserk-like fighter! Her gigantic mech roared as it rushed towards the one-hundred-meter-tall Bone Beast, jumping over it! CLAAAASH! "RRROAAARR!" The Giant Bone Chimera roared monstrously as it used its giant ws, limbs, and other extremities made of bone to shower Iris with countless attacks! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Each attack was like an explosive sh, however, Iris took some but evaded others, as she danced around the beast and unleashed several little phantom fire foxes, which began to explode like little bombs around the creature! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The explosions continued around the Giant Bone Chimera, as Iris continued to take on some hits, as her soul continued to flow outside of her body into the mech, as her Soul beast Form suddenly emerged like permeable coverture over the mech, it was as if it gained some kind of armor made of this ethereal fire! FLAAAAASH! The Giant Bone Chimera received Iris shing attacks with its endless amount of bones, as a gigantic jaw opened and suddenly released a deadly poisonous breath attack! BOOOOM!!! The explosive breath attack shed against Iris mech, as she was sent through the air! "Hahahaha!" However, Iris wasughing due to the insanity of such a battle of insane proportions. The two titans shed against one another, both taking heavy damage from one another but regenerating at an insane pace! Although Iris seemed to be cornered at first, she slowly started to gain the upper hand, slowly taking the advantage in battle as she continued to fire these small phantom foxes, exploding over the Giant Bone Chimera, and slowly but steadily, weakening his soul! "Now!" Iris suddenly got very serious as she rushed towards the interior of the Giant Bone Chimera, crushing, and sending away any bone in her path as she extended her power inside of the monster, reaching its weakened soul, as she extended her fox-like phantom jaws and crushed the soul, beginning to bite it and ravage it with everything she had! CLASH! FLASH! BOOM! "GRRRYYAARRR¡­!" The Giant Bone Chimera cried in agony as its soul was eaten by Iris, and the entire pile of bones fell over the ground motionlessly! "Amazing work!" said Noah, who was seeing things from afar, while using his Spear to crushrge chunks of the Undead Army. He had been spectating Iris since she began fighting, praising her might as she seems to have recovered most of her former drive for battle and seemed just as insane as the woman Noah had fallen in love with! "Hehe, did you see that? Ipletely sted them off!" said Iris cutely, as Noah smiled. Iris continued her rampage as she jumped over an army of Undead, her passing was like the literal end for the Undead her power to consume and burn souls was the strongest against Undead, making even Vritra afraid of confronting her head-on. He nced at the scene with growing anger, as Noah began to analyze where could the culprit behind the endless Undead Army might be. He observed the sky above him but nothing, therge mountains above him, but nothing either¡­ And then, he looked over the underground, deep underground, until he felt a gigantic subterranean area where a powerful presence emanated from! "There you are! You can''t escape from me, cowardly pile of bones! Come out, miserably maggot!" roared Noah, as he pointed the divine spear right into the direction where Vritra was hiding, sending this living golden nuke right there! FLAAAAAASH! BOOOM!!! The spear pierced the underground and continued to rush through everything, reaching the area where Vritra was in a second, as the Dracolich felt rmed! ----- Chapter 335 - Showdown! Against Undead Legions 3 ----- CLAAAASH! The immense holy divine spear shed against the ground as Vritra trembled in fear! "W-What? He detected me?! But this is a closed space, this is the Boss Room, as it was called, how is he getting in here ahead of time?! At least let me kill some of your damn rats!" roared Vritra, as his army grewrger while Noah tried to get into him! "Hah! You''re getting afraid of this little rat?"ughed Noah, as he continued to infuse ridiculous quantities of essence into his divine spear, as it continued to prate the ground and reach deeper and deeper! CLAAASH! "Unghh¡­!" Vritra since he found himself in this space that he had been "confined". This was a Boss Room. Sometimes inside Dungeons, there would be Boss Rooms where the Bosses would be confined from the rest of the Dungeon, there needed to be certain requirements that had to be fulfilled to unlock such rooms, such as killing arge number of monsters, activating a certain switch, and more. Vritra was a powerful and Dracolich and necromancer, a master of the soul, so he knew that he was able to still go to the outside even while being confined here! Or well, he had tried before. By using his powerful Undead Abilities, he extended his phantom soul outside of his body and used to cross through the space where he was confined, reaching the rest of the deste dungeon, and even the Gate that led outside! However, Vritra discovered that there was a certain power stopping him from walking outside. Due to this, on his frustration, he began to exude his deadly Miasma Aura outside of the dungeon and contaminate the outside world, even to the point of being able to infuse part of his magic and other abilities, making the outside world from this Dungeon aplete mess. Through his stay in here, he discovered that this power keeping him in here was slowly weakening, and the more he used Miasma to break through it, the faster it dissipated. Slowly, he would be able to free himself from this cage named "Boss Room", and he would be able to finally roam the outside world and bring destruction to all things, just like the purpose of his very existence, that to end everything and bring it all to destruction and ruin! However¡­ this detestable being and his group emerged out of thin air just now, running his ns! They held within them unprecedented power, and they began to annihte his Army of Undead as if it were as easy as breathing! Their powerful gigantic armors of metal were incredibly tough, devastating the Undead that he continuously summoned to kill them! However, Vritra was still a powerful being, and held an upper hand in some things! One of the greatest cheats that came with being imprisoned in a dungeon was that he was able to use his abilities and absorb the near-endless essence that made up this entire dimension, giving him the ability to utilize thisrge amount of constantly recovering mana to summon more and more creatures without stopping! Due to this, he could constantly summon a never-ending army of Undead on the surface using all the souls he had achieved within his very being and even the many souls that constantly entered this ce! Using his authority as a Necromancer, he constantly ordered the Souls to obey him and do as he pleases, as they became deadly Undead and marched in front of the invaders, only to serve as cannon fodder as their powerful attacks reached them and annihted them. And now¡­ this detestable invader was using an incredibly powerful object to break through his spatial cage! Did it want to free him? Wasn''t that good though? Well, no! Noah didn''t want to do anything with Vritra other than to beat him into a pile of dust bones and eat his soul to gain new powers¡­ He was just a meal before the gluttonous Vampire Aberration! Noah smiled maliciously as he felt the fear that Vritra had against him! "Hahaha! What''s wrong, Vritra, a bit fearful of a little fight with me? Don''t worry, I won''t do anything bad to you!"ughed Noah, as he continued to slowly yet steadily break through the powerful space containing Vritra within, which Vritra himself was actually reinforcing now using his powerful magic, soul, and miasma! Vritra felt furious and filled with frustration as he infused all of his power into his summons and generated a new horde of Undead, an even bigger one! The enormous army of Undead rushed toward Noah as he continued to dig deeper, as enormous Zombie Dragons the size of skyscrapers opened their jaws and released deadly breath attacks, while gigantic w Zombie Dragons who had enormous ws tried to sh through his body, and even Snake Zombie Dragons coiled around his mechanical limbs and tried to pull him down! Noah called up to his group as they quickly began to massacre the Undead, but Noah wasn''t going to stay still either, the gigantic mech he was using suddenly started to convert into tiny nanomachines that began to merge with his own body! Suddenly, he began to shapeshift into an enormous creature in the shape of a humanoid, although it also had many dragon-like features. The nanomachines actually added an amazingponent to his entire new strength after transforming, amazing Noah as he found that these robots were actually not that bad! After using over a dozen of Skills and Lifeblood Jewel Abilities in session, Noah was able to engulf himself in tremendous quantities of power overflowing from his entire being, this power was good enough to give him an amazing boost to his capabilities, his crimson-red aura soared like an ocean of blood above his head as his power continued to skyrocket, he looked like an infernal dragon lord with so many armor-like decorations across his body and an imponent might, his entire body not only exuded his blood attribute, but also darkness, water, wind, and lightning all together, to the point that even space around him distorted! It was time to fight like a wild beast. ----- Chapter 336 - Showdown! Against Undead Legions 4 ----- Deadly attacks rushed one after another from all of the gigantic Undead Zombie Dragons and even Undead Skeleton Dragons that Vritra summoned continuously, making an endless army of death! After transforming into his imposing tyrannical form, Noah rushed into the battlefield, whilemanding the Holy Spear: Pir of Light Rhongomyniad to continue attacking Vritra''s hideout! CLAAAASH! His imposing might shed over the ground as his enormous draconic jaws roared, his entire presence concentrate the power of several Draconic Fathers merged together, and with his very presence and the aid of true magic, Noah quickly conjured Wind, Water, Lightning, and Darkness Magic together, generate several magic circles as a catastrophe suddenly came out of them! The magic circles truly summoned a catastrophe over the enemies near Noah as a massive storm of darkness emerged, freezing everything, slicing everything, and then burning everything through cold temperatures, slicing winds, and deadly ck lightning! FLAAAASH! The freezing temperatures formed through water magic through its branch of ice magic froze therge army in front of him, as the countless Undead in front of Noah were already all made into statues of ice! "RRAOOOOAAARR!" Some tried to fight back, however, as they employed their supernatural strength to crack open the ice, but that was useless! FLAAASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLAHS! Suddenly, countless shing attacks started to befall the ice statues as those monsters trying to evade or run away were all being sliced into pieces! And then¡­! SPARK! SPARK! CLAAASH! Large thunderbolts made of ck lightning began to fall over the sliced ice statues, pulverizing them in an instant! Meanwhile, Noah had also begun to devour any souls he found around, so he was having a big feast! Just what was this ridiculous sight?! It was too¡­ insane! It was as if Noah was a God of the skies, he overlooked everything from above and made of anything below him his prey! The monsters were quickly summoned once more, even bigger, and fiercer than before, but even then, even against almost 120 meters tall multi-headed chimera zombie kings, he was able to easily lift them over and kill them! "All of you are not even worth the effort!" he said, as Noah conjured several icicle spears around him andunched them with wind magic over the monsters, the icicle spears pierced their skulls or bodies, but even then they werepletely fine! However, this time was surely different, as Noah had made sure to make these projectiles explode on contact! How malicious! The moment the icicle spears reached the creatures, they exploded into quick session, making arge ice massacre, turning everything, and spreading everything with more and more death and ¡­ ice! "Useless rubber!" roared Noah, provoking Vritra as hemanded his Blood Army, which had already grown stronger and more massive, absorbing the souls of these Undead and giving them a drop of blood and all¡­ It wasn''t a hard thing to do! Due to this, even beings with no blood were joining Noah''s army, as to continued to expand to a near-endless quantity. The Blood Army rushed towards the Undead Dragons and Wyrms as they used their powerful crystallized weapons and their numbers to overwhelm their foes! Noah used his ability to control blood and his Blood Servants, as he ordered arge amount of them to fuse together into a Blood Servant Legion! FLASH! A gigantic mass of blood concentrated in a single space, forming a ball coated by countless tentacles sticking out of it! The monstrous entity used its enormous size to rush through the battlefield, sttering the zombies and skeletons that came across as it constantly devoured them through its internal gastric acids. It resembled a monstrous and gigantic slime creature of some sort, terrifying even these Undead! This wasn''t all, as Varus, Vayu, Indra, and Pride fused together into a gigantic dragon made of blood, releasing powerful elemental attacks, and spreading chaos across its path! "RRRRROOOAAARRR!" The multi-headed gigantic blood dragon released sparks of crimson lighting, ck winds, and other powerful attacks across his path, everything that came across it was being senselessly beaten down! Vritra was growing desperate as Noah''s army was way too ridiculous! What can he even do in this situation other than despair and worthlessly struggle? Noah continued to annihte anything within his path as he showered it with thebination of his Skills and Magic, the powerfulbination was enough topletely annihte whole armies of Undead within seconds! X-Rank Undead Monsters were aplete joke! Vritra began to consider what to do, however¡­! CLASH! A giant rip in space emerged before the ceiling of the room where he was, as the giant golden spear had finally pushed through space itself, broke it, and opened a way for Noah! "W-What?!" CRACK¡­ CRACK! CRAAAASH! The entire space began to shatter into pieces as arge hole appeared above the ceiling of Vritra''s Boss Room, Noah was so strong now that he waspletely viting thews of Dungeons and doing as he pleased! He can''t enter until conditions are met? Who cares! He merely employed his spear, crushed open space, and made a way for him to get in! "Hahaha! Finally! Let''s get this over with, Vritra, there are more important things for me to do! (Such as taking care of my children!)" roared Noah, rushing inside of Vritra''s Boss Room with all of his might, as he was greeted by a gigantic Dracolich with an intimidating appearance, although his face waspletely surprised, opening his skeletal jaws wide open! "RROOOOAARR!" The monstrous creature that Noah had be was immense! His size easily surpassed 100 meters and he was covered in armor-like scales, and to top it off, he was wielding the powerful spear forged by the''s core and the damned Holy Grail! "Nnnghh¡­! My legacy cannot end here! Do you think that a maggot from another world such as you stands a chance against me?! I was born to bring chaos and destruction! I am the end of all things!!!" Vritra boasted to give himself some courage, as his powerful aura and soul began to overflow from his body, like a phantasmal presence! "Enough of your petty words! Show to me how mighty you are!" CLAASH! ----- Chapter 337 - Showdown! Against Undead Legions 5 ----- As Noah shed against Vritra, in the surface, arge war was undergoing. The army of Undead continued to emerge one after another, the more died, therger the creatures that came back were. Timassa rushed through the skies of this turbulent dungeon, in herrge mech, which she had infused her soul into, making it take the form of a majestic robotic eagle coated in ck lightning! "CRRAAAA!" The enormous mechanical eagle released a sharp roar as it released ck lightning with its mere presence, the Undead around it started to fall over the ground one by one before its almighty power! CLAASH! CLAASH! "Damn, this thing is powerful¡­" thought Timassa, as she continued to infuse her mana and soul into it, soaring the skies in a powerful and resistant mechanical eagle. "RROOAAR!" Suddenly, a monstrous creature surged from the ground, resembling a titan made of the bones of many Dragons and Wyrms, of a humanoid shape, it raised an enormous axe made of bones and swung it near Timassa! SLAAASH! She managed to evade in time, only to be caught by the creature''s tail, which rushed towards her and began to shower her mechanical body with constantly piercing attacks! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Therge tail resembled a sharp spear made of an incredibly hard bone, of course these monsters were X-Rank, and their power was just as equal! Their bones were as hard as the hardest of metals due to this, it was capable of shing through the metal of the mechs! However! The giant eagle mech opened its beak as it suddenly charged arge quantity of ck lightning! TRUUUM! CLAAASH! A massive beam of ck lightning rushed towards the giant made of bones shing over its torso and leaving arge wound on the bones as it released more and more of these attack! The giant Bone Titan started to fall in speed as it was pushed down by the might of Timassa''s Soul Beast merged with the mech she was equipped with! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! The resonating ck lightning shed over the Bone Titan''s body, destroying more and more of its body, while the creature''s used its enormous size and the body it had to follow Timassa''s through the sky, using the several bone limbs it possessed, it continuously chased her down, pulling some pressure not her! However, Timassa''s might was greater, her ck lightning continued to be released into storming attacks, and the Bone Titan''s soul began to slowly emerge from its ruined bone body. At longst, Timassa flew towards the Bone titan and used the giant mech to extend her soul over the Bone Titan soul, grasping her enemy''s soul and crushing it through Soul Eater Skill! "GGRRRUUUUOORRR¡­!" The mighty Bone Titan''s soul was crushed and eaten by Timassa''s might! She quickly felt a rush of new power reaching up to her soul as if she was growing stronger from eating it! Her Lighting power intensified as it gained some and of phantasmal property. However this wasn''t over yet as she rushed through the battlefield joining with everyone else to therge massacre of the never-ending of army of Undead. As she joined back with everyone else Jo continued his own attacks alongside Adamantine. The two began tow or together ever since their rtionship started abruptly. And ever since then, they had been fighting together through the battles. Jon''s mech transformed to arge octopus-shaped creature with several eyes on it, looking menacing to anyone. Several of the mech eyes glowed with crimson-red light and released beams across the battlefield that made the Undead be ashes in an instant. Meanwhile Adamantine rushed through the battlefield as her mech transformed into the shape of a wolf coated n shadows. The mechanical wolf was incredibly mighty, using its sharp ws and jaws to devour the several Bone and Zombie monsters that emerged before Adamantine her might was finally being unleashed in the battlefield a longst! It has been a long time since thest time she fought like this, and due to that she felt excited about this battle! Meanwhile, Jon continued not fire powerfulsers from his giant mech, as the bone creatures that crossed his path were being vaporized with utmost ease! BOOM! CLASH! TRUUMM! Jon''s might knew no end, as he was apanied by Adamantine through the battle! The monstrous creatures below his feet were being easily vaporized by the power of his eyes, which could even be infused into these mechs with utmost ease! However¡­! BOOOM!!! Suddenly, an enormous creature made of bones emerged from the ground, its might resonated through the powerful phantasmal aura it held, it resembled arge three-headed dragon made entirely out of ck bones, and it also held arge core in the middle of its chest that resonated with potent mana energy! "ROOOAARR!" "A nice meal!"ughed Adamantine, as she leaped over the monstrous creature and began to rush with her ws, her shadows enveloped her limbs as explosions of darkness continued to ensue. The monster roared in pain as it tried to fight back, but its body was being twisted around by the wolf''s deadly shadow jaws, which started to crush the bones with utmost might! "Let me aid you a bit." Jon flew above the giant bone dragon, as his eyes opened wide and rays of crimson red light came from them, the rays shed over the bone dragon and continued to do so for several seconds, the powerful rays were capable of turning into ashes the bones! Impacting the creature with his might made the monstrous dragon despair, as Adamantine used this opportunity to crush the dragon''s mana core with her jaws, crunching it with her might! CRAASH! "ROOOAAAARRRRRR!!!!" The dragon began to fall into pieces of bones, as Jon and Adamantine quickly devoured therge core, it seemed to actually be a Dragon heart. Within the army that Vritra held, there were many former powerful dragons he had killed and made into Undead, various of them retained their dragon hearts and crystal-like cores in their skeletal chests. Feeling a rush of new draconic power, the pair continued through the battlefield, annihting anything within their path¡­ ----- Chapter 338 - Showdown! Against Undead Legions 6 ----- Meanwhile, as the rest of the group worked hard against the Undead Army, Noah managed to break through space itself, entering Vritra''s domain! "Hahaha! Finally! Let''s get this farse over with, Vritra, there are more important things for me to do! (Such as taking care of my children!)" roared Noah, rushing inside of Vritra''s Boss Room with all of his might, as he was greeted by a gigantic Dracolich with an intimidating appearance, although his face waspletely surprised, opening his skeletal jaws wide open! "RROOOOAARR!" The monstrous creature that Noah had be was immense! His size easily surpassed 100 meters and he was covered in armor-like scales, and to top it off, he was wielding the powerful spear forged by the''s core and the damned Holy Grail! "Nnnghh¡­! My legacy cannot end here! Do you think that a maggot from another world such as you stands a chance against me?! I was born to bring chaos and destruction! I am the end of all things!!!" Vritra boasted to give himself some courage, as his powerful aura and soul began to overflow from his body, like a phantasmal presence! "Enough of your petty words! Show to me how mighty you are!" "Shadow Domain! Shadow Spears!" Vritra confronted Noah with all of his might! Unleashing arge amount of shadow and phantasmal power, the gigantic Dracolich greeted Noah with a full-on assault of shadow attacks! "Oh?!" Noah generated a shield made of several elements, as Vritra''s powerful Shadows shaped as dozens of enormous Spears that flew towards him! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! The powerful Shadow Spears shed against Noah''s elemental shields crushing them one by one! As the Elemental Shields shattered into pieces one by one, Noah readied another powerful technique by fusing several Skills, Abilities, and Spells into one, with his spear as the catalyst! "Elemental sh!" FLAAAAASH! "UNGH?!" By fusing the elements of magic he possessed and infusing them into his spear, Noah generated a powerful elemental beam that flew as fast as a sh of light, reaching Vritra in an instant! BOOOOM!!! The deadly attack reached Vritra, as the elemental attacks consumed his entire body! "GGRRRUUUAAARRGH¡­!" A groan of agony resonated through the room, as Noah smiled maliciously! However! Vritra suddenly emerged out of the magical smoke from the attack Noah recently fired at him! FLAAAASH! His bones were all broken, but he was restructuring them back, and using the power of the phantasmal soul he had to stick them together! "You''re a tough bastard!"ughed Noah as he shed against the furious Vritra, his holy spear being caught by Vritra, as he suddenly summoned a spear of his own from the depths of his abyssal phantom soul! "I''ve forged this spear by devouring and refining the bones of many Elder Dragons, fear the might of Fafnir!"ughed Vritra. CLAAAASH! Noah''s spear against Vritra''s spear shed, as light and darkness entwined with one another! "Not a bad spear! But!" Noah suddenly charged several techniques through his spear, releasing countless thrust attacks over Vritra''s spear, Fafnir! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH! "UNNGH!" Vritra quickly felt overwhelmed by Noah''s superior might, but this didn''t meant he was going to give up! The two draconic fiends shed against one another for several seconds, flying around and crushing each other'' bodies, Noah used his breath asionally, surging with an explosive beam over Vritra, while Vritra used his phantasmal soul to gain some advantage in the fight, using Fafnir was a good strategy against Noah''s spear, good enough for him to be pulling through it somehow! CLAASH! "Resilient¡­" Noah squinted his eyes as he continued to fight against Vritra, this guy was really the strongest of all the Draconic Fathers! He was resilient and capable of regenerating back, and his amazing way of fighting surprised Noah one way or another. CLASH! SLASH! CRASH! However, as their attacks continued to rain above one another, Noah slowly gained more and more momentum, as he generated several magic circles above his head! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Winds, Darkness, Lighting, and Water emerged into a deadly ck storm of chaotic nature, which seemed to consume even space itself to an extent! CLAAAASH! Noah threw this deadly storm over Vritra out of nowhere, surprising the deadly and cunning Dracolich as he roared and unleashed a powerful breath attack, using his spear to release several piercing attacks of shadows and phantom, and then jumping right at the side of Noah! What an outstanding fighter! However, Noah greeted him with a sickening smile, as he raised his spear and released several piercing lights over Vritra! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAAASH! "UGGRAAGH¡­!" The holy light emanated from the spear was enough to burn through Vritra''s soul, slowly diminishing his power once more! "UNGRAARGH! SHADOW RELEASE!" Vritra released a sudden explosion of shadows, covering the entire room as Noah was overwhelmed by the sea of shadows! "What the¡­?! Darkness Absorption!" Noah conjured the Darkness Absorption Spell, which let him absorb the obscurity of things, but not damage dealt, using this, he found out that Vritra had escaped the room outside! "Fool, where are you going?!" Noah rushed enragedly outside, as he found Vritra flying into the skies as he summoned undead and fused them with himself to regain body mass! However! FLAAAAASH! Noah used several skills alongside Wind and Lightning Magic to reach Vritra in an instant, like a shing thunderbolt! After reaching him, Vritra gritted his teeth in anger! "You never give up don''t you?! But with all these bones, I won''t lose!"ughed Vritra. Noah smiled back as his giant draconic crimson body extended its arms towards him! Vritra drowned Noah in a sea of sharp bones as if they were billions of sharp spears, all enhanced with shadows and phantom, reaching Noah, and crushing his flesh! However Noah used he power of his insane regeneration to pull to off, alongside his powerful spear! CLAAAAASH! He made his spear rotate around as it continued to massacre the bones, reaching Vritra''s soul! "Unnnnggggh¡­! GET OFF!" Vritra annoyingly cred like a coward, as Noah didn''t do as he asked! SLAAASH! A powerful piercing attack reached Vritra''s soul, overcharged with holy light! "Aagggh¡­! Y-Youuu¡­!" ----- Chapter 339 - Showdown! Against Undead Legions 7 ----- SLAAASH! A powerful piercing attack reached Vritra''s soul, overcharged with holy light! "Aagggh¡­! Y-Youuu¡­!" CLAAAASH! The powerful spear prated the Dracolich''s soul, as the bright lighting from the spearmenced to devour his unholy and phantasmal soul with a bright glow of effervescent brightness! FLAAAASH! "UNNNNGAAAAAARRRGH¡­!" Vritra felt utter pain as he saw his entire soul being purified by the holy light of the spear forged through the Holy Grail itself, Noah smiled maliciously as he rushed towards Vritra and extended his abyssal soul on all of its splendor! FLAAASH! It was so immensely big and grotesque that Vritra couldn''t help but tremble in fear, desperately! "Your soul is interesting, I will devour it instead, I hope you don''t mind!"ughed Noah, as he extended his grotesque soul all around Vritra, his abyssal dark maws reached to him in an instant, as the Dracolich struggled however he could, but to no avail, it was pointless to resist! "UNNNNNGGGRRAAGH¡­! STOP! STOOOOP!" As a being born from pure hatred and born for destruction, he had never tasted what fear was truly like¡­ until now! Noah''s true essence, Noah''s true soul, his truest form¡­ he had already taken almost the same shape as the Ancient One within him¡­! Such a horrendous sight made the Dracolich tremble in horror, as he was consumed once and for all! CRUNCH! Not only the soul but there was also arge blue crystal within it, Vritra''s Dragon Heart which was inside of his soul and also all of his bones¡­ Noah ate all of this delicious meal! Noah felt a sudden and powerful phantasmal energy rushing through his entire body, and this was in the form of a skyrocketing of all of his stats, alongside the additional gain of several new Skills! He had gained the pure and malicious essence of Vritra, the one born from all the negative energies of Indra! [You learned the following Skills] [Elder Dracolich Phantasmal Aura of Death (SSS)] [Reinforced Undead Dragon Bones (SSS)] [Bone Maniption (SSS)] [Deadly Phantasmal Roar (SSS)] [Draconic Eyes of Phantom (SSS)] [Death Attribute Ward (SSS)] [Elder Dracolich of Death and Phantom''s Breath of Destruction (X)] [Advanced Summon: Elder Dracolich: Vritra (X)] [Elder Dracolich Heart: Phantasmal Death Essence Blessing (X)] ¡­ The list of Skills in front of Noah was nothing but wondrous! He had not only gained amazingly powerful Skills, but he also gained the power to summon Vritra as a servant! This was the first time he gets such a Skill! He wondered if this was why he didn''t got something like Necromancy. Perhaps by summoning Vritra, he was able to use Necromancy through him. Some of these Skills allowed Noah to manipte bones and the like, using them for battle with amazing power such as this Dracolich did it against Noah just recently! And even more, he could fuse bones and manipte them amazingly¡­ Maybe he could build giant bone monsters soon with this, or fuse both Blood Servants with bones now¡­ Or even more what about Necromancy with Blood Servants? The possibilities were certainly there, there was someone ready to do them. However, for now, Chaos tested the summon skill! "Summon." FLASH! A sudden magic circle emerged above the ground as an enormous almost 100-meter tall Dracolich emerged. Majestic and terrifying, it was Vritra! "You''ve called, my lord?" it asked, while the empty sockets of its skull head were glowing with blue mes¡­ Vritra seemedpletely different than the actual one he ate perhaps he had changed like all the blood servants do, or perhaps he was someone else using his name¡­ Noah asked him to raise or summon Undead, as he found out that it was perfectly capable of doing so. It was a Summon that was also a summoner and could summon Undead, perhaps even being able to help him in raising corpses into true undead instead of blood servants¡­ Perhaps. Noah saw as Vritra summoned arge Bone Dragon, a Zombie Wyrm, and a Bone Chimera, which was its limit. Unlike the true Vritra, it seemed to have limited mana of its own. Of course, it only had to ask Noah for his mana and¡­ FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Suddenly, dozens after dozens of Undead emerged one after another. Noah''s party who had already finished most things watched with surprise as Noah raised arge army of SSS-Rank Monsters out of nowhere! Noah felt such power after seeing this army that he almost went insane¡­ Or was he already insane? On his insanity, he checked his stats¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [ss(es)]: [Warlock (II)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [Existence Rank: [X-Rank: 2/3: Middle Stage -> 3/3: Initial Stage] [System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level IX: Progenitor Vampire Emperor: Peak Stage] [Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level IX: Vampiric Crimson Thunderstorm Catastrophe Dragon: Initial Stage -> Peak Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Ergement Realm: Initial Stage -> Peak Stage ] [Vitality]: [32.500] > [34.700] [Mind]: [32.500] > [34.400] [Force]: [32.500] > [34.500] ¡­ Noah noticed that by merely devouring Vritra, he had gained a lot of stats and his cultivation had increased exponentially! This was the true strength of such a formidable being as Vritra, how wondrous¡­ After being done here, Noah quickly gathered the loot with everyone else and left the dungeon. As they left they nced as the rift slowly fell apart and dissipated¡­ However, it wasn''t over, yet Noah still had to absorb the precious andrge X-Rank Cores left! Which could be more than enough to let hm reach Rank X 3/3 Peak Stage! There was still a lot to do! However for now they all went back to Noah''s Divine Realm, where everyone met their children, who were still sleeping leisurely, as if nothing had happened this whole time. After a fruitful day filled with excitement, it was finally time to rx¡­ ----- Chapter 340 - Great Grains ----- The bones were edible, but that didn''t mean that everyone wanted to eat these things¡­ However, there was still a big feast as everyone seemed capable of devouring the Dragon Hearts of the various fallen Elder Dragons that Vritra had below hismand as Undead. The delicious crystals were filled with essence, as Noah devoured many of them and so the rest of his party, when he came back to his divine realm, he also shared it with the kids, as they adored to eat monster raw. "Papaaaa!" The adorable Eleanora was eating arge crystal, which was an Elder Dracolich''s Heart. Her tiny mouth could bite the incredibly hard material as if it were a small piece of bread. Meanwhile, Dante had be a giant dragon, and was eating a pile of bones like fries, the kids seemed to have a good appetite when it came to essence-rich materials, eating them without even considering it twice. As the feast of high quality materials ensued, the robots began to absorb the bones of the Dracolich and also the dragon hearts, which were plentiful this time around. The mechs that everyone rode were also amazingly strong, so William was praised by Noah. The Fembots ate several Dragon Hearts, and their draconic essence seemed to have merged with their blood core batteries, perhaps they could now fuse into a mecha dragon form, maybe¡­ Noah in the other hand, wanted to experiment a bit with Vritra''s summons, so he made him summon continuously, he was able to see that Vritra was able to summon the strongest monsters quite hard, it took him a few minutes to fully summon a Dracolich, Zombie Dragon, or Chimera Zombie Dragon. While lesser Undead such as Bone Dragons, Bone Wyrms, or Zombie Wyrms were easier to mass produce. Unlike Dungeon monsters, these summoned monsters didn''t dissipate into ck smoke after being defeated, and Noah discovered that this power gave Vritra the ability to constantly produce materials¡­ In simple terms, it was an even faster way to create high quality essence-rich materials by merely spending the near-endless mana that Noah had. However, after some time, the dragons would note with Dragon Hearts but Death Cores, which were lesser versions of cores that Undead had, for them to emerge with Dragon Hearts again, they had to wait a bit before being summoned once more. Of course, killing them also didn''t any dropped item, like the monsters inside Noah''s Divine Realm. However, even their rotten flesh could be used as precious magical materials, their bones, internal organs, and more could be repurposed as materials for crafting, or using for alchemy and more. Noah had begun to practice alchemy, or well, his subordinates did, after reading the many alchemy books left behind by Arthur''s grandfather inside of his inheritance. Alchemy was an amazing art of the use of both magic and science practiced by many ancient wizards and sorcerers, but there were required very high-quality materials for most of the recipes left by Arthur''s Grandfather to work correctly! However, with such a high-quality material creator such as Vritra, this now meant the mass production of magical items without the need to enter Dungeons! Of course, Noah had already been using the materials found inside his Divine Realm, but now that there was a new factory of them such as Vritra, Noah had already begun to order him to constantly summon without stopping¡­ Even Vritra who had be very serviceable felt exploited¡­ But he could not do anything other than obey his lord''s words which were sacred to a Summon like him. Considering things out, this was the first time Noah got a Summon Skill, his previous troops were always just Blood Servants, and the Summon Kin couldn''t be qualified as a summon, as it was a way to teleport people near him or his clones. He began to wonder if he could get more Summon Skills, but he had not gotten any from the other Draconic Fathers, which were the strongest bosses he had ever fought and eaten, so perhaps it will be harder and rarer to ever find a summon Skill, and Vritra was a special case. Noah, however, began to wonder if he could craft a Lifeblood Jewel that was about summoning or Warlock Magic. Perhaps he could even add the Skill that made the Blood Servants and add Vritra into the mix to create something truly deplorable¡­ If a Summon Skill such as Vritra were to be upgraded into a Path Jewel, this meant that it would slowly grow stronger by upgrading itself into higher Ranks¡­ Meaning that this was really something amazing! However, Noah has been amassing Essence this entire time, so he had decided to leave Lifeblood Jewels for the near future, as he was getting closer to the goal necessary to upgrade the System and gain a plethora of new functions, ording to the Blood Progenitor. After defeating Vritra and destroying the dangerous X-Rank Dungeon Gate, Noah was congratted by God and the World''s Core, this gate in specific was putting a big strain in the, and now that it had disappeared, the was slowly recovering more and more energy, and it was also recovering quicker. Dungeon Gates had begun to emerge very rarely now, and the was quickly getting cleansed of them. Although the threat of monsters and mutated beasts were still here, with many monsters that escaped dungeons roaming the world and multiplying alongside the mutated beasts, this was a very small issuepared with the dungeons, the perhaps finally could have a breather and rest, slowly recovering more essence and healing her core. However, the miasma residing within the core of the world was still damaging her, and Noah was not strong enough to absorb this miasma yet, as it would most likely overload him with negative essence and kill him¡­ But even then, this little threat was nothingpared to the past, and the entire was stabilizing. However, Noah knew this was not over yet, the Watchers were slowly approaching, and he knew that they would try something new this time around, due to this, he needed to prepare and not lower his guard. After much thinking, he decided to absorb a pile of X-Rank Attribute Value Cores¡­ ----- Chapter 341 - Absorbing X-Rank Attribute Value Cores! ----- Noah nced at the glistening pile of orbs before him, they had the size of watermelons, and were overflowing with bright dark blue essence. Unlike the other Cores of previous Ranks, X-Rank Attribute Value Cores were beautiful and shined brighter than anything, yet they also carried a certain darkness within them, as if it was something that not many could grasp, not something that many could reach, it was an item that broke through the limits of this world''s ranks, and went beyond it¡­ As Attribute Value Cores became stronger at higher ranks, they gave away more and more stats, X-Rank Cores would give over 100 stats each, meaning that he didn''t need as many to reach the peak of X-Rank at longst. Due to that he only picked up a dozen of them and absorbed them. FLAAASH! "This¡­!" Noah immediately noticed the changepared to SSS-Rank Cores and the others, these X-Rank cores were obviously of a higher and more delicious essence quantities and quality! It was overflowing through his body so much that his bones, muscles, and even his soul were reacting wildly to it. The wave of essencested longer than he expected, as the power continued to cross through his entire body, his veins and organs were nourished by it, and everyone present nced with awe at Noah breaking through the known limits of this! What couldy beyond X-Rank? FLAAAAASH! Noah''s entire body was shrouded with this aura of greatness and immense essence, as his family and allies watched with surprise. "Dadaaa!" Dante roared in his dragon form, rushing toward his father "Nuh huh!" Eleanora, however, stopped the charge of her reckless and gigantic brother, as she released powerful psionic waves, strong enough to stop an over 100 meter tall three-headed dragon! "Gaaah!" Dante cried in surprise as he found himself floating in midair, Eleanora used her amazing Telekinesis produced by her third eye to make her brother float in midair and not bother her beloved father. "Haha¡­. Thank you dear," said Iris, as she had Eleanora on her arms as Noah needed to concentrate. Sighing in relief as he thanked Eleanora that she stopped his son from shing over him while meditating, Noah concentrated further into his meditation, absorbing the energies of the cores until he was finally able to concentrate everything inside of his chest, infusing it into his blood core. FLAAASH! Another sh of bright red light came out of his chest, as everything went back to normal and fell into silence¡­ Noah smiled in a triumphant manner as he raised his head, only to find that he was in a ce ofplete darkness. "Oh, this ce?" he wondered, as he felt the presence of something familiar yet unknown¡­ An enormous crimson-red eye emerged out of this darkness, ring at him menacingly. Two jaws spoke to him, with the same and strange voice of this creature. "You are¡­ ready." It spoke. Finally. Noah was finally ready to¡­ to what? What did this entity ever wanted to begin with? And Noah already knew that this thing was somehow part of his own self, a part of him¡­ But¡­ What did it always meant by saying "you''re not ready" all the time? And now that he had crossed through X-Rank, he was ready? "I am already aware that you are somehow part of me. Now tell me what you are exactly and what I am finally ready for," said Noah. "Yes¡­ You are part of me, and I am part of you. We are ready. We are ready to merge once more," it said. "What do you mean?" asked Noah. "Isn''t it obvious? Well, you don''t remember what happened. So, it is obvious that you are unaware¡­," said the entity. "Stop going around and tell me things directly," said Noah. "Hahh¡­ So impatient, impatient as always. However¡­ That''s something I am aware of, I like your impatience, it makes you imperfect, a perfect fit for me, an imperfection too¡­" said the entity. "So you mean we are two halves of the same thing?" asked Noah. "On more ways than you would like to know¡­ Our origins are mysterious. We are one, but two. We are a soul, but two minds. We, as one were born from the incarnation of the void, our lord and father, our creator and our main body. We are his child, spawn, and vessel, we are his representator, his messiah, and his child¡­." Said the entity. "You''re talking about¡­ Azathoth, right?" asked Noah. "This little rock seems to have taught you the name of our father. Good. That''s right, we are the child of Azathoth, the Primordial Deity¡­ We have a billion siblings and our big brother, Nyathotep, watches over us. However, unknown to him, one of them, us, lost itself through the void. Without anywhere to go, we slowly were suppressed by the world''sws, and we became a single and small soul, containing the abyss inside¡­" said the entity. "I only have one father and one mother, and they''re dead. I don''t care where my soules from, I am Noah, not a spawn of a monstrosity of the outer space, I won''t ept any legacy nor obey anything he wants from me," said Noah boldly. "Hehehe¡­ I think the same. Do you think we are two different people? We are the same, therefore, we think equally simr. I don''t want to obey anyone, I ran away because I wanted. We will do whatever we want, right? That''s what we do, my other half¡­" said the entity. Noah began to consider the truth about his very soul''s existence, this entity talking to him as if he were his brother made him a bit disgusted, but he slowly felt more and more familiar with it, perhaps it was really his other half¡­ But what would they do now? It said¡­ merge. "We''ll merge? But would that affect my personality? I don''t want your mind to end up taking over me¡­" said Noah. "Hehehe¡­ That, we''ll see!" FLAAASH! Suddenly, the entity rushed towards Noah, and devoured him! CLASH! "This is a battle of minds! If you can defeat my will, you can take over our entire power, and if I win¡­ I take over everything you have! Fair, isn''t it, my other half?!"ughed the entity, as Noah started to fight against the eternal darkness within the stomach of this monstrosity! ----- Chapter 342 - Fight Against The Ancient One! ----- Noah was engulfed by the abyssal darkness within the Ancient One''s stomach! It seemed that to fuse with the other half that has been lying dormant within his soul, he had to defeat it through a battle of wills. As there was no physical battlefield here other than just two minds fighting against each other, what Noah needed to do was using his very willpower to win! However, as the Ancient One had suddenly devoured him, its abyssal stomach, the same one it used to devour the powerful soul of the Blood Progenitor was now trying to digest Noah''s mind! Noah felt trapped within this darkness, as if countless masses of slime and tentacles tried to crush him into nothingness! If he were to lose now¡­ if he were to let it do as it pleased, he as Noah would definitely die, and the other side of his soul, that of the Ancient One, would prevail! This was the ultimate battle between minds! Noah couldn''t let it do as it pleased1 However, the power of such a mind as his split mind, with such enormous amount of power, enough to easily overpower him¡­ was overwhelming. It was¡­ as if it was impossible to fight back. Noah nced at his ethereal body, as he slowly began to dissipate into nothingness! "Damn it!" he roared, as he gritted his teeth. His memories up until now began to rush through his mind, the memories he had surviving, crawling to this point, and¡­ the memories of his friends, his allies, and his beloved Iris. His two children who had just been born some days ago¡­ Eleanora, Dante¡­ How could he possibly let himself die and leave them behind?! Because this was a battle of willpower, the more Noah feed his mind with emotions, with the will to survive, and with the bonds he had forged with others, the stronger he began to grow! Until suddenly, as he recalled the lovely smile of Iris, the adorable chuckles of Dante, and the cute seriousness of Eleanora, his entire body transformed into a mass of crimson-red light! FLAAAAASH! His other half, named as the Ancient One by the Blood Progenitor, was left surprised and near speechless! "W-What?!" His entire abyssal stomach began to tear apart, as the crimson-red light rushed out of it like a shing meteor! BOOOM! The abyssal stomach of the Ancient One was blown off, as it groaned in agony! "UUNGRAAAGGH¡­! T-This¡­ You¡­! You''re resisting despite the obvious winner! You are a lesser mind at the end, Noah! Why do you try to fight back against your own self? It would be obviously¡­ superior to be me!" roared the other half, as Noah emerged like a phantasmal mass of blood! The mass of blood moved around monstrously and rather grotesquely, this wasn''t the normal Noah of always¡­ It was as if he had be- Wait, was that?! "Do you truly believe I am alone? That I am just a mind?" asked Noah, as the Ancient One was surprised, as he sensed multiple souls suddenly rushing towards Noah! "What is this?! How can you¡­ Eh?! You''re bringing¡­ Souls form the outside! Fool, do you think I cannot devour them like I did with the one that tricked you?!" roared the Ancient One, rushing towards Noah, its enormous body was like an endless mass of abyssal darkness with countless tentacles! FLAAAASH! However, Noah moved through the air like an incredibly fast red dot, evading the maws of the Ancient One and then expanding countless arms, limbs, torsos, hands, ws, scales, heads, and more made of blood over its back and giving it a nice punch! CLAAAAASH! "GGREEEGGH?!" Noah''s attack packed a punch! Even more, as he was cheating and calling over the souls of all his Blood Servants, like in many other situations where he had done mental fights! He used their power to actually damage this almighty being, which has been tormenting him in many ways before, he had always thought about how to even defeat this thing, and now¡­ he had actually damaged it! "Y-You damn!" roared the Ancient One, clearly not used to being punched in the back, as he twisted his body with incredible speed, pping Noah''s blood mass-like body! CLAAAASH! "Nggh¡­!" Noah took less damage then he should had been, but dozens of the souls fused with him from the blood servants died in the spot! Their cries of agony only forging Noah''s willpower! "My turn!" Noah shaped his entire body as a spear, as if he imitated the powerful Holy Spear: Pir of Light Rhongomyniad! FLAAAASH! Bright crimson-red light came out of his body, continuously being poured everywhere, as he shed like a ray over the Ancient One! CLAAAASH! "UUAAAGGH¡­! Y-You bastard! You''re but a small and feeble mind! Do you really think you can actually take over all the power?!" roared the Ancient One, the spear-shaped Noah was piercing his entire crimson-red eye, as he groaned in agony. He extended his tentacles over Noah''s entire body and began to consume it, but Noah''s intensity only got brighter, even as he faded away, the souls with him sacrificed themselves one by one to shield him and lessen the damage! "These damn souls¡­!" The Ancient One wasn''t able to reach Noah''s true mind in time, as the shing lighting from Noah''s spear-shaped body only got even more intense! FLAAAAAASH! "UUAAGGHG¡­!" The Ancient One cried in agony, as his darkness began to fade away in front of him! He was actually being defeated by the little Noah, the one he had been ignoring this entire time, the one he had been leaving to use this body until he could grow strong enough to be a fitting vessel of him! He was supposedly the actual and real mind of Noah''s very existence, but now, the newly created mind was overtaking him, this feeble, weak, and pathetic emotional mind! "Y-Your emotions won''t let you anywhere¡­! You will go mad before you can even use our true power!" cried the Ancient One. "I believe I''ve already gone mad!" roared Noah, as he pierced the Ancient One''s eye, destroying him! CLAAAAASH! "UNNNGGRRRYYYAAAGGGH¡­!" BOOOM! ----- Chapter 343 - Evolving! Progenitor Vampire Grand Ancestor! And Divinity?! ----- Noah felt an overwhelming energy rushing through his soul, as he woke up. He had defeated the Ancient One through the battle of wills, with the cheat-like help of the thousands of souls from his Blood Servants! And now, he was slowly unlocking arger part of this power¡­ which came with an evolution! FLAAAASH! His blood core underwent several changes as it shed with bright crimson-red light, the many powers he began to gain rushed towards him and began to fuse with his very being, as his physical body started to be refined through these powers. But Noah suppressed these powers from getting out of control, absorbing it all into his soul and body and ultimately devouring it all! His soul was now¡­ way different than before, it seemed immense, like an entire ocean of abyssal darkness. All of the power that the Ancient One possessed, which was actually just his own power was added into him! Noah''s Blood Core began to expand and grow bigger, alongside his soul and body. His bones, muscles, and internal organs were remade into divine bones and flesh, and his soul was refined once more, overflowing with the power of¡­ divinity! Noah had surpassed X-Rank and had finally stepped forward into the territory of Gods! His Blood Core upgraded itself, growing more beautiful and grandeur. The moment Noah finished his evolution, his Divine Realm started to expand across everywhere, growing bigger, to a ridiculous size! Additionally, Noah gained the power to see through things even more, now, he was even able to see through the particles that made up everything¡­ the particles named attribute particles! "This power¡­" "At longst, you''ve reached this stage!" said the Blood Progenitor. "You mean¡­?" asked Noah. "Indeed, you''ve stepped into the first step that Gods get across¡­ And your Blood Soul Core, it has evolved into a Divine Blood Soul Core!" said the Blood Progenitor, shocking Noah! "See by yourself!"ughed the Blood Progenitor. Ding! [Your [Blood Soul Core] has evolved into a [Divine Blood Soul Core]!] [Your [Elder Dragon Heart] has evolved into a [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]!] [You''ve reached [Pseudo Demi Deity Realm: 5/9]!] [Your [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank] has Ranked Up to [Level X: Progenitor Vampire Grand Ancestor: Initial Stage]!] [Your [Divine Elder Dragon Heart] has Ranked Up to [Level X: Chaotic Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Initial Stage]!] [Your [Soul Cultivation] has Ranked Up to [Divine Soul Core Natal Opening Realm: Initial Stage]!] [Your [Vitality], [Mind], and [Force] have be [Divine Energy], [Aether], [Ki], and [Fate]!] [You''ve unlocked the power to see your current Attribute Particles!] [You acquired the [Divinity of Dark Blood] and [Divinity of Chaos]!] FLAAAASH! Noah not only evolved, but he had changedpletely! His Soul was overflowing with divine power, as he felt like several bubbles started to emerge from within it, continuously overflowing with more divine energy to store within, increasing his pool of divine energy exponentially¡­ these were the "natal openings"! The bubbles continued to multiply across his soul as he continued to gain more and more divine energy, he was truly stepping into the stage of gods! All the Mana he was gaining, and the other essences were being slowly refined and converted into Divine Energy as well, increasing his power exponentially! "This is really quite an amazing boost¡­!" "And that''s not everything¡­ You''ve already reached enough points to upgrade your System, so let''s do that right away!" The Blood Progenitor''s phantom form which was still connected to Noah''s system acted as his system administrator, as he utilized one million lifeblood points to upgrade the System! Ding! [You''ve spent 1.000.000 Lifeblood Points] [Your [System] has ranked up to [Rank 2: Developing System Realm]!] [You''ve unlocked the [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], and [ss Changing Shrine] System Functions!] RUMBLE! Noah couldn''t believe his eyes at what he was seeing, he had unlocked three new System Functions out of nowhere, and his own System Cube, residing deep within his soul had nowpletely melted into his soul, it was as if the system was his very soul! Additionally¡­ these functions¡­ these functions were impressive! "What is the meaning of this?! Dimensional Dungeon Creation?!" asked Noah, although the other two functions were just as crazy-looking, the first one was the one that shocked him the most! "The Dungeons are closely rted with the System. The System Master connected his own system with them, through this, it is possible to convert the energy they produce into items and cores. And through the upgrade of the System and itsplete fusion with your soul, it is now possible for you to reverse engineer this and acquire the power to create interdimensional dungeons, rifts through various worlds, connecting yourself to them through dungeons!" said the Blood Progenitor. With such an amazing functions¡­ Wouldn''t Noah be more than capable of traveling through worlds now? And the best thing was that he was capable of controlling this and do as he pleased! "You can travel to any world you''ve visited through the Dungeons you''ve cleared. I have made a connection with all of them- Well, the system itself did it automatically. However, creating a dungeon cost a lot of energy and mana, so you won''t be able to go around making as many as you want, you''ll have enough power for one for now," said the Blood Progenitor. "One¡­ So this means I can travel directly into another world once? How long must I wait to go somewhere else?" asked Noah. "It depends in the amount of power and energy you umte, as long as you keep devouring and killing while growing stronger, you should be able to unlock the ability to create more than one dungeon," said the Blood Progenitor. "I see! Things are certainly getting more and more interesting now¡­ Hahaha! Hahahahahaha!"ughed Noah, he wasughing like a madman! Suddenly, someone knocked the door of his room as Iris came rushing. "N-Noah! There are some strange buildings that appeared right at the side of Scarlet! What are these? Do you know something?" asked Iris. "Buildings?" ----- Chapter 344 - Great Changes All Around! ----- It was sudden. But as Noah had walked back to his room after eating to absorb the X-Rank Cores, and ranked up to a Pseudo Demi Deity, the entire divine realm changed, became bigger, even more massive, and fearful. And to boot, something else happened! Iris and her children noticed it first, and after some time, the rest of the people with her¡­ BOOM! Suddenly, two enormous buildings, one resembling a Japanese-like shrine, and another resembling arge fortress emerged! Therge fortress began to release a fiery ze from inside, while the smoke came from arge chimney. Meanwhile, the Japanese-like shrine started to glow with bright yellow-gold colors, as arge, green-colored orb emerged in the middle of it above a pedestal, glowing mysteriously¡­ Both buildings emerged at each side of Scarlet, weirding out everyone! At the same time, they felt the new power of Noahing from inside his room, as Iris decided to go check on him. "Buildings?" asked Noah. "Yeah! They appeared out of nowhere and- Woah, you evolved! You''re looking even more handsome¡­" said Iris, smiling lovingly at Noah. "T-This is not the time for that, let''s go out, I might have an idea about what they are¡­" Noah held Iris''s hand as the two rushed outside, the two enormous buildings greeted Noah''s sight, surprising him. "These are¡­!" "Exactly as you thought, Noah! These are the two new system functions aside from the first one. The immense forgery is the Lifeblood Jewel Forgery, and the shrine is the ss Changing Shrine. Inside, you and your allies will be able to create Lifeblood Jewels and change sses through the use of divine energy and System Points," said the Blood Progenitor. Most of Noah''s party gathered here suddenly, as they heard what he said. "So we can also get the power of the Lifeblood Jewels?" asked Arthur. "Indeed. It seems to be the case. Through using System Points and¡­ your own Skills, you''ll be able to create these Jewels and insert them inside of your soul. These abilities fairly surpass Skills power," said Noah. "Amazing¡­ Like that, we can also get stronger and catch up with you! A bit¡­" said Iris. "Though, how do we get System Points?" wondered Timassa. "As of now, all of your souls should be connected with Noah''s System, and so, your systems have been upgraded. You can learn System Points by converting high-quality and essence-rich materials into them. You can also earn them by devouring very powerful entities," said the Blood Progenitor. "I see¡­" said Arthur. "So that''s how it is," said Iris, rubbing her chin. She almost didn''t get it¡­ "And what about sses? I do believe we all have one, and it awakened when we learned true magic¡­ Can we change sses?" asked Jon. "Yes, sses were iplete before the System Upgrade, but now their true power has been unlocked. sses have ten levels each, after you reach Level 10 in your current ss, you can change Jobs once more. Before, it was not possible to Level it up, but now it should be possible through umting ss Experience. You can earn it through killing living beings, or by continuously practicing what is rted to that ss, such as using magic," said the Blood Progenitor. "I see¡­" said Noah. "Each Level of a ss gives you extra stats, and each ss will give away a new Skill or two as well, every time the ss reaches max level, you can change again in exchange for System Points and Divine Energy. This way, you will be able to umte more power than just through Cores," said the Blood Progenitor. "Ooh! That''s interesting," said Iris. "Indeed¡­" For now, Noah decided to check his Status, as he found it had changed a lot¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God] [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor] [Existence Rank: [Pseudo Demi Deity: 5/9] [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos] [System Rank: [Rank 2: Developing System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], and [ss Changing Shrine] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level X: Progenitor Vampire Grand Ancestor: Initial Stage] [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level X: Chaotic Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Initial Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Natal Opening Realm: Initial Stage] [ss]: [Warlock: Level 2/10] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [16.300] [Primordial Essence: [10.000.000] [Divine Energy: [620.000] [Aether: [475.000] [Ki: [630.000] [Fate: [300.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 500], [Fire: 500], [Water: 5.000], [Wind: 5.000], [Space: 2.000], [Time: 1.000], [Life: 500], [Death: 5.000], [Dark: 6.000], [Light: 1.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 500], [Dream/Nightmare: 500], [Phantom: 2.000], [Blood: 10.500], [Poison: 1.500], [Soul: 7.000], [Nature: 500], [Thunder: 5.000], [Ice: 2.000], [War/Strength: 8.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 15.000], [Fate: 8.000], [Law: 5.000], [System: 8.000] ¡­ The changes that Noah underwent were¡­ for ack of a better term, crazy. His stats had skyrocketed to insane numbers after they changed, and he even learned he had thousands of attribute particles of various elements. He quickly decided to ask the Blood Progenitor about all of this, as he got some answers. "Divine Energy is essentially a higher level of Mana, Vitality, and all of those energies, it is made of all of them. It is like your Health Points and your Mana Points all together. You use them to both enhance your powers to give them divine power and also to keep yourself alive. So you have to be careful. However, as a god, even if your divine energy is reduced to zero, you would only be weakened and not truly die. The only way to die would be for your soul to be destroyed¡­ Which there are countless of ways of doing so for higher realm beings," said the Blood Progenitor. "I see¡­ What about the others?" asked Noah. "The others¡­ Well, Aether, Ki, and Fate are rather simple to exin. They are¡­" ----- Chapter 345 - More Explanations ----- ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God] [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor] [Existence Rank: [Pseudo Demi Deity: 5/9] [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos] [System Rank: [Rank 2: Developing System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], and [ss Changing Shrine] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level X: Progenitor Vampire Grand Ancestor: Initial Stage] [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level X: Chaotic Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Initial Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Natal Opening Realm: Initial Stage] [ss]: [Warlock: Level 2/10] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [16.300] [Primordial Essence: [10.000.000] [Divine Energy: [620.000] [Aether: [475.000] [Ki: [630.000] [Fate: [300.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 500], [Fire: 500], [Water: 5.000], [Wind: 5.000], [Space: 2.000], [Time: 1.000], [Life: 500], [Death: 5.000], [Dark: 6.000], [Light: 1.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 500], [Dream/Nightmare: 500], [Phantom: 2.000], [Blood: 10.500], [Poison: 1.500], [Soul: 7.000], [Nature: 500], [Thunder: 5.000], [Ice: 2.000], [War/Strength: 8.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 15.000], [Fate: 8.000], [Law: 5.000], [System: 8.000] ¡­ After checking the wondrous changes within his System Status Panel, Noah decided to ask the Blood Progenitor about what these mysterious new stats were. After he understood that Divine Energy was the highest and most concentrated form of energy that can be acquired by God above mortals, made by thebination of Mana, Vitality, and other essences refined into divine energy, he asked about the other stats, which intrigued him. "I see¡­ What about the others?" asked Noah. "The others¡­ Well, Aether, Ki, and Fate are rather simple to exin. They are something simr to Strength and Force. Aether is the stat rted to all things magical. It enhances the power of your magic and long-ranged essence-based attacks. Anything that is not physically focused is calcted through your Aether stat, it also acts as the defense against magic and non-physical damage, the same for Ki, but with physical damage and physical defense. Andstly, Fate is the stat that represents¡­ Well, your luck, to an extent. The more Fate stat you have, the more control over your own fate, and your luck, you possess¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "I see¡­ What are the average stats for beings around my level? Without proper reference all these stats seem like just useless," said Noah. "Don''t get so arrogant, I only know a bit because not all divine beings have systems, so calcting these stats ordingly bes rather hard unless you were to have the possibility of appraising one¡­ However, usually, a Rank 1 Pseudo Demi Deity has between 50k to 100k Aether, Ki, and Fate based on their battle preferences, while Divine Energy is around that number too¡­ By increasing the quality of your soul and body, you can increase your Ranks and gain more stats, usually, those at Rank 5 have around 300k to 400k Stats in all around, with 500k of Divine Energy a most, yet you have way more than that, so you''re quite talented¡­ Fate is usually always very lowpared to the rest, but yours is only at 300k, which is amazing," said the Blood Progenitor. "So that''s how it is! That''s really helpful, I can finally make myself an idea of how strong I ampared to those near my power level¡­ I would guess that those of higher are even stronger?" asked Noah. "Indeed, making some basic calctions, Demi Deities, the higher realm above yours, usually have over a million stats in each stat, with 2 million divine energy¡­ Deity, the higher realm of Demi Deity, end up at usually 10 million divine energy at the start, if not more¡­ and so on, it is usually a multiplication of x10, but this can change greatly based on talent and other external forces and calctions that cannot be used for every single being," said the Blood Progenitor, enlightening Noah''s mind. "Hmm¡­ What about Primordial Essence?" asked Noah. "Oh, Primordial Essence. That''s a special type of essence. It is, as you may have guessed, the primordial essence that makes up the universe and your very soul. It also makes up your stats, the more primordial essence you have, the higher your stats will be, and the lower it gets, the less they will be. Primordial Essence is a precious essence, it helps you grow stronger, but it can also be used for other things, you can convert it into System Points and utilize it to create Dungeons as well. But it will lower permanently, and it won''t recover unless you gain more through absorbing it from someone else, like devouring the soul of another entity," said the Blood Progenitor. "I see. So it is like the skeleton that sustains my stats? Interesting¡­ Now exin to me what Attribute Particles are," said Noah. "Hmph, to think that we had gotten this closer and you still order me around! Sigh¡­ Attribute Particles are the essence of an attribute, as you can see, you don''tck a single attribute particle of any element, these are all the elements there are in the known universe, although there might be some new ones, in other words, you have no attribute particles of those, so they don''t show up. Each Attribute Particle increases the power of your attribute and also the defense you have against that element, coupled with the mastery you can have over it. Usually, every 100 Attribute Particles, your Damage Dealt and Defense over that Attribute is increased by 10%..." said the Blood Progenitor. "That means¡­ my Blood Attribute damage and defense is enhanced by 1500%?!" asked Noah. "That''s right! Do you understand the enormous difference between pitiful mortals and divine entities? With such power, how can a god lose to a mortal? Well¡­ there had been certain cases¡­ Like¡­ well, you defeated God, I guess," said the Blood Progenitor. "Even I recognize that such a thing was due to various circumstances, but I don''t think it can be that easy¡­ Nheless, this is valuable information, how can I get more Attribute Particles?" asked Noah. "Well¡­" ----- Chapter 346 - Attribute Particles ----- Noah nced at his own status as he was being answered several of his questions, satiating his never-ending curiosity. "How can I get more Attribute Particles?" he asked. "You''re already getting them as we speak," said the Blood Progenitor, making Noah realize it. "Wait¡­ how?" "Your own Divine Realm has formed their own divine materials over the umtion of attributes and divine energy, such divine materials, such as the enormous sea of blood, slowly produces Blood Attribute Particles for you free of charge," said the Blood Progenitor. "How so?" asked Noah with intrigue. "Hmm¡­ It isplicated. Divine Materials are formations of natural attributes and divine energy, they take divine energy and produce more of their attribute, they are the same as nts and other areas of the world, they''re merely enhanced by the divine power. They are a natural materialization of divine energy and well, primordial essence¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "I see¡­ So the majority of these attribute particles I possess¡­ Did theye from them?" asked Noah. "Quite so, since your Divine Realm fully formed that you''ve begun to earn more of these particles. And over time it umted to a very good amount, however, your awakening as a Pseudo Demi Deity has given you the rest of such particles. You also acquired them by eating strong souls near that level, such as the Dragons, all the ones you devoured," said the Blood Progenitor. "So that''s why my Water, Wind, Thunder, and Death Attribute Particles are quite high at 5k on average?" asked Noah. "That''s right. Although you might be producing more attribute particles, your divine realm is mostlyposed of Blood and Dark Divine Materials, you require to nt more divine materials to produce all the types of attribute particles you can¡­ I suppose that might prove to be difficult as of now, as there are nowhere you can find them, the doesn''t have any. You would require going into another world, maybe," said the Blood Progenitor. "Hm¡­ The Miasma in the world''s core might be good enough to give me some Attribute Particles, and the entire could be seen to be a divine material, right?" asked Noah. "The entire¡­ I suppose¡­" said the Blood Progenitor, who had not thought about the entire earth but on individual ces over its surface that could be cataloged as a divine material, but there were none. "Hm¡­ How big is my Divine Realm?" wondered Noah, as he began to scan his entire Divine Realm with his amazing senses, which spread across everything, Divine Senses! His eyes seemed to emerge from atop the skies as if they nced over the entire world, it was immense! The entire Divine Realm already had the size of half of Earth, and that wasn''t everything! Noah nced up to the skies and then began to detect the ce around the dimensions of the world, how much space there was, and so on. Noah nodded confidently. "It seems to be enough!" said Noah, as everyone around him wondered what he was talking about. "Papa?" asked Dante cutely, wondering what he was talking about. "Dante! It is time to eat the world!"ughed Noah. "Eat the world!?" asked Iris. "Dada!" Eleanora reached her father as Noah carried her in his arms. "The world will be ours, my beautiful little princess!"ughed Noah, as Eleanora seemed happy that her father was happy. Noah exined his simple yet effective way of saving the world. In simple terms, he was going to fuse with God, now that he had enough power, and then he would devour the''s earth and fuse it with his Divine Realm, andter, while floating in the middle of space, he''ll go to another world through Dimensional Dungeon Creation! Like this, when the Watchers finally arrived here, they would only find¡­ the emptiness of space and nothing else! Noah smiled wickedly as he imagined his n going on. He quickly decided to rest for the next couple of days before doing anything, however, as he was required to meditate and assess the enormous fluctuations of divine energy he had overflowing across his body. He also had toprehend better what a Divinity was, and more. And while doing so, he also would slowly carry every Sector and life there was in Earth into the Divine Realm before anything, so if there was ever any catastrophe, he would at least not risk the lives of the people that worshiped him, which was a very important source of power. That night, Noah was eager than other times, and because Iris had been pregnant for a while before, both had not done it for some time. But now that she had fully recovered from giving birth, Iris was ready for some action at night. And she seemed just as eager. Iris eagerly weed her husband''s love and passion, as the two did a lot of baby-making through the night, the possibility for a third child was increasing¡­ Iris''s moans of pleasure were thankfully suppressed by a powerful sound-proof blood barrier, while their babies slept peacefully in their room. On the morning of the next day, Noah began to meditate and concentrate on the overflowing power he possessed. He discovered that through the rxation and other sensations he felt throughst night''s passion, his energies had suddenly settled down easily. It seems that through such a method, energies could be refined more swiftly¡­ Due to this, Noah did love to Iris every night, and slowly absorbed and refined every leak of power he had on his soul, which was overflowing with power. While this happened at night, at day, he spent time with his family, his two children were slowly growing bigger and stronger, and thanks to the new system updates, which reached everyone after Noah updated his System, they were able to change sses and begin earning ss EXP by ughtering Divine Beasts inside the Divine Realm. Noah and everyone else did so as well, and even other Vampires, the ss-changing Shrine had be very popr, and many Vampires began to break through their limits with this. And like that, around a month went by the inside of Noah''s divine realm. ----- Chapter 347 - Everyones Divinity! ----- Noah nced at his own Stats after a month of training, cultivating, resting, and hunting monsters inside his Divine Realm, which were only a few days in the outside world. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God] [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor] [Existence Rank: [Pseudo Demi Deity: 5/9 > 6/9] [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos] [System Rank: [Rank 2: Developing System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], and [ss Changing Shrine] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level X: Progenitor Vampire Grand Ancestor: Initial Stage > Middle Stage] [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level X: Chaotic Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Initial Stage > Middle Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Natal Opening Realm: Initial Stage > Middle Stage] [ss]: [Warlock: Level 2/10 > 8/10] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [16.300] > [55.330] [Primordial Essence: [10.000.000] [Divine Energy: [620.000] > [705.000] [Aether: [475.000] > [565.000] [Ki: [630.000] > [770.000] [Fate: [300.000] > [380.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 500], [Fire: 500], [Water: 5.000], [Wind: 5.000], [Space: 2.000], [Time: 1.000], [Life: 500], [Death: 5.000], [Dark: 6.000], [Light: 1.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 500], [Dream/Nightmare: 500], [Phantom: 2.000], [Blood: 12.500], [Poison: 2.000], [Soul: 8.000], [Nature: 1.000], [Thunder: 5.300], [Ice: 2.100], [War/Strength: 9.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 15.500], [Fate: 8.000], [Law: 5.000], [System: 8.500] ¡­ Noah''s stats had skyrocketed quite a lot, he had gained over 100k in most of his stats, and his Rank had increased to 6/9 of the Pseudo Demi Deity realm! Additionally, his Attribute Particles had reached a bit higher in some elements, so this "break" which also included training, was quite fruitful. He had gained a decent amount of System Points, which were an even more refined form of Lifeblood Points, which required even more energy for a single point to emerge but were way stronger and could do more crazy things. His stats had increased through the Ranking Up due to his refinement of energies technique and what he called "Dual Cultivation" with Iris, and also, the level-ups that his Warlock ss got also increased his stats permanently, being more inclined into increasing Aether. With each level, Noah''s magic which he could do through invoking Bloodshot Eye''s powers had be stronger, and he was able to summon all sorts of horrifying things, which he had begun to merge with his Blood and Darkness Divinities, and even the mysterious Chaos Divinity, which seemed to be rted with his true nature as the son of Azathoth. Through the month inside the Divine Realm, Iris had grown stronger as well as the other main members of Noah''s party. Iris in particr was now the second strongest to him, as she had also be a Pseudo Demi Deity and was currently at Rank 3/9, half of Noah''s Ranks. Her stats had increased a lot and had been upgraded to the new Divine Stats, and her Divine Energy was rather strong. Much like everyone else, her divinity was rted to her main element, which was Phantom, with the new addition of the Death element. Iris had be a Goddess of Phantoms and Death! After evolving, she looked just as beautiful as before, but Noah could notice that her beauty had been enhanced, even more, her aura which emanated phantasmal and death attribute essence was incredibly alluring to the evil vampire, she looked so evil and malicious, it was very beautiful! It was as if she were the goddess of the underworld! Meanwhile, the other members also became Pseudo Demi Deities, although they were still between Rank 1 or 2 at the Initial Stage. Divinity-wise, in a resume: Noah acquired the Divinities of Darkness, Blood, and Chaos. Iris acquired the Divinities of Phantom and Death. Dante acquired the Divinities of Blood, War, and Fire. Eleanora acquired the Divinities of Blood, Chaos, and Dreams/Nightmares. Arthur acquired the Divinities of Poison/Venom, Darkness, and Light. Timassa acquired the Divinities of Darkness, Thunder, and War. Alice acquired the Divinities of Poison/Venom, Darkness, and Thunder. Jon acquired the Divinities of Illusion/Emotions, Curses, and Demonic Eyes Adamantine acquired the Divinities of Shadows, Darkness, and Wild Beasts Adan acquired the Divinities of Demonic Eyes, Shadows, and Wild Beasts. Clementina acquired the Divinities of Water and Ice. Crimson acquired the Divinities of Blood. Sakura, Sugar, and Noire acquired the Divinities of Ice, Light, and Shadows respectively. All these members were now powerful Pseudo Demi Deities! Noah had investigated the power, origin, and usage of divinities through this entire month, and had gained several fruitful insights. It seems that Divinities can enhance the power of the element they cover. They can also be used as an aura of great power, using it to infuse over the user''s body to enhance all of its stats even further, while dealing greater damage and more. They can also be used to materialize magic attacks, producing divine magic as result. Of course, this all consumes divine energy, so any user must be careful to not spill everything. That''s why practicing divine energy control was quite important. Noah and everyone else had to practice this diligently, but as of now, they had be quite good at it. Some skills aided in the usage of energy control, which most acquired through their own Lifeblood Jewels. The children had grown a bit more through this whole month, although they were still adorable toddlers, they had grown one or two more centimeters, and they were beginning to crawl and try to walk around without the assistance of magic or skills. They had raised in power by absorbing the X-Rank Cores left from the raid into Vritra''s Dungeon, while also leveling up through their sses, which increased stats and therefore made the users get closer to the required stats to advance in Ranks. Eleanora had developed more her new divinities, although her strongest power is her Psionic Ability, which seems to derive from her Dream Attribute Affinity and Divinity. Meanwhile, Dante is a powerful physical attacker, and likes to go wild whenever he fights¡­ Kind of like his father. Now that a month has gone by, Noah was already flying towards God. ----- Chapter 348 - Merging With God ----- Within the outer space above Earth, Noah flew through the void and reached the Divine Realm of God, who had received him. "You''re back, main body. I would guess you''re ready for the merge," said God. "That''s right. I''ve achieved enough strength. With your power added to mine, it will be enough for the Divine Realm to achieve the level of size required to absorb the entire of Earth inside, after that, we''ll get out of here," said Noah. "Excellent. Your ns are as meticulous as your devilishness. Main body, let us be one." The enormous mass of flesh and eyes that God looked like on his materialized soul form moved towards Noah as it embraced him. Noah touched God''s entire and immense soul, this incredible and overflowing power was amazing! The energies of God started to fuse into Noah''s body and soul, like countless rivers of divine essence crossing through his body. His Veins continued to be filled with this energy as his soul began to assimte it. His physical body was refined over by it through such power, and he became stronger by the second. "This power¡­ What kind of power is this?! Insane¡­!" Noah couldn''t help but let out a littleugh of fascination, the power that God possessed was tremendous despite being weakened and more¡­ it made him almost go insane out of the ecstasy of this power. His soul extended endless dark maws over God''s soul, devouring it through it all. The entire mass of God began to reduce incredibly quickly, bite by bite, he was disappearing¡­ However, God was not truly disappearing, he was being merged with Noah, he would live within Noah, and he would be Noah, while Noah would be God too. FLAAASH! Noah began to glow with amazing amounts of light, his divinities were undergoing a fusion and evolution, as all the cells across his physical body were evolving as well, upgrading themselves to a new level of strength. Noah''s soul began to expand as it absorbed all of God''s mass, fusing with it and dissolving all of it into pure essence, which was assimted. It was a rich essence, enough to make his soul grow stronger several times. These were the prayers of humanity through thousands of years, God who was born from all of them, was now part of his own power! Noah felt a rush of memories as he saw everything that God once saw, startling him a bit. However, he quickly calmed down and assessed all of them, all of such precious memories, of the countless prayers directed to him, and more¡­ His stats started to skyrocket at an incredible pace, as he crossed through Realms from left an right! Who was going to stay at Pseudo Demi Deity for too long? Certainly not Noah! He was about to cross through it¡­! FLAASH! As if he had opened a new gate through his inner consciousness and divinity, Noah''s soul and body transcended into a next stage, the overflowing energies of his body generated such a bright light that he resembled a new sun atop the skies of Earth. The quality of his divinity quickly changed, bing stronger and morepressed, more majestic, brighter, and filled with enormous quantities of primordial essence! It was done! Noah''s eyes shed with bright light, as he slowly dissipated the energies flowing from his body and suppressed thempletely¡­ He calmed down a bit, as he smiled at the horizon. "Wonderful¡­" Ding! [You acquired the [Divinity of Humanity''s Gods]!] [The [Lifeblood Jewel] [Path of Humanity''s God (Legendary-Rank)] has been automatically generated!] [You''ve Ranked Up to [Demi Deity Realm: 1/9]!] [Your [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank] has Ranked Up to [Level XI: Divine Progenitor Vampire Grand Ancestor: Initial Stage]!] [Your [Divine Elder Dragon Heart] has Ranked Up to [Level XI: Divine Chaotic Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Initial Stage]!] [You have evolved into a [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor Demigod]!] [You acquired the Title: [God of Humanity]!] [All your stats have increased!] [You gained arge quantity of Attribute Particles] [Your Law Comprehension has increased] [You gained arge quantity of System Points!] "Law?" Noah wondered what Law Comprehension was, but he still couldn''t see anything inside of his Status¡­ Nheless, he saw a lot of changes there. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity] [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 1/9] [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes] [System Rank: [Rank 2: Developing System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], and [ss Changing Shrine] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XI: Divine Progenitor Vampire Grand Ancestor: Initial Stage] [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XI: Divine Chaotic Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Initial Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Natal Opening Realm: Upper Stage] [ss]: [Warlock: Level 8/10] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [55.330] > [255.330] [Primordial Essence: [10.000.000] > [100.000.000] [Divine Energy: [705.000] > [1.660.000] [Aether: [565.000] > [1.205.000] [Ki: [770.000] > [1.890.000] [Fate: [380.000] > [820.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 3.500], [Fire: 3.500], [Water: 7.000], [Wind: 7.000], [Space: 5.000], [Time: 4.000], [Life: 2.500], [Death: 7.000], [Dark: 8.000], [Light: 3.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 2.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 2.500], [Phantom: 4.000], [Blood: 14.500], [Poison: 4.000], [Soul: 10.000], [Nature: 3.000], [Thunder: 7.300], [Ice: 4.100], [War/Strength: 11.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 17.500], [Fate: 10.000], [Law: 7.000], [System: 9.500] ¡­ Noah''s power had truly increased a lot! His stats had be even higher than before, and his Attribute Particles had all increased by 2k! Each and every single one of these elements¡­ This probably meant that God wasn''t a God that specialized in any element and seemed to have a bit of everything. Due to its weakened state, however, it didn''t give enough power to let Noah get into the Deity Realm straight away, but this was more than enough! Especially because within Noah''s Divine Realm, great changes were urring! Thend began to expand all around, and so did the space within! "It''s time¡­" ----- Chapter 349 - Plundering Celestial Objects ----- FLAAAAASH! Everyone within the divine realm of Noah was surprised, the many people of all sectors which he had ced inside throughst month were amazed, although the entire world was trembling and changing, nothing fell apart, nor anyone was damaged. It was as if it were something magical, and well, to an extent, it was. When the entire change urred, the enormous tnd wasn''t a tnd anymore, within the entirety of the outer space of the divine realm, the original divine realm had be a-sized floating ind, whose enormous size surprised many. The immense-sized floating ind, which had its own blood sea, and a few continents, floated across this "outer space" which also had colorful clouds across the sky and small star-like lights, which were not real stars but umtions of light attribute particles that generated bright light resembling stars. The beautiful starlight illuminated the cosmic darkness that had taken over Noah''s Divine Realm, as a magical atmosphere of sorts enveloped the original divine realm whose size had be enormous, its moons were still floating above it and rotated around it as if it were a clock. "Amazing! The Divine Realm changed so much!" said Iris. "This means that Master has managed to assimte God, the power he acquired from it upgraded his Divine Realm¡­" said Timassa. "Wait, isn''t this size enormous? Our own Divine Realms are not as big as all of this¡­" said Arthur. As everyone reached Pseudo Demi Deity, they generated automatic divine realms inside of their divine soul cores, which were themed after their divinities. As of now, their divine realms were quite small, but a quarter of what Noah''s divine realm was, showing off the difference clearly. "It seems that''s something simr to an outer space had emerged ording to our lord''s wishes of harboring earth inside of here. Perhaps he can ce it here now so it can be protected within his divine realm?" wondered Clementina, as Crimson at his side was ying with Alice, Adan, Dante, and Eleanora. "Could it be? Because our lord desired this, it happened after he got enough power?" wondered Jon. "Maybe that''s it!" said Adamantine. "A Divine Realm has wondrous powers and abilities. Perhaps Noah''s desires and wishes shaped the divine realm through therge quantities of power he acquired by assimting God," said the Blood Progenitor. "Whatever is the case, let''s wait for it¡­!" said Arthur. "Yeah! Though¡­ I wonder if he''ll be able to fit more than one¡­" said Iris. "What do you mean, mydy?" asked Clementina. "Can''t you see? The space around here is so vast¡­ it is just like outer space. And knowing Noah¡­ he''s so greedy he might bring the entire sr system with him," said Iris. "Eh?!" "He wouldn''t¡­ dare to do such an outrageous thing, right?" asked Arthur. Everyone looked back at Arthur with bitter smiles. Arthur deep down knew that Noah was someone that loved to do outrageous things. "Haha¡­ I guess he might¡­" he sighed. Meanwhile, as Noah was done assimting God, he felt reborn anew, however, there was no time to wait any longer, now that his senses had been incredibly sharpened and crossed through the outer space through several thousands of kilometers, he felt like there was some sort of disturbance in the force! If he were to stay here for too long, he felt like he would regret it. "The Watchers are approaching? I cannot think of anything else that is making such a change in the wavelength of the fabric of space¡­" thought Noah, as he flew back to Earth! "Gaia, are you ready?" asked Noah. "I am, guardian! Take me! And¡­ thank you so much¡­" sighed Gaia. "Don''t mind it, you''ll work hard for me from now on!"ughed Noah, as he suddenly began to expand his entire body into a gigantic, monstrous, and terrifying big mass of flesh! A sight sigh so horrendously ridiculous that made any living being within the world open its eyes wide! The sky was filled with red flesh, blood veins, and eyes, countless eyes! All these were the materialization of Noah''s immense divine soul, which had reached insane levels of size and height! WOOOOMMMM!!! The entire horizon was covered by his soul, as he continued to expand, it seemed to be capable¡­ And it was. Noah covered the entire with his very soul! "Now¡­!" FLAAAASH! Suddenly, he and Earth¡­ disappeared! Noah carried the entire into his Divine Realm, as he appeared in the middle of the outer space of his divine realm. He slowly took out his soul andpressed it back to his body, as the entire''s Earth was floating right at the side of thergend from Noah''s original divine realm. Everyone within that ce was left speechless! "A-Amazing¡­" "Earth is here¡­!" "Incredible!" "Our Lord, our God did it!" The countless inhabitants, all fanatics, cheered up to Noah''s incredible feat, everyone was simply fascinated with how he did it! Noah smiled as he watched over Earth, however, he was not done yet! "Hmm¡­ There should be enough space!" He quickly flew outside, as Gaia began to scan her new home. FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! As the hours went by, severals began to emerge all around Noah''s incredibly vast divine realm like shing and colorful lights in the sky! "T-This is impossible¡­" muttered Arthur. "H-He actually did it¡­" said Iris. "Mama! Ball!" said Dante, pointing at the countless spheres in the sky, they were all the sr system''ss! This was such a scene that could only be outside of the wildest imaginations of people! Unlike earth, however, theses didn''t have origin cores and were just normal materials¡­ but they were in such insane quantities that they were still valuable for Noah. And he was sure that if he infused divine energy into them, they would slowly transmute into divine materials, entires that were divine materials! Lastly, an enormous sun emerged farther away than the others, which Noah also brought! "My soul was damaged greatly by grabbing this sphere of sma, but it seems that it was worth it¡­" sighed Noah in relief, as he slowly recovered his soul. Suddenly, the Blood Progenitor appeared at his side. "Everything is ready¡­" he said. "Then begin the Interdimensional Dungeon!" said Noah. ----- Chapter 350 - Begin The Interdimensional Dungeon Creation! ----- The entities across the outer Universe suddenly detected that something odd had happened. The Supreme Entities that governed certain sr systems near Earth''s Sr System, which belonged to no one but that had been secretly fought for by these entities, had disappeared. The Sr System that, without the knowledge of any human, had been sold to a Supreme Entity who had employed the Watchers to go look for the "delicacy" within it, Earth''s World Origin Core. Now, suddenly, it was gone. "W-What?" The Watchers were left speechless as they nced at the holographic screens in front of them, a shot from a very far away camera showed how a small figure flew across the Sr System and extended its enormous soul around every and even the sun, teleporting them elsewhere, only toe back and grab the next. In just a few hours, the entire Sr System was gone! "This is impossible¡­" "Who¡­ Who did this?!" "That figure¡­ Who is it?!" "It is registered that it came from the with life, Earth!" "An entity with the power to teleport entires has been born in that measly?! I don''t believe such a ridiculous statement!" "But it''s true¡­ The cameras detected this entity onlying from the''s surface¡­" "Unbelievable¡­ Did we underestimated them?!" The Watchers were left speechless, as a sudden call from their Master emerged. Ding! A holographic screen emerged before all of them, as an entity made of pure darkness red at them angrily. Itcked facial expressions but it had two very sharp crimson-red eyes, it looked at them as if it were looking at useless trash! "You failed me¡­" "M-Master! We apologize, we took too long!" "If it wasn''t because we had to take that Outer Void route due to the recent Gxy Convergences going on at the left corner of the Universe, we could have gone there faster¡­" "When we cross the Outer Void, we have to suppress our power because the Chaotic Void may consume us if it detects our souls, and even then, we could have lured Outer Gods too¡­" "We couldn''t risk it¡­ S-So please, give us a second chance!" The entity made of darkness squinted its crimson-red eyes as it red at them with anger. However, that anger slowly faded away. Only to emerge again, exploding in wrath! "This is the second time another fleet fails to capture a world which I had bought in the auction. Do you know how many Cosmic Essence Crystals it cost? Four quadrillions!" roared the entity. "Do you have four quadrillions to pay me?!" it continued. "We are sorry, master!" All the powerful entities are known as Watchers, who specialized in extracting the cores of ripening worlds kneeled before their great master. "Sigh¡­ You and the other fleet will have another opportunity, but don''t dare fail me! The other fleet has already begun to move towards its next target, a Parallel Earth filled with immense quantities of delicious world source energy, and you two¡­ You''ll go and hunt that damn earthling that stole my sr system!" roared the entity. "Yes, my lord!" "We shall ughter him and bring you his shattered soul and his head!" "We''ll do it!" "Then move!" "Y-Yes!" The Watchers hurriedly moved through the Universe, reaching the Gxy where there were several Spatial Areas, one of them was where Noah''s Earth was located, now that they had finally crossed the Outer Void, they were able to elerate their speed. However, against their expectations, Noah wouldn''t be sitting there waiting for them. ¡­ "It seems that we can''t¡­" "What?" The Blood Progenitor was as shocked as Noah when he realized this. He had tried to create a Dimensional Dungeon and make it emerge inside of Abyss. But it seemed to be¡­ impossible? Why was that? "It seems that Abyss is being blocked by something, an enormously powerful force is blocking the entire world from receiving alien energies¡­ Causing it to not be able to ept dimensional dungeons anymore¡­ Perhaps the Blood God had figured a way to finally not let this phenomenon appear anymore," said the Blood Progenitor. "So we can''t go to Abyss? Tch¡­ Now, what else is left?" wondered Noah. He was in a hurry, he didn''t want to greet the Watchers which were on their way, anywhere it was fine at this point, as long as he could get out of here. "There are other worlds that are not being blocked from your power. One of them is named Gadukh, a world filled with horrid beasts and poison, Nest, a world reminiscing of the medieval era on Earth¡­ there seem to be some godly figures, "Adventurers", monsters, and innate dungeons¡­" "Hmm¡­" "My lord, how about traveling to Vedas, the world where we originate from?" asked Vayu. "Vedas is an immense world with many powerful beings!" said Varus. "Right. Vedas¡­ Though, if possible, I would like to start in the continent where you lived, that one that was filled with mortals," said Noah. "Vedas¡­ It''s there, and doesn''t seem blocked," said the Blood Progenitor. Noah''s crimson-red eyes shone brightly as a predatory gaze surged on his face. A smile emerged quickly after, as his heart began to pump up faster than usual. If Abyss wasn''t possible now, a world so immense and filled with legendary and tasty creatures such as Dragons was good enough! Vedas is it! "It seems that it is possible to go. I have already adjusted the Dimensional Dungeon Creation Function. A part of your Divine Realm will be made into the dungeon, as a rift will appear in this world. Through this rift, we will be able to get inside. And this rift will also keep us anchored in this world. Even without the Origin of that world, as long as we have the dungeon, we won''t be suppressed by the world''sws!" said the Blood Progenitor. The Dungeon that would be created within the space of Vedas would be set above the spatialyers of an area, which would be made of a part of Noah''s Divine Realm. The rift there would lead inside his Divine Realm too¡­ Which meant that people could get inside. However, as long as he chose a good ce, it could mean a good way to lure prey inside¡­ "Begin!" ----- Chapter 351 - A Mysterious Manor Emerges Within A Large Forest ----- The creation of the Dimensional Dungeon was a bitplicated. It required a certain [Space] within the Dungeon, which could be assigned depending on the world that it was gonna be this Dungeon''s element. By using Noah''s Divine Realm as the Dungeon''s Element, the System was able to teleport Noah''s Divine Realm across space and time towards the world it was going to invade, and well anyone inside of it. There needed to be things assigned, of course, such as the Dungeon Boss, which would make the dungeon disappear if it were to be defeated, alongside the Dungeon Monsters, a small reincarnation system that would constantly revive the monsters and their souls inside, and so on. Of course, that could also be modified. Noah became the Final Boss, while the hidden Bosses were assigned to Arthur, Jon, and Clementina. The monsters are all the divine beasts inside the Divine Realm. Of course, there was something in Dungeons that trapped the bosses and hidden bosses from moving away from the dungeon or their positions. But of course, by spending a few System Points, this "rule" was easily modified and taken away. Now, the moment Noah was to arrive in Vedas, he would be able to easily walk through the world without being restricted by any measly rules. However, there was a problem with the rift being in front of everyone. And because Noah was so powerful, the rift that would be created would end up being enormous¡­ But there was also a way to modify it, ording to Varus, Vayu, and Indra''s, if they could make it so the entrance to the dungeon resembled an old building or something, simr to Vedas'' original dungeons, it could camouge quite nicely with the environment. "Is it possible to modify so there isn''t a rift showing up?" asked Noah. "Certainly, there should be a way¡­ Let''s see¡­ Yes. By spending some System points, the appearance of the entrance to the dungeon can be modified¡­ Wait, it can even have the shape of a manor, a fortress, and even a skyscraper? There are way more options than I thought," said the Blood Progenitor. "Make it a manor," said Noah. "Very well¡­" The Blood Progenitor quickly took away more System Points, as things were finally ready. "Now, are you ready?" he asked. "Do it already, we don''t have all the time," said Noah. "Tch, stop hurrying me up, I am actually quite nervous!" sighed the Blood Progenitor. Ding! [Initiating Dimensional Dungeon Creation] [Creating¡­] As things seemed to be peaceful inside of Noah''s Divine Realm, he was able to feel how his entire Divine Realm, with him inside, was suddenly grasped by a strange and invisible force, and then, traveled at an incredibly fast speed across the Spatial Layers of the universe, almost at the speed of light! FLAAAAAAASH! Of course, there were no turbulences, but far away entities that were traveling across the gxy nced at this scene with awe, arge sphere stuck between Spatial Layers traveled at an insane speed, not even entities at the power above Supreme Deities were able to move such spaces across spatialyers with such mastery, unless they were to be masters of the Space Law. "It''s time¡­" said Noah, his eyes zed with conviction as his desire for conquest began to grow bigger and bigger within his heart. ¡­ Meanwhile, within a vast and near-boundless world, a beautiful blue sky covered the immense continent of Draconia. Within this incredibly big continent, whose size was at least the same as if the entire earth was stretched t, countless living beings lived. Enormous creatures of various colors, shapes, and sizes. Of various natures and appearances, possessing all sorts of powers and abilities, and all kinds of elements. However something connected all these very different creatures from one another, they all had the blood of dragons rushing through their veins! Even the smallest of bugs had the bloodline of a dragon, even the smallest and had a small horn and even tiny scales! All beings in this world were dragons! The birds that flew through the skies had more raptor-like appearances, and could even release powerful breaths of wind, chaotic battles between flocks happened every day. The snakes that crawled through the ground hadrger bodies and deadly venom, yet they were also dragons, being able to release deadly venomous breath attacks. The moles digging through the ground were actually dragons as well, coated by scales and fur, with enormous draconic ws to dig through the ground. The insects that flew around the air, even the smallest fly had some small aspect within its genes that made it somewhat a dragon. This was the wondrous and unique world of Vedas! A world filled with Dragons and made by the great entities that existed in the Outside Universe, they often called this world "their nest" as this was the ce where the strongest Dragons that would one day join them would emerge, this was the nest where all Dragons across the Universe originated from! Even dragons born in other worlds were somehow introduced into them by these dragons here. Vedas, the world that existed within an incredibly massive self-contained Spatial Area within the Core of the Draconic Gxy was where all Dragons were born! It was such a vast world that it was perhaps bigger than entire sr systems, expanding over thousands of kilometers¡­ it wasn''t a normal world at all, as it wasn''t in outer space directly, but contained within a Spatial Area naturally formed long ago, which resembled a bubble. It had enormous and very powerfulyers of Spatial Walls, billions of them stacked up together to seal this wondrous and immense world from the Outside Universe. With such a well-guarded world, the hegemonies that controlled over this Nest never expected that they would ever suffer any problems with Invaders, and usually, let the living beings within this world do as they pleased. Whenever some promising beings reached the peak of this world and became unbeatable on it, they would use their own power to escape this world''s walls, and met the vast and mysterious Outer Universe! However¡­ an invader was about to reach this world in a very peculiar way. TRUUUUM! Suddenly, a gigantic gothic-styled manor emerged right in the middle of a Dark Forest, scaring countless draconic beasts that were roaming around peacefully. Two little dragons who were hunting for their vige were left speechless as they saw this scene transpire through their eyes. "W-What is that¡­?" "I don''t know¡­ Maybe a Dungeon?! We have to tell the Elder!" "Hurry!" The two little dragons rushed away, as the enormous manor emanated incredibly powerful crimson-red essence, creating an aura of dread that spread across the Dark Forest within the northeast of the South Region of the Draconia Continent. Creeeeaak¡­ The door opened, as a handsome man with long white hair, sharp crimson-red eyes, and pointy ears emerged from within the manor. "Ah, such beautiful nature. This is clearly not Earth¡­" he said, admiring the beauty of nature, as he nced at the vast sky above, the bright sun, and the several moons floating thousands of kilometers above. Several strange birds were pping around the manor curiously, and some even sat over the roof already. "So this is Vedas!" ----- Chapter 352 - Vedas, The World Of Dragons! ----- Within the vast Draconia Continent, there were four Regions, all the regions of this vast continent were divided from North Region, South Region, East Region, and West Region. Noah has happened to teleport into the northeast of the South Region, a vastnd blessed by rich nature, grasnds, ins, and many forests infused withrge quantities of the essence. This region of the continent was where arge number of viges, Kingdoms, and Empires lived. Due to the bountiful nature of this Region, vastnds were extending with many ntations and farms made by Dragon Communities. Due to their intelligence, dragons not only fed on meat but also nted the essence-filled nts, vegetables, and fruits of this world. Although there were many nomadic tribes of dragons, there were also many that decided to settle down, and they had done so for many years. Varying in race and quality of their bloodlines, Dragons would usually have very varied lifespans, however, as this Continent was where only Mortals lived, Dragons here were considerably weaker than other Dragons. If they didn''t cultivate their Dragon Hearts by devouring materials and using all sorts of Draconic Techniques using the Draconic Essence produced by their Dragon Hearts, they would usually have a life expectancy of 200 years. However, due to its dangerous nature, dragons usually died way younger¡­ It was indeed a very different world from the beliefs of people about dragons who were born overpowered from the beginning. Of course, that wasn''tpletely the case, there were dragons in the continent that were born strong, it was all dependent on their Dragon Heart''s Talent and their Dragon Bloodline! A thin bloodline would make them born weak, sickly, and usually without much life expectancy, but a pure-blooded dragon from a famous dragon family could be born incredibly strong, being able to use magic right away and to even live for over five hundred years. Because life expectancy was based on individual strength, there was no point in having a lifespan of 200 years if you would die as a hatchling while being eaten by a wild draconic beast. This is why weaker dragons with thin bloodlines began to build tribes,munities, Kingdoms, and even Empires, often led by the strongest pure-blooded dragons. All of suchmunities usually seeking to improve the strength of their most talented individuals to assure their survival in this wild and dangerous world. Or to even ascend into an Elder Dragon and be a God to them. Amongst the vast amounts of societies, there were in the continent of Draconia, there were small viges set aroundrge Kingdoms. Dragons who were of lesser bloodlines would sometimes turn into wild Draconic Beasts and mutate into monstrous creatures. Due to this, these weaker people have been left away from the bigger Kingdoms and their capitals, filled with powerful dragons, who were even able to take the shape of humanoid forms, which usually signified royalty. Near the Dark Forest, there was the Dragon Kingdom of Ignitias, the powerful Dragon Kingdom dominated by the powerful Ignitias Family, whom superb Fire Attribute Dragons came. There were several Dungeons around the area that were constantly visited by Explorers, where resources were extracted in the form of Draconic Beast Corpses, all types of ores, and even magic items that would sometimes emerge within these mysterious underground ces. There were several Dragon Viges around the Ignitias Kingdom, all of them served the purpose of providing the Kingdom with all sorts of cattle animals, products made from them, and vegetables and fruits. Two little dragons that had gone out hunting to gain some experience in battling and to sharpen their ws and fangs were suddenly greeted by a horrifyingly strange sight as a gigantic manor had emerged before their eyes. The two were utterly terrified, thinking that it could be a new Dungeon sent by the Demon Dragon Vritra, whose reign of terror had ended just a few dozens of years, although there were still areas in the continent that were made into wastnds filled with Undead. As they reached their vige, which hadrge structures resembles "homes" made out of hardened mud and bones ofrge draconic beasts used as pirs, the two little dragon boys, one red-scaled with tiny wings, and the other purple-scaled with a snake-like head, reached thergest building of the vige, where arge, brown-scaled dragon who seemed clearly old with a long white beard greeted them. "Ah, Dronnia, Gradronn, what is it?" "Elder! T-There''s a thing¡­ arge building! It appeared in the middle of the Dark Forest!" said Dronnia, the red-scaled boy. "Hm? What did you say?" "T-There''s a big building, it appeared out of nowhere! It could be a dungeon¡­ it emanated a lot of energy¡­ It was very scary¡­" cried Gradronn. The Elder, whose size surpassed 6 meters and whose body was covered by rock-like scales groaned worriedly. "Hmm¡­ Are you two not trying to trick this old man?" he asked. "N-Not! We wouldn''t trick you with something like this, Elder!" "I-Its true!" The Elder noticed the clear fear in the eyes of these young hatchlings, feeling like this mischievous pair was actually telling the truth this time around. "Alright, I''ll send a scouting Draconic Beast I''ve tamed to look the ce for me through my Draconic Technique: Eyesight Transfer. If you''re saying the truth then¡­ we''ll have tomunicate this news with the Kingdom!" said the Elder, getting up from the ground and walking outside his home, as he went to the backyard and called upon an enormous multi-colored feathered draconic bird. "Arco, go scout the Dark Forest,e back whenever you see something out of the ordinary!" "CRAA!" The beast pped its wings once more, rushing into the skies and reaching the Dark Forest. The Elder used his Draconic Technique that he had learned as a Draconic Beast Tamer, connecting his eyesight with the eyesight of his tamed Draconic Beast, Arco, as he was able to see what it could see. "Hmm¡­ Doesn''t seem to be anything out of the ordinary- Eh?!" However, Arco reached deeper into the Dark Forest and then saw it¡­ An enormous manor had emerged in the middle of the forest, emanating a deadly crimson-red aura. And right in front of it, a strange humanoid being nced at Arco. ----- Chapter 353 - The Ignitias Kingdom ----- Noah walked outside of the manor and admired the ce around for a bit, and then, Iris, Dante, and Eleanora came out as well, walking around the vast nature, it was beautiful and quite different from thepletely red world of the divine realm. "Uwah, papa¡­ Look¡­! Green tree¡­" said Eleanora, she learned how to speak after another month of being born, she was incredibly intelligent, so this was obvious. Meanwhile, her brother still struggled a bit with words. "Indeed, did you know that Earth once used to have green trees like these too? In fact, we could take out these and put them in our Earth, I don''t think anyone here would mind," said Noah while rubbing his chin. "Did we came here to just steal trees?" sighed Iris. "Ah, well, I guess I am way toocent," said Noah. "You''re weak with your children," said Iris with a smile. "It might be the case¡­" sighed Noah, realizing he had offered Eleanora stealing a whole first just because she found a green tree pretty.. He was indeed devoted to his daughter. "No, there''s no need. This world is pretty, let''s leave it like that," said Eleanora. "Of course,ter on, we can bring it inside the divine realm," said Noah "Dadaa! Hungy!" said Dante, crawling around. Noah scanned the area with his mere senses. "There are many creatures around, we should have a feast with these endemic beasts- Oh?" Noah suddenly nced at arge bird-like draconic beast with colorful feathers flying above them. "Is that a bird?" asked Iris. "No, it possesses dragon bloodline, but I guess it looks like a bird- Ah, it seems that someone is looking at us through his eyes, interesting! Have they already noticed us?" wondered Noah. "Should we kill it?" asked Iris. "Dante, look, that bird came here for you to eat it," said Noah. "Hmm! Birb!" Dante suddenly shapeshifted into an enormous three-headed dragon, flying into the skies with its wings and catching the bird with its enormous maws! The bird-like draconic beast wasn''t even able to fight back, Dante''s speed was way too fast! CRUNCH! "CRAAA¡­!" Crunch¡­ crunch¡­ Dante descended and swallowed the bird, finding it yummy. "Hmm, yummy," Noah and Iris quickly realized that something within his Dragon Heart began to shine brightly, something that hasn''t happened before when they ate other monsters¡­ It seems that the endemic creatures of this world had a special essence that could enhance Dragon Hearts through consumption! "Hm, we should begin feasting around here for some time, perhaps you and the rest can get or strengthen your Dragon hearts through these areas¡­ This world is already feeling exciting¡­" said Noah with a malicious smile, as Dante burped, releasing some colorful feathers. "Dante, nasty!" said Eleanora, as a wave of Psionic Energy hit Dante over his middle head. CLASH! "Augh! Mama¡­ Sis hit me!" cried Dante. "Eleanora, do not hit your brother!" said Iris while pouting. "But he nasty!" said Eleanora. "Eleanora, don''t begin this again¡­" said Noah. "Okay¡­" "Apologize to your brother," said Noah. "Sorry¡­" said Eleanora. Meanwhile, the Elder of the Dragon Vige near the Dark Forest screamed in horror. Through the eyes of his beloved tamed draconic bird, he had seen a small humanoid child turn into a monstrous three-headed dragon and then devour him alive! Well, he was fine, but he felt as if he was being devoured as well, a sickly sensation rushed through his body as he resisted the urge to throw up. "Ungh¡­! I don''t really know who they could be but¡­ Those are definitely not good people¡­ My Arco died miserably to them! Gggrr¡­! I''ll go report this to the Kingdom, you two go back to the vige and inform this to the rest of the people!" said the Elder, suddenly transforming into his Humanoid form, which was requisite to be allowed to enter into the Ignitias Kingdom, filtering out the thin-blooded that we''re unable to be humanoid. Of course, the Elder was also thin-blooded, but he had evolved several times, enough to naturally unlock the Morph Ability. Seeing the old man with draconic wings fly through the skies, the two little dragon boys were filled with concern and fear, rushing to the vige to tell the rest of the dragons in there about the bad news¡­ Meanwhile, within the Ignitias Kingdom, Drakon Ignitias VII sat over his glorious throne as he heard his little daughter sing. His appearance was like that of an old man in his 40''s, with short ck beard and hair, sharp crimson-red eyes, and a muscr frame, part of his body was covered by scales, his hands and feet had armor-like scales and sharp ws, and he had enormous wings behind his back, all of them red-colored. He had a pair of glorious horns that spiraled upwards, and in the middle of his forehead, he held a bright red jewel emanating a strong essence. His young daughter, Draknea Ignitias was singing a beautiful song about the epics of their culture, her voice was beautiful and delicate, and her humanoid appearance resembled a cute young girl in her 17''s, despite being over 50 years of age. Although such age was considered young too. Her long and ck hair shined brightly before the mes ignited across the incredibly vast hall, many members of royalty heard her song. However, in the middle of it, a guard rushed towards the king. "What is it?! You dare interrupt me when I am hearing my daughter sing?!" asked the King. "T-This is very important, King! A Dungeon has appeared in the Dark Forest, and it holds strong dragons inside¡­ It might seem to have been brought as some sort of invasion method¡­ W-What if it is an enemy nation!?" asked the guard. "Eh?! This¡­ is this true?!" asked Drakna. "Y-Yes, my lord!" said the guard. "Damn it¡­ Send a recognition army, if it fails, we''ll have to send the Elite¡­ Now go!" The guard nodded as he flew away through the window, as Drakna began to p after his daughter finished singing. Turmoil was about to befall the Ignitias Kingdom as an otherworldly force would emerge to devour everything within its path¡­ ----- Chapter 354 - Creating A New Lifeblood Jewel To Conquer This World! ----- Noah nced at the vast forest from themodity of the front yard of his manor-shaped dungeon. Now that he was in this world, he didn''t want to ck off, he was going to begin doing work right away. First of all, he wanted to hunt beasts in here and investigate the ce, he wanted to absorb the souls and blood, and the Dragon hearts of the monsters of this world, which seemed to bring a lot of delicious essences that could enhance his cultivation further. As of now, the best route to grow stronger was by doing mass genocide! However, he decided to start things at a small scale so he wouldn''t bring attention from the stronger beings of this world, which were obviously above him in power. As this was but the mortal continent, but it was probably being watched by strong entities. Due to that, his best shot was pretending to be a natural disaster of sorts, such as the Undead catastrophes that Vritra had left on this continent. If he were going around throwing meteors of blood that exploded when they reached a target all around the continent whileughing, he would only dig his own grave, as the powerful Elder Dragons or even God Dragons would descend and immediately deal with an invader such as him. He also wanted to gather information about this world and its secrets, find special ces that could harbor divine materials to assimte into his divine realm and more.. He was also low on System Points, and although he was being able to get a few thousand every 24 hours, it was not enough for his current power level. He required System points to change sses, create and enhance Lifeblood Jewels, and also to upgrade the System, and get more power out of it. Additionally, he needed to maintain his Dungeon in the world through System Points, if he were to not give enough to it, the Dungeon would end up destroying itself and although he might remain in the world of dragons, thews and the power of the world''s will would suppress and destroy his soul, even as strong as he was now¡­ Due to this, he had to maintain the valuable anchor that maintained him safe in this new world, the dungeon, by feeding it System Points. But it wasn''t as if it would return the favor, the Dungeon seemed to be capable of upgrading itself with arge number of System Points and even Rank Up! Due to these reasons, Noah felt pressured to act quickly and begin his ughter. Thanks to his powers and the upgraded System, he would be able to absorb the blood and energy of anything he killed and convert them into primordial essence, which would turn into the other types of energies, and even stats, divine energy, and system points. However, this process in mortal beasts was slow, and to advance further he needed to fight stronger entities, but if he were to kill an insanely high amount of monsters and constantly spread through the continent, he should be capable of getting some power out of it. The rest of his party had emerged outside as well, as they were admiring the greenery. "For now let''s tart lowkey, Vritraes out, and you too." Noah summoned Vritra, the enormous Dracolich, alongside the other Draconic Fathers made into Blood Servants, there were also all sorts of other lesser blood servants, in fact, he had thousands. However, if he threw them all out at the same time, he would certainly bring more attention from beings he didn''t want to bring to his ce yet. Not yet¡­ Although he was already savoring how a Dragon God could taste like. "Yes, my lord?" Vritra emerged alongside the other Blood Servants, Noah decided to upgrade them all while he was at it. Sacrificing some System Points in the process. The upgrade was simple, he was going to fuse their rted Skills and create a new Lifeblood Jewel, while also upgrading it all the way to Demi-Deity Realm! "Stand still, I will upgrade all of you into new and more powerful beings that will do this task more efficiently¡­" said Noah, as several bat-shaped clones began toe out of the manor and spread across the immense forest. The forest was surprisingly big, and this was because the entire world of Vedas was titanic in size. Trees had the size of skyscrapers, and mountains, the smallest ones, were as big as mount Everest¡­ Due to this, this forest was perhaps as big as a whole country by itself, however, with his expanded senses, he was able to sense a nearby vige, and also arger concentration of biomass far away, perhaps a nation or something. Noah gathered the skills he wanted to fuse, with included things such as Blood Soul Servant, Summon, the Warlock Skill, Vritra''s Skill, and anything that could rte and strengthen it, until he reached the skill limit. He adjusted it so the Lifeblood Jewel created would be immediately at the same level of power as him, which costed some extra System Points¡­ In the end, the price would end up rather big, but it was worth it! Noah''s eyes shone with bright crimson-red light, as he decided to do it! Ding! [You''ve spent 100.000 System Points] FLASH! The skills began to merge together in front of Noah as they formed a sphere of dark red, vicious phantasmal blue mes emerged as well, merging everything together into an enormous sphere. The power of his soul leaked into it like an oozy ck liquid, merging with the sphere of power. FLAAASH! The skills continued to fuse like ethereal and beautiful liquids of power, as they began to crystalize right after, forming a beautiful crimson-red jewel, with the mark of a skull! It emanated a powerful aura of death and blood¡­ Ding! [You''ve merged several Skills into the [Lifeblood Jewel: Vicious Vampiric Blood Necrolord Summoner (Demi Deity-Grade)]!] Noah smiled as he nced at the small jewel, quickly fusing it inside of his soul and connecting it to him! With the System Points he had spent, he had already unlocked all the abilities that could be unlocked as well, so he gained its power instantly! Suddenly, all of the blood servants and Vritra underwent changes! ----- Chapter 355 - Vicious Vampiric Blood Necrolord Summoner ----- In front of Noah, all the Blood Servants underwent wondrous changes. They¡­ all began to merge together into the Blood Servant Legion, and even Vritra was mixed in. The Blood Legion continued to merge together and then shrink itself until it became a small bubble, it flew towards Noah''s soul and fused with the jewel inside of his soul¡­ "How mysterious¡­ T-The Blood Servants¡­ they''re all gone?!" asked Iris. "No, they''re not gone, they had just fused with the Lifeblood Jewel! I must simply summon them, and they will emerge even stronger than before¡­" Noah quickly felt new information rushing through his brain as he saw the details of this new Lifeblood Jewel.. ¡­ [Lifeblood Jewel: Vicious Vampiric Blood Necrolord Summoner (Demi Deity-Grade)] (500/500): Thebined and awakened power of Blood Servants and Necromancy has formed this powerful and deplorable Lifeblood Jewel, containing great necrotic power within it and the ability to awaken life within death. Using Blood, Souls, and Corpses as materials, raise an undying army that continues to expand endlessly. Abilities: [Aberrant Blood Dracolich Necrolord Vritra (200/200)], [Aberrant Blood Soul Undead Creation (100/100)], [Infectious Necrotic Blood Curse Expansion (100/100)] Additional Abilities: [Abyssal Blood Necropolis (200/200)], [Aberrant Necrotic Blood Legion (100/100)], [Crimson Bloodshed Reinforcement (100/100)] [Four-Headed Abyssal Necrotic Storm Red Dragon (200/200)], [Endless Necrotic Blood Ocean (100/100)], [Chaotic Thunderstorm of Blood Catastrophe (100/100)] ¡­ "Oh?" In front of Noah, the new and upgraded Blood Servant Skill had emerged, now as a Lifeblood Jewel of enormous power, it contained nine different abilities within. The nine Abilities within them were divided into three parts. One of them was based on Vritra and his enhancement, he seemed to have "evolved" within the Lifeblood Jewel, and he also had two other abilities thatplimented him, which let him create the new and upgraded Blood Servants and Undead, and also to expand their influence acrossrge quantities of space. Afterward, there was the second row, which let Noah or Vritra generate an expansive field of blood and necrotic energy which potentiated the power of Blood Undead, while also making it seem like an outpost or a fortress where they could continue to emerge or even fuse to form stronger beings through the other two abilities it had. And the third row was perhaps the most devastating, as it summoned the fusion of Pride, Vayu, Varus, and Indra, which was a four-headed and monstrous dragon that could serve as a devastating summon, it also came with two powerful attacks, which could unleash true chaos amongstrge battlefields! Seeing such amazing abilities, Noah felt his heart pumping faster than before. Although never as fast as the moment he saw his two children be born. "Papa, what''s that?" asked Eleanora. "Do you want to see something entertaining?" asked Noah with a smile. "Come Vritra!" FLASH! By merely willing it and activating the Ability, Noah summoned Vritra, who surged from out of arge magic circle in front of Noah. His appearance had changed, he now resembled an even more intimidating beast, a monstrous and Undead dragon covered by crimson-red bones, jewels, and phantasmal mes over hisrge wings. His head exuded crimson-red hair. "My lord, I am here to serve you." "Good, now, begin the feast!" "As you wish!" FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Vritra quickly summoned a few Blood Undead, they resembled monstrous chimeric creatures made of slime-like blood, bones, and flesh entangled around them, some had the shape of humanoid bones, although others resembled wolf and bear-like beasts, and there were obviously some Bone Dragon-like and Zombie Dragon-like ones. It only summoned around a dozen, which Vritra quickly made march through the entire forest, as he released strange red gases from his mouth, which somehow made it alluring to the beast that roamed this ce. Draconic Beasts quickly emerged from all around, surprised by the strange invaders that were lurking within their territories, enormous Draconic Birds descended to attack, using their feathers as deadly projectiles, they released breath attacks of winds and more. Enormous Draconic Bears emerged right after, using gigantic ws to sh through the Undead inrge packs of dozens! And then Draconic Snakes came from the underground, reaching the surface and using their enormous jaws to devour the Undead or tten them into the ground with their long and thick tails! BOOM! CLASH! TRUUUMMM! Arge battle began between the monstrous creatures and the Blood Undead, as Vritra started to enhance them using several Abilities within his Lifeblood Jewel where he originated, asrge totems made of blood began to emerge all around, enhancing the Blood Undead who fought fiercely against the beasts! "GRRYAAR¡­!" "GGRUUOORR¡­!" "RROAARR¡­!" The Draconic Beast began to be defeated sessively by the Blood Undead, who devoured their blood and absorbed their life essence, growing bigger and stronger. The corpses of the beasts were transformed into more and more Blood Undead continuously! Noah began to absorb all the essence extracted from them, alongsiderge crystals within their corpses, the Dragon Hearts. He inspected them and found out that the average strength of these Draconic Beasts was around B-Rank to A-Rank. It wouldn''t even help him grow strong individually, but by thousands¡­ he could get something! "Quickly, keep expanding!" Noah ordered Vritra and the Blood Undead to hurry, as they quickly began to march across the forest hurriedly, devouring the monsters within their path ruthlessly! The energy continued to be poured into him and so did therge quantities of blood, which he shared with everyone. "Papa, we want to explore!" said Eleanora. "Very well, let''s go together around the forest, we can teleport back through the clones I have inside, so it is mostly safe," said Noah. "Dadaaa! Come!" Dante transformed into a three-headed dragon and began to rush across the forest, as Noah, Iris, and the other members of their group traveled over his back. "My son is you okay with this?!" asked Iris. "Yeaaah!" Dante wanted to take a ride with his family, so he carried them over his draconic form, which also made everything around him be devastated in seconds. His foot made tremors around, terrifying the creatures around the forest¡­ Meanwhile, a group of Dragons began to quickly fly outside of the Ignatia Kingdom, rushing towards the forest¡­ ----- Chapter 356 - The Fearful Kingdom ----- Within the Ignitias Kingdom, the Dragon King Drakon Ignitias nced at arge floating sphere as his eyes squinted nervously, several other dragons in their humanized forms stood around him. A particr dragon woman with long pink hair and sharp, purple-colored eyes nced at the sphere, her clothes seemed exotic and reminiscent of Arabic clothes, her skin was also chocte-skinned, and her scales purple and wine-colored. Her power emanated from her chest like an overflowing aura of illusory and dreamy essence as she nced over the orb in front of her. She moved her hands, which had thin and sharp, purple-colored ws, her delicate and frail-looking fingers were covered by slim, purple-colored scales. She looked over the floating watermelon-sized orb with a smile, her eyes shing with bright pink light. "How is it?" asked the King nervously. A clear concern could be seen on his face. The Dragon woman smiled pleasantly as her eyes were filled with a sudden fascination. "Amazing¡­ The Draconic Essence that I can see through my Illusory Dream Orb is incredible.. To think that there could be a Dungeon that could harbor such amounts of energy at such an early stage. This is definitely suspicious, my lord¡­" she said. "Can you sense the power of the entities within that dungeon through your [irvoyance]?" asked the King. The woman closed her eyes as she touched the orb, her vision was suddenly transported above the skies of the Dark Forest, nearing where the dungeon emerged¡­ arge manor could be seen from very far away. However, a crimson-red aura began to slowly spread across the forest, the smell of blood started to filth the area as well. She began to inspect the quality of the energy emanated¡­ if whatever was there was easily ughtering these strong Draconic Beast without even breaking a sweat, the beings within that ce were definitely mighty. But how mighty? She tried to at the very least try to see through that¡­ She concentrated her gaze some more, putting effort into it¡­ Little did she knew that Jon had already detected her with his even greater power of sight. "Someone is observing us, Noah-sama." "Hm? Then shut her eyes down." Said Noah. "As you wish." Jon red back at the Dragon Woman, as his crimson-red eyes shed with bright light, his third eye opened vertically as it released waves of energy towards her illusory vision made through her own version of irvoyance. She woman hadn''t seen Jon yet, but suddenly, she sensed it. T R U U U M M ! "Eh?!" Enormous eyes peered at the very fabric of her soul and being, these were not just two eyes, or three, they were countless eyes opening constantly, her vision was suddenly filled with them as a horrifying pain attacked her mind and eyes! F L A A A A A A A S S S H H H ! "Ungh¡­! No¡­! Nooo! Make it stop! Unnnggrrryyyaagggh¡­!" Suddenly, the woman fell unconscious in front of the King! "W-What happened?!" The other Royal Dragons around her were just as shocked as the King! "Who could have done this to the Dragon Heroine of Illusions?!" "S-She''s okay?" "I''ve never seen something like this happen!" "Was she cursed?!" "But how? That''s impossible, she wasn''t there to be cursed, to begin with!" Drakon nced at the woman''s unconscious body as he couldn''t help but feel a sudden chill run through his spine. "This is bad¡­ Whatever that being was, it is definitely stronger than her, a Dragon Hero! In the worst-case scenario, we''ll have to employ the aid of the Dragon Heroes and also of the Legendary Treasures left by the Gods¡­" said Drakon. "W-What? All of them?" "But this¡­ if it was capable of defeating Dragannia¡­ What guarantees us that they will be able to not do the same to the other Dragon Heroes?" "Fool! The Dragon Heroes are blessed by Fate, the Draconic Epics have blessed them¡­ Dragannia is merely not good at fighting, but the other Heroes should be able to defeat any threat using the Legendary Artifacts!" "That''s¡­ true¡­" "What about¡­ the experiments in the Laboratories?" "Those¡­" "Wait, I thought those experiments were not real!" "It is obviously false, they do exist. But how would you think the people would react if they knew about them?" "King, do you mean that you''re going all out?" "Hmm¡­ I don''t know if being too cautious is the right thing¡­ Perhaps¡­ No, if they really knocked her out by merely looking at her¡­ Then whatever is it is definitely strong. I have already sent one hundred men led by the three Dragon Generals, they should at least buy us some time to prepare and also see their full strength." Said the King. "King, how about asking for assistance and aid to the nearby nations? We should at least tell them!" "But wouldn''t that only show some weaknesses? If we can''t handle some monster tide and a dungeon, then how will the other nations think about us?" "Bah! This is not the time for pride, foolish lizard!" "How did you called me, scaled bastard?!" "Gentlemen, calm down! We''ll do things ordingly to the level of threat they truly are¡­ However, I will do as you said and share the information with the other nations, we don''t lose anything doing so. If things escte out of control, we can use their aid. Remember that the Teleportation Gates are still active, as long as we pour Draconic Energy into them, they should be able to bring faraway armies!" said the King. He was still filled with hope. Drakon was actually an intelligent man and was already nning several steps ahead, thinking of what the worst-case scenario could be already. Meanwhile, Noah traveled with his family and allies across the beautiful Dark Forest, exploring the wilderness, picking up magical nts, mushrooms, and cooking whatever they found. The meat of the monsters of this world was truly quite delicious! "Dragon meat is the besht!" said Eleanora while eating arge steak. ----- Chapter 357 - The Dragon Gods Laze Around ----- Across therge Draconia Continent, above the skies, several figures resided. Although the Draconia Continent was once given to the four Elemental Dragons to take care of, after their disappearance by the phenomenon known as Otherworldly Dungeon Prison, thergest Organizations of Dragons across the world decided to take better care of the Continent where their younglings grew up. Due to this, one of the most prestigious Pantheons of Dragon Gods of the North Continent, the Pantheon of Heaven''s Decree decided to ask the aid of other Pantheons and sent several Dragon gods to monitor and take care of the continent in ce of the disappeared four Elemental Dragons. Now, after almost one thousand years since this change, many Dragon Gods roamed the skies of the Draconian Continent within their Divine Realms. Usually, they would be designated with specific regions to take care of, but recently, the appearance of Evil Dragon Gods had be moremon, making them warier of dangers, due to this, they had be more overprotective of their territories, although there had been news of some Kingdoms falling by their Dragon Gods not being able to take care of them properly¡­ Now that the Draconia Continent had begun to be poured with divine draconic energy from the residual power of the Dragon Gods inspecting it, Divine Areas had begun to emerge within the continent, and these faction-less evil dragon gods had begun to roam these ces for treasures that no others had reached, killing anything in their path, of course. The constant threat of Evil Dragon Gods had made things more dangerous than anything in the Draconia Continent¡­ And due to this, the Dragon gods that protected therge umtions of dragons had to always be careful of anything suspicious. A pair of Dragon Gods that resided near the Kingdom of Ignitias had already noticed that something very odd had happened.. The two enormous draconic figures who exuded powerful divine energy from within their bodies looked over the skies down into the surface, where the immense Dark Forest expanded for several kilometers. Near the center of this ce, they detected a powerful presence. "Is that a Dungeon? How odd, we were not able to track its development?" "No¡­ It apparently came out of nowhere!" "How odd¡­" "Well, it''s still just a dungeon. Even if the monsters inside are very strong, we are not allowed to interfere in mortal affairs unless another Godes to mess up with them." "True. We better just watch. The Ignitias Kingdom possesses five powerful Dragon Heroes blessed by Epics and other Dragon Gods around here, I believe they should be fine¡­" "They also have a King as strong as them, I believe." "Don''t they also have Legendary Artifacts left by their ancestors?" "And other weapons they had been making¡­" "Maybe some of them will die, but the Kingdom should survive at the end of the day." "Indeed. We don''t have to move, phew." "I really didn''t want to move either¡­" "Taking care of mortals is so boring¡­" "But we are not allowed to nap either, so it is even more boring- Eh? You''re sleeping?!" "Come on, let me take a nap, you''re looking, right? We can exchange after five or ten years." "That''s a lot, you know?!" "Zzzzzz¡­" "Oi!" ¡­ Meanwhile, an army of one hundred powerful Dragon Soldiers with strong bloodlines and overflowing with magical talent flew through the skies using theirrge wings, led by three powerful-looking generals of the army, they slowly approached the Dark Forest. The three generals all held powerful presences; their appearances were also rather strong. The three were led by the one in the middle, a man with charcoal skin and zing crimson-red eyes, long crimson hair that wore an armor made from his own scales his muscles were big and his body size reached three meters in human form, but in dragon form¡­ he was even more of a titan. The other two generals at his sides didn''t look as muscr but held within them very serious and prating gazes. At his left, there was one with a calm and expressionless face, sharp aquamarine eyes, and long coral-like horns growing from his forehead. His azure hair waved around by the wind, and his armor seemed light and made out of special elements. On the other side, there was a middle-aged-looking woman, with long blonde hair, sharp crimson-red eyes, and wearing a dress with many golden ornaments. Her golden horns spiraled upwards, and her presence released a golden aura. "What is that presence?" asked the one in the middle, his eyes squinting at the powerful crimson-red aura that came from the dark forest. "Our target, or well, whatever thates out of it. ording to the King, that''s a dungeon that just popped out of thin air a few hours ago, Graddon." "Hmm¡­ This is suspicious¡­" muttered Graddon. "You just realized? Martina, this old man should really retire, don''t you agree?" asked the slimmer dragon man. "Well, he''s still better than you at fighting, Brutonn." Sighed Martina. "What? I am way better at magic than this old man." Said Brutonn. "Magic is for weaklings; strong dragons use Draconic Techniques to fight!"ughed Graddon. "Haha! Well, I use both, am I weak to you, big guy?" asked Martina. "Hm, well, you''re not bad, Martina. And you got a beautiful body so you''re better than this thin piece of thread." Said Graddon. "Thin piece of thread?! My dragon form is long, but not a thread!" roared Brutonn. "Hahaha! It''s still like a thread¡­" said Graddon. "You two buffoons, stop talking. Look, we gotpany¡­" said Martina, pointing at the creatures that began toe out of the Dark Forest¡­ all of them were crimson-red, resembling chimeric monstrosities¡­ "I''ve never seen any kind of monster like that before¡­" "Maybe these are the Draconic Beasts of the new dungeon? I feel the strong scent of blood from them¡­" "Troops! Prepare for battle!" All the dragons flying in the sky suddenly began to transform into their dragon forms, as a spectacle of lights covered the sky, each dragon shing with bright light as they transformed¡­ Vritra looked at them from within the forest, his eyes shone with greed. "More offerings for my lord¡­ Kukuku¡­" ----- Chapter 358 - Class Change ----- Noah felt the overflowing energies taking over his body, as he continued to expand his army of Undead Blood Servants across the vast Dark Forest. Hundreds of Draconic Beasts had died now, and he was getting closer to a thousand in just half an hour of having started this! Around half of the defeated beasts ended joining the army, while the other half was being grabbed for materials and new food to try out. As his son, Dante carried him and the rest of his family alongside the other members of their main party, Noah felt the overflowing energies fuse with him, as something unexpected happened. Ding! [Your ss level has increased to Level 9!] [Your ss level has increased to Level 10!] "I trained for over a month killing the beasts of my Divine Realm, but I never managed to get through thest two levels, but now, I did it with these clearly weaker creatures?!" asked Noah in disbelief. Indeed,st month Noah spent inside his Divine Realm preparing and growing stronger was where he ughtered the most monsters, most of the time always using magic and the several warlock spells that summoned the power of the Red-Shot Eye. However, it seems that as he progressed, the divine beasts of his divine realm began to give him less and less experienced, and practicing magic endlessly didn''t give him enough either¡­. However, after near a thousand draconic beasts from this Dark Forest, he managed to level twice right away! Noah quickly inspected the essence he was gaining, as he discovered that the draconic energy which the beings in her wielded was just a very high-quality essence simr to Vitality and Mana merged together. But due to its unique nature and incredible richness, even these lowly beasts had way more essence than his divine beasts¡­! But there was also another reason, as the divine beasts of his divine realm were merely a creation of his own divinity, at some point, killing them would stop giving him as much power, as they were just part of him, in a way. It wasn''t the same as killing his own clones, but it was still rather close to it. However, thesepletely alien monsters gave a nice amount of rich essence after almost a thousand of them died, enough for his levels of sses to ramp up and for his stats to increase a bit due to the level ups¡­ Noah smiled pleasantly as he felt the power surge through him. He had also gathered a few thousand System Points through the refinement and conversion of this rich essence. One of his clones entered the ss Changing Shrine and touched the crystal ball in the middle of it, as it gave ess to the sses he could change into. The ss Change Crystal was interesting, as it automatically generated suitable sses for anyone that touched them, the sses were not umtive either and would always be three options, which would change over time as the user-developed new abilities. So, he didn''t get like a million sses covering all the aspects he was proficient at, but three sses specifically made for him at his current level and also rted with his previous ss in one way or another¡­ ¡­ [Avable sses] [Abominable Blood Lich Tyrant] [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void] [Vampiric Dragon Death Warrior] ¡­ Three interesting options surged before Noah. The First ss was rted with his most recent Path Jewel and would most likely add some way to strengthen its abilities even more. The second ss was probably rted to the Warlock ss and the Entities that lived in the Outer Void. Some Skills within the Warlock Skill also helped in using the Void, but Noah had not been able to develop it further¡­ Perhaps this might help him do so. And the third ss was rted to his Dragon Abilities and shapeshifting capabilities, most likely mixed with physicalbat as there is the "Warrior" word on the ss¡­ Noah began to think this through. The first option was the most enticing to overpower his ever-growing army of Undead Blood Creatures¡­ However, the second-and third-ss options were not bad at all either, the second could aid him at developing Void Attribute, most likely, and the third strengthened his physicalbat, something he always fights with. Noah had to choose between making his new power stronger, developing a new path or element, or strengthening the power he always uses in big battles. Noah sensed as several of his family members and the rest of the party members were also getting "Shared EXP" so their sses were also leveling up rather fast, they might soon reach max level as well and be able to change sses at longst¡­ Noah began to ponder deeply in these milliseconds. He didn''t really need to make his already powerful Path Jewel even stronger than it was already. And he was honestly interested in the new Attribute. Void Attribute seemed like something he could have a lot of uses for, even more as he was the son of Azathoth, a being born from the Void itself, so he probably had a greater affinity than he could ever imagine. And the third option could make his physical prowess, which he was quite proud of, even stronger than before¡­ But could that be enough to satiate this man? "To be honest, I am quite interested in this option¡­" Noah was interested in the second option because he wanted to delve deeper into the powers he could develop as an Azathoth Spawn. Even after eating the Ancient One, he hasn''t been able to fully recover such memories, and it was a hard process that slowly took a lot of time to do¡­ But¡­ the other options were just as great! Strengthening his blood army was something that would be great for now, so he could be even more oppressive of the life on this, but the second option opened a path to apletely new attribute! And the third option would make his overall battle power even better, which he had relied on for a long time now¡­ What will Noah choose? ----- Chapter 359 - Changing Classes ----- Noah calcted the number of System Points required to change sses, and it was enough! "With this, I should be more than capable of changing sses¡­ I''ve already made up my mind." In just half a minute, Noah had decided his ss as he quickly did themands in the System, the System Points were quickly spent, and the new ss and its essence were suddenly engraved into his very being! Ding! [You''ve exchanged 35.000 System Points to change into the [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void] ss!] [All your stats have increased] [You have acquired [Void Attribute Magic Affinity]!] [You learned the [Servant of the Void (X)] and [Void Cmity (X)] Skills!] Alongside a decent boost to his power, Noah gained a new Attribute Affinity in the Void Attribute, and he gained two new X-Rank Skills as well! It seems that Skills could only go as far as X-Rank, but these Skills were clearly strong enough to be suitable to his might! However, Noah had considered making a Void-Attribute-rted Lifeblood Jewel as well¡­ However, hecked enough System Points for that. And the Skills by themselves, at this point, were as strong as a single Ability within a Lifeblood Jewel, so they were not bad at all as bonuses! There was no point in trying to improve a single Skill above X-Rank, as it was simply better to create Lifeblood Jewels, as they could go as far as Demi Deity Rank in terms of power¡­. However, these X-Rank Skills were still quite good. Noah decided to check his stats, and afterward, the new Skills he acquired: ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity] [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 1/9: Initial Stage -> Middle Stage] [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes] [System Rank: [Rank 2: Developing System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XI: Divine Progenitor Vampire Grand Ancestor: Initial Stage -> Middle Stage] [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XI: Divine Chaotic Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Initial Stage -> Middle Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Natal Opening Realm: Upper Stage] [ss]: [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void: Level 10/20] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [134.330] [Primordial Essence: [100.000.000 -> 200.000.000] [Divine Energy: [1.660.000 -> 2.160.000] [Aether: [1.205.000 -> 1.705.000] [Ki: [1.890.000 -> 2.490.000] [Fate: [820.000 -> 1.170.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 3.500], [Fire: 3.500], [Water: 7.000], [Wind: 7.000], [Space: 5.500], [Time: 4.500], [Life: 2.500], [Death: 7.000], [Dark: 8.000], [Light: 3.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 2.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 2.500], [Phantom: 4.000], [Blood: 15.500], [Poison: 4.000], [Soul: 10.000], [Nature: 3.000], [Thunder: 7.300], [Ice: 4.100], [War/Strength: 11.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 17.500], [Fate: 10.000], [Void: 3.000], [Law: 7.000], [System: 9.500] ¡­ "Impressive, the power of ss Changing is showing its effects! It is not only a good way to get skills, but it also refines the essences I gather and converts them into raw stats¡­ I have already gathered another 100 million Primordial Essence? No¡­ I have gathered some here, yes, but not as much¡­ This is most likely some of the hidden power that the Ancient One has given to me after I devoured him¡­ I will probably get more as I develop further¡­" thought Noah, with a pleasant smile. Noah''s stats had increased quite nicely even by defeating trash mobs in masse, and to boot, his attribute particles also increased. By drinking a lot of rich blood, he had gotten a few blood attribute particles, while the ss gave him Void, Space, and Time Attribute particles. Additionally, his Dragon Heart and Blood Core went one stage up, the more he changed sses, the faster his growth would be, Rank 2 of Demi Deity Existence Realm wasn''t so far off. Afterward, he checked these two new Skills¡­ ¡­ [Servant of the Void (X)] As a servant of the Void, your power over controlling void is increased exponentially, and you can control this element through magic more masterfully. The power of the Void Attribute is enhanced by +50%, and your defense against Void Attribute damage is enhanced by +20%. Additionally, you can manipte space as a result of increasing your mastery over Void, opening the path to Space Attribute to develop. As a bonus, you are capable of living in the vacuum of space and gain the capacity of traversing the Outer Void. ¡­ [Void Cmity (X)] Charge the power of the Void Attribute surging from your soul into a chaotic sphere of void,unching it at an area or a foe would summon a powerful Consuming Void ck Hole that vacuums anything within a certain area around it, inflicting great damage over time, based in 50% of the user''s Aether Stat. Additionally, an explosion can be triggered detonating the Consuming Void ck Hole, dealing even more damage to your target, which ignores -30% of their total defenses. ¡­ Outstanding! These Skills were truly amazing¡­ The first one pretty much made Noah''s Void Attribute power even more incredible, and the second one granted him an amazing offensive Void-Attribute attack from the get-go! Feeling this new power surging through his body, Noah controlled the swarms of Undead with his every thought, forcing them to spread more around the entire ce, as he followed a small group that reached the outskirts of the Dark Forest, while the rest was spreading through the interior and hunting anything that moved. "Oh, is this the outside of the forest? What a beautiful sight¡­" said Iris. "Indeed, this wondrous world seems filled with life, fitting for us to take it all¡­" said Clementina. "My lord, over a hundred units are moving towards us." Said Jon. "I saw them just now." Noah red at the group of dragons flying towards the Dark Forest hurriedly. The group of one hundred dragons quickly transformed into enormous dragons, as three of them led them as Generals¡­ "Interesting¡­" ----- Chapter 360 - Be Consumed By The Void! ----- Graddon, Martina, and Brutonn nced at the army of strange blood-attribute creatures that surged from the Dark Forest¡­ their presence alone seemed outstanding, each one was perhaps as strong as an A-Rank Draconic Beast! However, the most terrifying thing was that behind them, even stronger entities surged, marching endlessly, however, they seemingly stopped before marching further outside of the forest, while looking at the army of Dragons flying above the skies led by three majestic and powerful dragons. Graddon resembled an enormous, red-colored dragon with strong muscles and armor-like scales, he even wielded an enormous de with his dexterous ws. Martina resembled a beautiful serpentine dragon, resembling a dragon from eastern mythology, with golden scales and horns, it was quite majestic. She held golden orbs in each of her ws, which enhanced her magic power. And Brutonn was arge aquatic dragon, a bit simr to Martina in size and appearance, as he had a long and serpentine body, with gills on his neck and arge jaw resembling a barracuda, fins growing at his back as he had a very sharp tail resembling a spear and coral-like horns. All three of them exuded powerful presences, Fire, Earth, and Water! They were the Legendary Generals of the Ignitias Kingdom, who were evenparable to the Dragon Heroes even without having Epics! They were outstanding Dragons who had worked hard for this power, and the auras they exuded seemed outstanding! The dragons at their sides admired their amazing prowess as they felt like this fight could be won with them! However, the entire army of Dragons suddenly felt the presence of something else approaching¡­ something utterly monstrous! An enormous three-headed dragon of a gigantic size surged out of the Dark Forest, roaring fiercely and ring at the generals.. The generals noticed several humanoids sitting above the dragon''s back¡­ "Humanoids?!" "Another group of dragons that can take humanoid shape?" "So it is as the King feared, an Invasion from a nearby Nation!" "Did they thought we wouldn''t be prepared?" "But even then, how did they create a Dungeon?" "Perhaps they had used an ancient artifact. It is said that Dragon Gods left artifacts capable of creating dungeons after all¡­" The conversation between the generals was interrupted by Noah. "You''re not even going to greet us? It seems that these manners are very wed¡­ You should all be kneeling before me¡­" sighed Noah, standing up and flying to the skies. He had no scales, no wings, and not even horns, he was¡­ reminiscing of a pure human, something utterly alien to the dragons. "He doesn''t have draconic parts?" "Weird¡­!" "I''ve heard that powerful Dragons with potent bloodlines can take into even purer forms of humanoid shapes¡­ Maybe he''s¡­ very strong¡­" The three generals didn''t know how strong Noah or his allies were because they were suppressing their auras and power. Although the natural aura which they couldn''t suppress still made the generals wary. "Manners? Who are you and why have youe to our Kingdom?!" roared Graddon. "I havee here for the sole reason of having a feast. Now, do you want to join me in my feast, or do you want to be the ones I feast on?" asked Noah. He wasn''t even negotiating! "Eh?!" The three generals were shocked! What kind of shameless monster was this? He was¡­ going to eat them?! Amongst the Draconic Culture of Vedas, there was the concept of eating each other, cannibalism wasn''t something rare, but normal amongst the society. However, in various cultures, it was seen as taboo for an easy way to reach new power. As several kingdoms crumbled apart when their royalty began to devour the weaker citizens to gain more power and cultivate faster¡­ Telling a dragon that you would eat them was like the most terrible of insults! Desecrating their corpses to grotesquely devour them and steal their powers¡­ It was really a terrible insult and something that was often sentenced with imprisonment if not a death sentence! The three generals quickly realized that this guy was clearly nuts. "You''re crazy if you think you can defeat all three of us by yourself, not even with your group. We have one hundred troops behind us¡­" "Give it up, boy. You''re handsome, why don''t you be my male servant instead? I might convince the King to not kill you¡­" "Stop saying such stuff, we are going to defeat them! Hey, you, are you controlling this army?" Noah squinted his eyes as he nced at the three Generals and the Dragons behind them. The Dragon Soldiers were approximately at Peak A-Rank, and the Generals were all peak S-Rank, with the red dragon being almost SS-Rank. Certainly, in another time, they might have proven to be a great challenge. But now? They were nothing but fodder! Noah had already offered them to serve him, they had rejected him, and now, he happily decided to ughter them. "Void Cmity." TRUUUUUMMM! A sudden distortion in space emerged in the middle of the three Dragons, the space seemed as if it were sinking into the void itself, as an enormously powerful suction force started to vacuum the three generals and all the dragons in ce! The enormous ck Hole was the size of around 40 meters! "S-Space attribute magic?!" "Nnnngh¡­!" "Nnnnggryyaaggh¡­!" "Help! Heeeelp!" "UNGGRRYYAGGH¡­!" The Dragon Soldiers were the first to die horribly, over one hundred Soldiers died on the spot as they were crushed into minced meat by the powerful pressuring gravitational forces of the ck Hole! CRAASHH! SPLAAT! The noises of their bodies being crushed into horrifying gory scenes made the generals grow incredibly horrified! However, they were not strong enough to fight back, perhaps they resisted a couple of seconds, but Noah was exerting force into the ck Hole, he wasn''t going to let them run away! "Unnnggh¡­! Stooooppp!" "Youuuuu¡­!" "Unnggraaggh¡­! I won''t dieeee!" All three of the Dragons unleashed powerful catastrophic elemental attacks using magic over Noah, but Noah waved his hands and dissipated everything with his mere Divine Aura. CLASH! The three generals'' faces were filled with utter horror, they couldn''t even understand what was happening and they were already getting horrifyingly killed! "T-This can''t beeeeeee¡­!" "Gyyyyaaaagggh¡­!" "Bastarddddd¡­!" CRAAASH! Theirst screams onlysted but a few seconds, as the void consumed thempletely! Noah could only smile! ----- Chapter 361 - Wipe Out An Army Of Dragons In Seconds! ----- Void Cmity was truly a powerful move! Noah felt like he ended spending a few hundred of thousands of Divine Energy¡­ but it was worth it! The power it had easily got rid of a whole army of Dragons in mere seconds! It was utterly ridiculous¡­! The horrified people of the nearby Vige nced at this scene withplete and utter madness, they were just going insane after seeing this! The generals of their nation had just died like that¡­ This all felt like a nightmare which they had not woken up from yet! Noah continued to suppress his power because he couldn''t let the Dragon Gods around this world sense his presence yet, it was better toy low and ughter mobs for a while, and this way was pretty good¡­ Noah, however, nced at the vige. The dragons were trembling, not a single one dared to defy him¡­ He descended into the vige, all the dragons had already assumed they were next. "What do you folk prefer? To join me and live, or to die and be eaten?" The Dragons heard Noah''s benevolent words¡­ they couldn''t say anything else than obey¡­ "W-We join¡­". "P-Please don''t kill us¡­" "W-We''ll do anything!" Noah smiled. "Good! I see, you folk is way more intelligent than your military¡­ Come and join my world. You won''t have to live in poverty anymore. As long as you worship me, you''ll get anything you need." Said Noah, opening a portal to his divine realm as the dragons began to rush inside without saying a single word! The entire vige was emptied in just a minute, as Noah grabbed all the mushed-up corpses of the dragons he ughtered and saved them inside his divine realm, as he checked the System Notifications he got just now¡­ Ding! [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 11 to Level 12!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 12 to Level 13!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 13 to Level 14!] [All your stats have increased] [The power of the Void Attribute has been enhanced] [You gained System Points] Noah smiled pleasantly, ughtering hundreds has never been this rewarding! "Such trash mobs gave me this amount of EXP¡­ Truly, this world is filled with nice surprises!" thought Noah. He had gained three Levels alone by just that! His powerful ss System Function was shining the brightest now, as it was enhancing his stats by refining more and more essence into stats with each level achieved. And while doing so, Noah''sprehension over the Law of the Void increased a little bit, alongside his Void Attribute Particles! "Amazing work, papa!" said Eleanora. "But we wanted to fight too¡­" sighed Dante. "Oh¡­ Ipletely forgot. I just wanted to try out my new Skill¡­ Sorry about that, how about we cook some of them to take a break, hm?" asked Noah, his personalitypletely changed into a gentle father as his children happily cheered for the food. "Fufu, that was truly a devilish demonstration of might! I am sure that they''ll understand who''s boss here now." Said Iris. "Hm, well, I wouldn''t mind if they don''t, the ss EXP we got from them was good¡­ Have your levels reached 10 yet?" asked Noah. Everyone nodded as they had all reached level 10 in their sses! Noah decided to take a quick break, as he went into his divine realm with his family while leaving the blood army expanding across the Dark Forest, he didn''t let them walk outside for the moment, but left a lot guarding the outskirts of the forest¡­ Inside his divine realm, his family and party members quickly went to change sses, as Noah felt their power rising exponentially. Some of them even ranked up their Blood Cores! While doing that, Noah called up to several servants who began to separate the body parts of the corpses, which were kind of a mess, to be honest. He began to inspect the pile of flesh and bones, and other body parts, as he took away the several jewels within them, the Dragon Hearts. One hundred Dragon Hearts which seemed to be between Level IV and V, and three Dragon Hearts at Level VII! He decided, however, to not eat these yet, saving them for his group so they could acquire Dragon Hearts. Meanwhile, he quickly assessed something else. Arge group of souls floating at his side, which he had quickly dominated with his mere presence and submitted to his will through hisrge Death Attribute Particles amount. The souls of all the Dragon Soldiers and the Generals were floating in front of Noah, their expressions were mixed, various of them seemed scared of him. Noah smiled. "Don''t worry, I am just going to eat you." He began to slurp their souls like noodles, crushing them with his jaws and devouring and assimting their power into his in an instant! After that, Noah gained a bit more of precious and rich essence, surging through his body, while also having gained all the memories and knowledge these beings had! FLASH! A gargantuan amount of information began to be poured inside of his brain as he learned many things about this world right away! As if he had been born on it thanks to all these memories! He learned about these member''s position in the society of dragons, about the norms of the society, the name of the important members of royalty, the King, the Princess, the Aristocrats, and even the Dragon Heroes¡­ He even learned a fine amount of lore from this world, their religious beliefs, and more! He even discovered that the incident that happened with the Draconic Fathers was already part of history, as it had happened thousands of years ago! Time was going faster in this worldpared to the worlds outside, apparently! "So many Dragon Gods are living in this continent now? It is not as they had said originally¡­ And this ce worships two Dragon Gods¡­ There are also Heroes and Artifacts¡­ Hmm¡­ There''s a lot to do¡­" ----- Chapter 362 - The Army Of Blood Expands... ----- Ding! [Your ss level has increased from Level 13 to level 14!] After a few hours, Noah had managed to catch another level, the army of Blood Undead had spread more and more into the forest, but he was having fun inside of his Divine Realm while eating all sorts of dragon meat. Red Dragons had spicier meat, while earth dragons had rough meat, and sea dragons had meat taste simr to fish. However, he was getting no Skills from them. Although their essence was very rich after umting it a lot, he was not getting much out of their flesh and blood. Nheless, his children were enjoying the meal, and everyone else was now forming Dragon Hearts after a special technique that Noah had developed. By using his powers and understanding over magic, he simply ripped open the chest of his subordinates and imnted Dragon Hearts into them, afterwards, he used his own flesh and blood tobine them into them andter, stuck their souls into them. The only exception to this was Iris and Eleanora, who had developed them naturally after eating a lot.. Perhaps the effect of mating with his wife had given her some of his draconic essence, enough for her to build her own dragon heart naturally. Meanwhile, Eleanora already had the talent, so she formed it after eating a bunch¡­ She already had draconic powers such as scale production and dragon breath after all. Dante was the most "dragon" of the two, however, while Eleanora had inherited more of the "Ancient One" genes of his father, as she was able to transform into a monstrous fleshy octopus of some sort. She also developed powerful Psionic powers, which was a unique talent not inherited from others. Dragon Hearts had certain elements attached to them, and they gave a new elemental affinity to everyone that created one. Iris gained the Fire Affinity, the normal fire, not the phantasmal fire. Meanwhile, Arthur gained the Earth Affinity, Timassa acquired Light Affinity, Jon acquired Illusion Affinity, Adamantine acquired War Affinity, and Clementina acquired Water Affinity! With these new affinities, the group was able to conjure the magic of more elements. Noah, in particr, had a powerful Dragon Heart that contained the affinities of the Draconic Fathers minutes Ignis, which had died before he could snack on him. However, at the level he was, he was too strong to even get a new affinity by eating these trash-level mobs. Although he had to admit that their flesh was tasty as steaks and other preparations made by Iris. Well, to Noah anything that Iris made was tasty. After the bountiful feast, Noah and his group quickly went outside of his Divine Realm once more, as they began to nce around their surroundings, it seems that the speed of this world''s time almost caught up with Noah''s divine realm, meaning that when they walked outside it was already almost night. Vritra had been diligently working while he was out, and he was getting more and more essence by massacring the local wildlife. Noah calcted that there were approximately a few million more monsters to ughter in this immense forest, which probably had the size of Texas by how big it was. He was even able to see enormous peaks at the distance, which reached up into the heavens and he couldn''t even see their peak yet¡­ this world was truly enormous! The world of Vedas was simply gargantuan in size, and this was the reason why the monsters and the dragons in here were just as gigantic too. It was a harsh world filled with monstrous and gigantic creatures, all waiting to be devoured. Vritra had ughtered around 10 thousand monsters by now but had gotten into a small bottleneck when it reached an area where there were stronger creatures by the thousands. However, through the resiliency of the Undead and the ability to convert the corpses into more Undead, they were pulling through. Nheless, Noah decided to summon himself and his family there to assess things out. FLASH! His clones diligently summoned him there, only to find a massive war between bloody undead and gigantic snake-like draconic beasts of various colors. Their scales resembled colorful jewels. Noah analyzed them in a split of a second, finding out they were named "Crystal Wurm Emperors" and were all at SSS-Rank in power¡­ And they were thousands! "Certainly, this ce is filled with stronger beasts the deeper you get, it feels like I am visiting a massive dungeon, heh¡­" Noah smiled as he nced at the beast battle it off with his army, they were gigantic, and this is why they were able to make the earth shake and create sinkholes where the undead ended being trapped inside. Vritra was battling with all his might, using his strength and power to ughter many, but they kepting as if they never ended. "Let''s have some fun!" said Noah, as his party and an army of Vampires rushed outside of his Divine Realm, his party members led them to the war, as the Vampire Elites, who had all reached peak X-Rank at the very least began to swarm the Draconic Beast, showcasing all of their vampiric powers, the draconic beasts began to be ughtered mercilessly! He also joined in the party, as he employed more of his Necromancer powers through his new Lifeblood Jewel¡­ Noah used Infectious Necrotic Blood Curse Expansion to expand the necrotic crimson-red-colored miasma produced by his Undead, expanding across the beasts and infecting them to slowly be bloodied and crazed vampiric beasts, joining his army. Afterward, he conjured Abyssal Blood Necropolis and created an enormous domain of blood all around the battlefield, boosting all the stats of his undead and even his vampires. He used Aberrant Necrotic Blood Legion and fused several Undead together into monstrous chimeric creatures of devastating proportions, shaking the battlefield! Andter, he used Crimson Bloodshed Reinforcement to increase their damage dealt and life drain power! "GROOOOAARRR!" "GUUUOOONNN!" "GGRRYEEEGH!" The monstrous blood army was boosted in a second when their master arrived, they were pulling through and overwhelming the Wurm! "Expand further¡­ further!"ughed Noah, bathing in the rich essence. Ding! [Your ss level has increased from Level 14 to level 15!] ----- Chapter 363 - Massacring Wild Draconic Beasts ----- Noah''s flesh clones traversed through the skies while he was feasting inside his divine realm, shaping themselves as bats and using abilities to make themselves stealthy can camouging into mist or clouds, they sneaked into therge city of the Ignitias Kingdom, which was at the summit of arge mountain in front of the enormous and glorious peaks that Noah had seen before. The enormous city had gigantic walls that erected for over 50 meters, surrounded by dangerous cliffs and peaks, it was a city in the middle of a mountain where only winged creatures could easily ess¡­ although there was an underground route where merchants essed from far away. The enormous walls reinforced with Draconic Magic exuded a powerful and magical barrier that has been erected ever since the news about a dungeon spread across the Kingdom''s region, Noah''s bats had inspected the barrier in detail, looking for an easy way to ess¡­ Meanwhile, another group of bats went down into the surrounding peaks of the mountain Kingdom, where there were many Farming Viges were lesser dragons lived, they were mostly unprotected from wildlife, as they were treated as lesser beingspared to the royal families that inhabited the Kingdom of Ignitias¡­ The bats inspected this entire ce and began to see the many people interact with one another, mostly all dragon in form and shape, although there were some humanoid shaped ones acting as guards sent by the Kingdom. It seemed that in this world, strangely enough, those that were able to transform into human forms were of the highest quality blood, while those incapable of were closer to draconic beasts, and therefore would be treated badly by the more "sapient" dragons.. It was a strange urrence, but those of higher bloodlines were able to take better and more refined draconic humanoid forms¡­ those that lived in the royal capital of the Ignitias Kingdom all took humanoid forms to live there, while those of thinner bloodlines usually were at their dragon forms, some were even incapable of changing into humanoid forms despite being intelligent, as much as the ones living in the capital¡­ There were certainly some strange cultural problems in this world that Noah couldn''t properly understand, he really didn''t cared about the appearance of a being as long as it was strong and could bring some help, he was nning to dly open his benevolent arms to these abandoned vigers and give them the care they deserved! Ah, he was such a good man! As long as they obeyed him, he would make them so strong he could let them have their revenge against the corrupt Kingdom filled with aristocrats that saw these dragons'' incapable of taking humanoid forms as trash! Noah could use Summon in all these clones at any time, bringing himself and everyone with him there. He continued to spread more bats across the summit and the Kingdom, and even began to spread a few dozen across the surroundingnds as well, so he could get various spots of teleportation ready. Meanwhile, within the depths of the forest, Noahughed maliciously as he created a gigantic ck hole using Void Cmity, and hundreds of Wurm Emperors and Wurm Tyrants, the superior version of the Emperors, began to be absorbed into it and crushed to death! Wurm Tyrants were peak SSS-Rank draconic monsters and were ten times as bigger and stronger than the Wurm Emperors, nheless, their draconic might stood no chance against Noah''s ruthlessness. He had already killed and devoured their draconic fathers, doing the same to these fodder was nothing hard to do! No matter how many they came form this underground nest, he and his army of vampires and blood undead continued to pull through, devouring everything and devastating everything! Noah thanked that this ce was very far away from the Kingdom, so the sounds of the earth shaking and the monsters dying wasn''t shared with anyone else than those here. The Wurm Tyrants dropped one after another, as Noah''s Void Cmity continued to growrger the more divine energy, he infused into it! TRUUUUUMMM! The enormous ck hole absorbed everything in the center of the war, as Noah''s Vampires and Undead moved away to see the spectacle. The hundred of Wurm Tyrants were crushed into minced meat, each death was a nice little amount of essence, and after hundreds of them, the amount was big! CLAAASH! Thest Wurm Tyrant died triturated, as Noah nced as something even bigger came form the earth, the Wurm Sovereign! TRUUUMMM! This creature exuded the essence of an¡­ X-Rank monster! "Hahaha! All the same!"ughed Noah, his ck Hole began to quickly absorb the enormous monster, although its size was so big it was somehow resisting! "Hm¡­ Spear!" Noah summoned his brilliant holy spear and sent it straight towards the Wurm! "GGRUOOOAAARR!" The monster released a catastrophic storm of crystals that could slice up an entire mountain towards Noah, but the Void Cmity sucked it all! FLUOOSH! "G-GRAAGH?!" "Unless you''re a Demigod or something, you can''t possibly fight against me, pathetic worm!" roared Noah pridefully, his spear began to pierce through the enormous one-hundred-meter-tall Wurm Sovereign, as its entire scaled and elongated body began to explode into pieces, as it was absorbed into the ck Hole and triturated! CRAAASSSH! Ding! [Your ss level has increased from Level 15 to level 16!] [Your ss level has increased from Level 16 to level 17!] His ss leveled up twice after all the umted essence! "Done." He said, sighing in relief as the ck hole quickly disappeared. Noah used the psychokinesis that his vampiric eyes were able to unleash, and carried all the corpses inside his inventory, although he left half of them to add into the army of Undead. And well, he also feasted in the souls with everyone, which he caught into a phantasmal with the aid of Iris, who created this to catch souls like fishing. "Souls from this world are very rich and nutritious, make sure to eat a lot, alright, Dante, Eleanora?" asked Iris. "I don''t like souls¡­ I want meat!" said Dante. "I don''t agree... Souls are very tasty!" said Eleanora. The two kids had different tastes, it seemed. ----- Chapter 364 - Schemes & Recruiting Dragons ----- Drakon Ignitias received the news about the death of the generals and the entire army of 100 Dragon Soldiers and could only despair. From what watchers from far away using special tools could see, they were able to see an enormous vortex swallow the entire army and then the three generals who struggled in vain¡­ "The enemy¡­ they have such a powerful Space Attribute Magic user?! Are the Space Dragons involved into this whole scheme?!" asked Drakon Ignitias, the King of the Ignitias Kingdom. "We don''t know, their faces¡­ we can''t recognize them." Said the soldiers. "This is hopeless¡­ even the Dragon heroes could fail¡­!" said a scared aristocrat. "No, we cannot falter¡­ We cannot let them get away with this! I can''t simply lose my precious Kingdom! What about my daughter? My family? The people?!" roared Drakon. "Kufufu¡­ Don''t worry, my King, I have the perfect tool for that!" Suddenly, a figure that has been in silence this entire time spoke!. It was not an aristocrat, but a renewed Alchemist of the Ignitias Kingdom, an old dragon man in the shape of a humanoid, his beard was long and white, and his scales were dry and ck. It was¡­ "Dragovic? What do you mean?" asked the King. "I have designed many specimens ording to the necessities of the Kingdom, you see¡­ Thanks to your funds and these years of investigation, I''ve created a series of powerful Specimens¡­ One of them should be capable of fighting against space magic!" said the Alchemist. "What?!" Everyone was shocked! Did their Kingdom had such a weapon? "Hmm¡­ I knew that investing into you wouldn''t be a bad investment¡­ These monsters, although they go against the Righteous Nations Beliefs, are powerful¡­ And could be great weapons!" said the King. "However, it won''t be able to fight alone, the Heroes must join, all of the troops that you can possibly have, King¡­ If we go once more, we have to go all out!" said Dragovic. "Trusting everything we have in this war?!" "Are you crazy, Dragovic?!" "If we do that, we''ll be unprotected!" "Think a bit! I thought you were a genius alchemist¡­" "I know that my King will choose the right answer¡­" said Dragovic. The King squinted his eyes, he didn''t had many other options. A monster such as the one that swallowed the generals and the dragons with a single spatial attack wasn''t normal at all. There was only one option at the end, escaping, or going all out with the biggest army he could muster. It was gambling at this point. "Very well¡­ We are hopeless either way. I will ready my things to escape the moment the war begins to go wrong. If that happens, Dragovic, I''ll have you executed before running away with my family!" said the King. "Yes, my King! I assure you¡­ My creations would never disappoint you! Kufufu¡­" The Alchemist walked away hurriedly, waving his scaled tail around as he was excited about finally using the monstrous abominations that he has been creating for all these years¡­ "King, are you sure?!" "He''s right, we don''t have many other options¡­" "We''ll have to ultimately escape at the end¡­" "We might as well throw everything we got!" The Dragons of the Royal Families grew desperate¡­ they had to bet it all against this cmity. And if things were to go wrong anyways¡­ then, they were just going to escape and live another day! The King nced at the window with concern¡­ He was concerned about his family. Meanwhile, the dawn of a new day came to the Kingdom and the Dark Forest, as Noah''s clones finally managed to get through the magical barrier by devouring a bit of it and then slipping inside. They explored around leisurely, as they nced at the people inside the Kingdom, many of them seemed to have high bloodlines but lived way toozily, and didn''t developed their power as much as those in the farming viges did through hunting and more¡­ Due to this, they seemed like easy meals that contained high quality essence within them, EXP bags for Noah''s ss Levels¡­ But the flesh clones contained themselves, as Noah''s primary goal was to add all of this people to his subordinates and make them pray for him like his Vampire poption, this way, he would get more out of it in the long run through prayers and shared energy from Bloodline Soul. He had already begun to spread his Vampiric Curse over the Dragons of this world, the first ones to taste it were the Dragons from the vige nearest to the forest¡­ They were all given a cup of his blood, and they all drank it without much problem, it was just a cup of blood after all. Noah nced as they began to slowly change, their appearance remained the same in some cases, although some awakened new powers. He noticed that they didn''t gained a Blood Core but that their Dragon Hearts became half blood core, gaining a crimson-red color in their jewel appearance. Not all be Vampire Dragons, in fact, only the Elder of the Vige was able to as it seems that his thin royal bloodline which allowed him to turn into an humanoid shape made it possible for him to gain the Vampire Dragon Race! The other Dragons became Blood Dragons, some even Ghoulish Dragons, and there were a few that became Dragon Zombies, although they didn''t became rotten nor as stupid as zombies, they gained Undead-like capabilities. But most of them gained the power to wield Blood Attribute now, a strange attribute within the world, which seemed to not exist at all until Noah appeared here! Blood Dragons seemed to not exist here! And while making these alien dragons into new citizens sharing his bloodline, they naturally gained the System as well, and even sses! With the assistance of their newfound power, Noah brought them outside again and ordered them to join the blood undead army and fight the draconic monsters to gain essence and cultivate their dragon hearts, alongside leveling up their sses¡­ As Noah watched this ur through a clone, his real body moved around his Divine Realm, reaching Earth¡­ ----- Chapter 365 - New System Functions ----- Within the vast "outer space" area of Noah''s Divine Realm, the Earth''sary system floated peacefully. Thes didn''t required to rotate around the sun anymore because int his enormous ce, there was natural light produced by different methods. Such as the artificial "sun" that emerged as an illusion around everyrgendmass and made night and day cycles. Thes didn''t even rotated around each other anymore, but they were fine due to the mysterious and supernatural features of this gigantic divine realm. Due to this, having the sun too close to thes which were already calid and fine would mean that it could cook them alive, so Noah had made sure to move the sun quite far away from the others. The others weren''t different, with earth having a lot of earth and water attribute particles concentrated within, mars had a lot of earth, and gaseouss such as Jupiter had a lot of wind attribute and thunder attribute¡­ Noah was investigating theses and their moons in more detail through clones, finding that there was peculiar alien life living in the moon named Europa, and that the underground of mars harbored ancient ruins of an alien civilization that had lone gone extinct. He had also found ruins simr to these in other rockys, but nothing much aside from this, which was left at his wonder for only a few seconds before he stopped caring about it.. As of now, he had begun a "live-infusion" method in all thes and even the sun, by contaminating them with the divine energy in the environment which emerged naturally around his divine realm, Noah infected theses and the sun with this high density and highly mutagenic energy, which was also purer than miasma but had simr effects, but without many negative ones. Through the constant infusion over weeks and weeks, thes began to slowly change, they shone brightly atop the skies of the divine realm, releasing auras of colors, as the first monsters began to pop up all around them, each beast seemed adapted to the environment they were born. The more monsters and life emerged in these worlds, the better it would be. Because monsters exuded natural essence from their magical bodies, which made it so theses would absorb this essence and gain even more of it¡­ ultimately, what Noah wanted to do is form Origin Cores in all theses, even the sun! Could that even be possible? ording to Earth, it was! "You''ve been quite busytely, haven''t you?" asked Gaia, the personification of Earth, as it greeted Noah, who hade to Earth''s depths. "Indeed, I''ve been slowly hunting beasts in the new world where I havended. More importantly¡­ Is the restoration process going ordingly?" asked Noah. "Yes, life is slowly returning to the surface, mutated beasts remain, but they will stay here forever, I guess. The Reincarnation Cycle is being handled by me too, but I need a better reinforcement of it. In a few more weeks, the''s surface should be back with life." Said Gaia. "Excellent¡­" said Noah, as he consumed thest bit of Miasma. Indeed! He hade here to consume the miasma within the''s core, the Miasma Sea! He had eaten it casually while speaking with Gaia, and he had emptied the entire pool in seconds¡­ "Y-You really drank it all¡­ Impressive." Said Gaia. FLASH! Noah exuded an aura of Chaos around his body, as he smiled cheekily. "Of course, who do you think I am?" The miasma was devoured and assimted into energy, strengthening his soul and even his cultivation by a bit! Although what he really got the most were Chaos Attribute Particles, an element he had yet to fully use. "You didn''t came here just for that, right?" asked Gaia. "No, I came to use this giant core you have here, there''s a tremendous amount of power in here, leaving it here would be a waste," said Noah. "So you''re going to devour me?" asked Gaia. "No, you''re more useful alive, the same will be for the future Origin Cores of the others of the sr system." Said Noah. "I see¡­ Wait, you want to¡­!" "Yes, I will fuse you with my System and my soul. This way, the System will be able to upgrade a bit once more. This will also fuse your transmigration cycle with the system, and make it smoothly." Said Noah. "That''s amazing¡­ I would also be your System administrator!" said Gaia. "Well, I already have a grumpy one with me, but another wouldn''t be so bad." Said Noah, touching Gaia. FLAAAASH! Her soul was fused with his own and so with the system in a split of a second, no more time was needed! "UAAAGGH!" Gaia cried in not pain, but ecstasy! The amount of power given to her out of nowhere was enormous! And Noah, although not directly, also felt arge amount of power being infused into his system, which belonged to his soul. The System quickly began to¡­ Rank Up once more! "S-So much information! I feel like I am in heaven!" said Gaia. "Stop moaning so much¡­" sighed Noah, as he facepalmed. "O-Oh¡­ Sorry!" cried Gaia. Ding! [Conditions met, the System has Ranked Up from Rank 2 to Rank 3!] [You''ve unlocked several new System Functions!] [You unlocked the [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], and [Item Loot Blessing] System Functions!] Three new wondrous System Functions were unlocked right away, as the System was enhanced to Rank 3, and Gaia herself had also grown stronger from it! Her entire being transferred itself into the System, emerging as the figure of a beautiful chocte-skinned and motherly woman, coated in leaves and nts, and with long blonde hair¡­ She had be a System Administrator! "This feels weird¡­" she muttered. ----- Chapter 366 - Great System Upgrade & Class Level Cap Reached! ----- As Gaia merged with Noah''s System, the System was upgraded! Ding! [Conditions met, the System has Ranked Up from Rank 2 to Rank 3!] [You''ve unlocked several new System Functions!] [You unlocked the [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], and [Item Loot Blessing] System Functions!] Three new wondrous System Functions were unlocked right away, as the System was enhanced to Rank 3, and Gaia herself had also grown stronger from it! Her entire being transferred itself into the System, emerging as the figure of a beautiful chocte-skinned and motherly woman, coated in leaves and nts, and with long blonde hair¡­ She had be a System Administrator! "This feels weird¡­" she muttered. Gaia''s beautiful new appearance seemed startling! However, Noah was not amused, as he ignored her beauty. "There''s three new System Functions, and they seem just what I wanted! Oh, there''s also your Transmigration Cycle there¡­" said Noah. ¡­. [Transmigration Cycle] The ability to support arge transmigration cycle where billions of souls can be maintained within, being transferred into newborn bodies automatically through a random selection, can be manipted to control the souls that enter the bodies. ¡­ [Small Dungeon Creation] Spend System Points to create a Small Dungeon, which can contain a Dungeon Core and spawn different types of monsters inside. Small Dungeons are stationary and different form Dimensional Dungeons. Theirponents are also varied and different too, and they can generate riches, traps, and rare monsters, while expanding for several kilometers deep underground. ¡­ [Item Loot Blessing] Through the maniption of the System, convert residual energy, knowledge, and innate power of a target into consumable Cores to enhance the user''s development, cultivation, or grant special abilities. Attribute Value Cores will be dropped from a foe even if it is not inside a dungeon. Any ally from the user can be benefited from this. ¡­ These three new powers were outstanding! Noah couldn''t help but smile wickedly as he saw their great and amazing effects! "Excellent! With this, the path to power will be faster¡­ I do wonder if it is already taking into effect¡­ Oh, right." Noah checked his status, finding out it has increased quite a bit. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity] [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 1/9: Middle Stage -> Peak Stage] [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XI: Divine Progenitor Vampire Grand Ancestor: Middle Stage -> Upper Stage] [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XI: Divine Chaotic Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Middle Stage -> Upper Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Natal Opening Realm: Upper Stage -> Peak Stage] [ss]: [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void: Level 10/20 -> 17/20] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [134.330] [Primordial Essence: [200.000.000 -> 500.000.000] [Divine Energy: [2.160.000 -> 2.860.000] [Aether: [1.705.000 -> 2.155.000] [Ki: [2.490.000 -> 2.940.000] [Fate: [1.170.000 -> 1.320.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 3.500], [Fire: 3.500], [Water: 7.000], [Wind: 7.000], [Space: 5.500], [Time: 4.500], [Life: 2.500], [Death: 9.000], [Dark: 8.000], [Light: 3.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 4.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 4.500], [Phantom: 7.000], [Blood: 16.500], [Poison: 4.000], [Soul: 15.000], [Nature: 3.000], [Thunder: 7.300], [Ice: 4.100], [War/Strength: 11.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 32.500], [Fate: 10.000], [Void: 5.000], [Law: 7.000], [System: 12.500] ¡­ Not only his stats had increased but also his Attribute Particles, by consuming all of that Miasma, the attribute particles of Chaos increased the most, reaching up to 32k! Even more, his Void Attribute Particles had developed up to 5k, and his System Attribute Particles up to 12k! Attribute Particles increasing in the System Attribute always meant that the System was strengthened, fusing it with the Core of Earth seemed to be the best thing. Now, Gaia had the power of a System Administrator and could aid him in handling the system, taking some of the job that the Blood Progenitor cannot handlepletely alone or by himself. Now, equipped with new System Functions, Noah was more than ready to continue gaining power through the massacre of the local wildlife! ¡­ It has been half a day since the annihtion of the Wurms, and now Noah''s party had broken through a new territory within the forest, one resembling an enormous green swamp filled with gigantic draconic insects, draconic sweet water fish, and powerful alligator-like dragon beasts. They looked rather extravagant and interesting, but these monsters were between A-Rank and S-Rank, nothing too incredible! However, this new Area was immensely vast, and Noah''s army continued to rush forward while devastating anything. The Blood Undead seemed to have no end to their power, as they marched incessantly and without resting! The monstrosities made of blood and other monsters that they had defeated continued to destroy everything, the bugs and other endemic life stood no chance, being easily crushed into minced meat and corpses to be added to the endless army. As the hours went by, stronger beings surged within heir slumbers in the depths of the swamps, but nothing challenging, as her children and the other''s children easily took care of these monsters. Talking about children¡­ there were several new generations of inborn Vampires being born inside of Noah''s Divine Realm from all the Sectors of the people of Earth, after being converted, those that loved each other had produced a new generation of vampire offspring, naturally born talented and gifted with power equal to A-Rank Hunters from the get-go. Such children had alsoe with their parents here, as Noah desired to make them grow as fast as possible, taking sses at the age of one year and killing monsters with their parents to level up their sses, while absorbing any dropped core made of these younglings incredibly strong warriors that might be even more talented in the future, when they were to grow up into adults¡­ Meanwhile¡­ Ding! [Your ss Level has increased from level 17 to level 18!] [Your ss Level has increased from level 18 to level 19!] [Your ss Level has increased from level 19 to level 20!] ----- Chapter 367 - Time For Another Class Change ----- "RROOOOAAAARRR!" An enormous Swamp Dragon surged from the depths of the swamp, it resembled a gigantic catfish but it was covered by green scales and moo, it even had algae growing from all around its body, and its size surpassed the 40 meters. The creature was clearly strong, being around SSS-Rank! "Die!" However, an even more monstrous being emerged near it, a mass of fleshy tentacles possesing a gigantic crimson-red eye in the middle of its body extended its tentacles around the dragon and began to crush its muscles and bones, the tentacles generated jaws which began to tear apart the dragon alive, while the eye it had released aser beam of red color, burning through the monster! BOOOM! "Amazing, Eleanora!" said Iris while pping her hands. Her little daughter Eleanora had defeated this monster on her own with utmost ease. It seems that such a creature was nothing against her! Eleanora and her brother were already at Pseudo Demi Deity Realm of mid-rank, while Iris was a bit ahead of them, reaching peak-rank. In a few more thousands of kills, she should be able to umte enough essence to ascend into Demigoddess. Of course, the children were unlike their parents, containing insane amounts of innate talent and power saved within them, by merely fighting and doing their best, while slowly growing up, they were able to unlock more of their power and naturally increase their cultivation without any problem, they were incredibly talented after all.. "Thank you, mommy,¡­ Can you cook this? I don''t like raw meat¡­" said Eleanora. "Sure thing! Let''s save it forter, sweetie." Said Iris, as she grabbed the entire gigantic corpse with a single hand and threw it inside her Divine Realm. Indeed, everyone that reached Pseudo Demi Deity and acquired a Divinity had their own Divine Realms too, within the interior of their divine soul cores! Which was also a very useful inventory-like power. The divine realms of everyone else wasn''t as vast as Noah''s, of course, but it was a ce where they could slowly build up their own small and pocket home, alongside that, special Attribute-rted divine materials and divine beasts formed there, giving more variety to the ingredients to Noah. "RROOOAARR!" Dante used his monstrous three-headed dragon form to devastate the enemy lines, his heads crushed the monsters beneath his feet by devouring them alive, and he was rushing the most through the swamp, because he didn''t liked to get wet. "Uagh! I don''t want to be here anymore¡­! When is this ending?! ROAAR!" The little dragon boy devoured another small insectoid dragon, crushing it with his multiple jaws, as the creature'' corpse leaked yellow juice from within. "Hm, this one was tastier!" he thought. After the massacre continued, Noah andpany approached thest parts of the Swamp Region, and Noah''s ss Levels had increased! Ding! [Your ss Level has increased from level 17 to level 18!] [Your ss Level has increased from level 18 to level 19!] [Your ss Level has increased from level 19 to level 20!] Now Noah had reached level 20 on his current ss, and could change sses once more! He had been leveling like crazy thesest days, the grind was insane! And while he had fun slowly growing stronger beneath the noses of the Dragon Gods atop the heavens, he let the Kingdom of Ignitias slowly build up an even tastier dinner for him and his party, all ording to n! Did he really need to do anything at all other than kill monsters? The fools above ignored him because they didn''t perceive himpletely, and the fools in the Kingdoms were so paranoiac and shaken that they were about to use everything on their disposal to make an army that could defeat him! It was a hrious event, without a doubt! And this since he came to this world a bit less than a week ago¡­ Noah looked at his stats after having maximized his ss Level¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity] [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 1/9: Peak Stage] [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XI: Divine Progenitor Vampire Grand Ancestor: Upper Stage -> Peak Stage] [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XI: Divine Chaotic Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Upper Stage -> Peak Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core Natal Opening Realm: Peak Stage] [ss]: [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void: Level 17/20 -> 20/20] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [134.330] -> [206.300] [Primordial Essence: [500.000.000 -> 560.000.000] [Divine Energy: [2.860.000] -> [3.160.000] [Aether: [2.155.000] -> [2.305.000] [Ki: [2.940.000] -> [3.090.000] [Fate: [1.320.000] -> [1.380.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 3.500], [Fire: 3.500], [Water: 7.000], [Wind: 7.000], [Space: 5.500 -> 6.500], [Time: 4.500 -> 5.500], [Life: 2.500], [Death: 9.000], [Dark: 8.000], [Light: 3.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 4.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 4.500], [Phantom: 7.000], [Blood: 16.500], [Poison: 4.000], [Soul: 15.000], [Nature: 3.000], [Thunder: 7.300], [Ice: 4.100], [War/Strength: 11.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 32.500], [Fate: 10.000], [Void: 5.000 -> 6.000], [Law: 7.000], [System: 12.500] ¡­ Outstanding! He was already at 3 billion divine energy, and his other stats had increased rather well as well, although his Ki was higher, he seemed still better and more proficient at using physicalbat than magical due to his lower Aether, nheless, ording to Gaia''s and the Blood Progenitor''s calctions, his stats were already over double the amount that beings on his power level would have, so he was already outstandingly talented. Additionally, his Space, Time, and Void Attribute Particles increased thanks to the Job Change, and now, Noah was ready for the next one, he had even umted quite a decent amount of System Points for it! ----- Chapter 368 - Changing Classes! ----- sses! A truly wonderful System Function that that the Blood Progenitor had managed to create through the System maniption. He had even discovered, and exined to Noah beforehand, that he had found the files to create the sses within the System Seed that Noah had inside his soul. It seemed that the System Master, the original creator of the System, who hadpletely abandoned Earth and had not evene back when Noah took it all for some reason, had designed the System based in an already existing one from whenever he came from, which had integrated the ss Function. When the System was upgraded, the ss Function was unlocked and adapted to Noah''s current powers and capabilities. It seems that in the world where the System Master originated from, named Genesis, sses were able to be changed upon without any cost, but to get power from them, such as Skills and Bonus Stats, Skill Points were needed.. In Noah''s case, that was changed into System Points! Now, Noah had already seen his status, just three levels of the ss had already boosted his stats even more, and by annihting almost a million lesser beings from this essence-rich world, he had already maxed out one ss. Now, he was about to get a new ss and enhance his power even further, the power of Void Cmity and the other ability this ss came from was already amazingly outstanding, and he had been spamming this Skill over the monsters he encountered as if it were a new and shiny toy to paly around with for him¡­ One of Noah''s Clones walked inside of his Divine Realm, reaching the ss-changing Shrine and touching the crystal on it. ¡­ [Avable sses] [Abominable Blood Lich Tyrant] [Divine Holy Spear Master] [Vampiric Dragon Death Warrior] ¡­ The new sses seemed not so new, two options he had gotten before had emerged, with the new option being Divine Holy Spear Master, most likely being a ss rted to his Spear, the one he always utilizes in battle! Certainly, acquiring Skills rted to it could be worth the System Points, if the Skills he got from the previous Job were already amazing Skills, what even crazier than that could he get now? He couldn''t wait any second longer, as he decided to pick the incredibly unlikely new Job! Ding! [You''ve exchanged 45.000 System Points] [You''ve changed ss into the [Divine Holy Spear Master]!] [All your stats have increased!] [You acquired [Light Attribute Magic] Affinity!] [The power of your Skills has been enhanced permanently] [You learned the [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] and [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] Skills!] Two very strange and unlikely skills to be wielded by a Vampire such as Noah had emerged in front of him, alongside an increase to his stats and¡­ something else! Noah immediately realized that his Blood Core and his Dragon Heart were overflowing with power, it was already possible to evolve once more! "So fast! I can already evolve again? ss Changing is really broken¡­" thought Noah, as he told his family about this, leaving a clone outside and diving into his divine realm. He flew into an empty grasnd and began to evolve right away! FLASH! An enormous tree grew from the ground, madepletely out of blood, and epassed his entire bodypletely with its red branches! Noah''s entire body began to dissolve into the red liquid only to reform as if he were a slime, an entire day went by inside his divine realm as he continued through this endless process of degradation and reconstruction, until he broke from the cocoon born anew! CRASH! His body exuded an aura of powerful divinity now, he had truly evolved once more! "Hahah¡­! Hahahaha! So easy! I love this new already! It ispletely differentpared to Earth¡­" through Noah, watching his status and the new power brought to him. Ding! [You acquired the [God of the Void] Title and the [Divinity of Void] Divinity!] ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void] (New!) [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 2/9: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void] (New!) [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XII: Divine Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XII: Divine Chaotic Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Divine Holy Spear Master]: Level 20/30] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [161.300] [Primordial Essence: [560.000.000 -> 660.000.000] [Divine Energy: [3.160.000] -> [3.500.000] [Aether: [2.305.000] -> [2.700.000] [Ki: [3.090.000] -> [3.490.000] [Fate: [1.380.000] -> [1.800.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 3.500], [Fire: 3.500], [Water: 7.000], [Wind: 7.000], [Space: 6.500], [Time: 5.500], [Life: 2.500], [Death: 9.000], [Dark: 8.000], [Light: 3.000 -> 5.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 4.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 4.500], [Phantom: 7.000], [Blood: 16.500], [Poison: 4.000], [Soul: 15.000], [Nature: 3.000], [Thunder: 7.300], [Ice: 4.100], [War/Strength: 11.000 -> 12.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 32.500], [Fate: 10.000], [Void: 6.000], [Law: 7.000], [System: 12.500] ¡­ With this newly umted power, Noah could do whatever he pleased now, if he wanted! ¡­Well not EVERYTHING, but quite a lot, nheless! "Incredible, I can feel my entire body overwhelming with power¡­ And this brilliant light that has awakened within my body¡­ Something that shouldn''t belong in this Vampiric body, yet here I have it!"ughed Noah, as he celebrated the power of his newly found light attribute affinity rather dramatically. Now, he decided to quickly check the two new Skills he had acquired, which came from the new ss he had changed just now! The [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] and [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] Skills. ----- Chapter 369 - Powerful Skills ----- Noah watched at his own status with amusement clear on his eerie crimson-red eyes¡­ With this newly umted power, Noah could do whatever he pleased now, if he wanted! ¡­Well not EVERYTHING, but quite a lot, nheless! "Incredible, I can feel my entire body overwhelming with power¡­ And this brilliant light that has awakened within my body¡­ Something that shouldn''t belong in this Vampiric body, yet here I have it!"ughed Noah, as he celebrated the power of his newly found light attribute affinity rather dramatically. Now, he decided to quickly check the two new Skills he had acquired, which came from the new ss he had changed just now! The [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] and [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] Skills. ¡­ [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] Unleash the Divine Power of your Spear Arts through a series of special techniques, epassing your spear with your inner soul and essence and making of it an even deadlier weapon.. Enhances your damage dealt using your Spear by 400% permanently while hastening yourprehension over the Spear Dao by 1000%. Each Technique you can develop through this Skill receives arge damage boost of 20% for each consecutive attack over an enemy, while also being able to ignore 10% of all their defenses with each consecutive attack over a foe, with a max of 1000% for both. Thisbo is temporary, however, and not permanent, and will need to umte again whenever a new fight begins. ¡­ [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] Unleash yourprehension over the power of the Spear, the rival of the Sword. Both the Spear Dao and the Sword Dao are rivals of one another, transcendental weapons wielded by powerful historical figures across all dimensions. Byprehending a small part of the Dao of the Spear, your power is enhanced every time you use your spear and damage a foe with it by 10%, with a stack of 1000%. Thisbo is temporary, however, and not permanent, and will need to umte again whenever a new fight begins. Additionally, you can epass your entire surroundings (max of 20 meters) with a domain of spears, where you can pierce and prate anything with the power of your Spear Soul, your very presence can pierce your foes! The Spear Domain does damage over time to anyone that steps on it that is considered a foe by 60% your total damage every 30 seconds. Thisbo is temporary, however, and not permanent, and will need to umte again whenever a new fight begins. ¡­ Both skills were outstanding, leaving Noah astonished! Both of them possessed incredible abilities and enhanced all of his power as long as he had the Spear on his hand¡­ Now, he had even more reasons to abuse the power of the powerful [Holy Spear: Pir of Light Rhongomyniad (SSS)]! Both the Technique and the Aurabined perfectly together to enhance his damage dealt using the spear to insane levels, while also even giving him the power toprehend whatever the Dao of the Spear even was! Just what the hell was that? He asked the two admins, if they could dig anything for him regarding Daos. "ording to what we got, Daos seem to be a power which is created through the umtion ofprehension of Laws. Daos are created when you master Laws to 100%... They are incredibly rare and wielded by entities from Supreme God Realm and above¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. "Your Skill seems to indicate something about it, most likely, and without you knowing, you have begun toprehend this Dao, but even then, you''ll need the power of the other Laws to one day actually create it. I assume that, as a Dao that represents the millenary Spear weapon, its most likely made by the Law of War and something else¡­ Perhaps Light?" wondered Gaia. "But even then, you don''t have ess to Law Comprehension yet, or at least not to its full extent, which is unlocked after you step into the Great God Realm." Said the Blood Progenitor. "Hmph¡­ So that''s how it is¡­ I am still a Demigod at Rank 2, so that looks quite far off my reach yet¡­" said Noah. "Indeed, however, as long as you continue fighting and gaining essence, ss Changes will easy carry you through the divinity ranks at a fine pace. However, if you can manage to find other Demigods, make sure to ughter them mercilessly to gain Demigod Realm Attribute Value Cores!" said the Blood Progenitor. "Heh, don''t worry, I believe there are a few fishes that will soon enough catch the bait, whenever I destroy their Kingdom''s army." Said Noah, his eyes gleamed eerily as his ns, which he had barely done anything to unfold, began to unfold within the Ignitias Kingdom! The Kingdom of Dragons slowly began to prepare an enormous army, they were already halfway through! The aristocrats of the Kingdom were pouring most of their resources into it, and the hundreds of Dragons were being equipped with top notch draconic equipment! Additionally, monstrous chimeric abominations began to be brought to the surface from underground areas where an insane alchemist experimented with living specimens to create the ultimate Living Weapon¡­ These monsters contained powers inserted into them by supernatural and magical means, they were something very close to Homunculus. And as if that wasn''t enough, the Dragon Heroes blessed by Dragon Gods and possesing the powerful and mysterious ability of the Epics, prepared themselves to confront the abyssal evil that had emerged in the forest in front of their Kingdom, the possibility of a war breaking out against a mysterious Kingdom that has sent these people here was as big as it could be! What will the Dragons do after they found out the truth? And what will Noah do after seeing such a gloriously big dinner served in a silver te right in front of him? For now, he enjoyed the view as his family and allies continued to expand their army across the vastness of the Forest, already having reached the next Biome past the Swamps¡­ a forest of poisonous creatures! ----- Chapter 370 - The Dragon Heroes Prepare For War ----- The King of the Ignitias Kingdom nced at therge army of Dragons in front of his castle. They were considered quite strong, as each soldier was at least Level 3 or 4 in their Dragon Heart Cultivation. Dragon Heart Cultivation had levels, the higher they were, the stronger a dragon was. The minimum for a dragon to be a soldier of the Kingdom was Level 3, which made most of them, but there were some at Level 4 and even Level 5. The strongest Dragons that Noah had fought against were the Draconic Fathers whose Dragon Hearts were probably at around Level 9 or 10, which was already considered a dragon that was soon to ascend into a Divine Dragon. The strongest generals of the Kingdom, which Noah killed without breaking a sweat were approximately Level 6 or 7, but now that they were gone, where would the Kingdom get stronger Dragons to fight against those capable of ughtering the generals with the utmost ease? That''s where the Dragon Heroes enter the fight! Dragon Heroes were powerful Dragons blessed by Fate itself! They possessed a special ability named Epic, which rewarded them with new powers, abilities, and even items depending on the quests they took with their fates, bypleting quests within their Epic, they grew stronger at an insane ratepared to other Dragons! It was said that Dragon Heroes were the chosen ones by Gods, even more, because to make a Hero, the Dragon must be blessed by a Dragon God, of course! The Dragon Heroes marched into the frontlines rather concerned, they had heard everything now and were willing to help the Kingdom fight off this mysterious threat before things were to be even worse. A group of five Dragons turned into humanoid form looked at the King. The colors of their scales, hair and their equipment showcased what they were, which element they wielded, and more.. The red-haired young man was the Dragon Hero of Infernal mes. The blue-haired young woman was the Dragon Hero of Quivering Water. The green-haired girl was the Dragon Hero of Slicing Winds. And the brown-haired young man was the Dragon Hero of Resilient Stone. The fifth Hero was the Dragon Heroine of Illusions, who after the attack from Jon, had just recovered back, however, she was still resting and could not fight. However, the other four Heroes exuded powerful Auras, their Dragon Hearts were as high as Level 8 Peak Stage, with their leaver, the Dragon Hero of Infernal mes, being as high as Level 9 Initial Stage! His power was incredible! Could he be a future Draconic Father? He was perhaps one of the most promising individuals in the entire Kingdom. His prideful and confident smile exuded an aura of power as his mes were able to burn anything! Wielding the bloodline of the Ignitias Royal Family, he was nobody else than the King''s nephew! "Don''t worry uncle Drakon, we''ll get this over within no time!" said the young man. "Ignatius¡­" the King looked at his nephew as he couldn''t help but feel a bit of concern¡­ He was indeed the strongest man in the Kingdom, but he stillcked proper experience in a war, he was only loaded with a lot of powers and abilities granted by his Epic, but nothing much than that! And at the side of the army led by Ignatius Ignitias, there was arge group of strange chimeric draconic beasts of various sizes, emanating multiple areas of different dragon hearts! Their power was evenparable to Ignatius a little bit because they had multiple Dragon Hearts, they had multiple levels, auras, end-even elements! Each Chimera wasn''t just a chimera, they also were loaded with special powers made through alchemy, artifacts imbued into their bodies to create all sorts of abilities, one of them had a special ability that could disrupt space-attribute magic! This was an army of around 40 Chimeras, living weapons made secretly by the Kingdom! Many soldiers questioned why such aberrations were at their side, and even the Heroes looked at them with strange looks. What had been happening this whole time behind their backs? What kind of atrocities was their King allowing to be done? However, no one spoke, not even the righteous Ignatius spoke, they all recognized that they needed as much manpower as possible, even employing these aberrations made by toying with life itself¡­ they were fitting for this war. They had to win, and therefore, they had to use everything they could use at their disposal! The Dragon King and his daughter looked from above the castle with concerned looks, will this be enough for beings capable of such feats? The army began deploying into the skies already, the dragons pped their enormous membrane wings, led by the Dragon Heroes with the aberrations at the side of them led by the Alchemist who created them¡­ Noah looked at the approach through his various clones deployed everywhere, as he nodded. "I see, they''reing eagerly here. Let''s see¡­ I might as well sent a bit of this army, the Dragons I''ve given shelter are also willing to fight, they hate these royals, after all, being suppressed of their progress and not even weed in the capital had made them grow grudges against them which remain even after joining me. It would be a nice way to make them gain some essence if they can defeat this army¡­" thought Noah. In an instant, a group of Blood Undead beasts emerged in the skies, all of them were capable of flying through their ability to control blood, which let them levitate in midair with ease. Alongside them, led by the former Vige''s Elder and two young dragon kids, the ones that first saw Noah''s Dungeon emerge, the vigers had emerged, even more, strengthened than ever and as new never-seen-before species of Blood Dragons! The army was shocked as they saw an enemy army emerge out of thin air! Ignatius looked at this and gritted his teeth. "This is Teleportation! They really do have a Space Mage with them¡­!" "Let''s the war begin!"ughed Noah. For him, this war was but just a little entertainment on the side! ----- Chapter 371 - The War Begins! ----- The heroes led the army of the Ignitias Kingdom, each one emanated the strong auras of Level 8 Peak Stage Dragon Hearts! Ignatius Ignitias, the red-haired young man was the Dragon Hero of Infernal mes. Aquarina Oceanitus, the blue-haired young woman was the Dragon Hero of Quivering Water. Emeraldine Stormbrand, the green-haired girl was the Dragon Hero of Slicing Winds. Onyxius Rockstone, the brown-haired young man was the Dragon Hero of Resilient Stone. These four Heroes, who were blessed by four different Dragon Gods emanated the power of Level 8 Peak Stage Dragon Hearts within their chests, while Ignatius released the glorious Aura of a Level 9 Initial Stage Dragon Heart! Behind them, arge army of Dragons flew with them, emanating the power of Level 3, Level 4, and some even at Level 5 Dragon Hearts! Through the cultivation of Draconic Essence extracted from the bodies of Draconic Beasts, Dragons can cultivate their Dragon Hearts, usually, the best way to do it is by consuming the beasts directly, but there had been many advancements in alchemy, and many of the royal dragons consume potions and then cultivate energies through meditation to increase their Dragon heart Level, which usually evenes with an evolution, granting them new features, abilities, magic, and power! Ignatius looked at the forest as he squinted his eyes, his Draconic Senses activated and he was able to scout the wide area around him, he found that there were several powerful presences lurking around, strong enough to be a real threat if left unchecked¡­ However, this wasn''t but the leftover undead left roaming around for scouting purposes, as the real army he was going to fight emerged right at this moment and in front of his very eyes! FLAAASH!. Space and time distorted themselves as a whole army of flying abominations led by strange never-seen-before dragons emerged! It was a mass-group teleportation! The Dragons of the Ignitias Kingdom were left speechless as they saw the wonderful works of a masterful user of teleportation! What they didn''t knew was that above the skies small red bats had used Mass Kin Summon, a new enhancement of Kin Summon that can summon a lot of Noah''s army in one single sitting! Although he used over 2 million divine energy to summon all of them, it was a worthy investment for some amusement and a lot of delicious meals and essence. However, alongside the initial army, he had quickly summoned himself within the army, alongside Iris and his children, while leaving the rest of the group grinding monsters in the new biome they found after the swamp. Noah nced at the Heroes in front of the army, and the other creatures that apanied the initial army¡­ monstrous chimeric creatures made of many different monster parts stuck together or melded together¡­ they exuded different auras in a single body, meaning that they had imnted different Dragon Hearts inside of their bodies, and all of them were somehow active! The whole technique behind letting all Dragon Hearts be active was what surprised Noah, usually Dragon Hearts would stop working after their host dies, but these monsters clearly had more than one functioning just fine, despite them being from different hosts! So what was the reason behind such a thing? However, above all, there was arge shock in the entire army of Dragons, even the Heroes were barely capable of grasping the situationpletely, the army of the enemy had happened to emerge out of thin air way too suddenly! "Don''t falter! They are here!" Ignatius, the Hero of Infernal mes, roared, as he shapeshifted into an enormous red-scaled dragon, roaring loudly he released arge domain of mes around him! These mes were special, as they were able to enhance the power of his fire element and the stats of his allies but burn anyone he deemed as an enemy! This was one of the various powers of a Dragon Hero, Epics were a power that Noah had yet to fullyprehend, and therefore, fighting a Hero would help him see how far these can truly go. "Eleanora, Dante, Iris, have fun, I''ll take the one in the lead." Said Noah. "Alright!" said Iris. "Papa, can I eat as much as I want?" asked Dante. "Yes, you can." Said Noah with a malicious smile, his innocent son smiled adorably as he shapeshifted into an even bigger dragon than anyone around him, with three heads to boot! "RRROOOOOAAARRR!" "Don''t get too ahead, idiot!" Eleanora tailed her brother as Dante flew through the skies, the two armies shed right away, as Dragons and Undead began to tear apart each other. Dragons unleashed all sorts of elemental attacks and breath attacks, while the Undead had their own Blood-attribute powers, although many inherited their original powers as well, devastating some of the dragons while others that were too weak were devastated quite fast! CLAAASH! BOOOM! TRUUUUM! The furious and bloody battle began immediately, the roars of the dragons and the chimeric undead resonated through the battlefield, as Dragovic, the alchemist in led of the chimera dragons of the Kingdom''s army smiled devilishly. "Show to the world what you''re capable of, my creations!"ughed the dragon, as he sent forth his monstrous creatures, who began to quickly put arge dent into the army of Noah! "Hmm¡­ Might as well get rid of these right away." Noah flew towards these annoying chimeric monsters as Dragovic recognized him from the recordings. "Ah, you''re that one man! How curious, your features are too dragon-less, are you of the highest purity of dragon bloodlines? Heh, no matter, my chimera dragons are superior even to those of such bloodlines!" heughed. Noahpletely ignored Dragovic as he waved his hand. "Void Cmity." TRUUUUUMMM! Space began to tear apart as a ck hole was about to emerge! "Unngh¡­! Do it!" Dragovicmanded his Chimera as a strange one resembling a blue snake with several jewels incrusted over its body and a weird helmed on its snake head released a powerful and enormous domain, which epassed almost an entire kilometer! TRUUUMMMM¡­! Void Cmity''s power was suddenly weakened, and the ck hole''s size and power was seriously reduced! "Hah! It worked!" "Oh?" Noah had noticed this fly at longst! ----- Chapter 372 - Against Dragovic ----- Dragovicughed, he resembled a small and old dragon with a long beard, his scales were old and gray, and he honestly looked like a pitiful old man. But his Dragon Heart was actually Peak Level 7, so he wasn''t that weak by himself, and Noah noticed that he emanated the power of Death within him, he was a non-undead Death Attribute Magic wielder. However, what surprised Noah were the little ants he was using as an army. One of them had actually managed to severely weaken his Void Cmity, making it not be as powerful and forcing him to end its use if he didn''t wanted to waste any more unnecessary Divine Energy! He looked down at therge, almost 40-meters-long Snake covered by crystals and arge helmet-like artifact, each jewel in this creature was actually a modified Dragon Heart made specifically for this usage. Noah looked down at it.. "This creature created a Domain capable of weakening the power of Space and Void Attribute severely¡­ Most of the Dragon Hearts it has don''t go past Level 3, but because it has a dozen, the umted power puts its near Level 8 in power, peak, most likely¡­" thought Noah at shing speed. "GGRRYSHHAA!" The snake roared loudly as space itself distorted around Noah, the space cracked open and attacked him through it! "Oh? It is quite proficient as well¡­ Does it has intelligent souls inside? It is to be expected if it was made by this Necromancer and Alchemist¡­" said Noah. Through his Vampiric Eyes and the System, he had Appraised Dragovic and found out his talents. This Appraisal power was something that wasn''t an ability yet but a new function he had created, by using the system and his powerful eyes, he dug into the information that the System could analyze in the moment, he called such power the Eyes of Truth! ¡­ [Dragovic Elraunro (Death Attribute Dragon Heart: Level VII: Peak Stage)] An old Dragon born 300 years ago who has lived his entire life experimenting with life and death from a young age. After growing obsessed with creating the perfect and most efficient living weapons, he had embarked in a journey of no return as he delved deeper into insanity, leaving aside any morals he once had, he used the corpses of the dead and even still alive bodies of the living, performing all kinds of experiments over the years, which were founded by the Kingdom itself. His ability over Death Magic is outstanding and so his power using Alchemy, he had created countless monsters using several methods, and is capable of controlling them as if he were controlling his own limbs. He had discovered the way to revive Dragon Hearts by inserting the souls of their original wilders inside of these jewels, effectively having the power to stack up as many of these organs as he wanted inside of his creations, greatly increasing their power. His abilities include: Grand Alchemy Magic, High Necromancy, Death Magic, Maniptor of Life and Death, Creator of Abominations, and Aberrant Scientist. ¡­ He could even look on his major abilities, even when Dragovic didn''t had a system or anything! "I see, an interesting dragon indeed¡­" Noah looked down into the snake as the other chimeras approached him. There was an enormous quadrupedal golden-scaled dragon who had an enormous mouth modified to release deadlysers of light magic, which it fired directly at Noah! FLAAAAAASH! "Come." Noah called upon his Spear as it emerged out of thin and began to rotate around! CLASH! The spear created a natural barrier by spinning and taking on the light attributeser, while Noah flew down below and activated his Spear Domain, illusory images of spears began to emerge from his bloody and golden aura, shaping themselves and materializing themselves as spears, which he fired around all the creatures! Volcanic Dragons capable of releasing magma from their bodies, Turtles reinforced with powerful magical jewels,rge octopus, each one with a dragon head on top of their tentacles, and more abominations began to fall before the might of Noah''s powerful Domain of spears! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! Dragovic was left shocked as he moved back, most of his monster''s attack couldn''t even damage Noah! The monster capable of manipting space, however, seemed quite troublesome, as it continued to tear space apart around Noah, putting him into a difficult situation as he couldn''t detect its attacks. The truth was that although Noah was powerful, he had badly prepared against enemies that could manipte space, even this modified chimera was putting a good fight! The other chimeras had outstanding elemental powers, it seems that Dragovic had made them into powerful elemental attacks that could easily devastate entire armies of Dragons, and could even defeat Heroes if they ganged on them, but against Noah, it was nothing! Flies, even! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! Noah''s spear emerged at his side as hemanded it using his eyes telekinesis, the spear flew around the air and grew in size up to three times, rushing around and destroying everything with its holy light! Meanwhile, his powerful aura of spears pierced everything mercilessly! There was no escaping his incredible power! The spear domain continued to consume the chimeras and turn them into Swiss cheese, as their dragon hearts cracked and shattered into pieces. Dragovic began to sweat profoundly as he sued death magic and high necromancy to manipte the corpses and turn them into flesh golems by inserting them souls inside! "What are you trying to do? Its pointless." Said Noah, reaching Dragovic only for the snake to block his path! "GRAAAA!" "Hah! I can''t believe that mytest creation would help me the most¡­ Indeed, it must be because you''re the fruit of a work thatsted years!"ughed Dragovic, as the gigantic snake resonated with various colors, an aura of space attribute emanated from all its jewels as Noah threw his spear and his domain shaped as countless spears towards it! "GGRRYSSHAA!" The snake roared in defense, as it generated a spatial distortion and stopped the attacks from reaching it, moving away with Dragovic! "Sneaky bastard¡­" ----- Chapter 373 - Noah Against Dragon Heroes ----- "Maybe try to block this." Noah decided to infuse darkness and chaos into his spear as it suddenly changed shape and color, bing something simr to the embodiment of humanity''s sins! Dragovic looked at the legendary weapon that Noah wielded with disbelief. "What kind of entity are you?! T-That weapon clearly holds divine power within it¡­!" cried Dragovic. "You''ll found out soon enough!" Noah threw his spear towards the snake and Dragovic, as Dragovic used the corpses of his monsters as a meat shield, which as easily pierced and vaporized! FLAAAAASH! BOOOOOM! The spear continued its trajectory as the Spatial Chimera Snake hissed loudly, releasing a wave of spatial fracturing energy! TRUUUUMMMM! "It won''t work anymore.." However, Noah was confident on it! His spear was now shrouded in Chaos, an element capable of breaking down other elements through elemental erosion! Space, was also an element! Chaos distorted the space that had been fractured, easily dispelling the power of the snake over it as the spear pierced through the monster''s head! CLAASH! And then, a shing darkness erosion from the spear, devouring the snake and Dragovic with it! "T-This power¡­! I was¡­ not even a match?! Y-You''re¡­ a GOD?! GRUUUUUAAAAAGGHH...!" BOOOOOOMMM! The chaotic explosion continued its erosive destruction, eating up arge chunk of the entire army of the Dragon Kingdom! The agonizing cries of the dragons resonated across the battlefield as they were consumed by the chaos and disintegrated! Noah continued to absorb the essence, as he devoured the souls left! Ding! [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 20 to Level 21!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 21 to Level 22!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 22 to Level 23!] Three ss Levels in one sitting! Noah found this a generous amount seeing how these amount of dragons killed was very littleparable to the thousands of monsters he needed to get such a quantity of essence to level up his ss, these dragons indeed gave more delicious EXP! Noah felt his power strengthening as his divine energy and other stats increased permanently with each level, it was exhrating! "And done¡­" Arge, red-scaled dragon rushed towards Noah the moment he ended with the abominations; his entire face was shrouded with zing wrath! "You bastard!!!" "Hm? Oh, you''vee right at me, good." Said Noah, as he smiled at him back and controlled his spear around, grabbing it. The Dragon Hero of Infernal mes, Ignatius Ignitias roared loudly at Noah, as hispanions came to his side to defeat the greater and stronger evil of this war! "You''re the one that killed the generals!" roared Aquarina. "I-It''s really him! He defeated Dragovic and his undead so easily¡­" muttered Emeraldine. "But we won''t fall so easily, we''ll fucking ughter him!" roared Onyxius. Aquarina took the form of a long and serpentine water dragoness, Emeraldine the shape of a beautiful winged and feathered bird-like dragon coated in emerald scales and feathers, and Onyxius resembled a giant turtle, all of them were flying, although Onyxius flew through magic. Noah inspected these Heroes in detail, it seemed that as long as they kept themselves near Ignatius, their power was increased due to his Heroic Aura! "What a bunch of colorful clowns¡­ Well, you can be a nice dinner for my family¡­ Dante, Eleanora, Iris,e!" Noah called up to his family who were ughtering Dragons from left and right and devastating more than 50% of the enemy army by themselves, as all three were summoned to his side. "Oh! Those are colorful ones!" said Dante. "Shall we eat them up?" wondered Eleanora. "Please do so, dear." Said Noah, as Iris smiled. "We''ll get them off the way for you to enjoy this idiot, he seems to have reached above peak X-Rank," said Iris. "Indeed, this guy is a Pseudo Demi Deity, although he doesn''t seem to have realized it yet¡­" said Noah. All this conversation urred in just a few seconds through the amazing Telepathic Network, as the Heroes looked at Noah''s reinforcements. "T-That giant three-headed monstrosity¡­" "But that''s a little girl though?" "And that woman can manipte phantasmal and red mes, be careful!" "As long as we are together, you cannot defeat us!" Ignatius rushed towards Noah with his party, as the group of heroes confronted Noah''s party! "Pathetic!"ughed Noah, as he flew towards Ignatius and grabbed hisrge and scaled neck with his ws, which had turned into enormous and muscr draconic ws! "GGRAAAGGH¡­!" Ignatius cried in pain as he was thrown away from his allies in an instant! BOOOOMMM! A loud kick on Ignatius stomach sent him through the skies, as his Heropanions looked at him with horror! "Ignatius!!!" "You''re going to fight us, so stop looking at him if you don''t want to die!" Iris rushed towards her nearest prey, which ended being Aquarina, a supposedly bad match due to her fire attribute! "You''re fighting me!" Aquarina roared with her monstrous draconic form, releasing an enormous breath attack of high-pressure oceanic waters, resembling an all-devouring vortex! FLAAAAASSHH! Iris, however, received the attack head-on! BOOOOMMM! FLASH! Suddenly, her body transformed, exploding into pure draconic energy, her young Dragon Heart resonated with her and transformed Iris¡­ into a dragon! An enormous and intimidating dragon coated in phantasmal mes and bone-like armor! "GGROOOOAARRRR!" "So that''s your Dragon Form! Hmph, that''s just a Level 4 Dragon Heart! Don''t think you can easily pay around with us!" Aquarina confronted Iris with her sharp metallic ws, rushing towards her and extending her arms, each of her shes summoned slicing oceanic waters that covered Iris with shing attacks! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! "RRRAAAAA!" Iris, however, responded furiously, leaping over Aquarina and using her jaws to tear apart her metallic scale armor, taking away arge chunk of flesh with her! Aquarina cried in pain as she used her tail to hit Iris face and throw her into the air! CLASH! "ROOARR!" "GROOOARRR!" The two gigantic dragons released mes and water, shing against one another! BOOOOMMM!!! ----- Chapter 374 - Iris Against A Dragon Heroine ----- Iris decided to showcase her draconic power against the Heroine of Water, Aquarina! FLASH! Suddenly Iris'' body transformed, exploding into pure draconic energy, her young Dragon Heart resonated with her and transformed Iris¡­ into a dragon! An enormous and intimidating dragon coated in phantasmal mes and bone-like armor! "GGROOOOAARRRR!" "So that''s your Dragon Form! Hmph, that''s just a Level 4 Dragon Heart! Don''t think you can easily pay around with us!" Aquarina confronted Iris with her sharp metallic ws, rushing towards her and extending her arms, each of her shes summoned slicing oceanic waters that covered Iris with shing attacks! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! "RRRAAAAA!" Iris, however, responded furiously, leaping over Aquarina and using her jaws to tear apart her metallic scale armor, taking away arge chunk of flesh with her! Aquarina cried in pain as she used her tail to hit Iris face and throw her into the air! CLASH! "ROOARR!" "GROOOARRR!" The two gigantic dragons released mes and water, shing against one another!. BOOOOMMM!!! Iris mes began to easily evaporate the water of Aquarina, as Aquarina''s jaws devoured through iris body! SLASH! CRUNCH! BOOOM! The explosions of fire and water danced across the battlefield. The two-dragoness fought bravely against one another. Their blows hit their hard scaled bodies, as their jaws seared through their bodies, the power of being a dragon was mighty! As long as they could continue to fight like this and be fierce and wild, the dragon hearts within their chests would resonate with such draconic will and grant them more power! This was the activation method of Dragon Hearts after all, the might, rage, pride, and wilderness that dragons could exert! This was their true power, the power of being a dragon, a mighty dragon with a valiant dragon heart! Iris ws seeped through Aquarina''s body, her long and serpentine body was a bad match against them morepact draconic body of Iris, which was also incredibly tanky and could easily take many hits without faltering for a single second¡­ Iris had to gopletely all out to achieve victory and grasp a win! "ROOOOOOAAAARRR!"} Iris roared loudly as she continued her barrage of fire, she shaped her mes into foxes and then into fox-dragons, coiling around Aquarina''s body and exploding to inflict more damage! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! "Hah! My scales can resist that with ease!" Aquarina however showed to be fine, her scales were of an incredibly resilient material named Aquaranium Draconium! Materials in the scales of dragons were given names because they were ssified as precious metals and ores! In this world where everything was dragons, the investigation of scales and theirponents had been done long ago, the power of their scales and their resilience and resistance to elements varied depending in this! With the power of her amazing scales, Aquarina was even taking on Iris strongest attacks conjured through her newly created Lifeblood Jewels! Or was she?! Was this really her strongest attacks, or just a fa?ade? Iris smiled as she released her conjuration, this was an old technique! FLASH! "EH?!" Aquarina fought monstrously against Iris, and while doing so, her body was shrouded in tattoos. She realized her body shrouded in tattoos suddenly as she fought against Iris, ncing at her body, Aquarina was surprised to see that these tattoos covering her body which had emerged suddenly over her body were weakening her body tremendously! Her status was lowering, and she felt lethargic¡­ What was going on right now? This was nothing but the amazing curse ability that Iris had developed, of course! "Hahaha! You have fallen for it!" By creating bombs in the shape of controble spirits made of mes, Iris controlled them and sent them against her target, they would easily shrug them off and say they''re weak, but the moment they touched them, they would be covered in tattoos, curses! These curses would weaken their foe, lowering all their prowess continuously with each rune! Aquarina was shocked! She didn''t knew what to do now! "Agghh! Y-You bitch!" she cried angrily as she looked over Iris with scorn, but Iris did nothing butugh at her! "Fufu, what''s wrong? Feeling quite slow? Don''t mind me as I finish you off!" said Iris, bing as vicious as her beloved husband, one could clearly see why they were so greatly matched with one another! She was just as mercilessly insane! "NO! GRAAAAAARR!" Aquarina roared furiously as her water shaped as countless weapons, firing over Iris! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! However, Iris easily blocked such attacks and hit them with her mes, converting them into vapor and covering the entire ce with them, a curtain of smoke was made instantly as Iris hid herself within it and lurked behind Aquarina, herrge jaws piercing her scales and flesh, and crushing her neck mercilessly and quite monstrously! "GGRYYYYAAARRRGGH¡­!" Aquarina left out a pitiful groan of pain as she was caught off guard! "No¡­ Ignatius¡­!" she muttered to herself, as her neck was crushed, and her life was ended! CRUNCH! "Well, you were the ones that came to kill us first, this is merely¡­ self-defense! Hahaha!"ughed Iris quite ironically, thinking about the foolishness of such beings that DARED to stand against her and her beloved husband and family¡­ she couldn''t help but think of them as pitiful beings who had yet to realize the insignificance of their very existences! Pathetically humorous! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Meanwhile, a few minutes ago, the fight between Dante and Onyxius had begun! The two enormous super powerful tanks began to sh against one another mercilessly since they were given the chance! Dante was a furious and monstrous creature, a deadly three-headed dragon with the power to devour entire Kingdoms, and Onyxius was a earth dragon in the shape of a turtle, his shell was almighty and seen as indestructible, it was so powerful that nothing could pierce or damage it, it was the perfect body part of firm defense! And only a dragon hero such as him could have it over his body, of course! However, to Dante all these facts were nothing! He leaped over it and began to attack his shell! CLASH! CRASH! BOOM! ----- Chapter 375 - Dante & Eleanora Against The Last Dragon Heroes ----- As Iris fight ended, another fight emerged within the vast skies of near the Ignitias Kingdom! A few minutes ago, the fight between Dante and Onyxius had begun! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! The two enormous super powerful tanks began to sh against one another mercilessly since they were given the chance! Dante was a furious and monstrous creature, a deadly three-headed dragon with the power to devour entire Kingdoms, and Onyxius was an earth dragon in the shape of a turtle, his shell was almighty and seen as indestructible, it was so powerful that nothing could pierce or damage it, it was the perfect body part of firm defense! And only a dragon hero such as him could have it over his body, of course! However, to Dante all these facts were nothing! He leaped over it and began to attack his shell! CLASH! CRASH! BOOM! "Nngh¡­! You''re really a child?! You roar and attack like a monster!" Onyxius used his powerful shell to spin around, throwing Dante away! CLAAASH! "GGRYYAARR!" Dante, however, didn''t gave up! He leaped once more, and more, and more, and more! Onyxius was not being any second to rx! He was being shrouded with attacks from left and right! Left and right! "Unnnggh¡­! What''s wrong with this monster''s resilience!" Dante''s three heads released mes that burnt through Onyxius shell and even weakened it through curses.. Dante''s mes were like his mother''s fire, but even more packed with curses passively, he didn''t even need to infuse curses on it, they emerged without any conjuration! FLAAAASH! The mes continued to expand endless as they reached up to Onyxius, his body was being roasted as he attacked with a barrage of rock attacks. The enormous boulders fell around and pursued Dante, but he used his powerful jaws to crush the boulders or even do insane things such as kicking them with his tail and sending them back to Onyxius, destabilizing his concentration in the skies and making of his attacks more mediocre! It was an amazing performance of pure prowess! "RROOOOOOAAARRRR! This is for mama and papa! You''ll be yummy dimmer!" Dante leaped over Onyxius powerful shell, as his tails and ws were reinforced using his magic and skills, which he used to dig deeper underground, piercing through severalyers of Onyxius shell defenses, and rushing through them without even bothering to look at him! He was doing it! His jaws pierced through Onyxius powerful defenses, as the hero dragon grew concerned and fought back with everything he had! The earth dragon was fierce, he was spiraling around while firing boulders, and at the same time, he released breath attacks within the safety of his shell! How could Dante defeat a spiraling imprable fortress? Well, he was somehow doing it! Who cared about logic? His ws were simply stronger, his jaws pierced deeper, and no matter how far Onyxius stupid turtle form was willing to go, Dante seems to be able to destroy it somehow! Dante piercing jaws and ws reached up to the shell, destroying it into pieces at longst! "UUUUAAGGH¡­!" SLASH! CLAAAASH! Onyxius internal organs exploded outside of his carapace which was open wide, the beast within was in death''s door as of now! He had never been so utterly humiliated before so much on his entire life! This was utterly insane in every level possible, and the monstrous powers he had were enough to break this mighty dragon hero! The cry of agony of Onyxiussted very little before he was to die out of pain and shock, how intriguing! Of course, his shell being wide open with a giant hole on it might had been the problem too, and not just the utter horror of being ughtered and overwhelmed by a strength he couldn''tprehend no matter how hard he tried to! This was hopeless! Shock! Utter shock covered the army of dragons being massacred below, two of their heroes died in the spot, and one more wasing next! Time rewinds itself just a few seconds ago, as the fight between Emeraldine and Eleanoramenced! At first, Emeraldine had taken it as a joke but it actually wasn''t a joke, Eleanora was a little vampire girl so small it resembled a tiny ant before her¡­ The monstrous side? Where? Was Emeraldine going to fight a little girl? Of course, this juststed like two seconds before the girl exploded! BOOOM! "EH!?" But not into that way used in movies kind of explosion, I refer to an amazing explosion which shapeshifted her body into masses of flesh and tentacles, with jaws and eyes around her, she looked utterly terrifying and monstrous! Emeraldine cried in horror as she flew away with her feather wings, and then began to bathe Eleanora with several wind attacks, such as wind des, feather projectiles, flying beak attacks which looked like her beaks made into energy sts, and more powerful and amazing attacks! But at the end, Eleanora was even devouring through them, her jaws were easily munching whole spells as the rest of her body was shrouded in a strange barrier of psionic energy within her were able to see it, it was shining so brightly¡­ This was an anti-magic barrier spread across her body, which actually came into existence naturally! Eleanora had developed such power by herself, she was really destined to eat delicious Dragon Heroes as they despaired agonizingly! She leaped over Emeraldine and used her powerful telekinesis to hold into her and hit her with a billion invisible attacks, the feathers and scales of the winged beaked dragon began to fall apart as it cried in pain and agony, Eleanora was really triumphing at the end! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! Eleanora continued to crush her until her bones broke and her body began to break apart, being easy to handle due to its sheer size! She continued to devour through mercilessly, Emeraldine''s agonizing cry resonated everywhere, it was utterly terrifying! "GGRRYYYYAAAAGGH¡­! STOP! STOOOOP! Unnngggh¡­! Aggahaggh¡­!" CRACK! Eleanora mercilessly broke her neck, ending her for once! Emeraldine stopped moving¡­ the third Hero had died this day, and not half an hour had gone by since everything began! What a terrifying timeline this is! ----- Chapter 376 - Deadly Battle Between Dragons! ----- Ignatius fought against Noah with all of his fiery might! The valiant fire dragon hero rushed across the skies, bombarding Noah with powerful blows, his tail whips, shes, crashes, jaws, and magic were utterly superb! To be expected of a Pseudo Demi Deity! This Dragon Hero was really in apletely different levelpared to the low-level trash that he left for his family to have a little fun! However, as Noah used his dragon form and fought against Ignatius, the powerful battles around them also happened, and within a few minutes, the three lives of hispanions were taken away before his very eyes! "You bastards¡­! I will ughter you monsters-" "You''re fighting me!" Noah hit Ignatius in the chest with a powerful blow using his ws, coating them on his own divinities and blood, he formed enormous ws half the size of his body, so big they seemed utterly ridiculous! CLASH! SLASH! BOOOM! "UUNNGGH¡­?!". The blood spread over his body began to explode constantly, Ignatius was being torn apart already! "Aghh¡­! I lowered my guard!" thought Ignatius, coating himself in mes and healing his wounds, although the flesh lost wasn''t recoveredpletely! SLAAAAASH! Arge spear made of holy light pierced through Ignatius stomach, as he vomited a mouthful of blood! Ignatius grabbed the spear and infused it with his mes, firing it away! "Oh! So you can even do such a thing¡­" said Noah. "RRRROOOAAARRR!" The monstrous roar unbefitting of a dragon hero resonated across the battlefield as Ignatius jumped over Noah and used his powerful jaws, ws, tail, and magic to overwhelm him! CLASH! BOOM! SLASH! TRUUMM! "Hahaha!" However, Noah wasughing! Ignatius was fighting for his fallenrades¡­ and this was but a joke to him or something?! "Myrades had fallen and yet youugh! Don''t you have a heart?!" cried Ignatius. "Heart? Only for my family." BOOOOOMMM! A powerful blow reached Ignatius chin, as his jaws broke! "Aghhh¡­!" CLAAASH! A powerful kick using the immense body of a dragon reached him from the left side, throwing him around! "Unnnggh¡­! GRAAAAAHHH!" Ignatius didn''t gave up, however, he fought, he fought bravely! "RRRAOOOOAARRR!" He coated himself on his almost divine draconic essence as he resembled a burning meteor, shing towards Noah as Noahughed manically, he was justughing at his efforts, was he nothingpared to Noah?! "WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING SO MUCH?!" BOOOOOOOMMMM!!! The explosive impact reached Noah, as he received a tremendous amount of damage! His entire body was torn apart into pieces as his soul began to shatter, but he reconstructed it quickly before it! "Incredible¡­ Your Epic, is that what''s giving you such power? And I am not mocking you, I amughing at how exciting it is to finally find something amongst you worms that can give me a decent feeling of a challenge!" said Noah. As a chaotic being, he onlyughed the most in the malicious excitement of battles to the death! Ignatius, the fire dragon hero looked at him with utter scorn! "You bastard¡­! Is this all a game for you?!" "Hoh? Do you want me to go more serious then? Very well!" FLAAAAASH! Noah coated himself with several elements, thunder, darkness, void, chaos, wind, blood, and water, resembling a monstrous meteor of dark colors, and reaching Ignatius, the two shed with their auras, roaring furiously! "Nnngh¡­! S-Such might!" recognized Ignatius, as he gritted his teeth. "And I have not even used my most powerful attacks yet¡­ Spear Domain!" TRUUUUMMM! Suddenly, an enormous golden domain emerged around Noah, expanding around several meters and fusing with the aura of his divinities and his powerful magical elements, shaping into various colors and distorting space itself around him! "Bwahahaha! Admire!" said Noah, as he shaped his aura into countless spears, camouging his own within them and firing them all towards Ignatius! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Ignatius roared bravely as he showed off his sharp fangs, his aura shaped into countless dragon spirits of mes and reaching up to the spears, but most of them were easily destroyed and exploded into countless loud bombardments of explosions! BOOOM! BOOOOM! BOOOOM! BOOOOOM! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! The spears made of magic and divinities reached Ignatius, exploding over his body with piercing shes, his scales began to blown away into pieces as he started to defend himself against their deadly might, he gritted his teeth valiantly as he fought released a deadly st of mes from his dragon heart! "DRAGON FLARE!" FLAAAAAAASSSHHH! The powerful re of mes was incredibly big, reaching up to Noah in an instant! "So this is the power of someone like this in this world!" BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!! Noah was blown into pieces- no, ashes! He scattered into ashes in an instant, nothing left behind! "Hahh¡­ I caught him off guard¡­ Hahh¡­" Ignatius gasped for air; he had won! He looked around his surroundings¡­ nothing. He really¡­ did won! Suddenly, the clouds above the skies began to release thunder, a storm was approaching¡­ "I have to defeat the rest of the enemies¡­ quickly! I will not rest until I avenge my friends¡­" Spark, spark¡­! "Eh?!" CRRAAAAAAAAAASSSSHHHH! A deadly thunderbolt fell over Ignatius, charged with tremendous quantities of essence! "GGGRRRROOOAAAAAARRGGGG¡­!" Ignatius entire body was impacted by it, electrified, he barely survived! "Unnggh¡­! W-What¡­?!" He looked atop the skies, as they suddenly began to shape into the form of a dragon¡­ he had killed previously! "No¡­ impossible! I killed you! Y-You can¡­ turn into clouds?!" Noah had indeed died. But his soul remained by leaving his turned-into-ashes body, flying into the clones in the sky turned into clouds. Like this, he had simply switched into another of his bodies! Ignatius was notpletely capable of destroying a soul, therefore, he was clueless about being able to destroy Noah truly! Although his attacks carried soul-destroying power, it was not enough for someone so strong as Noah! "I am not someone that can easily die¡­" said Noah, as he bathed Ignatius with thunderbolts! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOOM! "RROOOAAARRR¡­!" ----- Chapter 377 - Massacre! Crushing Victory! ----- Ignatius saw something truly deplorable! He saw as Noah was¡­ in the clouds?! "No¡­ impossible! I killed you! Y-You can¡­ turn into clouds?!" Noah had indeed died. But his soul remained by leaving his turned-into-ashes body, flying into the clones in the sky turned into clouds. Like this, he had simply switched into another of his bodies! Ignatius was notpletely capable of destroying a soul; therefore, he was clueless about being able to destroy Noah truly! Although his attacks carried soul-destroying power, it was not enough for someone so strong as Noah! "I am not someone that can easily die¡­" said Noah, as he bathed Ignatius with thunderbolts! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOOM! "RROOOAAARRR¡­!" Ignatius was bombarded with attacks all around his body! The powerful thunderbolts fell over the weakened Ignatius, his draconic energy had ran out, and he began to feel the effects! His skin was roasted alive, as the spear of Noah rushed towards his head while he was bating in agony! CLASH!. "Unnggh¡­. Ahh¡­!" Ignatius couldn''t even muster somest words, as he was ughtered cold bloodedly! BOOM! Ignatius fell over the ground, as several items were made out of thin air around him, Attribute Value Cores, Ability Cores, and more! The new update in the System had really brought amazing new powers through the ability to make anything Noah killed count as a "dungeon monster" and therefore be able to drop items, although its essence was converted too, and the corpse had been drained of tis glistening essence. Noah felt a rush of EXP entering into his very being, as he also acquired the shared EXP from the army of Dragons being ughtered until the veryst, and the other three Heroes killed by his family! FLASH! The enormous essence that he thought was "ss EXP" boosted his strength tremendously. This was indeed a specr harvest. Ding! [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 23 to Level 24!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 24 to Level 25!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 25 to Level 26!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 26 to Level 27!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 27 to Level 28!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 28 to Level 29!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 29 to Level 30!] [You can now change sses again!] [The power and effects of rted skills have been enhanced] Noah felt a rush of new power surge through his very being, as he looked over his body strengthen. The amount of rich essence he got from this ughter fest was truly worth the little annoyance. The malicious parent of two children and his wife hade to snack in some dragons, but at the end, they had ended with more than they hade for¡­ All of his subordinates that participated also gained a lot of ss EXP, specially the many dragons with him. They also saw the many Attribute Value Cores and Ability Cores that emerged out of the corpses of the dragons they killed, looking at them with wondrous eyes of curiosity. "Very well, we are done here." Noah within his own Divine Realm came out, as he fused with the clouds as one. Iris reached him and ended reprimanding him a bit. "Noah did you had to kill another body of yours like that again?" sheined. "Hm? Well¡­ I had to!" said Noah. "I told you that the kids don''t like seeing their father die! You could had finished the dragon easily if you just went more seriously¡­ Did you had to surprise him for it? Sigh¡­ Honestly, you''re so hopeless sometimes," sighed Iris. Dante and Eleanora reached Noah''s side as they hugged him. "Its weird to see dada die, don''t do that!" said Dante. "Papa, are you okay?" asked Eleanora. "I should exin you two more in detail about my ability¡­ But I will consider it. Sorry, I just wanted a bit more challenge. Seeing their surprised faces as I revive is always worth it! Hahaha- Ah¡­" sighed Noah. His children and wife looked at him with very serious expressions! The malefic Vampire that devoured dragon heroes was dominated by his family¡­! What a turn of events! The dragons looked at this from the sides, surprised that such a powerful and terrifying tyrannical leader was being reprimanded by his family. Noah might be evil, but to his family he was still a normal father, so he disliked when they were angry with him. He wasn''t detached from them, so he wasn''t going to say; "I don''t care what you think of me!", sadly. "Okay, I shall try." Said Noah. After therge dispute, the dragon corpses were all picked up and thrown inside of Noah''s divine realm at time record, as Noah decided to move into the Ignitias Kingdom¡­ ¡­ The King of the Ignitias Kingdom, Drakon Ignitias, looked at the scene with horror on his eyes. Everything had ended more horribly than he had expected. Now, what''s next? What was he gonna do now? He had to escape, of course! He already had things prepared, and immediately set off with his sole daughter into the skies alongside other aristocrats and the surviving civilians, all of them formed arge cloud of dragons flying far away, as if migrating. And well, they were migrating! "Run! Run for your lives!" "Shit! Everything went to hist now!" "What will we do!?" "We can''t possibly just live in the wild, right?!" The King was getting tired of theins of the aristocrats, the lives of luxury had contaminated their hearts with greed andmodities. "Father¡­ will we be alright?" asked his daughter, even in her dragon form, she was very small, she was fearful, scared¡­ "Drakna¡­ Everything will be alright, we''ll get through things together, your father will do everything he can to help you survive." However, a small little red bat flew in front of them, as a magic circle emerged out of thin air and summoned Noah into the scene. "Hello, everyone, I see that you''re having a nice time here! Sorry to interrupt you." ----- Chapter 378 - Conquering A Dragon Kingdom With Ease ----- The monster that had ughtered the powerful Dragon Hero of fire and the one that had killed the three generals with so much ease¡­ he hade back to them now! It was their turn to die! ¡­Or was it? "Y-You! Let us go!" roared Drakon, taking out a sword made of mes. "Rx, dragon. I havee to negotiate. It is a simple one. I have defeated your army; I have found you and I can quite possibly defeat all of you with utmost ease. Now, I don''t want that. I really didn''t wanted to kill you nor your army, really! I was just minding my own business when you came to annoy me. If you had kept yourself doing your own business, perhaps you could had saved yourselves an army and four heroes." Said Noah.. The king was left speechless alongside the other dragons. "You''re telling me that if I didn''t attacked you, we would had been fine?!" asked the King. "Well, yes. Pretty much." Said Noah. Well, Noah was lying a bit here. He had benefitted greatly from this war and was happy to have provoked it. "Ah¡­ I¡­" "Don''t worry, King. Like any war that is won, the winner takes it all, but I require all of you with me, your strength and knowledge is important. It would be quite boring if you were to die and be undead servants. It is quite boring when that happens, I prefer you to be alive and kicking. So what do you think? Do you like offer?" asked Noah. Although he had not implied it, Noah''s offer wasn''t benevolent or something. His offer was¡­ simply to let them live or not! If they epted, he wouldn''t kill them. It was that simple¡­ yet terrifying! The King had no option, his daughter at his side was trembling, the presence of this being was simply outstanding in every level possible¡­ they had toply and ept it, there was no other choice, sadly. "We surrender¡­" sighed the King. "Excellent! From now on, we are all allies here." Noah extended his hand to the dragon, as he shapeshifted into his humanoid form and gave it to him. "It''s¡­ a pleasure to work for you¡­" sighed Drakon. "Good. Now, go back to your home! It is very weird to just leave it dested of everything." Said Noah. And this was the day when Noah conquered a Dragon Kingdom¡­ The fall of the Kingdom of Ignitias. Or perhaps¡­ its rebirth as a new Kingdom, the first one with Dragon Vampires? After bringing them back to the Kingdom, the King calmed down the poption and made to understand their new King, Noah. Noah presented himself as a charismatic man, he didn''t showed any malice and talked with kindness. The people admired his very humanoid form, as many began to think he must be of a very refined dragon bloodline or something. But it was because he was an alien, he wasn''t even from this world! And this truth was learned by the King and the aristocrats after Noah had made sure to share a bit of his blood with everyone. Everyone was forced to drink it to still kept as citizens. What was but a drop of blood? The dragons drank it, and they underwent changes. Noah made sure to contain their berserk states for some time as he didn''t wanted tragedy to ur with people killing one another. After this was done, several types of new Vampire Dragons surged¡­ it was a wondrous sight! But Noah had no time to see them all in detail for now, as he made a meeting with the King and the aristocrats, as he spoke about his origins, his intentions, and more¡­ "Youe from another world to conquer this world, Noah-sama?!" asked the King. "Indeed. My goal is to actually escape from the ws of powerful beings known as Watchers. This entire world is not everything there is, but there is a vast universe outside. Nheless, as of now things seem to have calmed down. But the Gods that watch over you might grow wary of me. This is way pretending to live normal as before is crucial." Said Noah. "I-I see¡­ So many things to think about¡­ It is very confusing to be honest." Admitted the King. "Well of course it is confusing for feeble minds like yours, but this is the truest truth there is." Said Noah. After Noah made sure to talk about these things, he left a clone in the castle as he went inside his divine realm. The Kingdom will soon begin recruiting all the people living in farming viges in the next couple of days. Finally inside of his home, Noah rxed as he flew towards Scarlet''s manor, arge feast was going on within the Vampires, as the meat of the dragons hunted today, from both the war and the wild ones was being cooked. Iris cooking abilities had improved, and her food began to glow with majestic sparkles now, giving Noah several boosts to his power as he ate it. Perhaps Iris was developing a new power after bing such a good chef. However! Noah also wanted to cook this time around for his children. He decided to make some simple preparations, such as Tonkatsu of Dragon filet! His children looked at their father while drooling, as he cutrge one-meter big pieces of meat from the corpse of Ignatius and began to hit them with his hands until they were to get softer. "Oooh!" The children and Iris looked from the sides attentively. Afterwards, he poured some salt, and spices, oregano in specific, and even a bit of soy sauce from earth, which he kept as a treasure. And then, he poured scrambled eggs over it and breadcrumbs. After that, in a gigantic pan, he poured dragon oil taken from the fat reserves of the earth dragon Onyxius, as the giant filet coated in breadcrumbs was fried to perfect golden brown¡­ The smell was delicious, the children couldn''t wait! Crunch. They began to dig in the moment Noah served in the table, the delicious and crispy exterior went amazing with the soft, juicy, and tasty meat¡­ "Sho guud!" said Dante. "I love it papa!" said Eleanora. "Haha! Of course you do!" ----- Chapter 379 - Time To Change Classes ----- Iris stuffed her mouth with the delicious Dragon Filet Tonkatsu, looking like a little squirrel who had stuffer her mouth with nuts. "Sho guuud! From where you learned to do this one?" asked Iris. "I saw it when I read books from Earth''s libraries of old, I found that there were many interesting recipes of old. This one seemed simple enough. The dragon meat of the dragon heroes is superb and the highest quality we had ever eaten, perhaps better than the Draconic Fathers as they had not been affected by things such as the Dimensional Dungeon¡­ And the oil of the Dragon Hero of Earth is rich too, adding to the vor." Said Noah. Noah had suddenly be such a good chef! Or well, not really, it was just a single preparation. At the end, he had to make many more to appease the appetite of the big bellies of his family, and then, several of his subordinates looked at him with puppy eyes, so he gave up and cooked for them too. After the big feast, things calmed down for a bit, the children felt sleepy after such a busy day, and went to sleep to their rooms while being carried by Iris. Now that he finally had some time alone, he decided to check his own stats and his current progress before changing sses. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void] [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 2/9: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XII: Divine Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XII: Divine Chaotic Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Divine Holy Spear Master]: Level 20/30 -> 30/30] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [161.300] -> [225.379] [Primordial Essence: [660.000.000] -> [760.000.000] [Divine Energy: [3.500.000] -> [4.500.000] [Aether: [2.700.000] -> [3.200.000] [Ki: [3.490.000] -> [3.990.000] [Fate: [1.800.000] -> [2.300.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 3.500], [Fire: 3.500], [Water: 7.000], [Wind: 7.000], [Space: 6.500], [Time: 5.500], [Life: 2.500], [Death: 9.000], [Dark: 8.000], [Light: 5.000 -> 10.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 4.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 4.500], [Phantom: 7.000], [Blood: 16.500], [Poison: 4.000], [Soul: 15.000], [Nature: 3.000], [Thunder: 7.300], [Ice: 4.100], [War/Strength: 12.000 -> 16.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 32.500], [Fate: 10.000], [Void: 6.000], [Law: 7.000], [System: 12.500] ¡­ Noah''s stats had increased exponentially! It seems that after leveling up ten times through the sses, he gained a substantial increase to his divine energy from all things. This was why he felt so refreshed and well. Even more, his primordial essence had increased based in the increase in stats. Primordial essence was usually a lot more than normal stats due to the conversion rate into stats. His Attribute Particles had increased based in the attributes rted to his ss, Light and War/Strength. He looked at the wondrous holographic window in front of him as he felt satisfied. The power of the system was wondrous, but at the end, it wasn''t a power that came out of absolutely nowhere for doing nothing, it was a power that was the reflection of the inner workings of the fabrication made by the System Master. The System Master had made it through hisprehension of the Laws of several attributes to 100% and his tremendous power, something that Noah was not capable of. However, to share the system with every living human being, the System Seeds were nted into the human souls, when a human became capable of using the system, the system seed was within their souls already, and had blossomed! Noah used this system seed, assimting it through the parasitizing power of his Blood Core whose power was inherited from the Blood Progenitor ability to devour energies and bloodlines, and through the assimtion of this, he created his own system to the image of the one the System Master has made. But what was the System? It was a construction made out of quadrillions of Divine Runes, an advanced form of Magic Runes that are worth billions of Magic Runes each one. Such construction of divine power was incrediblyplex. It was like building aputer out of pure divine energy. Of course, Noah knew that he would had never been able to make such a thing, so his best way to do it was by copy pasting it for himself and making his own system based in this divine construction which he had "hacked" through his power. Systems were like incredibly intricate powers, or abilities, or better put, techniques. It could also be said to be like formations too, special powers that evolved with the user and gained power more as they enhanced their strength andplexity with them. There wasn''t much difference between a System and a Divine Technique of a powerful Supreme God who had mastered the Laws, but the System grew moreplex as more functions were made, which were but the extensions of their capabilities enhanced and given more room to grow. The power of Noah''s System was of Energy Absorption and Reconstruction. It used all types of energies and refined them instantly into new types of energies that were distributed across the user and his abilities, due to this, stats emerged as numerical values to show his progress in a quick an easy way than just guessing based on how big his muscles were or how rich he felt his energy was. Numbers were always more correct and could help him calcte if he could win or not more easily too¡­ With such a wondrous System, which kept evolving, Noah was increasing in power by leaps and bounds! And now¡­ it was time to change sses once more. ----- Chapter 380 - Changing Classes! ----- Noah''s power kept rising through the assimtion and absorption of energies through his system, he was doing what many would take years into doing! And through the ss System, such energy was repurposed into an even greater way than before, making things even more efficient! Now, as he had hit level cap, he had to breakthrough his existence wall and reach the next one, changing sses was essential to convert the umted power into new power for him, so he quickly decided to check his avable sses, being quite curious about what he could get now. ¡­ [Avable sses] [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor] [Blood Spear Warrior Emperor] [Elemental Sorcerer Emperor] ¡­ Three strange sses appeared before Noah, every one of them rarer than the other! Noah began to inspect and think what they could harbor. His previous ss was rted with spears, and granted him an amazing powerup regarding this, but now he had to get further into this, as he had acquired another Spear ss, but this time rted to blood¡­ Should he take it and see how far he could get? Noah decided to not be rash as he inspected the other sses. Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor seemingly was rted to being a Vampire and¡­ Chaos attribute? Perhaps this could aid him in the ability to conjure Chaos-rted spells or get skills rted to this too! And the other was¡­ Elemental Sorcerer Emperor, which was most likely rted to the innate use of magic such as sorcerers, and perhaps the elemental part was within his wide spectrum of magical affinities which he possessed¡­ Noah was honestly intrigued in thetter ss; this ss could bring him a lot more versatility in magic and could open a path to more magic specialization. Magic was everything in a way, and spells could be created that could be as strong as Skills themselves. But then again, the Chaos element was very powerful and could even distort other elements. What could be better? Chaos or all elements? It was a hard choice. But Noah decided to go for Chaos this time around, it was an element as strong as Void, and he had a lot of attribute particles of Chaos for some reason, so he decided to pick this choice, it was for the better. Ding! [You have exchanged 50.000 System Points!] [You changed sses into [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor]!] [All your stats have increased!] [You acquired [Chaos Magic] [All rted Skills and Magic to this ss have been enhanced in power and effects] [You learned the [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)], and [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] Skills!] Noah spent arge quantity of System Points, which were unrefined energy he had umted, and refined it into shaping it into the form of the power of this ss, which automatically generated two new and powerful Skills! Additionally, all of his stats had increased greatly. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void] [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 2/9: Upper Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XII: Divine Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor: Upper Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XII: Divine Chaotic Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Upper Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor]: Level 30/40] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [175.379] [Primordial Essence: [760.000.000] -> [810.000.000] [Divine Energy: [4.500.000] -> [5.000.000] [Aether: [3.200.000] -> [3.600.000] [Ki: [3.990.000] -> [4.200.000 [Fate: [2.300.000] -> [2.500.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 3.500], [Fire: 3.500], [Water: 7.000], [Wind: 7.000], [Space: 6.500], [Time: 5.500], [Life: 2.500], [Death: 9.000], [Dark: 8.000], [Light: 10.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 4.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 4.500], [Phantom: 7.000], [Blood: 16.500], [Poison: 4.000], [Soul: 15.000], [Nature: 3.000], [Thunder: 7.300], [Ice: 4.100], [War/Strength: 16.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 32.500 -> 37.500], [Fate: 10.000], [Void: 6.000], [Law: 7.000], [System: 12.500 -> 15.500] ¡­ Seeing his status once more, Noah felt satisfied with his progress, his divine energy had already reached 5 million, but the thing that bothered him is that he had only increased by one stage with the ss change. Perhaps after maxing the level of this ss, he would finally reach Rank 3 of Demigod. However, even then, the pace was too slow! He required to grow stronger faster, or this would be wasted. There was a pile of Attributed Value Cores of the Pseudo Demi Deity Realm, which were useless for him, he could either convert them into System Points or ignore them. But of course, he decided to use them on his family first¡­ "However, for now, I should really just go to rx, I''ve been doing too many things." Thought Noah, he sighed as he flew to his manor. Reaching his room, he decided to take a warm bath and then rx and sleep, isting his main mind from the constant flows of info of his other minds within the different clones. As he moved to the bathroom, Iris entered the room, exhausted as well. "Phew¡­ What a day- Oh~?" She looked a bit cheeky, and did that ssic smile she had always done since the beginning¡­ "Want to take a bath together?" he asked. "Sure!" Iris quickly took out her sweaty dress as she revealed her beautiful curves andrge chest to Noah, alongside the beauty of a Vampire Empress¡­ The two rxed in the warm water as they began to give massages to one another taking turns. At some point, things got a bit heated up, however, and they ended not resting as much due to the intensity of this sudden passion. ----- Chapter 381 - A New Ruler Emerges Within The Dragon Kingdom ----- Although the events that had transpired in Vedas regarding Noah were of tremendous magnitudes, the world was unshaken, it had happened in just a few days, and vey stealthily. It was so ridiculous that not even the Dragon Gods overlooking the continent of Draconia that were near Vedas saw anything¡­ they werezy and currently sleeping after all. And even if they were to find out, they were told to not interfere with mortals'' affairs, so the dragon gods wouldn''t interfere if a war between two kingdoms emerged¡­ after all, the main purpose of this continent is to forge strong dragons through a selective method, the weak will die and the strong will remain, ultimately, the strongest to ever be would fight against one another, and the strongest of all of them would triumph. That is how it usually went by! However, the appearance of Noah''s Dungeon in the world of Vedas had already made a change on it, and the elemental spirits living within the dark forest he was devastating of all life to gain essence were all dying or panicking as well. The will of the world of Vedas will soon awaken and realize what was happening from its slumber. And through its will, it would soon influence the beings atop the skies to eliminate the threat that might endanger the entire world¡­ Through the week after the invasion, Noah had been recruiting all sorts of Dragons around the entire territory of the Kingdom of Ignitias, while farming essence through his ever-growing army of Undead Blood Monsters led by Vritra! The Undead hurriedly expanded across the forest and had already invaded over 80% of it, they also used the help of his vampires and new dragon vampires to aid them, they also gained dropped items thanks to Noah''s new System Functions which made anything he or his subordinates killed drop items. The vampire dragons that had yet to catch up consumed the attribute value cores and the ability cores, gaining a new set of powerful skills from monsters and even more strength, growing in size and cultivating their dragon hearts while doing so¡­ The blood undead army was soon to reach the outskirts of the forest, reaching to the other side¡­ which mysteries or new zones will await them in this new and wondrous ce to invade and devour? Noah nced high in the skies as he saw nothing going wrong. "Perhaps it was my imagination¡­ But it really felt as if something was watching over me¡­" he thought, as he resumed his current activities, which included eating delicious tes of endemic food within arge feast made in the castle of the Ignitias Kingdom. The King had invited him today to this feast alongside his family and friends, and they had assisted to chill out for a bit from their constant grinding. The day was quite pretty, and the sun above was shining brighter than ever, it was truly a beautiful day. Noah wanted to speak a bit with the King regarding Heroes, Epics, and Dragon Gods. The little Drakna yed around with Dante and Eleanora through the corridors, catching each other yfully. It seems that any fear was lost from Noah now that they had shared his bloodline, and through this week Noah had reinforced his alliance with them with several gifts to boost the strength of the poption and feed them well using divine beasts as well. The little princess was growing closer to Noah''s children, and also the children of his other allies, such as Alice, Adan, and Crimson. The King, Drakon, began to speak about what he knew. Although Noah had gathered a lot of info by eating souls from the very Heroes, not even them knew exactly about this, so it was rather hopeless. He had ended reconstructing their souls after eating them by regurgitating them back, and then revived them by imnting their souls into Vampire Dragon Eggs. He found out that they didn''t inherit their Epics, though, which made him wonder what did tie these Epics to people¡­ the little dragon heroes revived into baby vampire dragons and were being taken care by Clementine. "Heroes and Epics are rted with Fate, and are what ties out the important figures of our world¡­ In simple terms, a Hero can only be born when an individual awakens their Draconic Epic. It means that it is a predestined fate that they must fulfill, a fight against a deadly evil dragon, protecting their Kingdom, or finding an ally and making them join their party, making them secondary Epics too¡­ This power is mystical andes from the soul, I believe¡­ it not only grants raw power and abilities, but it has been seen to even reward the users with physical items, armor, weapons, even items they could use day by day¡­ It is filled with mysteries, even more because even the Heroes themselves are clueless about all of their extent¡­" said the King, as he drank some wine. "How are Dragon Gods rted to them?" asked Noah. "Dragon gods bless the Heroes and grant them Epics, thanks to this they can be Heroes, their blessings are powerful divine protection that boost their cultivation growth and make them absolute geniuses, diamonds in brute." Said the King. Noah nodded. He wondered where all that power went to, because he was sure he ate them all and didn''t got any Blessing Skill or any skill at all, perhaps as a Demigod, if he wanted to get abilities from them, he could only kill and eat those at his same power level to get them. Although he was still able to assimte their techniques, spells, and more, and was sure to be able to emte most of their powers anyways with his own, it was still something that filled him with intrigue over this whole thing. He wondered if there could be a way to steal Epics as well, but the King seemedpletely clueless about any of that. And then, Noah asked what Dragon Gods they worshipped. ----- Chapter 382 - Dragon Gods And How They Work ----- "None in particr, there are too many Dragon Gods to be honest¡­ And they often are very silent. However, we usually give attention to the ones that bless our people, building shrines for them. The four Dragon Gods that blessed the Heroes, the Dragon God of Infernal mes, the Dragon Goddess of Quivering Waters, the Dragon God of Slicing Winds, and the Dragon Goddess of Resilient Stone¡­ they all four have shrines here, but had been absent of any oracle or something¡­ We believe that Gods in Vedas are beings that help us when we least expect it, and we are raised to pray for them daily, but not to ask them for favors. We believe in our own strength." Said the King. "These four Gods¡­ I see. I understand how it is." Said Noah, as a smile surged on his lips. Although he had grown stronger ever since, the King couldn''t help but have a chill run through his spine every moment he saw Noah smiling in this malicious way¡­ "Dragon Gods¡­ Heroes¡­ Epics¡­ What should I do? Should I try to be more offensive and conquer another Kingdom to gain more territory in thesends, or should I keep stealthily hiding and grinding essence? I will eventually be found out if I expand my army too much. Are Dragon Gods threatening enough for me? Hm¡­" Noah couldn''t help but ponder a hundred things at once as he began to wonder his next course of action. He didn''t knew exactly what he should do now, being too bold might end up causing a lot of catastrophes, but staying in silence, stealthily and too slowly and idle would only make his progression slower. Noah was a man that benefited from total chaos, if he could not find it, he would cause it and could bring mayhem everywhere he went. He was already decided to do so, not because he was inherently quite Chaotic himself, but because he required this power to defeat the enemies within outer space that wanted him dead after he stole Earth from them, and the whole star system. There was also the pressure of this world itself, the power of the Dragon Gods was formidable, and would go up as he kept finding them, however, the mortals of this world were unaware about their ssifications and how dragons became dragon gods exactly¡­ But it was said that after hitting Level 9 in their Dragon Hearts, strange changes would ur to them and they would undergone several changes¡­ Ignatius had already be a Pseudo Demi God for Noah, but it seems that he was not aware, or perhaps his power had yet to truly be one and he was managing to reach this stage by sheer bonuses into his power thanks to his epic. However, Noah decided to ask some that might know¡­ the Draconic Fathers, which he had summoned into three different blood dragons through his Necromancer Lifeblood Jewel. They could also be summoned merged as a gigantic four-headed one, but Noah was able to change their shape to the extents he could not before. They had even be humanoid in appearance after regaining true flesh andrge part of their original powers alongside new and awakened ones. The three draconic fathers were with him at this moment, and spoke about something that the King was unaware of, and which Noah had never bothered to ask them because it wasn''t important in those times¡­ "My lord, we know something about it¡­" said Vayu. "Indeed¡­" said Indra. "Go on." Said Noah. "Well, after hitting Level 9, we need to fulfill onest requirement, which is to forge our Dragon Hearts through a Tribtion. To activate it, we must first shatter our dragon hearts. The umted power would create an explosion that would continue into an absorption of draconic essence from the environment¡­" said Indra. "What!?" "After that, the World''s Will would rage against us by stealing its power, or so they say, and a tribtion would be sent towards us¡­ We must defeat the tribtion while our dragon heart absorbs the draconic energy from the environment. Upon defeat, we''ll absorb the tribtion''s power and forge our shattered dragon heart into a Divine Dragon Heart, gaining a Divine Dragon Realm and an enhancement to all our power¡­" said Vayu. "We the Draconic Fathers never experimented with this yet and remained at the peak of our mortal realms, we were perhaps only three times as strong as that Hero of fire you fought." Said Varus. Such a shocking reveal! Dragons could raise to godhood¡­ but they required to do such aplex ritual! Who in their sane judgement try to break their dragon hearts? It is part of their very beings, it holds them into power and helps them grow stronger¡­ but indeed, after hitting Level 9, there is a bottleneck that is impossible to breakthrough. Due to this, the way to do it was bypletely shattering the Dragon Heart! Breaking it literally! By over umting the draconic energy within, the Dragon Heart would crack open, and would quickly try to regenerate desperately, a strange spectacle would happen as, if the dragon was strong enough, would be able to guide and absorb the draconic energies within the world momentarily into their dragon heart, slowly healing it. However, this healing was not enough, they required something more, which came right after that. The world of Vedas was alive, it was a sentient entity within Heaven and Earth. While trying to stop the mortal from bing a god, they would generate a powerful entity made of pure energy named Tribtions. This entity would try to destroy the dragon, but in fact, it would end up helping it raise to godhood. It was not always the case, over 70% of the cases ended in the dragon dying instead of raising to god, so it was a risky thing to do, not all of the talented ones managed to reach this stage¡­ By absorbing the energy of the Tribtion, the dragon heart would evolve and regenerate back into a divine dragon heart! ----- Chapter 383 - Noahs Desires For Conquest ----- After hearing this detailed exnation, Noah couldn''t help but wonder why was he different? All the Vampire Dragons he held as subordinates were yet to reach Level 9, so it was fine that he didn''t knew about it yet. But his Dragon Heart was already past Level 9, and it was a Divine Dragon Heart too! He had told this to them, and they nodded. "That''s because my lord is not inhibited by thews of this world. You were born in another world, all these external forces you acquire are absorbed into your main core, the blood core, and because you don''t belong to this world, you won''t get through tribtions, although their ability to boost attribute particles isrge." Said Vayu. "My lord''s Dragon Heart was acquired by devouring ours, right? This means that the dragon heart you and any of the former humans of your divine realm have are different, they advance at a simr pace than your blood cores, and are unbound by this world''sws, being Unique Dragon Hearts. Your power advances without being bothered by the worlds'' will, how wondrous, my lord." Said Varus. "Indeed. This means that you''re capable of leveling up your Dragon Heart without being bothered by the world, and to an extent that''s better, since the world is yet to know about your existence, and also, you''re not bothered by thesews¡­ You''re like a bug in all of this world, unique and dangerous. Perhaps the fact you''ve gone undetected yet from the world''s will is your disconnection with this world''s Fate and the Laws themselves¡­" said Indra. "Interesting, I am indeed quite like that. Now, what more is there to know after the initiation ritual?" asked Noah. "After a Dragon Reach their Divine Dragon Heart Stage, the Dragon Heart bes a Divine Dragon Heart. This stage is known as the Living Dragon Deity Stage, and it goes up to Level 12, from 9 to 12 there are Initial Stage, Middle Stage, Upper Stage, and Peak Stage for each level. We cannot see our existence realms in detail, but I would guess we soar through them with each stage, as they seem to be nine. Through these levels and stages, we must fight more tribtions, they''re three, each one bing stronger¡­" said Indra. "After that, we''ll raise into Dragon Demigod, which ranges from Level 12 to Level 15, it is the same as the previous one, with intermediary stages, but this time it has 4 tribtions¡­" said Vayu. "After that, we''ll raise into Dragon Gods, which ranges from Level 15 to Level 18, the same rules as previous ones apply, with a total of 5 tribtions this time around¡­" said Varus. "And after that, the very rare ones be Great Dragon Gods after somehow managing to reach Level 18. It ranges from level 18 to level 21¡­ The tribtions are 8." said Indra. "And from that point onwards¡­ only the strongest had reached it¡­ We call them the Supreme Dragon Gods, and they''replete hegemonies of this world without equal other than each other. There are a few of them in the entire world, in fact, less than 10! You be one after getting into Level 22¡­ it is a mystery how far it goes, but some specialize as far as Leve 25." Said Vayu. "Interesting¡­ I see how it is. This whole power hierarchy¡­ It is quite interesting! I do wonder how far goes the secret society of dragon gods." Said Noah. "It is big, there is even a shop within a dimension where they sold items to one another¡­ Supremes hold massive Dragon Pantheons that gather the strongest dragons of their elements with them. They make entire Pantheons, gigantic empires that dominaterge quantities of mortals which worship them to gain power¡­ They dominaterge areas of the entire world, which is vaster than the eye can see¡­ We are currently in the mortal-bound continent of Draconia. But it might seem like Gods had been sent here after our absence for so long¡­" sighed Indra. "Indeed, that''s seems to be the case. And these powerful Pantheons¡­ I might have to taken them down one by one if they end up threatening me. Although I would be happy by just grabbing a few treasures and killing monsters in here. I am merely hiding for now. But I believe I shall need to be quite ruthless if needed¡­" said Noah. "Has there be a time where you have not been?" asked Iris. "Ah¡­ Well, I am trying to be more moderate now, we have a family, risking my life constantly might not be worth it if I end up leaving so much behind." Said Noah. "Noah¡­" Iris was moved, Noah had be quite considerate, however, another smile emerged on his lips right after. "That''s why I must eliminate the weakest ones first and then slowly go up in the food chain! If I could get my hands in a few Living Dragon Deities and eat them up, I am sure I could boost my cultivation further¡­! And you can get the attribute value cores and also increase yours, right? Everyone wins here! I have to just be the strongest of hits lizard world and that will be it. I will make this world my personal fortress against these external forces!" Said Noah. "Oho? And I will be there to aid you as much as I can, my love!" said Iris, her face seemed just as sadistic and rather devilishly evil! The dragons looked at the evil pair of viins. Despite Iris being cuter and less insane looking, she was just as bloodthirsty and insane as her husband, they were an amazing duo. "Hmm¡­ If that''s the case, I would advice my lord to move further past the dark forest, there are three Kingdoms living right next to one another. They have Heroes within them, and they seem like fitting offerings for you." Said the King of Ignitias, a zing smile emerged on his face. "Oh? Interesting. They might be what I am looking for then¡­ Heroes are the only ones that taste the best after all." ----- Chapter 384 - Moving On ----- The vast skies of the Draconia Continent were clear as always, the beautiful sun shone brightly atop the skies, as it illuminated the vast greenery and beauty of the whole scenario. Within this vast skies, several red-colored creatures flew through it, looking for their next destiny. Which was this destiny? These creatures were made of red flesh and had several eyes across their bodies. Some had bat-like wings, although others resembled meatballs, and some had the shape of little squids¡­ They flew as fast as they could, expanding the view for their main body to see! Noah nced through these clones at the vast scenario past the forest, his army of undead had already crossed it and were waiting his orders on standby, although a part of it had begun to expand to the east and west. He nced from the distance, there was a vast city of medieval appearance, vast walls expanded around them, as several smaller viges rested around them, where dragons lived in peace. "The Kingdom of Windias¡­" Noah looked at the Kingdom he was going to soon take over. This was the Kingdom of Windias, one of the three Kingdoms harboring powerful Heroes he desired to fight and devour to gain enough strength to be as prepared as possible before any fight against Dragon Gods begin! However, to the west and east, very far away, several kilometers, in fact, almost a hundred of kilometers apart from one another, there were two other Kingdoms¡­ the Kingdom of Aquaias and the Kingdom of Gaias! These three Kingdoms used to be a big Dragon Empire, the Dragon Empire of Anima. However, they broke apart into three Kingdoms when a war between the royal family happened, three different Princes couldn''t stand at each other''s existence and decided to build their own Kingdoms by taking part of the funds and flying away with their followers. The Empire of Anima therefore became the Kingdom of Windias, while the other two Princes funded the Kingdom of Aquaias and Gaias. Their names were not just because and had deep meanings behind them. The Kingdom of Windias was within arge area where enormous peaks erected into the skies, where tornadoes and shing vortexes of air emerged, leading to the skies, where many flying fortresses known as Dragon Ships came filled with resources to sell by merchants every year, due to these spaces in the sky that facilitated the traveling across the entire continent, this Kingdom was flourishing despite its separation almost a thousand years ago. Noah nced at the wondrous scene unfold before his eyes, as he saw gargantuan ships in the shape of enormous dragons made of magical metals and wood fly through the skies through magical means, Dragons were able to fly but mortals were not strong enough to fly across continents with ease, even less while carrying immense quantities of materials, so they designed such flying ships to move tremendous quantities of items and food to sell and exchange. There was a gigantic vortex of winds that helped the ships move incredibly fast across the continent, as if it were a natural road that formed every a few months, three times per year¡­ Meanwhile, the Kingdom of Aquaias was near a giganticke named the Aquamarine Sea, a beautiful and crystallineke so big it was mistaken as a sea by ancient dragons and called like that. The Kingdom of Aquaias prosper in thesends by the intense fishing of resources from this area, food and materials are constantly harvested from these areas. Enormous draconic beasts roam this "sea" and are constantly hunted for cultivation materials and food, crafting materials and more. The depths of thekes are also mined by Water and Swamp Dragons, which makes most of the poption of the Kingdom, and several magical materials are extracted as a daily basis. Something interesting to note is that this enormous Lake is overflowing with essence like everyrge area in this world, due to this, monsters, and materials naturally re emerge after less than a few years, effectively never running out of them as long as they keep themselves at bay¡­ Due to this, the Aquaias Kingdom has be a strong seller of food and cultivation, crafting, and alchemy materials across this entire part of the continent! Andstly, the Kingdom of Gaias is the ce where gigantic and colorful mountains rest, each of these mountains contains tremendous quantities of resources which the Kingdom had settled in here to mine constantly. They are big exporters of minerals of all types and elements across this piece of the continent. Much like the Dark Sea, these Magical Mountains are filled with essence and regenerate ores and other materials within them as time goes by, effectively bing a big point of resources that can be get near-endlessly. Because the separation between Kingdoms happened several years ago, these three Kingdoms had signed a peace treaty that will also reinforce their transactions and trades of resources¡­ Since then, an apparent era of peace has flourished within the three Kingdoms, as Noah hovered over the Windias Kingdom, his other clones had already reached the other three. An evil they never imagined could there was slowly approaching them! However, what Noah did not know was that another and deeper evil originating from this world itself was already working beneath these three Kingdoms, many of them, in fact, and each one was slowly infecting and seeping their venomous influence into them with every year that had passed. Secret cultists had surged, and maniption of the royal families had led to some tragedies already, while discrimination against lesser dragons grows by the second and tragedies hit the royal family as betrayals happen moremonly than in thest 200 years. This major evil force within these Kingdoms would never give in their sources of entertainment and prayers to some random invader¡­ even less as these three deadly evils were already aware of something strange even before the gods above¡­ Noah waspletely unaware of the turmoil he was about to enter, which might even end up making him seem like the hero at the end¡­ ----- Chapter 385 - Moving To A New Kingdom ----- Now that Noah had inspected the whole surrounding of the Windias Kingdom, his intention was clear, he wanted to visit it! Indeed, he wanted to do a more peaceful approach than just threaten the Kingdom and force them to release their soldiers. It wasn''t that he had be a peace-loving run-of-the-mill hero or something, but he simply felt intrigued about the culture of dragons and about investigating the mysteries within this world. The mortal societies seemed quiteplex, especially in this new Kingdom. He wanted to do things a bit more stealthily too, if he could just reach the royal families, brainwash them, and then find the location of the heroes, hunting them down one by one and killing them easily like flies, it would be way better than making a big fuss and end up bringing up the unwanted attention of the dragon gods above the skies. It wasn''t that he was fearful of them, he was going to eventually fight and even hunt down Dragon Gods, but for now he wanted to take these precious resource points for himself and eat as many essence as he can without too much trouble. After all, he was doing this as a side quest while his actual daily life since he got into Vedas has been more of a slice of life genre type of story, as he had been enjoying his life with his wife and two children inside his divine realm while asionally exploring the world. And well, there was another thing in why he wanted to get inside the Kingdoms without causing trouble, Eleanora and Dante wanted to explore this ce and visit it. After all, they never had the chance to enter a big city rustling with people, all the cities inside Noah''s divine realm were vampires that adored them, which they found boring, they wanted a change of pace, something that truly felt different, like really traveling somewhere. Noahmented that his children never had the opportunity to meet this type of world, but he had to convert them all into Vampires for the purpose of saving the entirety of humanity and the world at the end, but this dragon people wereplete strangers, so it was the perfect way to visit them and have fun for once, without being an evil viin all the time. After all, even viins want some vacations. He had even considered not turning these dragon kingdomspletely into vampires, just controlling them from behind the royal families seemed enough for him. Noah didn''t cared about being praised or anything, he received enough of it inside his divine realm. "I see you''re quite busy¡­" Arthur found Noah in the backyard of the manor, he was preparing arge carriage, putting all kinds of goods inside, even materials of his own divine realm to sell and experiment what being a "normal merchant" could feel like for once. A change in pace on his fast-paced life of endless ughter. "I am going to pretend to be an esteemed merchanting with his family and servants to sell my goods. Windias is a country known for their markets, so I doubt they''ll act suspicious, we have just remember to show our ws and a bit of scales and horns, and wings, too." Said Noah. Although in Windias evenmoners had enough bloodline to turn into humanoids unlike Ignitias, they still had a lot of dragon-like appearance, such as scales around their bodies, sharp ws in their fingers, wings, horns, and so on. However, it was well known that the purest their bloodline, the lesser their dragon parts, it was believed that those that had so little they resembled a "clean race" of dragon parts were gods. And indeed, dragon gods had the power to turnpletely human-like, to the point of only having just horns and nothing else. It was very strange why dragons worshipped such humanoid forms so much, it was weird because they were neglecting their own natural appearances, but it seemed that this belief was cemented in religion and the belief that the more "monster" parts you have, the closer you are to the neglected draconic beasts, the equivalent of monsters and animals of this world, which also share dragon bloodline with dragon people. This had made it, so they believe that the less dragon parts a being has, the more perfect and away from the savage path they be, although when they fight, most of the time they fully embrace their beastly side and be dragons, which is only seen as good when they fight, of course. It is a strange andplicated religion, not even Noah understood it well, it wasn''t as if humans discriminated against hairy people and called them savages because they were hairy and close to apes now or something, right? It was the same thing but amplified a hundred times and cemented into religion. It was very ridiculous in every way shape or form¡­ Nheless, he had to admit he found some reason behind this belief and the religion seem to have cemented this belief through the countless of times that less-pure-blooded dragons who could not turn into humanoid forms became beastlier, to the point that they went berserk and stormed whole viges or ate their own families¡­ After all, there was a thin bnce between a beast and a civilized dragon people when they had such low-quality dragon blood on them¡­ there are even outcasts known as half-beasts, with a parent that is a half draconic beast and the other a dragon, usually such outcasts are discriminated against and not allowed anywhere, even when they can indeed turn into humanoid forms. "Everything''s ready?" asked Iris. "Indeed, we are done, now, as we practiced." Said Noah, as he covered his hands, and a bit of his neck and forehead with red and ck scales, while growing two spiraling ck horns atop his head, wings, and a tail. Everyone nodded as they took half-dragon forms too, ready to infiltrate into this wondrous country of beautiful scenarios, flourishing markets, and threatening evils¡­ "Very well, let''s go." The caravan emerged out of thin air and began to slowly approach the city while being carried by horse-like draconic beasts¡­ ----- Chapter 386 - Dragon Bandits? ----- Noah''s carriage hit the road at a fast speed, these horse-like draconic beast were a staple in dragon societies, they were strong and formidable, and also used to being with dragon people, they grow more attached to them and can even protect caravans from bandits or other wild beasts. Indeed, this world even had bandits, dragon bandits, in fact, rejects from society most of the time, which even include half-beasts, or just dragons with low quality bloodlines, or even former nobles from houses that were destroyed throughplicated aristocratic schemes¡­ anything goes! The caravan had juste out and Noah saw nobody around, so he continued as if nothing through the road, for once, he wanted to forget about his past and have a joyful day as a merchant. Perhaps he was simply trying to please his children. Because this didn''t fit his personality that much. But since the beginning that he had been killing and surviving so much that it was hard for him to adapt to things that were not them. So he had begun to dig into his previous self before being a vampire, and indeed, exploring the world, finding secrets, and even befriendingplete strangers was within the things he would had done. As strong as he was now, there wasn''t much he had to fear aside from actual dragon godsing to kill him or something, but as long as he kept his power suppressed, he should be able to explore his other side that didn''t included ughtering, eating monsters, and all of that. There was a side of him that seemed like a big explorer, and he really wanted to make it resurface once more. His family had begun to make his life very colorful as of now, so he wanted to be someone that could enjoy the little things in life. He already knew about how this world worked a bit and knew that if these invaders were to follow him, they would have to first open the skies and fight the Supreme Dragon Gods protecting and holding this world together beforehand, enough time for him to find a way out or something. Noah was definitely not a foolish man; he had already taken into consideration many things beforehand! Due to this, he was enjoying himself as he traveled the road, he knew what to do if things became terrible too, so he allowed himself to rx. "Wow, such a good sight¡­ You don''t see this in the divine realm." Said Adamantine, her wording had be way more articte as of now. Eventually, after evolving so much she would be more mentally mature to the point of being able to word her things better! Right? "Indeed, the bright sun above, the clear skies, the gentle breeze, the beautiful scenery¡­ This ce¡­ This world is very beautiful." Said Jon. "Papa, look, big bug!" Adan pointed Jon as he saw a cat-sized dragonfly fly atop the caravan and into the depths of the forest. "I saw it, it is going deep and¡­ Ah, got eaten by a frog-like draconic beast." Said Jon. "Ohh! Can I eat it?" asked Adan. "No, we can eat inside the city." Said Jon. "Do they got restaurants? Like for real?!" asked Adamantine. "There should be, I have investigated the interior a bit." said Noah. "Enjoying a restaurant in another world! This is a dream of the Isekai lovers." Said Arthur. "You''ve really been into those old books you found in the libraries of Earth¡­" sighed Timassa. In the months previous, Arthur had been quite bored, so he began wandering Earth within Noah''s divine realm, and found several ruins around the flourishing world, one of them included a big bookstore in the ce that was once Japan, in there, he found an incredible amount of well-preserved manga and light novels of all sorts of genres, which he found interesting. He quickly learned Japanese through magic and began to read them to pass the time. In no time, he became a fanatic of the genre, and became rather frustrated by how these talented authors had long died when the miasma hit the world several year ago¡­ Although he had begun to spread the books in the Sector that was once Japan, and many of these Japanese vampires recognized these books from old, at least the survivors from the apocalypse. And thanks to Noah giving it a kick start, a rose of web novels and light novels began to emerge in the Sectors across Noah''s Divine Realm area, the society was advancing and even had inte and other stuff, so they were now abusing a capitalistic way of living as new products of entertainment were made for the people. All these kinds of products fascinated Arthur, as he saw new books and manga resurge from their ashes thanks to his ideas and him bringing back such lost culture in the rebuilt sector within Japan! And now, he felt like he was living the dream in another world by going into a big town, like true Isekai experience! Noah couldn''t help but find these books a bit boring, but after he found the mystery, detectives, and gore genres, he began to like them more, especially the more graphic Mangas¡­ As they advanced through the road and the sunbathed everyone''s faces. Clementina suddenly pointed something moving through the bushes and the trees of the forest, her draconic parts looked as if they were made of ice, making her look rather prettier than before. "What is it?" asked Noah, looking at it deeply as suddenly, a group of around twenty dragons, some humanoids and some not, emerged before them. "Stop right there!" "Did you really thought you could get through this road and not pay the tax?" "We''ll be taking these nice items you got, and a few of those cute girls as apensation!" They were generic bandits! "Oh my god! Bandits!" said Arthur, he seemed hyped. "Go on." Sighed Noah, as Arthur jumped over them with Alicia at his side. "Hm? What is a little girl gonna do to me- GRYYAAAGGH¡­!" Alicia touched arge green snake-like dragon and electrocuted him to death! Even more, corrosive poison began gushing out of his orifices grotesquely¡­ This was her deadly poisonous lightning! ----- Chapter 387 - Arriving In The Dragon Kingdom Of Windias ----- "Hehe, did you see that mama?" Alicia cutely waved her hand to Timassa, the little vampire girl was developing fast, now she was able to talk eloquently and even acquired her own dragon heart and got some cute, purple-colored dragon scales around her body, little wings, and a little and thin tail. "W-What is that girl?!" "You little whore!" The other bandits leaped over her as Arthur got angry that they called his daughter like that. "You dare call my daughter like that, you filthy ants?!" Arthur waved his hand as a ssh of acid fell over the dragons, six of them began to melt horribly and agonizingly the second after! "Grryyyaaaggh¡­!" "H-Help!" "It hurts! GRRUUEEGGH¡­!" The massacre was amazing, and Alice looked at it fascinatedly. "Ooh! I want to do that too!" She jumped into action and began zapping the defenseless and terrified bandits, they were all electrified to death andter on melted by the acidic poison within the lightning! In just half a minute they were all reduced to ponds of fleshy soup. After that, Noah decided to do a good deed and free this city of bandits, as the good man he was! Totally not because he was interested in stealing whatever garbage they held. He sent a clone and Arthur, Alice, and Timassa to the route the bandits took, in 10 minutes, they reached it, broke inside, and massacred everyone with ease. Corpses after corpses of dragons turned into charred and melted pieces of flesh. But this was obviously far from over, there were another three more bandits settlements, which they found rather swiftly and proceeded to massacre, looting everything they had. Noah found some interesting endemic food products and other things, such as aromatic soaps and the like. He saved them all inside his carriage to sell for and also grabbed the Draconic Stones, which they use as currency. These Draconic Stones give dragons Draconic Energy, of course. Using it they can use more spells and literally have more power while also being able to cultivate further. Due to its importance it was made into the currency, and they could be mined in special areas with high concentrations of essence. Whoever capable of finding a mine of Draconic Stones would turn into a millionaire in an instant, granted they didn''t let others take advantage of them or kill them before they could even take advantage of it¡­ Usually big cities set up behind these mountains, although Windias was purelymercial and had none of such mines, which were exhausted long ago, but thanks to selling their endemic products made in farms, and their delicious cattle beasts produced inrge quantities all across their vast and healthy grasnds, they were prospering quite well! The carriage finally reached the city after crossing two small viges which the group ignored, the entrance was convoluted of people, there were all sorts of dragons trying to get in, carrying their own stuff to sell, mostly. "Why do we have to wait, can''t we just run over them?" asked Eleanora. "N-No, I don''t think that would be prudent in our current context as merchants, sweetie." Said Iris. "Oh right!" said Eleanora, remembering that she was one of the people that wanted this to begin with! "Explore! Explore!" Dante seemed willing to explore this area to his heart content. After half an hour, the turn for Noah finally came. "I am a Merchant, name''s Noah." Said Noah. The guard, a brown-scaled dragon looked at Noah with surprise, he had never seen someone so pale and with such features of ck scales and white hair¡­ "I-I see. If you have a Merchant Card, you can receive a discount of 80% form the tax of entering the city." Said the man. "I have no such item, keep this." Noah said, as he gave him a sack of draconic stones and moved forwards¡­ "Eh? What?" the man looked into the bag and felt like this was way too much¡­ "W-Wait! I¡­ Well¡­" However, Noah and his group had already begun wandering the city''s streets, so the man decided to just keep the money. The interior area of the city was magnificent, resembling a medieval setting city, but made very refined, the paved floor, therge and colorful houses, and several zas, areas of shopping, children ying around, and dragons flying around the skies delivering items all made for a beautiful city¡­ "Wow, this ce is so pretty! It is as if we went into those medieval setting movies we see sometimes in bed." Said Iris. She and Noah had begun to watch movies and read books to pass the time and enjoy their free time. Iris had be an avid fan of medieval settings, although not the ones from Isekai stories¡­ "Indeed, it is quite like that¡­" said Noah, feeling refreshed,ing to this world really felt like he had started anew sometimes. "So nice, how about we just forget about everything, and we start anew here?" asked Iris jokingly. "Wouldn''t be so bad after we get rid of some of my targets." Said Noah casually. "Incredible ce¡­" said Arthur. "Wow, so many dragons delivery stuff¡­" said Timassa. "Is that a restaurant, can we go, dear?" asked Adamantine. "Not yet." Sighed Jon, admiring the scenery. "I''m hungy!" said Adan. "But Adan, you ate an hour ago¡­" said Alice. "I''m not so hungy then." Said Adan. "Look, Crimson, all these people." Said Clementina, showing her Blood Human adoptive baby the people around the carriage, they were all colorful and part dragon! "Ooohh¡­" the little baby acquired a dragon heart just a few days ago, and got himself some half-dragon look, although his skin was still red, but the dragons didn''t seem to mind it much, some had weirded skin tones such as yellow, green, purple, and so on. "So where are we going?" asked Iris. "We''ll go to the next street, there''s a Merchant Auction where we can sell our stuff and be done with it, after that, we can just go enjoy the ce while I look for clues." Said Noah. The carriage of vampires slowly moved across the busy streets, as a dark entity within the depths of this city lurked within the sewage, noticing the sudden presence of a being of great power¡­ "Ahhh¡­ S-Such arge source of energy! I must devour it to recover my previous glory¡­! You never get such good opportunities!" ----- Chapter 388 - The Parasitic Dragon God ----- The carriage of vampires slowly moved across the busy streets, as a dark entity within the depths of this city lurked within the sewage, noticing the sudden presence of a being of great power¡­ "Ahhh¡­ S-Such arge source of energy! I must devour it to recover my previous glory¡­! You never get such good opportunities!" This entity! Who was it? A being of divine power that crawled within the sewers of this world?! Wouldn''t that be a pathetic creature of the most shameful types? Why? Why would a being this powerful be in the depths of this city? In the depths of Windias from all things? This being that resided within the underground area looked atop the surface, the contained power of Noah leaked faintly from him, such power seemed so tasty that this entity''s long tongue stuck outside of his grotesque maw and began to lick itself in expectation¡­ "Ahhh¡­ It looks so tasty! So tasty! I am going to devour it¡­! Finally¡­ Something that is not a Hero protected by ursed Epics that I can devour¡­" This entity was known for the atrocities itmitted two thousand years ago when it was known within the world of Gods as Gergesh, the Evil Dragon God of Mind Eating. He was a venomous and malicious Dragon God who had raised to power from¡­ Yes, you guessed it right! From a Draconic Beast. A Draconic Beast no less, a being from the depths of the wilderness, how could they be Dragon Gods? Well, simply put, anything with a dragon heart, no matter how grotesque they were, could be a dragon god! Certain beings in the world of Gods were named Evil Dragon Gods because of their innately malicious natures. More so often they were not even original Dragon People but originated from Draconic Beasts. They were chosen ones within the wilderness, Draconic Beast born with stronger instincts, more talent than others, a stronger will to survive and grow stronger, and a greater understanding of the world around them! These were intelligent draconic beasts, and they, in a world as rich in essence such as this world, were not as umon¡­ Amongst the many that were there, he, Gergesh, was one of them! He was a being born in the trash, crawling from the very feces of creatures, a being that nobody could ever believe would be a god, a parasitic draconic beast resembling a small worm whose eggs are deposited in fresh feces of monsters. When he was born instead of devouring this grotesque meal, he had crawled outside of it and endednding over a small rodent-like draconic beast, his sharp and tiny jaws sucked the blood out of this rodent, as he went from host to host, each one providing sustenance as he grew stronger. He had taken another evolutionary path than his siblings who were destined to grow and be the equivalent of flies had not taken, an evolutionary path that made him a parasite. As he regained enough essence, his dragon heart naturally evolved, his first level up defined his future which was shaped by a mere act of casualty. He became a Parasitic Draconic Beast in the shape of a deadly worm, he began to crawl inside his host and drink move blood, eat more flesh, and devour them from the inside out¡­ However, it wasn''t until his fourth evolution that he finally was able to evolve and gain consciousness after he devoured the entire brain of a developed dragon people from a vige, which he had taken over some time ago. Devouring the brain not only broughtplete sentience but due to his past experiences and his personality being shaped as a parasite, he grew naturally cunning and malicious, he became a scheming monsters and continuously hopped from host to host, devouring them from the inside out and gaining power and more power. He devoured even their dragon hearts, as he continued his endless cycle of parasitism for years, until his Dragon Heart reached a certain threshold and evolved by itself, cracking open and generating an explosive burst of draconic power over the parasite, alongside a deadly tribtion that he somehowpleted using the body of the host he had taken over, an ancient hero! The disappearance of this hero and the cmity brought after he fought against the tribtion were not unheard, as the dragon god that blessed his hero found him out and used him of being a monstrous being, a heretic to the sacred Fate and its Epic, which he asked everyone in the world to despite and hunt down, since he became a dragon god that he was despised by everyone and turned into a Evil Dragon God! But did he cared about this? No! The Dragon Gods saw how he was weak still, and sent him countless heroes to defeat him, several Kingdoms once raised against him within the continent of Draconia, only to fall before his parasitic might. His potential was way too high, he had the power of devouring the bodies, part of the power of a foe, and also their minds and memories! He could grow stronger, more intelligent, and everything just by parasitizing¡­ Before he was to get out of control, the Dragon Gods decided to break the rule of not altering with mortals as they decided to defeat him while he was still but a Pseudo Demi Dragon Deity! Gergesh fought back against them bravely, he used all of his cunningness and powers to carve a victory against all odds, however, at the end, he was defeated, his power was nullified, he was caught, and then sliced into pieces! However, the Dragon Gods were not able to properly seal him because they had to escape the wrath of the Heaven Pantheon when they found out that Gods descended into the mortal world and caused aplete mess. His fragmented and sealed body was contained inside a box-shaped item, which was lost in time, only to be found almost five hundred years ago by a merchant¡­ and since then, his dark shadows had begun to crawl within Windias¡­ ----- Chapter 389 - Gergesh Malicious Plan ----- Gergesh, the Evil Dragon God of Mind Eating was captured, defeated, and sealed¡­ However, his sealed fragments were foolishly stuck together. The Dragon Gods were not able to properly seal him because they had to escape the wrath of the Heaven Pantheon when they found out that Gods descended into the mortal world and caused aplete mess. His fragmented and sealed body was contained inside a box-shaped item, which was lost in time, only to be found almost five hundred years ago by a merchant¡­ and since then, his dark shadows had begun to crawl within Windias. Gergesh had crawled within the depths of this Kingdom since its early beginnings, found on a strange ck box by a merchant, he was initially sold toa young aristocrat that found the box pretty, which heter opened, only to find a strange and mummified bug-like parasitic worm inside¡­ When he touched it to see if it was in good state, the creature moved on its own,ughing manically, and pointing its sharp teeth on the boy! "Eh? GYAAAAAHH¡­!" The boy wasn''t able to defend with his ws or breath as the bug jumped at an incredible speed over his forehead and quickly dug its way into his brain, devouring it and taking over his boy in the meantime! Since this very moment when this Kingdom was known as Anima was when his schemes began. Gergesh used his maniptive nature, cunningness, scheming talent, and more to crawl his way up in the socialdder of this ancient Kingdom, ultimately managing to parasitize one of the royal family members, and ending up provoking the greatest dispute and then war of the entire Kingdom, one that changed the entire history of the areas of this world as we knew them! He used every trick he held to reach this point, and then made a war, a big dispute that gave him the opportunity to ess an even bigger buffet, the heroes! He wanted to devour heroes to regain his former strength lost after being sealed. He wanted to manage one day to gain enough strength so he can even parasitize and eat the minds of gods themselves! Due to his incredibly selfish nature, it thought of itself as the only one deserving to be the ruler of the world, he thought of his amazing talent as the best there was. With this incredible power he would be able to easily devour anything he wanted and assimte as many as he wanted. He just had the need for some power, and he could ultimately make his way up into the heavens, parasitize the dragon gods and conquer the world, bing invisible. The war between Anima''s armiessted almost a whole year, and he used this opportunity to devour many of his enemies and also of his ally''s group that were going to betray him. He was cunning to not cut loose the lives of those that could be useful hosts for him in the future! He caused the mysterious death of heroes that marked history, the dragon gods noticed the premature death of their children ahead of their epic destinies, but when they tried to investigate the cause, it was toote, the entire Kingdom was falling apart, and diving into three¡­ No matter how much he ate, he had never gotten his belly filled, and his hunger only made him grow the more grotesque¡­ He became so aberrant to the point of being unable to keep his small form, his entire physical body was degrading into a mutagenic and chimeric monster¡­. At the end, the gigantic worm crawled his way into the sewers as he sued his parasitic spawn in several humans, they didn''t even knew they were being parasitized and mildly controlled by his will. He waited and nurtured more meals for him, he incentivized the birth of heroes! And through his life, had devoured many young heroes¡­ yet it wasn''t enough! Why? Why wasn''t it enough? He required something more rich, way richer than just heroes that were just around 15 years old¡­ Eating just kids didn''t gave him anything anymore. He had waited for years and years, devouring little fry while waiting for the time he could find the "chosen one" or something like that, a being that could give him enough power to finally reach his current power and don''t lose the weakening caused by the artifact. He even controlled the aristocrats and superpowers of the Kingdom and had even begun to spread into other Kingdoms like a gue, although it was proven difficult to do so due to the long distances his power couldn''t cover. Thesest 20 years a new generation of Heroes had surged, more talented than ever before, he incentivized their growth and even donated resources to them so he could taste their flesh and souls better this time around, he nned a big feast! However, this changed when he met Noah! His presence alone sent shivers down his spine, Gergesh couldn''t believe that this being was a dragon! But the power he exuded was delicious, so rich and tasty looking, he wanted to eat it, eat it all! He was so desperate for eating even his long tongue emerged, licking his grotesque chimeric worm-like body as he crawled across the sewers and looked for beings to snack on. He was arrogant and maniptive. If he wanted something, he was going to get it, there was no other way around this than this one! He checked Noah countless times, finding if he had any weakness or something that made him vulnerable, but realized he came apanied with many members! If he could find them and use his spawns made out of his own grotesque flesh to parasitize them¡­ then¡­ he could probably take ahold of Noah, and finally parasitize him and devour him! Quite fast and cleverly! Such a devilish mastermind! He had alreadyprehended that despite his power, Noah was not so much, it seemed like he just had a very abnormal quantity of power, but it was nothing he couldn''t handle¡­ ------ Chapter 390 - Enjoying A Leisure Day In The Windias Kingdom ----- Noah had a sessful day of business as he managed to sell his rare materials to the merchant guild, and even managed to register on it at an incredible time record. Apparently, the people there was very weing of him, perhaps due to his rare treasures or something, but the people here was quite greedy, and when they saw how he was a newbie in the city, they wanted to immediately buy his stuff! Of course, it wasn''t because they were nice people, no, not at all! They desired to buy his stuff for the simple exnation of being a newbie! All merchants were cunning bastards, scheming pigs, and venomous vipers deep down, this didn''t changed in here. They always gathered about new merchants that had nevere here and bought everything they had at incredibly cheap pricespared to the norm. The merchants werepletely unaware that they were selling their things at prices so low sometimes they were not even 50% of what is the norm in the city. At the end, although they sold everything, they didn''t knew that the pennies they earned could had been way more than that, but these people always loved to abuse others in this way. Nheless, Noah researched the norm in seconds as he had spied into this city from before, he ended being the one asking for better prices, and at the end, he ended managing to ckmail the greedy merchants, simply telling them that he wasn''t going to lower the price anymore. Many got desperate, and they bought. "Hah! What an easy way to cash up here, those stupid lizards are really an interesting bunch, I cannot wait to do business with them once more." Laughed Noah, his wife and children admired his malicious nature. "Incredible, you managed to win against these greedy merchants so well! To be expected of my amazing husband, fufu." Laughed Iris, her malice emanated from her smile as she looked at the merchants from afar. "Papa, can you teach me how to do dealster?" asked Dante. "Yeah, I want to know!" said Eleanora. "But of course, for my two children I will make sure to teach you all the malicious tricks your father has in store. I won''t stop until you surpass me!" said Noah pridefully. A good viin dad taught his children to be even worst viins, his biggest dream was to be surpassed by his own descendants! "Yaaayy!" "I think this is a bit exaggerated¡­," said Arthur. "Well, our lord did a great job, nheless. Those merchants were more cunning than we originally believed though!" said Timassa. "I am hungry, mama, papa¡­" sighed Alice. "Dearie you just ate ten bandit corpses¡­" sighed Arthur. "I want more!" said Alice. "I am hungry¡­ When are we going to eat?" asked Adamantine. "Food! Food!" cried Adan. "Adan, Adamantine, calm down for a bit." sighed Jon. "Let''s go eat something, my lord, Crimson is also quite hungry." Said Clementina. Noah nodded. "Indeed, let''s use our hard-earned money and buy ourselves arge feast. I already got some rmendations from the merchants; we''ll go to a big one." Said Noah. The carriage was moved by the horse-like draconic beasts as they suddenly arrived at arge building made of hardened wood and covered in beautiful bright green and brown paintings resembling a forest. "Nadia Forest Cuisine" was written in arge sign, the entire party entered hurriedly, finding the ce only half-full, Noah smiled as he entered. A cute dragon girl wearing a maid uniform greeted them with a cute smile but got a bit surprised when she saw that the entire group of people were alling to eat now! "E-Ehh? W-What is this? S-So many¡­" "Hello, we havee to serve ourselves some of your food. You better not disappoint us." Said Noah. "A-Alright¡­ Please, here¡­" the girl guided Noah and his party through therge building, leaving them on the second floor which was still almost empty. Noah and his entire group decided to order everything in the menu three times, enough to feed a whole army. The girl almost fell over herrge and bouncy butt, as she flew down below and rushed towards therge kitchen where many dragons were cooking. "T-They want the whole menu three times! T-They said they were going to give extra tips to everyone if the stuff was good too!" All the chefs inside shed with greed; their eyes released literal mes! The head chief, a red dragon, roared as he started a new fire and began to cry onions. "ALRIGHT! MOVE YER ASSESS!" The entire group of chefs began to cook the food continuously. They started with smaller tes but very tasty ones, all sorts of preparations that only used just different types of meat, but also cheese, noodles, rice, and more. The food was like that of Earth but enhanced by a tenfold! No matter how much he liked the food of his wife, Noah had to admit that this food was incredible. Although the portions were not enough for the stomachs of this group, Noah began to give the chefsrge pieces of meat and things he carried around to cook, he knew their ingredients were running low now after he asked the whole menu three times, so he told the chefs to make good things out of them! In such meat was also included the meat of dragon heroes, which they were not even aware of, but they found amazingly aromatic and filled with a richness they had never seen before¡­ The tes continued to emerge one by one, the entire party stayed until veryte in the night eating and eating while chatting and having a good time. When everything as over, the chefs were unconscious in the floor and only the maid girl was left somehow standing. Noah gave her arge sack of draconic stones, enough to pay the entire building alone, and left the ce. "The food was good, well done." He said, as he left the girl sleeping over the pile of money. As his group jumped over the carriage and moved into an Inn to pass the night, several figures crawled within the shadows, lurking behind them¡­ ----- Chapter 391 - Battle! Against Assassins! ----- As the group reached an Inn and decided to pass the night there to get the full Isekai experience, several shadows crawled around the Inn Building and looked at the people from within the rooftops. These people were shrouded in ck clothes and held dark and powerful presences. They were assassins for hire, an agency that was actually secretly founded by the King of Windias to dispose of any threats to the future stability of the Kingdom. This group of assassins had even in countless other people before, they were stealthy, and silent, and held techniques and magic that let them assassinate others while they were still in their humanoid forms! Usually, Dragons in Vedas were not so strong in their humanoid forms. The humanoid form was certainly convenient for them, it aided them in the ability to create tools, to interact better with the world around them, to craft intricate items and more, but it was also weak. This was because the spell they use to transform is usually named Polymorph, or well, the ability they use. Not all Dragons can use Polymorph, and only those of strong bloodlines are capable of channeling the true power of the spell. But due to this spell, they are bound to this physical body. Although around 40% of their original parameters are kept, the other often disappears to adjust their bodies to their power, but ites back after turning into a dragon once more. Due to this, taking humanoid forms also meant weakening themselves! But due to this, it was also easy to assassinate them. But the problem arose pretty obviously, if they were so weak while transformed, where can there be someone strong enough to assassinate a dragon in humanoid form, as it is rather obvious that it is the best stealthy way of doing it? Using a normal giant dragon body will never work on this regard. They required to be swift and ruthless, fast, and efficient, that''s what assassins were all about, they were people that killed, they didn''t battled, they killed on the spot. Due to this, assassins in this kingdom undergone a terrible regime since they''re born, often picked up from the streets as good talented kids that can take humanoid forms, they''re trained to kill since children. They are told to abandon their dragon forms and although they continued to Level Up their Dragon Heart to gain an overall strength to their physical power and magical power, they are trained almost exclusively through their humanoid forms! Because they''re trained almost exclusively this way, it means their humanoid bodies are incredibly strong and capable of killing even dragons of their simr strength¡­ These assassins sneaked through the night, their eyes shing with deadly bloodthirst as a divine power surged from within their souls, new capabilities they originally didn''t possess came from within the depths of their souls. They were not normal assassins, but those of Gergesh. And therefore¡­ they held more than what they looked like. Led by a blonde-haired dragon woman with short, blue-colored wings, the assassins crawled around the rooftops with their ws stealthily¡­ They looked over the window where everyone was sleeping, squinting their eyes. They suddenly conjured a special type of magic, easily opening the windows with it and sneaking inside¡­ As the blonde girl stepped inside, suddenly, the world changed around her and all those that got inside of the ce. "Eh?!" They suddenly found themselves in a ce filled with bright red colors, spiraling with darkness. "Wee my dear guests, we had been waiting for you." Noah greeted them. "W-What¡­ where are?! How did you detected us?" asked the leader, her glowing aquamarine eyes shing with anger. "Hah, do you think you can just sneak in our backs and assassinate us?"ughed Noah. "T-This¡­" "Oh right, you''re inside of a ce I''ve named Domain. When youbine several types of magic together alongside a divinity, a domain can eb created. It is a different space, yet it isn''t. In here, I can encapste you all inside so you can never run away! How wonderful, isn''t it?" asked Noah. Domains were a staple that all Demigods and above used. By expanding their divine power and fusing it with their elemental magic, they can create a vast area to entrap enemies within, this can be enhanced even more with each divinity the user has, of course, this costs constant amounts of divine power, but Noah had more than enough. The Assassins were around 8, counting the leader, and all of them seemed nervous, exuding powerful auras, they looked everywhere for clues to escape, but it was impossible. They had no way to escape¡­ "You got a little trick below your sleeve, don''t you? Tell me more about that divine power I feel within your soul and I might spare your souls from being devoured¡­ You see, the kids are hungry, that food wasn''t enough for them yet." Said Noah, as five little kids were standing at his side, while their parents looked from behind. "What kind of bullshit is this? KIDS?! We have the divine power of Gergesh-sama, why are you so fearful, Nattannia?! Don''t you want to avenge your brother? Just kill them so we canplete this mission!" roared a young man with short brown hair, his face was barely visible beneath the ck robes, but he rushed directly towards Noah! "Wait, Ethan!" said Nattannia, as she saw the energetic man rush towards his target, his two des began to exude a powerful draconic aura from within as shadows were unleashed from within, shaping as countless furious dragon heads! "GGRROOAARRR!" "I''ll take this one." Said Alice, yfully jumping towards the catastrophe approaching. "Venomous Thunder Vortex!" Alicia''s beautiful blonde hair waved around as she pointed her tiny hand at her adversary, thunderbolts began to surge from them. "A shitty brat won''t stand a chance against my power!"ughed Ethan! However! CLAAAASSSSSHHH! "GRAAHH¡­?!" The shadow dragon jaws were easily stopped andpletely sted out of the orbit by the powerful, purple-colored thunderbolts, as they reached the man and bathed him! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "GGRUUUAAGGH¡­!" ----- Chapter 392 - Deathly Battle! Alicias Might! ------ Noah hadpletely checkmated the assassins without much effort, and they were growing nervous as they couldn''t find ways to escape! One of their members who was the most nervous, named Ethan, roared angrily at the ridiculous scene, this strange man had brought five kids to fight them?! What kind of scenario was this? It was rather obvious that the man would grow dire in anger¡­ "What kind of bullshit is this? KIDS?! We have the divine power of Gergesh-sama, why are you so fearful, Nattannia?! Don''t you want to avenge your brother? Just kill them so we canplete this mission!" roared a young man with short brown hair, his face was barely visible beneath the ck robes, but he rushed directly towards Noah! "Wait, Ethan!" said Nattannia, as she saw the energetic man rush towards his target, his two des began to exude a powerful draconic aura from within as shadows were unleashed from within, shaping as countless furious dragon heads! "GGRROOAARRR!" "I''ll take this one." Said Alice, yfully jumping towards the catastrophe approaching. "Venomous Thunder Vortex!" Alicia''s beautiful blonde hair waved around as she pointed her tiny hand at her adversary, thunderbolts began to surge from them. "A shitty brat won''t stand a chance against my power!"ughed Ethan! However! CLAAAASSSSSHHH! "GRAAHH¡­?!" The shadow dragon jaws were easily stopped andpletely sted out of the orbit by the powerful, purple-colored thunderbolts, as they reached the man and bathed him! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "GGRUUUAAGGH¡­!" The spiraling vortex of purple thunder was made of venomous lightning, abination between the Poison Attribute and the Thunder Attribute that the young Living Deity, Alice, had with her, which she inherited from her two parents, Arthur, and Timassa. The powerful spiraling lightning consumed Ethan''s body, as his face was revealed, a youthful young man! His entire clothes were drenched in this corrosive lightning, his body too began to burn and melt away, the toxins within the venom were affecting his entire judgment, he certainly got way too cocky! "H-How¡­ can a kid do thisssss? Grryyyeegggh¡­!" His entire body was shrouded with the deadly thunderbolts as he began to be torn into pieces! His soul agonized! "NOO! ETHAN!" Nattannia, the blonde leader cried in anger. "Go." Said Noah, as the rest of the kids made their way towards the assassins without any hint of fear in their little and cute eyes! The assassins didn''t knew how to even respond to this, they were just kids, but the power they had was so devastating that they could easily annihte them!? The assassins gritted their teeth as they charged into battle! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! They shrouded themselves in powerful elemental auras as they began to fight against the explosive elemental powers of the kids! "Mommy and daddy said I can eat you¡­" Adan unleashed a storm of shadows as several purple-colored eyes emerged over his body, shootingsers! It was quite obvious that he was the son of Adamantine and Jon based on this alone! "Blood¡­" A little, red-skinned boy raised his tiny hands as blood emerged out of him like an ocean, the blood shaped itself as a gigantic draconic beast and jumped forward, attacking the assassins before him. This was Crimson, the first-born Blood Human, and the adoptive son of Clementina. "Go for it my boy!" cried Clementina. "Dragon Form!" BOOOM! Meanwhile, Dante roared loudly as he transformed into a giant three-headed, red-scaled dragon, his enormous size surprised the Assassins, as they shrouded themselves in elemental shields and tried to defend or evade in time, but the powerful sts of breath that came out of Dante''s three heads were devastating, reaching up to them! CRAAASH! CRAAASH! CRAAASH! "Telekic Domain¡­ Psychic Punch." A cute little silverly white-haired girl said her techniques, as her third eye shed with psionic power and generated a small domain that enhanced her psychic powers even more, a sudden transparent fist emerged out of nowhere, hitting one assassin and crushing its entire body into a pulp repeatedly! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! However, Noah looked at what was happening with Ethan, the adversary of Alice. It was not over yet¡­ "He''s made into a pulp yet¡­ What is this power?" FLASH! Ethan suddenly began to shapeshift into a grotesque mass of monstrous body parts, Noah saw as his entire body released several strange divine body parts. "These are body parts of God-Rank Divine Beasts¡­" thought Noah. Ethan''s soul fused with these monstrous body parts alongside the small soul fragment within him, as Noah''s eyes opened wide. "That''s a Divine Soul Fragment¡­!" he thought, finding out the truth behind these assassins resiliene. The one behind this, which Noah had heard his name to be Gergesh, was surely some kind of God! Noah realized that these assassins were not merely sent by the Kingdom, these guys were working for a literal Dragon God! "Such a thing is possible? Is there a Dragon God in this Kingdom working with mortals and even giving them his divine fragments as powerups?!" thought Noah in disbelief as he nced the man shapeshift into a monstrous creature resemble a giant turtle with three draconic heads and a tail made of snakes in a split of a second! The entire turtle dragon quickly saved itself inside the shell and began to spin furiously towards Alice, infused with all of its divine power! FLAAAAASSSHH! However! "Hmm¡­ Venomous Thunder Armor¡­ Purple Lightning Arrow Rain!" FLAAAASH! The little Alice shrouded herself in an armor made of purple armor as she generated several arrows made of venomous lightning, firing them at the gigantic turtle consecutively! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "GROOOARRR...!" The powerful arrows pierced through the shell of Ethan as it slowly began to crack! Alice quickly began to push forward as his entire body released a mass of divinity which shaped itself as a gigantic spear made of rock, being fired towards Alice! FLAAAAAASSHHH! "Barrier!" CLASSSH! The powerful spear made of rock shed against Alice''s purple lightning barrier, as several shockwaves began to be released, her barrier was cracking! Crack¡­ crack! "GGRROOOOARRR!" Ethan roared monstrously as he opened his jaws wide open, releasing a triple breath attack! BOOOOMMM!!! ----- Chapter 393 - Roaring Venomous Thunder! ----- Noah analyzed the power of the divine fragment within the young man''s soul, as Ethan shapeshifted into a monstrous creature resembling a giant turtle with three draconic heads and a tail made of snakes in a split of a second. The entire turtle dragon quickly saved itself inside the shell and began to spin furiously towards Alice, infused with all of its divine power! FLAAAAASSSHH! However! "Hmm¡­ Venomous Thunder Armor¡­ Purple Lightning Arrow Rain!" FLAAAASH! The little Alice shrouded herself in an armor made of purple armor as she generated several arrows made of venomous lightning, firing them at the gigantic turtle consecutively! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "GROOOARRR...!" The powerful arrows pierced through the shell of Ethan as it slowly began to crack! Alice quickly began to push forward as his entire body released a mass of divinity which shaped itself as a gigantic spear made of rock, being fired towards Alice! FLAAAAAASSHHH! "Barrier!" CLASSSH! The powerful spear made of rock shed against Alice''s purple lightning barrier, as several shockwaves began to be released, her barrier was cracking! Crack¡­ crack! "GGRROOOOARRR!" Ethan roared monstrously as he opened his jaws wide open, releasing a triple breath attack! BOOOOMMM!!! The three breath attacks were more than enough to crush through Alice''s barrier, breaking it! "Ah¡­!" Alice gritted her teeth as her senses were enhanced and triggered, her lightning and poison divinity rushed out of her body and became a gigantic snake shrouded in thunder with many heads, an Hydra! "GRRYYSSHAA!" As if her own divinity and magic was protecting her, the Hydra made of her Divine Aura roared wrathfully and used its multiple heads to release powerful breath attack beams, counter attacking Ethan''s assault! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOOOOMMM! Countless explosions ensued right after! "GRROOOARR!" Ethan decided to jump for a more offensive ystyle as he rushed forward and used his gigantic body to m against the little girl''s Aura Beast! However, the monstrous multi-headed Hydra wouldn''t let him have his way! "GRRYYSSHAAAA!" The gigantic beast groaned monstrously as it released countless breath attacks against him, one after another, they released explosions of thunder and venom, impacting over his highly defensive body and leaving terrible holes all across the monstrous turtle dragon body! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Meanwhile, Alice''s eyes shed with bright lightning as she conjured a gigantic spear made of lithgning coated in venom, firing it at the turtle''s head! CLAAAASH! "GGRRYYAAAGGH¡­!" BOOM! One of its heads was down! The explosion sttered red flesh all around, as one of the three heads that Ethan had was easily destroyed¡­ his body continued to receive a terribly and horrifyingly painful punishment by the Hydra Divine Aura Beast of Alice, which had awakened when she faced a difficulty! Arthur and Timassa who were ring at the fight with their eyes red shot were barely containing their urge to intervene, they had to hold each other to not jump and help their little girl, but they knew that this was a good trial for her to awaken her powers some more, as she had yet to develop a soul beast. But now, she had just showed it off, and it was terrifyingly powerful! "Such an amazing Divine Aura¡­ And her Soul Beast became a Divine Aura Beast¡­" said Arthur. "Indeed, Arthur-sama, our baby is so talented!" said Timassa. "C-Can we go help her now?" asked Arthur to Noah. "She''s doing just fine by herself, let her have her fun." Said Noah. He was acting surprisingly irresponsible for a father! But he had his reasons for this, after all he desired the kids to break their limits, or well, the limits that they themselves had put on their own souls and bodies by fighting against things that they can always easily defeat. This trial was perfect so they can awaken more of their innate power and develop the things they had yet to develop, so they won''t be left behind by the constant innovation and powerups that Noah and the other adultse out with. Alice had to fight back bravely against the assassins that hade to shamelessly kill her and her parents! This was now personal for the little girl! "GRRYYSSHA" THE monstrous and enormous Hydra of her Divine Soul Aura Beast continued to receive Alice''s Divine Energy as it continued to bathe Ethan with thunderous attacks, while Alice moved around evading gigantic 40-meter-big boulders that Ethan wasunching at her through magic. CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! The enormous boulders fell over the domain''s walls constantly, the girl was barely able to evade these powerful attacks that could quite literally kill her! However! FLAAASH! A gigantic boulder reached her front as she evaded, she wasn''t able to properly see it from before due to the constant rain of rocks flying at her from all sides of the battlefield! "Ah¡­! Tail Whip!" She suddenly enhanced and materialized her Soul Beast''s tail, the massive and thick tail of the Hydra as it pped the gigantic boulder into pieces, scattering all around! CLAAAAASSSH! The enormous boulder fell into fragments over Ethan as Alice was able to destroy it ahead of time, however, Ethan used this time where she distracted herself to spin at an incredibly fast speed that shouldn''t belong on its 50-meter-big body, reaching up to her in the skies of therge separate space of Noah''s domain! FLAAAASSSH! "GGRROOOARRR!" CLASH! The gigantic body m hit Alice''s Soul Beast directly, tearing apart arge chunk of its entire phantasmal body, leaving Alice defenseless! "Gggrrr¡­! You''re so annoying¡­ No¡­ I have to fight harder, papa and mama, and even Uncle Noah is watching over me¡­ I have to work harder to not disappoint them!" thought the little Alice, having developed greatly since she was born, her mind had be quite eloquent inplex thoughts. FLAAAAASSSH! She flew into the skies and left her soul beast as a bait, being torn apart, she raised her two tiny arms as two gigantic arrows were slowly formed! From the body to the sharp tip, these arrows contained her powerful divinity contained within! "RRROOOARRR!" Ethan roared back at her, as it opened his jaws and released two powerful breath beam attacks from within them! ----- Chapter 394 - The Mysterious Entity Within The Mind Of The Assassins ----- CRAASSH! As Alice managed to break the gigantic boulder fired at her, Ethan used this time where she distracted herself to spin at an incredibly fast speed that shouldn''t belong on its 50-meter-big body, reaching up to her in the skies of therge separate space of Noah''s domain! FLAAAASSSH! "GGRROOOARRR!" CLASH! The gigantic body m hit Alice''s Soul Beast directly, tearing apart arge chunk of its entire phantasmal body, leaving Alice defenseless! "Gggrrr¡­! You''re so annoying¡­ No¡­ I have to fight harder, papa and mama, and even Uncle Noah is watching over me¡­ I have to work harder to not disappoint them!" thought the little Alice, having developed greatly since she was born, her mind had be quite eloquent inplex thoughts. FLAAAAASSSH! She flew into the skies and left her soul beast as a bait, being torn apart, she raised her two tiny arms as two gigantic arrows were slowly formed! From the body to the sharp tip, these arrows contained her powerful divinity contained within! "RRROOOARRR!" Ethan roared back at her, as it opened his jaws and released two powerful breath beam attacks from within them! FLASH! FLASH! The two enormous breath attacks contained powerful divinity within them, enough to st a weakling into bits! Alice was not a weakling, but her body was still growing, and her soul wasn''t so big, so if she were to directly take a hit, she would surely die! But Alice wasn''t a tank to even receive hits¡­ she was a powerful ss cannon! And like all ss cannons, she packed a punch! She materialized two gigantic arrows at each hand, infusing them with her entire will, soul, divinity, and divine energy! FLASH! SPARK! The two 30-meter-big arrows emerged andpletely dwarfed the little girl, how was it possible for such a tiny girl to make such a massive attack, and twice?! However, little Alice seemed tired. Her thunder armor was actually protecting her from the shockwaves which constantly bathed the ce, while also reinforcing her physical abilities. "Hahh¡­ Hahh¡­ Pandora''s Lightning Arrows!" Naming her arrows after an ancient Greek Goddess that once released all the evils into the world, she released her projectiles that possessed her will to grow stronger and that of protecting and not disappointing her beloved parents! The two arrows were fired at an incredible thundering speed, so fast they resembled rays of light crossing through the skies! FLAAAAASSSSSSSSHH! FLAAAAASSSSSSSSHH! The two arrows reached the two beam attacks and pushed forward without issues, sting away the powerful breath beams and reaching Ethan''s twost heads! They continued forward, reaching the insides of his opened mouths, and rushing inside, burning through everything inside and then exploding within his stomach! "GGRROOOOAARRRRR¡­!" BOOOOOOOMMM!!! Ethan''s entire body began to explode into pieces, his soul shivering in agony¡­ Alice rushed towards his soul and used her fists to crush it into tiny bits! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! From within the deformed soul, a small cry of something divine within died out, as the soul shattered into ss-like fragments and fell over the corpse¡­ Ethan''s consciousness slowly faded away, as his thoughts dissipated¡­ "Agh¡­ Mother¡­ Sister¡­ I guess¡­ I aming back¡­ to you¡­" Nattannia looked at Ethan''s monstrous corpse. He was her childhood friend, since everything with the royal family happened. Since her mother was killed by her father''s wife¡­ since she was thrown into the streets. She remembered him all this time, a temperamental yet a good friend, nheless. He was always bright and desired to protect her, and to bring forth vengeance to what the royal family did to his own mother as well¡­ This beautiful city of wonders was filled with countless simr stories, behind the fa?ade of a peaceful city there is always a dark side to it, there is always one¡­ Since she became an assassin for the mysterious church of Gergesh that she knew this would happen¡­ she had prepared herself many times to the death of her friend and herpanions. Yet it was happening so abruptly, so inexplicably¡­ it felt overwhelming. Tear began toe from her beautiful aquamarine eyes as she saw her old friend massacred by a tiny girl. Such an utterly terrifying and bizarre sight¡­ Had the Gods finally decided that her sins were too many? Is this¡­ divine punishment? Since when did she strived so far away from the path she once believed? The path her father once instilled into her heart? Now¡­ there was nothing but a hollow sorrow within her heart. She recalled his words¡­ "Nattannia, I will protect you, no matter the odds¡­ No matter what! We''ll work together to take down that damn bunch of hypocrites that call themselves royals¡­ We''ll do it together¡­!" "Ethan¡­ Ooh¡­ Ethan¡­!" "You shouldn''t cry in the middle of a battle, you know?" Noah emerged before her as he looked at her face with his glowing crimson-red eyes. "Ah¡­!" "You and your friends have very peculiar powers. From where you got these divine soul fragments, and these divine beast body parts at?" he asked, his eyes shing within bright light. "Ah¡­ I¡­ Your bunch is killing my people, yet you want me to answer you truthfully?! Shouldn''t you had captured us instead of ughtering us?!" "You''re assassins that came here to kill us and you expected me to not respond fire with fire? You''re a delusional young girl, aren''t you?" sighed Noah. "Ah¡­! I¡­! I will fight to the end¡­ Like my friends did¡­!" Nattannia said, bracing herself as her des shed with bright elemental aura from within her soul. Noah''s draconic ws grew sharper as he looked at her with an intimidating ze from within his eyes. "Very well then, you''ll answer me after I kill you." He said. Nattannia was doubting, this man''s presence was tremendous¡­ could she even stand a chance? She felt her entire body grow stiff¡­ Could she even move before his presence? "Unngh¡­!" However, suddenly, a voice whispered to her mind. "Nattannia¡­ Nattannia¡­!" "Eh?!" The voice of a grotesque being. "Kill him... KILL HIM!" it roared, taking over her body! "UUUAAGGGH¡­!" "Hm?!" ------ Chapter 395 - Devastating Battle! ----- Suddenly, while confronting Noah, a strange and monstrous voice began to whisper inside of Nattannia''s mind! "Nattannia¡­ Nattannia¡­!" "Eh?!" The voice of a grotesque being. "Kill him... KILL HIM!" it roared, taking over her body! "UUUAAGGGH¡­!" "Hm?!" muttered Noah, suddenly feeling a powerful shockwave of Dark divine power reaching up to him from the small Nattannia. He covered his hand with his divinities and shed it away, but the power was formidable, resisting his sh and even pushing him back a lot! CLAAAASSSSHH! Noah coated himself on his divinity to resist the shockwave, as the monstrous divine power within Nattannia awakened! A gigantic dark being emerged from within, shrouding the entire ce with its darkness! It was overwhelmingly strong, and it continued to grow bigger "She has a bigger fragment?!" thought Noah in disbelief, as he saw Nattannia freak out, screaming in anger! "GRRRYYYAAAAAAAA!" FLASH! She suddenly exploded into ck light, as she transformed into her dragon form! But what emerged before Noah¡­ can it even be called a dragon anymore? It resembled a monstrous and gigantic worm coated in ck scales and with a long tongue sticking out of its tube-like mouth filled with spiraling teeth¡­ the monstrosity was over 60 meter long, and spiraled across the skies, reaching up to Noah in no time! "GRRUUUUOOOHHH!" The gigantic worm was shrouded in this chaotic divinity, as a monstrous being from within controlled this enormous creature''s body, which used to be Nattannia¡­ Noah squinted his eyes before the powerful divine beast, as he transformed into a dragon himself, coated in red armor and overflowing with tremendous quantities of red energy, he seemed ready to kill it! The gigantic red dragon flew towards Nattannia as he began to unleash a powerful aura of divinity, coating his body and enhancing his body with it. He shapeshifted his arms into gigantic draconic heads and fired them at the beast as if his own arms were projectiles, they flew towards the monstrous being before him and began to gnaw through its flesh, but the scales were too strong! "Too tough¡­ Then, explode." BOOOM! BOOOM! He ordered his two arms to just explode, as the gigantic and fleshy limbs detonated in an instant, making a deadly and bloody mess! However, Nattannia''s small wounds were already healing, and she rushed towards him at a time record, her jaws opened wide as a st of darkness reached his body, hitting him with intensity and throwing him into the ground! BOOOOOOOMMM!!! Noah was thrown into the ground as he was being overwhelmed by the powerful dark breath released by the aberrant Nattannia! CLAASH! However! He used his gigantic ws to push forward, enhancing them with his divinity, he pushed forward until he opened his jaws safely, the deadly beam was suddenly greeted by n even deadly sting from Noah''s jaws, of the color of blood which prated through the wind itself and even tore apart space, as he had infused void into it! BOOOOOOOMMM!!! The powerful st crushed Nattannia''s beam attack and reached her head, hitting it with intensity! BOOM! "GRUYYYAAAEEEGGGH¡­!" Nattannia cried in agony as Noah rushed towards her with incredible shing crimson-red light speed, as in less than a blink of an eye, he crushed the monstrous Nattannia''s belly with a powerful technique he called¡­ Dragon Meteor! By overcharging his dragon body with lots of energy, he could fly at an incredible speed and impacting anything he wanted at an even faster speed and with an even more powerful and overwhelming might! The hit of his body over Nattannia was like an explosion that urred out of nowhere, the deadly dragon meteor hit her hardly, shooting her through the skies and making her hit the walls behind her, as Noah continued to bathe her with powerful punching attacks, resembling a rain of crimson-red blows! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! He opened his jaws across his body as countless elements surged, such as thunder, fire, wind, and even death, all of them falling over her like meteors of elements, but barely being powerful against her! CLASH! Nattannia fought back, using the tip of her tail, she hit Noah''s entire body and then with the rest of the body she hit him even harder, her spiraling jaws jumped over his head and tore it into shreds in an instant, while the tentacles came from the inside and wrapped around Noah''s body! "Unngh¡­?! Spear!" However, Noah quickly called upon his Spear and also his powerful Spear-rted Skills! The power of the spear was enhanced by a tenfold and everything around him began to shape and refine into bright and amazingly beautiful spears! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! The light shaped as spears was the divinities of Noah, which emerged one after another in the majestic shape of spears! These spears of bright divinities reached Nattannia in an instant and began to pulverize her body, prating it with countless rays of divinity! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! These wondrous spreads continued to fall over her as she roared angrily, her mouth suddenly vomited a sea of poisonous venom over Noah! SPLASH! However, Noah purified it with his Spear''s Holy light beams, as he continued to fight against her, the gigantic worm, Nattannia, didn''t let him get his way, however, as she continued to hit him with her tail and biting and shredding apart his body. Any barrier that Noah conjured was easily broken, this was bing an actual challenge! Noah continued to fight as he released spears of elements against her, her body was being showered in gigantic wounds taking too long to regenerate, but nheless, it was still taking a long time! Noah needed to do something else and¡­ he did! "Void Cmity!" FLASH! Noah utilized this powerful yet costly Skill in the most crucial moment, as Nattannia''s weakened yet powerful body was suddenly engulfed by a gigantic ck hole that emerged out of nowhere! CLAAASSSH! "GGRRYYYYAAAAAARRR¡­!" The enormous body of Nattannia groaned in agonizing anger, trying to escape, trying to slip off! But the void¡­ Continued to consume it! ----- Chapter 396 - Quick Victory Nattannia roared angrily, the void continued to devour her body as she roared monstrously back at Noah, he smiled maliciously as he released more and more spears from his Aura spear, while pushing forward his divine energy into enhancing the Void Cmity effect to its limits! "GGRRYYYAARRRR!" Nattannia''s entire body groaned in agony as she was being engulfed by the void, her power was shattering apart as it was being engulfed as well! Noah shamelessly continued to push her down and down, but she resisted with everything she had! CLASH! SLASH! BOOOM! The spears began to pierce through her entire body, her power was weakening, and her mouth''s razor sharp teeth could notnd nor reach Noah! She was slowly despairing! "Unnggh¡­! You damn invader¡­ Are you another Evil Dragon God?! I will find you and devour you one of these days! You won''t escape from my maws¡­ I must fulfill¡­ my revenge against the gods!" roared Nattannia, with a voice utterly alien to her original self! Noah noticed this in a split of a second as he confronted the voice speaking from her body while it was slowly being consumed. "Who are you!?" he roared. "GRRAAAAGGH¡­! Y-Youuu¡­! Why would I do such a foolish thing as telling you my real name! I will¡­ not be defeated! I am nothing but a fragment of my true self! You won''t get away with thisssssss¡­!" "Then die!" roared Noah, his power suddenly enhanced itself to new heights as it began to consume Nattanniapletely, his divine energy was used to almost all of its full amount and the body of Nattannia was consumed and broken to shreds, her soul as well, was cracked into pieces of ss-like material, as she died on the spot. "GRRYYYYAAAEEEEGGH¡­!" Crack¡­ crack¡­! CRASH! Noah''s might knew no bounds! Despite being overwhelmed by the intensive divine power of this fragment, he pulled out a great victory¡­ although the challenge he experienced left him with valuable lessons of how to fight, his mind shed with countless thoughts as this fight served to enrich his experience in more ways than he could had imagined. He flew down below towards Nattannia and saved her corpse and soul fragments inside of his Divine Realm, as he saw that the rest of the children had also been done for with their prey, all of them had wlessly killed them without much issue. The children flew towards Noah while showing off their prize, Noah grabbed the soul fragments and allowed the children to feast on their prey. Dante and Eleanora received extra head pats from him, as they had pulverized their enemies, even when they transformed into hideous half-dragon and half-beast creatures through the effects of the divinity fragments inside of their souls. Meanwhile, Noah grabbed the divinity fragments of the souls of all these spies, and gathered with the rest of his allies, all of them looked over these fragments with great interest and intrigue. Just what was this? They looked it down and analyzed each one, realizing they were like a divine souls, but only fragments. It was odd, it was as if such fragments had life of their own and had taken over the soul like¡­ a parasite. "A divine soul parasite? What an odd creature." Said Arthur. "Amazing. I wonder if we can do the same and be parasites of souls?" said Timassa. "I wouldn''t want to be that." Said Arthur. "To be honest, this looks like highly belonging to a powerful Dragon God, a Dragon God with the power to easily divine his soul like nothing must be clearly a formidable one no matter what¡­ Perhaps this Dragon God is lurking somewhere near?" asked Clementina. "Indeed, it could be anywhere now that I think about it, but my power of seeing things didn''t detected it, meaning that he is within another space while being in this space. How?" wondered Jon. "Probably a Divine Realm, the other Dragons did said that the Dragon Gods here, after reaching a certain Level in their dragon hearts, undergone changes and be living deities, being able to defy the power of mortals and acquire inner spaces where they could store their things or powers, divine realms." Said Noah. "Oh, you''re suggesting that the culprit behind this is within a divine realm?" asked Timassa. "Seems like a ssic battle, we break through into his divine realm and devour him, end of the story." Said Iris. "Don''t be so rash this time, Iris. This god might truly be an issue if not handled correctly. If possible, slowly." Said Noah. Noah shocked his allies¡­ Slowly?! He was really trying to solve things slowly now¡­ "Indeed. I want to investigate this ce, and devour the Heroes, and while doing so, I will slowly pick clues and other things as we advance further into the battle against him¡­ If possible, I want to see where he could be and ambush him correctly. Looking for him may cause too much chaos, mayhem might be too dangerous of a thing to happen, especially because the entire destruction might trigger dragon gods looking from above. This Kingdom seems way more important for such Gods, as they''re like their farming horde of mortals that give them more divine energy through prayers and the like¡­ Therefore, triggering them might be fast too¡­" said Noah. However there''s a thing they were missing, the soul fragments! "I will now proceed to devour these soul fragments to acquire the memories they might have, anything goes, and then, we might get a better idea of where this bastard might be located. I have a few ideas though, such as this ce, right in the ground!" said Noah, having the feeling that this Evil Dragon God might even be alive in the underground and hiding from him and anyone that had ever tried to confront him before¡­ However, for that, he required further investigation, and now, he looked at the pile of soul fragments with a bit of hunger, grabbing them all and eating them gluttonously like a hungry monster! Crunch, crunch, crunch¡­ The sound of the souls being crushed inside of his mouth as quite delightful¡­ Chapter 397 - Learning The Truth ----- The domain around them dissipated into ck light as the assassins were taken down rather swiftly, the hard work of the children was outstanding and to be expected of the descendants of such powerful Vampires. Dante, Eleanora, Alice, Adan, and Crimson all showed outstanding moves that defiedmon sense a bit, these kids were way too strong, to the point that even these assassins felt fear against babies. Nheless, when they transformed into gigantic monsters, the kids had a hard time fighting against them, nheless, they showed up their true power and some even awakened new abilities by pushing themselves against their very limits. The kids gained unprecedented abilities this time around, and became true prodigies of their elemental divinities. Even then, it was an intense battlefield and Noah experienced what was fighting but a fragment of a Dragon God. Although he was still absurdly strong and defeated it, he didn''t do it without some hardships. He found it to be a hard fight at the end, as he had to spend almost all of his divine energy to defeat Nattanniapletely. After that, he ate her soul alongside that of the other Assassins, learning a bit about their past through their memories, and also¡­ FLASH! The powerful being within these souls was devoured by Noah''s monstrous stomach, it tried to fight back, but it was ultimately eaten, his power enhanced Noah''s power, as Noah suddenly gained something strange! D i n g! [You acquired the [Divinity Fragment of Parasitism]!] "Divinity Fragment?" A Divinity Fragment was a piece of a divinity, obviously. And this was what these assassins had inside their souls! Noah experienced a sudden increased on his stats as he ate these delicious fragments. He acquired a fragment of a divinity, carrying but a small part of the true effects of a true divinity. "So Gods are capable of sharing divinities through divinity fragments! This was something I waspletely unaware of." Said Noah. And the thing he realized the most was¡­ this god had the strange and most bizarre divinity he had yet to see! Noah always thought that divinities were rted with elements or something, but what kind of element was the divinity of parasitism about? It was the strangest he had ever seen until now. Nheless, he acquired a part of its power. "So the God that sent them here had such a power. But¡­ I cannot see anything much, the memories of these fragments of this god arepletely empty, he destroyed them before I could get them? So he knew I could devour divinities?" wondered Noah, feeling shocked! "Hmmm¡­ Maybe he doesn''t know, but he knows that in this world there are methods to do that, so he deleted them before you killed Nattannia?" asked Iris. "That''s¡­ quite a possibility. Yes. I suppose that might be the case. Nevertheless. This was shocking and quite impressive. I had never thought such things could be done. Indeed, this was a fruitful day for us¡­ Now, let''s browse through the memories¡­" The children were done with their meals, as they quickly jumped back to bed, uncaring of what adults were talking about, they cuddled over the soft beds and slept quickly. Meanwhile, Noah received a st of essence as his ss leveled up. Ding! [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 30 to Level 31!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 31 to Level 32!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 32 to Level 33!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 33 to Level 34!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 34 to Level 35!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 35 to Level 36!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 36 to Level 37!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 37 to Level 38!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 38 to Level 39!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 39 to Level 40!] [ss Level Cap reached; you can now change sses again!] [All your Stats have increased] [The power of all ss-rted Skills has increased] [You gained Attribute Particles rted to your ss] Noah was showered with System notifications as he saw his level quickly rise to cap in an instant, the powerful essence he got from eating these fragments was impressive, enough to nourish his soul well enough to acquire such amazing power! He waspletely fascinated by the power he acquired, looking at his own hands with a crazed look. However, this was not the time yet to change sses. "I believe I got something important form their memories. Apparently, they were kids from this Kingdom''s suburbs that were recruited by a strange religion-based sect that prays to a God they named Gergesh¡­ I believe this bastard could be the parasite." Said Noah. "Oh¡­ But how could they just happily handle these fragments of divinity?" asked Iris. "I don''t know how he does it, but it apparently is easy for him to share his power through this way. Those that join his underground sect mostly be assassins, thieves, bandits, and anything of the sort. Their sole work seems to be rted with disturbing this Kingdom''s prosperity. They even sell potions that enhance power momentarily and cause addiction, an effective drug." Said Noah. "Interesting¡­ you''re saying that this god is more like a gangster or something? This is a bit hrious¡­ W-Well, this is the first world where we get to find so many Gods roaming everywhere, so I guess some may be reduced to this." said Arthur. "I believe so, he really acts like some kind of mafia boss, and acts cocky rather easily too. He''s dead set on killing me. Most likely he felt my presence¡­" said Noah. "But even then, it doesn''t make sense¡­ Why is he so obsessed if you have not done anything to him, Noah-sama?" asked Clementina. ----- Chapter 398 - Gergesh Painfully Learns The Truth ----- "But even then, it doesn''t make sense¡­ Why is he so obsessed if you have not done anything to him, Noah-sama?" asked Clementina. Clementina asked a very important and true question. Yeah, why was he so obsessed with killing Noah so much? He was just trying to do it without any reason? "His thought process must be rather simple. Despite being a God who has created a whole underground organization and might be pulling the strings behind this Kingdom, this bastard seems to be an animalistic being, obsessed with power. He just wants to devour me because he felt a strong Essene from within me¡­" said Noah. "Interesting. Perhaps he is underestimating your true power, my lord. Especially because we are masking ourselves as mortals. He most likely believes we are weaklings with just a lot of essence for whatever reason¡­ foolish worm, I should really go freeze him alive." Said Clementina. "He is most likely underestimating Noah''s power¡­ Nheless, he''s acting quite cocky, without fearing to causemotion. Does he controls the entire city in the night?" asked Iris. "His sect controls most of the red-light districts, and all things illegal, but at the same time, it seems that they collude with the aristocrats and have strong ties with the other two neighbor Kingdoms¡­ Although I believed he might be down here. He could also be in these two Kingdoms¡­" said Noah. "I see¡­ This is getting more and moreplicated. It feels like a massive rabbit hole which we had stepped into and fallen inside." Sighed Arthur. "This God¡­ Gergesh, for how long as he been in here?" wondered Timassa. "No idea, there''s almost nothing rted to him directly, but there are things rted to his presence and power, and of the power he holds over the Kingdom and the underworld organizations." Said Noah. "Would he try to search for us or something? It would be dangerous to stay in single ce¡­" said Iris. "Perhaps, but for now, let''s stay here, we''ll keep our guards high while the kids have some rest." Said Noah. As they watched over the windows and chatted around, Noah noticed something. "Could it be?" he wondered. "Hm? You got an idea?" asked Arthur. "Hmm¡­ Perhaps this bastard is weaker than we thought. Perhaps he is trying to find us and devour our power so he can recover. He might be even more weakened than we thought he could be¡­ Interesting," said Noah. "Oh, that''s quite a possibility. Maybe this rtes to his unhealthy obsession with wanting to eat you my lord." Said Clementina. "Well, the only one that can eat Noah is me, fufu¡­" said Iris. "I-Iris, don''t talk such things in such a serious discussion." Sighed Noah. "O-Oh, right¡­" apologized Iris. "If he''s truly as weak as we think he might be, then there could be more than one possibility of defeating him. We must first find where the heck he is, and not without not being cautious." Said Noah. Noah had already gotten a great bite off this god, and he could honestly not wait any longer to eat and taste his soul once more. Perhaps eating God''s whole would be the best way to raise into godhood ranks now! In thar regard, Vedas was the ideal training ground for Noah to reach higher levels of divinity so he can train and prepare himself for the dangerous outside world. If Noah could achieve a level of power where he could just continuously devour Gods after another, he would quickly raise in power and be one of the strongest dragon gods in this entire world¡­ and then, he could even swallow the world, absorb it all into himself, and be absolutely ready to defeat the Watchers tailing him from behind! Of course, this event was but a small snack before the real feasts could begin atop the skies. Nheless, Noah still had more to learn about this world and its mysteries. He wanted to collect its treasures, expand his army of dead, absorb essence, change sses as much as possible, and absorb as much power from this entire world as he possibly could! There was nothing stopping such a gluttonous desire from expanding even further. Noah was going absolutely ham in this world, soon enough, he was going to shake it all! But for now, he needed to wait for a bit. "When the morning hits, we''ll depart with our children. We should travel around the vige looking for clues or any info regarding the Heroes of this Kingdom, and anything else we can find regarding them, or the aristocrats connected to them¡­ If we can get to meet them or find where they live. We can lurk behind them, trap them in a divine domain, and devour them." Said Noah. "An excellent n, dear." Said Iris. Noah was first going to have a great feast of Heroes before the main dish, Gergesh! ¡­ Meanwhile, within the depths of the underground, an entity rested within its Dark Divine Realm, his eyes unrest in pain and anger, he couldn''t believe it¡­ "I was right, I am d I deleted the memories from those soul fragments¡­ To think that this being can devour other divine souls so easily like this¡­ And¡­ Ungh¡­! Such a pain in the ass¡­ It hurts to even breath?" Gergesh suddenly suffered arge amount of pain when Noah devoured his soul fragments. For some reason, it was as if these fragments were really his soul, and the pieces he lost were still connected to him¡­ it was something he needed to do to provide them with intelligence and more, but ended inappropriate, as it ended making him suffer, although not as much as he actually deserves it. "That being''s name¡­ Noah, right? Nnngh¡­ I am not giving up. He''s not that strong¡­ I could ambush him and then finish him off¡­ I have to just spread more fragments¡­ I must devour him to regain my power and finally have my revenge!" thought the abominable monster. He had a very simplistic mind. ----- Chapter 399 - Class Change ----- Chaos checked his own Status in the meantime, as he desired to see his current stats after leveling his ss ten times after the Assassin massacre, he felt way stronger after eating all those Soul Fragments, he obviously got amazing new upgrades¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 2/9: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Fragment of Divinity of Parasitism] (New!) [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XII: Divine Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XII: Divine Chaotic Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor]: Level 30/40 -> 40/40] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [175.379] -> [386.302] [Primordial Essence: [810.000.000] -> [1.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [5.000.000] -> [7.500.000] [Aether: [3.600.000] -> [5.400.000] [Ki: [4.200.000] -> [6.200.000] [Fate: [2.500.000] -> [4.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 4.500], [Fire: 4.500], [Water: 8.000], [Wind: 8.000], [Space: 7.500], [Time: 6.500], [Life: 3.500], [Death: 11.000], [Dark: 11.000], [Light: 10.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 6.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 6.500], [Phantom: 9.000], [Blood: 20.500], [Poison: 5.000], [Soul: 20.000], [Nature: 6.000], [Thunder: 8.300], [Ice: 5.100], [War/Strength: 19.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 42.500], [Fate: 11.000], [Void: 7.000], [Law: 7.000], [System: 16.000] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] ¡­ After eating those divinity fragments, his primordial essence had rose up to 1 billion! Additionally, his other stats had also increased quite a lot based on not purely the level ups but also from the divinity fragments too. His Attribute Particles had also increased into a pretty good amount, especially his Chaos Attribute Particles due to his ss Name. But additionally from this, he had also gotten other attribute particles as a bonus. It seems that even if he wasn''t in a ss that was rted to them, due to having other sses on his history rted to these elements, he would get a passive amount per level through any ss. Now that Chaos felt satisfied, he had decided to change sses, noticing he had gotten arge amount of System Points after eating the divinity fragments as well, although he realized they didn''t dropped Demigod-Rank or God-Rank Attribute Value Cores. One of his clones touched the ss Changing Crystal inside of his Divine Realm, as three new options emerged before his eyes. Ding! [Avable sses] [Dark Elemental Dragon Overlord] [Crimson Blood Vampire Parasite] [Dark Fate Destroyer] ¡­ These three new sses had interesting and strange names at the same time. What could they possibly mean? They were strange sses which Noah couldn''tpletelyprehend in their capabilities. However, now that the System had upgraded, he suddenly received a notification. [Read sses Descriptions?] "Oh? This is new¡­" Noah didn''t doubt it as he decided to check his sses descriptions and pick the one, he would like to have the most. ¡­ [Dark Elemental Dragon Overlord] A ss unlocked by a dragon whose power over the elements is great, while also having a great tendency towards malicious acts, being catalogued as a Dark Overlord. This ss grants the user the ability to better wield the elements it possesses alongside enhancing the power of dark and evil acts such as nasty tactics, evil schemes, and more. The user be a malicious overlord, generating an aura of intimidation as well. ¡­ [Crimson Blood Vampire Parasite] A ss Unlocked by a Vampire whose power over the maniption of blood had made it possible to convert it into a deadly and bloody parasite capable of taking over other hosts and absorb their nutrients while controlling them like puppets. This deadly parasite is capable ofpletely assimting another subject as long as their power is not greater than the master. And even then, it might be possible to slowly erode the mind of the new host of this parasite. As long as enough time passes, more deadly parasite-like capabilities can be achieved¡­ ¡­ [Dark Fate Destroyer] A ss Unlocked by a being whose power over Fate is incredible, and capable of destroying chances and altering possibilities to its own malicious and dark benefits. It is capable of exploiting fate and even luck in the most random ways possible to overpower foes with sheer fortune maniption¡­ This power can be used against foes, and it even grants the ability to siphon fate and luck from a foe, umting a Fortune Cloud above the user''s head which can grow bigger and bigger as the user develops and gathers more fortune. Grants the ability to steal fortune from a target and use it to the user''s benefit. The sess chance of Fortune Plunder is not guaranteed. ¡­ "Interesting¡­ Now this is very helpful! Perhaps like this I can also judge what to pick much better." Thought Noah. A malicious smile emerged on his lips as he looked at the three sses in front of him. The first one seemed great to develop more attacking methods regarding his elemental magic, which he had underused for some time until he began to fuse it with his Spear Aura, but for now, he needed even more power over it, and wished he could had picked such a ss way before¡­ Meanwhile, the second ss was about all parasitizing and taking over other hosts¡­ ----- Chapter 400 - New Class And Skills! ----- Noah checked his sses cautiously. [Avable sses] [Dark Elemental Dragon Overlord] [Crimson Blood Vampire Parasite] [Dark Fate Destroyer] After having checked their descriptions, he felt interested into all of them, but was also able to easily discern which one had which effects, facilitating his ability toprehend and utilize the power of such sses to suit his current goals. The first one seemed great to develop more attacking methods regarding his elemental magic, which he had underused for some time until he began to fuse it with his Spear Aura, but for now, he needed even more power over it, and wished he could had picked such a ss way before¡­ Meanwhile, the second ss was about all parasitizing and taking over other hosts, this might offer a great enhancement on his ability to expand his influences, he could set up spies in other Kingdoms andpletely parasitize such spies into his own clones without anyone realizing it, it was a malicious and rather devilish thing to do, but Noah was so talented at doing such malicious acts that even the System recognized it through sses and their names and descriptions¡­ And this was definitely a ss that fitted Noah. And the third one was the most interesting, granting Noah the power of utilizing his power over Fate for his own benefit! He could manipte probabilities and perhaps even force others to have bad luck by absorbing their luck, or even more, he could find those particr fortune and steal all of their fortune. However, the description did said that it didn''t guaranteed a sess chance, meaning that there was a chance of failure through fortune stealing, and there might be even some daily dose before being punished, which would be rather bad. Noah looked at this as he began to decide what to pick. All three options seemed amazing, and he simply couldn''t decide which one was the best in simple terms for now¡­ However, he had not all the time of the world to decide and had to be quick. He, at the end, decided to pick the one with the most potential of the three. Although it might not bring immediate power, it will be of great use for the future. "Even without this ss, I can still be strong physically and magically, and even without this other ss, I know I can develop parasite-rted abilities with some effort¡­ therefore, the rarest power which I don''t think I can develop naturally will be the third ss, of course!" Ding! [You''ve exchanged 80.000 System Points to change sses into [Dark Fate Destroyer]!] [All your stats and attribute particles have increased] [You unlocked [Fate Attribute Magic]!] [You learned the [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] and [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] Skills!] Noah looked with fascination at his new Skills, as he felt his power increase exponentially right after. He had gained a new ss and two new Skills with it, both of them seemed very interesting! He quickly looked at his stats change once more, filling his heart with excitement¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 2/9: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Fragment of Divinity of Parasitism] (New!) [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XII: Divine Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XII: Divine Chaotic Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Dark Fate Destroyer]: Level 40/50] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [306.302] [Primordial Essence: [1.000.000.000] -> [1.100.000.000] [Divine Energy: [7.500.000] -> [8.000.000] [Aether: [5.400.000] -> [5.900.000] [Ki: [6.200.000] -> [6.800.000] [Fate: [4.000.000] -> [4.600.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 4.500], [Fire: 4.500], [Water: 8.000], [Wind: 8.000], [Space: 7.500], [Time: 6.500], [Life: 3.500], [Death: 11.000], [Dark: 11.000], [Light: 10.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 6.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 6.500], [Phantom: 9.000], [Blood: 20.500], [Poison: 5.000], [Soul: 20.000], [Nature: 6.000], [Thunder: 8.300], [Ice: 5.100], [War/Strength: 19.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 42.500], [Fate: 15.000], [Void: 7.000], [Law: 9.000], [System: 16.000] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] ¡­ Noah couldn''t help but smile as he looked at his stats. He had gained a bonus of 500k in each stat, alongside 600k for Fate, which was more most likely due to the nature of the ss itself, which was closely rted with Fate itself! By looking at his stats, Noah could feel something odd. He quickly realized that he was now able to see what others might not be able to see. Something that no ordinary person could see, but even more, not even Gods could easily perceive! Even those that had gainedrge quantities of Fate Stat had a very hard time discerning this, but Noah had gained the innate ability to see this. What he saw above his head was¡­ a cloud. But was this a normal cloud? Of course it was not! This cloud was an abnormality he had never seen before. This cloud was nothing else than the mysterious concept of Fortune Clouds. ording to this mysterious and strange concept, every person has a Cloud of Fortune atop their heads, whatever colors or shapes it have shown how their luck is currently, and what might wait for them in the future¡­ And for Noah, his Cloud shape and color was¡­! ----- Chapter 401 - A Bad Omen? ----- Noah looked at his Fortune Cloud with shock. He had never seen this before until now! The sses were more than just sses after all, they were ways for the System to utilize energy and transform it into certain abilities that other beings were also able to develop, but not at such a naturally slow pace, but at an elerated and amazing pace that not many could ever hope to achieve¡­ This was thanks to the System''s ability of utilizing energies and transforming them into new types of energies, imprinting them into Noah''s soul and body, and infusing Abilities into him. The System was, after all, not a power thate out thin air and had no reason to exist at all, it was all part of an intricated construction of divine runes all made into a massive Divine Formation within the soul of Noah and his own Divine Realm as well, which was shared with many which he deemed worthy. The power of the System was capable of doing such things as awakening Noah''stent powers, or to help him branch off into powers he had never imagined possible for himself through the infusion of this energy and power into existing powers or capabilities. Noah had never showed the ability to manipte Fate nor any sort of things like this, yet he was capable of acquiring a ss, changing into it, and acquiring the ability to do this, to see fate, and the fortune cloud! To achieve such a thing, the System had utilized its powers of energy refinement and transmutation to transmute this energy into something that could branch off the most innermost talent of Noah''s Fate Attribute Particles, which were sitting there without doing much. Through the awakening of such Attribute Particles, the ability to utilize such powers had been born. Due to this, Noah awakened the power of using Fate Attribute Magic. Much like Chaos, Fate was also a true element, and Noah had begun his journey towards mastering it and learning how to utilize it to his own benefit. And the System had shortened this through the sses and the two new Skills, which helped Noah betterprehend the power of the Fate Attribute! The Fate Attribute, often named the Attribute of Fortune, or the Attribute of Luck, is the power to manipte one''s fate and that of others. Chances, probabilities, predestined futures, all of this epasses Fate, and even things as holy as Law itself, which is the sibling Attribute of Fate. Now, Noah was more than capable of checking his own Fortune Cloud, and see the power he had over his own Fate! And the Cloud¡­ which appearance and color did it had? Noah had wondered it many times through his life, what kind of Luck did he had? Many times he thought he had terrible luck, and other times he thought he had good luck. Quite honestly, it was hard to discern between good or bad luck. If a person is about to die, would you consider this bad luck to get into this situation? But then, when this person is saved, then you count it as good luck, right? And what if a person has bad luck and is destined to fight many dangers, but instead of dying miserably, he uses his powers, intelligence, and wits to barely pull through each time, as he grows stronger through this? Would you consider it good luck just because he was able to beat his challenges with effort alone? Is effort luck then? Of course it is not! And due to this truth¡­ Noah''s Fortune Cloud was actually¡­ ck! It was pitch ck! Dreadfully ck, and in the shape of a skull¡­ Noah''s future was shrouded with chaos, fights, blood, and endless challenges. He was not¡­ lucky at all. He smiled, as heughed a bit. "How ironic." He never thought of himself as lucky, but had considered that many would think of him as lucky because he was able to pull through terrible challenges. But wouldn''t a lucky person not even go through challenges at all, being easily handled everything to them like these Dragon heroes of this world? Indeed, those were the targets of Noah, incredibly lucky people blessed by the Heroic Epics of this world made by Fate, the will of the world, and forged by the Dragon Gods themselves. Noah considered how funny it was¡­ he wasn''t lucky at all¡­ He had been secretly imagining a very giant cloud shining brightly with golden colors, as if he was the luckiest person alive. But his power, and everything he had achieved was never through luck at all. It was through effort, veracity, and guts alone¡­ And each time, more and more challenges fell upon him without stopping¡­ Didn''t this meant that he was actually not a lucky person at all then? His entire life was shrouded with misfortune. That he was able to survive them all meant he had an incredible sense of survivability, sharpened upon dozens after dozens of challenges that he had been forced to undergone in order to pull through a life filled with bloodshed and darkness at every corner of the worlds he had visited, now two. He looked at the gigantic and dreadful skull with a smile. "I do wonder, does that parasite god has anything to do with this? I could assume that he wants to destroy me then¡­ If a powerful god is behind my head, it is obviously bad luck, not good luck¡­ If I had good luck, wouldn''t he try to be my friend instead or something ridiculous like that? But I had yet to even met him and he already wanted to devour me¡­ How hrious." Thought Noah. Indeed, this was hrious¡­ For someone like Noah who had been bathed in blood all the time, who had undergone dozens of challenges, saved his entire, shamelessly stole his entireary system, and even invaded another world, this was hrious. "Let''s see whoughs atst." He thought. ----- Chapter 402 - A Deal With A Devil Vampire ----- Noah checked his new Skills description with eagerness. Although he already kind of imagined what they did¡­ ¡­ [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] Control the power of Fate Attribute and siphon an enemy''s Fortune, permanently adding it into you. This power doesn''t permanently lower the foes'' fortune and it might return to normal after some time has passed. It has a sess chance of 50%, if the user fails, its luck is worsened every time. ¡­ "I see. Quite a simple Skill but it possesses a great power. Each time I fail my luck bes worse? Well, it is already terrible, how badly can it get anyways?" he thought, as he looked at the other Skill. ¡­ [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] Grants Lesser Authority over Fate Threads within a 5-kilometer radius around the user, which can allow the user to manipte certain actions in the future or straight up change probabilities within certain secured events. Aplicated power which must first be understoodpletely to use. ¡­ And the second Skill was just as interesting and short-descriptive. It granted Noah the ability to manipte the strange phenomenon known as the Threads of Fate, a primordial structure of Fabric of Reality alongside Spatial Layers, Time Rivers, and more. Threads of Fate were intricate parts of all living beings across the entire Universe. Those capable of manipting them are true fate wielders and are capable of changing probabilities or increasing the chances for certain possible events to ur. This ability let Noah change these events probabilities, chances, and more to his own benefit, a wondrous power that had many benefits for his own life and those of his allies and family. However, it was but a lesser authority, meaning that it wasn''t at full power. Nheless, it was still better than nothing, and Noah had already begun to ponder many ways of using this power without much effort. It truly had a lot of potential for his ns and could involve greatly on his fights, although it also consumedrge quantities of divine energy. The potential and power of these two Skills increased the more Fate Stat and Fate Attribute Particles he had! Making them stronger and more potent, with greater effects within it. Noah red contently at his power surge as he saw his existence level raise. Each time it were to get to the next rank, he realized he would be able to evolve. However, that had yet to happen for now. Nheless, he was quite impatient for it to happen already. "I need to eat more divinity fragments, they were good¡­" he thought. Looking into the horizon as the sun emerged in the dawn of another day. The children had slept well and it was finally time to move on. "Very well,e take a bath in this inn''s bathroom, they said they had warm water, and after that we''ll depart." Said Noah. "Papa, let''s take a bath together¡­" said the adorable Eleanora. "Wash my tail¡­" said Dante. "Ah¡­ Sure." Said Noah, smiling warmly at his two little weaknesses. "Let''s go all together, they have big bathrooms here." Said Iris. At the end, Noah ended rxing and calming down his mind by enjoying a nice bath with his entire family. He made sure to wash his two babies well enough, their draconic tails, wings, and horns too, which were covered in some blood and stain. Their little arms, legs, and toes, and then their silky and soft hair. Even Dante had a very soft and silky hair. After they were all done, the two children were dressed in new and even more cute clothes than before, resembling two tiny evil lords. "Uwah, so cute!" said Iris, almost melting. "Perfection." Said Noah. There was nothing more glorious in his life than his own children, which he saw as the treasures of this Universe. After that, they enjoyed a tasty breakfast together, as Noah found out that Iris shared the picture of the two babies on the Inte inside his vast Divine Realm, now everyone in the poption saw their little princess and prince dressed up cutely as little evil lords while slowly conquering a world. They were the inspiration for everyday worker there! Noah wanted to reprimand Iris to not share this kind of stuff, but he ended giving up to her after she realized it was a strategy to rise the morale of his people¡­ Although it was a very strange one. It seemed that everyone within his Divine Realm were obsessed with his children as their new rulers and adored them quite a lot. After breakfast, the group of Vampires set off into the Adventurer Guild, where they were said they could find a lot of clues and even pay to the receptionist to buy information right off the bat. Meanwhile, within his Divine Realm, the souls of the Assassins ofst night were being remade! A clone of Noah was repairing them rather easily with the aid of Gaia, who was good at using and maintaining souls. But how he could repair and reconstruct souls if they were already eaten? Well, he was able to eat and filter out the divinity fragments out of the conventional souls, eating the divine power on it and then repurposing the soul fragments left behind. He remade them and reconstructed them as if they were a puzzle and then slowly bathed them in soul spring water. After a bit of time, the souls had recovered quite well and were back in action. They were slowly forming back together. But for what purpose did Noah revived them as souls? He spoke to them as they regained their consciousness. "Hey, your words touched my heart. And because I am such a benevolent man, let''s make a deal." He said. "A¡­ deal?" "I liked your skills, those are hard to get even for my own Vampires, be my subordinates and let''s take down this Kingdom''s government while defeating the one that converted you into puppets. How about it?" asked Noah. "That''s¡­" "We ept." "Good¡­" ----- Chapter 403 - Moving On ----- After Nattannia epted Noah''s offer, Noah moved her soul and those of herpanions inside Eggs he had already prepared. These eggs were created through his powers as a Summoner using his [Vicious Vampiric Blood Necrolord Summoner] Lifeblood Jewel. He made up a small magic formation, added a lot of materials, corpses, and the like, and then activated the Summon abilities, fusing it all together and summoning powerful eggs which began to develop their embryos at an insane speed the moment souls were ced inside of them. The embryos grew into full adults and hatched right away¡­ just after half a minute! "What is this? We hatched from eggs¡­?" wondered one of Nattannia''s allies. "Wee back to life children. You''ve be my newest race created. I call you Blood Chimeras, beings with the appearance of humans that can shapeshift into various monstrous or the fusion of them all¡­" said Noah. Blood Chimeras! What a mysterious new race¡­ what could they do aside from his brief description? "This race is also best suitable for you as someone like you, who need to be stealthy and fast assassins." Said Noah. The reborn souls nodded, as they began to quickly take a bath and train for once. "Hunt the monsters within the Dungeons I''ve made inside this Divine Realm and absorb the Cores, you should be able to quickly catch up at least into Pseudo Demi Deity this way. You''re knowledgeable about the entire terrain of this Kingdom, and perhaps more Kingdoms, so hurry." Said Noah. The time inside of Noah''s divine realm went incredibly fastpared to the outside world, in just a few hours, the assassins would had spent days inside, and would easily be ready by then. As they reached the Adventurer Guild, the entire party was greeted by all sorts of different dragons. There were some of various bright colors, some were darker. Others were wingless, and others had very long wings, or evencked legs altogether and were like Lamias¡­ And some even had more than one head or tails. The Adventurer''s Guild was a ssic area in every Fantasy Isekai world, and in Vedas this wasn''t an exception! The majority of the adventurers looked at Noah and his group with strange expressions, they didn''t know who these people were. The receptionist, a cute pink-haired and pink-scaledmia-like dragoness greeted them with a childish and innocent smile. "Wee to the Adventurers Guild, do you have anything to sell, or do you want to ept a quest?" "I havee for information. How much is it for information regarding this Kingdom''s royal family and Heroes?" asked Noah. "Oh? Are you interested in them, sir? Well,e through here, this is the room where information is sold by our experts¡­" she said, guiding the group inside a room. "However, the information you require is quite confidential¡­ If you want to learn it, you''ll have to give more money." She whispered to him, as the doors closed, and Noah''s group were greeted by a stern and skinny dragon man with ck scales. "Wee to my humble information shop, I have already heard what you require. Confidential information cannot be easily- GEH¡­!" The man''s throat was suddenly grabbed by Noah as a mass of flesh covered his face and mouth, Noah''s ws pierced the man''s soul and began to devour his mind. In less than a split of a second, Noah took away all his knowledge and then dropped the man in the ground, healed him, brainwashed him, and then left a bag of draconic stones, walking away. Such efficiency! "I don''t have time to waste." He thought, as he left his entire group speechless. They really thought he had changed a bit and was more patient. "I guess old habits die hard." Laughed Iris. "Eh? Going out already?" asked the girl. "Yeah, we got what we wanted. It was some little info, that''s all. Thank you." Said Arthur, acting politely because Noah and Iris just ignored her as they chatted with their kids. "O-Okay¡­" The information seller was made believe he sold some info already, so when he gained consciousness of himself, he found himself sitting over the couch. "Ah, there''s the money. Very well then¡­" The man walked away,pletely unaware of everything that happened! Meanwhile, Noah''s minds were quickly separating all the info and storing it into gigantic libraries of info inside of Noah''s mind. This information umted over time and was quite precious. The countless minds he had moved fast all around, quickly researching more and more, until he learned about all four Heroes of this Kingdom, his next preys! "Sodraronn, Hero of Freezing Tundra, lives to the northwest..." "Gratunna, Heroine of Rock Stone, lives to the south¡­" "Natasha, Heroine of Brightness, lives¡­ around here." "And Sagrid, Hero of Shadow Darkness, lives near the castle, often as a guard of the King." "I see. So this is it." Thought Noah, nodding in understanding as he began to quickly tell his allies. The closest hero he could catch was right around here. He expanded his senses around and suddenly found a glowing bright presenceing from behind arge building, seemingly a building for restaurants and eating. The group moved there while camouging using their skills, jumping over the rooftops at open day. "Let''s see¡­" Noah quickly reached his target as he found an adult woman, around her 30''s with long blonde hair and sharp aquamarine eyes, she was enjoying a meal with her party members. "Oh, more of them¡­" Each Hero also had from three to four party members, who could be considered as lesser heroes to an extent, but they were still pretty interesting and strong, but not as much as their hero, of course. Nheless, Noah couldn''t just attack them in the middle of the day, he had to sit and wait a bit for the perfect opportunity. After half an hour of waiting, the group lurked behind them and found that they entered into another building all together¡­ And then Noah realized something. "They''re waiting for us inside. They noticed us¡­" ----- Chapter 404 - Against The Parasitized Dragon Heroes ----- This seemed quite like a very unlikely situation, but it was the truth! Noah had been somehow detected by these Heroes. What could had triggered it? He didn''t knew, he had made sure to suppress his bloodthirsty a lot! So why? Perhaps these beings had the power to detect even deeper than that? Noah and his allies decided to take upon the challenge and use this to kill them. They didn''t wanted to waste too much time on afternoon snacks if possible. FLASH! The Fembot trio emerged with them this time around, as Noire expanded her shadows around and epassed everyone, shing like a lurking mass of darkness into the building, and sneaking inside with everyone there! What Noah found, however, was way beyond his expectations! All five of these Heroes were exuding powerful divine auras¡­ those of Parasitism! "Hahaha! You were settled up!"ughed the Heroine, with a malicious and forced smile that didn''t seem toe from such a gentle-looking heroine. "Oh? So you were already parasitizing them, giant worm?" asked Noah, as the four support heroes of the Heroine of Brightness suddenly conjured a giant domain, a special separate space where they left Noah''s party trapped! "I won''t let you wander around aimlessly as you desire. This is my city, and I will devour you, no matter how hard you try to escape!"ughed the Heroine of Brightness as herrge white wings extended around and she suddenly became an enormous western-styled white dragoness coated in white feathers! It seemed that the cunning Gergesh had anticipated Noah''s movements and had actually already parasitized these heroes beforehand, which made Noah''s mind resurge with a new theory. Could this entire city be already dominated by this Evil Dragon God?! "Tell me something, have youpletely parasitized the other Heroes?" asked Noah while squinting his eyes. "I won''t answer any of your questions, Noah! Youing here was a gift of fate, and I will take it, and finally break my destiny by gaining your power!" "You''re a fool." Sighed Noah, his form quickly shapeshifted into a gigantic, crimson-armored dragon with several arms, as he suddenly shed against the gigantic white feathered dragoness of light! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! A battle already begun! Meanwhile, the rest were left for Noah''s party to take care of. BOOM! Noah''s gigantic ws hit the feathered dragoness in her chest, pushing her away! CLAAAASSSH! Her body fell over the vastnd within the different space domain made by the Evil Dragon God, as Noah jumped over her! "GRRAAA!" She roared angrily and opened her jaws, releasing a bright beam of light towards him! CLAAAASH! "Nnnggh¡­!" Noah concentrated all the elements he had within him into his throat, and fired a powerful breath attack as well, impacting against hers and blowing up with an explosion of ck colors! BOOOOOOOOMMM!!! "Void Spears." Noah fused his Void Attribute Magic with his Spear Aura, making the powerful space-breaking Void Spears attack, as dozens of spears made of gray colors began to shower over the dragon hero body, piercing her constantly into an agonizing and yful manner! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! The attacks were deadly, and her entire body began to be consumed by the void, fading into pieces one by one! She fought back by summoning a dozen of angelic-like familiar spirits, which were all pulverized before doing anything! "N-No¡­!" she muttered, feeling overwhelmed! Noah pressured her in an instant, he was clearly a superior being! "What''s wrong? This is just some firework, can''t even handle this? Do you even deserve the title of God?" asked Noah. "Tch¡­! I''ll show youuuuuu!" roared Gergesh within the Heroine''s fading apart body, as the ck miasma within her soul blossomed and consumed her, shapeshifting her into a monstrous parasitic creature! However Noah wasn''t letting it transform so easily, he flew towards it midway through its transformation and coated himself on his Auras of Divinity, fusing with the shape of spears and summoning his own spear as well! "I''ll show you a quicker transformation¡­ Spear Armor." Said Noah, as dozens of elemental divine spears fused with his scales and armor over him, making him glow with all the dark colors of the rainbow, all of it in a split of a second! FLASH! The armor had a wondrous design of sharp spikes across the entire body, even the ws of the dragon were now sharp spears shing with bright and dark colors! "W-What kind of nonsense is this?!" CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Gergesh cried in agony as he was overwhelmed by Noah''s amazing power. His spears started to crush him midway through his transformation, as his flesh began to fly around, and his soul started to be torn apart! "Unnggh¡­! Aaagghhh! Y-You bastard!" Gergesh resisted, as he released several beams of darkness and light against him, but Noah in this from seemed imprable! "I-Impossible¡­!" "You''ve only made it easier for me, Gergesh¡­ Thanks for bringing to me another good snack!"ughed Noah, as he extended his spear-like ws which began to move at an incredible speed across the battlefield! Gergesh tried to evade or crawl away, but he was dragged into Noah all the time! His entire efforts were put into ridicule as he began to despair! "Just what kind of being are you?! You can''t¡­ do this¡­! Aggh¡­!" Gergesh managed to slip off, as he realized the otherpanions were all being demolished as well. Iris was burning one with her phantom mes, Arthur was melting another easily with his corrosive poison, Adamantine was devouring another alive¡­ and thest one was being frozen and pierced by countless ice projectiles by Clementina! "W-What¡­?! What kind of power level do you have¡­ D-Did I miscalcted it!?" thought Gergesh, he had thought that the assassins back then were just surprised and that''s why they lost or something. But he was clearly and overconfident fool to believe such a thing! "Don''t worry, Gergesh. As I take over this Kingdom, make sure to prepare as many snacks as you can for me. I will be waiting you with the next Hero!"ughed Noah. Acting as the true viin, Gergesh despaired, as the Heroine of Brightness, the vessel of this fragment of him, was devoured by enormous metallic ws! ----- Chapter 405 - The Evil Dragon Gods Plans ----- Crack¡­ crack¡­ CRASH! "Argh!" Gergesh once more felt a sudden horror emerge from within the very depths of his soul as he sensed the agony of four of his divine fragments beingpletely eaten! Such an agonizing pain made the Evil Dragon God groan in agony inside his Divine Realm¡­ "His power¡­ he seemed invincible¡­ What kind of powers were those?! No¡­ I have to calm down. There''s no point in being surprised. I have to n out¡­ He is hunting the Heroes I''ve parasitized. Why? Does he¡­ I see. So he''s the same as me. This Evil Dragon God came to my ce just to snack on my subjects¡­ And he expects me to sit idle and do nothing?! I will devour him first¡­ Dividing myself is not a problem thanks to the structure of my own Divine Soul¡­" Gergesh quickly calmed down as his cold and calctive mind quickly came with new n ideas. His soul quickly began to fragment away as it was used overrge beasts within his Divine Realm¡­ The n he had was utterly deplorable, but he had already decided, quite prematurely, that he was going to wage war against Noah! He was going to employ the divine beasts within his divine realm and create arge army to greet him happily, he was going to gather the leftover heroes strategically in the same ce, in front of the castle, so if Noah wanted a bite off them, he would be forced to move right into this trap! "If I could set-up a proper formation, it would be for the best too¡­" he thought, as he quickly utilized even more materials, betting everything against Noah. "Before the other two find me out, I will kill and devour him first! I won''t let these animalistic fools within the other Kingdoms to take away my precious source of energy¡­" he thought. As a weakened parasitic Evil Dragon God, he felt incredible thirst of power and energy, and Noah had a lot of that, way more than he could had ever imagine. Noahpared to the Gods of his level was like tens of times brighter and more tasty-looking due to such an essence. In this wild world of Dragon Gods, Evil Dragon Gods were beastly and animalistic, driven by the instinct of devouring anything they could get ahold of, the many Evil Dragon Gods prioritized their power above anything else. If they sensed Noah''s power, they were surelying here to take this tasty treat! And the two closest to where Gergesh and Noah were two Evil Dragon Gods of mysterious origins! Although it is most likely that such beings were already moving here! Gergesh scouts outside of the Kingdom of Windias began to overlook the ce, as he suddenly found something shocking! "W-What!" Two massive armies of Divine Beasts were approaching the Kingdom of Windias against all his expectations! They were moving at an incredibly fast speed, rushing through everything. These armies were not conventional Dragons, but also Divine Dragon Beasts that were born inside Divine Realms. They were monsters that developed divinities and grew to incredibly strong levels of power. Each Kingdom was sending over 500, and they were being led by their own Heroes?! "W-What kind of insanity is this! I have been too busy observing Noah to realize this¡­?! I have grown weak due to the pain as well¡­ Damn it! Those damn parasites!" roared Gergesh. Meanwhile, as Gergesh desperately prepared for the confrontation and the invasion of such monstrous creatures into the city, the two Evil Dragon Gods behind this conversed with one another through divine messages. The first evil dragon godes from Aquaias, and was named Sadratonn, the Evil Dragon God of Abyssal Seas, his power had been concealed from the majority of the dragon god society since he raised from an aquatic draconic beast, but now that he had such a big opportunity as devouring Noah and then advancing in his cultivation by leaps and bounds, he decided to recklessly and animalistically make his army advance at a fast pace towards his target! And the second evil dragon godes from Gaias, it was named Rockernn, the Evil Dragon God of Dark Underground Depths, who was awakened from his slumber within the mountains that the Kingdom of Gaias mined and ended slowly seeping his deadly influence inside the whole Kingdom, taking over everything as he overpowered any small forces Gergesh had there. He had decided to also target Noah, such an opportunity for a being like him to show up was one in a million! It wasmon for dragons to devour one another in the evil factions. This is the "taboo" way of doing cultivation despised so much by the "good" factions. Due to this, they often valuated something based on how much can it be eaten and if it can be pretty tasty¡­ Noah as of now seemed to be way weaker than he really was! Which only made his enemies prepare an amazing all-you-can-eat buffet for him! free of charge, of course! The two evil dragon gods where unaware of the tremendous turmoil that they were throwing themselves in, as more of the Continent would soon learn about these secretive Evil Dragon Gods and then about Noah himself¡­ Nheless, these two evil dragon gods spoke to one another as they were working together to take down Noah and Gergesh at the same time! "This is an incredible option like never seen before¡­ We can eat two for the price of one!" "But will you share?" "¡­Of course!" "¡­" "¡­" However, even amongst allies, there was some tension, the two evil dragon gods were allying with one another out of desperation because they were being pressured by the true enemy behind them, the righteous faction and the soon toe Era of Disorder, as they had recently gotten news about the Supreme Dragon God of Chaos being born. Every time a Supreme Dragon God was born, their power was so immense they provoked a change in the entire world''s structure, provoking a new Era to emerge! The other side of the world was already trembling, as gigantic Chaotic Gates opened and Chaos Spawns emerged¡­ and soon enough, this Chaos will also reach this continent! So many things were going on at the same time that Noah had no idea of! Will he able to handle things as theye, or will he perish while being overwhelmed by this ever-changing and wild world? ----- Chapter 406 - An Era Of Chaos! ----- The world of Vedas trembled! The world itself shook, as a tremendous power began to surge from within it! A being once more had raised into the Supreme Dragon God Realm, and it was shaking the entire world. This being was named Lucifer, a small dragon who was born from a pool of miasma in the depths of the Dark Continent several years ago. He came form a gigantic miasma rain that came from outer space, which tore through the Membrane of the World and fell over the world. This miasma seemed harmless at first, but it greatly changed and shaped Vedas into a strange new Era, as the Chaos within this Miasma expanded across the world, draconic beasts mutated into monstrous creatures, and entire biomes changed, overflowing with Chaotic Divine Energy. Within one of such pools of miasma, a small draconic egg was created, it was small and ck-colored, but from within, Lucifer was born. A small Chaos Dragon, and the first Chaos-Attribute Dragon to have even been born in this world! He had his own life of adventures, tragedies, war, bloodshed, and power. He had put great effort into everything he had made. And recently, he defeated thergest challenge he had ever met, an army of Holy Dragons from the Heavenly Pantheon had tried to stop him. But with all his might, Lucifer defied the heavens themselves and broke through the Fate Blockage, his Dragon Heart ascended, fusing with his Soul, and he became¡­ a Supreme Dragon God! TRUUMMM!!! His entire existence shook the world, as all Dragon Gods felt this horrendous feeling within their spines. This dragon of monstrous origins and evil might was not someone one could easily scoff at! He had caused countless damages to many Pantheons, destroyed many organizations, and devoured thousands of Dragon Gods to reach this pinnacle. But now, the other Supreme Dragon Gods had to admit it¡­ he was someone admirable! His entire draconic body grew to incredibly vast sizes,rger than mountains themselves, he blocked the entire sky. His supreme divinity developed around his body, deepening his understanding of the Law of Chaos, and reaching 100% of it easily! His Chaos Attribute Particles were zing with numbers, reaching already over 600k! He was more than anyone else, a Supreme Dragon God on all his rights! And due to that¡­ A new Era came to be in the world of Dragons. Completely unaware of this was Noah, as he had just arrived in here a bit over a month ago¡­ but he had arrived perhaps in the worst possible era he could. Every Supreme Dragon God in Vedas shaped the world differently, and there were only 9 of them through all of history. All five of them left a legacy and a change in the world, which were named Eras. Their very presences shaped the world to their own elements and their own convictions. Some were inherently evil and shaped it into the direction that someone wouldn''t had wanted, while others were good, and healed the world. But of course, like anything in this world, they died. Fate was a powerful force of this entire world; they could not fight against it. Many of them ended dying out of old age, after living for almost a million years. They left great legacies and shaped the world onwards to a new draconic era. Although some had mysteriously disappeared and never seen died before, having been said to have escaped the world itself and traveled into the outer cosmos. Although those were more like just tales¡­ However, now, a new Era began, as the Supreme Dragon God of Chaos was born! The chaos of the entire world changed, growing stronger by the second. The continents were shrouded in this shadowy darkness, as the space and time itself ruptured open! Gigantic Chaotic Gates opened one after another, shaking the world itself. From within them, even more Miasma and Chaos flowed into the world as these Gates connected to the Outer Void and the Chaotic ne! Lucifer smiled maliciously as he saw the world change, just as this voice within his mind, which had guided him into this greatness had foretold! The world began to change and shape, as countless dangers covered everything. It was very obvious that the Gods all across the world grew wary and concerned now! Even those twozy Gods overlooking the Ignitias Kingdom were suddenly woke up by themotion and learned the news, feeling utterly terrified. And from within these giant Gates, monstrous beings began toe out one after another, without stopping for a single second! They flooded the world with eternal chaos never seen before! It was a terrifying experience, and a terrifying sight! The divine energies began to turn dark as they flowed across the gigantdmass, the Era foretold by the Voice within Lucifer''s mind had finally started. "The breach has been created. The Outer Void and the Chaos ne had finally once more connected to this Universe through Vedas!"ughed Lucifer. "The purpose of my existence, of my creation, and of my life has finally been fulfilled!" He looked across the world with his gigantic and chaotic body, as he noticed the presence of thest piece in the puzzle. "So he''s here too! Noah¡­ The son of Azathoth, Primordial Entity of Madness and Destruction!" heughed. TRUUUMM!!! The continents of the world shook and fragmented open as more Gates opened. The monstrous beings from the Outer Void and the Chaotic ne began to finally crawl their way into this Universe, as the Key, Noah, was also present! "This world should soon be the Gate!" said Lucifer, as the voice within his mind seemed to be enjoying itself. "Excellent¡­ the invasion we had been orchestrating all this time can finally begin, Lucifer. And it was all thanks to you, my son." It said. "But don''t be hasty. The old Supremes that died in this world, they''re awakening now that Fate has been weakened. They will most likely try to stop this with their millenary power¡­" said Lucifer. "It will be an interesting Era, indeed¡­" said the voice. ----- Chapter 407 - The Outer Gods Scheme! ----- Within the abyssal Outer Void ne, countless entities within it looked at therge Gates opening. It has been a millennia since thest time that one of them had been able to properly enter this Universe! Since the times of the Forbidden One, who was in and divided into pieces which spread across the Nyx Gxy that no Outer Void entity had entered into the Universe. This was because Azathoth, the Supreme Deity, created a wall to not let his own creations within this Outer Void enter the Universe where he was born which is also maintained by his own sleep. Indeed. Just like Lovecraft had foretold, which was in fact an apostle of the Outer Gods, Azathoth''s slept was the Universe itself! Since his creation that he had slept for eternity, while leaving the two other powerful Supreme Deities, The One, who is often seen as the Christian God, and Chaos, the representation of all chaos in the Universe to take care of the Universe. His abyssal existence was vast and incredibly powerful, but his sleep was eternal, waking up would mean the destruction of the Universe that also gave birth to him. nheless, he was an abyssal and powerful being. From within his flesh came the Outer Gods and from within his immense shadow made by his Space-dting body, the Outer Void was created, which breached across the Sea of Emptiness across the vast Lower Cosmos. He served as both the wall and the creator of the Outer Void. His very existence identally created this entire ne, whichter on evolved into a part of the Cosmos that surrounded the Universe and then expanded across the Sea of Emptiness and formed the Sea of Void, which had even begun to infect other Universes across this Lower Cosmos¡­ Nheless, what was urring now didn''t had anything to do with this topic¡­ what was happening now had to do with Vedas! This world of dragons was used as the vessel for the millenary n they had been setting up this entire time¡­ and now, Lucifer, the Chaos Dragon and the Supreme God of Chaos within Vedas had finally shaken Fate within this world, and it allowed him to change the Era into the Chaotic Era! With it came the distortion of space and time within this millenary world, which opened the Chaotic Gates to the Outer Void and the Chaotic ne. The Outer Gods nced at the Gates opening with maliciousness within their abyssal hearts. The leaders of this crusade looked from afar, each one having tremendous and grotesque bodies. Some of them had jaws, and other didn''t even had them, but those that had, smiled! These entities of varied sizes looked at this with devilish and malicious intents, of course, they werepletely chaotic beings born from the Outer Void or from Azathoth''s Abyssal Flesh itself. Although¡­ there were also somepletely alien beings that came from other Universes who had been corrupted by the Void Essene and turned into Outer Gods through this corruption. Their leader kept sending their troops, the more Abyssal Outer Monstrosities they sent, the better! But why was that better? Wouldn''t it be better for them to enter? Well, what had happened to the Forbidden One which was one of the first of the Outer Gods to have infiltered into the Universe with his True Body was enough proof that even now, they shouldn''t lower their guards. The Universe had more than enough forces to actually oppose them, if they were rash and entered with their True Bodies, they would cause Universe Commotion and the strongest entities within the Universe would rush towards them to y them for good, as their very existences warped reality within the Universe and endangered its Universal Pirs from maintaining the Universal Membrane floating within the Sea of Emptiness. Due to this, sendingrge quantities of their abyssal spawns, which were like small clones of themselves was their first method of invasion, they were going to use them to scout the world. Through the over umtion of these invaders, the world would get better and more simr in appearance and presence than the Outer Void, bing afortable environment for the Outer Gods to travel into! It was all a meticulous n¡­! Lucifer smiled within his Chaos Dragon Avatar, as he spoke to the Outer Gods using his other Avatar, the Space and Time Supreme God Avatar he had in Genesis, which had the power to breach space and time and reach anywhere he wanted temporarily. Indeed, Lucifer was a being of many bodies, and indeed, he was just as you thought, his name wasn''t just a coincidence¡­ He was truly the Lucifer of the Gates of Hell! This second body of his had the appearance of a humanoid made of stars, nebs, and gxies, as he looked over the monstrosities hiding within the darkness of the Outer Void. Within them, there was one of them that resembled a gigantic blood-shot eye. "The Gates had been opened just as we had nned for over a millennia. Things are going ordingly¡­ Who would had thought that Kireina would keep making us all sorts of favors without even being here?" heughed. Mentioning a being from apletely different world where this Avatar of his reigned as a Supreme God too. "The daughter of Chaos has been of great utility to all of us. But what about the boy?" asked another being, resembling a gigantic humanoid octopus. "The connection with him has been done long ago with me. He is my Warlock and actively uses my powers while evolving and developing, due to that, my connection and therefore the connection with the Outer Void and the Universe had been strengthened greatly¡­ Just as it was nned." Said the gigantic blood-shot eye. "To think that you made of the son of Azathoth a Warlock for you, Bloodshot Eye!"ughed another being of grotesque appearance. "It was certainly convenient that his true self was divided back then, his weaker human self was easy to convince." Said Bloodshot Eye. Noah seemed to be a greater piece of this puzzle than anyone could had ever imagined! ----- Chapter 408 - Bloodshot Eye ----- Noah has resulted to be a greater piece in this whole puzzle than we could had ever imagined. Since the moment he made a pact with Bloodshot Eye and turned into a Warlock¡­ ever since then that he had been draining his powers and using them to evolve that he himself has slowly been turning into a Half-Outer God! And through this, he had been nourishing anywhere he went with Outer Void Essence, making of this entire Unversed adjust to it a little bit. However, most of the work was done by Lucifer as his Chaos Dragon Avatar inside of Vedas, while Noah was a second piece in this entire n, an important Key! His arrival to the world of Vedas was actually what made it possible for Fate to weaken enough. Although he was weak, his presence defied the world of Vedas enough that Fate cracked and became weakened. Through this, Fate was weakened, and Lucifer used this opportunity to defy it and be a Supreme Dragon God of Chaos, something that shouldn''t be possible as Fate itself wouldn''t let this alien soul do as it pleased! The King of the Gates of Hell who had incredible power could not leave his own Gates of Hell, therefore, he had to create Avatars inside other Worlds to visit and conquer them, absorbing their energy to sustain himself and his own ne, the ne of the Gates of Hell. He already existed as a Supreme God within the World of Genesis, and there were a few other of his Avatars spread across the Universe¡­ but this Avatar inside of Vedas was truly unique in many ways, as it was created by thebination and efforts of almost a million years of nning! The Outer Gods had been cooperating with Lucifer and his Archdemons for all this time within the shadows of the Primordial Deities, using the Keys, namely, the children of the Primordial Deities, to their advantage and to make up their ns. It was all thanks to Noah that the Supreme Dragon God of Chaos, Lucifer, was born in Vedas shortly after his arrival! Of course, Noah, whocked a lot of information, waspletely unaware of this Universe-changing Plot he has been thrown into since his very birth as a spawn of Azathoth millions of years ago¡­ All of this to reach this point! But the thing was, this wasn''t even but half of the entire n, this was just the small and feeble beginning of it! "With Noah as my warlock, I was able to influence his actions through my power, which ended in this happening. It was hard. I was barely able to influence him. His mind had grown incredibly powerful¡­ nheless, the small things I was able to do were more than enough to aplish our ns, dear Outer Gods." Said Bloodshot Eye. "Well, not only that, but Cthulhu, Nyathotep, and Shoggoth were able to make a pact with Ervas, one of the halves of another child of the primordial. Through this bond strengthening after the two became Supreme Gods, it was able for us to strengthen our connections enough to share them with Lucifer and be capable of creating the gates as well." Said another entity. "Now that everything is orchestrating itself correctly, I cannot help but feel rather enlightened." Said Lucifer. "But this is just the beginning, before we can even fathom to reach the core of the Universe¡­" "Indeed, but can we do it in time? We must work hard, keep expanding and spreading the troops of spawns if possible, and fast!" "The Supreme Dragon Gods of Vedas are already beginning to revive through the ways they left behind. But they won''t be able to fully recover their true strength in time, this will make it not so hard to defeat them with my Chaos Dragon Avatar if I n things correctly. Your aid will alsoe in handy," Said Lucifer. "What about Noah?" asked an entity "He''s dealing with his own little problems within the Draconia Continent. But the new Era will soon hit that protected ce as well, he cannot escape it." Said Lucifer. "Excellent, we must secure his Origin and his Soul too. He is the key to our power being fully freed into the Universe¡­" said another being. Bloodshot Eye squinted his eye. "Do we have to be so aggressive? He is my warlock." He said. "You dare defy us?" "I¡­" muttered Bloodshot Eye. "The will of us is the will of the Outer Gods." Said many Outer Gods in unison. "Bloodshot Eye, don''t chicken out now. I don''t think you''ve made enough of a bond to care about him, right? Don''t be foolish." Said Lucifer. "But could he not join us without us having to stripe him away from his life?" asked Bloodshot Eye. "There can be ways, but it is more convenient to do it. He is after all a material, an item to our ns, the Key is not a member of our group. We cannot let his ideas get to us or any of that sort. Noah is a tool." Said one of the entities. Bloodshot Eye fell silent as he decided to not speak anymore. The Outer Gods assumed his silence as approval of their will, as they continued their conversations and their malicious ns. Bloodshot Eye slowly moved away from them as he traveled into a faraway ce of the Outer Void, where his Abyssal Domain was, and rested inside. However, a sudden voice spoke to him. "Bloodshot Eye, you don''t want anything to happen to Noah, don''t you?" asked this entity. "Huh? This¡­ So its you. I never thought you would care so much about him." said Bloodshot Eye. "¡­You want my assistance or not? I am but a fragment of it, but I do still desire deep down to protect those thate from my flesh." Said the entity that spoke to him. "Heh¡­ You think you can defy the Outer Gods? You might be the Avatar of Azathoth, but a mere fragment cannot do everything." Said Bloodshot Eye. "There is hope." Said the entity. "¡­Hope, what a funny-sounding word." Chuckled Bloodshot Eye. ----- Chapter 409 - Nyarlathoteps Intentions ----- Bloodshot Eye had cooperated with the Outer Gods because their goal was also his goal too. His origins were a mystery to many, but he was a God that didn''t belonged to this Universe. Drifted through the Sea of Emptiness, he ended drifting ashore the Outer Void ne by ident and was infected by the Outer Void Essence into an Outer God several millions of years ago. He had adapted to this ce and grew stronger through crossing through various challenges and tribtions made by this Outer Void, the Abyssal Outer Monstrosities he fought and devoured made him grow stronger as he traveled across this endlessndscape of utter iprehensible appearance. As he traveled for hundreds of thousands of years, he was slowly devoured by the Outer Void''s powers and his mind continued to transcendmon sense. His powers continued to grow towards directions he had not thought, and his entire body mutated into an Outer God. He was approached by the Council of Outer Gods and then joined their ranks as a mid-high ranked Outer God, who slowly crawled his way higher into the highest ranks of this organization. His mind had truly be abyssal, dark, and grotesque, his intentions, thoughts, and emotions were warped around, and he had be truly an Outer God. Nheless, unlike many of the Outer Gods of this ce, he had the memories of a previous life in another Universe. He was after all a person before, not a monster born as a monster, but a person turned into a monster. He retained this personality and his memories of old, which he tried to suppress to not appeal strangely to the others. But it had be harder as he became the outer god of Noah, a human who was formerly the son of Azathoth, he became his warlock and through this soul connection, as he gave Noah his powers to fulfill the ultimate n of the Outer Gods, Noah also slowly leaked his emotions, his humanity. Although he was seen as a malevolent being, it still impacted Bloodshot Eye. After he learned that Noah was only an item as he had originally believed they would try to recruit him, he felt a bit betrayed. He had already grown closer to him through their soul bond, even though they had not spoken ever since their first encounter. Killing Noah to take away his soul and Origin so they could fulfill his n¡­ Yes, it was necessary. But couldn''t they ask him to help them instead? Even though forcing him could work, the Outer Gods were not going to do it. They simply preferred to strip him away of his powers and use him for their own goals without being gentle over it or anything of the sorts. They simply wanted to use him and that was it. He was a tool. Noah¡­ waspletely unaware of this. And Bloodshot Eye felt like he required to tell him! But he could not. He couldn''t betray these Outer Gods and try to warn him about this ancient plot that has been going on for over a million years¡­ All of the pieces were all carefully being ced in this n, the Outer Gods would rage and try to kill him if he were to ruin everything now. He also had their trust¡­ And he was alone on this. Not even the yful Lucifer had grown fond of Noah or something, he had stated that the only one he cared for was Kireina, which was one the Outer Gods couldn''t dare to touch. However, anyone else was not something he cared for. So¡­ he was left alone. He was going to ultimately see Noah being striped away from everything he had and everything he had built against these beings who simply defied any logic he couldprehend, no matter where he went, he would die. He was already part of this millenary n, there was nothing he could do. But an entity spoke to him, an entity that was the Avatar of Azathoth, or well, a fragment of it! But why? Amongst the many spawns that Azathoth had, why did he suddenly cared about Noah now out of the sudden? It didn''t make any sense at all! What was going on? Azathoth never showed itself to be benevolent, and his avatar, Nyathotep,cked such a thing as well. At most, Nyathotep could be seen as a yful trickster. He had not taken any active role in the Outer Gods n but had been overseeing it and doing nothing against it. Due to this, the Outer Gods thought that Nyathotep, the Avatar of Azathoth, approved of their doings. But could this be the truth? A fragment of Nyathotep contacted Bloodshot Eye as he went to rest inside of his Abyssal Domain within the Outer Void ne. He oversaw the Gates that led to Vedas, the world that was going to be the vessel for their triumphal entrance into the Universe once more, and the first scenario the Outer Gods had to conquer to expand their influence into the Universe and ultimately reach its core! Lucifer cooperated into making the Era ur when Noah arrived in Vedas as it was foreseen, and now, the gates opened, and the n officially began. But this entity that spoke to him, which he never expected to arrive, surprised him. Even more because it was but a fragment of the true Avatar. Nyathotep had divided itself into fragments of its own Ego long ago, when its own personalities couldn''t live with itself and it broke into pieces, which all became a different Nyathotep. They all represented an aspect of Azathoth. And the aspect that spoke to Bloodshot Eye was the weakest but the strangest of them all. An aspect that you would never expect to actually exist in such an abyssal being as Azathoth, but that actually did exist. It offered Bloodshot Eye hope. "You truly want to aid me? I have be warped, perhaps what I truly wanted wasn''t this." said Bloodshot Eye. "No, you''re more than willing to do it." "You''re the strangest of them all, just as I thought¡­" ----- Chapter 410 - Planning ----- The battle had ended. Noah felt a rush of energies enter his soul as he devoured the soul of the defeated heroes and the parasite divine soul fragments inside of them, strengthening his power once more. Ding! [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 40 to Level 41!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 41 to Level 42!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 42 to Level 43!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 43 to Level 44!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 44 to Level 45!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 45 to Level 46!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 46 to Level 47!] He had leveled up 7 times in this fight! Certainly not enough to max the ss, but good enough to receive a substantial boost to his power which he felt was needed. He felt stronger than ever before, and had gained more fragments of this parasite divinity, which he nned to put into use soon enough of these days. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [Race: [Divine Dark Blood Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 2/9: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Fragment of Divinity of Parasitism (Formation: 21%)] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XII: Divine Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XII: Divine Chaotic Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Dark Fate Destroyer]: Level 40/50 -> 47/50] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [306.302 -> 643.230] [Primordial Essence: [1.100.000.000 -> 1.300.000.000] [Divine Energy: [8.000.000 -> 9.200.000] [Aether: [5.900.000 -> 6.700.000] [Ki: [6.800.000 -> 7.800.000] [Fate: [4.600.000 -> 5.200.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 5.500], [Fire: 5.500], [Water: 9.000], [Wind: 9.000], [Space: 8.500], [Time: 7.500], [Life: 4.500], [Death: 12.000], [Dark: 12.000], [Light: 11.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 7.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 7.500], [Phantom: 10.000], [Blood: 22.500], [Poison: 6.000], [Soul: 22.000], [Nature: 7.000], [Thunder: 9.300], [Ice: 6.100], [War/Strength: 21.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 44.500], [Fate: 18.000], [Void: 8.000], [Law: 11.000], [System: 17.000] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] ¡­ "Good¡­" he thought, as he looked at his stats advancing. He now quickly moved himself to reality. "Phew, we are done quicker than I thought. Though that one guy was too surprised. Did he really underestimated us this much? I feel offended¡­" sighed Iris. "Papa, papa! Can we eat?" asked Dante. "Dragon meat looks tasty¡­" said Eleanora. "I guess, go on. Let''s take a break in these ruins for now, not like he can move as fast as he wants." Said Noah, leisurely sitting and creating another domain as the previous one was broken, he began to butcher the giant monstrous dragons, formerly a heroine and her subordinates. "What should we do now? Gergesh seems even more aware of our power, would he be warier, or would he try to eliminate us even faster? Perhaps hastening our ns could be a good thing." Said Arthur, offering a piece of his mind. "I am beginning to believe that this entire city might be already taken over by this annoying Evil Dragon God, I cannot see him, but I can see his presence. Although most of the poption are not him, certainly, arge quantity of them is." Said Jon. His eyes shone sharply as his aura resembled countless eyes observing his surroundings. "I believe the same, maybe we should just go raid the castle?" wondered Clementina. "I have thought about it. My bat clone spies are already around the entire city and they''re looking at the castle right now, there are many things going on in there for some reason, perhaps Gergesh has realized my true strength and that I want to target the Heroes¡­ He''s actually gathering them all for me to eat. How generous of him."ughed Noah. He nced through his bats into the skies, and he saw that in the castle of the Kingdom of Windias, many guards were gathering alongside different and powerful generals. Within them, he saw one hero too, and a few of the subordinates of the other heroes gathering around, talking, chatting, nning, and more. "So they''re all gathering¡­ I wonder how exactly Gergesh powers work. He''s capable of brainwashing and ordering others to do his bidding, but is his parasitism permanent, or requires activation?" wondered Iris. "It is different than you think. He parasitizes the souls of others and slowly changes their thoughts and decisions. He doesn''t take full control unless it is very necessary, often in battle, meaning that taking full control of a body requires a lot of effort and energy." Said Noah. "So he really needs more energy to do all kinds of stuff. Interesting. His parasites are mostly influencing the heroes and the Kingdom, right?" wondered Timassa. "He used the Heroes to tell the Kingdom about a menace, me, and they''re preparing for my eventual raid, that''s what he did, nothing too much, yet it awoke everyone there and they''re moving desperately like pigs." Said Noah. "I see¡­ How unfortunate for them, they all shall be good food at the end." Said Iris. "This saves us a lot of time and effort then! Let''s get to it after eating." Said Arthur. "I agree¡­" said Noah. He looked into the castle as he suddenly felt a strange dreadful feeling¡­ What could this had been? ----- Chapter 411 - Hes Already Here?! ----- The history of the Kingdom of Windias has been shaped by tragedy and war, originally being named the Kingdom of Anima, it was torn apart into three by the disputes between the members of the royal family and the factions that formed back then. When these two other factions separated themselves from Anima, they became independent Kingdoms, the Kingdom of Aquaias and the Kingdom of Gaias became different and separated from Anima, which changed its name to Windias. Of course, to the Gods above the skies, such strife had no meaning, and they couldn''t care less. But of course, this all happened because of a malicious and ancient evil which they had not been able to fully destroy! He crawled his way back to mortals and manipted them to separate and form two other Kingdoms, this way, he would have more space for his power to keep growing and overflow the world with it! He crawled his way slowly, umting more and more power from forcing humans to pray for him through massive cults, and other things, or to draw power through sacrifices, and suffering from people through negative energy. This is why, as he loved to harvest negative energy and convert it into divine energy, he changed these Kingdoms to be highly conflictive with one another, while the normal people constantly suffered abuses. Of course, after doing it for a while he finally awoke the suspiciousness of the other Dragon Gods, so he had to do this through intervals to not make it obvious, slowing down his progress¡­ Due to this slow down in progress, the Kingdoms gained control over themselves eventually and it became harder and harder for him to take over them anymore, so he slowly decided to just spread his parasites over the important figures andy them formant within their souls. If he were to need their assistance, he would use the parasite to manipte their minds very slowly, and if it was needed, he would use his full power in each tiny parasite clone and overtake the senses and mind of the host,pletely controlling them like puppets! Just as he was doing now. And now, the King of Windias received news from the Heroes, out of nowhere they learned the knowledge about invaders from the outside, powerful dragons with the secret mission of ying the royal family and the heroes! The King of Windias, William Windias Anima became agitated, as the old dragon quickly began to order his troops to get in motion. He waspletely confused about what was going on, but he knew that it was something bad if the Heroes themselves were concerned! However, he had no idea the Heroes just imagined this, and it was merely something inserted into their memories instead of actual truth¡­ "This is bad¡­ From which Kingdom is this enemy from? What is happening exactly? Do we know their powers? Perhaps I should join the ranks as well¡­" said the King. He used to be a strong general in the past. "No, King, you musn''t fight, this is a thing that we must do by ourselves. If you get in, you might end up dying miserably¡­ this is not something we would want to see." Said one of his servants. "Dying miserably?! Y-You dare say such a thing? I used to be a respected general!" roared the dragon king. The other guards and soldiers merely ignored their King as they knew he had begun to talk things again and that they couldn''t do much over it. He was like that and will always be like that, sadly. However, although they werepletely in the blue, the Heroes were concerned and preparing, whatever wasing here was big, very big! As the resources and manpower were being gathered, Noah looked inside of his divine realm. He had umted a fair amount of System Points now and could do a few variety of things if he wanted. He could create new Lifeblood Jewels with new powers to use in battle, or he could enhance his own Dungeon a bit more. Although the requirement for an enhancement wasrge, it brought benefits. Though, if he did, his entire Dungeon would absorb most of all his hard-earned points. Noah''s manor was a gateway to his divine realm, and was also a dungeon by itself, the dungeon that people would visit to get loot like others would do in the gates of Earth, but this time it was a giant manor instead of a gate, which gave in the mysterious feeling of being not a dungeon at all but something weirder and more bizarre which normal folk could simply not easily detect! Nheless, improving the dungeon could bring good benefits, but the dungeon was directly involved with the system, upgrading the system could bring even more benefits. As Noah decided what to do, Gergesh also prepared. He was using scouts to overlook the outside of Windias. Gergesh scouts outside of the Kingdom of Windias began to overlook the ce, as he suddenly found something shocking! "W-What!" Two massive armies of Divine Beasts were approaching the Kingdom of Windias against all his expectations! They were moving at an incredibly fast speed, rushing through everything. These armies were not conventional Dragons, but also Divine Dragon Beasts that were born inside Divine Realms. They were monsters that developed divinities and grew to incredibly strong levels of power. Each Kingdom was sending over 500, and they were being led by their own Heroes?! "W-What kind of insanity is this! I have been too busy observing Noah to realize this¡­?! I have grown weak due to the pain as well¡­ Damn it! Those damn parasites!" roared Gergesh. The Evil Dragon Gods of Gaias and Aquaias had already made their move, their armies were moving at an incredible fast speed towards Windias, and there wasn''t much time until the confrontation! However, as Gergesh gritted his jaws and began to ponder what to do next, Noah suddenly acted ahead of this god''s expectations, and suddenly stormed the entire castle of Windias! BOOOMMM! "H-He''s already there?!" ----- Chapter 412 - Making A New Lifeblood Jewel! ----- A few minutes ago¡­ Noah considered upgrading the System, although this required even more System Points, sadly. The dungeon could be upgraded but what he could get wasn''t that big either. He decided to ultimately fulfill one of his wishes since he began this journey in another world! He really wanted one of these, so he immediately began to create this Lifeblood Jewel in specific by fusing countless of dragon-rted skills he got by eating all sorts of dragons back in Earth, when these dragons were still near his Realm of power. Now that he was a Demigod, no Dragon he had eaten could give him anything yet, but he was sure that if he were to eat an actual Dragon Living Deity or a Dragon Demigod, he would get Skills once more. However, which what he had umted so far, it was more than good to make his new Path Jewel! He not only decided to fuse these Skills, but he also merged into the creation a variety of materials extracted from countless draconic beasts and even the dragon heroine and her subordinates which he had just in and was eating with his family. As he continued to umte skills and materials, they were all sucked inside arge glowing orb, like particles of light, the materials became this ethereal essence that fused into the orb, while the Skills appeared as mysterious bubbles of power¡­ These bubbles fused into the orb until the veryst drop of power was added¡­! [You''ve exchanged 250000 System Points!] FLASH!!! The light continued to be poured into it as an essence of pure ethereal beauty continued to be reborn and blossom within this Lifeblood Jewel! This was perhaps Noah''s greatest creation in a while! The power all encapste itself into a tiny jewel that emerged out of thin air, floating with bright red light, it had the tattoo of a dragon within it. Noah grabbed it as he looked at it with a smile¡­ everyone in his group had also made their own custom made Lifeblood Jewels by now. They possessed great potential and amazing power, fusing skills and create a whole new set of skills felt like making your own custom skill trees in a way, the more skills someone collected, the more lifeblood jewels of various varieties could be made! However, they could even be made without any skills, as long as there was a lot of nning involved and a "blueprint" was made, the lifeblood jewel could be created using a lot more of system points. But a good way to not pay as many was by using arge quantity of essence-rich materials as surplus! This lifeblood jewel could had cost way more if Noah had used system points and skills alone, and even more if it was just system points! But with Skills AND various essence-rich materials which includedrge piles of draconic beasts, dragon heroes, and dragon divine beasts, thepatibility that these corpses had with the lifeblood jewel made it, so it was possible to reduce the price tremendously. Now, a new and draconic lifeblood jewel has bene born, and it glistened with a crimson-red brilliance Noah had never seen before, it was beautiful. The aura it emanated shaped itself as a roaring dragon, as he looked at it from close range. He quickly felt his own Dragon Heart pulse with power as it desired to connect with this lifeblood jewel! "Oh, I see¡­" He quickly inserted the lifeblood jewel inside of his Crimson Blood Soul, as the lifeblood jewel was "equipped" into him like he had equipped other lifeblood jewels before, glistening with shiny light, they fused with his soul and connected to it, spiraling together in a wondrous sight. The lifeblood jewel generated a sudden connection to his dragon heart, as he felt his dragon heart growing stronger and overflowing Noah''s body with energy, increasing his stats! "Amazing, lifeblood jewels are so strong that when I equip them into my soul, my stats increase as if I was equipping an item." Said Noah. "That''s the power of the lifeblood jewels I can create for you now." Said the Blood Progenitor rather pridefully. "I also helped on it, without my knowledge and calction speed, a better lifeblood jewel than your original blueprint couldn''t had been made possible." Said Gaia. "I still did a good job." Said the Blood Progenitor. "I made it better." Said Gaia. The two were ring at each other as if they were angered, they had be rivals for Noah''s attention now that both were System Administrators. He ignored the two of them as he inspected his new lifeblood jewel abilities. ¡­ [Lifeblood Jewel: Primordial Elemental Dragon Overlord (Demi Deity-Grade)] (500/500): Thebined and awakened power of your innermost draconic power. This Lifeblood Jewel can help you exert great amounts of power as a dragon and unleash the true potential within your Draconic Power. Alongside this, a series of support abilities are also included, which can strengthen both you and your subordinates. Abilities: [Primordial Elemental Dragon Overlord Transformation (200/200)], [Primordial Dragon War Roar (100/100)], [Element-Reflecting Imperial Divine Scales (100/100)] Additional Abilities: [God King of Dragons (200/200)], [Divine Draconic Command (100/100)], [Divine Dragon Guider (100/100)] [Four-Element Divine Dragon King Arudiel (200/200)], [Divine Elemental Dragon Summon (100/100)], [Elemental Domain of Divine Dragons (100/100)] ¡­ These Abilities left Noah perplexed! They were all too good! Did he really deserved such power? Well, he couldn''t wait to see them all, as he checked their powers and descriptions, he gained great insights about their capabilities and the truth behind their power. The first set of Skills allowed Noah to take the powerful shape of new and evolved form of a dragon, enhancing all of his capabilities in the way as well! Each Ability seemed to enhance the power of his draconic power, while also having the ability to throw an intimidation-based roar to make enemies fearful. Meanwhile, the other Skills were about the enhancement of troops through the ability of a Dragon King, which naturally boost the power of troops while your presence is near, alongside the power to Guide Dragons to walk through your path! ----- Chapter 413 - The Amazing Draconic Power Of The New Lifeblood Jewel ----- Noah nced at his new Lifeblood Jewel being born, as he looked at its amazing details. ¡­ [Lifeblood Jewel: Primordial Elemental Dragon Overlord (Demi Deity-Grade)] (500/500): Thebined and awakened power of your innermost draconic power. This Lifeblood Jewel can help you exert great amounts of power as a dragon and unleash the true potential within your Draconic Power. Alongside this, a series of support abilities are also included, which can strengthen both you and your subordinates. Abilities: [Primordial Elemental Dragon Overlord Transformation (200/200)] (Active): Transform into the powerful and terrifying Primordial Elemental Dragon Overlord and enhance all of your parameters by +1000%, while granting Elemental Damage Reduction of -500% and Damage Absorption of +30%. All your Dragon-rted abilities are enhanced by +1000% and your mere presence enhances the power of your ally''s dragon-rted abilities by +500% while your enemies receive a debuff to all their parameters of -200%. Divine Energy is drained continuously. [Primordial Dragon War Roar (100/100)] (Active): Unleash a fearful roar towards your enemies to show them who''s the real King, inflicting great intimidation to arge group of foes which reduces all their parameters by -500%, while also weakening their abilities powers by -200%. Allies receive the opposite effects. Effectsst half an hour. Cooldown: 1 hour. [Element-Reflecting Imperial Divine Scales (100/100)] (Passive): While coating yourself in scales, your scales had changed their appearance and powerpletely, and now they hold the power of beingpletely element-reflecting. Elemental Damage is reduced by -400% passively while you have scales over your body, and physical and magical damage is reduced by -400%. Additional Abilities: [God King of Dragons (200/200)] (Passive): Your very presence inspires your troops as the God King of Dragons, all allies receive a boost to their parameters and abilities effects and damage inflicted of +500% as long as they are within a radius of 1 kilometer from you (true body, clones don''t work). Their energy regeneration speed is also enhanced by +1000%, and if the allies are Dragon-type, the effects are doubled. [Divine Draconic Command (100/100)] (Active): Give out amand to your troops, bringing them once more together and enhancing cooperation and cool headedness in battle. Whilemanding, all your troops and allies'' parameters are enhanced by +250% and all their coordination and affinity with one another is enhanced by +1000%. These effects doubles if the targets are Dragon-type. [Divine Dragon Guider (100/100)] (Passive): As the powerful Dragon that you''ve be, you''re capable of guiding other dragons through your path, and enhance all of their capabilities, growth speed, talents, and evolution options as long as they be your subordinates and swear loyalty. [Four-Element Divine Dragon King Arudiel (200/200)] (Active): Summon the Legendary Four-Element Divine Dragon King Arudiel from the Draconic Universe to aid you in battle, this fearful dragon has the power equivalent to a Demigod of Rank 1. This legendary dragon possesses the power of Wind, Water, Fire, and Thunder, and can utilize it to unleash terror and disaster to your enemies. Summon can be assigned his own troops and can also share abilities with the user, within them including this lifeblood jewel section abilities. Once summoned, it doesn''t drain divine energy. If defeated, it can be summoned again through the use of divine energy once more. [Divine Elemental Dragon Summon (100/100)] (Active): Summon a glorious and colorful army of elemental dragons to aid you in battle, each one possesing the power of Living Deities or Pseudo Demi Deities at minimum, however, they cannot grow stronger past this. Dragons can be summoned randomly from Wind, Fire, Thunder, or Water elements with randomized abilities. [Elemental Domain of Divine Dragons (100/100)] (Active): Activate the powerful elemental domain of divine dragons to aid you in battle, enhancing your power and that of all your allies and troops, enhancing all their parameters by +400% while enhancing their elemental damage by +500%, dragon-type troops receive double the effects. Constantly drains Divine Energy upon activation. ¡­ These Abilities left Noah perplexed! They were all too good! Did he really deserved such power? Well, he couldn''t wait to see them all, as he checked their powers and descriptions, he gained great insights about their capabilities and the truth behind their power. The first set of Skills allowed Noah to take the powerful shape of new and evolved form of a dragon, enhancing all of his capabilities in the way as well! Each Ability seemed to enhance the power of his draconic power, while also having the ability to throw an intimidation-based roar to make enemies fearful. Meanwhile, the other Skills were about the enhancement of troops through the ability of a Dragon King, which naturally boost the power of troops while your presence is near, alongside the power to Guide Dragons to walk through your path! This could greatly enhance their growth speed, and more with just them swearing loyalty to him¡­ Andstly, there was a surprising new section, three abilities rted with Summoning! It seems that the power of these dragons concentrates through hisprehension of the ability to summon, and it ended into this power. Although apparently Gaia had added this to the blueprint as well, but never expected it could be so overpowered! He was able to summon a powerful Demigod Realm Rank 1 Dragon that wielded four elements and was¡­ apparently brought from apletely different Universe?! How could that even work? And to boot, he could also summon troops of divine elemental dragons to battle with him, which couldn''t grow in power like his blood undead troops but were strong from the get-go! Fusing these troops alongside the others he possessed was the key to victory for Noah! And this path¡­ this path finally showed itself to him! With this he could storm the castle and also bring his blood undead, andpletely dominate this feeble ce¡­ If things were getting desperate, he might as well storm the whole thing! TRUUM! After everyone finished their meals, Noah and his party including his twins and his wife quickly readied their abilities and no longer hid, flying towards the castle and surprising everyone there with a storming entrance! BOOOM!!! ----- Chapter 414 - Summoning A New Ally! ----- Noah was amazed, he nced at the amazing new Lifeblood Jewel with his abilities within them, their power was incredible, and the abilities they held had great and varied uses! The first set of Skills allowed Noah to take the powerful shape of new and evolved form of a dragon, enhancing all of his capabilities in the way as well! Each Ability seemed to enhance the power of his draconic power, while also having the ability to throw an intimidation-based roar to make enemies fearful. With this he could use all the draconic power of a tyrannical dragon and overwhelm entire troops of enemies. He couldn''t wait to use this power the most. Meanwhile, the other Skills were about the enhancement of troops through the ability of a Dragon King, which naturally boost the power of troops while your presence is near, alongside the power to Guide Dragons to walk through your path! This could greatly enhance their growth speed, and more with just them swearing loyalty to him. And to boot, the power of the Dragon Guider Ability had the amazing effect of boosting the potential of his allies, meaning that not only their total immediate power could grow, but also the power they held within them, the innate potential and talent they had would blossom intopletely new powers as they evolved and developed. Andstly, there was a surprising new section, three abilities rted with Summoning! It seems that the power of these dragons concentrates through hisprehension of the ability to summon, and it ended into this power. Although apparently Gaia had added this to the blueprint as well, but never expected it could be so overpowered! "I had added this blueprint into the Lifeblood Jewel out of the usage of the information of the previous Lifeblood Jewel you created. I began to think that there was a lot of potential if we concentrated the origin power of the Lifeblood Jewels and fused it with your amazing Summoning Talent. This way, we were able to find a way to bring even summonable dragons¡­ though the true effects are way better than we could had ever imagined, there are still many things left for us to learn about the Lifeblood Jewels of yours¡­" said Gaia. "I-Indeed, I guess I''ll give her credit for that section of the skills¡­ though I was the one that came with the idea of the Dragon Guider!" said the Blood Progenitor. He wasn''t letting Gaia take all the credit. "Okay, both of you calm down¡­" sighed Noah. Noah saw that one of these Summoning Abilities granted him the ability to be able to summon a powerful Demigod Realm Rank 1 Dragon that wielded four elements and was¡­ apparently brought from apletely different Universe?! How could that even work? And to boot, he could also summon troops of divine elemental dragons to battle with him, which couldn''t grow in power like his blood undead troops but were strong from the get-go. Fusing these troops alongside the others he possessed was the key to victory for Noah! And this path¡­ this path finally showed itself to him! With this he could storm the castle and also bring his blood undead, andpletely dominate this feeble ce. He quickly decided to try out summoning this powerful Dragon after checking his Ability once more to see if he had not missed anything¡­ ¡­ [Four-Element Divine Dragon King Arudiel (200/200)] (Active): Summon the Legendary Four-Element Divine Dragon King Arudiel from the Draconic Universe to aid you in battle, this fearful dragon has the power equivalent to a Demigod of Rank 1. This legendary dragon possesses the power of Wind, Water, Fire, and Thunder, and can utilize it to unleash terror and disaster to your enemies. Summon can be assigned his own troops and can also share abilities with the user, within them including this lifeblood jewel section abilities. Once summoned, it doesn''t drain divine energy. If defeated, it can be summoned again through the use of divine energy once more. ¡­ "It has the powers of Wind, Water, Fire and Thunder¡­ Aren''t those the powers of the Draconic Fathers? But those four were transferred over the other Lifeblood Jewel¡­ Right? How does this summoning skill even works and how does it even brings a being from another Universe?" asked Noah inplete confusion. He couldn''t really tell why was this even a thing. However, his two System Administrators had no idea. They said that it was a thing that just happened, but Gaia, who was more knowledgeable in more things than the Blood Progenitor, began to give out some of the ideas she had in her mind. "Perhaps your Origin Core is the key, Noah. Your ability as the son of Azathoth might have amazing potentials that you have yet to learn and know and understand about. Due to this, this power istent on you. Calling upon the souls of ancient warriors from another Universe through the origin connection of your Dragon Heart and your Origin Core merging together¡­ might had created a Summoning Root, which is what helps Warlocks summon beings from another nes to make contracts with. You can already summon the power of Bloodshot Eye, can''t you? Then its totally possible that you could had applied this with this dragon¡­ Or perhaps, you''ve just created it from your own power¡­ I don''t really know," said Gaia. "Hmm¡­ We better ask the dragon itself." Said Noah, as he pointed his open palm into the ground and summoned Arudiel! FLASH! A massive magic circle opened out of thin air, covering the ground before Noah, as the powerful amounts of divine energy he spent were infused into it, and a massive figure began to surge out of thin air as the streams of elemental spiritual energies gathered together! A majestic dragon coated in golden scales and having white membrane wings, with pointy horns resembling a beautiful crown, and shing emerald wings emerged, standing in two feet, it looked at Noah from above. The dragon himself being over 20 meter tall¡­ "So I have been summoned?" This Dragon exuded the true Divine Aura of a Demigod within him¡­! ----- Chapter 415 - The Mighty Arudiel ----- Gaia exined her thoughts about the reasons behind the entire power of summoning such a being as this dragon, but Noah decided to simply do it and ask the summon himself how he felt about this and what was truly happening. In other simr situations such as the summons from his previous Lifeblood Jewel, Vritra and the Draconic Fathers were used as ingredients to the creation of this Path Jewel, so they didn''t emerged out of thin air. However, Arudiel and the other Elemental Dragons that Noah could summon now were not brought from such a thing¡­ this is why Noah felt so perplexed. "Hmm¡­ We better ask the dragon itself." Said Noah, as he pointed his open palm into the ground and summoned Arudiel! FLASH! A massive magic circle opened out of thin air, covering the ground before Noah, as the powerful amounts of divine energy he spent were infused into it, and a massive figure began to surge out of thin air as the streams of elemental spiritual energies gathered together! A majestic dragon coated in golden scales and having white membrane wings, with pointy horns resembling a beautiful crown, and shing emerald wings emerged, standing in two feet, it looked at Noah from above. The dragon himself being over 60 meter tall¡­ "So I have been summoned?" This Dragon exuded the true Divine Aura of a Demigod within him¡­! The majestic gold dragon looked at Noah from above, his massive body was perhaps almost as big as a small mountain or a big hill. And he was covered in glistening golden scales. His membrane wings were also covered in white feathers, giving him an angelic and holy resemnce. Despite this, he was not a wielder of light magic but of Wind, Thunder, Fire and Water! "Do you remember where you came from?" wondered Noah. Arudiel looked at the tiny Noah from above, as he seemed to feel curious. He lowered his head and looked at him. He suddenly saw through his soul, as he saw the eternal abyssal darkness within him. There was also arge hint of deathly abyssal void within him, but he indeed had been summoned by this monstrous being from another Universe. "I had died long ago by the hands of my own siblings. They killed me for power and had most likely acquired it. The Draconic Universe is a dangerous ce where Dragons truly originated from within this Dimensional Membrane. I had thought that my soul was destroyed and devoured, yet here I am¡­ Could it be? Have you summoned me through the Origin Root? So the theory of my good friend Chronus was true, any living being in existence is registered within the Universal Core of the Primordial Origin Root¡­ By summoning me, you''ve merely taken out my own Origin through the Primordial Origin Root of my Universe. This Universe is clearly not that one, I can feel it. The fabric of reality is run through different rules altogether." said the dragon, words that Noah couldn''t understand were thrown casually. "I am rather frustrated that I cannot understand half of what you''re talking about, but I am currently in a hurry. Can you borate?" asked Noah. "borating further might only stretch this conversation some more. For now, I am willing to cooperate as I seem to be bound to your soul, Noah Luna Noctem¡­ your soul is a piece of a primordial deity of this world, isn''t it? You''re an interesting enough being to be the master of my resurrection, I suppose¡­ Even then, this power¡­ It is barely but 1% of my original power. Back then, I was able to devour entire worlds and forge stars as I traveled the Universe." Said the majestic dragon. each of his words carried arge quantity of wisdom, as if Noah was talking with a truly ancient entity. Noah squinted his eyes as he looked at Arudiel, he wanted to reprimand him and make him be less prideful with his tone of voice, but he couldn''t help but feel bad by ding so. It felt like he couldn''t simply do it. This dragon''s power and presence was ancient to the point that it left even him perplexed. This being of vast knowledge was acting respectful to an extent, so Noah simply decided to be fine with it. "Sure thing, we can speak about thister on another asion. For now, we must hurry towards our current goal. We require your help to defeat a dew enemies, don''t ck off and aid your master." Said Noah. "Very well, I will use this reincarnation to serve you." Said Arudiel. He suddenly acted more cognitive of how Noah felt, especially because his shing yellow-gold eyes were able to see through his soul and sensed his emotions. He sensed his respect to him due to his wisdom and majestic appearance, which feed on his ego and made him more lenient of serving him. Gaia and the Blood Progenitor nodded in understanding as both figures floated within the Divine Realm of Noah. This being had even surprised these two rtively old entities, who had realized how they were absolutely nothingpared to this being and his wisdom. Having such a being in their side had suddenly made things interesting. Perhaps asking him more things that not even the two understood would be of great help. Noah not only had acquired a powerful new Ally with the strength of a Demigod, but he also had acquired a knowledgably and wise entity from another Universe with vas knowledge about mostly everything up to the point where he died! If he said he was able to devours and even forge stars, it meant this entity was strong enough to be able to do such a thing. Noah had barely grasped this, but he knew that the Realms of Existence above Supreme Deities were able to interact with the astral objects of the cosmos better, the next realm after Supreme Deity, in fact, was capable of devouring entire worlds! However, for now, he had no time to speak anymore. He felt the urge to end this event regarding the Kingdom, as he desired to rush into the Castle and crush his enemies within there. ----- Chapter 416 - Attack! ----- Noah was now preparing for the battle, he and his family had finished eating their fill and everyone was getting ready for battle, stretching and even some had gone to the bathroom for a little bit. Meanwhile, he was using his powers to summon¡­ Dragons! And these Dragons were not as simple as the Dragons he held within his Divine Realm, these people had grown very strong, but were yet to reach the same Realm as these entities. But unlike them, they had the potential to keep growing while these Elemental Dragons were only a byproduct of his Lifeblood Jewel, they held the power to unleash powerful Elemental powers and each one had a different shape and scale color showing their elements. Noah checked the Ability that made this thing a possibility, which even defied his previous Lifeblood Jewel in power and instantons army building power. ¡­ [Divine Elemental Dragon Summon (100/100)] (Active): Summon a glorious and colorful army of elemental dragons to aid you in battle, each one possesing the power of Living Deities or Pseudo Demi Deities at minimum, however, they cannot grow stronger past this. Dragons can be summoned randomly from Wind, Fire, Thunder, or Water elements with randomized abilities. [Elemental Domain of Divine Dragons (100/100)] (Active): Activate the powerful elemental domain of divine dragons to aid you in battle, enhancing your power and that of all your allies and troops, enhancing all their parameters by +400% while enhancing their elemental damage by +500%, dragon-type troops receive double the effects. Constantly drains Divine Energy upon activation. ¡­ The first Ability had the power to summon them, while the second one had the power to create a Domain to enhance their power even further beyond. These dragons had the random elements assigned to them after they were created through the Summoning Ability. They could be either Wind, Fire, Thunder, or Water, with green, red, yellow, or blue scales respectively, showcasing their elements brightly over their majestic draconic bodies. Noah pointed his hands into the empty grasnds before him. He had currently traveled to Mars within his Divine Realm, which had been Terraformed with the aid of Gaia, and it was now a beautiful green, most of the desertds were now covered by grass and even forests and jungles had begun to emerge. Through the infusion of Mana into this empty barrennd of a world, a World Origin Core had begun to crystalize in the core of the ne as well, it could take some time, but Mars and the others, and even the Sun itself, could form their own Origin Cores, which Noah willter on fuse with to gain even more power! This is why the project of infusing life and more into them was important, World Origin Cores only emerged when these astral objects held rich life and Vitality and Magic energies were flowing freely across thes. Through this power over umted into the core of the, the crystal would emerge and slowly form. This process usually took thousands of years because thes slowly absorbed life energy, but Noah was constantly infusing his divine energy into thes directly, while also filling them with monsters that were bale to easily and quickly reproduce and multiply, making more and more life. However, this World Origin Core Farming Project was not why he had arrived here, but this ce seemed empty enough for him to summon an army of Elemental Dragons. FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! These Elemental Dragons continued to be summoned until Noah hit the limit, which was up to 100! But the thing is, even if they died, he could keep summoning them again and always maintain a good number at 100. He believed that if he could upgrade the Lifeblood Jewel again, he would be able to reach a higher number, but as of now, this was the most he could achieve. But 100 Elemental Dragons at Living Deity Realm¡­ was more than enough! Especially if he merged them with his improved army of Blood Undead after they had been devouring and conquering newnds and expanding through the wilderness of the continent while he did his own things here! Noah smiled at the scene as he quickly made his way back to the outside world, his group was ready inside of his Divine Realm, as he quickly turned into transparent white mist through his Vampiric Abilities, and then infused all those Illusion Attribute Particles he held within his soul to this ability, bing near invisible! Of course, the Mist Ability didn''t made him immune to attacks, as long as they came infused with magic, they could damage him, but anything without magic was near impossible to damage him. He flew across the skies, reaching the castle in no time. He knew that whenever he attacked, the power of the Mist Transformation Ability would weaken and he would be revealed, but this wasn''t something that concerned Noah. The preparations were almost ready in there, Gergesh was seeing through everything within his Divine Realm, as the Heroes he controlled like puppets were readying themselves for a big battle! However, and against their wildest expectations, the people and the heroes were suddenly greeted by a thunderous explosion in the skies, as a massive, scaled body fell from the explosion and shed over the entire preparation area where thousands of Dragon Soldiers were preparing themselves! FLAAAASH! BOOOMMMM!!! The massive Dragon Meteor that Noah utilized was devastating! He had transformed while moving down, and coated himself in powerful elemental auras topletely massacre anything that remained below him! His massive body crushed over several hundreds of Dragons, who were no bigger than 10 meter, while he was over 70 meter in this time! His entire body hit the ground so loud the entire city trembled as massive crater was left! The Heroes were barely unscathed as they looked with perplexity at the insanity of this monster that had emerged out of nowhere! The Castle suddenly began to copse due to the intense tremor, as a massive Domain epassed the entire area, made by Noah''s clones! ----- Chapter 417 - War! ----- FLAAAASH! BOOOMMMM!!! The massive Dragon Meteor that Noah utilized was devastating! He had transformed while moving down and coated himself in powerful elemental auras topletely massacre anything that remained below him! His massive body crushed over several hundreds of Dragons, who were no bigger than 10 meter, while he was over 70 meter in this time! His entire body hit the ground so loud the entire city trembled as massive crater was left! The Heroes were barely unscathed as they looked with perplexity at the insanity of this monster that had emerged out of nowhere! The Castle suddenly began to copse due to the intense tremor, as a massive Domain epassed the entire area, made by Noah''s clones! The entire castle crumbled apart as the Dragons inside flew away, including the King and his family, while most of the other Dragons were crushed by the rubble as they were weak non-warriors'' servants. To the other side, a massive domain of darkness and blood emerged the entire ce, encapsting the entirety of this territory of around half a kilometer around Noah in a sphere where no one could enter or get out! This power was the same he had used before to trap the Assassins, and in fact, these ones hade out of his Divine Realm, rushing out with the reincarnations of the Heroine Noah had eaten and hispanions, who shone brightly as newly created Dragons of Light who had undergone training through the big-time difference inside of his divine realm! But this wasn''t all, as they led a big army of one hundred Elemental Dragons who all exuded the pristine and shiny divine aura of Living Deities within them! And behind these dragons, a massive one emerged as well, extending his majestic, feathered wings, Arudiel exuded the powerful Demigod Aura of his four Elements. All the pristine and glistening colors of fire, water, wind, and thunder merged together into an explosion of utter divinity! The Heroes gritted their teeth in utter desperation as they saw Noah emerge with everything to kill them! Gergesh was feeling unease after seeing this, but he wasn''t going to give up the Kingdom he had been controlling this entire time! He quickly infused divine energy into the clones parasitizing the Heroes and their subordinates! The heroes left after Noah killed one of them were only three of them left! These three heroes looked at Noah hatefully as they began to gather powerful magical energies form within their bodies. Sodraronn, Hero of Freezing Tundra, suddenly exploded int freezing tundra aura, as he became a majestic and gigantic ice dragon. The powers of Gergesh mutated his body as his tails opened into massive snake-like jaws. And he gained three more heads his body was about 70 meters tall, and he seemed to exude the power of a Fate''s Chosen! Gratunna, Heroine of Rock Stone, suddenly coated herself in countless ores and stones, as she became a massive dragoness of over 100 meters tall made entirely out of stone and ores, or well, coated in them to the point where not even an inch of her flesh could be seen! Her design was rather simplistic, but it was fearfully powerful, exuding an aura of Fate''s Chosen too. And Sagrid, Hero of Shadow Darkness, became a massive and vicious long snake-like dragon, with ck and purple scales, the massive snake was as big as 100 meters as well, but mostly out of longitude. The monstrous snake dragon exuded a powerful shadowy aura within it, and also the aura of a Fate''s Chosen! The dragons looked over as their subordinates transformed into dragons as well, infused with the fragments of Gergesh, their power was reaching Living Deity too! However, Noah had an army of a hundred of them! "Kill them." Said Noah, tyrannically ordering his elemental dragons and the strongest of his Blood Undead to join the battle! FLASH! The gigantic elemental dragons began to battle against the Heroes army in an instant, there was no time to speak anything other than to kill each other! The Dragon heroes were powerful though, they hadrge quantities of fragments and each one was boosting their power quite tremendously, nheless, Noah didn''t cared, as he made the elemental dragons attack them, even if many of them died in the spot, the same went for the near-endless army of Blood Undead, although these ones were able to continuously regenerate as long as there was Mana/Divine Energy! Nattannia and her group rushed forward as their transformations resembled deathly dark and red Vampire Dragons, therge group joined with the reincarnated heroine of brightness, shocking the other Heroes! "Natasha?! What are you doing? Have you sided with the enemy?!" asked one of the Heroes, as it crushed several Elemental Dragons and Undead while being swarmed by them. "More urately, I have decided to join lord Noah after being revived by his grace!" said Natasha, her white dragon form resonated with pristine brilliance, releasing a barrage of bright light beams towards her formerpanions,pletely overpowering them with the power of her element! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Her elemental barrage continued to ensure aplete chaos over the enemy, as the troops they held were being pulverized by her holy light and even the Dragon Heroes had to fall back before her new and improved might. Meanwhile, Nattannia and her group began to massacre the sudden monstrosities that were emerging from the soldiers that survived, as Gergesh began to infuse Miasma into all of them and mutated them into monstrous mutant-like draconic beasts, wildly going crazy for devouring and acquiring energy, they rushed towards the enemy army, however, they meet a swift end inrge masses as Elemental breath attacks fell over them, freezing them, grilling them, and slicing them into pieces through the power of Wind, Thunder, Fire, and Water! Meanwhile, Arudiel choose the biggest and strongest of the three Heroes and flew for battle, his divine aura shing with different elements of bright and colorful lights. His jaws opened wide as he released a rainbow breath attack over Gratunna, Heroine of Rock Stone! BOOOMMM!!! However, her rock coverture survived such a powerful attack, as Arudiel recognized it as a worthy opponent. "Good! I won''t settle for less." ----- Chapter 418 - Arudiels Draconic Might! ----- Meanwhile, Arudiel choose the biggest and strongest of the three Heroes and flew for battle, his divine aura shing with different elements of bright and colorful lights. His jaws opened wide as he released a rainbow breath attack over Gratunna, Heroine of Rock Stone! BOOOMMM!!! However, her rock coverture survived such a powerful attack, as Arudiel recognized it as a worthy opponent. "Good! I won''t settle for less." Arudiel emerged with his shing and bright divinity of the four elements, as he red down at his adversary with the prideful draconic might of a former being that once dominated the Gxies of his former Universe, the Draconic Universe! Gratunna, who had be a monstrous dragon covered on ore and rocks red at the shing and holy appearance of this golden dragon, as it sensed the power of four, yes, four dragon hearts on his chest! "S-Such power¡­ he has four dragon hearts?! And they''re all of the divine ranks¡­!" "Surprised by my might? Now let''s see if you can resist this." Arudiel said, he waved his ws as several magic circles emerged out of thin air around him, the elements he wielded twisted to hismand, as Fire, Wind, Water, and Thunderbined together into a spiraling elemental barrage of incredible power! The spiraling elemental attack was boosted by the Dragon Domain that Noah had generated in the battlefield, which boosted the power of all dragon-type units! Alongside that, there were several other passive abilities such as Dragon Guider taking on effect and enhancing Arudiel even more, and then there was the power of the God King Dragon And Dragon Command Abilities, which enhanced his power even further beyond! Despite this, Gratunna was receive the boost of several fragments of Gergesh infused into her body, she enhanced her body with countless spells and then generated massive boulders in the shape of enormous fists that could easily pulverize an entire mountain, the enormous fists reached Arudiel as she groaned angrily. Arudiel smiled confidently as his magic took ce! FLASH! Rainbow colors epassed the scene as the glistening and bright light shone with fervent beauty. The power of such an elementalbination could only be found in a dragon such as him, wise and old enough to be able to haveprehended the power of the elements to such an extent! The rainbow of elements epassed the entire atmosphere as it generated a twisting powerful vortex that took absorbed and vacuumed Gratunna''s attack, her gigantic rocky fists were bathed with the power of four elements at once, as it was torn apart into little pebbles in seconds! CRAAAASSSSSHHH! "Hmph, to think it wouldn''t even survive that. Maybe you''re only good at defense?" he wondered, as he began to point his ws at her. "Then take this¡­" FLAAAASSSSSHHH! The deadly elemental vortex swallowed the draconic heroine as her entire rocky body protected her from the turbulent power! The fragments of Gergesh within her began to infuse their power into her, making her overflow with dark energies as her body acquired an abnormal regeneration granted by these fragments! This abnormal regeneration fought back against Arudiel''s amazing attacks, as he was left surprised by how resilient it could be. "Perhaps you''re a good punching bag." The arrogant dragon said, as he flew towards Gratunna and began to use his tail, ws, and legs to kick, sh, and hit the entire body of this giant rock dragoness! CLASH! CRASH! BOOM! SLASH! Arudiel''s amazing attacks came apanied by the divinity of four elements epassing his entire body and the enhancement granted by the rest of the Lifeblood Jewel''s powers! Arudiel power continued to skyrocket into higher degrees as his rainbow aura continued to seep further into Gratunna''s defenses! However, the rock dragoness absorbed the damage and then, utilized it to release an explosive shockwave of energy from her body through the power "Shockwave Return"! TRUUUMMM! "Unngh?!" Arudiel was surprised as he was thrown away by the powerful shing power of the Gratunna''s attack, it was capable of absorbing the damage she received and then throw it away into an enormous explosive shockwave! Of course, this power didn''t made her immune to damage, her entire body was falling apart into pieces as she fought against this valiant dragon. BOOM!!! Arudiel fell over the ground, surprised by the powerful attack! "I see! You have the power of absorbing damage and then firing it away as a shockwave, right? I guessed it quite easily." Said Arudiel. FLASH! Like a sh of rainbow light, he reached Gratunna in a second, as his ws and attacks fell over her like gigantic rainbow meteors! "Uagh! So fast and strong¡­! Unnngh¡­! Uuaaggh¡­!" The draconic heroine began to be torn apart by the valiant dragon''s attacks, her entire being torn apart as she began to despair! However, this despair quickly came to an end as she released another desperate shockwave of explosive power from the damage she absorbed! TRUUUMMM! The shockwave hit the dragon Arudiel, as it threw him off once more into the ground. He fell right over the ground and vomited a mouthful of blood. He felt his entire body trembling as the shockwaves had reached the interior of his body itself! "Amendable foe¡­ but clearly not enough, you''re already at death''s door!" proimed Arudiel. Despite his wounds, he stood up once more, his divine aura overwhelming the darkness within the dragon before him, as he gathered his power over his jaws and fired a deadly beam of rainbow colors epassing these elements together, sting away the dragon heroine into smithereens! She had tried to struggle and fought back, and even Gergesh fragments tried to take over the hit and then fire it back, but the power was too strong, more than her own body could possibly absorb and fire back as an attack! She was overwhelmed, and her entire being began to fragment apart and vaporized! "GRYYYAAAAAAAHHH¡­!" The agonizing cry of the fragments of Gergesh resonated across the battlefield as Arudiel nodded. "An interesting fight, but you were not a worthy opponent as much as I would had liked¡­" he said. His power was truly incredible! ----- Chapter 419 - Intense Battlefield ----- The battles continued within therge domain that Noah had erected, as the massive army of Dragons led by Nattannia and the other former spies, alongside the Heroine of Brighteness which Noah had killed and eaten and afterwards revived through his strange methods continued to put a strong pressure in the enemy army. The dragons that stood there as soldiers were quickly massacred without any of them even standing a chance, it was a constant consumption of energy without stopping, which made Noah felt euphoric over all the power he was receiving! He felt as if he was being blessed by the heavens at this moment thanking to this bountiful harvest! He began to mercilessly ughter the soldiers with his army, while his other troops devastated the subordinates of the heroes without any issue. His family and allies had also joined, making things even more difficult for everyone within this ce! The dragons groaned in agony as they were consumed by the powerful elemental breaths of the Elemental Dragon Summons, while some of these dragons died easily by the hero''s ws and attacks, although the deadly Undead continued to emerge and regenerate endlessly, even when they were ttened over the ground countless of times. And even worse, all those soldiers they killed were added into the army, being immediately raised back from the dead and adding into Noah''s army of Blood Undead! Noah saw the ocean of loot that had begun to emerge everywhere, countless items spread all around, alongside Cores of most Ranks and even Living Deity Ranks from the subordinates of the dragon heroes! Arudiel also just killed one Hero with rtive ease alongside her subordinates, arge pile of Demigod-Rank Attribute Value Cores had emerged! Alongside that, there were various items such as Ability Cores, equipment, potions, and more. It seems that these heroes counted as Demigods due to all the fragments infused into them by the desperate Gergesh! Noah quickly began to collect all the loot as his army continued to massacre the enemy ruthlessly, Arudiel joined hands with his allies, as they began to massacre the two left heroes, their struggle was in vain as Iris began tobine her techniques with her children. The massacre was more than just a massacre, the Vampire Overlord Noah was just annihting them all! His power was a tad bit too much¡­ and this new Lifeblood Jewel he had made, it could be said to be quite overpowered! With this Domain coupled with all its passive and active buffs, everyone that counted as a dragon within his army received an incredibly boost to their power, and that was literally everyone! Even his allies from earth, formerly humans, were now half dragon as well, and received the full power! If Arudiel could easily beat a Hero, his own allies who were stronger than him in certain areas should easily be able to do so if they ganged on them! Their children also supported them from behind with their thundering and powerful developing powers. Sodraronn, the Hero of Freezing Tundra and Sagrid, the Hero of Shadow Darkness were the only two left within this massive massacre, all the troops of soldiers that had be monstrosities thanks to Gergesh''s powers were now gonepletely! The two heroes struggled to fight back, the powerful freezing tundra hero released constant freezing attacks and continuously froe the elemental dragon troops and the undead acting as meat shields, but Noah continued to revive them with his vast quantities of divine energy. He tried to freeze Iris and Arudiel who had joined hands, but they easily broke through his measly ice and Iris suddenly grasped his neck on her monstrous draconic form, which resembled a dark dragon coated in blueish phantom mes. She smiled monstrously as Sodraronn struggled to fight back, his entire body entangled around her draconic arms, but her children, Dante and Eleanora helped her out, attacking the freezing dragon with theirbined might, as he was pulverized by abination of many attacks at once! "GRUUUAAGGH¡­!" The Gergesh fragment inside of him transformed his body into a monstrous tentacled beast, that tried to fight back against her and his children, the massive crimson-red eyes opened as they released shing beams of light, as his aura shaped as endless, pink-colored worms that tried to parasitize Iris! However, Irisughed! "Gyahahaha! Is that your attempt at winning?!" she said arrogantly. Her power being boosted by the many abilities of Noah and her won too. She used her phantasmal me domain and aura to constantly fire beams of fire against him, pulverizing him into the ground as Dante and Eleanorabined their power and released red mes and psionic beams, unleashing the end of this Hero in less than a few minutes! BOOOOMMM!!! "GRYYARR¡­!" The monstrous abomination he had be was left sttered into the ground as its tentacles still moved for a little while, meanwhile, its soul was shattered into pieces, and a pile of loot and items emerged as if they were still fighting inside a dungeon, this was all thanks to the new System Abilities that Noah had unlocked through enhancing the Rank of his own System¡­ Meanwhile, the other hero, Sagrid, the Hero of Shadow Darkness, was being sliced into pieces as his long body served no purpose but to bring him even more agony. Arudiel manipted his winds and generated powerful des of winds that sliced through him, while Vritra and thebined Draconic Fathers massacred him all around! Vritra unleashed a pestilent breath of crimson-red color, making the snake-shaped dragon hero groan in agony and despair, while the fused draconic fathers used their raw power and pulverized it with continousl elemental breaths and physical attacks! Meanwhile, Arudiel sliced off his body countless times using his magic, until the hero of shadwos copsed in the ground! The monstrous fragments of Gergesh tried to revive him back as an abominable monstrosity, but that was suppressed by Arthur and Timassa, as they unleashed a storm of thunder and ck light over it, pulverizing him once and for all! BOOOOOOMMM!!! "GRYYYARRGH¡­!" POOF! A mountain of loot was the only thing left aside from a carbonized corpse! ----- Chapter 420 - Great Spoils Of War ----- Through the entire battle Noah had also made all his enemies incredibly unlucky! He had used his new powers such as Fortune Siphon to absorb the energy from his foes constantly, sometimes it failed, but wherever it worked, he gained arge quantity of Fortune, which umted over his deathly skull-shaped Fortune Cloud, making it a bit less dark as it became gray. But even with the shing golden and shiny white fortunes of these Heroes, his own fortune still looked grim, their beautiful fate children fortune only worked a little bit, making parts of the dark cloud turn gray¡­ at this rate, he would need to absorb the fortune of hundreds of heroes to even make it a bit better! However, as the battle came to an end, he received a vast amount of essence which in turn enhanced his ss levels greatly! And to boot, there were now arge pile of delicious Demigod-Rank Attribute Value Cores to devour now, alongside the fragments of Gergesh! Ding! [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 47 to Level 48!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 48 to Level 49!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 49 to Level 50!] [All your Stats have increased] [The power of all Skills and Abilities rted to this ss have been enhanced] [You have unlocked the affinity to [Fate Attribute Magic] [The ss [Dark Fate Destroyed] has been maxed, you can now pick a new ss] "Well done!" Noah praised his valiant army, as he quickly decided to pick up all the loot into his Divine Realm and let everyone inside momentarily, as he devoured everything using one of his clones inside, which was directly part of his own soul. This clone sat down over a throne of blood, as it waved his hands and all the attribute particles of the Demigod Rank reached him! Meanwhile, his allies and Family, who were still Living Deity Rank, began to absorb these Cores, enhancing their power greatly! "Absorb!" said Noah, as his clone obeyed hismand, his soul danced in happiness as a tremendous wave of energy epassed his entire being, the power of these cores was infused into him and greatly enhanced the power of all his stats and even his cultivation, which began to skyrocket greatly! The ranks of Demigod were being passed through with ease! This was finally a good meal for him¡­ As he looked at the many times his Rank increased, Noah was suddenly epassed by a cocoon of blood! He began to constantly evolve for every single Rank he increases within the Demigod Realm, as his power continued to be enhanced continuously. FLASH! A new being was born after several evolutions, as only a few seconds have passed since the cocoons emerged, and Noah had already evolved! He looked at his new self, he looked mostly the same as before, but his very body had evolved and been reinforced continuously. He felt the power he had attained; he had already reached Demigod of Rank 5/9! He was just a few seconds before still Rank 2, but now, he skipped three whole Ranks! He was already midway through to be a true god. He had also devoured the fragments of Gergesh as he gained more insight about his divinity, the divinity fragments he acquired from him were all umted over his soul as they shaped into a pseudo divinity, in a bit more, it would form into a true divinity, as long as he continued eating these fragments¡­ or well, the real deal. Noah looked at his own status as he saw the changes. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [Race: [Divine Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 5/9: Upper Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Fragment of Divinity of Parasitism (Formation: 47%)] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XIV: Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XIV: Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Dark Fate Destroyer]: Level 47/50 -> 50/50] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [393.230 -> 1.220.502] [Primordial Essence: [1.300.000.000 -> 100.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [9.200.000 -> 35.000.000] [Aether: [6.700.000 -> 18.000.000] [Ki: [7.800.000 -> 20.000.000] [Fate: [5.200.000 -> 17.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 25.500], [Fire: 25.500], [Water: 29.000], [Wind: 29.000], [Space: 28.500], [Time: 27.500], [Life: 24.500], [Death: 32.000], [Dark: 32.000], [Light: 31.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 27.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 27.500], [Phantom: 30.000], [Blood: 52.500], [Poison: 26.000], [Soul: 52.000], [Nature: 27.000], [Thunder: 29.300], [Ice: 26.100], [War/Strength: 41.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 64.500], [Fate: 38.000], [Void: 28.000], [Law: 31.000], [System: 37.000] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] ¡­ Noah looked at his stats, they had skyrocketed! This was the amazing power that absorbing so many Cores of his own Realm gave to him, he felt almost euphoric when he did this, and even more, the constant evolutions and ranks up gave him around 20k attribute particles in all of his elements for free! And to boot, the other elements he exceeds at received even more of them. Now, with this war done, and with a lot of System Points to spare, he moved with another clone into the ss-changing shrine, selecting a new ss. ----- Chapter 421 - Changing Classes ----- Noah nced at his own status as he smiled. It was time to quickly change sses before confronting Gergesh, who had been growing desperate. He already mapped this entire ce and through the power of his newly advanced senses as a Dragon Demigod, Noah was able to detect the draconic presence of Gergesh deep underground, but not in the real sewers, but inside his divine realm! The parasite dragon god had already begun to tremble in fear, it was time to finish him right after he changed sses! His hand touched the orb as a burst of energy reached him, a holographic window emerged before him, offering him the ability to pick up one out of three sses in there. ¡­ [Avable ss Options] [Tyrannical Vampire Dragon Parasite Lord] [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death] [Divine Elemental Dragon God King] ¡­ Three new sses appeared before Noah, and all three of them seemed to be around his current developing powers! Perhaps with the first one he could be capable of assimting the powers of the divinity of Gergesh quicker, while the second one was definitely and enhancement to his necrotic powers through his Lifeblood Jewel, and the second one too, but revolving around the newest Dragon Lifeblood Jewel. Nheless, now that he could see their descriptions, he had no time to waste as he read them thoroughly in just a few split of a seconds. ¡­ [Tyrannical Vampire Dragon Parasite Lord] A ss only granted to those who have developed their powers as deadly and tyrannical vampire dragons with their parasitic capabilities developing. Through this ss, enhance the power of your parasitic powers topletely new levels and parasitize the world, drain the power of anyone that dares to defy you and control their bodies and minds like a deathly parasite that you are! Devour the world, the gxy, and even the Universe¡­ ¡­ [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death] A ss unlocked by someone that exceeds in the arts of Necromancy and has been given the title of Necrolord! Through this powerful ss, enhance the abilities within you topletely insane degrees and as you summon countless undead monsters to aid you in battle. Your legion of Undead knows no bounds as they advance forward into the vastness of the worlds you conquer! Devour everything and conquer everything in your path. ¡­ [Divine Elemental Dragon God King] A ss unlocked only by the most renowned of Dragon God Kings who have mastered several elements and are capable of exceeding their power tremendously in battle. Through this ss, you can enhance the powers rted to dragons you possess greatly, and even any dragon you can summon and that is also beneath yourmand. Even more, your draconic powers develop to new degrees, enhancing tour scales, ws, tails, and breath attack greatly! ¡­ All three evolution options seemed tentative for Noah; he could make use of all of them if he could take them all! Nheless, he could only take one. He scratched the first one, as he was sure to be able to get the full parasitic divinity by eating Gergesh and absorbing his attribute value cores in the uing battle, which he was arrogantly quite confident on winning. This left both the Necrolord ss and the dragon ss. Both enhanced an aspect of his strongest abilities as of now. He quickly, however, decided into one after thinking it briefly. He had just made the dragon path jewel, so his necrotic powers required a nice boost. After all, they held greater potential than his dragon summons, and were currently conquering the world for him as they advanced through wildnds and devoured any life to grow bigger and more monstrous. Ding! [You exchanged 220.000 System Points!] [You changed sses to [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death]!] [All your Stats have increased!] [Level cap increased!] [You learned the [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] and [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] Skills!] ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [Race: [Divine Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 5/9: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Fragment of Divinity of Parasitism (Formation: 47%)] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XIV: Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XIV: Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death]: Level 50/60] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)], [Dark Fate Destroyer (50/50)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [1.000.502] [Primordial Essence: [100.000.000.000 -> 110.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [35.000.000 -> 40.000.000] [Aether: [18.000.000 -> 23.000.000] [Ki: [20.000.000 -> 22.000.000] [Fate: [17.000.000 -> 19.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 25.500], [Fire: 25.500], [Water: 29.000], [Wind: 29.000], [Space: 28.500], [Time: 27.500], [Life: 24.500], [Death: 52.000], [Dark: 32.000], [Light: 31.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 27.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 27.500], [Phantom: 30.000], [Blood: 72.500], [Poison: 26.000], [Soul: 52.000], [Nature: 27.000], [Thunder: 29.300], [Ice: 26.100], [War/Strength: 41.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 64.500], [Fate: 38.000], [Void: 28.000], [Law: 31.000], [System: 37.000] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] ¡­ Noah inspected his stats right away, as he nced at his upgraded attribute values¡­ he had also now gained two new Skills¡­ ----- Chapter 422 - New Skills ----- Ding! [You exchanged 220.000 System Points!] [You changed sses to [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death]!] [All your Stats have increased!] [Level cap increased!] [You learned the [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] and [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] Skills!] Noah inspected his Status after the ss Change¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [Race: [Divine Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor Demigod] [Existence Rank: [Demi Deity: 5/9: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Fragment of Divinity of Parasitism (Formation: 47%)] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XIV: Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XIV: Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Middle Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death]: Level 50/60] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)], [Dark Fate Destroyer (50/50)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [1.000.502] [Primordial Essence: [100.000.000.000 -> 110.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [35.000.000 -> 40.000.000] [Aether: [18.000.000 -> 23.000.000] [Ki: [20.000.000 -> 22.000.000] [Fate: [17.000.000 -> 19.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 25.500], [Fire: 25.500], [Water: 29.000], [Wind: 29.000], [Space: 28.500], [Time: 27.500], [Life: 24.500], [Death: 52.000], [Dark: 32.000], [Light: 31.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 27.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 27.500], [Phantom: 30.000], [Blood: 72.500], [Poison: 26.000], [Soul: 52.000], [Nature: 27.000], [Thunder: 29.300], [Ice: 26.100], [War/Strength: 41.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 64.500], [Fate: 38.000], [Void: 28.000], [Law: 31.000], [System: 37.000] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] ¡­ He noticed the great upgrade to his stats, even a little ss a level 1 now brough him a lot of stats right off the bat! Although he had lost 220k of System Points, he still had a lot, over 1 million! However, Noah looked at his stats once more: [Primordial Essence: [100.000.000.000 -> 110.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [35.000.000 -> 40.000.000] [Aether: [18.000.000 -> 23.000.000] [Ki: [20.000.000 -> 22.000.000] [Fate: [17.000.000 -> 19.000.000] And well, his Primordial essence increased from 100 trillion to 110 trillion, increasing in 10 trillion by just a single ss! sses were truly incredible and a good way for the System to awaken Noah''s innermost potential¡­ His Divine Energy, the source and fuel of his power, went from 35 million to 40 million, increasing by 5 million. 5 million was a lot of divine energy, enough to let him conjure even more divine skills and divine techniques, made up of many skills conjured in session. His Aether went also up by 5 million from 18 million to 23 million, the Aether stat boosted his resistance against magical attacks and also enhanced his damage dealt using magical attacks. As Noah was a fighter thatbined both physical and magical power, this offered a substantial boost to all his fighting capabilities. His Ki, however, didn''t went as much, only increasing by 2 million from 20 million to 22 million, it was a let-down, but a Necromancer-based ss couldn''t possibly enhance his power over physical fighting, right? After all, the Ki stat was abination of Physical Defense and Physical Damage, it calcted both his defense against physical damage and his power while doing physical damage. However, any stat boost was well received at this point in time, so Noah didn''t say anything else regarding the poor boost of Ki stat given by this ss change. Andstly, Fate also raised "pitifully" although many Demigods would be gritting their teeth right now by seeing how Noah was raising his stats so incredibly fast. From 17 million to 19 million, increasing in 2 million. Fate stat was like Luck Stat but better, the more he had the more he could fight against predestined destinies and also fight against others and even end up in the lucky side¡­ nheless, he still had an horrendous Fortune Cloud so he couldn''t really tell if the Fate Stat was even helping at this point, but it certainly had a deeper function than just being the "equivalent to luck" despite all of this, he still felt that 2 million in increase from this ss Change was more than enough for now. He had already increased his stats greatly beforehand, so this was more than weed. That said, and more importantly, he had gotten two new Skills he was dying to see. These two new Skills were rted with the new ss and sounded incredibly eerie in nature, it was [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] and [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)]! Their power seemed great, but more importantly, they sounded very fitting of the ss name of "Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death"! He quickly and hurriedly checked them out without wasting another single second¡­ ¡­ [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] Unleash a powerful Domain around you that enhances the power of all Undead you possess, anyone within this Domain that is an undead will receive a boost to their Dark, Blood, Death, and Poison Damage by +5000%, while receiving a defense increase against all Elemental Laws by +5000%, additionally, damage that the Undead receive is spread across the entire army, and 20% of the damage received is converted into health for them¡­ this Domain continuously absorbs Divine Energy. ¡­ An incredible Skill! ----- Chapter 423 - Deathly Power ----- Noah hurriedly checked his Skills out without wasting another single second. ¡­ [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] Unleash a powerful Domain around you that enhances the power of all Undead you possess, anyone within this Domain that is an undead will receive a boost to their Dark, Blood, Death, and Poison Damage by +5000%, while receiving a defense increase against all Elemental Laws by +5000%, additionally, damage that the Undead receive is spread across the entire army, and 20% of the damage received is converted into health for them¡­ this Domain continuously absorbs Divine Energy. ¡­ An incredible Skill! This one Skill was already amazing, and it wasn''t even part of a Lifeblood Jewel, yet it was already within its levels of ridiculousness! This was because sses scaled with the user''s power level, and the Skills they gave, despite being X-Rank, varied greatly in power as he changed more and more sses. These ss Skills this time around were ridiculously overpowered, and it was clear as water just in this first Skill. Noah realized that it was incredibly strong as it could let him erect a powerful Domain that could enhance the power of his Undead army, the Army that could actually keep growing stronger unlike the Elemental Dragon Summons that could not, and were also undying, as long as he had Divine Energy, they could be revived! This power enhanced greatly the power of his Undead, it let them enjoy an amazing boost to their capabilities, as it enhanced their damage of these elements by +5000%! This power worked interestingly, it enhanced the elemental damage they inflicted to their foes, and even if the Undead didn''t had it, it was granted to them, this way, they could do abination of elemental damage that couldn''t be easily evaded or resisted against. Lastly, there were also the increased defense to all Elemental Laws, meaning all elements! This way, they would receive even less damage from elemental damage and even their weaknesses, fire, light, and silver, would be reduced greatly to the point that they wouldn''t even seem as Undead at this point! With this wondrous Skill, Noah, as long as he could be present with his Undead army, could continuously boost the power of his army. But what if he was not present? Well, this Skill could also be conjured by casters within the Undead army, such as Vritra! So even if he wasn''t present, Vritra could maintain this up while passively absorbing energy from Noah. However, as long as he continued ughtering and massacring lives, he would absorb their energy and distribute it. As long as ughter continued, Noah wouldn''t even need to use that much divine energy to begin with! It even absorbed 20% of the damage the Undead took and it gave it back to all of them as health. And there was something even more terrifying about this Skill! It had the power to spread out the damage through the entire army. What did this meant? It meant that whenever a zombie received, for example, 100 damage, all zombies in the Undead army would receive a small percentage of it instead, spreading the damage tremendously! This could make of the fragile Undead into amazing tanks! And there was also something amazing about this too, which wasn''t mentioned beforehand but that actually worked. The Domain itself affected all Undead type. This included Vampires who were Undead, and the skill was not limited to summoned undead made through certain skills, meaning that his Vampires could join too, all of them, even the Vampire Dragons he had made, which could then stack up their power with the Dragon Domain forpletely ridiculous buffs! And yes, Noah and his family also counted in this Domain, and they received the full extent of its effects, alongside the Dragon Domain¡­ "This¡­ this is ridiculous." As long as he kept himself close to his army to spread out the damage., he could stack these two insane domains together to receive an incredible increase on his stats. He was now ready to not just massacre Gergesh, but perhaps a whole army of Demigods if he could! Now, there was another Skill, the second one, which he must check before doing anything else! Of course, within all of these thoughts, only but a quarter of a second has passed in the outside world as Noah checked all these things inside his Divine Realm through a second body. ¡­ [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] Summon a massive phantasmal blood ringposed of the souls, corpses, and blood of all those your army has defeated, which continuously spins and damages anything around the main Undead Army like a deadly sewed de. Deals Blood, Dark, Chaos, Void, and Poison Damage which is enhanced by each soul and bloody corpse added by +1%, with a maximum increase in damage dealt by up to +100000% for 30 seconds. After that, the ring resets. Cost: Divine Energy to conjure but doesn''t absorb it continuously. (Main Undead Army = Largest group of gathered Undead near the caster) ¡­ And this Skill¡­ thest skill of the two was just as wondrous, and also quite simplistic. It had the power to generate an aura-like rotating ring made of blood that continuously dealt damage to foes near the Undead Army. The damage was enhanced with each unfortunate soul and corpse added into the ring by +1% with a maximum of +100000% for 30 seconds, after that, the ring would reset. However, even then, it was already amazing, and if he could get to fight against big armies, this power would clearly shine the best. Noah couldn''t help but debut these Skills, which Vritra was ready to conjure too as his delegated Lich in the army. The army of Undead, the main one which was traversing across the wilderness of the Continent, had already reached what was called a Wild Nest, and they had begun to ughter hundreds of Draconic Beasts of higher Rankings resting there, so Vritra immediately used these Skills, as aplete massacre was unfolded¡­ ----- Chapter 424 - Noah Confronts Gergesh! ----- Noah had inspected each of his new and powerful Skills with great enthusiasm, he had learned their amazing effects, and couldn''t help but desire to debut these Skills, which Vritra was ready to conjure too as his delegated Lich in the army. The army of Undead, the main one which was traversing across the wilderness of the Continent, had already reached what was called a Wild Nest, and they had begun to ughter hundreds of Draconic Beasts of higher Rankings resting there, so Vritra immediately used these Skills, as aplete massacre was unfolded¡­ Massive Draconic Beasts of all shapes and sizes fought against the army of Undead, as their attacks which could easily crush Undead before suddenly became feeble as their damage was distributed amidst the entire group, while they absorbed a part of it! The draconic beasts'' ws, jaws, tails, breaths, and more attacks were all rendered weakened as the power of the Undead army continued, a massive ring made of blood began to spin around incredibly quickly, the massacred corpses of the Undead were added into the mix as they all spun incredibly fast, enhancing the power of the ring as it became a truly horrifying and fascinating sight as Noah saw how all the draconic beasts were being quite literally thrown into a spiraling vortex of death! And the best part was that he was barely using as much divine energy as he thought thanks to the Undead absorbing all the essence left by their victims and repurposing part of it into usable energy for themselves. Although Noah would love to continue seeing this massacre unfold, there were many more important things to do. After the war against the heroes finished incredibly quickly and swiftly thanks to Noah''s overpowered army, he quickly set his vision into the Divine Realm of Gergesh, as he carried with him his allies and army through his divine realm and flew into the underground, hitting the paved floor and crushing it with great strength. He suddenly arrived at a massive sewer area as a thousands of massive and deformed beasts greeted his sight out of nowhere, resembling monstrous draconic worms or octopuses with draconic features, these monstrous beings exuded the power of strong Divine Beasts! And because they were not the divine beasts of his divine realm, they meant extra EXP! "Come forth and advance!" Noahmanded his army as his Elemental Dragons were summoned once more alongside several of his Vampire Dragons, Vampires, Dhampir, Wights, and Ghouls, alongside Arudiel and his family and allies, who rushed through the massive army of bizarre Divine Beasts, waving their ws, and releasing massive bombardments of magical attacks, crushing through the massive beast tide, and leaving a trail of blood and flesh behind them! The monstrous beings were massacred quite easily as Noah continued to move forward, the Domain of his newest ss and that of the Dragons boosted the power of all his allies by several quantities, exponentially! Meanwhile, his power had also increased through the roof, as he reached the area he felt where Gergesh was hiding like a sneaky coward¡­ "Come one, open up the door, I havee here just so we can talk a bit¡­" said Noah, his smile more malicious than ever as he waved his hands, and a vortex of void began to break through the fabric of space, opening up a ck hole that fragmented the divine realm of Gergesh and his spatial walls, opening up a path inside for him and his troops to enter! Gergesh scream of horror could be heard quite easily by Noah, as he red inside and found a massive deformed draconic worm with purple and ck scales, a massive spiraling jaw with sawed tooth, and dozens of red-shot eyes across his body! This monstrous creature that went as big as 100 meters was nobody else than Gergesh! "I''ve finally found you once and for all, you damn worm. Come forth and fight me!"ughed Noah, as his army rushed inside of Gergesh''s divine realm gloriously! Gergesh already had prepared a massive army of his own which quickly shed against Noah''s army, the two armies began to ughter one another, but Noah''s army was clearly superior in many ways, the power they exuded made them several times stronger than they seemed, perhaps way above their own Realms! Due to this, the army was able to fight eagerly toe to toe against God-Rank Divine Beasts controlled by Gergesh, as the massive worm red at Noah angrily! "Noah! You just came here a few days ago and you''re already daring toe and kill me?! Who the heck are you even? You just came out of nowhere! What are you?! And how¡­ how are you developing so many powers! Your entire Realm¡­ is already so high! W-What powers do you possess?" asked the massive worm, as Noah flew towards him and shapeshifted into a massive Dragon God King with ck and red scales and six arms, six wings, and ten tails with sharp spear-like ends. He had three heads and each head had a colorful jewel that shone with brilliant elemental aura. "What powers do I possess, you ask? Well, why don''t you take a look yourself?!" asked Noah, as his entire body was epassed by the amazing boosts of his two Domains stacked over him, his Spear shone brightly as its appearance changed by fusing with the domains power, bing crimson-colored a with many draconic features and decorations, shining brightly with a metallic and majestic appearance! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! Noah immediately unleashed a powerful barrage of shing and piercing attacks with his spear through mere Telekinesis, the massive spear released powerful beams of crimson-red and ck energy with each damn shing attack or piercing attack, throwing Gergesh off guard as he tried to evade or move back, only ending up bathed in these explosive long-ranged beams that slowly began to crack his scaled armor! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "H-How dare you truly believe you stand a chance against me, a God!" roared Gergesh, as his power began to surge from his body like an endless ocean of darkness! ----- Chapter 425 - The Vicious Parasite Dragon God! ----- Gergesh took the hits of Noah head-on, believe a measly Living Deity like him wouldn''t be able to deal so much damage, but he quickly realized Noah was no longer a Living Deity anymore, his damage was tremendous too not only because of this fact but because of therge amounts of boost that his Domains gave to him! His spear exuded the deadly power of Blood, Darkness, Chaos, and Poison, seeping deadly essence into his open scale cracks as Gergesh felt utterly frustrated and desperate! To think that him, a God, would go through such massive humiliation! He couldn''t help but feel utterly frustrated as he loaded all the power he could have and prepared himself to fight head-on against Noah, something he had not done in a while against anyone! As a Parasite, he always took over others to fight using their bodies, but now, such a thing was not possible as any vessel avable wascking and being massacred. Gergesh was a Dragon God that exceeded at controlling various pawns for battle, not at fighting head-on against someone, and Noah knew it very well. So Noah easily forced him to fight in the means that were the most hated by the parasite! "H-How dare you truly believe you stand a chance against me, a God!" roared Gergesh, as his power began to surge from his body like an endless ocean of darkness! Nheless, as a God, even if his specialization was not head-on 1 against 1 fighting, his power was still overwhelming, overwhelming enough for him to quickly conjure a powerful Domain of Darkness and Parasitism around him and his army of divine beasts. He was a prideful God who had lived for thousands of years, how could he even bepared to Noah, aplete newbie that had appeared absolutely out of nowhere? Noah noticed that this Domain began to consume his entire energy, trying to parasitize his soul and body! It happened the same to his allies and army, several of the Undead were parasitized and suddenly turned against each other, something that was quite the troublesome power! Nheless, Noah recognized such a power as formidable¡­ he couldn''t expect less of a God! Finally, he was going to fight a true God and see how far he hade, time to see if he''s really as strong as he thinks he is! "ROAR!" Noah suddenly gave a loud roar as this Roar enhanced the power of all his allies'' dragons, who snapped out of this strange parasitic aura of power, and began to battle back against their true enemies, while this roar enhanced their power. The Undead such as the zombies couldn''t be snapped out, however, but they were being simply crushed by others and then revived back by Vritra, but sometimes they were just added into the bloody ring! FLAAAAASSSHH! Noah flew towards Gergesh as his hands generated several weapons made of the materialization of his powerful blood, he fired them like knives against Gergesh, massive knives that could easily split a mountain, as the massive draconic worm waved his sharp tail and blocked the blood weapons, only for Noah''s oldest trick to trigger! BOOOOOOMMM!!! "Ungh?!" Gergesh quickly felt overwhelmed as he saw Noah''s weapons exploding before his sight one by one, like deadly bombs! However, these explosions were not able to break through his defenses, although his scales cracked some more, he was fine! He quickly generated a massive materialization of his aura, as billions of tiny worms flew towards Noah and began to wrap around his body terrifyingly! Noah clicked his tongue as he released a deadly shockwave of chaotic darkness and void together, annihting the materialization of Gergesh'' Aura, however, Gergesh reached him in an instant by traversing through his dark domain as if he were diving in the shadows, and tried to devour Noah in one single bite using his spiraling teeth! CLASH! Noah''s lower torso was devoured in an instant by this surprise attack that not even he could seeing thanks to the amazing power and stealth of this God, but he didn''t seem bothered by this as he flew upwards and let the lower half explode. "You''re not eating that!" "Huh?!" BOOOOMMM!!! Gergesh felt the flesh he was eating explode as he vomited a mouthful of green blood, he felt his throat damaged by such a sneak attack, one he couldn''t expect! "So he can convert blood and his own body into bombs¡­!?" thought Gergesh, as he quickly came out with a new strategy. He dived deep into the shadows of his Domain as Noah regenerated his lower half once more and began to slowly convert himself into a mass of thunderclouds, bathing the entire domain of Gergesh with deadly thunder! SPARK! ZAP! CLAAAAASSSHH! The thunderbolts began to see electricity across the dark domain and destabilized it, as the thunderbolts reached Gergesh and bathed him with damage over time, but even then, Noah''s thunderbolts were growing outdated against the power of a God, they were not so strongpared to his stronger elements, and Gergesh managed to easily tank them as he conjured a powerful divine technique! FLASH! A massive tide of worms made of materialized aura suddenly reached Noah in an instant, as he was bathed in this deadly attack and began fall back, his cloud body started to dissipate, so he turned back into flesh and then used his spear to sh through the deadly swarm of worms one by one, while releasing blood projectiles that exploded intobined elements with chaos attribute! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! "You''re good, but not as good as a God!" Gergesh proimed pridefully as he suddenly caught Noah where he wanted! A massive spear-like tongue came out of his mouth from within the shadows of his domain, reaching up to Noah! "Nnngh?!" Noah was left surprised as the tongue didn''t attacked his physical body, but turned phantasmal and wrapped around his soul, quickly piercing it thoughtfully like a deadly spear and crushing arge chunk out of it! "This¡­!" Noah took a big hit! Fighting a God wasn''t so easy! ----- Chapter 426 - Intense Battle ----- Noah attacked Gergesh with a rain of thunderbolts by shapeshifting into thunderclouds and taking over the skies! SPARK! ZAP! CLAAAAASSSHH! The thunderbolts began to see electricity across the dark domain and destabilized it, as the thunderbolts reached Gergesh and bathed him with damage over time, but even then, Noah''s thunderbolts were growing outdated against the power of a God, they were not so strongpared to his stronger elements, and Gergesh managed to easily tank them as he conjured a powerful divine technique! FLASH! A massive tide of worms made of materialized aura suddenly reached Noah in an instant, as he was bathed in this deadly attack and began fall back, his cloud body started to dissipate, so he turned back into flesh and then used his spear to sh through the deadly swarm of worms one by one, while releasing blood projectiles that exploded intobined elements with chaos attribute! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! "You''re good, but not as good as a God!" Gergesh proimed pridefully as he suddenly caught Noah where he wanted! A massive spear-like tongue came out of his mouth from within the shadows of his domain, reaching up to Noah! "Nnngh?!" Noah was left surprised as the tongue didn''t attacked his physical body, but turned phantasmal and wrapped around his soul, quickly piercing it thoughtfully like a deadly spear and crushing arge chunk out of it! "This¡­!" Noah took a big hit! Fighting a God wasn''t so easy! The deadly phantasmal tongue of Gergesh pierced through Noah''s soul and even shattered a bit of it, damaging it greatly! It surprised Noah as he was left speechless. The pain he felt was tremendous, as he red down below and gritted his teeth angrily! "You bastard!" he roared, as he used his spear and gigantic draconic ws and soul to wrap around Gergesh tongue and tearing it apart! SLASH! "GRYAHAHAHA!" However, Gergesh onlyughed like a madman, as he let go of his tongue and bathed Noah with a variety of powerful blows! His Aura shaped as massive worms that began to entangle his body, using their sharp teeth to break through his scales and damage his body, and also¡­ his soul! "You have some kind of powerful regeneration of your body, right? Well, all Gods have the power to damage each other''s souls, and usually, our own physical bodies are just as durable or immortal as yours! Did you know that?! So eventually, the strongest gods learn how to damage each other souls, like this!"ughed Gergesh, as his worms suddenly became phantasmal and surprised Noah once more, getting inside of his soul and beginning to devour and parasitize it! "Uuaggh¡­!" Noah was then thrown into the ground by the powerful tail of Gergesh, as he groaned in agony! BOOOM!!!! FLASH! His Aura, however, didn''t faltered, fusing Chaos with Void and his power of Spears, they all merged together into massive spears which flew towards Gergesh and began to impact his body! He was also aiming at his soul but Gergesh had various ways to defend against soul attacks, several phantasmal barriers protected him as he continued to send a downpour of massive 100-meter-tall worms towards Noah! "S-Shit!" Noah roared angrily as he overcharged his soul with divine energy, he red at the monstrous worms inside as he leaped outside of the ground and flew upwards. Using the power of his Abyssal Soul, he was not going to lose! He had even bitten God itself before! He wasn''t going to give up against this giant parasite either¡­ "Fool, you''re only giving me meals!" proimed Noah, as he used his own soul and infused it with power, devouring the worms that were devouring his soul and even devouring his own soul in the process, which caused great pain, but it wasn''t as if it was something he had not done before. After all, he had already done it when he fought against his other self, the Ancient One! By devouring the Ancient One, Noah devoured his own soul, so if he could beat such a terrifying being, why couldn''t he do the same against this pathetic worm''s techniques! Noah continued to eat the worms easily, as he freed his soul of their parasitic and weakening effect, but a downpour of more worms continued to chase him down, as he bathed them in all sorts of elements catastrophic attacks, ck thunder, chaotic winds, powerful blood projectiles that exploded into countless iron-like des, and massive boulders covered in ck mes, alongside distorting void attacks that broke through space itself and generated ck holes that absorbed many of such worms inside! "Indeed! You have a good assortment of powers! But can you fight against my endless wave of monstrous worms?! Gahahah!" Gergeshughed maliciously as he dived into his Domain once more, while Noah received the powerup of his two Domains of Dragons and Undead and decided to do something he had yet to do, utilize more costly abilities! [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction]! TRUUUMMM!!! By just a wave of Noah''s hands, a massive distortion in space happened as he lost millions of divine energy in exchange for a result that was truly terrifying! Chaos and void fused together into something that could only be thought to bepletely out of this world, the power of these two elements merged together into a monstrous power that shook the entire world! Gergesh saw this tremendous quantity of Chaos being released as he himself felt fearful! "W-What the heck is this?!" he asked horrified, the chaos magic Noah had used before was not at all like this! TRUUUUUMMM!!! The destructive distortion of chaos spiraled into a maddening spiral of spacetime-distorting chaotic dark energies, consuming everything within it, even Gergesh'' Domain! All of his monstrous worms were swallowed directly, and so did Gergesh''s domain, or half of it! Gergesh shielded himself with his defensive powers, and managed to survive the deadly assault, somehow! However! BOOOOOMMM!!! After swallowing enough power, the Chaotic attack suddenly exploded into a nuclear bomb-level attack, blowing Gergesh away! "Gruuuuaaagggh¡­!" CLASH! -----allnovelfull Chapter 427 - Gergesh Viciousness! ----- Noah''s powerful Attack shook the divine realm of Gergesh as it threw him away, his entire body fell over the ground and shed over it, his entire body broke apart internally, as blood came out gushing from his body. This wouldn''t be a problem for a God like him, but his soul was also damaged greatly as Noah had mixed the power of Soul Devour into his attack and had taken a bite out of Gergesh''s soul in the process of the explosion! This only made Gergesh''s anger grow greater and bigger as he began to swing around in the ground, quickly jumping away from the surface and ring hatefully at Noah! "NOOOOAAAAAAH!" He roared, losing his cool as he flew towards Noah, the two titans shed once more as their divine souls came out into their two monstrous shapes! Noah''s divine soul shaped as monstrous chimera of many souls he had eaten, it not only resembled a tentacle of chaos, but also many eyes, jaws of various beasts, dragons, and even the Gods of Earth''s mythology were included in here, alongside the Dragon Heroes he had just devoured some time ago! "ROOOARRR!" The monstrous soul made of many souls stitched and merged together horrendously attacked Gergesh, as Gergesh felt suddenly an utter fear by seeing at it! This soul¡­ was even more malefic than his own! "T-This can''t be¡­ Just¡­ what are you, NOAH?!" roared Gergesh, feeling utterly terrified by the true power of Noah, a being that defied his own concepts of logic and everything he held as the truth. But all of the "truth" was a merely a result of his own world''s logic, he red hatefully at Noah as Noah smiled back with his monstrous body, which suddenly began to meld with his soul! "The only way to damage your soul truthfully is by using my own soul and attacking you! What''s so wrong? Scared? Go ahead, nowe and try to devour my soul! Come! Try to parasitize it! Hahahah! I am patiently waiting, Gergesh!" heughed, as he continued to chase down Gergesh as the worm expanded his Domain and made it wider like an ocean of darkness. Noah reached him in an instant with his monstrous and deformed body, grabbing him with countless chaotic and dark jaws as he threw him out of his sea of darkness into the air! CLASH! "Uggyyyaaggh¡­!" Gergesh cried in surprise and pain as he desperately twisted his long worm-like body, falling over Noah instead and beginning to drill Noah''s soul, looking for his divine core! If he can destroy that, he''ll be severely weakened! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! However, Noah used his ws coated in his soul and countless elements to punch the massive worm dragon god, beating him to a pulp as he threw him into the ground and began to pulverize him into the ground with all the strength he could muster! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Meanwhile, Gergesh felt his soul being bitten with each blow, feeling utterly frustrated by how quick the tables have turned! However, he was not without ideas! He quickly conjured new techniques, a powerful Domain! FLASH! "Ungh?!" Noah suddenly found himself trapped inside a sphere of darkness out of thin air, as Gergesh was gone from his sight! "A Domain!? You truly believe this can contain me?" asked Noah, as his entire monstrous body continued to growrger, breaking down the domain and shattering it into pieces as he chased down Gergesh, as he found him standing right in front of him! "No¡­ but it can buy me time to do this! Gyahahaha!" Gergesh greeted Noah with what seeped to be a massive spear made out of his own soul and flesh organs, which flew directly into Noah''s soul and body, piercing through it! CLAAAAASSSH! The powerful dark and fleshy spear pierced Noah''s body and soul as it began to suddenly crawl inside and devour his soul! Noah quickly called upon his own spear from behind Gergesh, as the damn thing pieced through Gergesh'' physical body constantly! "Unngh?!" SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! As if Gergesh''s body was swiss cheese, his entire body was pierced countless of times, dying horrendously in the ground, only for it to quickly heal through the abnormal regeneration of Gods! A being such as Gergesh who had reced his true body many times and had even merged with other bodies before had an exceptional body flesh maniption, wounds were easily filled with more flesh and healed in an instant, as he leaped away from the deadly spear of Noah, as his own spear, which had pierced Noah''s soul, continued to rush through his soul rapidly! Noah looked at it while gritting his teeth. What did this bastard wanted now?! He suppressed the spear and grabbed it; the spear made of Gergesh''s soul felt more like a worm of its own! The monstrous creation was stronger than usual as Gergesh had added his own soul into the mix, making it out of a big chunk! Noah wrapped his own soul around the monstrous creature and tried to suppress it with everything he had, using all the power avable to him to exert as much force as possible, his ws and soul tentacles were grasping it away from its target, but the monstrous creature attacked back, even! Firing deadly toxic breaths, powerful fleshy whips, and beams of darkness! Of course, Noah saw these attempts as useless in the whole conflict, but quickly began to weaken his assault over the spear of Gergesh due to the intensity of its power, and he felt weakened himself, the spear continued to go deeper, as he desperately gritted his teeth and used the same technique he had done before, even if it was quite agonizing! Uroboros! Indeed, Uroboros, the power to devour oneself and regained power from it, this technique could even be used to devour one''s soul and fight against invaders inside of the soul, devouring them with the infected soul parts and regenerating it back through the nourishment acquired by devouring your own soul, something that not many could truly achieve to the insane levels Noah was doing so! ----- Chapter 428 - Spamming Skills Is The Best Battle Tactic! ----- Noah gritted his teeth desperately! He fought like a true aggressive and monstrous being as he continued to devour his own soul while fighting against the weakened Gergesh with his spear! "GRAAAAAAHHH!" Noah released a monstrous groan, his massive soul devoured the enormous spear at longst, absorbing its power, but also bathing Noah with a trmeneodus quantity of pain! He looked upon Gergesh who realized his attack had failed, as Noah leaped towards him, shaping his massive monstrous body into a gigantic humanoid form, resembling the very shape of horror itself! It was entire made of red and ck flesh, twisting together, and wrapping itself around countless pieces of flesh and innards of gooey and slime nature. His arms were many of all shapes and sizes, as they had ws of various colors secreting various venoms. His entire body was covered in groaning jaws and heads of many beings thatposed his soul, but his true self lied within the chest, as a massive, red-shot eye red at Gergesh while octopus-like tentacles emerged around it, Gergesh looked at the scene with utter terror! Despite having asked this question many times, he couldn''t help but ask it once more! "What¡­ What are you?!" he cried, gritting his teeth angrily as he unleashed all of his soul around his body as ast resort type of fighting, covering his body with his soul and then materializing it! he tried to be just as monstrous as Noah to fight against him with toe to toe! But could this be realistically possible! Noah felt a new powerup by eating Gergesh sneaky flesh and soul spear, which didn''t managed to reach his soul core and was eaten beforehand! Noah leaped over Gergesh, grabbing his spear, and trying to pierce his pitiful armor, but the spear''s tip couldn''t! CLASH! CLANK! He overflowed the spear with divine energy until it began to sh with monstrous holy and dark lights, while Noah absorbed all the positive fortune of Gergesh so luck wouldn''t be of his side! CLASH! He once more tried to pierce him but was a failure once more! "This is one of my most powerful Soul Techniques, Undying Dark Soul Armor! Try to destroy it as much as you want, I shall leisurely devour you in the meantime!"ughed Gergesh ignoring Noah''s powerful weapon and pushing forward with all his strength, his jaws spiraled monstrous as they began to dig through Noah''s chest, but Noah''s chest unleashed massive tentacles which tightly wrapped around the creature''s head! WRAAAP! "UNNGH?!" Gergesh felt the tight wrap of Noah''s very soul, as he readied his divine energy and started to spam techniques continuously! Fuck it! if he couldn''t kill this thing with one, he was going to spam them until he couldn''t get enough! he was going to use all the divine energy he had left and bet on it! he continued to regenerate divine energy, so he should be fine, even if he went a bit reckless! [Void Cmity]! TRUUUMMM!!! A new crack in space happened, as the void itself emerged out of space and began to spiral wildly, this barely did any damage to this God at this point, but it clearly felt like it packed some power! TRUUUMMM!!! "Unngh¡­!" However, something happened! Another [Void Cmity] appeared! TRUUUMMM!!! And another¡­ TRUUUMMM!!! And¡­ another! [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity] [Void Cmity]! Noah''s divine energy was spent by the millions as he unleashed the true power of the void, spamming it as if this were a game where he had to just click a button! He was using all his divine energy, but thanks to all the supply he was getting from his followers inside of his divine energy, coupled with the essence his army of the dead was getting by conquering wildnds filled with beasts, he was managing to pull it off! The entire space and time around Gergesh distorted a dozen times, no, more than a dozen times! As space itself distorted and broke into countless ck holes all suited around him, his entire body couldn''t resist the vacuuming pressure, and began to falter and feel weakened. His entire body began to be torn apart, each bit of his armor started to be devoured one by one, continuously, and endlessly! The void generated a deep darkness that Gergesh could not escape from, as he was dragged into it and began to resist with all his forces! "GRRAAAAAAHHH!" He roared angrily as his explosive breath attack came out of his mouth, like an explosive nuclear bomb-level beam, it impacted Noah and blew him away! "Unnggh¡­!" BOOOOMMM!!! Noahnded in the ground head-first, his entire monstrous body slowly beginning to move across thend like a mass of endless flesh, he slowly shaped himself back into a humanoid, ring at Gergesh who managed to slip pass through his spam of Void Cmity, and was gasping for air in the ground. His entire body was torn into shreds but as a god with an immortal soul, his body could always be repaired on its due time. Nheless, her very soul was very weakened too, it felt as if it were trembling in pain, Noah looked at it with a smile of anger. He reached him as Gergesh red at him desperately! "Y-You¡­! Stop! What¡­! DO you think you''re doing, Noah?! You can''t¡­ possibly kill me! A GOD!" said Gergesh. "What''s the difference between you and a giant worm? Nothing aside from one of the two constantly proiming to be a god, despite being a pathetic vermin that crawls in the ground!" roared Noah, he ruthless spammed more and more Abilities, his entire divine energy was being spent continuously! [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction]! BOOOMMM!!! A thunderous chaotic distortion befell Gergesh! ----- Chapter 429 - Goodbye, Gergesh ----- Noah ruthlessly spammed more and more Abilities; his entire divine energy was being spent continuously! [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction]! BOOOMMM!!! A thunderous chaotic distortion befell Gergesh! Noah utilized his amazing power over the System, something that no other God here had to do something unthinkable! Usually, Gods would conjure spells or divine techniques, and even the most expert of them would take some time to make something useful and powerful, and there was no way they could constantly fire or conjure it. Unleashing something repeatedly would only make it explode in the second try and bacsh over the user! But Noah was different. Noah had the System with him! The System he shamelessly stole and modified to his liking thanks to the help of his System Admins! He used this power to continuously do something that could only be realistic in games themselves, spamming abilities. Simply put, press a button continuously for an ability to be used continuously, something that only was in games, in real life, nobody could just continuously conjure a spell or a power like this, unless the spell itself was about continuous attacks, but that was different. But Noah¡­ Noah made it possible! Simply put, he spammed Abilities until there was no tomorrow, spending ridiculous quantities of divine energy in the process, but the power of the abilities continued to grow bigger and monstrous, as he continued to attack Gergesh with everything he had at his disposal! Ultimately, he giant worm began to groan in agony as countless catastrophic explosions of chaos stacked one after another, he received horrendous damage continuously and his soul armor shattered into pieces, which also included shattering the worm''s own soul too! CRRAAAAASSH! "Unngraaagggh¡­! I-It can''t be¡­ m-my soul! My soul armor¡­! My soul is shattering?! I am¡­ really¡­ going¡­ t-to dieeeeeeeeee?!" Not even Gergesh could believe the ridiculousness of the situation, something truly unreal was happening before him, he had never seen someone capable of continuously conjure a powerful spell/divine technique out of absolutely nowhere, without chanting, or any preparation, and¡­ without stopping! Every second was a new attack¡­ how could he possibly fight against this! But Noah only did this because he absolutely grew out of options! Even with the regeneration of his divine energy, it was not catching up, and his entire soul and body weakened the more he overused divine energy, the fuel of these spammed attacks¡­ "Unng¡­!" Noah was doing this out of pure desperation, this vicious worm-shaped God was way too resilient, there wasn''t anything Noah could do other than try to ughter him through this malicious way as possible! And through it, he ended finding out the greatest solution, spamming attacks! But he himself was betting it all on this¡­ he knew he would reach a point where he would be so weakened, he might fall unconscious right here¡­ he didn''t wanted to be in the losing side if this ever happened! He continued to spam attacks, as just a few seconds after starting, the chaotic distortion stacking together continuously exploded, blowing everything around a kilometer within Noah''s range! BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM!! A massive explosion equal to a nuclear bomb resonated across the entire area¡­ Gergesh''s entire body and soul were torn apart into pieces by thisst attack, as his mind slowly began to fade away. "This¡­ It can''t be possible¡­ I¡­ from all beings¡­ was destined for such greatness¡­! I can''t¡­ Ungh¡­! Agh! I can''t die like thissssssssss¡­!" "Goodbye, Gergesh." Groaning pitifully, the prideful Gergesh was swallowedpletely, and slurped by Noah''s powerful soul jaws, devoured, crunched into bits, and swallowedpletely¡­ RUMBLE! Noah felt a power rush through his entire body and soul, this power was the glorious power of a new divinity forming through his soul, being bornpletely, and blossoming like a dark and malicious flower. His strength skyrocketed exponentially too, and he saw a massive pile of Cores that appeared right there! He picked them up¡­ and these were not merely Demigod Cores¡­ These were God-Realm Attribute Cores mixed with Demigod Realm Attribute Cores¡­ "Yes¡­!" Noah couldn''t help but mutter weakly these words as he absorbed all of them forcefully. He didn''t cared anymore about thews of Cores where one could not absorb higher tiered ones as they would cause a burden in the entire body and soul, he simply absorbed it all! Meanwhile, the entire divine realm of Gergesh began to be vacuumed inside of his own as he ate Gergesh''s Divine Realm. The entire Realm fused with his own, and his troops realized the battle was now over as the monstrosities suddenly dropped silent and obeyed Noah''s will. "It is¡­ over¡­" sighed Iris, falling over the ground in her dragon form and resting exhausted. The power of these divine beasts was tremendous! Everyone ended very tired, so they were d it was finally over, they rested over the grass and sighed in relief, while Noah continued to absorb the Cores greedily, standing still in his humanoid form as hepressed himself once more, the power he was getting made his entire body and soul crack and shatter into pieces only to be reformed once more. He absorbed every single core, even the God-Realm Cores, showering him with their power and enhancing his entire soul and body. He quickly began to jump through ranks once more as if it were nobody''s business, each Rank was a massive jump, until he reached Demigod Rank at 9/9! CLASH! A thunderous sound resonated around Noah, as his soul evolved and grew even more massive, his power as a Demigod had reached its pinnacle, and what awaited his body afterwards was obviously the Rank Up into a God! BOOM!!! His entire body trembled to the point it made a booming sound¡­ his soul and body resisted the pain, and devoured this power into themselves, gaining unprecedented strength¡­ And then, everything calmed down. Noah''s Divinities were all dancing harmoniously around his body. He had already done it! He was now a God, just like that! ----- Chapter 430 - Victory And Changing Classes ----- Noah had done it! He was now a God after absorbing many Cores of God-Rank dropped by Gergesh! With this, his power was raising incredibly fast, and his entire divinity had evolved. Right after that, his entire body was epassed by a cocoon of blood, and in just a few seconds, he had suddenly evolved as well, enhancing his realm of power even further! "Hahahah! Hahahahaha!" heughed maliciously, as he checked his stats to see the great changes emerge! ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [God of Parasitism] [Race: [Divine Dark Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor God] [Existence Rank: [God: 3/9: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Divinity of Parasitism], [Divinity of Death], [Divinity of Dragons], [Divinity of Darkness] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XIX: Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor God: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XIX: Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor God: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death]: Level 60/60] (Level Max!) [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)], [Dark Fate Destroyer (50/50)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [3.572.668] [Primordial Essence: [110.000.000.000 -> 350.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [40.000.000 -> 140.000.000] [Aether: [23.000.000 -> 125.000.000] [Ki: [22.000.000 -> 135.000.000] [Fate: [19.000.000 -> 120.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 35.500], [Fire: 35.500], [Water: 39.000], [Wind: 39.000], [Space: 38.500], [Time: 37.500], [Life: 34.500], [Death: 72.000], [Dark: 52.000], [Light: 41.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 37.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 37.500], [Phantom: 50.000], [Blood: 92.500], [Poison: 36.000], [Soul: 62.000], [Nature: 37.000], [Thunder: 39.300], [Ice: 36.100], [War/Strength: 51.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 74.500], [Fate: 48.000], [Void: 38.000], [Law: 41.000], [System: 47.000] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] ¡­ The stats had increased by over 100 million in each one, and all of his cultivation ranks had gone up crazily as well! And to boot, he was God at Rank 3! Already one third the way to the next Realm, just like that! And the best part didn''t end here as he had maxed out his ss Level as well, bringing him the opportunity to change sses right away. Noah''s divine realm suddenly felt as if it grew immensely bigger than before arge new area emerged inside of it and merged with the maind of his divine realm, as this was the divine realm of Gergesh, everyone that was inside also emerged inside his divine realm now, while he remained alone outside, in front of the ruins of the castle. He quickly flew inside his divine realm and deposited the divine realm between the spatialyers, as he reached up to his family and allies, who were all absorbing Demigod-Rank Cores and began to increase their power greatly! "We had done it¡­ we really did it¡­" sighed Iris, as she was in the floor absorbing the cores. "Well done, but¡­ it appears things are not done yet. Something big is happening outside the Kingdom¡­ ugh, can''t I get a break for once?" sighed Noah. "Huh? What''s going on outside?" wondered Iris. Noah nced outside through one of his bat-shaped clones, as they looked outside the walls and saw two massive armies of divine beasts approaching in the distance, led by a group of heroes from both Aquaias and¡­ Gaias Kingdoms! "W-What''s the meaning of this? Divine Beasts? Do these two Kingdoms also have Gods- Ah¡­" Noah quickly realized the truth as he browsed through the memories of Gergesh, realizing that the other two Kingdoms also had two devilish Gods with them! Rockernn, the Evil Dragon God of Dark Underground Depths and Sadratonn, the Evil Dragon God of Abyssal Seas! These two Evil Dragon Gods have beenpeting against Gergesh as they took over these two nearby Kingdoms and were using the people there to gain faith and also power through sacrifices and more, much like Gergesh, although theycked his parasitic powers. Noah sighed a bit, as he decided to quickly get moving. "Dear, can''t you rest?" sighed Iris. "I cannot, these bastards areing to ruin everything for whatever reason¡­ Are they behind my power too? Then we''ll wipe them out, both of their armies, with my own armies! We have not prepared this much for nothing, Iris!" said Noah. "Then let me go as well!" said Iris. "No, all of you have done well for now, rest for the moment. I will bring the rest of our Vampire and Dragon Vampire soldiers alongside all Undead and the Summoned Elemental Dragons led by Arudiel." Said Noah. "But¡­!" "If things get awry, I''ll call for your help, don''t worry. You''ve absorbed a lot of cores now, so you''re already near bing a Goddess¡­ evolve for the moment with everyone else." Said Noah. "Very well¡­" said Iris, as she rushed back with her children and everyone began to evolve in masse, covering themselves by cocoons of blood. Meanwhile, a second body of Noah that shared his soul touched the ss-Changing Orb in the ss-Changing Shrine, as a mystical power surged from it and covered him and his entire soul, a holographic window emerged, showing three ss Options¡­ ¡­ [Avable ss Options] [Tyrannical Vampire Dragon Parasite God] [Dark Shadow Abyss Phantasmal Vampire God] [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King] ¡­ What will Noah choose? ----- Chapter 431 - New Class! ----- Noah felt like he had not much time, so he quickly decided to pickup a new ss and two new Skills out of it before going forward into his next course of actions, defeating these two armies of Divine Beasts and Gods/Heroes so he can finally assess the situation and perhaps take a small break. ¡­ [Avable ss Options] [Tyrannical Vampire Dragon Parasite God] [Dark Shadow Abyss Phantasmal Vampire God] [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King] ¡­ "Hm¡­" Noah looked at the three sses with contempt, squinting his eyes he saw all three of them as interesting and that could bring some kind of power, but he quickly decided to check them all and see what they could offer through their description. ¡­ [Tyrannical Vampire Dragon Parasite God] A ss only granted to those who have developed their powers as deadly and tyrannical vampire dragons with their parasitic capabilities developing. Through this ss, enhance the power of your parasitic powers topletely new levels and parasitize the world, drain the power of anyone that dares to defy you and control their bodies and minds like a deathly parasite that you are! Devour the world, the gxy, and even the Universe¡­ ¡­ [Dark Shadow Abyss Phantasmal Vampire God] A ss unlocked by someone that exceeds in the arts of Shadow and Darkness Maniption, while also having the ability to ensue the power of Phantasmal Magic over a certain area. This powerbined together makes up for powerful, stealthy, and silent magic that can take the lives of those unsuspecting of it very quickly. Their power can be enhanced in the night, and they''re capable of doing all sorts of things with shadows and darkness up topletely new and powerful forms¡­ ¡­ [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King] A ss unlocked only by the most renowned of Dragon God Kings who have mastered several elements and are capable of exceeding their power tremendously in battle. Through this ss, you can enhance the powers rted to dragons you possess greatly, and even any dragon you can summon and that is also beneath yourmand. Even more, your draconic powers develop to new degrees, enhancing your scales, ws, tails, and breath attack greatly! ¡­ The descriptions were rather evasive in some of what they could do, although they offered a summary, Noah wished there cold be more to it. Seeing the current situation, he wanted something to boost his army''s strength even further, to the point where they could even take down God-Rank Divine Beasts without as many difficulties as they did against Gergesh, where there were many casualties which he was reviving as of now by catching their souls through his Transmigration System. Due to this, the third ss seemed tentative, it was about being a Dragon King, so this could enhance the power of his Dragon-type troops. Even amongst his Undead army, there were now around 60% of Dragons thanks to all the Draconic Beasts he had added into it, which now also included a lot of Undead from the Divine Draconic Beasts that Gergesh used to fight against Noah''s army. Due to this, most of his army is benefited with Dragon Buffs, and therefore, they''re the best way to enhance their power even further. Noah''s thoughts shed at fast speed as he made up his mind and changed sses at longst. Ding! [You exchanged 350.000 System Points!] [You changed sses to [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King]!] [All your Stats have increased!] [Level cap increased!] [You learned the [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)] and [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] Skills! ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [God of Parasitism], [God of Dragons], [God of Elements] [Race: [Divine Dark Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor God] [Existence Rank: [God: 3/9: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Divinity of Parasitism], [Divinity of Death], [Divinity of Dragons], [Divinity of Darkness] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XIX: Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor God: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XIX: Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor God: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King]: [Level 60/70] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)], [Dark Fate Destroyer (50/50)], [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death (60/60)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [3.222.668] [Primordial Essence: [350.000.000.000 -> 380.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [140.000.000 -> 170.000.000] [Aether: [125.000.000 -> 145.000.000] [Ki: [135.000.000 -> 155.000.000] [Fate: [120.000.000 -> 130.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 45.500], [Fire: 45.500], [Water: 49.000], [Wind: 49.000], [Space: 48.500], [Time: 47.500], [Life: 44.500], [Death: 82.000], [Dark: 62.000], [Light: 51.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 47.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 47.500], [Phantom: 50.000], [Blood: 102.500], [Poison: 46.000], [Soul: 72.000], [Nature: 47.000], [Thunder: 49.300], [Ice: 46.100], [War/Strength: 61.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 84.500], [Fate: 58.000], [Void: 48.000], [Law: 51.000], [System: 57.000] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)] [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] ¡­ Noah''s power had once more skyrocketed, and alongside that came an incredible increase on his stats, once more, by the dozens of millions! Alongside that, not just numbers, but Noah felt his entire body be renewed by this power, as if he was overflowing the sparkling divine power that held a strong and prideful draconic nature¡­ ----- Chapter 432 - New Draconic Abilities ----- Ding! [You exchanged 350.000 System Points!] [You changed sses to [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King]!] [All your Stats have increased!] [Level cap increased!] [You learned the [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)] and [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] Skills! Noah changed sses as he immediately felt an explosion of elemental colors covering his entire body and soul, these elements shed around and merged with him, making his entire body emanate a strong elemental aura that resembled a small rainbow... Noah checked his stats too, right after that, and found out that his power had once more skyrocketed, and alongside that came an incredible increase on his stats, once more, by the dozens of millions! Alongside that, not just numbers, but Noah felt his entire body be renewed by this power, as if he was overflowing the sparkling divine power that held a strong and prideful draconic nature¡­ The ss description did said something about having an enhancement to his draconic features, he did felt like his scales, ws, tail, wings, and so on were all enhanced greatly now, and to boot, he felt as if his entire presence now emanated a strong domineering presence, even more than ever before! This draconic ss was filled with incredibly surprises that Noah had just discovered, but this wasn''t close to everything he could achieve or had achieved, and there was way more he could check, such as these two new Skills that sounded rather intriguing and interesting! ¡­ [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)] Exert your total divine decree as the divine elemental dragon god king, and ensue a powerfulmand to all your troops, enhancing their power and defense topletely new levels, while increasing their coordinate between units and more. Enhances All Stats of the units youmand using this Decree by +20000%, every Unit you Command adds up a +1% of bonus Stats to the entirety of the Army. Defense against all Elemental Laws is increased by +10000% and every Unit you Command adds up a +0.5% of bonus defense against all Elemental Laws. All Units receive an enhancement to their Mana and Health Recovery of +10000%, and their Elemental Damage is enhanced by another +10000%. These effects double on Dragon-type Units. ¡­ [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] Unleash your potential as a powerful Summoner and also a strong Elemental Dragon God King and summon powerful Elemental Dragon Spirits around all your troops by constantly utilizing Divine Energy. All these Elemental Dragon Spirits enhance the defenses and offense of your allies as they act as both protectors and allies to fight with. Each unit can only have up to 5 Elemental Dragon Spirits protecting them, and each Elemental Dragon Spirit can sacrifice their lives to block 1 lethal attack from a target, but they be increasingly costlier to summon as they died out until a cooldown of 24 hours passes. The power of all Units with a Spirit is enhanced, enhancing all Stats by +10000% with every Dragon Spirit protecting them, alongside their Defense to Magical and Physical Damage which is enhanced by +5000% with every Dragon Spirit protecting them. Dragon Spirits can deal damage by themselves which is based in the Summoner''s 20% of both Aether, and Ki Statsbined. Dragon Spirits can detonate to deal damage to a foe after dying, dealing up to +100000% additional damage randomly. ¡­ Noah''s thoughts shed at incredible speeds, in just a few splits of a second, he read the descriptions and memorized the descriptions and functions of his new powers, finding them right on the spot over what he needed now, a new way to enhance the power of his army and also of their deadly destructive and defensive power! These two majestic abilities were all Noah needed now, they enhanced the power of his troops topletely ridiculous levels and left space for even more insanity! The first Skill would allow him to give them an even greater Stat increase and Defense increase, while the second one is abination of both, with the impressive power of these spirits being able to block a deadly attack in exchange for their lives, which will also trigger them to explode and deal powerful random damage up to +100000%! With this new tool Noah''s troops had received an incredibly boost to all their capabilities, and Noah couldn''t help but try it out immediately! He grazed across his entire Divine Realm through his senses as he had already gathered several Soldiers that had not participated in the previous war and were on standby. There were two enemy armies as of now, oneing from the west and the other from the east, he would be forced to divide his army in two! Even now, he felt like perhaps, this wasn''t enough. "Arudiel, Vritra, Draconic Fathers,e!" FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! All three of his strongest summons emerged before Noah. These Summons were permanent summons and part of his Lifeblood Jewels. "My lord, shouldn''t we be outside waiting for the enemy toe?" asked Vritra. "These damn Dragon Gods won''t let us rest for once!" sighed Varuna "Not even a break¡­" sighed Vayu. "Master, leave it to us! Ourbination power is superb if we use the power from within the Lifeblood Jewels." Said Indra. "They''re an enthusiastic bunch¡­ What is it, summoner?" asked Arudiel. Noah quickly gave them all a present. "Take these and absorb them, you need them to fight the uing threat. We got many of these dropped in thest fight, so make sure to absorb them as fast as possible." Noah gave them allrge piles of¡­ Attribute Value Cores! Dozens of Demigod-Rank Attribute Value Cores! "T-This¡­ is this okay? Do they work on us?" asked Vritra. "Well, we are about to find out." Said Arudiel, as he touched his pile of cores and they suddenly shed with bright yellow light, fusing with him. FLASH! "Hmm! Just¡­ what is this ridiculous item?! My Realm is skyrocketing! Hahaha!" Arudiel quickly confirmed that they indeed worked even in Summons, as his power quickly reached the pinnacle of Demigod-Realm! ----- Chapter 433 - Upgrading The Lifeblood Jewels ----- Noah brought to his Summons arge quantity of Demigod-Realm Attribute Value Cores, enough for all of them to skyrocket in power level to at least the peak of Demigod Level! The only Demigod between the three (as the draconic fathers were merged together with Pride and counted as one with four heads) was Arudiel, while the other two Dragons were around Living Deity Rank 1 in power, so when they touched these Cores and absorbed their power, they suddenly felt a sudden shocking rush of power reach their very beings, as they began to evolve right there, growingrger and more intimidating, and above all, way more real-looking, and not just phantasmal and made of blood¡­! "T-This power is great! T-Thank you so much, Master!" cried Pride. "It is indeed quite amazing¡­ I feel reborn." Said Indra. "So this is the power we were missing out! Incredible. Simply incredible!" said Varuna. "See? This is the power that Master can offer to us, I never lost faith that he cared for us! Ah!" muttered Varus, about to cry. "You three dorks, stop being overly dramatic!" roared Vritra. "But thank you my lord." Said Vritra. He didn''t had a good rtionship with the other Draconic Fathers. "With this level of power we might really do some different in the battlefield. But even then, do we truly stand a chance against the Dragon Gods of this world?" wondered Arudiel. "With all the buffs I will give you, it should be possible¡­ but even then, I will also upgrade your Lifeblood Jewels to my current Grade, that will hopefully also bring some new Abilities to go along with your power, and it might also increase your overall performance." Said Noah. Noah was already doing just what he said, as he moved with his second body into the building where there was a massive board that helped people upgrade and create lifeblood jewels! He quickly began to spend System Points without doubting for a second, as he upgraded Lifeblood Jewels to his current level of power! He grabbed the Necrolord Lifeblood Jewel first, and enhanced it with a lot of System Points, making it sparkle and grow in size greatly! FLASH! Ding! [You''ve exchanged 400.000 System Points!] [Your Lifeblood Jewel has been enhanced to God-Grade!] [New Abilities have been unlocked] [The power and effects of previous Abilities have been tripled] ¡­ [Lifeblood Jewel: Vicious Vampiric Blood Necrolord Summoner (God-Grade)] (500/500) (Upgraded!): Thebined and awakened power of Blood Servants and Necromancy has formed this powerful and deplorable Lifeblood Jewel, containing great necrotic power within it and the ability to awaken life within death. Using Blood, Souls, and Corpses as materials, raise an undying army that continues to expand endlessly. Abilities: [Aberrant Blood Dracolich Necrolord Vritra (200/200)], [Aberrant Blood Soul Undead Creation (100/100)], [Infectious Necrotic Blood Curse Expansion (100/100)] Additional Abilities: [Abyssal Blood Necropolis (200/200)], [Aberrant Necrotic Blood Legion (100/100)], [Crimson Bloodshed Reinforcement (100/100)] [Four-Headed Abyssal Necrotic Storm Red Dragon (200/200)], [Endless Necrotic Blood Ocean (100/100)], [Chaotic Thunderstorm of Blood Catastrophe (100/100)] New Grade Abilities: [Seven Bloodthirsty Deadly Sin Knights Summon (500/500)]: Unleash the power of your Deadly Sin Knights and Summon them for battle anywhere you want. All Deadly Sin Knights receive a great boost to all their unique capabilities, and whilemanding Blood-type Troops, all their Stats raise with every troop theymand by +1%, without any maximum cap. They are capable of sharing the Abilities within this Lifeblood Jewel and utilize them for battle. While being in the battlefield, all Blood-type Troops receive an enhancement to their offense and defense of +20000% with each one. Their level of power is equal to the Lifeblood Jewel. [Endless Blood Undead Assimtion and Combination (500/500)]: Through the monstrous ability to wield death and blood, activate this Ability to let your army of Undead endlesslybine and fuse, evolving continuously without stopping as they advance and form newer and stronger shapes to grow strong fast. This process is done automatically and drains energy automatically. [Aberrant Divine Pce of Blood and Death: Scarlet (500/500)]: Summon the powerful Divine Pce of Blood and Death Scarlet, the living pce that can float in midair and unleash all sorts of bloody and deathly attacks to nearby or faraway foes, while also being able to generate forcefields to guard troops and create safe areas where Undead can be revived, fused, or repaired. Additionally, while Scarlet is in the battlefield, all Blood-type Troops receive an enhancement to all their Stats of +50000% and Regeneration Speed of +20000%, meanwhile, their elemental defenses increase by +20000%, and while Scarlet is present, all damage taken by the army is spread evenly through the entire army. ¡­ "T-This¡­!" Noah was suddenly shocked! These three new Abilities¡­ they were rted to the Deadly Sin Knights, which were the first named Blood Servants he ever had. They were still within his army of Undead, acting as powerful Generals, but now, they were suddenly enhanced and epassed by a powerful bloody crimson-red aura, which made them all evolve! "Unnggh¡­! W-What is this?!" Pride cried, as his massive draconic body suddenly and grotesquely shapeshifted, dropping a massive piece of flesh, bones, and more, which slowly turned into a dragon and flew away¡­ Pride within the Draconic Fathers fusion did not separated, but he divided himself and that divided form joined the other Deadly Sins, as if he had given birth to a little son! Additionally, Vritra and the Draconic Fathers received a boost atop the Cores they absorbed, finally managing to breakthrough and reach God-Realm! Noah looked with fascination as the Seven Deadly Knights were summoned before him alongside Scarlet, or well, a second body of her, with the same soul but different body. This version of her held amazing power within and was also God-Realm in power. All these powerful troops were now part of his forces, and it only took some System Points! "We are once more here to serve you, my lord!" said Wrath, as all the Seven Deadly Sins were now able to speak eloquently. All of them were once the souls of old enemies of Noah, for the most part, but now, they were all powerful beings that will aid him on defeating these pesky Dragon Gods¡­ ----- Chapter 434 - Great New Abilities ----- All Seven Sins had once more gathered, reinforced, and reborn anew as Noah couldn''t help but open his eyes wide at the surprise in front of his eyes! Upgrading a single Lifeblood Jewel to the power of a God brought such amazing changes! He couldn''t wait to upgrade them to even higher ranks if it meant they woulde with even more amazing abilities included into their repertoire! Noah looked at the seven deadly sins, he still remembered all of them and also their origins, of course, they had gone past their own past lives and fully embraced being creatures of blood long ago, but now, they had be even more powerful and dangerous as they gained the power of being Gods-Realm beings! It was as if their entire beings had been upgrade, their extremely powerful auras emanated incredibly strongly all around, managing tobine into a deadly pressure that caused space and time to feel pressured and almost shatter, distorting around to their very might! These were Seven Gods, just like that! And to boot, Vritra, and the Draconic Fathers had also be God-Realm, although of higher Ranks than the knights as they had devoured the Cores, and were all three of them within Rank 2/9, while the Knights were 1/9. Only a single rank, but it made a lot of difference in power between Summons. "Incredible¡­ you''re all amazing now¡­ very well! I will make sure to use your power to the maximum amount possible¡­ You better work yourselves to death, as I can revive you infinitely!" said Noah. "Yes, my lord!" "We''ll bring you the heads of anyone you desire." "Blood! We''ll bathe in blood on your name!" They all had their own wacky catchphrases, which Noah felt rather forced, but it seems that they were all developing new minds and consciousness and were not just mindless drones anymore. Perhaps in the future they would be able to interact more with everyone. Noah also noticed that there was a new Pride, a massive red dragon within the other Deadly Sins, he looked at this creature and found out that it was like a clone of the original Pride, who had fused with the draconic fathers to add the power of Fire Attribute to their fusion. "I seem to have divided myself from my original self, my lord. But rest assured, I am the same as ever." Said Pride. "Hmm¡­ I see. I hope you work just as hard as your other self." Said Noah. "Of course, leave it to me," said Pride. Noah checked out the new Abilities the Lifeblood Jewel had gained once more, confirming many things that he had seen before but wasn''t sure if they were true due to how fantastical and incredibly unreal they sounded like. New Grade Abilities: [Seven Bloodthirsty Deadly Sin Knights Summon (500/500)]: Unleash the power of your Deadly Sin Knights and Summon them for battle anywhere you want. All Deadly Sin Knights receive a great boost to all their unique capabilities, and whilemanding Blood-type Troops, all their Stats raise with every troop theymand by +1%, without any maximum cap. They are capable of sharing the Abilities within this Lifeblood Jewel and utilize them for battle. While being in the battlefield, all Blood-type Troops receive an enhancement to their offense and defense of +20000% with each one. Their level of power is equal to the Lifeblood Jewel. ¡­ Indeed, this was just as he had read before, there wasn''t any doubt. This was the ability that made them so strong, and also brought the power of boosting all Blood-type units that theymanded! The more of them were present, the even stronger would his troops grow! Noah was already shaping a massive army to conquer the entire world¡­ ¡­ [Endless Blood Undead Assimtion and Combination (500/500)]: Through the monstrous ability to wield death and blood, activate this Ability to let your army of Undead endlesslybine and fuse, evolving continuously without stopping as they advance and form newer and stronger shapes to grow strong fast. This process is done automatically and drains energy automatically. ¡­ And this ability was simple yet incredibly useful. With it, Noah had not to worry about the Undead growing slowly, they could not constantly fuse together as they gained more and more members, constantly upgrading themselves into higher realms of power¡­ although it drained energy automatically, so if he wanted to save energy, he would have to turn this off sometimes. ¡­ [Aberrant Divine Pce of Blood and Death: Scarlet (500/500)]: Summon the powerful Divine Pce of Blood and Death Scarlet, the living pce that can float in midair and unleash all sorts of bloody and deathly attacks to nearby or faraway foes, while also being able to generate forcefields to guard troops and create safe areas where Undead can be revived, fused, or repaired. Additionally, while Scarlet is in the battlefield, all Blood-type Troops receive an enhancement to all their Stats of +50000% and Regeneration Speed of +20000%, meanwhile, their elemental defenses increase by +20000%, and while Scarlet is present, all damage taken by the army is spread evenly through the entire army. ¡­ And this was thest ability, and the one that represented Scarlet''s new body as well! She had emerged right after the Seven Deadly Sins, and was floating as massive crimson pce in the middle of the skies of Noah''s Divine Realm, while her Blood Tower form was behind the background. "Scarlet, is that really you?" asked Noah. "Of course it is me, master! Thanks to your powers, I''ve been able to create a new and stronger body which is somehow connected to your Lifeblood Jewel¡­ as long as I am here and near the allies, I can give them all sorts of buffs! I am also strong too, so please let me participate in battle if you can!" said Scarlet. Noah smiled as he admired the immense size of Scarlet. "Of course, you''ll be able to easily crush them like ants with such a big size. You''re definitelying with us." Said Noah. ----- Chapter 435 - Enhanced Draconic Might ----- Now that Noah had finished confirming that everything was in order with this new Lifeblood Jewel upgrade, he quickly decided to upgrade the Dragon Lifeblood Jewel next! By infusing crazy quantities of System Points, the wonderfully beautiful red jewel was upgraded, glistening shiningly with all the shades of red that one could possibly imagine! FLASH! Ding! [You''ve exchanged 450.000 System Points!] [Your Lifeblood Jewel has been enhanced to God-Grade!] [New Abilities have been unlocked] [The power and effects of previous Abilities have been tripled] And with this, a greater upgrade has been done to the Lifeblood Jewel! FLASH! Noah nced at Arudiel, as the power of the glorious multi-elemental golden dragon skyrocketed! He suddenly unlocked a new element in Light, as his body exuded an even brighter aura of rainbow colors! "GRROOOARRR!" He roared pridefully, as he had enhanced his existence Realm to¡­ God-Realm! And he was not like the others, but he was sitting at Rank 3/9, the same Rank as Noah¡­ Noah''s eyes opened wide as he saw the amazing upgrade that Arudiel, whose life was connected to this lifeblood Jewel received after the upgrade. The power he acquired was incredible, and it bathed his body like constant streams of liquid rainbow energy¡­ Noah hurriedly checked the new effects of this Lifeblood Jewel, being amazed. ¡­ [Lifeblood Jewel: Primordial Elemental Dragon Overlord (Demi Deity-Grade)] (500/500): Thebined and awakened power of your innermost draconic power. This Lifeblood Jewel can help you exert great amounts of power as a dragon and unleash the true potential within your Draconic Power. Alongside this, a series of support abilities are also included, which can strengthen both you and your subordinates. Abilities: [Primordial Elemental Dragon Overlord Transformation (200/200)], [Primordial Dragon War Roar (100/100)], [Element-Reflecting Imperial Divine Scales (100/100)] Additional Abilities: [God King of Dragons (200/200)], [Divine Draconic Command (100/100)], [Divine Dragon Guider (100/100)] [Four-Element Divine Dragon King Arudiel (200/200)], [Divine Elemental Dragon Summon (100/100)], [Elemental Domain of Divine Dragons (100/100)] New Grade Abilities: [Chaotic Blood Dragon Emperor Demise (500/500)]: Channel the power you have as Summoner to bring forth the powerful and ancient Chaotic Blood Dragon Emperor that had once ughtered 1 billion troops with a single breath attack, Demise. His name meant the end of all things, and so is his strength. Summon Demise from the Draconic Universe to aid you in battle, this fearful dragon has the power equivalent to a God at Rank 3. This legendary dragon possesses the power of Chaos, Darkness, Phantom, Death, and Blood, and can utilize it to unleash terror and disaster to your enemies. Summon can be assigned his own troops and can also share abilities with the user, within them including this lifeblood jewel section abilities. Once summoned, it doesn''t drain divine energy. If defeated, it can be summoned again through the use of divine energy once more. [Twelve Divine Dragon Heroes Summoning (500/500)]: Revive the Twelve Dragon Heroes you''ve defeated and summon them for battle inpletely new appearances and powered-up states. The power of each Hero is dependent in their original forms, and each one carries a different shape and elemental power. Each one having the equivalent power of a God at Rank 1. All Twelve Dragon Heroes receive a great boost to all their unique capabilities, and whilemanding Dragon-type Troops, all their Stats raise with every troop theymand by +1%, without any maximum cap. They are capable of sharing the Abilities within this Lifeblood Jewel and utilize them for battle. While being in the battlefield, all Dragon-type Troops receive an enhancement to their offense and defense of +20000% with each one. [Devastating Multi-Elemental Chaotic Draconic Cannon (500/500)]: Gather and unleash the power of your Dragons,bine all the Elemental Dragons you can summon in a powerful and massive cannon of pure Draconic Power that can unleash an incredible amount of damage every time it fires its cannon every 30 seconds. Each second it recharges, it be vulnerable to damage, but while attacking, it gains damage invulnerability. Each cannon attack consumes 20 Elemental Dragons and deals multi-elemental damage that pierces through the enemy''s defenses, ignoring 60% of the enemy''s defenses, while dealing damage based in the user''s Aether and KI stats +100000%. Damage dealt to a foe is distributed as health to all troops within a 10-kilometer vicinity of the Cannon. ¡­ "¡­" Chaos once more was left speechless as he looked at the abilities over and over again. They were amazing! He quickly waved his hand, as he summoned the first thing that he saw! "Summon Demise!" FLASH! Arge magic circle emerged before Noah''s sight as it began to gather enormous quantities of energy! He felt almost all his divine energy being drained, only for it to recover quickly after, slowly, but greatly. And then, he saw a massive magic circle of red and ck colors emerge, rotating with strange runes he had never seen before. A massive figure started to emerge from within it, made of darkness and blood, it formed and materialized into a massive and monstrous dragon covered in dark scales and red jewels, with a sharp armor made of scales covering his entire body, massive wings, enormous ws, and a monstrously long neck with an even bigger jaw, open with countless razor-sharp teeth on them. The monstrous creature had deep dark red eyes, with three other eyes vertically positioned over the middle of his forehead. "Such power¡­!" Noah realized the enormous quantity of power this entity was leaking, as he looked at it with a bit of concern! Its nature was also incredibly chaotic and evil, it looked like it was a about to devour him! "I have been summoned? Where am I?" The dragon, however, spoke with the tender voice of a mature women, it was a female, despite how monstrous it looked. The entire description didn''t specify gender, but Noah had assumed it was a male. However, appearances can be deceiving, it was a woman. "I haven''t see you anywhere, but your aura¡­ youe from the Draconic Universe, don''t you?" asked Arudiel. "Why yes¡­ I believe I died long ago¡­ Oh? You''re my summoner?" asked Demise, asking the dragon in front of her. "Wait, no¡­" ----- Chapter 436 - Demise ----- A new dragon ally of powerful strength has been suddenly summoned! The powerful being in front of him was Demise, the Chaos Blood Dragon said to have killed one billion troops with her breath attack! Demise looked down at Noah and ignored him! as she asked if Arudiel was her summoner. "Eh¡­ No. I am apanion, nice to meet you. I am Arudiel. This is our summoner." Said Arudiel, pointing at the small Noah in front of them. "What? This small being?" asked Demise. Her size was almost 60 meters, so Noah was a tiny ant in his vampire form¡­ "Who are you calling small?!" asked Noah, as he quickly shapeshifted into a 100-meter-tall Dragon, quickly showing off Demise his true strength! His aura quickly began to epass Demise as she was forced to retreat a few steps. "W-Wow! I never thought such a tiny being could turn into a small one¡­! I-I am sorry Master! You''re looking hot like that too!" said Demise. She was extremely tomboyish and disrespectful! "Hmph. My name is Noah. I''ve summoned you here to aid me in battle. As my summon, you better make yourself worth it." said Noah. "Heh, I died long ago, and I never thought I would get to taste the bloodshed of war once more, I will dly serve you, Master!" said Demise. "Good¡­ Now tell me, you alsoe from the Draconic Universe, don''t you?" asked Noah. "I do, the same as this golden dragon here. I used to be a being that caused chaos everywhere as I led my n of Chaos Blood Dragons. However, I was betrayed by my kin and then ughtered by the many other dragon families of that Universe. I died fiercely in battle, although there is also a lot of bitterness on me. I never thought I would get to be summoned¡­ especially because my soul was destroyed! Could it be? Have you summoned my Records from within the Universal Origin Record Roots from my Universe?" asked Demise. "My soul was also destroyed, so that must be the case for you too, we were summoned through such a mean." Said Arudiel. "Interesting¡­ I suppose every time I keep upgrading this lifeblood jewel, I will be able to summon more dead dragons¡­ not bad¡­ Now, let''s do this other thing right away. Admire the power that your master has a summoner, Demise!" said Noah pridefully, as Demise opened her jaws wide as she saw him Summon Twelve God-level Beings in an instant! All of them having a different appearance and leaking a strong elemental power! These Dragon Heroes were the ones from the Ignitias Kingdom, alongside the Windias Kingdom Heroes and some of their assistants, making up twelve! They were twelve powerful Dragons that could be summoned easily, and even if they died, they could be simply summoned again! The best part was that thy worked like the Deadly Sin Knights and enhanced the power of dragon-type troops with their mere presence! The Dragon Heroes didn''t feel confused when they were summoned, acting loyal from the very beginning. "It is a pleasure to meet my lord." Said Ignatius, a former Dragon hero of fire which Noah had killed ruthlessly, he was now back as a powerful ally! All other dragon heroes kneeled before him, showing off their might and also their respect to their summoner¡­ "Good¡­" said Noah, smiling maliciously on his dragon form, as he decided to recheck his Lifeblood Jewel new abilities to inspect them in detail, also, thest ability seemed quite weird¡­ ¡­ New Grade Abilities: [Chaotic Blood Dragon Emperor Demise (500/500)]: Channel the power you have as Summoner to bring forth the powerful and ancient Chaotic Blood Dragon Emperor that had once ughtered 1 billion troops with a single breath attack, Demise. His name meant the end of all things, and so is his strength. Summon Demise from the Draconic Universe to aid you in battle, this fearful dragon has the power equivalent to a God at Rank 3. This legendary dragon possesses the power of Chaos, Darkness, Phantom, Death, and Blood, and can utilize it to unleash terror and disaster to your enemies. Summon can be assigned his own troops and can also share abilities with the user, within them including this lifeblood jewel section abilities. Once summoned, it doesn''t drain divine energy. If defeated, it can be summoned again through the use of divine energy once more. ¡­ With this ability he was able to summon the powerful Demise to aid him in battle. Her power was great and rather vast, and she seemed ready for battle at any time. In the same level of power as Arudiel too, but with different elements. ¡­ [Twelve Divine Dragon Heroes Summoning (500/500)]: Revive the Twelve Dragon Heroes you''ve defeated and summon them for battle inpletely new appearances and powered-up states. The power of each Hero is dependent in their original forms, and each one carries a different shape and elemental power. Each one having the equivalent power of a God at Rank 1. All Twelve Dragon Heroes receive a great boost to all their unique capabilities, and whilemanding Dragon-type Troops, all their Stats raise with every troop theymand by +1%, without any maximum cap. They are capable of sharing the Abilities within this Lifeblood Jewel and utilize them for battle. While being in the battlefield, all Dragon-type Troops receive an enhancement to their offense and defense of +20000% with each one. ¡­ This ability epassed the powerful Twelve Dragon Heroes, and seemingly enhanced the power of the troops theymanded as long as they were Dragon-type amazingly! It was like the seven deadly sins, but instead of just seven, they were twelve, even more power for dragons! ¡­ [Devastating Multi-Elemental Chaotic Draconic Cannon (500/500)]: Gather and unleash the power of your Dragons,bine all the Elemental Dragons you can summon in a powerful and massive cannon of pure Draconic Power that can unleash an incredible amount of damage every time it fires its cannon every 30 seconds. Each second it recharges, it be vulnerable to damage, but while attacking, it gains damage invulnerability. Each cannon attack consumes 20 Elemental Dragons and deals multi-elemental damage that pierces through the enemy''s defenses, ignoring 60% of the enemy''s defenses, while dealing damage based in the user''s Aether and KI stats +100000%. Damage dealt to a foe is distributed as health to all troops within a 10-kilometer vicinity of the Cannon. ¡­ Andstly, there was this devastating technique, the ability that was contained within this Lifeblood Jewel was the most frightening and also the strangest, it allowed Noah to fuse several Elemental Dragons that he could summon (with a new cap at 300), and utilize 20 after that as if they were a cannon ball, using them as fuel for this massive magical cannon to fire a massive beam of devastating proportions that also absorbed all the damage it caused and distributed it to all troops around 10 kilometers from it! To boot, this massive monster of a weapon was able to ignore the defenses of the foe and deal massive damage based in Noah''s two offensive stats¡­ it was a deadly and insane technique which Noah couldn''t wait to try out¡­ ----- Chapter 437 - The Second Battle Is About To Begin... ----- Noah looked down as hisrge new summons, as he nodded confidently. "Should be enough for now. If things get too dire, I can always use the System Points I have saved up to bring a new Lifeblood Jewel to help me more." He thought. He had no hurry about making new Lifeblood Jewels and decided to save the remaining System Points for the off-chance things go awry even with all his preparations. Everything moved rapidly around his divine realmpared to the outside world, as several Bat Clones flew over the vast blue skies, looking at the west and east of the Kingdom of Windias. The Kingdom had been just recently devasted by a sudden battle between an invader and the heroes, who lost miserably, the King ran away with the royal family, and the people in the city were in panic. Noah was now going to act as the hero for once and save these future servants to survive against the sudden army of Divine Beasts rushing here led by Heroes possessed by the two Evil Dragon Gods that had been controlling Aquaias and Gaias in the shadows, Rockernn, the Evil Dragon God of Dark Underground Depths and Sadratonn, the Evil Dragon God of Abyssal Seas. After the defeat of Gergesh, these two Evil Dragon Gods sensed that the presence of Noah, their prey which they aimed to eat to survive in this Apocalypse that had just begun when the monstrous Lucifer became a Supreme Dragon God of Chaos, something that Noah had caused inadvertently with his very existence! However, they were still God-Realm, the same as him, and they were two as well, attacking him in a pincer-formation! It was impossible for them to not win, or so the thought! But in war, everything is variable and there might always be things that can change the tides of battle, such as an immense amount of troopsing out of nowhere¡­ Noah''s bats looked at the two scenes, as one of them focused on the armying from Aquaias. All the divine beasts of this army had the shape of draconic fish, draconic sea snakes, and water dragons of all shapes and sizes, some were incredibly colorful and beautiful, while others looked abyssal in nature and appearance¡­ In the other side, the troopsing from the Kingdom of Gaias were all earth-type divine beasts, resembling massive rock dragon turtles, earth dragon snakes, and massive rock ind whale drakes¡­ there were even the deadly rock dragon kings, and all of them exuded strong divinity! They would easily trample through the entire Kingdom in just minutes, and they were thousands in each army¡­ these two Dragon Gods were going all out to kill Noah as efficiently and fast as possible, and they were not going to let him escape! Noah to them was like a massive and delicious meal served over a silver te, if they were to miss it, they would simply feel bad with themselves! "I suppose it''s time." Noah quickly divided his troops in two, as he summoned two massive armies right before the two armies marching towards the Kingdom, both at once! FLASH! FLASH! The two armies greeted the divine beast with their own divine strength, marching forward as several powerful abilities quickly activated, powerful Domains boosting their power and defenses through the roof! Noah distributed the troops based in their leaders. He put the Seven Deadly Sins Knights to battle against Aquaias'' army, apanied by the powerful Arudiel. Meanwhile, he put the Twelve Heroes to fight against Gaias'' troops, led by Demise! And what about Scarlet? She simply divided herself in two, resembling a massive pce cut in half, as she flew to both at ces at the same time and used her effects to enhance all the troops power even more than before! Thisbined with the Domains, and the power of the Knights and the Heroes leading the parties, created a powerful and insane amount of buffs over every single troop, attaining almost the same power as Demigods at peak rank each! The Aquaias'' Kingdom troops of massive divine beasts began to be ughtered immediately as powerful Elemental Dragons bathed them with deadly mes, powerful lightning, and the deadly tree roots growing from the ground and entangling these wild divine beasts ruthlessly! Alongside that, the powerful Blood Undead were the strongest as they were boosted by the Sin Knights, their strength was so powerful that even a small Dragon Zombie the size of a cow began to pulverize arge water dragon divine beast into the ground, tearing its entire body apart and then converting it into an ally, which then fused itself with it and evolved, growing even stronger! Sadratonn, the Evil Dragon God of Abyssal Seas, nced at the scene inplete and utter disbelief through the skies, as he was within his divine realm, hiding from the outside world and Noah''s eyes. "W-What the?! What are those strange Blood creatures?! And how¡­ did they appeared out of nowhere?! What kind of space-type magic was that! Mass Teleportation?" asked the Evil Dragon God in shock! Could it be? Was Noah a space attribute dragon?! But the most shocking thing to this fish-shaped dragon was that Noah had the power of such a massive army with himself! They were almost a thousandbined together, and they were beginning to easily tear apart his divine beast army constantly! The worst part didn''t end there as they were able to convert his troops, fuse with them, and then evolve into greater forms with more power, and even inheriting the abilities of the enemies they fused and evolved with¡­ Such a devasting power was mesmerizing, but this wasn''t even the beginning! Sadratonn, immediately activated several abilities himself, covering the field where his troops were with a massive Domain of Water, which enhanced their speed, regeneration, and damage dealt, while slowing down the enemy¡­ But the enemy wasn''t even slowing down! He noticed that there were over 6 different and powerful "divine techniques" active in every single enemy troop, leaving the Evil Dragon Godpletely dwarfed inparison! And Noah? He was nowhere to be seen! Only his bats were supervising the entire war! He was actually still taking it easy inside his divine realm¡­ ----- Chapter 438 - The War Begins... ----- Noah felt as if he was ying a strategy game based on War. In front of him there was a big projection of the entirety of the battlefield made by his bat-clones. In there, there was the Kingdom of Windias, his fortress which he was protecting, while from the West and East, two massive armies of thousands of divine beasts led by Dragon Heroes were moving hastily to invade him and destroy this ce which he had worked hard to conquer. He had settled down his units already, invoking tworge armies of several powerful soldiers, which he had led by several special units, heroes, as if this were a game where hero units boostrge armies with their buffs and also are formidable by themselves. Each of these "Hero Units" included Arudiel, Demise, the Deadly Sins, and so on. And each Unit enhanced the power of the troops by merely being near them. Arudiel and Demise were also able to conjure his Lifeblood Jewel abilities, alongside the Twelve Dragon Heroes, while Vritra, the Draconic Fathers, and the Deadly Sin Knights were able to conjure their own Lifeblood Jewel Abilities too, but all the energy was drained from him alone. So Noah was constantly being drained of his vast divine energy expenses. He had thankfully acquired arge quantity of it through devouring Gergesh and many other corpses of divine beasts and was continuously munching down on them too as we speak. He was constantly recovering energy by devouring corpses of divine beasts belonging to Gergesh divine realm, and also drinkingrge quantities of blood from his Blood Sea. Additionally, the power of faith was strong on this one, as he acquired evenrger streams of powerful divine energy rushing towards him through the faith of his people all around the divine realm, they were all praying to him regrly, so all this praying became energy for him to refill himself even faster. Due to this, despite the insane expense of divine energy, he was handling it just fine, although, he noticed that now that they were upgraded, the cost of divine energy they had was increased several times, and even with every single regeneration buff he could get, he was barely managing, barely¡­ If he were to conjure something strong, he would end up losing more and more divine energy. He required to gain more even faster. He extended several tentacles around his divine realm and continued to engulf divine beasts and drink his endless blood sea, even with this, it was barely enough. As he desperately regained energy to fuel his powerful troops, hemanded the entire battlefield while sitting on his Blood Throne, while his family was resting inside of their home. He looked intensively as things happened. His army had been summoned in both sides and both armies were led by strong Hero Units, as he called them, while all other Soldiers were merely named Soldier Units to him. "Hmm¡­ The side that leads to Aquaias is pulling through faster." Noah looked at the scene as if he were ying a tabletop strategy game, he looked as he began to move his troops forward with a mere thought. The massive army of dragons, vampires, undead, and summoned elemental dragons rushed forward, ying the enemies mercilessly. However, some of his troops were still taking big loses, arge chunk of them were dying sometimes, although they slowly recovered as they multiplied by absorbing the corpses of the enemy, but there were sometimes where these water-type divine beasts would gang over a small group of his troops and decimate them, only to be ughtered by the Generals, such as Arudiel. Noah distributed the troops based in their leaders. He put the Seven Deadly Sins Knights to battle against Aquaias'' army, apanied by the powerful Arudiel. Meanwhile, he put the Twelve Heroes to fight against Gaias'' troops, led by Demise! Scarlet divided herself in two to buff everyone and also act as a tank ofrge amount of troops, while Vritra was left with Arudiel and the Draconic Fathers with Demise. He ordered the Deadly Sins to release their domain, as he saw that his enemy, who was also inspecting the battlefield, arge fish-shaped dragon, Sadratonn, the Evil Dragon God of Abyssal Seas had suddenly unleashed his buffing skills over his allies and his soldiers gained a powerful Domain of Water which boosted their capacity to greater degrees. Noah looked at this scene with utter contempt, fascinated by the prospects of a battle that wasn''t direct but strategic! He smiled. "Heh, good one, your mass of soldiers have enhanced themselves greatly, but your Heroes arecking in power, despite carrying fragments of your soul, they''re not quite good enough to fight Arudiel and the Deadly Sins if Ibine their strength¡­ Scarlet is also ganging on them, while Vritra must concentrate into continuously conjure the Lifeblood Jewel abilities to boost the army of Undead constantly¡­ Arudiel is doing the same, so there are two Domains set over the entire battlefield, which are also coupled with an additional buffing skill from Arudiel''s roar andmand¡­" Noah calcted the damage output and the enhancements to his army, things were going well, but the Heroes of the Aquaias Kingdom finally showed up, they were five. All of them were of unimportant names or appearances which Noah didn''t really cared much, but they were strong, all five of them were of a different element, and Arudiel and the Deadly Sin Knights were battling with all they had to defeat them. The buffs they got were working wonderfully, as Arudiel finally managed to get over one of them, a fire-type hero with the appearance of argeodo dragon, his entire body was sttered into pieces and promptly converted into an Undead Hero, which joined the fight against the others, this was Vritra''s doing! "Excellent work there, Vritra." He said, as Noah smiled. He watched the battle unfold as there were still four other Dragon Heroes, which were like strong General Units, final bosses that took time and strategy to defeat! ----- Chapter 439 - Finish Them Off! ----- "ROOARR!" BOOM!!! Arudiel released a powerful multi-elemental breath attack, decimating the enemy unit [Fire Dragon Hero: Dragiart], a powerful Hero Unit with the strength to boost his troops power, he was also being devoured and parasitized by a fragment of the Evil Dragon God that took over Aquaias, so he wasn''t weak at all. Theodo dragon-shaped hero fought bravely, but Arudiel held the upper hand in the ability to fly and his multi-elemental attack, maybe he could have resistance to some of his element, but never all of them! Arudiel easily defeated the hero after a bit, as Vritra''s crimson-red eyes shone, hisrge skeletal body rattled as heughed maliciously. "RISE!" FLASH! Dragiart soul and body were brought back from the dead, as he was fused with various weakened and half-dead Undead, as he recovered his wounds and became an even stronger Undead Hero! Of course, he didn''t had the strength he had before, but he was still stronger than the average. He moved forward bravely as it began to fight against his own enemy troops, although the water element of the divine beasts of Aquaias Kingdom were strong against him, so he was mostly taking hits like an unliving flesh wall. "Good work, Vritra." Thought Noah as he nced at things unfold slowly inside of his divine realm, the time dtion made this even more game-like as he saw the troops slowly advance instead of all happening fast and frantically. "However, there is more left." Noah looked at the scene in silence, as he noticed the other four Heroes who were still kicking, ganging over the Deadly Sins. The deadly sins were already incredibly strong through the buffs they got from the troops, enhancing their stats with every troop by +1% without limits, and even more as they boosted the power of all troops with their mere presences. This is why the enemy Dragon Heroes decided to beat them. Despite this powerup, the Dragon heroes were stronger than an individual sin knight, and they worked together alongside using special tactic through the power of therge army of divine beasts, forcing the deadly sin knights to separate and then, they began to crush them one by one! Noah knew that the one behind their actions was Sadratonn, the Evil Dragon God of Abyssal Seas, he was the bastard behind the ughter after all, a bastard that was also strategizing his troops andmanding them inside his divine realm. "He must have realized they were boosting my troops power, so he separated them and crushed them one by one, the fire hero was just a distraction for Arudiel and Scarlet, damn bastard¡­ Vritra is in charge of the Undead, I cannot let him fight." Thought Noah. The Sin Knights died, as Noah was forced to spendrge quantities of divine energy to summon them again, but he let Dragon Heroes have their way before summoning them again. If he were to summon them right away in the same ce where they died, they would eb crushed again. He wanted these dragon heroes to get away from the ce so he could summon all the deadly sin knights together, where they would shine the most. "Have your way, I will prepare something for you idiots." Noah ordered Arudiel to not defend the Deadly Sin Knights, as he made the knights a distraction for the Heroes. Arudiel then, suddenly began to summon Elemental Dragons, and fused them together into a massive structure that was settled in the ground! This cost millions of divine energy to produce, but it was worth it! Noah quickly called upon it, this was the Chaotic Draconic Dragon Cannon! A powerful War Structure Unit which he set up in the ground, covering a wide area and range! "Heh, this power is amazing." Thought Arudiel, as he suddenly grabbed a bunch of Elemental Dragons as if they were bullets, and fueled the massive cannon with them, putting them inside! FLASH! The dragon-shaped cannon then began to glow brightly, as Sadratonn, the Evil Dragon God of Abyssal Seas, was left shocked by the massive enemy unit that had emerged out of nowhere! "W-What¡­! What''s that?!" he asked in shock. And because this cannon was technically a living summon being, it was being boosted by the domains and other buffs, increasing its power further! Thee entire cannon began to glow with bright rainbow light, as Arudiel pointe it out to the distance, where the Dragon Heroes were annihting the Deadly Sin Knights one by one! "Fire." Said Noah, as Arudiel obeyed his orders. FLASH! The massive cannon shed with bright light, and then, from its dragon-shaped mouth, a massive wave of light emerged, releasing a tremendous and destructive beam attack of several elementsbined! The Dragon Heroes noticed this toote! BOOOOMMM!!! The incredibly powerful beam left a massive hole in the ground, as arge chunk of the enemy troops were cleansed in an instant, but Noah used a lot of energy, he didn''t thought he could spam this and realistically keep up his army like this. He nced at the scene as he saw all enemy dragon hero units damaged greatly, one of them had died in an instant, a rock-type dragon hero that defended the rest, but even then, the rest received critical damage and were barely hanging out. "RISE!" Vritra raised the dead hero into an Undead, and let him attack the other weakened heroes, as hispanions saw with horror how their former friend began to attack them, seeking to ughter them! "Finish them off!" Noah ordered, as his troops marched forward, hundreds of Undead, Vampires, and Dragons ganged over the Heroes as if they were a massive army of ants fighting against threerge locusts. It was an unbelievable scene, but they were actually defeating a massive creature by merely eating it away in gigantic numbers! Arudiel fell over the battlefield where the Dragon Heroes were and used his attacks and breath attack to ughter another right away! BOOOMMM! Sadratonn was left speechless, almost vomiting blood in anger! "No!!!" ----- Chapter 440 - I Am Going To Simply Decimate You ----- BOOMMM!!! Arudiel moved swiftly through the battlefield, as a strong Flying-type Unit, he was able to easily trespass Terrain Obstacles and reach his target through his vast movement stat! CLASH! He used his explosive breath attack destroying the third Dragon Hero, a water-type dragon heroine in the shape of a golden fish, as she was massacred and promptly risen into an Undead! After that, the powerful Dragon rushed forward, supporting the other troops, as the twost heroes, a Nature-type Hero and a Light-type Hero were left, the Nature-type Hero had the resemnce of a giant feathered snake of green feathers, while the light-type hero was a giant, white-colored western-looking dragon. The two Heroes began to fight bravely as Noah looked at the scene through his tabletop-like hologram of magic, he looked intensively as his eyes shone with bright crimson-red light. He looked at the scene and then began to realize that the troops of divine beats were finally dimming down, meaning that he was gaining an advantage, the power of the divine beasts was also being absorbed as essence for him, regaining divine energy in the process. "Come forth once more!" Noah summoned the deadly sin knights again, as the Units appeared, and suddenly, the entire army strengthened once more, 7 times! FLASH! The power of the knights began to bring forth a powerful aura of crimson-red aura and began to expand all around, the entire army strengthened with power, the auras began exploding with energy as the skeletons, dragons, and more grewrger and stronger. The powerful Undead units marched forward, ganging over the other Dragon Heroes, the Dragon Hero of Nature generated a powerful Domain of Nature out of nowhere, as many trees suddenly began to entangle and attack the Undead, draining their mana! "What!?" Noah was left surprised, it seems that this was this Hero Unit''s special ability! The Hero of Nature roared, as the many trees continued to devour undead and entangle them, absorbing their energies which then fueled it to set a sudden Building, a massive tree of over 40 meters that began to span into the skies! "You bastard, did you had this trump card all along!?" asked Noah, smacking the table as he spoke to the Evil Drago God doing this in the back! "Gahahahahaha! Noah, you fool1 You''ve rxed now that you think you''ve won?! You''ve underestimated this powerful Hero with Nature element, she is not good at fighting, but her amazing power of covering the terrain with energy-absorbing nts is superb! With my orders, she can settle up a massive tree, and absorb your energy through your troops even faster! Without energy, you can''t do any of your shy stuff anymore!"ughed Sadratonn, the Evil Dragon God of Abyssal Seas. Noah was¡­ checkmated with such a surprising twist of events! Or was he? Not yet, not yet! Noah looked intensively at the battlefield, he threw a dice to decide his next move, while also looking at the massive tree emerging in the ground, it expandedrge branches that absorbed energy through some kind of powerful drain effect. The massive tree wasn''t just that though, as the troops of the Evil Dragon God grew smaller, the Dragon hero of nature was an incredibly useful unit! She used this tree to summon new beings through the energy absorbed! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Suddenly, massive dragons made of wood and trees emerged, roaring fiercely as they rushed towards the enemy troops, each one was massive, spanning up to 30 meters each! These massive behemoths rushed forward and started to massacre Noah''s troops despite their buffs, the power they had was being fueled by the energy absorbed from his army! "By having arge army, I''ve made myself weak against such a powerful ability that can drain my energy and produce troops like this¡­! My army being so big has actually worked against my favor?" wondered Noah. However, instead of feeling defeated, he felt excited! Utterly excited about the prospects of such a fight! He smiled as he saw his dice roll up, suddenly, itnded in 6. "Six. Very well then¡­" He suddenly decided to do something outrageous as he generated a clone of himself and sent it to battle! FLASH! A clone of himself emerged in the battlefield, as it covered itself in various divinities and a barrier and flew down below like a meteor of many colors! A new Unit had emerged! This unit actually weakened Noah, as it also held his soul within and divided his stats evenly. However, this powerful Clone Unit held great power, many divinities, and the power to let the yer, Noah, enter the game directly! Noah waved his hands as he began to spam abilities! "I am going to simply decimate you." Said Noah, there was no more strategies! This felt as if those times when you summoned the wrath of a god in your battlefield, a powerful entity would descend and temporarily fight the army with incredibly strong power and deadly AoE attacks! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Noah began to span Void Cmity and All-Devouring Chaos Destruction, while siphoning all the fate and fortune of the heroes, which were actually shiny gold! "No wonder you were doing so well out of nowhere, lucky bastard." Said Noah from within his divine realm. His clone began to massacre the powerful Nature Dragons summoned by the nature Dragon hero, who shielded herself inside a fortress made of reinforced wood, while the light hero at her side conjured powerful light spells that created many barriers! "Protect the King, huh? Alright, I''ll go with it. Arudiel, go forward!" said Noah, as he enhanced Arudiel with power and he nodded. "On it!" FLAAAAASH! Arudiel flew forward as he shared Noah''s elemental magic, a massive spectacle of colors surged around his body as the power of elements danced around him! BOOOMMM!!! Like a massive meteor, he hit the light barriers and they shattered right away, however, Arudiel''s entire body exploded into pieces by doing so, he died to break through the barrier¡­! "Good job, I''ll revive youter, you''re way too costly." Said Noah. ----- Chapter 441 - Noahs Might ----- Noah''s n was simple, he grew desperate, and desperate times calls for desperate measures, as the seven deadly sin kings did their best to hold into the remnants of the water-type divine beast army, he used Arudiel''s incredible power to rush forward and make him detonate himself! BOOOM!!! This didn''t cost him a single point of divine energy; the dragon god was already summoned after all! The power of the explosion easily broke through the strong divine berries of the light dragon hero, and the massive wood fortress of the nature hero was also burning with the fire of Arudiel! "Excellent work!" said Noah, as he flew forward, ignoring, Arudiel''s corpse mercilessly as he promised to summon himter. CLASH! The Light Hero quickly greeted him, as his shing light reached to him as countless beams! "I won''t let you get a single step forward!" he proimed, his power surging from his body as if he were the incarnation of the sun itself, a halo of holy light was above his body! He was a strong, almost at God-Realm! And Noah who was just a split of his total stats might have not stood a chance before if he had not be a god already. However, instead of being prepared or wary, Noah sighed. "Out of the way, lizard." FLASH! He waved his hands as spacetime distorted, void and chaos converged, and a massive ck hole began to engulf the entire light hero! "W-WHAAAT?!" The light hero was left speechless, Noahbined his dark, chaos, and death magic alongside his favorite skills Void Cmity and All-Devouring Chaos Destruction, forming a massive ck hole, which he called¡­ "All-Devouring Chaotic Void ck Hole." TRUUUUMMM!!! The massive 50-meter-big Light Hero Dragon began to roar in pain as his body started to be torn apart! "GRYYYAAAAAAAAAHHH¡­!" "DIE!" Noah fired his spear towards the light hero''s head, piercing it and so piercing his soul in the process, the light hero met a pitiful end as he couldn''t even stand a chance against the might of this Vampire God! The Evil Dragon God overlooking the scene was left speechless, he couldn''t believe that Noah just descended and decided to take care of things by himself! "Is he a fool! It doesn''t matter if you killed my hero, I will absorb all your divine energy through the nature hero, idiot!" heughed, as the wood all around Noah began to consume his energy like leeches! "Time to mow thewn." Said Noah, a smile surged on his lips as he began to gather fire around his entire body! Yes, deadly fire! He gathered the techniques of mes he learned and his own naturel fire magic, fusing it all together with the knowledge of the fire dragon heroes he had devoured. By spending a million-divine energy, he suddenly generated a devastating and explosive new Divine Spell! Massive fireballs emerged all around him, as he released a countless falling fire dragons from all around, roaring fiercely as they devoured the trees and exploded, spreading the deadly me that consumed it all! "You idiots! Put down the fire!" said the Evil Dragon God, as he ordered the Water-type divine beats to release water to put down the fire, but they had all their hands busy with the Undead army and the Deadly Sin Knights! "Your stupid water pets won''t do a thing without me letting them do so." Said Noah, as he coated himself in mes and flew towards the Nature Hero, crushing through her defenses and destroying anything she threw at him, branches were of no obstacle for him! "GUUAAGGH¡­!" The heroine was grabbed b the neck by Noah, as he crushed her into the ground and began to demolish her into pieces with his bare human fists! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "CRYYAAAA¡­! The massive beak of the dragon tried to bite him, but he waved his hand as chaos devoured the entire beak, exploding and making the heroine groan in agony! "GUUAAGGH¡­!" "Silence, you''re already dead." Noah flew away as he covered the hero with wounds and blood and then¡­ "Bye." BOOOOOOOMMM!!! She exploded into pieces, sttering all over the battlefield! The soul was also taken by him, and he quickly gathered the chunks of meat and raised her as an Undead without even wasting a single second. "U-Unbelievable¡­" The Evil Dragon God was left speechless, Noah''s might was incredible, and his troops were also amazing! The Evil Dragon God swallowed saliva, as he began to consider escaping! Noah inspected the entire battlefield and noticed no more major threats, there were around 300 Water-type divine beasts left, so he let the Undead handle it with the help of Vritra and the surviving Deadly Sin Knights. The clone he had made quickly summoned itself to the other battlefield¡­ Meanwhile, Noah''s mind split in two. In another side of his own throne, there was a mirror of him made of his own soul, looking at another table with another hologram made of magic, in there, the fight against the Gaias Kingdom army was still going on. He looked with contempt as he made his move, the army led by his Twelve Dragon Heroes, the powerful Demise, and half of Scarlet emerged before the tanky army of Earth-type divine beasts, their bodies and defenses wererge! They were of noparison with Aquaias Kingdom fishes. The deadly battle continued in this scene as the Undead and the Elemental Dragons were boosted by the power of twelve instead of seven, and even then, the battle against these resilient monsters was slow and tedious, the power of earth and rock divine beasts was strong, they were slow, but they had a lot of defenses, they were a highly defensive Unit type that required specialized methods to defeat them in time before they were to massacrerge quantities of units in due time. He brought forth the strength of one of his Twelve Dragon Heroes, the power of the Nature Dragon! just after having killed her, her power fused into his lifeblood jewel, and she was now summonable! Noah smiled as he was happy to have acquired such a strong and useful unit! FLASH! One of the twelve dragon heroes was reced by another one, a feathered and beautiful snake! ----- Chapter 442 - Using Their Power Against Them! ----- After he killed the Heroes of the Aquaias Kingdom, Noah acquired their souls, which he repurposed and merged with his Lifeblood Jewel, bringing forth the ability to summon them as the Twelve Dragon Heroes! Of course, the ones he had were more than enough, and he couldn''t summon more than 12 at the same time, so he simply had to do something very easily, rece one of them for the one he wanted to use. Amidst the new Heroes he got, there was one with a very powerful asset and ability, a Hero Unit not only with the power to boost all dragons defense and offense, but also having the power to summon its own troops by absorbing the energy from the enemies around her! He quickly reced one of the Twelve Dragon Heroes, bringing forth the Nature Heroine of the Aquaias Kingdom, who had the shape of a giant feathered and winged snake with a sharp golden beak. This new heroine brought with her a new ystyle for Noah, as he quickly ced her around the table that represented the war going on, the Nature attribute was also pretty effective against Earth Attribute, so he immediately decided to spend arge chunk of divine energy into her, giving her new power and also the ability to ensue her powerful abilities! "I-I am back?" she wondered, looking everywhere. However, the mind andmands of Noah were supreme, she could only wonder why she was here for a few seconds before she was made to obey immediately. Her powers surged across the battlefield as the other Dragon Heroes protected her. Rockernn, the Evil Dragon God of Dark Underground Depths, noticed the new arrival of Noah in the battlefield, or well, one of his clones, alongside a new and powerful Hero that was actually from the Aquaias'' Kingdom! He quickly realized that Sadratonn, the Evil Dragon God of Abyssal Seas, had suddenly lost! His massive army of Divine Beasts was growing smaller and smaller as Noah''s Undead Army led by the Seven Deadly Sin Generals were massacring the Water-type divine beasts. Now, Noah concentrated his forces into his own army, which had been stalling for time thanks to their amazing defenses and great resilience and sizes. But now, with the arrival of a nature-attribute hero, this was only going tost for long! "W-What is that Hero?!" wondered Rockernn, as he nced the massive, winged snake roar loudly, a massive domain of nature was erected around her,bining with the domain of dragons that was boosting her power amazingly. FLASH! And then, several roots began to grow from the ground, catching the Earth-type divine beasts who were weakened by the army of Noah, and entangling them! They were left alive, but their power was constantly being drained and were immobilized, fueling her with energy. FLASH! Another sh of bright green light emerged from her body, as the many roots that she summoned began to entangle more and more earth-type divine beasts one after another! They were all being immobilized and drained of all their divine energy, as Noah felt like this Hero was way too brokenpared to the others! Her great weakness was fire, which was a verymon element amongst dragons, but this entire army of divine draconic beasts were all earth-type and could not bring forth mes as it was not their element. "I-Impossible! What kind of Hero is this?! I didn''t knew Aquaias had it! Wait! How did this being got it if it was killed¡­ does he has death magic to revive the dead? What kind of powers did he employed to revive this hero and¡­ bring it forth with all its original power, if not evenrger than ever before?!" wondered Rockernn, as Noah made him look like a fool! Now, his resilient and slow army were bing easy pickings for the Nature Heroine, who was actually named Efarinna, Noah decided to remember her name because he was going to employ her powers way more than any other of the Dragon heroes he could summon, most likely. "Efarinna, do your specialty now!" said Noah, ordering her as he roared loudly, the Dragon King''s Roar effect activated too, working as a powerful Rally Buff that enhanced all his troops once more, making them fiercer. They began to quickly weaken more and more divine draconic beasts, letting her catch them and make them the fuel for her next movement. Efarinna''s ¡äpower wasn''t good individually, but her power was around the ability to conjure new soldiers made of absorbing energy, she was a factory of energy-draining power for Noah, and also of new nt-type soldiers. FLASH! She summoned a massive tree after umting enough energy, as it began to grow in just a few second high into the skies! The evil dragon god controlling the enemy army was left speechless once more, looking at the scene in utter disbelief. "Come forth!" said Efarinna, as the tree opened arge gate, and massive dragon-shaped beings made of wood emerged, they all emanated a strong God-Realm Auras! Thanks to being fused into the lifeblood jewel of dragons, Efarinna gained the power of a god too, and all her summons¡­ as well! More and more Nature Dragon Units continued toe one after another, Noah nced at the scene with utter fascination as heughed, the energy gathered around the tree and continued to fuel it with divine energy. The power of the tree grewrger as more beasts continued to emerge. Alongside the Undead and the few Elemental Dragons led by Demise, there were now the powerful Nature Dragons, which were also boosted by the domain of dragons created by Noah! "T-This¡­!" The Evil Dragon God looked at the scene in utter disbelief as he saw how the army of Noah suddenly gained a new ally with the power to overpower earth-type divine draconic beasts. These nature dragons all held God-realm powers too and began to massacre his army! CLASH! BOOM! CRASH! Noah nced as his army continued to advance further, but the Heroes of the opposing side were also advancing, they needed to be taken care of with caution. ----- Chapter 443 - Fine, I鈥檒l Do It Myself ----- The massive tree shone brightly in the middle of the battlefield, Efarinna''s amazing performance made Noah smile. By employing her great power, he was now not losing as much divine energy as she absorbed all the energy of the divine draconic beasts that her roots caught, feeding him with energy instead. Even more, the might of the nature dragons she could summon was great, although they couldn''t take many hits and would die after taking at most five hits, their might and big numbers made up for it. Some of them dedicated themselves to weaken foes, while others captured them and incrusted themselves into the dirt, absorbing their energy and fueling the massive tree with divine energy. Rockernn was left speechless at this, so he brought forward his five Dragon Heroes to fight, the five powerful dragon heroes of the Gaias Kingdom whom he had infected with the power of divine soul fragments, although not as intense as the parasitism of Gergesh, were good enough to enhance their power to almost God-level, while also bringing them with new and greater forms of power and damage output. The Draconic Fathers, who were all merged into one served the same role as Vritra in the other army, summoning and unleashing several techniques that enhanced the Undead Army, while Demise, the new and powerful Chaos Dragon that Noah had summoned, rushed in the frontlines and pushed forward against hundreds of divine draconic beasts at the same time. Her powerful ck ws, her deadly spear-shaped tail, and her explosive chaos breath allbined together for a powerful and devastating attacks. Meanwhile, the other eleven dragon heroesbined their strength and protected Efarinna from damage, while helping her spread her roots and absorb more energy from the weakened divine draconic beasts the heroes brought to her. She quickly continued to expand her Nature Domain, as the Dragon Domain and the Blood Domainbined all together, boosting the power of most troops. Each Dragon Hero was able to enhance the power and performance of the Dragon-type soldiers, which were mostly all of them! Why? Well, the Undead were mostly made up of Draconic Beasts that were captured and risen, so they counted as Blood and Dragon-type, receiving double the boost! Meanwhile, Demise was a Blood Chaos Dragon, so she received the two boosts as well, without being a Vampire, she already had the Blood attribute. Andstly, there were all the original dragons from this world which Noah had recruited from the Ignitias Kingdom and its viges, they were all putting a strong fight all together, and they were being reinforced by both as they became Vampire Dragons by drinking Noah''s blood. Lastly, the original Vampires who were formerly humans from Earth who had all be Noah''s servants were also dragon-type, as Noah had used his powers and spread the materials and dragon hearts harvested by ughtering millions of draconic beasts using his Undead army, this way all these former humans were now vampires and also dragons at the same time! Due to this, only the Elemental Dragons summoned by Demise through the power of Noah''s Lifeblood Jewel, and well, the Twelve Dragon Heroes, only received the boost of the dragon-type domains and buffs, while the rest received double the effects. Even a small Undead Dragon was strong enough to put a fight against a giant Earth-type Divine Draconic Beast, even more if many of them ganged on it together! "Now¡­!" Efarinna didn''t let the enemy Heroes get any closer before she was to unleash her true power, as Noah''smands were like an order into her newly revived mind, she quickly summoned a new ability from her arsenal of powerful Hero Techniques. FLASH! A massive amount of green light emerged everywhere, it was as if the surrounding area had be a beautiful and bountiful grasnd, with forests,kes, and so on. This was the power of Nature! It was as if Noah was wielding the power of a Nature God through this Dragon Hero Summon. With this glorious nature power, the dragons of nature were enhanced even further, now they had to take double the damage to die, and their physical and magical power was enhanced. Alongside that, every ally within this domain received a passive enhancement to the natural regeneration of their health, making even the most weakened of soldiers slowly recover back to full health! The best thing was that it even worked in Undead too, enhancing the durability of all of Noah''s troops. However, the enemy dragon heroes rushed forward, Noah noticed that there was one of water, of ice, of fire, of darkness, and a mysterious dragon hero of another element, it seemed to be an element that emanated a mysterious and dreamy presence¡­ it was an Illusion-type Hero! The Illusion Hero seemed strong and interesting, as it emanated a pink cloud from its breath, as its dragon body resembled some kind of pink-scaled axolotl. It emanated this pink presence, contaminating the entire ce with this powerful aura and this pink clouds, and suddenly twisting the perception of reality of the enemy troops! The zombies began to hit their own allies, and even the dragon heroes felt overwhelmed, without being able to discern enemy from ally. "Hahaha! How do you like that?! Did you seriously thought I wouldn''t have a trump card below my sleeve, feeble little dragon?!"ughed Rockernn within his Divine Realm, as Noah inside his Divine Realm sat down on his throne, looking at the second battlefield with contempt. The sudden appearance of this powerful Dragon Hero defied the entire battlefield once more, turning the table upside down and making Noah in the losing side in just an instant! Dragon Hero Units were indeed way too powerful; they held the capacity of change an entire battlefield to the benefit of the enemy with just a single move¡­ Noah squinted his eyes, as he quickly began to infuse energy into his second body, the clone overseeing the battlefield. "Fine, I''ll do it myself." ----- Chapter 444 - Bloodthirsty Dragon ----- FLASH! Noah''s clone began to emanate the power of his Divinities, covering his body with divine power and several colors. The clone nced at the scene as his humanoid body was suddenly covered by a dark armor that emanated a deathly presence. His spear was summoned into his hand, as he looked into the illusory domain created by the Illusion hero. Naturally, he wasn''tpletely affected by this illusion, his power Vampiric Eyes were able to discern the truth from the illusions, as he dived into the cloud of pink colors in an instant. FLAAAAAASSSHH! BOOM! His entire figure fell over the middle of the enemy battlefield, blowing away therge amounts of divine draconic beasts away, killing them all on the spot as he moved his spear at an incredible speed, they were all sliced into pieces! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH SLASH! The agonizing groans of his enemies covered Noah''s clone with blood as he used Bloodrule to consume it all into his body and recover divine energy, even if a little bit. "Where is it¡­?" "HAAH!" Suddenly, one of the Dragon Heroes, a deadly fire dragon in the shape of a red-scaled shark groaned, reaching him. Its gigantic body easily dwarfed Noah''s humanoid form, but he did not falter, as he unleashed a series of powerful shes and piercing attacks using his spear, prating the deadly giant shark and slicing through his thick scale armor! SLASH! SLASH! SLAAASH! "GRUAGH?!" BOOM! The massive shark fell to the side of Noah, he had no time to waste his precious divine energy fighting this beast. "Demise! Take care of the trash for me." Said Noah, as he flew forward. The monstrous Blood Chaos Dragon Demise smiled, as she flew like a meteor made of darkness towards the area where Noah had once been, his presence was so strong he easily destroyed the illusions wherever he went, so it was easy for her to follow him. "On it!" she roared, reaching the Shark-shaped, Red-scaled Fire Dragon Hero, her dark ws quickly pierced the wounds left by Noah, as she bathed it in chaotic mes using her breath attack! BOOOOMMM!!! "GRYYYAAGGH¡­!" The shark roared in pain and anger, as it used its deathly jaws to bite Demise''s hands. "Not a bad bite for a toddler¡­" she said, as she raised her leg and pushed down the entire being into the ground, she then used her sharp tail and began to pierce the entire dragon''s body continuously, leaving bloody holes all across it! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "GROOARR¡­!" The shark-shaped dragon hero groaned in agony; its divine power was no match for this Rank 3 God-Realm Dragoness! She emanated a powerful Chaos and Blood Divine Aura, which epassed her gigantic and scaled body, as her power shaped into ck blood which she materialized into ck crystals, covering the entire shark with them, and leaving its entire body pierced by these deadly and sharp crystals! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! "GRRYYYARRR¡­!" The gigantic dragon began to lose more and more blood, as she manipted this blood and drained it out, drinking it and enhancing her power. Despite not being a Vampire, she was half Blood Dragon, powerful dragons with the power to manipte blood and use blood magic without really being Vampires. Using this power, she overpowered this hero and began pushing it down into the ground, making it groan pathetically. She enjoyed this, she waspletely dominating this foe with ease, and Chaotic Blood shaped as a massive spear of darkness, which she used to finish it off! "It wasn''t even a warmup!" she proimed, piercing the head of the massive shark-shaped dragon hero of mes, his fire couldn''t even burn her scales, as he died miserably! CLASH! "GROARR¡­!" The massive beast gave ast cry of agony as Demise smiled maliciously at it! A second after that, several cores were dropped from the monster''s body, she looked at them and found that the power of her summoner was rather amusing and a bit insane to say the least¡­ the ability to make any enemy he and his allies defeat bring forth items magically, which can be used for all sorts of things. No, not even conventional magic worked like this! "ROOOARR!" "GROAR!" "RAAAARR!" However, she didn''t had time to pickup the loot, as a dozen of Divine Draconic Beasts jumped towards her. She waved her tail and sliced three of them in half, while her breath burned another three, her ws pierced the heads of two, while her jaws tore apart the head of another wildly! She ate the head, of course, as the crunchy and bloody vor enhanced her thirst for battle and war. "Hahaha! It is good to be back alive! More¡­ give me more blood!" sheughed. She was once a monstrous evil dragon from the Draconic Universe that had to get killed by several dragons in the universe, they had to all gang on her because she was way too strong! Since then, they thought that her threat would nevere back again, but against their expectations, Demise was revived by a being in apletely different Universe, defying their own logic and understanding of the situation¡­ As she massacred her way through, she couldn''t help to think that one day she will be able to go back to her original Universe, and kill all the bastards that ganged on her and destroyed her dreams of bing a Universe-Realm entity. However, now that her progress was tied to her summoner and she was still merely God-Realm, she had to work extra hard to reach higher Realms and grow stronger¡­ and of course, help her master into growing stronger, so she could also grow stronger at his side! "Life is good when there are always prey to devour! Give me more! MORE!" sheughed maliciously, her gigantic draconic body devastated troops continuously, the more blood she drank the stronger she grew, her eyes shone with bright crimson-red light, she was going on aplete frenzy! Noah looked at her from afar as he continued moving forward, realizing the incredible power of his new summon. "Not bad¡­" he thought. ----- Chapter 445 - Overwhelming A Second Army ----- Rockernn, the Evil Dragon God that took over the Gaias Kingdom looked at Demise''s might with incredulity. "W-Who is that dragon? The power of Chaos dwells within her! Its like¡­ Lucifer?!" wondered the Dragon. Of course, Demise wasn''t Lucifer, the new Venerable of Chaos that had emerged in the main continents far away from here. His power of chaos was changing the entire era of the, but its effects had yet to get in this continent, and this is why these two evil dragon gods were growing desperate to eat Noah so they could get his power and have greater chances of surviving. They were also aggressive and animalistic in nature, eating away their enemy who was dwelling close was the best strategy they knew about, the culture of devouring one another to grow stronger was rather big in this world where cultivation was based in eating others with more power than you. This was the reason Gergesh had tried to attack Noah to begin with, and the same reason these two idiotic evil dragon gods were going for him too. The power that Demise emanated from her very body was immense, as if it were devouring the entirety of her surroundings with pure chaos, distorting spacetime in the process. The beasts she killed had their blood extracted immediately, feeding her frenzied rampage even more with nutritious blood. But aside from her, Rockernn also noticed Noah, the target he wanted to devour had showed up right in front of him, the amazing power of the various divinities he emanated almost made the evil dragon god drool in hunger! However, his power was incredible, he rushed through the illusion domain of his Illusion Hero, and crushed through any obstacle with incredible might. Was there any way to stop this beast? He felt overwhelmed, his whole army was being massacred! What could he do to survive this entire massacre and get through it? his entire army was being reduced more and more¡­ And to boot, the army of his "ally" the evil dragon god of the Aquaias Kingdom was being decimated, only a dozen divine draconic beasts were left in that ce, and he had officially lost at this point¡­ However, Rockernn still got some of his Dragon Heroes and also a few more hundred divine draconic beasts, he still could pull through if he threw everything at his prey, Noah! "Do you truly believe I will let you escape from my grasp now that you''ve showed yourself? Overwhelm him with everything you got!" Rockernn ordered his entire army to target Noah, as hundreds of divine draconic beasts started to leap over him! Additionally, the other three Dragon Heroes also noticed him and rushed forward to catch him, Noah nced at the scene with a smile, he overcharged his spear with power, and released a strong sh of darkness and various divinitiesbined using his spear, piercing through a dozen enemies and slicing them into pieces! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! BOOM!!! He rushed forward as he used his Summon Ability, bringing forth all the allies that were far away from him, the Army of Undead suddenly appeared around him as he used Skills such as [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)], [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)], [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)], and [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] to enhance their power and also bring forth some offense on his side! A sudden domain of darkness, death, and blood covered his area as it began to enhance the power of his Blood-type troops, while the Blood Death Ring of Damnation was activated at the same time around him and his thousands of summoned Undead! FLASH! A massive ring of darkness and blood started to spin around wildly, releasing storming darkness everywhere. The ones caught on it were sliced apart, as their blood and souls were absorbed into the deadly spinning ring, enhancing its damage dealt and size! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! Some of the beasts resisted its power, but some ultimately died to it, and every death enhanced the ring''s power, as the Blood Undead advanced forward around Noah! After that, his Decree skill generated a powerful buff over all dragon-type allies, enhancing their damage and defense, and even more thest skill, Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura covered all his allies with dragon spirits that shielded the damage they took, while also enhancing their power! Each time one of these spirits was destroyed, they exploded into an elemental attack that spread across the battlefield, killing several other enemies in the way and also enhancing the power of the Blood Ring! The massacred continued like this, not even the dragon heroes could advance further, the deadly ring was slicing apart their defenses and Noah''s spear techniques were overwhelming them and throwing them away! "Demise,e here!" FLASH! Noah once more summoned Demise through his Summon Ability, alongside a few of the Twelve Dragon Heroes, who quickly began to fight the opposing dragon heroes with all the might they had, pushing them back using their strength and breath attacks, as Noah jumped outside of the ring protecting him and began to pierce through the entire battlefield, shaping the divine aura around his body into a spear and piercing through everything with incredible speed! SLAAAAAASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Dismembered bodies flew away from Noah''s path, he approached the axolotl-shaped dragon hero of illusions, finding it defenseless! "GROAR!" He tried to fight back as it released a breath attack of illusions, trying to encroach Noah''s mind and mind-control him through it, but Noah easily ignored its power, reaching his foe in an instant, raising his spear, and piercing the dragon hero''s head and the rest of his body several times! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "GRYAAAH¡­!" BOOM! The entire beast was sliced into pieces, as the soul of this dragon hero was quickly absorbed by Noah, who fused it over his Lifeblood Jewel of Dragons, and then gained the ability to summon it! "I-Impossible! How strong is he?!" cried Rockernn, growing concerned about the prospects of the future, he was surprised things ended this way all out of the sudden¡­! Noah smiled, as he decided to rece one of his summoned Dragon heroes with this new Illusion-type Dragon Hero¡­! RUMBLE! ----- Chapter 446 - Youve Also Been Defeated?! ----- The death of the Illusion-type hero came incredibly quickly, and with that came the addition of this powerful hero into Noah''s roster of Twelve Dragon Heroes! He quickly rece done of the already summoned heroes, as he brought forth the soul of the hero he just killed! FLASH! RUMBLE! CLASH! A massive explosion of pink clouds emerged in the middle of the battlefield, as a gigantic axolotl-like dragon emerged, of enormous proportions! It looked over everyone else curiously, it didn''t knew what just happened but from one moment to another it went from living to dead to living again?! And now¡­ he was in the enemy side? But somehow, a force he couldn''t properly fight against ordered him to fight and use his powerful moves against his former allies, while giving advantages to his former enemies¡­ "W-What is happening?!" It was rather obvious that the hero would experience some sort of mental trauma by dying so horribly as Noah''s mercilessly killed him, but he didn''t really cared, Noah ordered him to move and get to work, so he would be worth the divine energy spent on his revival! "Do as I say!" roared Noah, his intent suddenly took over the Illusion Hero, as he couldn''t fight back against Noah''s orders, he nodded and quickly began to conjure his draconic techniques, releasing and spreading his pink clouds and then manipting them everywhere! POOOOF! The pink clouds spread, generating illusions and all sorts of strange and confusing sights to everyone present. They saw how everything developed in seconds, as the enemy troops began to suddenly fight against itself! "No¡­! It can''t be! He''s¡­ just using my own troops against me? Just like I did?! T-This is not fair! You shouldn''t be able to do such a thing!" cried Rockernn in anger, looking at the scene through his divine realm. He continued to summon his Domain of Earth over the ce to enhance his creatures, but this only ended making them kill each other faster now! "F-Fuck, turn it off!" he cried, desperately turning off his domain only to realize that now his troops had be weakened thanks to that! Noah smiled maliciously as he charged with his troops and everything, he had on him. The powerful dragons and undead rushed forward, smashing and crushing anything in theirs sight while their enemy barely retaliated as the pink clouds affected their sight and made them hit one another believe they were enemies! Meanwhile, the Efarinna continued to absorb the energy from the entire battlefield. Her roots extended across the battlefield and caught all the enemies she could find, absorbing their divine energy and administrating it back to Noah now that it wasn''t so urgent to make more Nature Dragons. Noah began to use less and less divine energy, even as he used Skills constantly to enhance his troops, such as the Dragon Decree, Dragon Roar, Dragon Command, and more! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! And to boot, arge part of the Undead army marched while a gigantic ring of blood and souls was spiraling around them, like a deadly saw that continued to crush and slice anything on their sight, the massive rings sliced through troops rather easily, taking away their lives only to boost the power of the blood ring even more! In the other side, the rest of the twelve dragon heroes were rushing through everything, destroying anything in their path while also enhancing all dragon-type units with their mere presence. As long as all 12 of them were present, they would act as a powerful buffing ability over all troops, enhancing the deadly potential they had to their very limits and maximum value! Noahughed and smiled maliciously as he saw the enemy troops being massacred! He didn''t even had to lift a finger even less fight now, he sat down leisurely as he saw his army rush through, as Rockernn cried in anger! Demise was also putting her own weight a lot, she was being enhanced by all sorts of buffs and even the dragon heroes buff affected her, enhancing her power topletely insane levels. She used this power to unleash explosive breath attacks of pure dark mes that consumed everything! BOOOOMMM!!! Her ws rushed forward and began to slice through many troops, and the heroes she was fighting were already all dropped dead in the ground. Her might was so vast now she was one-shotting heroes without problems! This was the power of twelve dragon heroes into Demise! Demiseughed maliciously as her eyes shone with bright crimson-red light! Her horns grewrger and so did her body. Her scales became sharper and more armor-like, her tail became longer, like a massive whip, which she used to catch prey, entangle them, and crush them into the ground mercilessly, one by one! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! BOOOMMM!!! The swipe of her divinity enhanced tail destroyed another batch of dragons, as her breath exploded and deleted another batch of enemies another instantter. Noah felt the energying back to nourish him and not to only serve as natural regeneration but also as essence for his ss to level up, it was leveling up quite decently this whole time, enhancing his power greatly! "Hmm¡­ Good, bring me more, more blood! More essence! Hurry!" he proimed, enhancing his troops once more with more sets of buffs, the massive army continued to oppress Rockernn''s army, as thest divine beasts began to fall, his entire army was crumbling apart, his buffs were not working anymore, he was being utterly defeated, shamefully defeated! "I didn''t even need to act that much." Thought Noah, as he looked at the scene in front of him with a malicious smile, such a malicious smile that made many scream in frustration, and one of them was this Evil Dragon God who thought he had done it, but he actually didn''t do it and was destroyed at the end! "No¡­ This can''t be real¡­ Impossible! T-Those troops are not even divine draconic beasts! H-How can they do this?!" wondered Rockernn, as the voice of Sadratonn whispered to him¡­ "Rockernn, you''ve also been defeated?!" ----- Chapter 447 - The Evil Dragon Gods Plan ----- Noah looked at the massacre unfold before him, with a malicious smile, such a malicious smile that made many scream in frustration, and one of them was this Evil Dragon God who thought he had done it, but he actually didn''t do it and was destroyed at the end! "No¡­ This can''t be real¡­ Impossible! T-Those troops are not even divine draconic beasts! H-How can they do this?!" wondered Rockernn, as the voice of Sadratonn whispered to him¡­ "Rockernn, you''ve also been defeated?!" Sadratonn''s voice seemed just as desperate as Rockernn sounded like, both dragon gods were going crazy with what was happening, they were being devoured by the darkness of chaos itself in the most unlikely ways possible¡­ "No, we cannot give up here yet. Our troops are gone but so what!? Let''s descend and finish him off, he''s actually showing himself down there, right there! There he is!" said Rockernn, he was filling himself with spirit as he wanted to defeat Noah and devour him even after all he had seen that the vampire was able to do! Sadratonn also nodded in affirmation, eh was willing to do the same insane thing! The two would gang on Noah and devour him, and that was it! "Fine, let''s do it together¡­ We can split the gainster!" said Rockernn. "Yeah¡­ Fine¡­" said Sadratonn. Of course, both Dragons could never trust one another, and formed a temporary alliance based in merely interests! When they were to finally get rid of Noah, they would bite each other''s back and try to take each other''s power with everything they had. Evil dragon gods were scheming and monstrous beings who had no such concepts of friendship, selfish, they only thought of themselves. In a way they were even worse than Noah, actually! As thest Water and Earth Divine Draconic Beasts were in, Noah and his army quickly began collecting the incredibly big amount of loot dropped by the beasts. There was such a big amount of armor, weapons, essories, potions, consumable items, and Attribute Value Cores and Ability Cores that it was insane! Noah''s entire divine realm began to pile uprge quantities of Cores, which he separated from everything else, these precious Cores were all of the God-Realm, as they were dropped by God-Realm Divine Draconic Beasts, as simple as that! Meanwhile, the Heroes also dropped a lot of them, and everyone inside of Noah''s divine realm that was taking a break from the outside world was left speechless as they saw enormous piles of glistening and colorful orbs all around the entire ce. Iris and her children, Dante, and Eleanora, looked at the scene in utter disbelief, they had never thought there could be a day they would get such an insane amount of God-Realm attribute value cores, the mass of divine draconic beasts really paid off at the end! And it was not only that, but new items were also dropped by them, such as special Law Crystals, that increased Law Percentage by a small amount each time they were consumed, Law Comprehension Cores were of the elementalws belonging to the one that dropped them, of course. Andstly, there were Attribute Particle Cores, a brand-new Cores that had also emerged just now, and enhanced the Attribute Particles of anyone that consumed them! The attribute particles given were random in number, but the element was determined by the strongest that the former user had. These glistening new types of cores covered thends around the tower of Noah, as his main body within the throne quickly summoned himself through one of his bat clones in there and reached his family and all his allies and friends around. He looked at the massive piles¡­ there were thousands after thousands of cores, it was more than enough to enhance everyone! "Quickly take your part and enhance your strength, everyone, I''ll need your enhanced strength for what we are about to do, and that''s fighting two Dragon Gods at the same time!" said Noah. Everyone felt surprised, Noah''s generosity went topletely new levels now¡­! But it was understandable, since he started his journey that his allies had been his strength too, enhancing their power was the way to go in this regard. He knew he wouldn''t be able to stand a chance by himself even as he grew stronger now, so he would have to use the power that everyone had. Of course, he was also going to absorb as many as he possibly could to reach the pinnacle of a God if possible! For now, however, he noticed his ss had leveled up greatly¡­ [Your ss Level has increased from Level 60 to Level 61!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 61 to Level 62!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 62 to Level 63!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 63 to Level 64!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 64 to Level 65!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 65 to Level 66!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 66 to Level 67!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 67 to Level 68!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 68 to Level 69!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 69 to Level 70!] [All your stats have increased!] [The power of your ss''s Skills has increased] [You can now Change sses again] Noah felt the energies flowing across his body and soul, the power he had gained through the ughter-fest of these two armies was nothing to scoff at. He had grew stronger in just a few minutes, and now he was overflowing with great quantities of energiesing from his body in and out. He looked around the entire battlefields, the two were suddenlypletely empty. But he sensed some disturbance in the skies, the Dragon Gods were most likely approaching, they wanted to kill Noah even after he showed off his military might¡­ But Noah could still abuse the time dtion of his divine realm, and take his time to change sses¡­ ----- Chapter 448 - Changing Classes ----- [Your ss Level has increased from Level 60 to Level 61!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 61 to Level 62!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 62 to Level 63!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 63 to Level 64!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 64 to Level 65!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 65 to Level 66!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 66 to Level 67!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 67 to Level 68!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 68 to Level 69!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 69 to Level 70!] [All your stats have increased!] [The power of your ss''s Skills has increased] [You can now Change sses again] Noah noticed that his ss was brought to Level max thanks to all the gathered essence from the entire war, and now he could quickly change sses. However, he decided to check his Status and see his progress beforehand, noticing his great increase in power, which made him feel proud of his own achievements. ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [God of Parasitism], [God of Dragons], [God of Elements] [Race: [Divine Dark Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor God] [Existence Rank: [God: 3/9: Upper Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Divinity of Parasitism], [Divinity of Death], [Divinity of Dragons], [Divinity of Darkness] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XIX: Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor God: Upper Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XIX: Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor God: Upper Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Peak Stage] [ss]: [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King]: [Level 60/70 -> 70/70] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)], [Dark Fate Destroyer (50/50)], [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death (60/60)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [2.822.668] -> [5.643.930] [Primordial Essence: [380.000.000.000 -> 390.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [170.000.000 -> 190.000.000] [Aether: [145.000.000 -> 165.000.000] [Ki: [155.000.000 -> 175.000.000] [Fate: [130.000.000 -> 140.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 55.500], [Fire: 55.500], [Water: 59.000], [Wind: 59.000], [Space: 58.500], [Time: 57.500], [Life: 54.500], [Death: 92.000], [Dark: 72.000], [Light: 61.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 57.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 57.500], [Phantom: 60.000], [Blood: 112.500], [Poison: 56.000], [Soul: 82.000], [Nature: 57.000], [Thunder: 59.300], [Ice: 56.100], [War/Strength: 71.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 94.500], [Fate: 68.000], [Void: 58.000], [Law: 61.000], [System: 67.000] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)] [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] ¡­ Noah nced at his own stats, which had skyrocketed once more through the leveling ups. Now, he also gained a nice amount of attribute particles, enhancing the overall damage of all elements and also his defense against them, however, he had yet to unlock whatever was referred as "Law Comprehension" that these new Cores enhanced. But for now, he hurriedly looked over his Avable sses. ¡­ [Avable ss Options] [Grotesque Tyrannical Vampire Dragon Parasite God] [Endless Dark Shadow Abyss Phantasmal Vampire God] [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God] ¡­ Three new ss Options were presented in front of Noah, it seems that the power of using a Spear had now be a new ss, he remembers he had already acquired one back then, but this one was new and seemed like a new and improved version¡­ nevertheless, he decided to check all sses information before taking any rash decision. ¡­ [Grotesque Tyrannical Vampire Dragon Parasite God] A ss only granted to those who have developed their powers as deadly and tyrannical vampire dragons with their parasitic capabilities developing. Through this ss, enhance the power of your parasitic powers topletely new levels and parasitize the world, drain the power of anyone that dares to defy you and control their bodies and minds like a deathly parasite that you are! Devour the world, the gxy, and even the Universe¡­ ¡­ [Endless Dark Shadow Abyss Phantasmal Vampire God] A ss unlocked by someone that exceeds in the arts of Shadow and Darkness Maniption, while also having the ability to unleash the power of Phantasmal Magic over a certain area. This powerbined together makes up for powerful, stealthy, and silent magic that can take the lives of those unsuspecting of it very quickly. Their power can be enhanced in the night, and they''re capable of doing all sorts of things with shadows and darkness up topletely new and powerful forms¡­ ¡­ [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God] A ss unlocked by the someone that exceeds in being capable of using the power of the Spear to its fullest potential, attaining a sort of transcendental awakening that ascends to oblivion, the spear and the wielder be one in a masterful showcase of technique and movements. The power to develop great and amazing techniques utilizing the Legendary Spear you possess open up, with the possibility of enhancing the power of the spear you wield permanently. ¡­ These three new sses were truly intriguing to Noah, although the first two seemed like slightly changed versions of the previous ones he had not taken, the new one was the Spear-rted ss, which seemingly enhanced his ability to use the spear topletely insane levels that even called it "transcendental" or so¡­ But what should Noah pick from all three of these sses? ----- Chapter 449 - Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God ----- Noah considered his options and each sses, with their advantages and disadvantages. The best ones were obviously the ones that could bring an immediate enhancement to his power. The parasite one was once more scratched for the moment, although Noah had great interest in developing his parasitic power, he had no interest in taking such a ss now, as it wouldn''t bring him immediate power. The second and third sses seemed as the most tentative. The second ss gave him a new usage of shadows, darkness, and phantom magic all merged together into something truly deplorable. He didn''t knew how strong this fusion of elements might be nor how powerful it could actually get, but it looked promising. Lastly, there was the spear-rted ss, its ability said it could enhance his power with the spear to transcendental levels! What did that even meant? And to boot, it said it brought his powers to oblivion¡­ what did that even meant?! Andstly, it said that the ss itself would grant his spear a permanent upgrade¡­ How? Noah never knew that a ss could actually affect a physical object separated from the user, but it seems that the description of this damn ss said it just did that. "How is this possible? Are sses way more than ways to get new Skills?" he wondered, as the Blood Progenitor and Gaia answered the call. "It appears to be the case¡­ We are still delving into sses too; they seem to be evolving as you grow stronger. They can now affect not only your power, but even physical objects rted to the ss¡­ most likely, the Spear that Gaia gave to you will receive an upgrade." Said the Blood Progenitor. "Interesting¡­ I rmend you take the ss then, Noah. It would be interesting to see what happens." Said Gaia. "I think the same¡­ It is worth taking the risk¡­ Let''s pick this one then!" said Noah, a smile surged on his lips as he picked the fourth ss without any remorse! Ding! [You have exchanged 450.000 System Points!] [You changed sses to [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God]!] [All your Stats have increased!] [Level cap increased!] [You learned the [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God Techniques (X)] and [Divine Transcendental Spiritual Sacred Spear Physique and Psyche (X)] Skills!] "Ngh?!" Noah immediately felt pain! CRASH! It felt as if his entire body was being crushed into pieces and then reformed in seconds! CRASH! The pain that this brought to him was almost agonizing, but he resisted it, and gritted his teeth in anger. "W-What is this?! Uagh¡­! Unngh¡­!" The amazing power that the two Skills brought to him was actually reforming his body and soul! This was part of, most likely, thest Skill, which was rted to Physique and Psyche. FLASH! For a moment, Noah suddenly felt as if his own soul and body shaped themselves as a spear! Yes, as ridiculous as this sounded¡­ to him, it felt as if his body became an incredibly sharp spear, and so was his soul¡­ sharp, long, flexible, light, and fast. The illusion quickly faded as Noah was brought to reality, he gasped for air as he realized it was merely some kind of illusion, but even then, it surprised him to no end¡­ He faintly looked into his upgraded stats after that¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [God of Parasitism], [God of Dragons], [God of Elements] [Race: [Divine Dark Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor God] [Existence Rank: [God: 3/9: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Divinity of Parasitism], [Divinity of Death], [Divinity of Dragons], [Divinity of Darkness] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XIX: Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor God: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XIX: Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor God: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Primeval Vein Creation Realm: Peak Stage] [ss]: [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God]: [Level 70/80] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)], [Dark Fate Destroyer (50/50)], [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death (60/60)], [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King (70/70)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [5.193.930] [Primordial Essence: [390.000.000.000 -> 400.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [190.000.000 -> 200.000.000] [Aether: [165.000.000 -> 170.000.000] [Ki: [175.000.000 -> 190.000.000] [Fate: [140.000.000 -> 145.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 55.500], [Fire: 55.500], [Water: 59.000], [Wind: 59.000], [Space: 58.500], [Time: 57.500], [Life: 54.500], [Death: 92.000], [Dark: 72.000], [Light: 61.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 57.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 57.500], [Phantom: 60.000], [Blood: 112.500], [Poison: 56.000], [Soul: 82.000], [Nature: 57.000], [Thunder: 59.300], [Ice: 56.100], [War/Strength: 81.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 94.500], [Fate: 68.000], [Void: 58.000], [Law: 61.000], [System: 67.000] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)] [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God Techniques (X)] [Divine Transcendental Spiritual Sacred Spear Physique and Psyche (X)] ¡­ Noah looked at his stats as he saw them increase by a good amount. He noticed that his Ki Stat, the one representing his physical and offense and defense had increased the most though, this meant that this ss was obviously one that specialized in physical offense rather than magical offense, which was the Aether Stat¡­ Noah remembered that the ss would enhance his spear permanently, as he quickly decided to summon his [Holy Spear: Pir of Light Rhongomyniad]! FLASH! A glorious sight suddenly emerged before Noah''s sight! ----- Chapter 450 - Rhongomynia Upgrade! ----- Noah looked at his stats as he saw them increase by a good amount. He noticed that his Ki Stat, the one representing his physical and offense and defense had increased the most though, this meant that this ss was obviously one that specialized in physical offense rather than magical offense, which was the Aether Stat¡­ Noah remembered that the ss would enhance his spear permanently, as he quickly decided to summon his [Holy Spear: Pir of Light Rhongomyniad]! FLASH! A glorious sight suddenly emerged before Noah''s sight! The glorious bright yellow-gold spear of holy light, the pir of light, the holy spear, Rhongomyniad had suddenly evolved! It was shining brightly, as if the holy light and power of the new ss he had taken forged it into apletely new weapon, yet it was still his spear! FLASH! Another bright sh of light covered the spear with this glorious light, bathing it with the gloriousness of this new power. The spear underwent an evolution quickly after, acquiring new and unprecedented power. CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Noah saw the entire world of his divine realm shake! The clouds atop the sky began to storm with deadly thunderbolts, bathing the spear with this glorious thunderlight, as the entire spear began to glow brightly, gaining a bigger size and looking even more glorious than before. This spear was not only made using the powerful treasure of the Holy Grail, but also of the fragments left by the broken Excalibur¡­ in a way, it was the reincarnation of the legendary de and also the representation of the treasure of humanity, of the Earth Noah worked hard to conquer and also save¡­ And now, this glorious weapon was finally evolving and taking into apletely new and amazing shape! What¡­ what was this glorious sight before him?! It¡­ simply felt glorious to see! FLASH! Anotherst sh of light came out of it, as the massive and beautiful spear emerged! Now, it was really big, as it was as long as ten meters! And to boot, the incredibly long spear was now newly decorated with even more glorious shapes and forms around it, there was even a roaring dragon-shaped gold decoration near the long de tip. And there were even dragon-shaped wings around it, making it look even more ferocious. This was the new evolution of [Holy Spear: Pir of Light Rhongomyniad]! Ding! [The powers of your ss have reforged [Holy Spear: Pir of Light Rhongomyniad] into [Heavenly Spear: Oblivion Pir of Light: Ascended Rhongomyniad]!] Ascended Rhongomyniad! The spear had truly ascended into new and unprecedented levels of power, to be honest, and Noah could clearly feel it on its presence alone! It was truly a mesmerizing sight to behold, and it left Noah in awe¡­ Noah grabbed the spear with his hand as he instantly felt a new connection being forged. The power of this spear has been multiplied by a thousandfold if not more! It was a glorious sight¡­ But Noah felt something more. sh! He felt a soul growing inside the spear itself, which spoke to him! "I am here to serve you, my wielder." It spoke, with the soothing voice of a woman. It has be a sentient weapon! A powerful divine spear! "You''re¡­ sentient?" asked Noah in disbelief. "Indeed. I have attained consciousness at longst. The power of this evolution had given me the ability, my wielder. Do not worry, I still have all the memories of our fights, I have grown attached to you. You''re my one and only wielder. Anyone else that dares to touch me and wield me will receive my fury. And vice versa, I hope that you do not dare touch another weapon, my wielder." Said the spear. Noah immediately realized it had a very Yandere-like personality. "(She doesn''t want me to wield other weapons? I guess a sentient weapon would naturally grow possessive and attached to her wielder¡­ Although she might be going a bit too far, I have yet to find anything better than her, so I will probably not vite this rule she has set¡­)" thought Noah. "Very well, I promise you I won''t. You''re the one and only weapon I need¡­" said Noah. "Good! That''s a good response, my beloved wielder! Hahahahaha!" The spear began to dance around Noah, floating and shing the air, it spiraled around and continued to move around, she was probably testing her new intendent ability to move and have a sense of self. Noah began to ask the two System Administrators what the heck was up with the spear''s sentience out of the sudden. "Most weapons after attaining a certain level of power and divine strength reach a state named Divine Weapon, where they gain an arsenal of new abilities by default, these include the power to act independently, to float in midair, and to attain sentience¡­" said Gaia, as she browsed across the information she found in the system and anything else she knew. "Is that so¡­? Interesting¡­" said Noah. "Though I am unsure why is it so overly possessive with you¡­ I believe each sentient weapon have their own personalities. This one most likely developed one ording to the dark emotions you constantly poured on it, making it grow into a wicked mind." Said the Blood Progenitor. "So you''re calling me a wicked man or something?" sighed Noah. "Well, technically, you are a wicked monster." Said the Blood Progenitor. "Ah, so harsh, you''re breaking my heart¡­" said Noah. "It is rather obvious how much you care by how ironic you''re acting." Sighed Gaia. "Well, she''s a bit obsessed, but nothing I cannot handle. She''s the best weapon I have anyways, so I might as well use it for the greater purpose of fighting with her, she''s the strongest anyways¡­ Well, now, I wonder what else she could have on store¡­" thought Noah. "She possesses a new series of unique abilities, many of them can help her develop even easier than before, this is how divine weapons develop and evolve after all¡­" said Gaia. ----- Chapter 451 - New Physique And Psyche ----- Noah looked at the new spear and its capabilities, it was shining brightly all the time now and it resembled more like a massive tower than an actual weapon, it was simply way too long to be considered a real weapon that anyone humanly shaped could actually wield, but as someone that had long ago surpassedmon human standards and had grown beyond that, Noah found it as a good and perfect weapon. However, he had yet to inspect the two new Skills, despite this, he already knew that one of them had given his physique and psyche an incredibly highpatibility with the spear, and had even made his body more flexible, sharper, and stronger like a spear would be¡­ ¡­ [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God Techniques (X)] By harnessing the power of the divine energy within your body, enhance this power fusing it with the elemental powers you''ve umted. Each element can fuse together to enhance your spear and give you the possibility of unleashing the Spear God Techniques, capable of piercing through the heavens and piercing the sky without any problem. This Skill grants the user the ability to utilize Divine Energy and Elemental Power allbined together into an incredible power, the ability to unleash the powerful Spread God Techniques upon this world, use them to devastate entire armies in seconds, and even y the gods with them¡­ Each time you utilize a Technique within this Skill, the next Technique will receive a damage boost of +100% as long as the previous technique sessfullynded on the target, even if it didn''t do any damage. Additionally, every sessfullynded technique increases Physical Defense Pration by +10%. You can now drain 50% of the damage dealt to an enemy using a Spear God Technique as health. ¡­ This first skill was rather straightforward and sounded rather simple, but it wasn''t, when Noah learned it he felt arge stream of information pestering his entire mind, this information loaded itself into his mind and made it so he learned all of these masterful spear god techniques in seconds! And to boot, the power they held was glorious! With this, Noah was more than capable of advancing further into the usage of the Spear on all its splendor, even more now that it brought with itself a drain effect and also an amazing pration and chain damage enhancement effects, which all stacked together as long as he never missed a hit! If he moved fast enough and caught a target in between the rains of his spear attacks which continuously hit them, the damage of each attack would increase dramatically, constantly, without any cap! However, one single failure and the damage boost would decrease¡­ ¡­ [Divine Transcendental Spiritual Sacred Spear Physique and Psyche (X)] Harness the power of the Spear into your Body and Soul, enhancing them and refining them into the very Essene of the Spear, enhancing the flexibility, agility, and damage that your own body can deal, working like a sharp, precise, and powerful weapon. Meanwhile, enhance your soul so you can shape and wield a Spear Aura to enhance your damage output. Enhance your ability to use the Spear by +10000%, your damage dealt using the Spear is permanently enhanced by +5000%, your damage pration using a spear increases to 30%, and the growth and development of your spear is enhanced by a further +10000%, additionally, you can now develop the power of the Dao of the Spear. ¡­ Thisst was the other Skill Noah knew about, this Skill was the one that shaped his body as a spear, like he had felt back then when he just got it. it had shrouded his body with pain because it forcefully enhanced it against his wildest expectations. Now his stats had increased even more when he got these two new Skills as well, his flexibility, speed, and damage dealt using his very body was enhanced, it felt as if his very body was like that of a spear. Even more, as Noah pointed out his hands and arms into a certain direction and waved them, a sh of bright yellow-gold shing power was released, shing through the wind and piercing the winds themselves. SLASH!!! CLASH! BOOOM!!! His sh felt as if he had used the Spear God Techniques with his very hands, piercing the entirety of the ground before him¡­ it was truly a mesmerizing power he had acquired¡­ Having this physique meant that his very body was now a spear, it counted as if it were a weapon as well, and perhaps his soul too as it included his psyche. Noah had never expected he would be specializing so much in the usage of this weapon in specific, but now that his entire body was like a spear to an extent, even if he fought bare-handed he could use the powers rted to the spear, while leaving the Spear itself as a new ally in battle that could fight independently and dealrge amounts of damage againstrge targets such as the Gods he had fought and is about to fight too. Dragon Gods were indeed quite enormous¡­ and this thought also reminded Noah that he had to absorb the Attribute Value Cores and grow stronger. He nced around him as he saw everyone evolving through the power of the cores, Iris and his two children Dante and Eleanora had already absorbed a lot, to the point the hit the "cap" of how much they could absorb, reaching unprecedented new levels of power. FLASH! He quickly moved near them as he nced at their power, suddenly, his family had already reached almost the pinnacle of God-Realm! Meanwhile, his closest allies had also reached this level of power, and mostly all his other troops were now God-Realm at most! They were more than ready to fight the deadly and ancient Evil Dragon Gods, whose power might be several times theirs as they had umted power over thousands of years and had many ways of fighting¡­ Now, it was Noah''s turn to absorb thisrge pile of cores he had saved for himself. ------ Chapter 452 - A Truly Great Harvest ----- Noah looked over the pile of glorious Attribute Value Cores, Law Comprehension Cores, and Attribute Value Cores. These were all drops from the armies he had fought. His allies and armies outside had stayed outside looking over the surroundings, although the generals he had, such as Arudiel, Demise, and the rest, had rushed inside to also get their own share, and the powerful Dragons, Deadly Sin Knights, and the Hero Dragons were all absorbing these cores and growing stronger, all of them reaching at least almost the pinnacle of God-Realm, bing powerful and useful allies. "There''s not much time to waste¡­" thought Noah, quickly touching therge pile of cores and absorbing them all! FLASH! Suddenly, the over 10-meter-tall pile of cores turned all into sparkling divine light, reaching up to him an infusing itself into his entire body, fusing with his body and soul, and converting themselves into pure and powerful essence like he had never seen before, it was truly something glorious and rather a bit deplorably ridiculous! FLASH! "Ah yes, this is it!" thought Noah with a smile, as he was bathed in the streams of pure primordial essence that made up these cores, this primordial essence absorbed his entire body and soul, and vice versa, as a circle of powerful enhancement of all of Noah''s capabilities happened, which in result augmented the power of his existence realm to new levels! Cultivating has never been this easy! He recalled when he was merely F-Rank and he had to kill measly Goblins to get the F-Rank Cores and grow into E-Rank, now, he had reached the Realm of Gods, the existence Rank of God was immensely hard to breakthrough, but Noah held the same abilities as before, and anything he in or that his allies in would drop these glorious cores, which had continued to drop even now! The power of all these Divine Draconic Beasts was now fusing with his very being, converging with his entire body and soul, and turning into new power for him! his stats started to skyrocket, and the power of his attribute values also skyrocketed, increasing exponentially¡­ Noah''s entire body was shrouded in this glorious light as he bathed in the power of divinity! The divinity of all these in monsters now converged into him and nourished his entire existence to be a higher one in mere seconds, defying logic itself¡­! This was the power of Dungeons, that could extract the power of a in being and convert it all into Attribute Value Cores, of extreme power and importance that could lend the Hunters of Earth grow stronger. Even now there were small Dungeons that dropped the lower grade cores for the weakest citizens to grow stronger¡­ but now, this was expanded to apletely new scale, it felt as if the entire world around him was game as well¡­ anything he in or his allies in would drop these items, and more. Noah slowly opened his eyes once more, feeling born anew, his entire body emanated a powerful presence as several divinities epassed his body¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [God of Parasitism], [God of Dragons], [God of Elements], [God of the Spear] [Race: [Divine Tenebrous Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor God] [Existence Rank: [God: 9/9: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Divinity of Parasitism], [Divinity of Death], [Divinity of Dragons], [Divinity of Darkness], [Divinity of the Spear], [Fragmented Divinity of Earth], [Fragmented Divinity of Water] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XX: Grand Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor God: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XX: Grand Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor God: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core and Primeval Vein Fusion Realm: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God]: [Level 70/80] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)], [Dark Fate Destroyer (50/50)], [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death (60/60)], [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King (70/70)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [5.193.930] [Primordial Essence: [400.000.000.000 -> 1.000.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [200.000.000 -> 660.000.000] [Aether: [170.000.000 -> 550.000.000] [Ki: [190.000.000 -> 650.000.000] [Fate: [145.000.000 -> 480.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 75.500], [Fire: 75.500], [Water: 79.000], [Wind: 79.000], [Space: 78.500], [Time: 77.500], [Life: 74.500], [Death: 112.000], [Dark: 92.000], [Light: 81.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 77.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 77.500], [Phantom: 80.000], [Blood: 142.500], [Poison: 76.000], [Soul: 122.000], [Nature: 77.000], [Thunder: 79.300], [Ice: 76.100], [War/Strength: 91.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 114.500], [Fate: 88.000], [Void: 78.000], [Law: 81.000], [System: 87.000] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)] [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God Techniques (X)] [Divine Transcendental Spiritual Sacred Spear Physique and Psyche (X)] ¡­ Taking a look into his stats, Noah found the great changes ur, his stats had skyrocketed topletely insane levels in just a few seconds by absorbing these Cores! He had gone from God-Realm at Rank 3/9 all the way to Rank 9/9 Initial Stage! He was already at the peak of his Realm after having farmed Cores from these two armies of divine draconic beasts, there couldn''t be any other better reward than this! Noah smiled, feeling fulfilled with himself, this was truly a great harvest¡­! But there was some more fighting to do yet¡­ ----- Chapter 453 - Its Time ----- Noah felt his body evolve the moment he had devoured the Attribute Value Cores, his stats had skyrocketed greatly, and he now held the power of a much stronger Vampire, by checking his stats profoundly, he found out he had evolved into a Divine Tenebrous Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor God! It was a very long race name, but Noah realized how far he hade from being a mere Vampire, the power he had acquired as truly mesmerizing. He looked at his new race and found out that it specialized in the enhancement of all Dark Spectrum Elements, which included Darkness/Shadows, Phantom, Death, Void, and more¡­ these elements were epassing the Dark Spectrum of elements and were said to be enhanced in power greatly by this new race''s description. Additionally, it made Noah more resilient to these elements too, increasing his elemental damage resistance. The evolution he had gone through was almost instantons, it was not as long as other times before, most likely because his power was incredible now and his ability to refine his own body and soul through the evolution became very fast and quick. He also noticed that he had gained the God of Spear Title and the Divinity of the Spar, which were all rted to using his glorious new spear he had upgraded to new and powerful levels. With these two effects from the title and the divinitybined, Noah enjoyed a vast enhancement to his capabilities like he had never seen before, so great it felt like he was being gifted with powerups everywhere! The enhancement to his damage dealt using the spear was a staple now, and these two powerups also included it. Now Noah wondered just how broken could a swing using his newly upgraded spear could be¡­ maybe he would easily defeat these Gods without actually putting much difficulty? No, even if that was a possibility, Noah wasn''t something that would lower his guard against Gods themselves. Even in an alien world such as Vedas, these powerful entities, the Dragon Gods, were capable of many things, so they shouldn''t be underestimated at all! In fact, they should never be underestimated unless that person wanted their own doom¡­ Looking at his stats once more, Noah noticed that his stats had increased to levels he couldn''t believe, they had more than doubled, and this was because he had increased his existence Rank by 6! 6 whole ranks in a single sitting, this meant that his body and soul were nourished greatly to the point of his stats growing bigger and bigger. He looked down at his stats once more in awe¡­ ¡­ [Primordial Essence: [400.000.000.000 -> 1.000.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [200.000.000 -> 660.000.000] [Aether: [170.000.000 -> 550.000.000] [Ki: [190.000.000 -> 650.000.000] [Fate: [145.000.000 -> 480.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 75.500], [Fire: 75.500], [Water: 79.000], [Wind: 79.000], [Space: 78.500], [Time: 77.500], [Life: 74.500], [Death: 112.000], [Dark: 92.000], [Light: 81.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 77.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 77.500], [Phantom: 80.000], [Blood: 142.500], [Poison: 76.000], [Soul: 122.000], [Nature: 77.000], [Thunder: 79.300], [Ice: 76.100], [War/Strength: 91.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 114.500], [Fate: 88.000], [Void: 78.000], [Law: 81.000], [System: 87.000] ¡­ His Primordial Essence had increased by almost 100 billion with each Rank, and now it was sitting at 1 trillion! Primordial Essence was the innermost power of a person''s soul, and also their bodies themselves borrowed power from it, it was thebined total of Noah''s potential as of now. It is said that if Primordial Essence is used, which is the primordial essence of his very soul, his stats would slowly decrease, as Primordial Essence is what makes up the stats to begin with! Losing it would mean losing his stats as a whole, and weakeningpletely, slowly, bit by bit¡­ this wasn''t something Noah wanted, obviously, so he decided to never spend this precious resource as it was the very pr of his power. His Divine Energy, Aether, Ki, and Fate Stats all suffered a great increase, of over double their original numbers. His divine energy had suddenly be so vast Noah felt like it was overflowing from him like an ocean of strong divine essence, flowing constantly and without stopping for a single second¡­ it was incredible. He felt like his divine energy was epassing the entirety of his divine realm constantly, like an ocean, or well, like the heavens themselves. Because the divine realm is an expression of the soul, and in a way its also the soul itself, it contains this power inrge quantities, and it is constantly overflowing his ce with the divine energy he has. The more divine energy a God has, the more this overflows their divine realm and the more the divine realm grows bigger, stronger, and rich in divine materials, which will in result enhance the attribute particles of the user, and other stats too. This is how his attribute particles also increased tremendously, at least by 20k each! Its all a cycle, its all interconnected, each stat, and each piece in the puzzle¡­ this was the wonderful bnce that Gods had with their divine realms and their true power¡­ "Papa, am I strong?" asked Dante adorably, as the red-haired boy reached his father while pping his tiny draconic wings. Noah caught him with his arms, embracing his precious treasure. "You''ve grown stronger, Dante, I can feel it. Good job, you''ve worked hard for it." said Noah, as he patted his son''s silky hair and couldn''t resist the urge to hug him and kiss his forehead. "Hehe¡­ Now I can help you out more!" said Dante. "Papa, I also grew strong! Give me pats!" Eleanora quickly asked for attention, she couldn''t bear seeing her brother getting all her father''s love, so she flew towards Noah and he caught her with his other arm, having his two little treasures at each arm filled Noah''s malicious heart with the beautiful feelings of a father seeing his children as his greatest treasure¡­ "You''ve done well too!" said Noah, as he embraced his adorable white-haired daughter. The two babies received their father''s love, as Iris slowly walked near them. "Fufu, seems like everything''s ready now¡­" she said. "Indeed, it''s time." Said Noah. ----- Chapter 454 - Merely A God ----- Rockernn, the Evil Dragon God of Dark Underground Depths and Sadratonn, the Evil Dragon God of Abyssal Seas had decided to move! They quickly began to surge out of their divine realms as massive dragons emerged in the skies. They sensed that Noah and his allies had gone inside the divine realm, but they were bold enough to do this so they could force him out! A massive turtle covered in several colorful ores, with a massive draconic jaws, sharp yellow-gold eyes, and a long and sharp tail made into a mace emerged. Its entire body as big as 100 meters if not more, and exuding a strong earthy presence, heavy and strong, as if it were distorting gravity itself while floating in midair¡­ And to the side, a gigantic draconic fish, it looked like a blue scaled barracuda with very sharp fangs and a terrifying fish-like face, looking down at the Kingdom with an intimidating and all-epassing oceanic presence, forming a massive domain¡­ This was Rockernn and Sadratonn, rivals of Gergesh, and deadly and ruthless Evil Dragon Gods! "Come outside! Or we''ll destroy the entire Kingdom!" "Fight against us, coward!" "You''ve managed to defeat our armies, but can you do the same against the true gods?" The two massive dragons opened their jaws as they gathered powerful divine energy into their maws, the draconic divine energy gathered into an enormous amount of power, as they were about to release a deadly breath attack andpletely annihte the Windias Kingdom! BOOOMMM! The two released their breath attack, a powerful, brown-colored breath attack reminiscent of a sandstorm but deadly enough topletely wipe out an entire city, and a gigantic vortex of spiraling high-pressured oceanic water capable of drowning everything! However, right at this moment, two gigantic dragons emerged at each side of the Windias Kingdom, one of them was a glorious gold and white dragon emanating a strong elemental presence, and the other was a crimson-red, ck, and purple dragon, emanating a deadly chaotic presence, it was Arudiel and Demise, the two powerful Dragons summoned by Noah! They opened their jaws in an instant and released their own breath attack, Arudiel''s breath attack resembled a spiraling beam of rainbow and bright colors, while Demise''s breath resembled an explosive and spiraling chaotic vortex! Both breath attacks intercepted those of Rockernn and Demise at the same time, pushing them back with the force they had acquired, and forcing the two dragon gods to move aside from the impact! BOOOOM!!! "Ngh¡­ W-Who are these?!" asked Rockernn. "Don''t you remember them, fool?! They''re the dragons he had summoned in battle¡­ Wait, this power¡­ they''ve grown stronger?! Also I am pretty sure the golden one died sacrificing itself! How is it back to life out of the sudden¡­?!" wondered Sadratonn. "Whatever power this Dragon have, he can bring back dragons from the dead¡­" said Rockernn. FLASH! Suddenly, as Arudiel and Demise managed to intercept the breath attacks of these two powerful dragon gods. Noah summoned himself into battle through one of his bat clones in the scene, including his family and allies¡­ Arthur, Timassa, Alice, Jon, Adamantine, Adan, and Clementina emerged as well, all of them exuded powerful divine auras! "W-What with that power?!" "I-It can''t be¡­ t-they''re all¡­ Gods!" Rockernn and Sadratonn were left speechless! And to boot, Noah''s presence exuded a strong Peak-Rank God-level! He was already at the pinnacle of a God¡­ not even these twobined gods could reach such a power¡­ but how? Sometime ago he wasn''t even that strong, but out of nowhere his power skyrocketed insanely by simply defeating some divine draconic beasts and dragon heroes? "No¡­ this cannot be! I refuse to believe this!" said Rockernn. "I-It grew in power out of nowhere¡­ What¡­ Just what are you?" asked Sadratonn. Noah looked down at the dragons, surrounded by his family, allies, and two enormous and glorious dragons. "I am Noah." Noah looked down at the two dragon gods, as they felt like the name sounded way too in for a being so strong¡­ "J-Just Noah?" asked Rockernn. "Noah¡­!" muttered Sadratonn. "Now, die." Said Noah, a massive spear epassed in golden light emerged out of thin air, as he overcharged it with divine energy and then he unleashed a powerful piercing attack towards them! SLAAAAAASSSSSSHHH! The powerful attack shed through the wind as it reached Rockernn in an instant! CLAAAASH! "Uagh¡­!" A massive wound emerged on his hard shell, the attack actually pierced through it! "H-How strong is he?!" asked Sadratonn in horror, as Rockernn slowly regenerated the wound, or well, tried to, the light that infected the wound continued to remain in there, as if the power of some kind of curse wasn''t letting him close his own wound! The two dragons looked at Noah with utter disbelief! "I am not going to miss this time." He said. The rest of his allies quickly flew in front of him to finish off the two Gods who had done a great work for them in giving them the necessary tools to grow stronger, now it was time to just y them for good! Rockernn and Sadratonn quickly lost their arrogant natures as they felt utter despair. Their eyes began to quiver in fear and frustration, as they released their powerful Divine Domains right away, the power of their divine technique was unleashed as well, as massive rock arms emerged around Rockernn while Sadratonn summoned massive sea dragons from his aura, sending them towards the enemies! "Let''s try!" Dante rushed forward as he opened the jaws of his multiple heads, unleashing a barrage of explosive breath attacks, one by one each fireball exploded, with the power of a God-Realm Dragon Vampire, the boy continuously evaporated the massive sea dragons like nothing, as he reached into therge Water Evil Dragon God and unleashed shing attacks using his sharp ws! SLASH! SLASH! SLAHS! "GRUUAGGH¡­!" The agonizing cry of Sadratonn resonated across the skies as his Domain warped around, he gritted his teeth as his Aura shaped into a deadly copy of himself, roaring furiously and impacting against Dante''s powerful fiery barrage! BOOM!!! ----- Chapter 455 - Fierce Mother And Children ----- "ROAR!" Dante shapeshifted into his massive dragon form, possesing multiple head, each head unleashed a barrage of massive 30-meter-big fireballs that impacted Sadratonn''s water attacks and easily evaporated them with ease! The giant sea dragons he had summoned were easily evaporated into nothingness, as the evil dragon god was left quite speechless¡­ However, Dante wasn''t going to stay here motionless, the little boy moved at a fast speed, using his newly enhanced sharp ws after his evolutions, and unleashing several shing attacks at Sadratonn! SLASH! SLASH! SLAHS! "GRUUAGGH¡­!" The agonizing cry of Sadratonn resonated across the skies as his Domain warped around, he gritted his teeth as his Aura shaped into a deadly copy of himself, roaring furiously and impacting against Dante''s powerful fiery barrage! BOOM!!! The massive Aura Clone of Sadratonn was quite formidable, surviving the barrage of attacks of the young boy, only to suddenly get crushed by a powerful and invisible psionic force! CRASH! The entire Aura Clone exploded into just water, as Sadratonn looked at the monstrosity that had emerged right above Dante, his sister, Eleanora! In this shape she resembled a wriggling mass of tentacles with a single deathly crimson-red eye, she had, however, two massive draconic wings behind her, making her seem as simply a very amorphous dragon like the evil dragon god had ever seen before! "W-What¡­ What is that?!" he cried in horror; the very presence of Eleanora sent chills down his spine as he felt like he was being about to be devoured by the deathly stare of this little girl turned into an eldritch horror¡­ Elenora''s crimson-red eye shone brightly as a wave of invisible energy once more impacted Sadratonn, throwing him off into the ground! TRUUUMMM!!! CLASH! "GRYYAGH¡­!" The massive entity fell into the ground, as a tremendous tremor ensued, making all his surroundings tremble continuously¡­ it was horrifying! "W-What is this energy?! I had never seen something like this before!" said Sadratonn in horror, his eyes were locked on Eleanora and Dante. "Wow! Amazing, sis!" said Dante with a cute and innocent voice, unbefitting of the giant multi-headed dragon he was now. "Dante don''t y around too much, we should kill this being quickly¡­" said Eleanora, her voice of a calm little girl was also quite unbefitting of the massive mass of wriggling tentacles¡­ "Okay, nee-san!" said Dante, as he flew down below with incredible speed, his wings pped and propelled him into the ground down below like a red meteor! CLASH! Eleanora flew at a fast speed as well, the two massive over 100-meter-tall beasts corned the fish-like evil dragon god, as he looked at the two with fear¡­ "You''ll regret underestimating me!" he roared, as his entire body began to exude a massive amount of energy from within, shaping itself as the vast ocean domain around him and then generating gigantic oceanic waves with countless roaring fishes, sharks, and sea snakes inside, all of them fell over the two little vampires, trying to devour them whole! SPLAAAAASH! "Die!"ughed Sadratonn. "What''s this, just water?" asked Eleanora, as she released a powerful shockwave of invisible energy, her psionic powers, and sted the entire thing away with ease! SPLAASH! "E-Eh?!" Sadratonn was left speechless! Just how ridiculous were these beings? They hadpletely ridiculed him already so easily! Was he so pathetic like this? yes, he indeed was at the end, it seemed! "No¡­ NO!" Sadratonn felt weakened, as if something was draining his divine energy this entire time, he began to move backwards while swimming through the water he conjured, fearfully looking upwards to realize a massive mass of eyes were looking over him, all of them fixated on him, his entire energy was being drained by this mass of eyes, which had a little boy in front, Jon! "Draining Divine Energy is not so hard now¡­ I remember having some hard time before, I guess the stronger I grow the easier it bes." thought Jon. "S-So my Divine Energy was being drained by that thing?! I-Is this why its so weak? I am so weak?" he wondered. Of course he didn''t heard Jon speak, as those were his thoughts, but he quickly realized this being was draining his energy by merely being near him, and it was repurposing it, to boot, infusing it into the twins! "Y-You''re all a band of monsters¡­ How can you be this ridiculous?" wondered Sadratonn, the two little kids looked at him with greedy expressions in their monstrous appearances, approaching him and extending their ws and tentacles towards him, they grasped and shed him away, as Sadratonn fought back using his water maniption techniques, but they were weakened more and more. He who had thought would have a glorious fight against Noah and ultimately devour him ended fighting his kids, who were already surprisingly stronger than him! And to boot, Jon was there just to mess around with him some more! However, Sadratonn struggled and fought with everything he could, his sharp jaws and his ws were used as his strongest weapons when his energy was growing lower, they were strong and managed to damage the kids from time to time, tearing apart the tentacles of Eleanora or biting the hard exterior of Dante, however, the two kids seemed to be slowly pushing forward as they seemed to be stronger, their techniques grew more refined and their abilities to use the energies they had be sharper as well! However, Iris quickly joined in as she saw that the desperate and cornered god was leaving too many scars in her children, rushing forward in the shape of a massive dragon covered in phantom mes with fox-like traits, she jumped over the giant fish and used her sharp jaws, crushing the monstrous evil dragon''s stomach! CRUNCH! "GRYYYAAAGHH¡­!" The giant beast cried in agony as eh saw in horror as the monstrous mother bite his stomach out, his entrailsing out with ease. "Now children, tear him apart while he''s weakened, make sure to crush his soul too!" said Iris. "Okay mother!" The two children obeyed their mother as Sadratonn knew what hell truly was¡­ ----- Chapter 456 - When Gods Fall ----- In this day was when Sadratonn knew what despair was¡­ What he felt like going through a living hell truly was! In all his long life as an Evil Dragon God, he had never felt this much fear! He had fully believed that he could had gotten the better off Noah this time around, but everything ended wrongly bad¡­ everything ended terribly bad, in fact! This wouldn''t had been the case if he had been simply luckier. Yes, lucky. Why? Because even with all his knowledge he would had never guessed that Noah would have such outrageous powers that could let him, and his allies grow exponentially stronger¡­ In just a few minutes since everything ended, they suddenly grew exponentially stronger, reaching a ridiculous level of power to the point ofplete insanity¡­ Noah had used the power he had acquired from Dungeons, converting it into his own personal power and making it so even Divine beings could drop Cores, these cores were then used by everyone to boost their stats, attribute particles, and more¡­ Noah could not use them with the divine beasts inside his divine realm, for some reason, it simply didn''t worked, because these beings were most likely an extension of his own power, maybe¡­ But with external creatures? It waspletely possible, and he did so quite easily, bringing with him a massive pile of loot capable of upgrading everyone to God-Realm and to bring him to the peak of God-Realm with ease! He used this wondrous power to enhance the strength of everyone, and with that, the power of everyone was more than capable of overwhelming these dragon gods! With the usage of such power the destruction of the evil dragon gods was easy! Sadratonn had thought he would have a glorious fight against Noah and ultimately devour him ended fighting his kids, who were already surprisingly stronger than him! And to boot, Jon was there just to mess around with him some more¡­ this small child with an enormous aura beast the size of 50 meters and possesing various eyes¡­ it looked over him and drained all his power with ease! He couldn''t even find a way to fight against that as the two kids were showering him with blows! However, Sadratonn believed he couldn''t fall in this battlefield yet¡­ He struggled and fought with everything he could, his sharp jaws and his ws were used as his strongest weapons when his energy was growing lower, they were strong and managed to damage the kids from time to time, tearing apart the tentacles of Eleanora or biting the hard exterior of Dante, however, the two kids seemed to be slowly pushing forward as they seemed to be stronger, their techniques grew more refined and their abilities to use the energies they had be sharper as well! "Hahah! W-What''s wrong?! You''re feeling tired now?! A cornered god like me won''t go down easily¡­!" roared Sadratonn, his entire body was shrouded in wounds as well¡­ "You''re having a lot of fun here, let your mother join you a bit!" "Eh?!" However, Iris quickly joined in as she saw that the desperate and cornered god was leaving too many scars in her children, rushing forward in the shape of a massive dragon covered in phantom mes with fox-like traits, she jumped over the giant fish and used her sharp jaws, crushing the monstrous evil dragon''s stomach! CRUNCH! "GRYYYAAAGHH¡­!" The giant beast cried in agony as he saw in horror as the monstrous mother bite his stomach out, his entrailsing out with ease! For some very faint moments, he had thought he was making it out alive! But to his surprise, that wasn''t the case at all! He was going to get utterly devoured now, and there was nobody to help him out! Rockernn was already being attacked elsewhere¡­ "Now children, tear him apart while he''s weakened, make sure to crush his soul too!" said Iris. "Okay mother!" The two children obeyed their mother as Sadratonn knew what hell truly was! Iris gave them a harshmand which they took with pleasure, the two little monsters were obviously like monsters too, taking the power of gods now, they had the pleasure of devouring a giant fish like Sadratonn¡­ they couldn''t feel happier! "GRYYYAAGGH¡­! Stop! Stooooop!" Sadratonn supplicated for mercy, but the kids crushed and tore him apart, in just a few seconds his entire body was destroyed. His soul came right afterwards, being crushed into tiny bits, hisst thoughts were simply suffering¡­ "Mommy, we did it!" said Dante. "That was surprisingly easy¡­" said Eleanora. "See? Mommy softened him up for you~ Fufu!"ughed Iris. She was filled with malice as well! Noah looked at the scene and nodded pleasantly, his wife and children had done an excellent job, now, it was time for him to quickly get done with thest pest! Rockernn as of now was fighting against the rest of his allies, most of them were ganging on him, some of them were not even transformed into their dragons, utilizing their preferred Aura Soul Beast forms instead, which were more manageable than turning into dragons, and less heavy. "You''re a tough nut to crack, huh?" sighed Arthur, as he used his monstrous worm Soul Beast Form to be a gigantic Poisonous Worm with purple color, using this gigantic form to entangle Rockernn and not let him get away, the ws of Rockernn shed through his body but it was all ethereal, so it did minimal damage to Arthur''s true body. SLASH! SLASH! BOOM! BOOM! The power attacks or Rockernn impacted with the deathly bites of Arthur as his corrosive venom went through his wounds, while the sharp ws of Rockernn continuously shed through Arthur''s soul, it seemingly was a stalemate of sorts, although Rockernn was slowly growing weaker thanks to Arthur''s venom. "Arthur!" Timassa joined, as she quickly conjured a thunderstorm of ck thunder, bathing the massive beast in front of him! Spark¡­ Spark¡­! Crash! Crash! The ck thunder fell asunder as Rockernn was bathed on it! "Ungh¡­!" ----- Chapter 457 - Annihilating Dragon Gods ----- As Sadratonn was being murdered, Rockernn as of now was fighting against the rest of Noah''s allies, most of them were ganging on him, some of them were not even transformed into their dragons, utilizing their preferred Aura Soul Beast forms instead, which were more manageable than turning into dragons, and less heavy. "You''re a tough nut to crack, huh?" sighed Arthur, as he used his monstrous worm Soul Beast Form to be a gigantic Poisonous Worm with purple color, using this gigantic form to entangle Rockernn and not let him get away, the ws of Rockernn shed through his body but it was all ethereal, so it did minimal damage to Arthur''s true body. SLASH! SLASH! BOOM! BOOM! The power attacks or Rockernn impacted with the deathly bites of Arthur as his corrosive venom went through his wounds, while the sharp ws of Rockernn continuously shed through Arthur''s soul, it seemingly was a stalemate of sorts, although Rockernn was slowly growing weaker thanks to Arthur''s venom. "Arthur!" Timassa joined, as she quickly conjured a thunderstorm of ck thunder, bathing the massive beast in front of him! Spark¡­ Spark¡­! Crash! Crash! The ck thunder fell asunder as Rockernn was bathed on it! "Ungh¡­!" The powerful barrage of attacksing from Timassa was devastating, her power was incredible as she unleashed terrible thunderous ck thunder over the face of Rockernn, the evil dragon god groaned in agony as Arthur continued to stop his movement with his body, he had already grown a resistance to Timassa''s thunder after using this same strategy several times, so he didn''t meant getting affected by it if even a little bit. Rockernn tookrge quantities of damage as he tanked the hits, he suddenly began to spin around, however, so he could fend off Arthur out of him, and he mildly seeded, as Arthur ended being thrown away, but not without leaving a souvenir behind being a rain of venom over the entire face of Rockernn, making the god agonize! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Timassa''s deadly thunder continued to fall Rockernn as his entire body was being crushed by the deadly ck thunder. The power of the other allies of Noah quickly surged, as Adamantine rushed forward to aid Timassa, her shadows shaped as countless maws that began to prey in Rockernn''s exterior, tearing apart his entire body! His defenses were for naught before the deadly attacks of these shadow maws, his scales were tore apart from his skin, as his flesh started to be torn apart as well! The dragon god had his divine energy being drained by Jon, so he couldn''t even conjure powerful blows continuously, and was being constantly bathed in powerful elemental attacks, his defenses against elements wasn''t as big, so he was being tore apart quite easily¡­ "Uaggghhh! D-Damn it!" The dragon was suddenly kicked down by a massive unicorn made of ice, as his entire body started to freeze by the might of Clementina, her freezing aura constantly exuded a deathly presence, expanding constantly all around! The cold temperatures made the dragon god shiver in fear! "G-Get away from meeee!" FLASH! A powerful breath attack came out of his jaws, but that was easily fended off by Clementina''s power, her powerful ice generated a strong shield that protected everyone, while also generating spikes and then falling over his face! CLASH! "Unggh¡­" ck thunder, venom, shadows, ice, and more, Rockernn was bathed by all sorts of attacks, as Noah slowly descended towards him, his entire body barely standing¡­ "Do you realize the difference in power now?" he asked. "W-What monster are you?! What kind trick did you use to deceive us!" asked Rockernn. "Haha, nothing much¡­ I simply employed the power I had cultivated fairly!"ughed Noah, pointing the spear into Rockernn''s head. "Now die already." He said. "Agh¡­!" Rockernn saw with utter fear the death stare of Noah, as if he was nothing but trash in front of him! he might had been some kind of challenge before¡­ but now? He was nothing at all! SLASH! CLASH! The massive spear pierced through Rockernn''s head all he way into the inside of his body, making him agony in horrendous pain as the spear started to glow with bright yellow-gold light, this bright yellow-gold light expanded across his body¡­ making it inte and ultimately, explode into pieces! BOOOOMMM!!! A bright sh of yellow-gold light illuminated the entire battlefield for a few seconds, as everything fell into silence once more, the middle of the night was peaceful despite the war between gods just ending¡­ FLASH! A massive amount of essence rushed into Noah''s body and soul, as he began to level up already¡­ rather easily. Ding! [Your ss Level has increased from Level 70 to Level 71!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 71 to Level 72!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 72 to Level 73!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 73 to Level 74!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 74 to Level 75!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 75 to Level 76!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 76 to Level 77!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 77 to Level 78!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 78 to Level 79!] [Your ss Level has increased from Level 79 to Level 80!] "Level max already¡­ I should change sses one more, I suppose¡­ it never hurt to get stronger." He smiled. He also saw a big pile of loot too, waiting to be absorbed. The pile of items went from Attribute Value Cores, Law Comprehension Cores, and Attribute Particle Cores¡­ There was also equipment in there, of the highest grade out there, but not as amazing as Noah''s spear. Without much to do after the fight, Noah quickly grabbed the cores and moved them to his inventory alongside any sort of other dropped item, moving it all inside, he quickly made his way to the divine realm for a quick rest and to assess all things. Now that these two annoying Gods were gone, he could finally sit down and rest for a bit, although how long would this little break take? Only the uncertain future would tell¡­ ----- Chapter 458 - Great Changes In The Divine Realm ----- The death of the two Evil Dragon Gods came rather quickly, alongside the amazing performance of the Noah and his allies, they hadpletely destroyed these two Dragon Gods, more easily than Noah could had thought. Well, he already had some challenges against Gergesh¡­ and right after that he had to fight two armies of enormous proportions at the same time¡­ so easily killing these guys was his well-deserved reward. Nheless, everyone had gained a lot of essence out of this and would probably be able to change sses right away just as he can now. Noah sighed in relief, looking at the two corpses, and then he looked down at the horizon, things were awfully calm, but he wished they could be like this for the moment, he had a lot to process and do before doing anything else. He looked at Windias, the Kingdom was doing fine, it had survived the battle and the people inside had hid themselves quite well, the royal family had escaped somewhere else, but Noah had no time to care about them anyways, he decided to leave some Dragon Retainers he had recruited here, alongside some Dragon Heroes, specifically the same ones from Windias, which people could recognize, and gave them the order of keeping the people safe and calm them down. As he saw the revived dragon gods go, Noah decided that it was finally time to rx and absorb all his gains in peace. He opened his divine realm portal and let everyone inside once more, while carrying the corpses of the two dragons and their cracked souls. Arriving in the vast crimson-red grass ins surrounding his giant tower-castle, he immediately threw the two gods corpses and their souls into the ground, alongside moving away the massive pile of cores left behind. He had hit his limit with Cores, and no matter how many he used he wasn''t able to break through into the next Realm, but he was hoping that eating these dragon gods would do it for him. He left the millions of cores left for his family, except the attribute particle andprehension cores, which he had also decided to absorb while eating the dragon gods'' souls. Their bodies didn''t gave any power, so he left those for food, as some of his clones quickly began to butcher them up, they looked like they would be tasty if they were cooked. "Phew, now we have to absorb all these¡­" sighed Iris. "More power! Give me, give!" Dante said, as he began to absorb the cores. "I wonder if papa can breakthrough now?" wondered Eleanora, politely asking this question like the little genius she was. "I''ll try, for now you three should take it easy, I will eat the soul fragments, the cores I can absorb, and then probably change sses, maybe I''ll evolve in the way, after that let''s enjoy a dinner." Said Noah. "Very well, I''ll prepare something while you''re busy, dearie." Said Iris. "Thank you, you''re the best wife I could had ever asked for." Said Noah, as he kissed Iris. He quickly moved to his throne, as he sat down over it leisurely, sighing in relief that things hade to an end. The battles were one after another, and it was honestly quite taxing, but now things had finally calmed themselves down and he could take it easy for a little bit. But really, it was a very big and long battle, he had to admit it, it was indeed quite long and arduous, putting everything he had into it was hard and rather harsh, even¡­ now, he wanted to simply take a warm bath and go take a nap with Iris and maybe his babies at the sides¡­ a long family nap would do him so good¡­ Just thinking about spending leisure slow-life time with his loved ones filled Noah with the conviction of quickly getting over with this crap, so he decided to first devour the fragments of the evil dragon god souls, and then absorb the cores of attribute particles andwprehension. As he thought, they also had a limit, after absorbing around three thousands of each one, he couldn''t get any more power out of them, but they were still rather useful and gave him a nice boost. Swallowing the soul fragments, Noah quickly felt a great increase in power, as if his entire body was overflowing with great energy everywhere, his soul suddenly gained two new divinities, and¡­ He was breaking through! FLASH! His entire surroundings trembled, as if the world was rumbling! The entire area around him suddenly found itself being infested by tremendous rumbles all around, the entire divine realm was expanding! The gigantic originalnd was bing several times its original size, while the outer space of his divine realm was expanding greatly! Tremors resonated everywhere, as if they could never stop! It was all a chaos! Total chaos! However, amidst this total chaos, enormous rays of crimson-red light began to fall from the skies, bathing his entire divine realm with new divine light, streams of majestic light began to emerge everywhere, coating the ce with several divinities, it was no longer just blood after all, he had many divinities and elements thanks to his recent preys, and the seas became wider, while the mountains grew richer in all sorts of magical ores and metals, giant crystals grew everywhere, as grasnds expanded across dozens of kilometers¡­ the massive deserts emerged, filled with life even in here. There was life everywhere, it was a massive ce filled with utmost beauty! Noah expanded his divine senses as he felt like the entirety of the divine realm''s size had increased by at least ten times! The massive piece ofnd was now several times the size of Earth, but it still looked like a gigantic tnd, like a floating continent of sorts, with a gigantic sea, continents, and a bright heaven atop,yered in many colors¡­ there were bright moons atop the sky too, and the sun Noah had stolen was also shining brightly in the distance¡­! ----- Chapter 459 - Great God ----- FLASH! Right after Noah saw the changes happening all around his divine realm without stopping, he was covered in a cocoon made of blood, as the darkness of his power took over him and fused with him, enhancing his strength even further¡­ his race was undergoing an amazing change as he evolved into an even greater race of Vampire! His Dragon Heart and his Blood Core were also evolving, Ranking Up to even higher Ranks without any problem¡­ this continued for a while, as Noah felt the power of his Cores nourishing his body and giving him a new strength, he had thought impossible. He was certainly growing quite strong himself. He felt likeughing like a maniac, but he contained himself as he felt like his body was undergoing a metamorphosis of sorts, his limbs became stronger and more muscr, his internal organs were purified and enhanced, his muscles became as hard as diamonds if not harder, and his presence became truly abyssal and enormous, as if Noah generated a gigantic cloud of crimson-red aura around his entire being. CRASH! He broke through his cocoon just after a few seconds of evolving without any issues whatsoever, all the exhaustion he had was gone and he felt himself filled within vitality, he was on perfect condition once more without any issue, how wonderful! With this said and done, Noah quickly moved to check out his stats as he realized he had truly Ranked Up- no, he had increased his Realm altogether! He had be something of a Great figure¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [God of Parasitism], [God of Dragons], [God of Elements], [God of the Spear], [God of Abyssal Sea], [God of Dark Underground Depths] [Race: [Great Divine Tenebrous Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor God] [Existence Rank: [Great God: 1/9: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Divinity of Parasitism], [Divinity of Death], [Divinity of Dragons], [Divinity of Darkness], [Divinity of the Spear], [Divinity of Water], [Divinity of Earth] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XXII: Grand Tenebrous Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor God: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XXII: Grand Tenebrous Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor God: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core and Primeval Vein Fusion Realm: Upper Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God]: [Level 80/80] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)], [Dark Fate Destroyer (50/50)], [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death (60/60)], [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King (70/70)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [5.193.930] -> [11.550.300] [Primordial Essence: [1.000.000.000.000 -> 3.000.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [660.000.000 -> 950.000.000] [Aether: [550.000.000 -> 850.000.000] [Ki: [650.000.000 -> 950.000.000] [Fate: [480.000.000 -> 750.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 95.500], [Fire: 85.500], [Water: 99.000], [Wind: 89.000], [Space: 88.500], [Time: 87.500], [Life: 84.500], [Death: 122.000], [Dark: 102.000], [Light: 91.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 77.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 77.500], [Phantom: 80.000], [Blood: 162.500], [Poison: 76.000], [Soul: 122.000], [Nature: 77.000], [Thunder: 79.300], [Ice: 76.100], [War/Strength: 101.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 124.500], [Fate: 98.000], [Void: 88.000], [Law: 91.000], [System: 97.000] [Comprehended Laws] [Basic Laws: [Earth: 25%], [Fire: 25%], [Water: 25%], [Wind: 25%], [Space: 35%], [Time: 35%], [Life: 25%], [Death: 40%], [Dark: 40%], [Light: 30%] [Diverged Laws: [Illusion/Emotions: 25%], [Dream/Nightmare: 25%], [Phantom: 44%], [Blood: 55%], [Poison: 30%], [Soul: 65%], [Nature: 21%], [Thunder: 33%], [Ice: 38%], [War/Strength: 58%] [Greater Laws: [Chaos: 30%], [Fate: 35%], [Void: 45%], [System: 40%], [Law: 30%] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)] [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God Techniques (X)] [Divine Transcendental Spiritual Sacred Spear Physique and Psyche (X)] ¡­ Noah looked into his stats and found amazing changes all around, first of all, he had truly be Great in the sense of existence realm¡­ As he had reached the Great God Realm, and had be a being above Gods, a Great God! Above this Realm there were the Supreme Gods, even stronger beings of tremendous quantities of power, enough to rule entire worlds. His stats had skyrocketed greatly at this point, and he felt like he was probably way stronger than the usual great god was, his stats were certainly way higher than the two dragon godsbined, and he had also gained two of their divinities, of that of water and earth. He had also gained arge quantity of Attribute Particles, which came apanied with the new function, the Law Comprehension showcase! Law Comprehension was the power ofprehending aw, it allowed Noah to enhance the power and defense over that element by +1000% with each 1% permanently¡­ if he had 100% in an entirew, that meant +100000% power and defense over that Elemental Law! His power would be devastating by then. Additionally, Laws showcase his totalprehension over such concepts, how much he had learned about them, how much he could utilize them in the usage of elements, and it might give him several enlightenments rted to them¡­ he could even createpletely new techniques in a whim and out of nowhere thanks to the inspirations that having highwprehension give to someone with suchprehension¡­ it enhances their overall power amazingly well. ----- Chapter 460 - Changing Classes! ----- Noah looked into his own stats with a smile on his face, he felt fulfilled, now that he had achieved Great God-Realm, he was more than ready to rest and rx for a bit. His stats had increased wonderfully as well, his attribute particles were many too, he had grown stronger in various elements, and his Law Comprehension had also skyrocketed through the roof¡­ He was more than ready to rx now! Unless¡­ Well, he had to change sses. "Well, let''s get this done with." Noah nodded as one of his other bodies touched the ss-Changing Crystal, who quickly showed him several new sses he could pick. After devouring two new Gods, he expected to see new stuff as well, and he wasn''t disappointed. ¡­ [Avable sses] [Evil Dragon God of Dark Underground Depths] [Evil Dragon God of Abyssal Seas] [Tyrannical Tenebrous Shadow Vampire God] ¡­ These were the three options. They showcased that he could change directly into a ss from the gods he had eaten! Although the previous options that kept repeating were now gone too, perhaps they might show up in the future, although Noah couldn''t do anything over it if they were gone forever. He decided to rxedly and leisurely check each ss in detail for the moment, feeling rather calmed down as he looked at the things with a smile. ¡­ [Evil Dragon God of Dark Underground Depths] A ss rewarded to a being with the power and authority over the dark underground depths, a powerful and tyrannical dragon with an evil nature who seeks power above everything else. This entity only seeks power above all, and crawls across the underground depths, hiding from the surface and the bright light of the sun¡­ this monstrous being possess the ability to control earth and dirt, and can do many powerful things if used correctly¡­ ¡­. [Evil Dragon God of Abyssal Seas] A ss rewarded to a being with the power and authority over the abyssal seas, a powerful and tyrannical dragon with an evil nature who seeks power above everything else. This entity only seeks power above all, and swims across the depths of the abyssal seas, hiding from the surface and the bright light of the sun¡­ this monstrous being possess the ability to control water and the oceans, and can do many powerful things if used correctly¡­ ¡­ [Tyrannical Tenebrous Shadow Vampire God] A ss rewarded to a tenebrous and powerful entity, a Vampire with the power to freely manipte shadows and darkness, capable of bing the pure embodiment of such a dark element. This ss grants the user the ability to swiftly control all sorts of shadow and darkness even better than ever before¡­ ¡­ All these three options looked sweet, to be honest! But Noah can only pick one! Which one would this man pick? He pondered this thought for a while, but ultimately decided to go for the one that he found would be the most useful in open terrain¡­ Ding! [You exchanged 700.000 System Points!] [You changed sses to [Evil Dragon God of Dark Underground Depths]!] [All your stats have increased!] [Level Cap has increased!] [You learned the [Divine Draconic Underground Earth Domain (X)] and [Divine Earth Dragon Arts (X)] Skills!] [You unlocked [Earth Attribute Magic]!] ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [God of Parasitism], [God of Dragons], [God of Elements], [God of the Spear], [God of Abyssal Sea], [God of Dark Underground Depths] [Race: [Great Divine Tenebrous Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor God] [Existence Rank: [Great God: 1/9: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Divinity of Parasitism], [Divinity of Death], [Divinity of Dragons], [Divinity of Darkness], [Divinity of the Spear], [Divinity of Water], [Divinity of Earth] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XXII: Grand Tenebrous Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor God: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XXII: Grand Tenebrous Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor God: Initial Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core and Primeval Vein Fusion Realm: Upper Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Evil Dragon God of Dark Underground Depths]: [Level 80/90] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)], [Dark Fate Destroyer (50/50)], [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death (60/60)], [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King (70/70)], [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God (80/80)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [10.850.300] [Primordial Essence: [3.000.000.000.000 -> 3.200.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [950.000.000 -> 1.550.000.000] [Aether: [850.000.000 -> 1.250.000.000] [Ki: [950.000.000 -> 1.350.000.000] [Fate: [750.000.000 -> 1.100.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 125.500], [Fire: 85.500], [Water: 99.000], [Wind: 89.000], [Space: 88.500], [Time: 87.500], [Life: 84.500], [Death: 122.000], [Dark: 102.000], [Light: 91.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 77.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 77.500], [Phantom: 80.000], [Blood: 162.500], [Poison: 76.000], [Soul: 122.000], [Nature: 77.000], [Thunder: 79.300], [Ice: 76.100], [War/Strength: 101.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 124.500], [Fate: 98.000], [Void: 88.000], [Law: 91.000], [System: 97.000] [Comprehended Laws] [Basic Laws: [Earth: 55%], [Fire: 25%], [Water: 25%], [Wind: 25%], [Space: 35%], [Time: 35%], [Life: 25%], [Death: 40%], [Dark: 40%], [Light: 30%] [Diverged Laws: [Illusion/Emotions: 25%], [Dream/Nightmare: 25%], [Phantom: 44%], [Blood: 55%], [Poison: 30%], [Soul: 65%], [Nature: 21%], [Thunder: 33%], [Ice: 38%], [War/Strength: 58%] [Greater Laws: [Chaos: 30%], [Fate: 35%], [Void: 45%], [System: 40%], [Law: 30%] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)] [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God Techniques (X)] [Divine Transcendental Spiritual Sacred Spear Physique and Psyche (X)] [Divine Draconic Underground Earth Domain (X)] [Divine Earth Dragon Arts (X)] ¡­ Noah checked his Stats after the amazing ss Change, now his divinity of earth was overflowing with great power, alongside his stats, attribute particles, and even hisprehension, which has reached 55% out of nowhere! This ss seemed to specialize in all Earth Attribute¡­ therefore, he got a lot in that department¡­ ----- Chapter 461 - Divine Earth Dragon Arts ----- Noah checked his Stats after the amazing ss Change, now his divinity of earth was overflowing with great power, alongside his stats, attribute particles, and even hisprehension, which has reached 55% out of nowhere! His Attribute Particles had increased by around 30k, while his Law Comprehension of Earth had at least increased by 30% more, in a single sitting! Now, his damage and defense against the Earth Element had increased surprisingly high, and his damage using earth magic and his two new Skills could be truly terrifying¡­ This ss seemed to specialize in all Earth Attribute¡­ therefore, he got a lot in that department! Noah looked pridefully into his Status onest time, as he sighed in relief that he was done with this, leisurely inspecting his two new Skills as he made his way back to his family. ¡­ [Divine Draconic Underground Earth Domain (X)] Unleash the true power of an Earth Dragon God over a Domain that can extend for several Kilometers around you, starting with only 5 kilometers. This massive domain allows the user for theplete control of Earth and any type of soil, ore, metals, and crystals in such an area. The senses and power can be expanded into a greater Domain that enhances the user''s power of all Elements by +10000% while Earth Element power bonus is doubled, additionally, any Dragon-type unit that steps into this Domain also receives a +20000% enhancement to all stats, while Earth-type Dragons receive double this bonus. Enemies that step in the Domain are also inflicted with a great debuff to all their stats of -10000%, and each in foe within the Domain will expand it by 50 meters. Additionally, foes are inflicted with the powerful force of x100 gravity at will of the user, easily inhibiting their movements as long as they cannotpletely resist¡­ ¡­ This ability seemed what Rockernn had used against Noah when he enhanced his army of Earth Elemental Divine Draconic Beasts but multiplied a few times and made even more amazing through Noah''s System, something that this pathetic Dragon didn''t had, of course! The incredible ability to expand a domain and enhance his allies with it was amazing already, and it seemed to not discriminate, even non-earth beings could get inside, but those that were earth would get double the benefits! It was a good and fair trade. But there was something more amazing, those that stepped on the domain received a debuff that lowered their stats, and additionally, they could also expand 50 meters of the domain as long as they die on it! Andstly, there''s the amazing gravity ability, which inflicts a deadly punishment of x100 normal gravity over a foe, making them and forcing them down their knees like never before! With this gravity power he would be able to immobilize targets and catch them off guard so he can finish them off with giant mountain-sized boulders or tower-sized earth spikes, or whatever else he coulde out with! ¡­ [Divine Earth Dragon Arts (X)] The special ability that all Earth-type Dragons possess, granting the user the ability to utilize Divine Earth Dragon Arts, special techniques, and spells capable ofpletely changing the tide of battle and even the entire battle by itself, an amazing new Ability that can let the user unleash all sorts of earth-based attacks and magic. While using these Arts, the damage dealt using offensive-type Arts is increased by +10000%, and an additional +1000% is added with every 1% Comprehension in Earth Attribute Law, while another +1000% is added with every 10k Earth Attribute Particles. ¡­ Andstly, this ability enhanced Noah''s power over earth, allowing him the usage of the legendary earth dragon arts which let him use earth like never before, fusing it with the abilities he has, this one could be an amazing Skill that enhanced his damage output based in Law Comprehension and Attribute Particles¡­ and it had no limits at all! These two Abilities looked rather normal, but they were actually quiteplex and amazing, their effects were literally out of this world in their simplicity yet natural charm to it, Noah felt the impulse of simply using earth to kill every single enemy he could get in front of, but he was quite deadly, he possessed more than that, he had many options he could use now, so he had to make sure it was to be fun. With that said and done, Noah rushed back to his family as he found them all cooking with the rest of his allies, everyone also exuded powerful auras of god-realm at their peak! They might not be great gods yet like him, but they were right below him in everything else¡­ such enormous power made them furiously powerful with big divinity auras¡­ "Amazing, all of you already grew this far¡­" said Noah. "It wasn''t so hard, oh well, let''s not think about it too deeply¡­" sighed Iris. She didn''t wanted to think about the battlefield anymore, but about her lover, and have a romantic night where they''re constantly into peace, where the two can act more lovely, and while forgetting about anything else outside. Of course, their children got in the way, and that wasn''t bad at all, little Dante and Eleanora were Noah and Iris biggest treasures, so they got spoiled rotten by the two. The delicious meals were served all around, as everyone started to dig in, enjoying the good food and having an overall good time. Meanwhile, in the outside of Noah''s divine realm, a massive wave of darkness and chaos slowly lurked around the continent of Draconia, the various dragon gods looked at this scene with horror and frustration¡­ the Chaotic Era had already begun. Lucifer, the Evil Dragon of Chaos had unleashed his Chaotic Era over the entire world! Noah had brought to the world something that many would had preferred to be prevented, and he was, in fact, part of this entire scheme¡­ Lucifer was the Evil Chaos Dragon Venerable of this new Era in the World of Vedas¡­ In Vedas, each Era was always shaped by a different Supreme Dragon God, or Dragon Venerable as they called them¡­ they were powerful Dragons like nobody else had seen, they had the power to change the destiny of an entire world by merely existing¡­ ----- Chapter 462 - Lucifers Schemes... ----- Lucifer, the Evil Dragon of Chaos had unleashed his Chaotic Era over the entire world! Noah had brought to the world something that many would had preferred to be prevented, and he was, in fact, part of this entire scheme¡­ Lucifer was the Evil Chaos Dragon Venerable of this new Era in the World of Vedas¡­ In Vedas, each Era was always shaped by a different Supreme Dragon God, or Dragon Venerable as they called them¡­ they were powerful Dragons like nobody else had seen, they had the power to change the destiny of an entire world by merely existing¡­ In the world of Vedas divinity was ssified in several Ranks, there were Living Dragon Deities, Dragon Demigods, Dragon Gods, Great Dragon Gods, and Supreme Dragon Gods¡­ each rank was separated with a great deal of power each, however, the Supreme Dragon Gods were a realm too hard to achieve, even harder than the ones before. Each rank seemingly became increasingly harder to reach, but the Supreme Dragon God Realm was in another levelpletely, it granted the dragon god the power to defy the world and shape it to however they wanted¡­ it granted the dragon the power to affect destiny and fate with their very existences¡­ it was a mystical power of overpowered proportions capable of changing everything, even fate itself within the world! This power was amazingly great, of course, and due to that, there were only a few Venerables across the world, and all of them had either died out of old age eventually, or somehow disappeared mysteriously¡­ however, in every era there had never been more than one venerable, and now this wasn''t the case of change, as Lucifer was the one and only venerable around here. Of course, his very existence was an alien not from this world, but the Avatar of Lucifer himself, the very one that dwells in the interdimensional ne of the Gates of Hell, who is confined on his own prison made by The One, God himself, and therefore he uses Avatars which he shares his senses and part of his soul with to explore the Outer Universe away from his annoying Gates of Hell. Lucifer is a mysterious figure which Noah don''t even know about, but that Lucifer already knows about him long ago. He knew he woulde here, he was the legendary child of Azathoth after all, a special spawn born from Azathoth''s flesh which traveled across the Universe doing mischief until it ended stranded into a ck hole, it got crushed and its soul ended being identally reincarnated into Earth, as a human child. His memories were lost, but his true self dwelled inside in the form of the Ancient One. Now that Noah had defeated the Ancient One and hadpletely assimted his powers, he had regained part of his previous life memories and what he truly was, but he just realized he was a mischievous monster before and nothing else than that, so he had not pondered the question too deeply. However, it was rather clear he was a big shot in the entirety of the universe, a child of Azathoth was no joke, such a being had incredible potential and could quite literally be referred as the next primordial if he managed to truly grow as strong as many would expect. Due to this, even figures he had never meet knew about him, especially those that were close to him in their abyssal and dark nature, the Outer Gods, powerful entities born from the Shadow of Azathoth who dwelled inside the Outer Void, arge mass of Void formed from the shadow of Azathoth. It was considered its own dimension, but it was also connected with the Sea of Emptiness that surrounded the Universe where Noah and everyone else was living. They had seen Noahing here, they had predicted it through their special powers and abilities, they knew he coulde here in a possible future and change the world through the knowledge it learned from them. They wanted him to use his own powers developing inside of him to unleashplete chaos and destruction in this world. The Outer Gods needed Noah for their ns as he was the key to weakening Fate! The moment he arrived in Vedas; he would change Fate¡­ he weakened it with his very presence. And as fate weakened, it looked like a strange fruit ready to eat, Lucifer used this opportunity to surpass the power barrier he could cross progression-wise and reach the next stage in a quick manner! Through this, he would be able to grow stronger and stronger, and be able to be a Supreme Dragon God and turn a new era using this new body of his¡­ how many bodies he truly was? It was truly a mystery! And now, the portals to the Outer Void were opening, using this world of dragons as a mere gate for these beings, the Outer Gods, to begin their invasion into the Universe! Who would had known and guessed that such a conspiracy was going on behind Noah''s back, which involved such an universal-sized event? Noah''s presence weakened fate, which let Lucifer be a supreme god in this world, which then let him create a new era of chaos, managing to warp space and time to the point of bringing forth chaos gates and void gates, which were natural disasters that lead to the outside of the universe and usually connect to different nes or dimensions¡­ they were like ripples in the fabric of space generated because the chaotic era was way too powerful and messy, even spacetime was being distorted greatly¡­ And to boot, the secret behind how Noah was able to get here and not in Abyss despite having nned to get there also involved the Outer Gods, Lucifer, and Abyss, the world of Vampires itself, and the Blood God that inhabits this ce¡­ apparently something had happened that forced the Blood God to somehow close his own world''s walls from invaders, oh well, it''s not like it would be something he was willing to let it happen¡­ But then thanks to that, everything else was orchestrated¡­ ----- Chapter 463 - Noahs Plans ----- Noah waspletely unaware of the darkness of the situation. His very presence had brought something to the world which he simply didn''t knew about, the power of Lucifer easily spread across the world as things went by, while he spent time with his family. The Outer Gods were nning to invade the Universe itself, and were doing it through Vedas, using this as their gate to the rest of the Universe! What kind of tricky ns did the Outer Gods had with Lucifer now? And who was this mysterious figure named Lucifer? Why did this being emerged out of nowhere acting as some kind of bigshot? Would Noah be able to notice the changes in time and do something? Or would be perish as he is swallowed by the things that this Era is bringing, while despairing? Of course not, Noah was not someone to suffer through such things. The world was undergoing dangerous changes, but he wasn''t giving up for a single second, he was relentlessly going to carve his way up, like he always does anyways! Noah spent time with his family for a few days inside his divine realm, without revealing himself to the outside world, but after a week inside his divine realm, which was just around a day outside, he walked outside and found his dragon heroes had sessfully calmed the people and even captured the royal family. The royal family was captured and then brainwashed by Noah to take over the Windias Kingdom, after that, he decided to do the same with the Gaias and the Aquaias Kingdom in just a single day, sending his troops there to "stabilize" all the chaos there was, while also eliminating any parasite left by the gods through their soul fragments inserted into the souls of believers. Those that were parasitized were still technically the gods he had defeated, as their soul fragments infected them, they had tried to actually escape and start anew somewhere else, but Noah would never leave anything loose, he quickly in them, ate their souls, and then regenerated the souls he ate, regurgitating them and reviving the innocents that were being brainwashed out of pure boredom and no apparent other reason. ¡­Well, Arthur pitied them and as his good friend, he decided to help them. He was also convinced by Timassa that these important figures were important to maintain their own Kingdoms. After the entire hassle, Noah noticed he had mostly conquered almost the entirety of this region of the continent, with only small viges or duchies left, which he swiftly conquered and proimed as his territory, expanding his influence and his believers skyrocketed, giving him arge quantity of energy for him to gain more power over time. However, Noah was like an insatiable, gluttonous beast, this was clearly not enough for him, he wanted more, way more than just this, he wasn''t going to stop until he conquered more ces and gained more influence! He also expanded his army of undead now, leaving some Generals such as the Seven Deadly Sins with them, and quickly expanded them across the vast wilderness areas, he gained arge quantity of essence over time, which swiftly leveled up his ss and slowly increased his total power while sitting leisurely inside of his divine realm. Today his servants gathered around his throne, as they absorbed more cores that were left from thest battle, the amount of cores was so big it was almost exorbitant, there was enough for everyone here to reach God-Realm and even go beyond that and reach several Ranks in this Realm. Naturally, his family were privileged and did it first, and after another week of cultivation and leveling up their sses, his family managed to reach Great-God Realm too, bing very strong. of course, not as equally strong as Noah, as he was obviously the big boss in here, but his family was very strong, right below him in terms of power level. Dante and Eleanora were developing swiftly, not only due to talent but also a lot of hard work, the little children went against their parents will as they wanted them to rx and just live off as children would do, but the kids would usually get bored of such a things and would want to be like their parents and fight to grow stronger, so they ended joining the ranks of Undead and usually hunted down the massive quantities of wild draconic beasts in this vast continent''s wilderness, which only continued to growrger the more Noah mapped it. Just how big was this continent? Nheless, Noah''s family had grown very strong, Iris had mastered the divinity of phantom greatly, and much like his own divinities, they had be something like a great divinity, packing even more power than usual¡­ she also gained new shapeshifting abilities, and could fuse her dragon and phantom fox form now, forming a truly monstrous yet refined shape of a draconic fox, a truly unique entity. Meanwhile, Dante got bigger and stronger in his draconic form, although his real form was slowly growing only a centimeter every two weeks¡­ Dante''s dragon form became stronger as his scales became like true metallic, red-colored armor and he gained another head, having four heads now. The boy disliked using his normal body to fight and would only use his giant dragon form. He was getting more adept to controlling red mes and seemed to be shaping himself to be a Fire Dragon. Meanwhile, Eleanora was more unique, as her monstrous form was more alike to her father, which was grotesque, a mass of flesh and tentacles with a big eye and some draconic wings¡­ her powers were obviously those of psionic energy, mental abilities, and telekinesis and the like, which she was the most proficient and talented. His two children and his wife were growing stronger continuously, and things were getting slowly better after they y the dragon gods, however Noah''s crave for godly snacks never dissipated, and he desired to hunt down more gods. Knowing that they dwelled inside Kingdoms, he swiftly moved across many regions using his army, mapping the area, and finally finding more civilizations to prey upon. ----- Chapter 464 - The Power Of A Dungeon ----- Noah desired to devour and conquer, this entire world was filled with rich energy everywhere, and there were tasty gods to devour anywhere as long as he looked hard enough. Although he had made a big fuss in the fight against these threest dragon gods, he had not seen any more dragon gods for some reason, as if they hadpletely disappeared. He was sure that they would show up if he made a fuss in public and actively fought against another dragon gods in front of mortals, but that seemed to not be the case. Noah began to ponder what could had made these dragon gods not show up out of nowhere? It felt like they were escaping from him or something, but that couldn''t be right, he wasn''t even that strong yet! Howe they already feared his existence to the point of running away from him? the worst thing was that he wanted to meet and eat them so badly¡­ he had expected them to show up inrge and grandiose armies to y him for good, and that would bring him great gains, but it has already been almost a month since the conquest to these three Kingdoms, and nothing has happened. Noah looked confused and even rather intrigued about what could dragons do in their societies, until he finally decided to look upon the memories of the three dragon gods. Noah was able to look into memories of any soul he devoured. Thanks to this, he would be able to learn important information regarding special things, resource points, the gods'' history, and more. He had to browse through it all and digest it well though, as it seemed like an arduous andplicated work to do. He had to quickly begin devouring these memories and assimte this information as quickly as possible, however, after almost a month of having changed sses, his army of Undead had expanded for several hundred of kilometers, crossing through all sorts of wilderness and giving him amazing quantities of essence after ying trillions of mortal-realm draconic beasts, which finally let him reach max level! The wilderness that his Undead Army had crossed was of all types, after passing through the various Dark Forests, he had also conquered the depths of massive ocean-likekes he came across, and also many Labyrinths, which were natural dungeons of enormous sizes that formed in this continent, Labyrinths were more like conventional dungeons from video games rather than the strange Gates he meet inside his home world. Simply put they were just another field he could use to hunt down beasts, he had filled them up to the brim with his Army of Undead and devoured anything inside of there, while learning a few things about these dungeons in the way, such as that they dropped special items when monsters were defeated, treasure chests emerged sometimes, monsters spawned out of thin air as long as mana flowed around, and that dungeons had dungeon cores, which controlled the dungeon from the inside and fueled it with energy and power while absorbing the mana that the monsters it created produced, alongside the mana that the things they in produced as well. More advanced dungeon cores could even absorb mana from the environment in smaller quantities, although this was a powerful ability with a slow process. Noah learned about such Dungeons and also learned he could create simr things through the System Function named [Small Dungeon Creation]. Although his own small dungeons were simr tobyrinths, they didn''t contain the powerful and mysterious dungeon cores. Noah had meet around five dungeons through almost this week of travel, and he had decided to extract two of their dungeon cores, which ended in the entire dungeon falling apart, while the other three were left on their own as he conquered them by parasitizing the dungeon core using his parasitic divinity and his authority and power, bing their dungeon master and suddenly unlocking the "dungeon system" board, which he thought was much of a hassle for him, so he left it for the Blood Progenitor and Gaia to manage. This Dungeon System helped Noah see the Dungeons management, their stats, what monsters could be created, what items could be made, and the total dungeon points that every dungeon gathered to do their own upgrades and expand their territory. Dungeons were living beings of their own separate from dragons, and they were apparently born from the over umtion of mana and miasma in a certain area, giving birth to them naturally. They thrived by creating thesebyrinths to protect themselves and grow bigger and wider through thend. Their main goal was to Rank Up, as all Dungeons had their own Ranks which they had to meet to continuously grow stronger. A goal of a dungeon would be to take over an entire world if possible, transforming it into a Dungeon World, but Noah had yet to see a dungeon who had aplished this, but he had heard from their memories and the information they had in theirputer-like cores about it. Dungeons seemed to be widespread across the entire Universe, somehow, so he will most likely find more in other worlds. Taking over the three Dungeons, Noah let his System Admins to micro manage it for him, slowly expanding their territory and ultimately fusing all three of them. Meanwhile, Noah devoured the other two Dungeon Cores¡­ right about now, just as his ss had reached max level. The sudden burst of new power and energy he gained left him almost speechless, he had not thought that eating a dungeon would be that much, but two of them at the same time made his entire body explode with power¡­ BOOOM!!! "Uwah! N-Noah?!" "Papa?!" "Papa¡­? What''s wrong?" His family was just enjoying some food at his side when he decided to have such a bizarre dish¡­ he was now acquiring apletely new power as a dungeon, and he couldn''t help but feel like smiling a little bit¡­ this was indeed surprising! ----- Chapter 465 - Becoming A Dungeon ----- Noah ate two Dungeon Cores out of nowhere as he enjoyed breakfast with his family, surprising his family greatly as they saw how his entire body and soul attained a new type of essence and nature to it, the power of a Dungeon! Noah already had a few lesser dungeons inside his divine realm which he had created to try out and stuff, but now he had gained the power of a dungeon for his own flesh and soul, no longer being a dungeon master but perhaps attaining the level of a dungeon itself! Dungeons were apletely different life form from Noah himself or any other dragon, god, or monster he had meet, they were unique entities of their own, so eating two of their dungeon cores and then absorbing their power and abilities into his own was going to obviously boost his power topletely new and unprecedented levels¡­ FLASH! The stream of power rushed across his entire body, as he tried to suppress it and managed to do so very easily. These dungeon cores were low-grade ones that had yet to evolve into the greater divine dungeons, but it was enough for him to gain apletely new body structure, capabilities, and power in a single sitting. Noah didn''t generated a dungeon core or something, but his own Blood Core and Dragon Heart had somewhat be the dungeon cores, while he was the dungeon itself¡­ he felt strange, although his body, flesh, and soul, were the same, there was now something else within him, which dwelled into the depths of his very being as if he was hollow inside, and apletely new world within his flesh had emerged that was different even from his divine realm. "Interesting¡­" Noah''s power level had not increased, and his stats had barely increased as well, but he had gained a couple of new abilities, and even the System assimted them and transformed them into Skills¡­ Ding! [You acquired the [Dungeon God] Title!] [You acquired the [Divinity of Dungeons] Title!] [You learned the [Divine Dungeon Body (X)] Ability!] [You acquired a new System Function: [Divine Dungeon Shop]!] Four new system windows emerged before Noah''s eyes, as they shown with great interest! He had gained an unprecedented new power. He knew that Dungeons had their own Shops and so on, but they were limited to their own dungeon points and therefore he couldn''t buy anything he wanted¡­ but now¡­ now¡­ he had a lot of System Points umted and could very much utilize them in this new Divine Dungeon Shop of his own! Additionally, there were other things. He had be a Dungeon God, for some reason, and he had acquired the title of Dungeon God, which actually enhanced the power he had over dungeons, while the divinity of dungeons made it even more evident, as if he had ad power and authority over dungeons more than ever before, an innate affinity to them he never felt before. Although it was rather faint, he was able to sense the presence of dungeons across the entire world now! And perhaps even the Universe if he were to travel outside this world¡­ but for now, he recalled he had fused all three of the other dungeons he had captured into a giant underground dungeon, and he might be able to fuse them with him now that he was a dungeon¡­ He quickly decided to check the other new thing, a Skill! The name in specific was [Divine Dungeon Body (X)]! And it was an absolutely awesome ability by itself, although very simple too. [Divine Dungeon Body (X)] Grants the user the body of a dungeon into its own body. An internal dungeon structure is formed inside the user''s body, which expands the more the user grows stronger. The dungeon cores had been designed to be the Divine Blood Core and the Divine Elder Dragon Heart, who shine brightly inside this dungeon and are being protected by it. This internal dungeon structure surpassesmon sense and is a expansive pocket dimension of its own, therefore, this also opens up the power of space for the user, giving him an instant affinity with Space Attribute, the attribute all dungeons naturally possess, alongside time attribute, as a bonus. The user''s internal dungeon structure can be merged with other dungeons and form an even stronger and bigger dungeon. This fusion doesn''t affect the dungeon fused into unless the user desires to move it out of its original position, but there are now ways for the dungeons to connect with the user''s fused dungeon structure across space, which doesn''t affect the outside world. The user gains ess to the Dungeon Shop and can utilize System Points to buy items inside. New items are unlocked as the user''s power increases and as the user''s dungeons growrger in numbers, more items can be unlocked by fusing with other new dungeons. Items avable as of now are Armor, essories, Weapons, Consumable Items. The user is capable of swiftly creating Gates and entrances to his internal dungeon structure anywhere, showing themselves a simple and inconspicuous stairs that lead downstairs into his internal dungeon structure. As of now, there are 30 Floors which are being swiftly filled with monsters rted to the user''s own Divinities, and there are four new Biomes, Forest, Ocean, Desert, and Dark Swamp. ¡­ "I see!" Noah felt overwhelmed by the amount of information, but this was all necessary for him to learn more about his new capabilities, he felt utterly surprised by all of it, and couldn''t help but believe that this was incredible and outstanding. With this, his possibilities of conquest had expanded greatly, his lesser dungeon creation was just a so-so ability, but now that he had be a dungeon himself, this capability has expanded! He could now lure more beings inside his dungeon and kill them for energy, while fusing with dungeons and expand his influence, space, and even his entire body across the! He quickly decided to fuse with the three Dungeons he had fused before, as his power suddenly began to skyrocket! ¡­well, not really, but he felt very new! As if something important was happening. FLASH! ----- Chapter 466 - Create Dungeon! ----- Noah had be a dungeon! In this time, he had conquered several dungeons, and captured them all! Two of the five he captured were destroyed after he extracted their dungeon cores, mysterious living beings that were the heart of a dungeon. And now, he simply and ruthless ate them, knowing they were living beings and simply not caring at all! The result? A great amount of new possibilities! Noah had acquired not only the title of a Dungeon God, but he suddenly acquired the divinity of dungeons, and his entire body evolved, he gained the interior of a Dungeon as well, or something of the sort, and he had gained several other new powers, such as the ability to visit the divine dungeon shop and purchase items from it. But that wasn''t all, he now had the power to fuse with Dungeons! And he quickly did so, deciding to fuse automatically with the dungeons he owned, he didn''t even need to touch them, simply willing it did it! FLASH! He felt the three dungeon cores within the dungeons sh with bright white light, releasing thunderous lightning from within, which began to fuse with his own body and soul, the power of his Divine Blood Core and the Divine Elder Dragon Heart merged together with these cores, connecting them with his internal dungeon structure! FLASH! Another thunderous lightning fell from the skies, as the entire surroundings of Noah began to sh with bright light, his entire presence evolved once more¡­ he was not only just a vampire, a god, or a dragon, but also a dungeon, and more¡­! "Hahah¡­! Hahahah!" Noah couldn''t help btu smile andugh! He suddenly waved his hands as millions of divine energy were spent and then¡­! TRUUMMM!!! "Create Dungeon!" FLASH! Thunderous lightning emerged from his very hands as space and time distorted, a sudden dungeon between space and time was formed, a dungeon in the middle of the spatialyers! But¡­ for what purpose was this dungeon here?! He quickly began to move the dungeon, using the other dungeon mass he had umted, he began moving all of this mass into this spatialyer dungeon, and began to expand it grandly across the entire dimension¡­! "N-Noah?! W-What''s happening?" asked Iris in shock. "Something big! Iris, time to conquer this world¡­ the same way we did with Earth- Well, not really, this time¡­ it will be even more brutal!"ughed Noah. "Dada is doing something big!" said Damien. "I wonder what¡­!" said Eleanora. Looking at their father smile, Noah continued infusing his power into this new Spatial Dungeon, a Dimensional Dungeon of sorts which crossed across the entirety of the spatialyers and expanded wildly¡­ he had nned to make this the moment he got this power, and now he was fulfilling this desire! He continued expanding the dungeon, as he simply created multiple dungeon cores, spending the vast amount of divine points and divine energy he had, a worthy investment! And then, as the dungeon expanded across the spatialyers, Noah concentrated his mind into multiple clones which had almostpletely mapped the entire continent, and then, began to fill it with entrances to the dungeon! However, each entrance was a strategic area, a strategic area for arge-scale invasion! He had already mapped the continent but was only going around slowly due to theck of troops creation, him not wanting to call attention, andck of versatility at the time of movement and shelter in the middle of arge war. But now, he expanded his dungeon across the spatialyers and made entrances to it al around the continent! With this, his influence across the entire continent grewrger, and now there were many spawn points where monsters from the dungeon which also connected directly to his divine realm coulde out inrge quantities, merging them with his main armies, assigning generals, and then starting an entire all out war against many Kingdoms of Dragons, conquer them, and acquirerge quantities of new worshipers and perhaps a lot of essence from their soldiers or, well, any kind of monster in the way as well! He had made various entrances in the middle of massive wilderness areas filled with divine essence too! Gigantic divine draconic beasts roamed here, and they were going to soon be invaded by an army of monsters and undead¡­ without stopping. Noah nodded, as he calmed himself down, the excitement of the moment had made him go a bit crazy there, but now that he had created a special dungeon that wasn''t actually within the world but positioned in between the spatialyers, there was no way a god would be able to easily find it out without having to enter his dungeon through the entrances, falling for his traps in the way! If he was now a dungeon, he might as well start working as one, right? The first thing was to bring as many people as possible inside to ughter and absorb their energy, of course! Due to that, hebined several of his Skills and generated a sweet scent using Illusion Magic and his Blood Magic, generating a powerful Blood Mist-like substance, which attracted all sorts of beasts immediately! The beasts now began to rush inside the dungeon entrance,ing right inside of his mouth for him to consume and absorb their rich energy¡­ And in exchange, he would produce even more monsters and undead at the same time, which he began to quickly send to kill these monsters rushing inside the dungeon, while other groups began to rush out in massive armies led by Generals such as Aruliel, Demise, and so on,manding them to conquer the Kingdoms that Noah had already detected. The full-scale invasion of the Draconia Continent had already begun, and there wasn''t anyone that could stand on Noah''s path at this moment! He continued his charge of troops and more, as he began to absorb more essence immediately¡­ "Hmph, this is more than enough¡­ Now, let''s see. Time to change sses, I suppose." ------ Chapter 467 - New Class ----- Noah had already hit the max level of his ss way before eating the Dungeon Cores, but now that he had reached the max and was getting a lot of leftover essence, he didn''t wanted to waste it, converting it into EXP was way more useful and also it sounded great in a way. Now, he required to change sses, and had to check which sses he could pick now! He wanted something great that could give him an advantage in terrain, maybe simr to the earth dragon domain¡­ However, it was all up to luck at the end, so he didn''t knew what he could even get¡­ well, not luck, but based in his current power and progress, he might get something rted to Dungeons. ¡­ [Avable ss Options] [Abyssal Parasitic Hivemind God] [Interdimensional Dungeon God] [Dark Rainbow Element God] ¡­ Three new sses appeared, and they all sounded rather suspicious. Noah had no time to lose, as he checked them out with detail. ¡­ [Abyssal Parasitic Hivemind God] A special ss unlocked by fulfilling special and unique requirements. You''re the first one to have fulfilled them and had unlocked it. This ss enhances the power of parasitism to the very extreme it can reach, now your parasitic powers expand to many entities of the same as you, which be the Hivemind of your existence. You can generate more hivemind members through the parasitizing of a target, or my self-dividing yourself ¡­ This ss seemed interesting to say the least, but Noah didn''t knew if it waspletely original or just the same as one already existing within his repertoire, nheless, it seemed interesting, and a good fusion of concepts, hivemind powers and parasitic powers enhancement did sound tentative. ¡­ [Interdimensional Dungeon God] A special ss unlocked by fulfilling special and unique requirements. You''re the first one to have fulfilled them and had unlocked it. This ss enhances the power you have over Dimensions through spacetime alteration, the cement of dungeons, and their creation, reducing creation, maintenance, and upgrading costs. ¡­ This one ss was simplistic to say the least, but it was filled with interesting things, it enhanced his new power over the dimensions and the dungeons, and perhaps his edition of them became even better than before, with that alone it would be a great upgrade if not amazing. ¡­ [Dark Rainbow Element God] A special ss unlocked by fulfilling special and unique requirements. You''re the first one to have fulfilled them and had unlocked it. A ss that allows the user to darken all elements of the spectrum, enhancing their power topletely new levels and bringing new effects along the way¡­ ¡­ And thest ss was this one, yeah, nothing much to say, Noah chose the second ss anyways. Ding! [You exchanged 600.000 System Points!] [You changed sses to [Interdimensional Dungeon God]!] [You learned the [Greater Dungeon Maniption (X)] and [Divine Dungeon Domain (X)] Skills!] [All your stats have increased!] The moment he changed sses, Noah felt a sudden greater connection with his dungeons, and felt like he, as a dungeon, had also evolved some more, as if he were rediscovering this entire thing slowly yet steadily¡­ Noah acquired two new Skills alongside the ss, so he checked them right away! The Skills in particr were [Greater Dungeon Maniption (X)] and [Divine Dungeon Domain (X)], both seemed to contain within themselves the power to control and enhance dungeons even further beyond! Maybe one day he''ll be able to get back to Abyss and nt Dungeons there all day long, filling that ce with his domains. ¡­ [Greater Dungeon Maniption (X)] Grants the user the ability to greatly manipte, enhance, or edit a Dungeon. it needs points before anything can be truly done, but things such as size alteration and more can be done¡­ Grants the Dungeons of the user even more drops, items, and biome creations at random too. ¡­ [Divine Dungeon Domain (X)] Gather your dungeon power and generate a powerful Dungeon Domain with it, which expands as muchnd as you can expand using divine energy. The morend it expands, therger the yields¡­ however, this one little Skill is not the only thing there is to it. the dungeon domain can connect to the user''s main dungeon and form special illusory ces that replicate them almost to 100%, powerful monsters in the original ones are replicated and can be made even stronger¡­ ¡­ These two deadly Skills greeted Noah''s sight, he couldn''t believe that they actually sounded pretty good, and crazy at the same time. These two skills allowed Noah to expand the power of his dungeons to new levels altogether. The first one would help him further edit his dungeons, while the second one could help him create a domain of his dungeons outside or¡­ anywhere he wanted pretty much, which could replicate a certain are of the dungeon and even create replicates of any monster inside of those certain areas. With that said and done, Noah felt like this new power could offer a great deal of amazing capabilities, the possibilities were now even bigger! He sat down, concentrating his mind into the task given, as he began to pour effort and energy into the new tasks before him, such as concentrating divine energy into new monsters to invade the outside world, the new continent around, and also absorbs even more essence. He was also sending off generals to boost these troops power while also using other group of troops to deal with all the beasts rushing inside his dungeon and going around randomly. Noah had in his radar a few Kingdoms he had detected, which were named Verdanttian, Luminosity, and Mountainnea. These three powerful Kingdoms were in each corner of the continent, and presented within them strong Dragon heroes to devour and then recruit as his own new troops, additionally with more mortals to convert into Vampires and force to worship for even more power¡­ Of course, Noah wouldn''t be able to do whatever he pleased without any God getting in the way of his ns, and soon enough, as the many entrances to his dungeon surged, many gods realized that something shady and weird was happening now¡­ and they began to wonder the one behind the giant monster tides rushing to their Kingdoms¡­ ----- Chapter 468 - Progress ----- Noah checked his own stats as he began his conquest of the Continent of Draconia, he seemed pleased to see his stats raise rather well¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [God of Parasitism], [God of Dragons], [God of Elements], [God of the Spear], [God of Abyssal Sea], [God of Dark Underground Depths], [God of Dungeons] [Race: [Great Divine Tenebrous Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor God] [Existence Rank: [Great God: 1/9: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Divinity of Parasitism], [Divinity of Death], [Divinity of Dragons], [Divinity of Darkness], [Divinity of the Spear], [Divinity of Water], [Divinity of Earth], [Divinity of Dungeons] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing], [Divine Dungeon Shop] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XXII: Grand Tenebrous Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor God: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XXII: Grand Tenebrous Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor God: Peak Stage] (Rank Up!) [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core and Primeval Vein Fusion Realm: Upper Stage] (Rank Up!) [ss]: [Dimensional Dungeon God]: [Level 90/100] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)], [Dark Fate Destroyer (50/50)], [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death (60/60)], [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King (70/70)], [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God (80/80)], [Evil Dragon God of Dark Underground Depths (90/90)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [7.200.000] [Primordial Essence: [3.200.000.000.000 -> 3.500.000.000] [Divine Energy: [1.550.000.000 -> 2.550.000.000] [Aether: [1.250.000.000 -> 1.750.000.000] [Ki: [1.350.000.000 -> 1.850.000.000] [Fate: [1.100.000.000 -> 1.600.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 145.500], [Fire: 85.500], [Water: 99.000], [Wind: 89.000], [Space: 88.500], [Time: 87.500], [Life: 84.500], [Death: 122.000], [Dark: 102.000], [Light: 91.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 77.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 77.500], [Phantom: 80.000], [Blood: 162.500], [Poison: 76.000], [Soul: 122.000], [Nature: 77.000], [Thunder: 79.300], [Ice: 76.100], [War/Strength: 101.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 124.500], [Fate: 98.000], [Void: 88.000], [Law: 91.000], [System: 97.000] [Comprehended Laws] [Basic Laws: [Earth: 55%], [Fire: 25%], [Water: 25%], [Wind: 25%], [Space: 35%], [Time: 35%], [Life: 25%], [Death: 40%], [Dark: 40%], [Light: 30%] [Diverged Laws: [Illusion/Emotions: 25%], [Dream/Nightmare: 25%], [Phantom: 44%], [Blood: 55%], [Poison: 30%], [Soul: 65%], [Nature: 21%], [Thunder: 33%], [Ice: 38%], [War/Strength: 58%] [Greater Laws: [Chaos: 30%], [Fate: 35%], [Void: 45%], [System: 40%], [Law: 30%] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)] [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God Techniques (X)] [Divine Transcendental Spiritual Sacred Spear Physique and Psyche (X)] [Divine Draconic Underground Earth Domain (X)] [Divine Earth Dragon Arts (X)] [Divine Dungeon Body (X)] [Greater Dungeon Maniption (X)] [Divine Dungeon Domain (X)] ¡­ Noah looked at the increase of stats with a malicious and devilish smile, it was all excellent! They had increased quite decently through the leveling up of his ss, and after devouring the dungeon cores and fusing with the other dungeon, his stats had also increased ordingly. Indeed, his physical strength and his soul power had increased greatly too. He felt his muscles being reinforced and his soul began to growrger, the leveling up of sses was an amazing shortcut for the advancement of his existence realm cultivation, which epassed both the soul and body together. Noah noticed that his soul had been growing even more grotesque than ever before, enormous, expansive like a ck sea, and with many other grotesque pieces. He saw the soul pieces of the gods he had eaten and their soul fragments, all stuck around his soul quite horribly, as if they were stitched to it really badly. But this was just the mixed appearance of his soul, as he kept devouring more gods, it would keep changing in this manner more and more, until it were topletely change how it was originally. Of course, it was already changing way too much. It even began before he ever ate a divine soul. The ancient one, which was his other self and the "Eldritch" part of himself, had been devoured by him and taken over, as he gained his true self as a child of Azathoth, however, to continue growing stronger he needs to keep devouring strong souls and increasing his cultivation through this method of growing stronger¡­ His Eldritch capabilities had already begun to manifest long ago, merging and mixing with his Vampiric traits and forming the new Noah¡­ Now, he was sitting over his seat, alongside his family, as he decided to exin what had happened and what he did¡­ "So you created a dungeon in between the spatialyers?! I guess that''s¡­ amazing¡­" said Iris. "Do you intend to use it to control the continent then?" wondered Arthur. "Of course, I had already begun doing just that, Arthur. I have set up several entrances to my dungeon across the Draconia Continent. In some areas they''re getting flooded with my armies of monsters, divine beasts, and undead led by my generals, and in other areas with a lot of monsters, I am luring them all inside through special scents made with magic, they''re all running to the chopping board. I''ve never gained so much essence constantly like now¡­" said Noah. "I see¡­ so the ns to conquer this world had already begun, these preparations¡­ seem to be great." Said Timassa. "Indeed¡­ Now, I wonder if the Gods would act¡­" said Iris. ----- Chapter 469 - The Six Great Dragon Gods ----- Noah''s conquest had begun to target the Verdanttian, Luminosity, and Mountainnea Kingdoms which were the biggest he ever saw, he had been preparing to attack them long ago. His ns were simple, he was going to use his armies to bring their armies down, possibly killing the heroes they have on the way, and then take over the Kingdoms using his ruthlessness. The more people he took over and made into Vampires, the more the force of his influence and authority would be. As a God of Vampires, he needed more and more Vampires to be created so he would grow stronger. The more worship from Vampires he got, the more energy he would acquire as well, and the more his divine energy would recover quickly. He would also gain system points slowly, which he could use to do a series of things, these included making new Lifeblood Jewels, upgrading the System, and now buying things inside the Divine Dungeon Shop¡­ The three Kingdoms already saw the massive armies of Undead and Monsters approach, as the royalty and monarchs of these Kingdoms began to grow unrest, they started to quickly prepare their own armies, doing everything they can to make some sort of resistance against the uing invasion. The rulers put their faith in the Blessed Dragons, the Dragon Heroes that the Dragon Gods had blessed with divine power, they were thest hope of theserge Kingdoms, even with all their armies, they didn''t had many hopes aside from the power of their heroes¡­ However, the Gods themselves had already taken notice of this army of Undead and Monsters, and had also noticed what happened to the Ignitias, Gaias, Aquaias, and Windias Kingdoms as of now, in fact, the knowledge was already widespread across the entire Continent within the Dragon Gods societies! And now, a big gathering of Dragon Gods happened within the skies of the heavens of the Draconia Continent, which was led by the powerful Holy Dragons from the Heavenly Dragon Pantheon, a powerful Sect-like organization of Dragon Gods that spread across the entire World of Vedas, they used their might, influence, and power to govern the righteous faction of the entire world¡­ they were the strongest Dragons as well. However, as the Chaotic Apocalypse had begun due to the recent raise of the Supreme Dragon God, Lucifer. The Chaotic Era was filling the world with strange portals as Miasma and Chaos spread everywhere, the Heavenly Pantheon was spreading their units thin across the entire world to keep it together, due to that, they were barely able to use some units in the Draconia Continent. Although the problem with Noah, a mysterious Dragon God who had in three Evil Dragon Gods and conquered four Kingdoms in a matter of just a few months was problematic, he wasn''t near as important as the entire chaos going on outside. But the Dragon Gods residing in the Draconia Continent saw this ce as thest sanctuary separated from the chaos outside, and therefore wanted to protect it from this menace, Noah! Due to that, they gathered into an unofficial meeting between many different righteous Dragons. There were over thirty Dragon Gods here from all sorts of backgrounds, but they all shared the same thing, they were of the Righteous Faction¡­ In this world, there were simply two factions, the Righteous Faction of Sects, Pantheons, and so on, which gathered those that desired to protect others with their strength and to grow stronger through means that didn''t involve ughtering innocents, and then there was the Evil Faction, which epassed everyone else that went against the Righteous Faction, no matter what their background was¡­ it was just as simple, and at the same time, rather unfair. By just not wanting to get yourself involved with this, you were already called out as a viin or an evil dragon, so many of the dragon present here were forced to join the righteous faction if they didn''t waned to risk persecution and discrimination. There were not only dragons from the Verdanttian, Luminosity, and Mountainnea Kingdoms here, who oversaw them, but also other Dragon Gods from other smaller or bigger Kingdoms across the expansive Continent of Draconia. Amongst them there were notable figures, these were the six strongest Dragon Gods present, and they were all¡­ Great Dragon Gods! Although there were many other Great Dragon Gods across the World, Vedas only had six of them, as they were its strongest guardians assigned here after the disappearance of the Draconic Fathers, which provoked the righteous faction topletely rebuild their approach for this Mortal Continent, where most of the Dragon Gods of the future originated from. Thunderous, the Great Dragon God of Holy Thunder. White, the Great Dragon Goddess of Bright Light. Azure, the Great Dragon God of Oceans. Verdant, the Great Dragon God of Nature and Life. Obscurity, the Great Dragon God of Nightmares. Andstly, Might, the Great Dragon God of War and Conquest. These six Great Dragon Gods of their varied shapes and sizes exuded the strongest Divine Auras of them all. The other Dragon Gods gathered here looked at them with admiration. Their very presences twisted space and time with their powerful Auras. The might of Great Dragon Gods was incredible and admirable. Their power could change entirendscapes. However, they were rather silent, and mostly handled things in the back, while using other lesser Dragon Gods to do their deeds for them, such as maintaining order. However, they were now all called here for the task of defeating Noah and his army of wicked creatures which he had somehow managed to bring all across the Continent through mysterious means¡­ "I am d to see that everyone is gathered here for today''s meeting. What we must adress today is very important, and no, it is not just the Apocalypse going on outside, but what is happening here, now¡­" said Might. His very voice made the divine realm where everyone was gathered tremble, the dragons fell silent before his authority. ----- Chapter 470 - Dragon God Council Meeting ----- Arge meeting in the skies of the Continent of Draconia was urring, as many of the Dragon Gods from all around the continent that belonged to the righteous faction were gathering in here. Each dragon unleashing their powerful elemental auras of bright colors, making beautiful rainbows with their presences gathered around this divine realm which belonged to one of these dragons. The many dragons gathered here spoke with one another about many things, discussing their cultivation progression, the recent new Era of Chaos and how they would even deal with such a threat, and even more, about the things going on in the Draconia Continent, which werepletely unrted to Lucifer, the new Supreme Dragon God of Chaos¡­ These events were rted with nobody else than Noah himself, who had been shaking the entire Continent due to recent events involving his conquest of four Kingdoms, alongside his relentless and never-ending army of Undead marching across many areas with resources and beasts getting emptied in just days since they reached them. His threat had already be very evident to everyone, but because he was so strong, nobody wanted to deal with him by themselves. Everyone could had done it before, but now that he had abnormally advanced in power from Living Deity all the way to a Great God, he was someone too strong to be handled easily by the Dragon Gods, and now a gathering that involved the Six Great Gods of this Continent began! These Great Dragons were¡­ Thunderous, the Great Dragon God of Holy Thunder. White, the Great Dragon Goddess of Bright Light. Azure, the Great Dragon God of Oceans. Verdant, the Great Dragon God of Nature and Life. Obscurity, the Great Dragon God of Nightmares. Andstly, Might, the Great Dragon God of War and Conquest. These six Great Dragon Gods of their varied shapes and sizes exuded the strongest Divine Auras of them all. The other Dragon Gods gathered here looked at them with admiration. Their very presences twisted space and time with their powerful Auras. The might of Great Dragon Gods was incredible and admirable. Their power could change entirendscapes. However, they were rather silent, and mostly handled things in the back, while using other lesser Dragon Gods to do their deeds for them, such as maintaining order. However, they were now all called here for the task of defeating Noah and his army of wicked creatures which he had somehow managed to bring all across the Continent through mysterious means¡­ "I am d to see that everyone is gathered here for today''s meeting. What we must adress today is very important, and no, it is not just the Apocalypse going on outside, but what is happening here, now¡­" said Might. His very voice made the divine realm where everyone was gathered tremble, the dragons fell silent before his authority. The Great Dragons gathered the rest of the Dragon Gods in here sessfully and had begun to quickly talk to them about everything going on. They exined that they were the highest figures of authority within this Continent, as the Six Great Dragon Gods their task was to supervise the entire continent and for no things to go against their ns or those of their masters within the Heavenly Dragon Pantheon. The Draconia Continent was often referred to the "rookie continent" where the dragons originated as mortals and then grew stronger into gods, of course, there were mortals in every other continent, but this continent was designed specifically as a breeding nest for mortals to emerge and grow stronger to reach other areas more easily. Of course, things had be very disturbed ever since the incident with Noah, he had begun to change thendscape and eliminate countless of mortal dragons while also conquering four of the biggest Kingdoms there were, and now he was quickly about to target three enormous ones without a care of the world. After having fought three dragon gods, his power had somehow awakened to great god, and he was way too strong for normal dragon gods to handle, as they would only end up as his meals. Due to this, the dragons decided to gather here to try to find ways to deal with him which wouldn''t involve a mass genocide of many dragons sacrificing themselves for a greater cause or something stupid like that. "How is it possible for that dragon to reach Great God in this little time?!" "He had been detected to be a Living Deity before¡­ or perhaps a bit stronger¡­ but this was too much!" "In the span of less than three months he went from that Rank to a Great Dragon God¡­ He''s absolutely nor a normal being." "Indeed, we don''t know what''s wrong with this, quite possibly something odd is going on in here which is making him grow stronger exponentially. He got the power to grow strong very quickly." He six Great Dragons heard the words of the people and decided to speak one by one. "We had investigated enough, that Noah seems to be a powerful Blood and Darkness Attribute wielder¡­" said Thunderous, the Great Dragon God of Holy Thunder. "He seems to be overly malicious and beastly, like an Evil Dragon God! He cannot be spoken normally; negotiations would be useless." Said White, the Great Dragon Goddess of Bright Light. "He''s a barbaric dragon. The only thing left is for us to simply y him. There''s no other way around it." said Azure, the Great Dragon God of Oceans. "He somehow has the power to bring forth the strength of what he destroys and absorb it in some kind of bizarre way¡­ we have yet to find out more." Said Verdant, the Great Dragon God of Nature and Life. "But we had reached the consensus that his existence is too dangerous to be left alive any longer, the mortals are in danger!" said Obscurity, the Great Dragon God of Nightmares. "Therefore, we shall hunt down Noah, the new Dragon that had emerged, and y him for the greater good¡­" said Might, the Great Dragon God of War and Conquest. ----- Chapter 471 - The Decision Of The Dragon Gods ----- A decision had been made! All the Dragon Gods celebrated that the powerful Great Dragon Gods had decided to finally y Noah for good! It wasn''t right to let him leisurely go around the continent doing as he pleased! Especially by seeing how the world was changing at every second, the Gates of Chaos and Void that led to other nes or Dimensions and brough forth weird entities from them were expanding slowly everywhere, they couldn''t do much over it other than prepare for the worst. This is how hopeless the dragon gods werepared to the power of an Era, even more a Supreme God¡­ Due to this, they couldn''t possibly let Noah go rampant in their precious continent, where the powerful Heavenly Dragon Pantheon members had left them as theirst fortress to defend against the invasion of otherworldly entities that brought this Era, they had to defend this ce with all their might before letting anyone get in here and do as they pleased! They couldn''t let Noah do anything he pleased and simply sow discord everywhere. He was a being that seemed to thrive in destruction, that devoured life as he saw fit and constantly expanded his forces everywhere, he was certainly a monstrous being which they couldn''tprehendpletely. He had showed up here out of absolutely nowhere and had wreaked havoc and done as he pleased for way too long! The people here were being left restless as they were seeing him do as he pleased. It was no longer a thing now! They were going to go confront him, and they were going to defeat him once and for all! The Great Dragon Gods had already detected Noah''s army, which were moving in three different direction to three different Kingdoms. Each army was being led by powerful figures they detected from afar, they didn''t knew exactly how deep and powerful they cold be, but they were certainly in another levelpletely. Each one of them exuded strong auras¡­ But the thing is, Noah was nowhere to be seen! So the only thing that they thought they had to do was to split their forces, there were three armies so they would naturally split themselves in three armies as well and attack all three of them. There were six great gods, with two in each army, it would be a piece of cake to easily destroy these armies made up of only Undead Divine Beasts and other horrid yet not so strong beings. The Dragons themselves were also packed with their own forces, possesingrge quantities of divine beasts inside their divine realms, they could employ these armies of thousands of powerful beasts to fight against therge numbers of Noah''s Armies and easily overpower them through their mightbined together. The Great Dragon Gods quickly began to organize this battle, as they began to decide which one would go to which ce, the Kingdoms they had to protect also belonged to some of the great dragon gods, so they were going to work extra hard to protect the ces where they nurtured and made mortal dragons grow up into gods in the future¡­ it was the mission given to them to nurture future generations, they couldn''t possibly let Noah, this strange and alien-like outsider do as he pleases anymore! If it were up to him, these new generations would had been easily wiped out, something the great dragon gods cannot possibly ept! They must fight together and unite against Noah, so he can be defeated once and for all, bringing victory to the continent so they can quickly organize and prepare for the Chaotic Era and its apocalypse¡­ Noah''s conquest had begun to target the Verdanttian, Luminosity, and Mountainnea Kingdoms which were the biggest he ever saw, he had been preparing to attack them long ago. His ns were simple, he was going to use his armies to bring their armies down, possibly killing the heroes they have on the way, and then take over the Kingdoms using his ruthlessness. The more people he took over and made into Vampires, the more the force of his influence and authority would be. As a God of Vampires, he needed more and more Vampires to be created so he would grow stronger. The more worship from Vampires he got, the more energy he would acquire as well, and the more his divine energy would recover quickly. He would also gain system points slowly, which he could use to do a series of things, these included making new Lifeblood Jewels, upgrading the System, and now buying things inside the Divine Dungeon Shop¡­ Of course, the dragon gods here didn''t knew theplete details of his conquest ns and believed he was a malicious being that would only destroy anything eh ever touched, even when they could easily inspect the Kingdoms he conquered and find out the people that were there wasn''t killed. Although he had long ago stuffed them all inside his divine realm. They knew that he was targeting these three Kingdoms with all his troops divided in three, so they had to quickly divide themselves in three armies as well and go against them with everything they had at hand. The Verdanttian, Luminosity, and Mountainnea Kingdoms were going to be protected by two Great Dragon Gods each, alongside ten other Dragon Gods¡­ Thunderous, the Great Dragon God of Holy Thunder and White, the Great Dragon Goddess of Bright Light would protect the Luminosity Kingdom, which belonged to White. Azure, the Great Dragon God of Oceans and Verdant, the Great Dragon God of Nature and Life would protect the Verdanttian Kingdom, which belonged to Verdant. And Obscurity, the Great Dragon God of Nightmares andstly, Might, the Great Dragon God of War and Conquest would protect the Mountainnea Kingdom, which belonged to Might. With this, the other ten dragon gods for each army were also being decided, they were all formidable on their own and would pack a punch¡­ additionally, the Dragon Heroes of each Kingdom were being prepared, alerted through oracles by their Dragon Gods. ----- Chapter 472 - The Dragon Gods Strategy ----- The powerful six Great Dragon Gods had begun to n a strategy! They had already decided to attack Noah''s three armies at once. This seemed rather reckless at first hand, but truth be told, they were desperate and indeed, this was more than just reckless. This was because each Kingdom that Noah was targeting with his slow-moving army of Undead reaching them belonged to one of these Great Dragon Gods, and they couldn''t possibly bear the sight of them getting massacred by Noah''s army. Due to this, they had devised a quick n that would include all the power they got right now, which would also force all the 30 Dragon gods they had at their disposal. Perhaps Noah was able to defeat three without problems, but will he be able to fight 30 plus 6 great dragon gods? They had nned the simple strategy of divide and conquer alongside the overwhelm your enemy with they might possibly defeat, they were deciding in making one-sided battles where the great dragon gods would simply charge ahead into, he battle and fight off the enemies in front of them with everything they could possibly muster. Like this, the power of their armies was boosted through this simple yet useful tactic, the might of great dragon gods was immense, they alone were able to shake the earth and change thendscape, they were the truth pinnacle of the world of Vedas aside from the very rare Supreme dragon gods! In the minds of the gods, no matter how strong Noah''s troops could be, there was no way they would win against two great dragon gods at once and ten other dragon gods backing them up, alongside tens of thousands of divine beasts¡­! It was simply insane to think that his feeble little armies could ever fathom toprehend their power, let alone win against it! The three Kingdoms already saw the massive armies of Undead and Monsters approach, as the royalty and monarchs of these Kingdoms began to grow unrest, they started to quickly prepare their own armies, doing everything they can to make some sort of resistance against the uing invasion. The rulers put their faith in the Blessed Dragons, the Dragon Heroes that the Dragon Gods had blessed with divine power, they were thest hope of theserge Kingdoms, even with all their armies, they didn''t had many hopes aside from the power of their heroes¡­ Thankfully, Gods themselves had already taken notice of this army of Undead and Monsters, and had also noticed what happened to the Ignitias, Gaias, Aquaias, and Windias Kingdoms as of now, in fact, the knowledge was already widespread across the entire Continent within the Dragon Gods societies. Thanks to this, now all of them had begun to n a strategy to aid these Kingdoms in need for dire help. The Great Dragon Gods won''t let Noah do as he pleased anymore, and they would defend their Kingdoms with everything they had at their disposal. All six of them unleashed powerful auras as they nned things out, many of them moved around therge divine realm where they were residing, preparing many materials and forming formations, special nodes for divine techniques, and all sorts of tools that could facilitate the mass-destruction of Noah''s army at all costs. What they wanted was as simple as it was heard, they required topletely eliminate Noah from the face of the, and they won''t stop until they aplished this goal. But how can they even eliminate him from the face of the entire if they can''t even find him anywhere, they tried to search for him? it was utterly ridiculous to think they stood a chance of killing him if he wasn''t anywhere else! He seemed to simply enjoy hiding somewhere else while he sent his troops to fight. However, the great dragon gods discussed this deeply, and came to many conclusions as they conversed. "Noah seems to be wild and barbaric, but he''s definitely not reckless. If we base our tactics in what he had done to the Windias and the other two Kingdoms, he fought tactfully using his army and his units to earn his victory¡­ at the end he used his powers too, but he hadpletely overpowered the dragon gods that he fought at the end, he is indeed an anomaly amongst anomalies..." said Thunderous, the Great Dragon God of Holy Thunder. "So you think that too, Thunderous? Indeed, thinking he wille to us reckless is foolish, we have to bait him. perhaps our very presences might tempt him toe take a bite off us." Said White, the Great Dragon Goddess of Bright Light. "I had considered that and indeed, that seems to be the case. I had already calcted that he would do such a thing, if we all show up before him. He will be tempted." Said Azure, the Great Dragon God of Oceans. "Hahaha! After all he grew so strong by defeating three Evil Dragon Gods, imagine how strong he could grow somehow if he defeated us¡­ this is most likely why he would take the bait." Said Verdant, the Great Dragon God of Nature and Life. "Hmm¡­ I am looking forward to results. I have hopes that we might grow stronger if we feast on him." said Obscurity, the Great Dragon God of Nightmares. "Feasting on him? that does sounds quite unsightly¡­ But indeed, I will CRUSH him." said Might, the Great Dragon God of War and Conquest. As the armies of Dragon gods prepared for war and had begun to make all sorts of ns, strategies, and more, Noah and his family and allies were also preparing. As his army was divided in three and they slowly approached their targets, he was already trying to enhance his power to make sure his victory chances could increase even if there was some chance of someone interfering, or various. Noah had already decided it, he was going to enhance his Lifeblood Jewels once more! ----- Chapter 473 - Time To Upgrade Lifeblood Jewels Once More! ----- Noah looked at the crystal ball in front of him. in that ce, it showed three massive armies rushing in three different directions, each direction was a bubble within the crystal ball which showed it to him. This crystal ball wasn''t an item, however, but it was made out of illusion magic, and it was named Overseeing Crystal Ball, which connected to his vision to see through it all better. Noah sat down over the throne of blood within his Divine Realm, as he looked at his Status once more, he had grown a bit stronger, and additionally, his System Points had increased a lottely¡­ ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [God of Parasitism], [God of Dragons], [God of Elements], [God of the Spear], [God of Abyssal Sea], [God of Dark Underground Depths], [God of Dungeons] [Race: [Great Divine Tenebrous Abyssal Blood Crimson Vampire Progenitor God] [Existence Rank: [Great God: 1/9: Peak Stage] [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Divinity of Parasitism], [Divinity of Death], [Divinity of Dragons], [Divinity of Darkness], [Divinity of the Spear], [Divinity of Water], [Divinity of Earth], [Divinity of Dungeons] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing], [Divine Dungeon Shop] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XXII: Grand Tenebrous Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor God: Peak Stage] [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XXII: Grand Tenebrous Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor God: Peak Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core and Primeval Vein Fusion Realm: Upper Stage] [ss]: [Dimensional Dungeon God]: [Level 90/100 -> 94/100] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)], [Dark Fate Destroyer (50/50)], [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death (60/60)], [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King (70/70)], [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God (80/80)], [Evil Dragon God of Dark Underground Depths (90/90)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [7.200.000] -> [8.700.000] [Primordial Essence: [3.500.000.000] -> [3.550.000.000] [Divine Energy: [2.550.000.000] -> [2.750.000.000] [Aether: [1.750.000.000] -> [1.950.000.000] [Ki: [1.850.000.000] -> [2.050.000.000] [Fate: [1.600.000.000] -> [1.750.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 145.500], [Fire: 85.500], [Water: 99.000], [Wind: 89.000], [Space: 88.500], [Time: 87.500], [Life: 84.500], [Death: 122.000], [Dark: 102.000], [Light: 91.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 77.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 77.500], [Phantom: 80.000], [Blood: 162.500], [Poison: 76.000], [Soul: 122.000], [Nature: 77.000], [Thunder: 79.300], [Ice: 76.100], [War/Strength: 101.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 124.500], [Fate: 98.000], [Void: 88.000], [Law: 91.000], [System: 97.000] [Comprehended Laws] [Basic Laws: [Earth: 55%], [Fire: 25%], [Water: 25%], [Wind: 25%], [Space: 35%], [Time: 35%], [Life: 25%], [Death: 40%], [Dark: 40%], [Light: 30%] [Diverged Laws: [Illusion/Emotions: 25%], [Dream/Nightmare: 25%], [Phantom: 44%], [Blood: 55%], [Poison: 30%], [Soul: 65%], [Nature: 21%], [Thunder: 33%], [Ice: 38%], [War/Strength: 58%] [Greater Laws: [Chaos: 30%], [Fate: 35%], [Void: 45%], [System: 40%], [Law: 30%] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)] [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God Techniques (X)] [Divine Transcendental Spiritual Sacred Spear Physique and Psyche (X)] [Divine Draconic Underground Earth Domain (X)] [Divine Earth Dragon Arts (X)] [Divine Dungeon Body (X)] [Greater Dungeon Maniption (X)] [Divine Dungeon Domain (X)] ¡­ Thanks to leveling up four times in this time since he changed sses before, which had been around a week inside his divine realm. He had increased his stats by roughly 200k each, and even more, his System Points had already reached over 8 million, eight million and seven hundred thousand, in specific! With this power, he felt like it wasn''t enough, however. For Noah it was never enough¡­ he knew that if the Gods prepared an army against his own, that he would be able to get a lot of tasty essence and "EXP" out of it, so he had high hopes to get a lot of nourishment from them, but even then, notpletely¡­ he still thought that things wouldn''t be as good as they seem forever, he would need to grow even stronger or at least, forge his Lifeblood Jewels for his summons to grow stronger. He had already used most of his Attribute Particle Cores with his elite troops, including his own family, close friends since he was still a weak Vampire back on Earth, and other Elite Dragon and Vampire troops he had. However, he also had a pile saved for his Summons, Aruliel, Demise, the Seven Sins Knights, the Twelve Dragon Heroes, and Scarlet¡­ he couldn''t possibly miss them, as they could grow stronger through the easy method of enhancing the power of his Lifeblood Jewels. Each time he Ranked up in a Realm, Noah would gain the power of enhancing his Lifeblood Jewel into the next Realm. This meant that all abilities within them would receive a substantial boost, counting the summons on them, which would be able to reach the next Realm too. This was why it was important for him to increase the rarity of these Lifeblood Jewels at all costs and as quickly as he possibly could, without waiting any longer. He already had more than enough System Points. As he nced at his troops advance in slow motion, Noah had already moved into the Lifeblood Jewel Forgery using a second body connected to his soul, and touched the sphere there, as it showed several illusory images, he ced his first Lifeblood Jewel there, and quickly began to upgrade it by pouring System Points into it¡­! FLASH! ----- Chapter 474 - Primordial Elemental Dragon Overlord ----- Before upgrading the Lifeblood Jewel, however, Noah checked them out first, the one he was going to upgrade first was the one regarding his draconic powers and his draconic abilities, specially including the summons he had with him, which would bring to him a lot of power. The stronger they grew, the stronger they would be and the better they would be able to help him in the uing war¡­ ¡­ [Lifeblood Jewel: Primordial Elemental Dragon Overlord (Deity-Grade)] (500/500): Thebined and awakened power of your innermost draconic power. This Lifeblood Jewel can help you exert great amounts of power as a dragon and unleash the true potential within your Draconic Power. Alongside this, a series of support abilities are also included, which can strengthen both you and your subordinates. Abilities: [Primordial Elemental Dragon Overlord Transformation (200/200)], [Primordial Dragon War Roar (100/100)], [Element-Reflecting Imperial Divine Scales (100/100)] Additional Abilities: [God King of Dragons (200/200)], [Divine Draconic Command (100/100)], [Divine Dragon Guider (100/100)] [Four-Element Divine Dragon King Arudiel (200/200)], [Divine Elemental Dragon Summon (100/100)], [Elemental Domain of Divine Dragons (100/100)] New Grade Abilities: [Chaotic Blood Dragon Emperor Demise (500/500)], [Twelve Divine Dragon Heroes Summoning (500/500)], [Devastating Multi-Elemental Chaotic Draconic Cannon (500/500)] ¡­ The Abilities it had amounted up to 12 by now, he had acquired three new abilities when it raised in Rank to God-Realm, now Noah had to see and find a way to enhance the power of the Lifeblood Jewel and find out if he can get three new abilities out of it, while also enhancing the power of all existing Abilities within it. "Gaia, Blood Progenitor, how much points I need to upgrade it?" he asked. "It can be possible, but Great God-Realm Lifeblood Jewels seem very strong, you''ll need to use a bunch of points¡­ Good thing you saved a lot already, so it shouldn''t be so hard to do!" said Gaia. "Indeed, we had already adjusted what to add to it beforehand, so go ahead and upgrade it¡­ I am growing bored already of this dragon, you better clear it quickly, if you grow strong enough and the System Ranks up again, I believe we can find a way to reach Abyss and finally confront the Blood God and all those bastard Vampire Families." Said the Blood Progenitor. "Of course, of course, I have not forgotten about my promise, old vampire. Now, let''s see¡­" Noah''s eyes squinted as he looked into the forgery, a system window emerged after he inserted his will into it desiring to "upgrade" his lifeblood jewel. Ding! [Do you desire to exchange 1.500.000 System Points to upgrade your Lifeblood Jewel to Great God-Realm?] Noah quickly pressed "yes" right away, as the points flowed out of his Soul and reached the floating Lifeblood Jewel, the enhancement began to happen right away, but something else was there. He had also umted arge amount of materials! Indeed, the entire room was filled with divine draconic materials he had gotten from hundreds of draconic divine beasts, infusing them all into the lifeblood jewel, fusing with it and nourishing it with even more power. It was as if he were making something through Item Combination in games, where one crafted items by merely merging them together, this thing was simr, he was simply infusing materials into the lifeblood jewel so it could be crafted into an even greater form! FLASH! The Lifeblood Jewel grew in size, tripling in size, in fact! After that, it quickly began to glow with bright crimson-red light, and the tattoo of a dragon it held became evenrger and more brilliant and beautiful. The streams of System points emerged as beautiful streams of energy, bathing the entire jewel with enormous quantities of power beyond what Noah had ever seen before. Noah was a stingy man, so he recognized that over a million system points was a bit too much! But he couldn''t say a word regarding this, after all that''s how these things worked. Lifeblood Jewels were the greatest weapon Noah had acquired, and packed amazing and upgradable Abilities, coupled with the sses that constantly boosted his stats and cultivation realms, while also giving him attribute particles andwprehension, he was able to advance by leaps and bounds. Nobody else in this world and perhaps in every world, the entire gxy or maybe the entire universe had the same power as Noah, perhaps some could have a System of their own, as his own System was a fabrication of a being that made them a lot and spread them everywhere, but the power of the Lifeblood Jewel was something unique he had designed. These powers packed with the bloody power of his soul and body were incredible and were really just a lifeblood to him as a good de would be a to a strong swordsman that has forged his body for battle and his techniques for war through many years of training. The lifeblood jewels were all the power Noah needed, and more. And each time he upgraded them, he continued toprehend their simple yet amazing power, growing stronger with them constantly as he admired their power grow higher and higher. Now, his Dragon Lifeblood Jewel was reaching apletely new level, he heard it suddenly roar loudly like a powerful dragon, it suddenly emanated a strong presence, a draconic aura he had never seen before emerged out of it and roared loudly, ncing at him with a draconic form. The dragon flew upwards and reached him in an instant, it was merely a phantom but it shocked Noah to no belief, he almost fell over the floor but kept himself together and stood before the might of his own lifeblood jewel, the gigantic dragon reached his entire body and soul, fusing with it as if the lifeblood jewel had made a powerful connection with him. His draconic powers and theprehension of the power of this lifeblood jewel skyrocketed to new levels as he saw the lifeblood jewel stop growing in size, its aura slowly reseeded¡­ It was done! What kind of new abilities would it hold now? ----- Chapter 475 - New Summons! ----- FLASH! The new Lifeblood Jewel was forged! Its power was so glorious that its very presence made everything around it trembles! RUMBLE! It was as if the Lifeblood Jewel had gained the might of a true dragon now! What a mesmerizing power¡­ Noah was left simply speechless! The power of the Lifeblood Jewel had increased so much it seemed as if it had grown into a living being of its own, it roared loudly and formed a massive quantity of power within itself, which it showed in the shape of a never-ending aura of mes in the shape of a glorious dragon roaring back at him! It was as if this dragon was holding the lifeblood jewel as its dear treasure, protecting it with its gigantic zing wing and its ws, it seemed furious and fierce, but despite the first impression, this was nothing, but the lifeblood jewel''s power shaped into something that seemed near alive¡­ However, it was not alive, it was a mere illusion formed by the sheer power it contained now. Noah quickly decided to epass the lifeblood jewel with his divinities, overpowering its new and developing will which seemed to be rather fierce and unwilling to cooperate¡­ FLASH! In an instant, his almighty power easily overpowered the lifeblood jewel''s will, and the entire thing became his own item once and for all. "Outstanding¡­ So this is a Great God-Realm Lifeblood Jewel¡­ This is amazing¡­!" he said, he was inpletely disbelief over the incredibleness of the situation. He looked into the lifeblood jewel with fascination, as he quickly began to navigate the system windows showing up, and he quickly inspected the thing right away without wasting any more time. ¡­ [Lifeblood Jewel: Primordial Elemental Dragon Overlord (Great Deity-Grade)] (500/500): Thebined and awakened power of your innermost draconic power. This Lifeblood Jewel can help you exert great amounts of power as a dragon and unleash the true potential within your Draconic Power. Alongside this, a series of support abilities are also included, which can strengthen both you and your subordinates. Abilities: [Primordial Elemental Dragon Overlord Transformation (200/200)], [Primordial Dragon War Roar (100/100)], [Element-Reflecting Imperial Divine Scales (100/100)] Additional Abilities: [God King of Dragons (200/200)], [Divine Draconic Command (100/100)], [Divine Dragon Guider (100/100)] [Four-Element Divine Dragon King Arudiel (200/200)], [Divine Elemental Dragon Summon (100/100)], [Elemental Domain of Divine Dragons (100/100)] New Grade Abilities: [Chaotic Blood Dragon Emperor Demise (500/500)], [Twelve Divine Dragon Heroes Summoning (500/500)], [Devastating Multi-Elemental Chaotic Draconic Cannon (500/500)] [Almighty Sea Serpent Dragon of Tormenting Oceans Leviathan (700/700)], [Overpowering Turtle Dragon of Shattering Earth Terra (700/700)], [Divine Heavenly Dragon Blessing (700/700)] ¡­ Noah looked at the new power of his Lifeblood Jewel with fascination. He had begun to inspect each of the old Abilities, and quickly realized they had all upgraded in power greatly, making him rather content. Their power had at least tripled by now. And even more, the power of the Summons within them had also begun to grow stronger. The Summons were all gathering around the Forgery, as they were told by Noah to absorb their Cores! Aruliel, Demise, and all of the others began to absorb the cores, as their power suddenly began to skyrocket! Their souls connected to the lifeblood jewel evolved, as their bodies also underwent amazing changes! "Hahahahaha! T-This is it! I am feeling it right now! Oh! Yes!"ughed Demise. She acted rather insanely mot of the time. Her mind was not in the right ce most of the time, but who had it in the right ce anyways? She was in her right tough maniacally after all. "The power of the Lifeblood Jewel¡­ this is the power¡­ I had been waiting for¡­ Already at Great God-Realm¡­ I can''t believe it!" said Aruliel, feeling deeply shocked by what he was feeling within him. The other summons all feels the same, or at least, the draconic ones. The ones connected to the blood lifeblood jewel would have to wait for their turn yet. As Noah heard themugh as they grew stronger, he checked the new abilities, which seemed to include two new summons! ¡­ [Almighty Sea Serpent Dragon of Tormenting Oceans Leviathan (700/700)] Grants the user the ability to summon the almighty sea serpent dragon of tormenting oceans Leviathan from the Draconic Universe, which will bring fort torrential storms, powerful tsunamis, and all sorts of catastrophes of incredible and destructive power. Bring forth the destructive power of the oceans in the battlefield and summon the being that had once flooded entire gxies¡­ its power reduced to only Great God of Rank 1. This powerful Dragon epasses the elements of Water the most, purely focusing into this power with a hint of Ice in between alongside Thunder and Wind. Leviathan is capable of bringing utter destruction whenever it moves into. ¡­ "Leviathan,e forth¡­!" muttered Noah, as he quickly decided to summon this one at first. CLAAASSHHH!!! A sudden storm emerged above Noah in a mere instant, as water began to be poured from the clouds in enormous torrential rains, thunderstorms and powerful winds came apanied by it. He moved outside the forgery and saw across the clouds a massive shadow, the shadow of a gigantic snake moving across all of it, quickly moving down and reaching up to him¡­! it was a massive sea snake covered in azure scales, its enormous head could devour an entire mountain with ease, and its azure scale shone so brightly it almost left Noah blind! It had many fins across its body, sharp spikes, and an enormous jaw filled with deadly sharp teeth to bite and tear apart its enemies for his master. Now, this monstrous entity had descended from another universe to aid Noah! "I am here to serve the one who had summoned me from my eternal slumber¡­!" he roared. His voice resonated across the entire divine realm, shaking the world! An enormous sea snake was summoned from a thunderous storm atop the skies! Noah had summoned the first new summon he had acquired from upgrading the Lifeblood Jewel. He had now acquired the power to summon two of them, with this new powerful being emerging from the skies, he looked up in admiration over its tremendous power, as he couldn''t help but smile! ----- Chapter 476 - New Powerful Dragons ----- An enormous sea snake was summoned from a thunderous storm atop the skies! Noah had summoned the first new summon he had acquired from upgrading the Lifeblood Jewel. He had now acquired the power to summon two of them, with this new powerful being emerging from the skies, he looked up in admiration over its tremendous power, as he couldn''t help but smile! A sudden storm had emerged above Noah in a mere instant after he summoned Leviathan, as water began to be poured from the clouds in enormous torrential rains, thunderstorms and powerful winds came apanied by it¡­ summoning this monster had even made the environment change and everything around him shake a lot¡­ He had moved outside the forgery and saw across the clouds a massive shadow, the shadow of a gigantic snake moving across all of it, quickly moving down and reaching up to him¡­ It was a massive sea snake covered in azure scales, its enormous head could devour an entire mountain with ease, and its azure scale shone so brightly it almost left Noah blind! It had many fins across its body, sharp spikes, and an enormous jaw filled with deadly sharp teeth to bite and tear apart its enemies for his master. Now, this monstrous entity had descended from another universe to aid Noah¡­ "I am here to serve the one who had summoned me from my eternal slumber¡­!" he roared. His voice resonated across the entire divine realm, shaking the world! Aruliel and Demise looked at this monstrous entity emerge, which easily dwarfed them! The power and size of water dragons almost always dwarfed other dragons, but why was that? Well, this was because the sea was vast, vaster than anynd, the powerful beasts that grew in such oceanic waters would be of immense strength and size, expanding as much as they can. Due to this, sea dragons often used to be enormous and gargantuan entities that grew even bigger as time passed, the older they became, the more immense they would grow. Leviathan who was a massive dragon of oceans said to have drowned entire gxies with his might and size could had easily grown to even bigger sizes, in fact, this 200-meter-tall body he had was only a fraction of his true size, which once allowed him to even devour entires. Aruliel and Demise quickly recognized him, of course, how wouldn''t they recognize Leviathan, such a mythical figure within the history of the Draconic Universe! "T-To think that our Summoner¡­ to think that Noah would be able to summon Leviathan himself!" muttered Demise in utter shock. "He''s¡­ really him! Leviathan!" muttered Aruliel. "Hm? Oh, I see. So my summoner has invoked others like me, I see. Are you also, by any chance¡­ dead?" asked Leviathan. Indeed, Leviathan, much like Aruliel and Demise, was also dead when he was invoked. For some reason he was brought back to life through Noah''s Lifeblood Jewel ability, and he was even brought to apletely different Universe at the same time. This could only mean that the power that Noah possessed within the Lifeblood Jewels could even surpass other Universes¡­ But how was this possible when he wasn''t even able to do this himself? It was all a mystery at the end, however, the amazing power of Leviathan was not something that could be discussed nor was it a mystery, he was exuding a tremendous divine aura that turned into a massive sea all around Noah and everyone else. For a moment, it felt as if the entire divine realm was drowned in an enormous and never-ending sea. "I see, so you''re Leviathan. You''ll be working for me, so make sure to put up your weight." Said Noah. "Oh? You don''t fear my enormous presence? I see, you''re strong." said Leviathan. "Of course, you wouldn''t let anyone else summon you if it wasn''t stronger than you, right?" asked Noah. "Heh, fair enough¡­ However, within the item you''ve summoned me, there was another being¡­ Summon it right now. I must see it with my very two eyes¡­" said Leviathan. "You''re ordering me around? Huh¡­ Fine." Noah quickly looked into the second summon that the upgraded Lifeblood Jewel granted to him. ¡­ [Overpowering Turtle Dragon of Shattering Earth Terra (700/700)]: Grants the user the ability to summon the almighty Overpowering Turtle Dragon of Shattering Earth Terra from the Draconic Universe, which will bring fort destructive earthquakes, massive meteor showers, and theplete shattering of the surface and all sorts of catastrophes of incredible and destructive power. Bring forth the destructive power of earth itself in all its splendor¡­ of course, its power reduced to only Great God of Rank 1. This powerful Dragon epasses the element of Earth the most, purely focusing into this power for the most part, however, it also has a strong affinity with Life and Nature elements, which it uses to not only destroy but also create and heal¡­ Terra is capable of bringing utter destruction to your enemies, but also great support to your allies¡­ ¡­ By reading this alone Noah felt fascinated, and quickly decided to summon the power of Terra! "Terra¡­ Come forth!" R U M B L E! C R A C K¡­ C R A C K¡­! C R A S H! Suddenly, an enormous tremor began to epass the entire divine realm, as the earth shattered wide open, cracks emerged everywhere, and Noah saw something utterly terrifying, yet amazingly fascinating! The power of Terra was surging from the depths of the earth, constantly emerging and bursting out like streams of powerful energy. Even the gravity felt incredibly heavy¡­! "T-This power¡­!" muttered Aruliel. "It''s really¡­ Terra?! The mythical dragon said to have entire gxies rotating around its massive body due to how dense its entire size and weight was¡­?!" muttered Demise. "It''s¡­ really him! I can''t believe it!" muttered Aruliel. Even the ancient Dragons were recognizing that the dragons Noah was now summoning were even higher in grade than them¡­ they were dragons that once terrorized an entire universe, Mythical Dragons! RUMBLE! ----- Chapter 477 - New Great Allies And Powers ----- RUMBLE! CRACK¡­ CRACK¡­! CRASH! As Noah summoned Terra, an enormous tremor began to epass the entire divine realm, as the earth shattered wide open, cracks emerged everywhere, and Noah saw something utterly terrifying, yet amazingly fascinating! The power of Terra was surging from the depths of the earth, constantly emerging and bursting out like streams of powerful energy. Even the gravity felt incredibly heavy¡­! The enormous pressure that came from it made the gravity grow heavier and heavier, as if the very presence of this dragon made the entire world tremble and be denser by the second¡­ And then, an incredibly massive turtle showed up from the depths of the earth, crawling its way to the surface with gigantic ws that resembled like those that moles had, which were sharp and w. Its entire body was covered in armor-like scale tes An enormous head emerged from the ground, the shape was that of a furious yet at the same time calm and serene turtle, it had a sharp ck beak, and two enormous eyes glowing with bright yellow-gold light¡­ The shell of this entire turtle was gigantic, resembling a mountain by itself, with many spikes and the top of it actually having snow on it. "It has been a long time since I was alive¡­ You''re the little one that has summoned me¡­ Wait. This is not even my original Universe¡­ Interesting¡­" it spoke. It has a more calm and serene voice than Leviathan. "HAHAHAHA! Terra! You''re here!"ughed Leviathan, rushing towards Terra, as the two behemoths greeted one another, making the sky and the ground tremble. "But if it isn''t Leviathan¡­ What are you doing here from all ces? Huh? Oh! You got summoned?" asked Terra. "The same as you, you damn bastard! HEHEHE¡­HAHAHAHA! Now we can finally resume our battle!"ughed Leviathan. "Hmm¡­ I would dly beat you to death again, but we are now summons, we cannot simply kill each other. We should serve the summoner, you stupid snake." Said Terra. "W-What did you said?! I am not a snake, you ugly turtle!" roared Leviathan. Apparently, these two knew each other and resembled good friends when they spoke, but in fact, Aruliel and Demise decided to exin to Noah their story in the mythology of the Draconic Universe. "You see, master, apparently these two are said to be the Grand Dragons that swallowed entire gxies in the past. They''re figures that are even treated as gods by many dragons across manys. They were prayed upon daily, even. In manty religions, Leviathan shows up as the figure that represents destruction, oceans, and renewal, while Terra represents care, protection, earth, and life¡­ Land and Oceans, you get it?" asked Aruliel. "It seems that these two actually existed.. I only remember hearing about them when I was a tiny little dragon hatchling in tales of old¡­ I still don''t know if they''re the real deal or just imitations though, their power seems way lower, but even then, their very presences are overwhelming. It really felt as if one was the Land and the other the Oceans¡­ I wonder if we even stand a chance against these monsters¡­" said Demise. "Interesting. So you''re telling me I have summoned Mythical Dragons? Now this is ridiculous¡­ Oh well, I better use them well for my goals. They seem to be nice people too, I will make sure to work them to death¡­ Heh, don''t worry, they can reviveter anyways, as long as I have divine energy." Said Noah with a cheeky smile. To finish this, he checked thest new ability within his lifeblood jewel upgrade¡­ ¡­ [Divine Heavenly Dragon Blessing (700/700)] Unleash the power of all your divinities and all the draconic power within you, Blessing all Dragon-type allies with a powerful Blessing that enhances all Stats by +100000%, which increases by +1% with each foe they defeat while carrying this blessing. Additionally, the damage dealt using Elemental Laws is increased by +10000% and the damage taken from Elemental Laws decreases by -10000%, Law power increases by +1% with each foe in in battle, and damage taken decreases by -1% with each foe in in battle. The user with this blessing absorbs 50% of damage dealt against a target as HP, and can absorb up to 50% of the in foe''s energy such as mana or divine energy. Lastly, Non Dragon-type Units gain the Dragon-type as long as this Blessing remains. ¡­ It was a simple power, but it waspletely broken! With this simple blessing, Noah could boost the power of all his Dragon-type units exponentially, increasing their power topletely new levels¡­ this was thest ability within the upgraded lifeblood jewel, but it already looked to be outstanding beyond belief. Noah himself couldn''t evenprehend how powerful this could be, and he decided to immediately use it whenever his troops were to finally be confronted by the powerful gods he sensed were preparing atop the heavens¡­! However, this wasn''t near as enough yet, he still had another Lifeblood Jewel to upgrade, and he even was nning on making another one too to get even more power in this uing battle. Noah knew very well he was already provoking many Dragon Gods through his troops moving towards the Kingdoms he wanted to target, so he was preparing to have a great feast against all of them at once. Due to this, it was more than obvious that he would need to upgrade his second most favorite Lifeblood Jewel¡­ He let Leviathan and Terra fighting to pass the time, as he walked back to lifeblood jewel forgery and threw the glowing red jewel into it, which had the shape of a skull, a drop of blood, and even bat-like wings atop it¡­ he looked into it and quickly saw the aura it emanated, pure blood within it¡­ Now, he had to use enough System Points and quickly upgrade it to acquire even more unprecedented power than before. He was already beginning to imagine what abilities might emerge although he also imagined something such as Summons could emerge, perhaps¡­ "Hmm¡­ I wonder what could emerge¡­" he wondered. ----- Chapter 478 - Upgrading Lifeblood Jewel Once More ----- Noah looked into the Lifeblood Jewel he was going to upgrade now. He was going to use a bunch of System Points once more and upgrade it to gain even more power on it and quite possibly not only enhance the power of the already existing abilities, but also gain some brand new abilities on it to give him a greater advantage on battle¡­ there was also the necessity of upgrading it to Great Deity-Grade so the Lifeblood Jewel''s Summons can also be enhanced to that Realm¡­ ¡­ [Lifeblood Jewel: Vicious Vampiric Blood Necrolord Summoner (God-Grade)] (500/500) (Upgraded!): Thebined and awakened power of Blood Servants and Necromancy has formed this powerful and deplorable Lifeblood Jewel, containing great necrotic power within it and the ability to awaken life within death. Using Blood, Souls, and Corpses as materials, raise an undying army that continues to expand endlessly. Abilities: [Aberrant Blood Dracolich Necrolord Vritra (200/200)], [Aberrant Blood Soul Undead Creation (100/100)], [Infectious Necrotic Blood Curse Expansion (100/100)] Additional Abilities: [Abyssal Blood Necropolis (200/200)], [Aberrant Necrotic Blood Legion (100/100)], [Crimson Bloodshed Reinforcement (100/100)] [Four-Headed Abyssal Necrotic Storm Red Dragon (200/200)], [Endless Necrotic Blood Ocean (100/100)], [Chaotic Thunderstorm of Blood Catastrophe (100/100)] New Grade Abilities: [Seven Bloodthirsty Deadly Sin Knights Summon (500/500)], [Endless Blood Undead Assimtion and Combination (500/500)], [Aberrant Divine Pce of Blood and Death: Scarlet (500/500)] ¡­ Noah looked into the Abilities on it and recalled how useful all of them were, the ability to generate zones where Undead would grow stronger, the ability to make them regenerate faster, and even one with the power to let them constantly fuse together and assimte one another so they can continue evolving and growing stronger¡­ this Lifeblood Jewel was the one that create the frightening army of Blood Undead that Noah employed on his wars the most after all! With this power¡­ Noah canmand many Undead and level entire armies. And after he had assimted and defeated two gigantic Armies of Divine Beast, the power of such Undead had skyrocketed even more as there were now within their Ranks a lot of Divine Draconic Beasts corpses that were turned into Undead and merged over and over again with the other already existing Undead. Noah had tried using the Divine Beasts on his divine realm to add to the Undead army, but he discovered that it was impossible to transform them into Blood Undead for some reason, and would simply stay dead whenever they actually died, which was very annoying to him. Due to this, getting external Divine Draconic Beasts to add to his army was the best! And to boot, they were constantly increasing as he made them march all over the continent as of now, which was one of the things that also triggered the Dragon Gods to finally decide to act against him. Of course, Noah didn''t know the details about such a thing yet¡­ However, as of now, he only cared about upgrading this Lifeblood Jewel to its next power level and bring forth an even more terrifying army of Undead to his enemies. The terror in their faces is always a delightful thing to see for Noah. Noah walked back to the Lifeblood Jewel Forgery and threw the glowing red jewel into it, which had the shape of a skull, a drop of blood, and even bat-like wings atop it¡­ he looked into it and quickly saw the aura it emanated, pure blood within it¡­ Now, he had to use enough System Points and quickly upgrade it to acquire even more unprecedented power than before. He was already beginning to imagine what abilities might emerge although he also imagined something such as Summons could emerge, perhaps¡­ "Hmm¡­ I wonder what could emerge¡­" he wondered. Noah''s eyes squinted as he looked into the forgery, a system window emerged after he inserted his will into it desiring to "upgrade" his lifeblood jewel. Ding! [Do you desire to exchange 1.500.000 System Points to upgrade your Lifeblood Jewel to Great God-Realm?] Noah quickly pressed "yes" right away, as the points flowed out of his Soul and reached the floating Lifeblood Jewel, the enhancement began to happen right away, but something else was there, just like in the previous time, he had also umted arge amount of materials! Indeed, the entire room was filled with divine materials he had gotten from his divine realm, infusing them all into the lifeblood jewel, fusing with it and nourishing it with even more power. It was as if he were making something through Item Combination in games, where one crafted items by merely merging them together, this thing was simr, he was simply infusing materials into the lifeblood jewel so it could be crafted into an even greater form¡­ this felt as if Noah was truly in control of the entire situation. Constantly pouring more materials into the entire thing, a glowing sea of darkness and blood emerged around the entire jewel, making it grow bigger and more majestic¡­ FLASH! The entire Lifeblood Jewel emanated a strong Vampiric and Bloody Aura, shaped into a massive bat-like specter, the bat-like specter roared angrily, rushing towards Noah, and then infusing itself into his soul, the same way it happened with the draconic lifeblood jewel. "ROAR!" TRUUMM!!! Noah gritted his teeth as his eyes glowed with bright crimson-red light, he took over the powerful spectral bat phantom head-on, and quickly decided to calm down and rx, slowly controlling the enormous quantities of powering from the jewel. SPARK! Then, out of nowhere, red lightning began toe out of it, as massive amount of wailing souls which were concentrated inside of it emerged, roaring and crying angrily at him, but Noah quickly forced them to go back and upgrade themselves with it. CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! The sparks of red lightning continued for several minutes as the millions of souls merged back together into the jewel¡­ Noah had never seen such a relentless jewel before, upgrading them to great deity-grade was really a challenge by itself! However, after a few seconds, it was finally over¡­ ----- Chapter 479 - The Blood Progenitor Is Back ----- What emerged before Noah''s eyes was a beautiful red jewel, the second strongest jewel he had now at Great Deity-Grade. It emanated a powerful aura from within it, resembling a massive legion of souls stitched together into this mass of phantasmal red energy. Massive bat-like wings were there too, extending around the jewel as if the entire thing was alive. Noah exerted his pressure over it, grabbing the jewel and forcing it to submit to him¡­ In a mere instant, the entire jewel which was acting rather rebel against him calmed down and finally stopped moving, its connection to his soul strengthening itself several times¡­ Now that it was finally upgraded, Noah decided to look into it once more, there were three new abilities inside of it, but above that, the other abilities had been enhanced as well, as their effects had suffered an amazing increase in power. Even more, the already existing summons within this jewel which were present right now within his divine realm all received an enhancement to their power, as Noah ordered them to absorb the Cores he had saved for them, everyone quickly raised to Great God of Rank 1! Noah knew that there was something within the Great God Ranks that differentiated them from one another, unlike Gods or below whose power between ranks was usually not so much, the difference in power between a Great God at Rank 1 and one at Rank 3 was immense! A Rank 3 Great God would easily be able to destroy a Rank 1 Great God, this is why, although their limit was Rank 1 as of now, he needed all his summons to reach this, because it was never enough. Noah had also worried that his Dragon-type summons wouldn''t work on his army of Undead and so on sometimes, but they were still all Dragon-type, and even more, the recent Dragon Blessing Ability he got could even grant such a type to non-dragon-types! With such great news, there was nothing stopping his army from growing stronger¡­ ¡­ [Lifeblood Jewel: Vicious Vampiric Blood Necrolord Summoner (Great Deity-Grade)] (500/500) (Upgraded!): Thebined and awakened power of Blood Servants and Necromancy has formed this powerful and deplorable Lifeblood Jewel, containing great necrotic power within it and the ability to awaken life within death. Using Blood, Souls, and Corpses as materials, raise an undying army that continues to expand endlessly. Abilities: [Aberrant Blood Dracolich Necrolord Vritra (200/200)], [Aberrant Blood Soul Undead Creation (100/100)], [Infectious Necrotic Blood Curse Expansion (100/100)] Additional Abilities: [Abyssal Blood Necropolis (200/200)], [Aberrant Necrotic Blood Legion (100/100)], [Crimson Bloodshed Reinforcement (100/100)] [Four-Headed Abyssal Necrotic Storm Red Dragon (200/200)], [Endless Necrotic Blood Ocean (100/100)], [Chaotic Thunderstorm of Blood Catastrophe (100/100)] New Grade Abilities: [Seven Bloodthirsty Deadly Sin Knights Summon (500/500)], [Endless Blood Undead Assimtion and Combination (500/500)], [Aberrant Divine Pce of Blood and Death: Scarlet (500/500)] [Vicious Vampire Blood Progenitor Overlord Summon (700/700)], [Sanguine Divine Parasite gue Swarm Summon (700/700)], [Malicious Sanguine Bloodshed Blessing (700/700)] (New!) ¡­ The three new abilities seemed utterly demonic in names and were in fact rather intriguing as well, Noah couldn''t help but look at them with great interest as he quickly decided to check them out¡­ he firstly realized, however, that there were once more two more Summon Abilities. He didn''t mind this, more allies meant more power, especially powerful summons, but he began to wonder if Gaia and the Blood Progenitor had a fetish for summons. Anyways, the first Ability within the list of new Abilities was nobody else than¡­ wait, the Blood Progenitor himself?! ¡­ [Vicious Vampire Blood Progenitor Overlord Summon (700/700)] Channel the power of a Summoner that you innately possess, summoning the powerful Blood Progenitor for battle. The powerful ruler of the many Vampires that he once led and enved will note alone, as the wailing souls of his servants will apany him, a horde of 100 Vampires of varied shapes and sizes would emerge whenever this unit is summoned. The power of this unit is incredibly strong as well, being as high as Rank 2 of Great God Realm. As long as the Blood Progenitor is in battle, all his Stats and resistance to other elementalws are enhanced by +1% with each ally around 1 kilometer from him, meanwhile every Blood and Undead-type allies around it will receive an enhancement to their stats of and elemental defenses by +10000% plus an additional +1% for each in enemy, while Blood-type damage will double in damage and can drain 80% of damage dealt. Those allies that are not Undead-type will gain this type temporarily as long as they''re close to the Summon. ¡­ The first and most powerful Ability he had seen emerged before him, as Noah began to wonder if the Blood Progenitor had truly decided to just infilter into the Lifeblood Jewel and be a Summon! "Oi, Griffin, is this your thing?" he asked. "Huh? What? So this is the connection I suddenly felt! Ah¡­ Well, I had already been given a physical body like the one you can see now¡­ How odd, will you summon an alter ego of my own? Wait, Gaia, did you do this?!" asked the Blood Progenitor, as Gaia began to giggle a bit. "Fufu, indeed! I had to do it, after all you''re pretty strong, Griffin. Well, your Origin was, so I quickly bind you to the jewel and made you into a Summon! Don''t worry, whenever you''re summoned your mind divides in two, you can still be here while controlling your summon, fufu." Laughed Gaia. "Y-You damn woman!" Griffin felt frustrated that Gaia had yed him like this, but Noah seemed to like it. "Good! I see how it is. It doesn''t look nor sound too bad to me. It appears that there will be a lot of fun if this is the case¡­ With the Blood Progenitor joining the ranks, I am expecting great things of you, Griffin. You better put to use all those amazing skills you always brag about having¡­" said Noah. "Sigh¡­ Fine, just summon me already, I will try to be of more use." Sighed Griffin. ----- Chapter 480 - The Blood Progenitors New Form ----- An unlikelypanion that Noah always had within him since he began his journey as a Vampire had suddenly gained the power to be summoned as a new being! Gaia had done this for him without asking previously as she wanted to put Griffin in "some action" as she said. Noah looked into the Lifeblood Jewel once more, rather startled by its amazing description¡­ ¡­ [Vicious Vampire Blood Progenitor Overlord Summon (700/700)] Channel the power of a Summoner that you innately possess, summoning the powerful Blood Progenitor for battle. The powerful ruler of the many Vampires that he once led and enved will note alone, as the wailing souls of his servants will apany him, a horde of 100 Vampires of varied shapes and sizes would emerge whenever this unit is summoned. The power of this unit is incredibly strong as well, being as high as Rank 2 of Great God Realm. As long as the Blood Progenitor is in battle, all his Stats and resistance to other elementalws are enhanced by +1% with each ally around 1 kilometer from him, meanwhile every Blood and Undead-type allies around it will receive an enhancement to their stats of and elemental defenses by +10000% plus an additional +1% for each in enemy, while Blood-type damage will double in damage and can drain 80% of damage dealt. Those allies that are not Undead-type will gain this type temporarily as long as they''re close to the Summon. ¡­ This was indeed rather stupid, but Griffin had been always bragging about having many techniques and ways of fighting, even after he got a physical body, he had barely cultivated it as he had been busy doing system admin stuff. But now that he could be a Summon, his power would skyrocket right away and without any problems. This was the best and most perfect way to be useful in battle without having to really train and lose time doing that. Also Gaia had stated that his mind would be divided while doing this! and even more, he seemingly came with a big army of a hundred Vampires with him, which were said to be all God Realm of Rank 9! With such a godly army of Vampires at his side he was really like a Progenitor with an army of Vampires leading the way to conquer thend of the living¡­ Noah felt excited to even see such a big army, so he quickly summoned him with a quirkymand. "Come forth, Blood Progenitor!" he said. Noah couldn''t deny that he was enjoying roleying as a Summoner, even though he was technically a summoner now, so this madeplete sense in a way¡­ but it still felt rather chunni-like. CLASH! SPARK! BOOM! A massive magic circle of red color emerged before Noah''s feet, expanding over the floor constantly as it showed many strange runes he had never seen before. Suddenly the Blood Progenitor felt a strange thing, as if his mind and senses divided themselves. His second mind suddenly found itself being reborn as it gained apletely new body out of absolutely nowhere! This was the wondrous power of summoning after all! Griffin finally gained a powerful body which he could be proud of, at longst, he began to overflow the entire ce with his gigantic crimson-red aura of blood as darkness also emerged out and danced around the aura of blood. His power was increasing at every single second as he felt overflowing with strength he had never had before! He never felt just this powerful¡­ and Noah was able to do this so easily? To create such a strong body out of just spending some divine energy?! It was certainly outrageous! However, that wasn''t all! Alongside him came another one hundred Vampires below hismand, all of them of different shapes and sizes, with pale white skin, sharp crimson-red eyes, and long silvery-white hair, crimson-red hair, wine red hair, dark blue hair, purple hair, and so on¡­ each one of them seemed strong on their own. And it seemed that they were not just copies of one another, as they held their own unique powers, techniques, and magic! "Interesting¡­ Very interesting! Now things are finally getting interesting for me¡­" said the Blood Progenitor, feeling overwhelmed by the great power he was gaining at every second, his eyes were overflowing with crimson-red energy. Noah noticed his presence, he looked just like he once did in the Dungeon he was once found and defeated¡­ a glorious and tall man with long silvery-white hair, sharp crimson-red eyes and a suit that resembled that of an ancient duke of medieval era, with gothic motif to it and dark armor around, holding arge, crimson-red de overflowing with demonic and vampiric energy. There were tworge bat-like wings behind him as well, extending wildly and bringing forth a great deal of power with them as well! The other Vampires around him all emanated strong Auras, which were all connected to the Blood Progenitor. Through this connection, the other Vampires and the Blood Progenitor himself gained a great deal of extra stats and elemental defense. And even more, as long as he was surrounded by even more undead troops, his power would skyrocket even more than before! To boot, his de was something brand new he had not expected to get either, which was included in the summoning¡­ the de he held was named Dark Sanguine de: Desperado. This power de seemed to have the ability to drain 100% of the HP that a target lost from his attacks, while also being able to drain their Mana with each blow they received¡­ a truly frightening weapon, which was only for him, locked to him, and that couldn''t even be wielded by Noah even if he wanted very badly. "Hmph, you''re not half bad¡­"ughed Noah, as he smiled at the Blood Progenitor. The Blood Progenitor kneeled before him. "I shall serve you as much as I can." He said. "You better do!" said Noah. ----- Chapter 481 - The Plague Queen ----- The Blood Progenitor kneeled before him. "I shall serve you as much as I can." He said. "You better do!" said Noah. The Blood Progenitor had been reborn in a brand-new form, the form he had acquired after having his soul and Origin connected to Noah''s Lifeblood Jewel! With his, he gained a brand-new second body which helped him at dividing his own mind in two! To boot, his power was through the roof, and he had a crazy strong de to go with it. Even more, he had an army of 100 Vampires at his disposition, ready to battle for him were he need their assistance! "Now try out the de, y the Vampires with you." Said Noah. "W-What?" asked the Blood Progenitor. "It doesn''t matter, they can be revived by summoning them again." Said Noah. The other Vampires, the 100 Vampires to be exact, nodded in affirmation. They didn''t really mind dying and reviving over and over again anyways, and were more willing to do insane stuff for Noah than the Blood Progenitor initially. "V-Very well¡­" Noah nodded as he smiled maliciously, looking into the Blood Progenitor, he raised his powerful sanguine de which emanated a strong aura of darkness and red color, and then¡­ SLASH! A horizontal swing of his de was enough to release a powerful shing attack that sliced through the bodies of almost all 100 Vampires at the same time, the massacre was horrendous to see for those faint hearted, but nobody was like this in here, so it was fun to see. Noah wasn''t alone, as Iris and the twins were behind him looking at the massacre. Damien and Eleanora were certainly not normal kids, the two twins looked at the scene with fascination and surprise. The Blood Progenitor shed his de and in 100 Vampires in an instant. However, this wasn''t so surprising, rather, the amazing thing is what came afterwards! FLUOOOSH! All the "Life" that the Vampires had was absorbed back to the de and then the Blood Progenitor, all their HP and MP became his, which ended adding up as extra amounts of power! this was, to say the least, amazingly outstanding! With this, the Blood Progenitor suddenly grew more energetic and filled with vitality, although this didn''t stack any more than that, it was still a great boost¡­ although ying his own army still didn''t seemed right to him. Nheless, this illusion quickly came to an end as the Blood Progenitor realize that the 100 Vampires turned into blood energy and dissipated, their corpses and blood nowhere to be seen¡­ "I suppose I shouldn''t had taken it too seriously." He thought, as he sheathed his de. "Incredible, it is really me¡­ I am really there, but I am also here." Said the Blood progenitor who was the system admin. "It is very strange indeed. We are the same, yet we can talk with one another? How odd¡­" said the summoned blood progenitor. The two quickly shook hands and seemed to have be friends with one another, although they were technically the same person at the end. Noah left the two twins to their own as he looked at the next abilities within the lifeblood jewel, summoning stuff was not done yet as there was ast summon! ¡­ [Sanguine Divine Parasite gue Swarm Summon (700/700)] Channel the power of your Summoning Capabilities, fusing them together with the grotesque power of the Parasite Divinity to bring forth the powerful monstrous Sanguine Divine Parasite gue Swarm, a massive army of gigantic wormy parasites with a thirst for blood and flesh like nothing there has ever been before. You will be able to summon the Sanguine Divine Parasite gue Queen Insecta, which will be able to quickly build a swarm of deadly bugs byying countless eggs around, each egg would pop a new bugger to aid you in battle¡­ Insecta''s power is Great God-Realm of Rank 1, while all the parasites she can create will be God-Realm of Rank 8. The power of your Parasites is increased by +1% with each parasite around them in the same field, while Insecta is present, the Parasites coordination will increase sharply, and her own power will also increase by +1% with every parasite she creates temporarily. ¡­ This was certainly a unique Summon! This Summon would let Noah summon a monstrous entity, a Parasite Queen named Insecta! This powerful Parasite Queen would be able to lie eggs, ach egg might pop with many bug-like wormy parasites, and each one as strong as gods! With this, Noah once more had another General to join his Ranks, Insecta might seem grotesque, but Noah didn''t mind it, as long as she was useful and strong, he was all for it. Without further ado, he decided to summon her and not waste anymore time with this entire thing! "Insect,e forth!" CLASH! A massive magic circle emerged before Noah, as a gigantic and grotesque creature materialized out of his divine energy being poured into the Ability! The massive entity resembled a mix between a worm, a cockroach, and a praying mantis, all while having a massive vertical maw opening across her chest down to her abdomen¡­ Her exoskeleton was crimson red, with some parts being sharp green or ck. And her entire presence emanated a strong aura of bloodthirst¡­ "Gishi¡­ I am here to serve you, my lord¡­" she spoke in a voice reminiscent of countless of bugs buzzing around. "Excellent¡­ Insecta, quickly build an army of Parasites!" said Noah. "Understood¡­" Insecta quickly began to work, as she started toy dozens of eggs constantly and without stopping at all! Each egg that came out of her abdomen cracked open almost immediately, as around 5 wormy-like creatures the size of 3 to 5 meters emerged. Insecta herself was a being at the size of almost 7 meters, she was the size of a massive building. As Noah looked at the grotesque and monstrous swarm increase in numbers constantly, he already began to think of good ideas of using these monstrous parasites¡­ ----- Chapter 482 - An Interesting New Summon ----- As Insecta, Noah''s new Summon continued to give birth to new Parasitic beings, he had begun to rad her description some more, and found some more vor text after all the effects she held. She wasn''t a simple bug based off his new divinity of parasitism¡­ ¡­ [Sanguine Divine Parasite gue Swarm Summon (700/700)] Channel the power of your Summoning Capabilities, fusing them together with the grotesque power of the Parasite Divinity to bring forth the powerful monstrous Sanguine Divine Parasite gue Swarm, a massive army of gigantic wormy parasites with a thirst for blood and flesh like nothing there has ever been before. You will be able to summon the Sanguine Divine Parasite gue Queen Insecta, which will be able to quickly build a swarm of deadly bugs byying countless eggs around, each egg would pop a new bugger to aid you in battle¡­ Insecta''s power is Great God-Realm of Rank 1, while all the parasites she can create will be God-Realm of Rank 8. The power of your Parasites is increased by +1% with each parasite around them in the same field, while Insecta is present, the Parasites coordination will increase sharply, and her own power will also increase by +1% with every parasite she creates temporarily. Insecta is summoned from the mysterious Swarm Universe, where all sorts of insectoid entities live and crawl, the monstrous beings that emerge from this Universe are the best at multiplying quickly. Insecta''s strengthes from her ability toy eggs of parasites almost indefinitely as long as divine energy is provided. Her tyrannical rule had once brought down an entire Gctic Empire as her powerful and never-ending army of insects devoured it all¡­ ¡­ Another universe! It seemed that Noah was somehow connecting his Origin into other Universes through the power of his Summons, and had ended bringing once more another Soul from the Swarm Universe, a different Universe from the Draconic Universe where histest summons emerged from. "Well, it appears that you usually get a new Summon based in your divinities or what you consume or absorb their power from. For example after absorbing the power of many Dragon Heroes you got the Dragon Hero Summoning, and even before, you had a lot of pseudo divinities of the Draconic Fathers, which merged together into the ability to summon Arudiel, and after that Demise came out easily as well as she came from the Divinity of Chaos and Blood, and Darkness, I think¡­" said Gaia. "And even more, the Divinities of Oceans, Earth, and Parasitism brought to you these three new Summons¡­ Perhaps the more you get, the more new summons you can get based on them¡­ Though I have no idea how this is handled." Said the blood progenitor. "You don''t know? But you tweak the entire thing!" said Noah rather exasperated by the little feeble answer he got. "We do but not in that extent! I mean, we had the inputs, but how ites out is not our doing." Said Gaia. "Yeah, calm down." Said Blood Progenitor. "Hmm¡­ But what about the Universe-wide summons? Isn''t that a bit too crazy?" asked Noah. "Yes it is, we don''t have control over it. it might appears that''s just your power." said Gaia. "My own power? I see¡­ So ites down to my own Origin? Ugh, alright I will stop thinking about this, I don''t see any point¡­ Next in the list is¡­" said Noah, as he looked down at the next Skill. ¡­ [Malicious Sanguine Bloodshed Blessing (700/700)] Unleash the power of all your blood, darkness, and vampiric power within you, Blessing all Blood-type and Undead-type allies with a powerful Blessing that enhances all Stats by +100000%, which increases by +1% with each foe they defeat while carrying this blessing. Additionally, the damage dealt using Elemental Laws is increased by +10000% and the damage taken from Elemental Laws decreases by -10000%, Law power increases by +1% with each foe in in battle, and damage taken decreases by -1% with each foe in in battle. The user with this blessing absorbs 50% of damage dealt against a target as HP, and can absorb up to 50% of the in foe''s energy such as mana or divine energy. Those that are not Blood-type or Undead-type will gain either of the two or both types as long as this blessing is on effect. ¡­ "¡­" Noah looked at the amazing power of this Ability as he was left rather shocked, it was just the same as the Dragon Blessing! With both of thesebined together, he could quite literally bring forth the powerbined, and enhance his troops with an amazing enhancement to all their stats greatly! With this, his troops would be able to grow incredibly strong as he not only could turn the non-undead and blood types into these types, but also the non-dragons would be dragon as well! Bybining and stacking both abilities, the power he could bring out from them was nothing but incredibly outstanding¡­ the power of both abilities stacked together over an entire army was amazing! With this, his army and troops would grow even stronger, even more if all the other buffing Abilities he already had at his disposal merged into these ones, all of them could stack! Even more, the Generals, such as the Blood Progenitor, Insecta, Terra, and Leviathan all could boost the power of the troops of their type too, and because the blessings could give the certain type to even those without it, they would also enhance these units as well. This was the ultimate stacking around! Noah was simply stacking all buffs like a good game yer would do in a battle. Why even only use one of the buffs if you can use all of thembined together into somethingpletely insanely and amazing? But Noah was not done yet¡­ Although these three new Abilities within his Lifeblood Jewel were amazing. He craved for more power¡­ He still had more than enough System Points. He wanted to fuse some old Lifeblood Jewels he had lying around¡­ ----- Chapter 483 - Upgrading A New Lifeblood Jewel! ----- Noah had used Lifeblood Jewels long ago. Aside from the ones he had created when hended in Vedas which had be most of his focus, there were also a few old ones he had yet to use again due to them growing old and not really that good. But Noah was willing to bring them back up now, but not to upgrade them individually and waste so many points, he was going to fuse them together while upgrading them and adding new skills into the mix, alongside new materials as well! What Noah wanted to do was rather simple¡­ Yes, he simply wanted to make a powerful Lifeblood Jewel that epassed both his body and soul, these two elements which he had only been upgrading through ss Changes¡­ If he could epass them into a Lifeblood Jewel atop all other Skills and sses, he could grow even stronger and be a formidable fighter! Yes, indeed, this sounded rather good, quitemendable, in fact! Noah couldn''t help but smile as he imagined doing this. It was the perfect opportunity for him. He quickly took out the old Lifeblood Jewels and looked at them, they were even a bit dusty! ¡­ [Progenitor Vampire King (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (15/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Progenitor Vampire King on all of his Eternal Glory. Abilities: Eternal Undeath Body (5/5), Elemental Ward (5/5), and Vitality-Draining Blood Aura (5/5). Additional Lifeblood Points are required for the advancement of two Skill Trees: [Vampire King''s Spirit]: As a Vampire King, your Spirit, Senses, and Powers are above any other Vampire. Abilities: Crimson Moon Bad (5/5), True Vampiric Eyes (5/5), and Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses (5/5). [Vampire King''s True Form]: Unleash the truest and monstrous form of a Vampire King to exert overbearing power against your foes. Abilities: Space-Tearing Crimson ws (5/5), Ancient Scion Transformation (5/5), and Lifeblood Exceed Arts (5/5). ¡­ [Spectral Divine Vampire King Abyssal Soul (SSS-Rank)][Lifeblood Jewel] (15/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through thebination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Divine Soul of the Vampire King on all of its eternal glory. Abilities: Vampire King Divine Flesh and Blood Realm (5/5), Divine Soul Connection Network (5/5), Spectral Divine Soul Deification (5/5). Additional Lifeblood Points are required for the advancement of two Skill Trees: [Spectral Soul of Many Forms]: Utilize your soul of many shapes and forms to realize all sorts of tasks. Abilities Include: Divine Yin and Demonic Yang Dual Soul, Spectral Soul Legion, Abyssal Horror [Abyssal Soul Fighter]: Utilize your powerful abyssal soul to fight against your foes. Abilities Include: Transcend Limits: Divine Soul, Gluttonous Devourer of Souls, God Destroyer. ¡­ Noah looked at both of these Lifeblood Jewels, they were still stuck at SSS-Rank! It made him rather embarrassed that he had such weak Lifeblood Jewels. He was going to upgrade them and- Oh right, he had another one. When he absorbed and fused with God from Earth, he had acquired the mysterious [Lifeblood Jewel] [Path of Humanity''s God (SSS-Rank)] Lifeblood Jewel! This Lifeblood Jewel brought with itself several passive enhancements to Noah''s followers. Maybe he could fuse them over the other ones anyway, just because, right? He had already acquired the power of fusing Lifeblood Jewels after he had upgraded his System to Rank 3 back then, all the System Functions were upgraded with him, so this was what happened¡­ the old functions didn''t stay as they were but received an amazing boost and even upgraded themselves to a brand-new level of power. Thanks to this, he got the power of fusing Lifeblood Jewels and even include things such as items in between, and more things! It was after all a Lifeblood Jewel forgery; it wouldn''t be aplete fusion if he couldn''t be capable of doing this. Noah checked his System Points¡­ he had just spent 3 million in upgrading his two Lifeblood Jewels, and had around 5 million left, with a few little hundred thousand as well. But that was pretty much it! Only 5 million¡­ "Well, this should be enough¡­ Let''s add a bunch of materials¡­ My blood once more¡­ the blood of Dragon Gods as well¡­ why not? Hundreds of corpses of divine draconic beasts don''t seem so bad either¡­" Noah began to pour countless materials into the interdimensional sphere in front of him, which vacuumed them all as if it werepletely endless in storage! He continued pouring more and more items without stopping! And then, he suddenly opened the Dungeon Shop and browsed across it¡­ "Oh, this should do¡­ And this¡­ and this¡­" Ding! [You''ve exchanged 500000 System Points] [You''ve purchased the [Great Vampiric Blood God Pill (Great God-Grade)] [You''ve exchanged 500000 System Points] [You''ve purchased the [Great Soul-Fusing Ambrosia Elixir (Great God-Grade)] [You''ve exchanged 500000 System Points] [You''ve purchased the [Great Body-Strengthening Draconic Asura Scroll (Great God-Grade)] Noah suddenly bought three mysterious and powerful-sounding items out of the Dungeon Shop trough the usage of System Points. These items held mysterious powers within them and were the perfect ones for his current goals of upgrading his Lifeblood Jewels by fusing them together into somethingpletely new. The items avable in the Item Shop unlocked ordingly to his own Power-Level, so the highest-Grade items he could purchase were the Great God-Grade. The power of these items, however, was outstanding. Noah had looked for them specifically as he required them to enhance his power topletely new limits, so they were essential for his goals. These three items were all he could afford as most of the other points were going into the fusion and upgrade of the Lifeblood Jewels themselves. He was pouring a lot of resources into this one, so it was going to be an amazing Lifeblood Jewel, maybe just as great as the already existing ones! Perhaps¡­ even better. A sickly smile emerged on Noah''s lips, as he poured all the three items into the sphere of Lifeblood Jewel forgery. FLASH! ----- Chapter 484 - A Brand New Creation ----- ¡­ [Great Vampiric Blood God Pill (Great God-Grade)] A special Pill concentrating an immense quantity of powerful Blood Energy from a Great God Vampire. A special item that can only be found in Great God-Grade or above Dungeons controlled by a Great God-Realm Vampire. This Pill can be consumed by non-vampires to be instantly converted into Vampires Gods and awaken several powers and skills. It can also be used as an amazing material for Alchemy, Crafting, and Fusion. ¡­ [Great Soul-Fusing Ambrosia Elixir (Great God-Grade)] A special elixir of yellow-gold color and a sweet and citric vor. It possesses incredible quantities of Soul Attribute Particles and can strengthen the soul of even a Great God after consumption, guaranteeing to raise at least one Stage in Soul Cultivation, while also haling all Soul Wounds and permanently enhancing Soul Strength, Soul Solidification, and Soul Recovery by +1000%. Bonus Soul Attribute Particles are also distributed after consumption. It can also be used as an amazing material for Alchemy, Crafting, and Fusion. ¡­ [Great Body-Strengthening Draconic Asura Scroll (Great God-Grade)] A powerful scroll containing the information that can give the user the ability to wield the powerful body-strengthening technique of the legendary Draconic Asura, a powerful figure in Vedas'' mythology. This item can only be generated by a Great-God Grade Dungeon controlled by a Great God-Realm Dragon or above. Through the usage of this technique, the power of your physical body is enhanced several times, and new abilities and skills can be acquired. It can also be used as an amazing material for Alchemy, Crafting, and Fusion. ¡­ These were the three items that Noah had purchased in the Dungeon Shop. The Dungeon Shop was an amazing function of the system, after turning into a Dungeon himself, he was able to ess it and the items avable depended in the current Existence Realm that he was in. These items, which could do amazingly well individually, had been picked up by Noah as he decided to fuse them over the Lifeblood Jewel as powerful catalyst of power. With this, the only thing left was doing it. He threw the three Lifeblood Jewels into the sphere, as they were vacuumed, and then he quickly decided to begin the fusion of Lifeblood Jewels apanied by the instant upgrade through the usage of System Points. Ding! [Do you wish to fuse all materials and Lifeblood Jewels present while also upgrading them to Great-God-Grade by exchanging 2000000 System Points?] 2 million system points! That was a big price, but Noah was willing. He had already used 1 million of 500 thousand to buy the three items which he called the "catalysts". After that, he even used several skills he had not used in a while pouring them all into the fusion as well, even new Skills he had yet to ever use and those he gained from ss Changes! Of course, these skills, although they were used as materials were instantly relearned the moment he utilized them into this, so he didn''t actually lose them. FLASH! "Yes." Noah said "yes" with a domineering tone of voice, the entire fusion began immediately after that. All brand-new powers continued to merge together, the items, the materials, and the lifeblood jewels. All of the ingredients started to turn into bright crimson-red light, fusing andbining together into apletely brand-new Lifeblood Jewel! FLASH! The entirety of the shrine began to tremble as thunderous crimson-red lightning began to spark everywhere, cracking loudly. The entirety of space and time seemed to distort strangely for a bit, although this seemed to be just an illusion, however, Noah noticed that the power of the three items he had bought and used here was finally showing off. BOOM!!! A sudden explosion happened, as a massive amount of crimson-red smoke came out of the fusion process, shaping itself as a furious swarm of bats, which began to fight off against a massive and muscr dragon! "What the heck?!" Noah felt perplexed, the entire fusion process seemed even more bizarre and strange than he had originally believed it would be. The entire thing continued to happen as the changes continued to emerge one after another. The swarm of bats was devoured by the dragon, and the dragon was then consumed by the smoke once more, all of its essence fell over the fusion process, as something brand new emerged out of all of it, as everything gathered into a single point and materialized! FLASH! A massive red crystal emerged out of thin air, floating in the middle of the entire shrine, it was so big Noah couldn''t believe that was the actual lifeblood jewel. However, suddenly, a downpour of golden essence fell over it, slowly eroding the entire thing, as it quickly began to be smaller and morepact, slowly, bit by bit¡­ and then, what was left was way smaller, several times smaller, in fact! However, it still a beautiful red jewel, a lifeblood jewel glistening with shiny and bright crimson-red light, it had an enormous essence quantitying out of it, and the aura it emanated was of utter and tremendous domineering power. It was as if this crystal waspletely dominating everything around itself! Noah looked at the scene with a fascinated smile. He grabbed the lifeblood jewel as he noticed it had a mark, the mark resembled a Vampire figure looking into the distance, as his soul emanated from his body in the shape of a monstrous specter with tentacles and crimson-red eyes¡­ it looked oddly simr to him. The moment he had grabbed this Lifeblood Jewel, however, Noah felt an instant connection with it, and with that came an immense boost to all his physical body and soul capabilities. His muscles felt thousands of times stronger out of nowhere, as he suddenly stopped being so slender and actually became a bit buffer¡­ and his soul started to emerge out of his body, resembling an endless ocean of blood and darkness! The Lifeblood Jewel flew into the depths of his soul, cing itself inside¡­ ----- Chapter 485 - Heaven Library Of Truth ----- Ding! [You''ve created the [Primordial Draconic Vampire Progenitor Unbreakable Body and Unfathomable Soul (Great Deity-Grade)][Lifeblood Jewel]!] With this single Lifeblood Jewel, Noah finally had the issue with his body and soul covered! With this powerful new "item" he was able to receive a great passive boost to the total power of both body and soul, meanwhile, the other two Lifeblood Jewels served as army-boosting and army-summoning mostly, while still having their own unique perks. Meanwhile, this was a special Lifeblood Jewel as it was not so simr to the other two¡­ it contained special abilities that worked more on Noah than anyone else, it was a very personal powerup¡­ but that was good. He quickly checked its effects. ¡­ [Primordial Draconic Vampire Progenitor Unbreakable Body and Unfathomable Soul (Great Deity-Grade)] (1000/1000): The innate power of your very body and soul had awakened to apletely new level as you''ve acquired the power of a Primordial Draconic Vampire Progenitor, an entirely unique being by itself that you''ve only been able to be after evolving both your vampiric powers and also the powers of the dragons you''ve devoured dwelling within you. This lifeblood jewel contains several passive abilities to enhance the power of your body and soul. Abilities: [Primordial All-Energy Draining and All-Element Resistant Eternal Vampiric Draconic God Body (1000/1000)], [Primordial Divine Yin and Demonic Yang Spectral Abyssal Legion Dual Soul of Many Forms (1000/1000)], [Transcendental Supernatural Vampiric Draconic Divine Eyes of Destruction and Truth (1000/1000)] Additional Abilities: [Abyssal Void-Dwelling Eternal Scion Abomination Transformation (1000/1000)], [Grand Asura Dragon God Body-Strengthening Physique (1000/1000)], [Spectral Divine Soul Realm Connection (1000/1000)] [Transcendental God-Destroying Gluttonous Aberration (1000/1000)], [Great Abyssal Chaotic Blood Soul and Body Clones Creation (1000/1000)], [Eternal Fusion of Soul and Body (1000/1000)] ¡­ These new Abilities seemed amazingly strong¡­ However, something else happened as Noah acquired this Lifeblood Jewel, which surprised him! Ding! [Due to the effects of [Transcendental Supernatural Vampiric Draconic Divine Eyes of Destruction and Truth (1000/1000)] Ability, you''ve been able to peer through the truth of all things, Enlightenment has been transformed into new Abilities] [You''ve learned the [Heavenly Library of Truth (???)] and [Fusion (???)] Skills!] "What?" FLASH! The moment Noah looked at this, he suddenly felt a sudden enlightenment! The truth about the structure of the Universe, the major superpowers dominating it, and even the very origin of the fabric of reality thatposed this Universe was infused into his mind! It was so much yet it was so little, only but a fraction! His eyes suddenly shone with bright crimson-red light, as Noah realized he had awakened apletely new power¡­ these two mysterious Skills whose ssification couldn''t even be discerned for some reason¡­ ¡­ [Heavenly Library of Truth (???)] A special Heavenly Library that not many can peer through. By using it, you can store all Skills you''ve learned, convert new spells and abilities into Skills that can be stored, and also peer into any being''s Status without any issue through the effects of your Eyes of Truth. The Knowledge of the Universe is now in the palm of your Hands¡­ ¡­ [Fusion (???)] You can save other living beings special abilities as Skills in the Heavenly Library of Truth bypleting certain quests or requirements. You can acquire high-level Skills by merging the powers of these Skills stored in there. Items can be used to enhance Skills by fusing them other. Lifeblood Jewels can be created more easily. If the conditions for the acquisition of Abilities from a target grow in difficulty, the Skill might change its requirements for the Skill Copy. Can only copy 1 Skill per target. Unique Abilities cannot be acquired by eating. Skills can be granted to allies freely. ¡­ Amazing! Noah read both of these Abilities and felt rather perplexed, and this wasn''t even part of his new Lifeblood Jewel yet! He hasn''t even started peering through the powers of his new Lifeblood Jewel and he already acquired something utterly broken. Now he didn''t particrly needed to consume a target, he could steal their abilities before that through certain conditions, which might even change if things get too hard for him. Additionally, he was able to fuse all of such copied skills within the library to form new powers, although he was already able to do this, with this he could do it with even more detail and ability. It was truly an incredible power by itself. Noah quickly used a clone in the outside of his divine realm, as he saw the Dragon Gods waiting for him in the distance. There was the powerful Great Gods lying in the sky, waiting to ambush his troops. He sneakily peered upon them and¡­ [Name: Thunderous, the Great Dragon God of Holy Thunder] [Race: Great Divine Golden Dragon God of Thunder] [Primordial Essence: 2.500.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: 5.000.000.000] [Aether: 4.500.000.000] [Ki: 4.000.000.000] [Fate: 2.000.000.000] [Attribute Particles] [Thunder: 80.000], [Light: 65.000], [Wind: 70.000] [Elemental Laws] [Thunder: 80%] [Unique Ability] [Heaven Thunder (Great God-Grade)] [Unique Ability Copy Conditions] Thunderous has always been prideful on his speed, defeat him in a battle of speed to acquire his greatest talent. ¡­ "Oh?" ¡­ [Heaven Thunder (Great God-Grade)] The power of your lightning possesses the element of Heavens, and can tear apart both heavens and earth, shattering everything within your path as you be unbeatable in your element. The power of your thunder is capable of ignoring 70% of all enemy defenses and its power increases by +10% with each sessful attack, alongside its speed which increases by +20% with each sessful attack. Utilizing it over the body can enhance all capabilities by +100% with every sessfulbo of 50 attacks towards a target. You can exert power and dominancy over all Thunder-type beings¡­ ¡­ And it was indeed an amazing ability, just as Noah had expected of a great god of thunder such as this glorious-looking dragon! A smile emerged on his lips, perhaps he could even copy his ability and beat him with that! "Speed, is it?" he said, with a malicious smile¡­ ----- Chapter 486 - Incredible New Abilties 1 ----- The war had yet to begin as Noah watched at Thunderous in the outside world as if it were all in incredible slow motion, his army had yet to even reach him. He quickly immersed his mind back to his Divine Realm. After having spent so much energy and resources into making this new Lifeblood Jewel, he really didn''t even cared in anything other than this for the moment. He quickly nced at his new Lifeblood Jewel once more. Having acquired the amazing Heavenly Library and Fusion Skills were not enough, although the power of the Eyes of Truth had many other mysterious effects which he had yet to check out, he also wanted to learn more about the other various Abilities, it was going to be a long read, but it was going to be useful to let Noah realize the true power of his new capabilities¡­ ¡­ [Primordial Draconic Vampire Progenitor Unbreakable Body and Unfathomable Soul (Great Deity-Grade)] (1000/1000): The innate power of your very body and soul had awakened to apletely new level as you''ve acquired the power of a Primordial Draconic Vampire Progenitor, an entirely unique being by itself that you''ve only been able to be after evolving both your vampiric powers and also the powers of the dragons you''ve devoured dwelling within you. This lifeblood jewel contains several passive abilities to enhance the power of your body and soul. Abilities: [Primordial All-Energy Draining and All-Element Resistant Eternal Vampiric Draconic God Body (1000/1000)], [Primordial Divine Yin and Demonic Yang Spectral Abyssal Legion Dual Soul of Many Forms (1000/1000)], [Transcendental Supernatural Vampiric Draconic Divine Eyes of Destruction and Truth (1000/1000)] Additional Abilities: [Abyssal Void-Dwelling Eternal Scion Abomination Transformation (1000/1000)], [Grand Asura Dragon God Body-Strengthening Physique (1000/1000)], [Spectral Divine Soul Realm Connection (1000/1000)] [Transcendental God-Destroying Gluttonous Aberration (1000/1000)], [Great Abyssal Chaotic Blood Soul and Body Clones Creation (1000/1000)], [Eternal Fusion of Soul and Body (1000/1000)] ¡­ "Let''s begin with the first row, such long names¡­ I can see that they''re made up by fusing already existing Abilities from the Lifeblood Jewels this was made of¡­ interesting." He thought. ¡­ [Primordial All-Energy Draining and All-Element Resistant Eternal Vampiric Draconic God Body (1000/1000)] Your body is like that of an eternal being, and your very existence can drain immense quantities of energy from the body and attacks of your foe at your own will. However, the more energy you absorb the more your powers go crazy, so you must release it constantly to not explode like a balloon¡­ although that might not kill you either. Enhances the physical strength and physical and magical defense of your body by +100000%. All Elemental Law Resistance is increased by +10000%. You can drain the Vitality and Divine Energy/Mana of a target around 10 meters from you. Each blow that hits your body has its damage reduced by -1% with each sessful blow. You absorb 30% of the damage you take as Vitality, Divine Energy and Mana. All your Attack Power using your physical body is enhanced by +100000%, and +1% with each sessful blow against a target¡­ Unleash the true potential of your very body. ¡­ This was the first Ability and right off the bat, this was why Noah''s body felt so amazingly powerful, the great boost he felt to all his capabilities was actually because of this amazing Ability! His entire body felt reinforced to an insane degree, and now his very body had the power to even negate damage or absorb it as energy! With this Ability Noah is capable of negating damage from a foe''s blows slowly 1% at a time with each blow, while he absorbs 30% of the damage as energy he can use right away, making it possible for him to just fuel himself by letting his enemies attack him! ¡­Wait, was this incentivizing him to be even more of a masochist on his fighting methods? Additionally, he can already passively drain the energy of a foe of his choice that is around 10 meters from him, constantly! This way he can always be recovering his energies faster while weakening his foe with his mere presence¡­ ¡­ [Primordial Divine Yin and Demonic Yang Spectral Abyssal Legion Dual Soul of Many Forms (1000/1000)] Your soul is like an endless ocean. One of its sides is dark and abyssal, and the other, oddly bright and yellow gold. You must bnce between both sides to acquire the greatest and most powerful results. Utilize the power of your Yin and Yang soul to bnce the power between your darkness and your light to enhance your capabilities, while also being able to show the power of your soul through its many forms, like an endless legion of you. The Soul Power, Soul Defense, and Soul Recovery of your Soul is enhanced by +100000%. You can use the Bright Side of your Soul to receive an enhancement of +100000% to all your Bright Spectrum Elements Damage and Defense or use your Dark Side of your soul to receive the same enhancement but to your Dark Spectrum Elements Damage and Defense. Your Soul can divide as long as there is divine energy to be used. Soul Clones are easier to make. Soul can shape differently and receive different bonuses. The power of your soul shines the brightest when you use both sides at the same time, which will enhance all your capabilities by +200000% but puts a strain on your soul, which worsens as time goes on¡­ ¡­ His second Ability which allowed Noah to enhance his power through the usage of his soul. His soul had mutated once more and had be a massive and vast ocean of darkness and light, something incredibly odd in a Vampiric being such as himself¡­ There are many effects, but if he uses both sides at the same time in perfect bnce, he can receive the best boost, however, because it puts a strain on his soul, he can''t do this indefinitely. However, doing this will bring the best possibly boosts, as it will stack all together giving him a whopping enhancement of +400000%, ridiculous! ¡­ ----- Chapter 487 - Incredible New Abilties 2 ----- Noah continued looking at his Abilities, each one was more amazing than the other, however, when he finally reached this one is when he understood a few things¡­ ¡­ [Transcendental Supernatural Vampiric Draconic Divine Eyes of Destruction and Truth (1000/1000)] Your Eyes had awakened their divine state and can see through the truth of all things, even if a little bit. Your Eyes has the power to see through the intentions of others, being able to discern lie from truth with incredibly precision, and without fail. Your eyes also have the power to see through other''s Status even if they don''t have System. Your Eyes grant the power to see through the abilities and powers of others, and even copy them with certain conditions. Your Eyes embody destruction, you can unleash all the magical elements you''ve learned through your eyes through the use of Telekinesis, and more. The power of such damage is enhanced by +50000%. Your eyes gain all other sorts of effects, such as Charm, Hypnosis, and more¡­ There is nothing your eyes cannot register permanently, as if they were cameras, all learned abilities are stored. ¡­ This one ability seemed deadly and amazing from the get-go. And this was also the reason behind the library and the fusion skills that allowed Noah to be so game breaking now¡­ With this he could probably redefine the entire meta of Vedas! It not only granted amazing power to see through things, he was able to also peer through all info, see the hidden information of people, their total power, special abilities, attribute particles,wprehensions, and even copy the Unique Skill that each powerful being innately possesses without sometimes even realizing it! He can store such amazing Unique Abilities inside the Library and even fuse them around, giving him once more a new form topletely break the game mechanics of this Universe by the almighty power of his eyes now¡­ And even more, there is also the power of destruction, he can summon all the elements he knows through Telekinesis, which their power is enhanced by +50000%, this means that he could generate magic without the magic to begin with, making things incredibly easier¡­ Additionally, there is the power of various other abilities included, such as Charm, Hypnosis, and more¡­ it is the ultimate Vampiric Eye Ability! ¡­ [Abyssal Void-Dwelling Eternal Scion Abomination Transformation (1000/1000)] Unleash the power of your most abyssal power as you transform into the true abomination dwelling within your body and soul. Bring out the monstrous being that you truly are, growing into a massive being that can easily trample over mountains and make whole continents crack before your might. While transforming, your divine energy is constantly drained, all your stats are increased by +300000%, all your defenses and elemental defenses are boosted by +100000%, and all the elemental damage you dealt is enhanced by +100000%, the power of each of your blows can curse an enemy and cause an assortment of random negative status effects that cannot be easily negated or resisted. Your very presence causes utter fear and might instantly kill weaker foes. Those that die near you have their souls absorbed instantly to nourish your power and recover your energies. While in this form you can utilize several new abilities that you must discover yourself¡­ ¡­ Noah looked into this other new ability as he was left rather speechless. Its power seemed genuinely incredible. It felt like the ultimate upgrade to all his other transformation Skills and Abilities, and it brought great boost to everything, his stats would be gargantuan while transformed, and even his very presence could instantly kill weaker foes than him through mere presence, domineering and deathly presence. With this power Noah could even trample over beings above several Ranks from him¡­ perhaps the power difference between these peak Rank Dragon Gods and him might not be as big if he uses this transformation¡­ ¡­ [Grand Asura Dragon God Body-Strengthening Physique (1000/1000)] Unleash the power of the millenary Scroll of the Legendary Asura Dragon for your use, as you passively enhance your body through this amazing physique that enhances all your muscles passively by putting them into constant exercise without you needing to particrly do anything, fused with your regeneration, your muscles are constantly training themselves and may even exceed their own power through battle unlocking more of Asura''s true Techniques. All your body capabilities are enhanced by +100000%, your body constantly grows stronger, passively increasing your stats. This increase in stats might hasten if you battle to the death with an enemy. Many other powers can be unlocked as you develop. ¡­ This powerful Ability was the same as the scroll! It even held the same effects- no, enhanced even further than their original forms. To boot, Noah was now able to constantly and passive enhance his body power through this physique, which was passive. His body was able to regenerate easily so he was able to put himself into constant strain with this physique without problems. All of his physical stats would slowly grow bigger and bigger over time, however, their power is enhanced even further if he undergoes a fight to the death against a deadly and powerful enemy. In such case he would even be able to awaken new techniques if he puts everything he has into the fight. Even more, this ability seemed to be "alive" by itself, which surprised Noah. But as it developed alone, it might even develop new effects through fighting. This was a technique that wasn''t for the chicken-hearted that wasn''t able to fight properly or disliked conflict, but it was the ability specifically made for the insane people that loves to fight above all things and would dly decide to kill each other if there was some opportunity to grow strength¡­ this is a power that not many could properly wield as the physique would constantly ask for more action and fights, something not many can keep up with, btu Noah that constantly is fighting might be the perfect one for the task. ----- Chapter 488 - Incredible New Abilties 3 ----- With the power of the Asura Dragon flowing through his veins, Noah felt his entire body boosting with power, as if there was a massive red meing out of his entire being. His muscles were being constantly trained at the same time. He suddenly realized he couldn''t simply discard flesh as he had done before anymore as he would be losing all the training it would be doing, and his physical stats might lower drastically. Because of this, he probably would be more careful in the usage of his ability of shapeshifting and flesh multiplication and expansion, which had evolved greatly to the point he can even be a massive Shoggoth-like abomination¡­ Noah continued looking at the abilities in detail¡­ ¡­ [Spectral Divine Soul Realm Connection (1000/1000)] Generates a special Spectral Divine Soul Realm which connects to your Soul Transmigration System and upgrades it even further, giving it an entire Realm to work with where you can see souls even in more detail and even more, connect the souls of all those "connected" to you in many ways such as alliances, bonds, and bloodline. In such realm the thoughts of all of these souls can be shared, generating aplexwork of information. Within this realm, Soul Regeneration is enhanced by +1000000% and even the most broken of souls can possibly recover and be repaired as long as you put some effort¡­ Soul Cultivation through meditation bes possible inside of this Realm, and the soul can be put into strain and then healed here to hasten its development and mutation into higher types of souls. ¡­ Compared to the other Abilities, this one might look more "underwhelming" but that couldn''t be further from the truth as this ability embodied the true power that Noah could now wield through the ability of his soul! This was apletely different Realm that was created out of thin air inside of his soul, a dimension of its own which merged with his Transmigration Cycle and has made it even more efficient in many ways. This amazing ability additionally allows Noah to store his soul or that of others in here to recover quickly and also to cultivate it even quicker, reaching higher realms of soul cultivation at a fast speed. ¡­ [Transcendental God-Destroying Gluttonous Aberration (1000/1000)] You''re a gluttonous monster that devours the souls of the gods and can deal extra damage against them through your very existence, a being that defies godly beings and is a divine enemy by itself. Your absorption of divine souls and their divinities is enhanced greatly. All damage against Godly beings that have reached the Stage of Pseudo Demi Deity and above is enhanced by +100000%, with an additional +10% with each sessful blow into these entities. You can also ignore 60% of their total defenses from the get-go. Your power to devour divinity transcends more than just the god''s souls and bodies, but also their attacks or anything that has divinity on it¡­ ¡­ This ability seemed also rather small, but it suddenly boosted Noah''s chances of winning greatly! With this amazing yet simplistic power, Noah would be able to easily deal great damage against beings of the divine realm, while also enhancing his own power through the roof with each blow he cannd on them. The damage would keep increasing until they were to evade his attacks, as thebo would stop there, but he was more than capable of hitting a target multiple times in a single second anyways, so this was very hard! He was also now able to ignore 60% of their total defenses, a little number whenpared to the other bigger ones, but that also epassed all enhancements that god might be enjoying, making it simplistic yet amazing. Additionally, there is something at the end saying he can even devour things that are not exactly gods, and gain the power to destroy them as long as there''s divine energy on them¡­ Noah pondered what could this truly mean as he looked into the new Ability. ¡­ [Great Abyssal Chaotic Blood Soul and Body Clones Creation (1000/1000)] Your body and soul can divide into an assortment of four powerful clones that differentiate from the other clones as they can hold up to 70% of your total power individually. Each of such clones can be controlled by themselves but each one constantly drains mana and puts a strain in your mind to control them all. However, their power is admirable as they can unleash all your abilities and also Lifeblood Jewels without problems even better than normal Flesh and Soul Clones. Each Clone can also be assigned with special abilities and elements¡­ ¡­ This one ability was simplistic yet interesting, Noah''s clones usually didn''t had hisplete power, as they were divided in power and he could give them up to 30% of his total power to them, while also losing part of that power himself, the stronger the clone the more he would reduce his main body power, however, this Skill changed it all as it let Noah finally redefine the meta once and for all with his amazing effect. He was able to now create up to four powerful clones that all of them shared 70% of his Stats and all his divinities, skills, abilities, and could even all use at the same time the power of his Lifeblood Jewels! This waspletely insane as before his clones were not as reliable whenever he fought by himself, but now¡­ he couldpletely use them by themselves and even all of them together at once! However, there was a catch, he would strain his mind constantly, although that seemed to not be a problem naturally for a being such as himself, if the ability itself said so, perhaps such an effect would affect him even with all his incredibly mind capabilities¡­ Noah contemted this new ability and its amazing implications as he could probably bring himself to multiple battlefields without the clones themselves being so weak¡­ a smile surged on his lips as he decided to sit down over his throne, looking at thest Ability¡­ ----- Chapter 489 - It Begins ----- Thest ability in thest had finally been reached, Noah looked at it with intrigue shing on his eyes. ¡­ [Eternal Fusion of Soul and Body (1000/1000)] Utilize your powerful ability over your own body and soul, and fuse both together constantly. This is a passive Skill that allows the recovery of the soul through the body, and the recovery of the body through the soul. Your soul and body are fused together, yet they still can work separately and independently. This Ability is a passive skill that increases all your capabilities. Your thought process is enhanced thousands of times, your soul power is now part of your physical power and vice versa, and more effects¡­ All your stats increase by +100000% each time you fight using your fused body and soul. You acquire the power to fuse things into your body and soul, and also to modify other bodies and souls and fuse them together as well, with other items and materials. Several other effects can be discovered¡­ ¡­ It was an interesting power! it allowed Noah to fuse both his body and soul, enhancing both amazingly in the process! This ability by itself might seem to be worth a lot, and indeed it was, as it held even more powers within itself that he could see, he had to discover them himself! Additionally, there was also the power of enhancing his stats, which was a nice and sweet bonus, andstly, he seems to be able to fuse things into his body! This also applies with his allies, perhaps this way everyone can grow even stronger even faster¡­ "Perhaps fusing the corpses of the Great Dragon Gods into my friends might make them pretty strong¡­ Iris or my children¡­ Hm. As of now they''re my priority. As my family, they have to grow very strong. I cannot fathom the thought of losing those I love¡­ Well, things are done for now so there''s no point submerging in my thoughts any longer." Thought Noah, as he stood up, and then, five of him emerged out of his body, all of them looking exactly the same. He had used his new Clone Ability and formed new clones out of it! All of them held 70% of his total power, and it made them tremendously strong! There were only three battlefields within the Continent of Draconia as of now, three of his armies were moving to these three Kingdoms, and he had already detected all the Dragon Gods protecting these territories. Each one had two Great Dragon Gods if very high Ranks, he couldn''t act reckless, of course. If he was going to fight these monsters who could shake heaven and heart, he had to be well prepared, and well, he was more than well prepared now! Each of his clones had 70% of his total stats and all his Skills, Abilities, and even could use the Lifeblood Jewels Abilities all by themselves! Of course, the summons can only be one, even if multiple clones can summon it at the same time, but the buffs and offensive abilities can now be spammed by everyone. He also felt his mind in each clone, it was as if they were just an extension of his body, as if they were like second heads growing out of him, they were his bodies and he could feel himself in each one of them, it was confusing at first, but he easily got used to it as he had done it before anyways. However, these clone bodies were obviously way stronger, and therefore even more admirable. They could easily change the battlefield. With his five clones he was six, exactly six, two for each battlefield, coupled with his new generals, the army-boosting abilities, and his friends who were even more ridiculously strong now that they were all Great Gods and held multiple Lifeblood Jewels of their creation¡­ Even against Peak-Rank Great Dragon Gods, there were good chances of victory. But only chances, there was nothing guaranteed. Noah would have to put everything he has to win this time around¡­ With his six bodies and splitting his mind into six, alongside his family and his friends, Noah moved forward towards the battlefield, summoning everyone across the three battlefields. His armies were purposedly moving slowly because he wanted them to not get into the range of the dragon gods yet¡­ well, before he was to send his cavalry, which included himself! Noah inspected the battlefield as he summoned himself and his troops split into three, he checked the three Kingdoms he was about to raid, and his real targets, the gods protecting them. There were two Great Dragon Gods protecting each Kingdom road, coupled with many Dragon Gods with them, Dragon Demigods, and more¡­ The Verdanttian, Luminosity, and Mountainnea Kingdoms were going to be protected by two Great Dragon Gods each, alongside ten other Dragon Gods¡­ Thunderous, the Great Dragon God of Holy Thunder and White, the Great Dragon Goddess of Bright Light would protect the Luminosity Kingdom, which belonged to White. Azure, the Great Dragon God of Oceans and Verdant, the Great Dragon God of Nature and Life would protect the Verdanttian Kingdom, which belonged to Verdant. And Obscurity, the Great Dragon God of Nightmares andstly, Might, the Great Dragon God of War and Conquest would protect the Mountainnea Kingdom, which belonged to Might. Noah gave out a confident smile. His crimson-red eyes were shing with excitement over the fights that were about toe and the massive implications they held¡­ he looked into the distance with all his bodies, as Iris and his two children who really wanted to participate in this were all present with him as well, well, with two of his bodies. "Are you ready?" he asked. "I''ve always has been¡­ Noah." Said Iris. Her eyes had a deep darkness within them but also a strong and ring devotion to her lover and her children. Her aura exuded a powerful aura of phantasmal energies, shaping itself into a monstrous phantasmal creature¡­ And her children with Noah had even bigger auras¡­ monstrous auras. These auras were quickly noticed by the Great Gods, as they felt a sudden and instinctual fear deep down. Just what kind of monstrosities were they about to fight?! ----- Chapter 490 - Assault ----- Noah moved forward his three armies, as the first army two of his minds concentrated into were the one that was moving towards the His first target was the Kingdom of Luminosity dominated mostly by white dragons that wielded light and holy magic. Their power was more into the magic side, as they had a tremendous amount of magical power and had reigned their Kingdom by the decree of their holy protector, the Great Dragon Goddess of Bright Light, White. However, not only White was present as of now, concerned about the future ahead as she sensed the power of the monstrosity and his spawns emerge, but also Thunderous was at her side. The powerful thunder great dragon was filled with contempt as he looked into the very far away distance. The moment Noah summoned himself on his six bodies across the entirety of the three battlefields that all Great Dragon Gods grew alert of it. Their eyes opened wide as they observed things from the sides, concerned about the future ahead. The powerful presences his bodies exuded were worrying. It felt as if there were now six more great gods out of nowhere. These news greatly shocked them, even more as all six of them had the same aura yet they were clearly different bodies from one another. Many dragons spected things rather urately, Noah had indeed acquired the power of cloning himself to an even more masterful degree, and they had realized this as well. Thunderous and White contemted the emptynd before them as the other dragon gods around them prepared for this battle, the battle where they would protect their Continent from the monstrous threat of Noah and his party of horrors. The auras that he exuded were not enough it seems, as there were even more auras flowing all around the ce, so big and strong it made them feel rather¡­ terrified. Indeed, especially the aurasing right towards them, there were other fearful beings alongside Noah, but not just him¡­ there were other beings, entities he had summoned for battle and had brought to fight for him. they were incredibly strong. so strong it defied their very sense of logic. "W-What are these beings? Even more¡­ Great Gods?!" "What will we do?!" "This is¡­" The Dragon Gods quickly began to despair, some had even begun to lose hope as despair started to consume their draconic souls. They began to observe the challenges ahead without many hopes for a future where they might be alive. But they couldn''t run away, as they needed to fight to survive, they knew that deep down, they might even be hunted down by not only Noah but the Holy Dragon Pantheon that oversaw the world of Vedas. If they deserted right now, they would be traitors, and would only get killed even more bitterly than the honor of fighting to death in a battlefield¡­ However, the two powerful Great Dragon Gods with them calmed down their minds and appeased their thoughts. They began to quickly speak to them and reassure them that they also had their strengths. "Soothe your minds, friends. Despite how strong they might show themselves to be, we are stronger at the end. Our numbers are bigger, and we possess more experience and powerful techniques, resources, and artifacts¡­ Despite there being many Great Gods, most of them are all Rank 1! We are both Rank 9 as Great Gods, the very pinnacle of Great Gods, the difference between them and us is like heaven and earth!" said Thunderous. "Indeed, my people. Be not afraid of fighting at our side, you shall receive my holy protection as reassure of our future victory. And look, we are not alone here either." Said White, she emanated a holy embracing aura over all the dragons around the two great dragon gods, as their power was suddenly enhanced exponentially, and they were covered by a powerful holy light barrier that could easily reflect most hits below White''s Realm¡­! "Ooohh!" "Amazing!" "R-Right! With White-sama and Thunderous-sama, we can really pull through a victory!" "Maybe it''s really not necessary to grow so concerned!" "Yeah, we can win! We can win!" And that was not all, Thunderous and White quickly opened their Divine Realm portals, reaching up to the insides of their inner worlds of thunder and light, as immense beasts began to be poured out like oceans of thunder and bright light,ing out one by one, their magnificent brilliance and beautiful lustrous resonated around the entire sky. They held powerful divine auras despite being only beasts. They were the Divine Draconic Beasts that naturally spawn inside of these two Great Dragon Gods divine realms! These powerful beasts heard their call and quickly obey them without any problems, they exude the strong auras of Great God-Realm entities. And they were thousands¡­ Such a massive army surprised all the Gods and the Great Gods smiled, they continued to infuse their buffing abilities and spells into their troops while enhancing their total battle prowess topletely new levels. The gigantic draconic beasts rushed forward into the battlefield in front of them as a massive army of bloody red monstrous beings approached! They were all deformed creatures, resembling mutant monsters with many appearances. They were all Undead as well, enhancing their monstrosity and grotesqueness to new levels. Their auras of horrendous crimson-red and ck colors resonated all around the ce, making thing only worse. And in front of such an army, there were several figures, seven knights of various shapes, exuding even stronger presences, each one representing a Deadly Sin, and looking truly despicable in their crimson colors and attires! Noah led such armies from behind, hiding with the rest of his allies that hade to this part of the army. Jon, Adamantine, and others were here with him, as he had split them all around as they were the strongest non-summons he had. But of course, but wouldn''t be everything¡­ Spark¡­ Spark! ck clouds emerged atop the skies, alongside a serpentine figure moving across it. ----- Chapter 491 - Clash Of Armies [Warning: This chapter has been edited to disy the skipped chapter, sorry for this] ----- Thunderous and White looked at the front of their view as they saw the massive cloud of dark colors resonating with lightning, a massive snake-shaped monstrosity began to emerge from within, the two great dragon gods were filled with contemtion and surprise as they saw the monstrosity emerge¡­ a gigantic sea snake, but that flew across the skies and wasn''t even fazed by the lightning of the same clouds?! Usually, water-type dragons would be weak to thunder-type dragons, so against this being, Thunderous actually had a great matchup. But there was something on this monster that told Thunderous that things wouldn''t be so easy. As if its titanic body wouldn''t be enough tell him that this thing was a monstrosity of its own, this monstrous being was thundering with power and oceanic might. The two great gods looked at it while swallowing saliva, but they couldn''t show any fear. Even less these two. White who was revered as a goddess and priestess of the people, a holy dragoness that protected her children with her life could not falter before the monstrosity, despite the deep concern she felt against this one in the skies and the many ones deep down. Incidentally, Noah had left a small clone inside of his divine realm, not small in size but in strength. However, this one was used to look over the battlefield through the slower time frame that urred in there, this way it could n various things ahead and work as a strategist of sorts, ensuing orders as it saw everything ur in slow motion! "Hmm¡­ Very well." He looked into the battlefield through a magical projection made out of illusion magic, as he saw his massive army slowly approaching the gods, the gods quickly emerged with their own army, summoning it in front of his and rushing it forward! "Oh, I see, so you''re moving already. Desperate, aren''t you? Oh, and as I predicted, you''re staying behind¡­ what kind of leaders stay behind? Kuku¡­"ughed Noah looking at the projection only made himugh rather eerily. He noticed that the dragons were doubtful as they moved their armies barely. They were rather fearful of the future implications and didn''t seem to want to waste their lives out without letting their armies fight themselves first. "I see¡­ Seven Deadly Sin Knights, move forward¡­ Leviathan, Terra, emerge¡­ Clones, boost all troops." Said Noah, hismands moved incredibly quickly across the stream of consciousness within Noah''s mind. In an instant things were done quickly as he saw through the projections the units boosting the power of his troops, as if this were a real time strategy game¡­ however, in the real world outside, the massive army of thousands of undead began to boost their power greatly, their stats were enhanced and the army of divine beasts in front of them got closer and closer by the second. The thundering and shing beasts of various draconic appearancesnded over the floor of the battlefield, ttening any forest there was and moving forward incredibly quickly! "GROAR!" "ROOOARRR!" "GRYYYEEEHH!" Their terrifying roars resonated across the battlefield, filling with chills anyone that heard them, however, those that heard them were more than dead already! So this was mostly ineffective against them! CLASH! Both armies quickly shed against one another in an instant, the blood, thunder, and light emanated all around and shed against one another. The divine war began with a bloody and ice-cold fight. The monstrous divine draconic beasts began to tear apart the Undead, some grilled them alive while others burned to them to ashes, the power of light and thunder was certainly a big pain in the ass for Undead-type monsters. However, they were too many, and continued to multiplicate, and several effects were spread around, such as the power of spreading damage across all thousands of units, even biting apart the Undead didn''t kill them and they would crawl even into pieces, following from behind their prey viciously, leaping over them and more¡­! Ultimately, a group of them would reach the Divine Draconic Beasts and bite them, tearing apart their flesh and infecting them, the blood domain expanded as the bloody beasts turned against one another, zombified divine beasts of thunder and light emerged little by little, although the armies of such beasts were stilling in strong, they in each other nheless¡­ Thunderous and White looked in shock at the scene in front of them, seeing their own beasts turn against each other was surprising, even more as they didn''t noticed countless worms spreading across the underground areas and attacking the weakened divine beasts, parasitizing them into raging monsters and using them to fight back against their formerpanions! Noah smiled maliciously a that scene, as he looked into the great gods atop the sky with his two clones, a maliciously desire to acquire their power surged on his mind as he inspected the status of white, checking her powers and her unique ability¡­ ¡­ [Name: White, Great Dragon Goddess of Bright Light] [Race: Great Divine Bright Dragon God of Holy Light] [Existence Realm: Great God Realm Rank 9/9] [Primordial Essence: 2.700.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: 7.000.000.000] [Aether: 6.500.000.000] [Ki: 2.500.000.000] [Fate: 4.500.000.000] [Attribute Particles] [Light: 90.000], [Life: 80.000], [Fate: 65.000], [Law: 70.000] [Elemental Laws] [Light: 90%] [Unique Ability] [Holy Law Decree (Great God-Grade)] [Unique Ability Copy Conditions] White has always been an unwavering dragon with a fierce will, always hiding her emotions in a cold person that she shows to everyone. Break her shell and make her show you her true emotions¡­ ¡­ "An interesting requirement¡­" thought Noah. He didn''t knew if he could be able to do this properly. Although it might work if he provoked her a lot¡­ The Unique Abilities he could now copy around really showed apletely new form of enhancing his own strength though, and it was already said he couldn''t copy them, so he had to find ways to attack them and extract these special Unique Abilities¡­ "Hmmm¡­ Everything has just begun anyways." Thought Noah. ----- Chapter 492 - Attack! [Warning: I have edited the previous chapter and changed their order, I had mistakenly posted ater chapter and skipped the previous one, now it has been fixed, to read the missed chapter, read Chapter 491, this is Chapter 492 which is the previous chapter content, sorry for this inconvenience] ----- Noah looked into the battlefield with a confident smile despite the great odds against him, he had noticed White and checked her Status. Her glorious figure was emanating a strong light, something that even he still felt a great apprehension as a Vampiric being. Despite the odds, there were still great things he could do to fight against her powers and abilities, and he could surely find her weaknesses. Although her stats seemed superior to Thunderous, Thunderous had more physical power than her, as she was more into magical offensive power. Alongside that, Noah checked her unique ability. ¡­ [Name: White, Great Dragon Goddess of Bright Light] [Race: Great Divine Bright Dragon God of Holy Light] [Existence Realm: Great God Realm Rank 9/9] [Primordial Essence: 2.700.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: 7.000.000.000] [Aether: 6.500.000.000] [Ki: 2.500.000.000] [Fate: 4.500.000.000] [Attribute Particles] [Light: 90.000], [Life: 80.000], [Fate: 65.000], [Law: 70.000] [Elemental Laws] [Light: 90%] [Unique Ability] [Holy Law Decree (Great God-Grade)] [Unique Ability Copy Conditions] White has always been an unwavering dragon with a fierce will, always hiding her emotions in a cold person that she shows to everyone. Break her shell and make her show you her true emotions ¡­ [Holy Law Decree (Great God-Grade)] The user unleashes the true power of the Laws it dominates, the Law Element ensues a powerful restriction over a foe or many foes to the user''s thought. This power gets more and more expensive as the power required to ensue such restrictions bes wider and moreplicated. The user can exert a [Law Dominion Domain] to exert such Laws in an even stronger form, enhancing all the user''s power in the process exponentially. Additionally, Laws can be infused and used in other attacks as well, showing the truly terrifying power in such a technique. ¡­ It was an interesting yet terrifying power that only someone as prestigious as White could hold¡­ Although Noah didn''t knew her entire story, he knew that she had been a powerful dragon for eons now. And she was an ancient entity and one of the closest to one day bing Supreme Goddess. Her power was concentrated into dominating others through exerting the power of the Law Element, a very mysterious and strange element Noah had yet to evenprehend fully, but that he could use if he really wanted. For now, he decided to continue watching the battlefield. As of now, his army rushed forward towards the divine beast army as the children of Insecta quickly began to parasitize many of the divine beasts, the power of the zombie virus that the undead spread was also rather strong, but it sometimes didn''t worked even after many attempts. These divine beasts were strong as great-god-realm. The power of these beasts was not only just this, however, as they held the amazing ability to see through their own enemy''s weakness, they were way more intelligent than the other previous armies that Noah had fought before and therefore he required better thought put into it. However, this new Unit Type did its work wonderfully, Insecta was all he could need in terms of overpowered parasite units go. Taking over an enemy unit has never been this easy for Noah. However, unlike his other Undead Insecta''s children were not so many so he had to slowly introduce them into the battlefield through his Summon Skill and make them parasitize big divine beasts, turning them against their friends in surprise. The ravaging battlefield of blood and destruction continued some more, as Noah enhanced the power of the Seven Deadly Sin Knights while they also enhanced the power of the troops and they received even more enhancements from the troops around themselves, making a full-on loop of enhancements that constantly kept them with several times their original power. "Attack." Noah ordered the powerful seven deadly sin knights to move, each knight unleashed a powerful torrential attacks from their own specialties, crushing their foes in front of them and breaking through their surroundings at a fast pace. The divine beasts who were having a rather obvious advantage against the other Undead were suddenly left shocked and surprised when these Undead, who were fairly different than the rest began to make their way through, opening the way for the rest of the Undead to reach further into the heart of the enemy army. The Great Gods were surprised that these units were so strong, as they began to ensue enhancements over their troops, but even then, the power of the seven deadly sins was amazing! Their incredible attacks, varied ways of fighting and their amazing coordination make them incredibly hard to kill at any time! They were clearly having a big disadvantage that they were unable to easily break. However, that came to an end as a group of Gods enhanced by the power of the Great Gods rushed forward, shing against the seven deadly sins with enormous elemental attacks! It was a group of four Dragon Gods, all four of them with different shapes and sizes, and unleashing strong elemental auras of power never seen before, the seven deadly sin knights had to fight bravely to even stand a chance against these one monstrosities, but quickly found a way through it as they rushed forward valiantly. The battle continued fervently as the power of both armies shed against one another in a disy of both might and amazing performance of power. The incredible war had ever yet to conclude yet there was already so much happening at every corner of the battlefield. Noah sat down over his blood throne inside of his divine realm as he nced at everything, the battle had just begun and there were many more fun things toe! Now there were four dragon gods with super-enhanced buffs he had to deal with, and oh? Are those Dragon Heroes infused with divine soul fragments too? Perhaps it was time to put on some trump cards right away¡­ "Leviathan, Terra, it''s your turn." said Noah. ----- Chapter 493 - Massacre! ----- A massive sea snake-like dragon emerged from within the storming clouds. This entire time this massive creature had only been watching, but now, it was called by Noah himself, and his incredibly overwhelming presence made itself very clear all around the battlefield! Emerging alongside a storming cloud that covered the battlefield with heavy rain and thunderbolts, this massive over 100-meter-big Sea Dragon had finally entered the battle! Thunderous and White looked at the beast in disbelief, this beast was only a Great God at Rank 1, yet it was so incredibly big¡­ when a beast was so enormous, even if its Rank was lower, its very presence generated a powerful fear-inducing aura, and their very weight could also amount for extra power. Despite his original Rank, Leviathan could quite possibly attack beings even at higher Ranks than himself! He rushed forward at an increasing speed, shing against the massive army of Divine Draconic Beasts of Thunder and Light, and opening his jaws, devouring many of them right away, as if he were merely and carelessly feeding itself in the middle of the oceans! BOOOOOOMMM!!! The screams of dozens of divine beasts resonated across the battlefield as they died hopelessly, devoured, and massacred, the thunderbolts and light spears they unleashed over the massive Leviathan were of no use at all whatsoever, he seemed to have an imprable defense. His devastating attacks destroyed the entirendscape and sent flying countless divine beasts. The power of Leviathan seemed admirable right off the bat! The powerful Dragon Gods seeing this couldn''t simply stand still, rushing towards Leviathan and the army of Seven Deadly Sins Knights. Despite only being Dragon Gods, their power was high due to the many effects infused into the by Thunderous and White, who had the ability to conjure buffing spells that could greatly enhance the power of their troops several times over. But well, that was the same thing for Noah and his army, he could do exactly the same! His army resonated with the power of his Abilities, enhancing their Stats several times over, their defenses against elements had been enhanced as well, which also made of Leviathan so resistant to the elements the divine beasts and the dragon gods wielded. "W-What is this monster''s power?!" "We are using everything we can yet¡­! It seems invincible!" "Don''t lose hope!" Leviathan rushed forward slowly due to his enormous body, heughed at the younglings daring to attack him. "So this is what hase of the newer generations? A bunch of weaklings! If it wasn''t for my master, I might had spared you out of pity, but well, my master is not a benevolent person! Gahahaha!" Leviathanughed evilly, as he unleashed a massive beam attack from his mouth, an incredibly big torrent of all-consuming high-pressured water began to cover the entire skies, a few Dragon Gods were quickly caught by this devastating attack, and their protection spells and more began to quickly shatter and crack! Thunderous and White saw their own spells not working properly! "Gyyyyaaaaahhh¡­!" "Aaaagghh!!!" "Lord Thunderous, Lady White, heeeeelp!!!" BOOOOOMMM!!! Leviathan easily defeated three Dragon Gods in just a bit of a breath attack! Noah''s army was simply way too strong! But sadly, Leviathan wasn''t really all there was! Aside from the monstrous Undead slowly devouring their way through, the Parasitic Worms made by Insecta parasitizing the enemy Divine Beasts, and the Seven Deadly Sin Knights charging up front and opening the way for the other Undead, there was also another figure that began to emerge from underground! TRUUUUMMM!!! CLASH! The earth opened wide as a massive turtle dragon emerged, its gigantic size left everyone speechless once more, the divine beasts began to fall over the massive sinkhole this beast left, falling to their desire as Terra opened her wide jaws and began to devour these beasts falling right over her mouth, what an easy snack! Noah looked at the scene from the distance, spamming Abilities while absorbing energy from several different sources, he was constantly buffing his troops and whenever a buff disappeared as it ran out of time, he quickly conjured it again, keeping his army stronger than they were by several times over! Thunderous and White looked at the scene in disbelief. Terra quickly walked into the surface, her gigantic ws tore apart anyone that dared to get in her path mercilessly, as she used her magic, conjuring powerful earthquakes that opened even more sinkholes all around her, letting these monsters fall to their ultimate demise¡­ The divine beasts continued pouring out of Thunderous and White''s divine realms, but now things were getting quite bad! The divine beasts they had were many but not endless, their great army would ultimate sumb! Although it seemed that they had a good advantage against the army alone, even with the buffs and other attacks that Noah was conjuring carelessly in the back, now that Leviathan and Terra had showed up, their hopes quickly began to fall apart. Just two Dragons had already changed the tides of battle to theplete advantage of Noah! "T-This monster, he has such powerful troops at his disposal! From where he acquired such powerful dragons?" asked White. "I had never seen them before¡­! They must havee from outside the continent of Draconia¡­ It can''t be, does Noah has more allies outside as well?!" wondered Thunderous, Noah heard their stupid words from the distance, his hearing senses were admirably good! He simply smiled with both of his clones, as he continued to force his army to advance, using the strength of his two newly summoned dragons and his troops led by the Seven Deadly Sin Knights, he was bing unstoppable! However, the Dragon Heroes quickly emerged from the distance, although even Dragon Gods were hopelessly ughtered by Leviathan, there were still a few of them that decided to temporarily fuse with the heroes, granting them divine power and fueling their Epics, which brought them unique Abilities that even rivaled Gods when they were brought to such divine level. ----- Chapter 494 - The Power Of The Holy Dragon ----- "This is far from over, Noah!" said White angrily as she suddenly conjured a powerful Holy Light spell, a massive field of light emerged all around the battlefield, covering the entire ce with bright holy light! FLASH! This was the Domain of Holy Light that White had conjured, it came merged with her Unique Ability, Holy Law Decree, and through its powerful ability, anyone that got near or inside of this Domain would be inflicted with the power of Laws! However, she couldn''t simply make Laws such as "everyone that is my enemy will die" or anything ridiculous like that, but she had the power to force restrictions and buffs to those she desired without any more repercussions, enemies that stepped in her suddenly felt as if their Skills and Abilities were being sealed or weakened severely, while their stats were lowering Meanwhile, allied forces in here grew exponentially stronger, several times their original power, even! Noah noticed that although his buffs were still in effect, all of them, their power was weakened as his troops stepped in. "What a troublesome power¡­ this must be the Holy Law Dominion Ability within her Unique Ability Holy Law Decree¡­ She should had done this before- Huh?" Noah was startled as things were not ending yet, from the light, the souls of those that were in just now began to gather around, a massive holy gate made of white light emerged to the back of the entire Domain, erected by White as she conjured many runes. Noah nced with surprise as she seemed to be able to manipte souls and move them around through the power of her Holy Law Decree Ability! This was because she had created a Magic Formation in this meantime, in just a few seconds! "Holy Law Decree Arts: Soul Reincarnation Gate!" FLASH! The massive white gates emerged out of the ground, opening widely as a massive amount of blinding white light emerged from it, burning through it all. The Souls that Noah had crushed using the help of his summons and troops were suddenly vacuumed into the gates, as he couldn''t do anything to grab them back. He had caught a few fragments before and some of them flew into his own transmigration cycle, but this enormous Gate seemed to be incredibly powerful, easily overwhelming his very power to control souls and leaving him on the ground in this regard. TRUUUUMMM!!! "Nowe back, stronger than before!" said White. Noah realized that this was actually her n! White had been letting her troops died so hopelessly not because she was stupid and not fighting herself to make a difference, it seemed that it was all part of her own "ystyle". This Dragoness had the power to control Laws and manipte Souls through such ways, and then was able to actually reincarnate them! The entities that began to emerge from the Gates looked like even greater versions of their former selves, having grown in strength and size greatly! Now all of them were as big as 40 meters, and many of them exuded the power of Rank 1 Great Gods! "What kind of power is this?! She can reincarnate any soul into greater dragon versions of themselves? No¡­ this surely has a limit, even my ability to do this is limited and I cannot simply give instant power to a reincarnated being¡­ Probably the souls cannot be reincarnated too long, although I will have to find out myself." Thought Noah. Noah was not giving up even before adversity. Instead of charging straight into her domain, he decided to stop his troops right before doing so, as his two clones began to conjure many Skills and Abilities, fusing them over into a massive domain that expanded widely all across the battlefield. TRUUUUMMM!!! The dark and blood domain expanded around his two bodies as they began to merge with other abilities and skills he had, forming the strongest domain he could make, a domain of darkness and blood, reeking with death and murderous auras¡­ the power of both Domains, one of light and one of darkness shed against one another! "I am not that good at making Domains, but let me reinforce yours." Said Thunderous, his very will unleashed a bright white-colored thunderbolts, shing over the domain and infusing it with Heaven Thunder! Crackle¡­ Spark! The power of lightning began to expand across the entire Domain, as light and thunder fused together and made of an even greater domain, all divine beasts within it were greatly boosted in power! However, as they did this, they saw Noah moving his troops back, a bold decision. "So you''re moving back? Fool, you''re only opening yourself to our long-ranged attacks¡­ Heavenly Law Gates, Law Stakes!" White conjured several massive gates of white light, as gigantic stakes made of the same holy light rushed out, like gigantic projectiles, each one being at least 20 meters big, falling over Noah''s army! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! The massive stakes exploded one after another over the troops, Leviathan and Terra used their enormous bodies to shield Noah and his troops, but suffered the consequences, as the deadly Stakes pierced their flesh and scales and suddenly sealed part of their power! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "T-This¡­?! So she can use such a thing! Maybe I was wrong, the dragons of this era are still a bit admirable!" "Oh, so it is that kind of power¡­" "Leviathan, Terra, remain within the Domain!" said Noah, as one of his clones flew towards the two and unleashed a massive mass of shadows and blood, slowly eroding the stakes and then healing their wounds. "Hahaha! You can take a few then? I''ll go all out now." Said White, as her reincarnated troops rushed forward towards Noah''s troops, and Noah acted defensively, she continued to throw three to five Stakes every few minutes, the two giant dragons with Noah had to constantly shield him and most of his troops with their big bodies. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The Dragons were finally fighting back rather bravely! Noah looked into the sky as his eyes squinted. Within his own divine realm, his clone sat down over his throne of blood, overlooking the battlefield¡­ What should he do now? ----- Chapter 495 - Clash! ----- The Dragon Gods Leviathan and Terra ughtered ended being reincarnated by the Gates that White had created, meanwhile, the Dragon Heroes had fused with the other surviving dragon gods, and on top of that, they were being boosted by White and Thunderousbined domain, their power had grown exponentially even more than before. Noah was now being pushed back, as if White and Thunderous hadpletely flipped the stakes to their favor. And to boot, White was mercilessly throwing powerful Stakes of Law, strong projectiles that infused Law-Attribute Runes to anyone they hit, weakening them severely by sealing their power and lowering stats. She seemed to have a method to gain energy easily, so she was rather simr to Noah himself. "Very well then, I suppose it is time to move, you two, quickly distract the Great Gods while Imand the army to move forward and fight¡­" said Noah within his own divine realm, speaking to his two clones outside, they easily understood the will of their hivemind. He two clones covered themselves in crimson-red armor and flew into the skies. FLASH! White and Thunderous were shocked by his boldness, has Noah grown desperate now? This only meant one thing, they were winning! The two Great Dragon Gods looked at Noah and his clone rather smugly. They unleashed their powerful auras to confront both of them. "You''re bold toe directly here!" said White. "You''re only going to have a bitter end." Said Thunderous. "I am not a person of much strategy, if anything, I like to rush to the final boss." Said Noah. "Hmph! Thene at me!" said White. White''s powerful shing holy light aura was overwhelming, it felt like the very light threw a massive wave of pressure that impacted both of Noah''s bodies. However, the two also had their power, having 70% of the original power of the main body, it was more than enough for them to be real threats! The two quickly transformed in an explosion of darkness, surprising the two great dragons. "What is this darkness?!" asked White. "Wait¡­! T-This abyssal power¡­ This only¡­ I''ve only felt it within the Portals of the Outer Void!" said Thunderous. "You mean¡­?!" asked White, however, she was interrupted as massive ck tentacles emerged out of the ck smoke, a mass of them! Both of Noah''s clones had transformed using the [Abyssal Void-Dwelling Eternal Scion Abomination Transformation] Ability within his newest Lifeblood Jewel! Noah ended turning into a monstrous humanoid-shaped oozy and aberrant abomination! It resembled a titan of around 200 meter each, covered in strong muscles, but also countless of monstrous tentacles waving all around its body, with many crimson-red eyes and a massive aura possesing void, chaos, darkness, and bloodbined together into something truly abyssal! And the worst part was that there were two of them! The two great gods looked at these monsters with contempt. Although they were unaware that Noah had only sent his own clones to distract these two so his troops can beat the rest and find a way to destroy White''s domain. After all, he was still gathering more energies through killing enemies, he wanted to grow stronger through this battle because he knew¡­ he knew that he couldn''t win against these two Great Dragon Gods yet! Indeed, he had already realized it, these Dragon Gods were strong, and perhaps were having and saving many abilities hidden within them as he had seen their true power through his Eyes of Truth, his stats were also way lower than them, and he could only hope of having a chance through all the buffing Abilities on him, but that also seemed dim. He wanted to distract them, devour their troops, gain more power, and try it out by then, the same strategy was happening in all the other battlefields as well against the other Great Dragon Gods, they were quite mighty as beings. Of course, there was also another way to ease the curve, by copying their Unique Abilities through the power of his Fusion Skill, Noah could be able to fight fire against fire, or even better, if he could get both¡­ then maybe he couldbine them and form a brand new Unique Ability topletely defeat both of them! It was worth a shot, and because these were Clones, Noah was confident that he could use them as meat shields for his own Goals, as long as one of them was alive, he would remain. He knew all of this and more, but also knew that if his Clones died, he would be weakened for some time, so he preferred for them to not die, if possible, as that would only make it bad for him. The two massive monstrous tentacled beings that Noah''s clones had turned to be expanded their gigantic hands intorge ck ws, and both materialized giant spears made out of their divine and abyssal auras, rushing towards the Great Dragon Gods! The four quickly began to fight without saying a word, White, Thunderous, and Noah''s Clones began to fight one another and generating powerful thunderous sounds across the skies! Thunderous used his deadly Heaven Thunder to sh against Noah''s power, his darkness was easily overwhelmed by the dragon''s power, but he was still fighting it off and managing to survive, surprising him. Meanwhile, White unleashed several beams of light, leavingrge scars all across Noah''s clone fighting her, but the clone quickly recovered and continued fighting, although he could not evennd blows on her as she had a powerful barrier set around her that negated any damage that tried to reach her¡­! Noah began to learn more about their powers as he fought them with his two remote-control clones, as if he were practicing for when the real battle were to begin. Countless blows flew all around the battlefield, Noah''s clones shed against Thunderous and White at high speed. Thunderous speed was incredible, his clone could not evenpare. And then there was White''s expressionlessness and enormous power, his clones couldn''t even break through her defenses¡­ It was a one-sided battle where he could only buy time. Noah began to quickly analyze the two Great Dragon Gods'' fighting patterns. ----- Chapter 496 - Thunderous Lightning Speed! ----- Countless blows flew all around the battlefield, Noah''s clones shed against Thunderous and White at high speed. Thunderous speed was incredible, his clone could not evenpare. And then there was White''s expressionlessness and enormous power, his clones couldn''t even break through her defenses¡­ It was a one-sided battle where he could only buy time. Noah began to quickly analyze the two Great Dragon Gods'' fighting patterns. Thunderous seemed to be a high-damage speedy fighter, his golden-scaled body was covered constantly on his Heaven Thunder, the Unique Ability he had. Using this power, he was able to move at the speed of lightning if not faster, he was truly unmatched in speed. He was able to evade even the spamming attacks of Noah that concentrated many offensive skills into a single space, a tactic that proved to be easy to deal against Gergesh and the other two Dragon Gods he killed previously, but against these powerful Great Dragon Gods, they were feeble and petty attacks that didn''t amounted to anything¡­ Noah was sure that Thunderous was weaker than White though, the only advantage he had was his amazing speed and the power of his Unique Ability, which made of his build an incredibly evasive and quick fighter that could deal critical damage using thunder attacks. But Noah knew that if he couldnd a hit, it would hurt him. However, White was theplete opposite. She was actually quite slow and heavy, unlike the slim-bodied Thunderous, her massive dragon body was incredibly heavy as she was covered in armor-like white and gold scales. Her power was within her magic and her amazing ability to utilize her Unique Ability. She had an amazing usage of her magic to the point that she always had a powerful barrier conjured over her that negated literally all damage and seemed unfaltering no matter how many spammed attacks Noah threw at her. Additionally, her beams of holy light also charged the Law-Attribute, easily tearing apart Noah''s defenses as his clone constantly suffered great damage by being filled with the holes made by her rays. She was formidable as she was deadly! Noah couldn''t fight properly against such monstrous behemoths, even with his clones going all out, they were only surviving thanks to their insane regeneration. "You''re capable of conjuring high-leveled divine techniques in a single second all at the same time, interesting¡­ Your power over Void and Chaos seems oddly high as well as oyur Darkness and Blood Attributes. Sadly, against my Holy Light, all of that is useless. The power of holiness andw are supreme. You will be punished for your sins today, Noah. And you will perish by my hand." Said White. Her demeanor waspletely relentless and unwavering. One of the conditions to copy her Unique Ability was to break her shell and force her to show her true emotions. But what were her true emotions as of now? Noah was terrible at trying to figure out a person''s thoughts other than the most basic of them, he wasn''t really a man of the mind, but a brute that steam rolled his way through challenges, and also a cunning bastard that used anything he had at his disposal to y cheap tricks. But against these two monsters, was there something he could use to cheaply have an advantage? Within the many abilities he had umted, could there be something? Noah was relying a lot on his System and his Skills, they had been the things he had been using and forging all this time, buttely he had also been learning more and more about Magic, he had unlocked almost every attribute by now, and had immense quantities of magic power himself, he only had to find ways to shape this magic and form new effects, using skills and abilities as their pirs. And what better ce to awaken such powers than in the middle of a life-or-death battle? "How about this?" One of Noah''s clones quicklybined several spells of magic alongside the Divine Earth Dragon Arts Skill, as he suddenly shaped the entire sky into a domain of earth! Something that¡­ shouldn''t be possible?! However, he used Earth Magic and billions of divine energy to conjure a massive rock in the middle of the sky, which became the earth domain! Thunderous looked at the scene in disbelief. "What is the meaning of this? You n to just throw me a massive rock? It won''t work!" he said, rushing through the skies and attempting to destroy the 3-kilometer-big floating rock ind! "Earth Dragon Domain!" TRUUUUMMM!!! Within this clone of Noah, even more energy was used as he utilized the power of this Skill to its limits! Now that he had a surface and Thunderous had foolishly moved near it to destroy it, he activated the Domain which had one of the effects of manipting gravity and making enemies within the domain way heavier! Of course, a great dragon god could easily lift their own body weight several times, but Thunderous wasn''t the most muscr, he was a slim warrior, that used speedy and critical hits, when he faced this power, he suddenly felt as if the weight of the earth itself fell over him. Additionally, Earth-Attribute Mana flew everywhere, which could easily suppress Thunder-Attribute Mana! "W-What? Impossible!" CLAAAAAASSSSHH! Thunderous was leftpletely speechless as he fell over the surface of the floating ind, suddenly vomiting blood! "You''re weaker than you show yourself to be, lizard." Said Noah with his monstrous form, rushing towards Thunderous as he overcharged his gigantic fists with enormous quantities of power! BOOOM!!! "Akkkhh¡­!" Thunderous groaned in agony, a fist quickly reached up to his face, he tried to run away with his amazing speed, but Noah caught up to him, and for a slight second out speeded him, reaching to his face and punching him! CLAAAASH! Thunderous fell once more over the floating ind, as he looked hatefully at Noah! "How could such a cheap trick¡­ Agh¡­! I was too reckless¡­" he thought. Ding! [Requirements have been fulfilled: Out speed Thunderous and break his pride] [You''ve sessfully copied Thunderous'' [Heaven Thunder (Great God-Grade)] Unique Ability!] [The Unique Ability has been stored in the Heavenly Library of all Knowledge] ----- Chapter 497 - Heaven Thunder! ----- Ding! [Requirements have been fulfilled: Out speed Thunderous and break his pride] [You''ve sessfully copied Thunderous'' [Heaven Thunder (Great God-Grade)] Unique Ability!] [The Unique Ability has been stored in the Heavenly Library of all Knowledge] FLASH! A massive rush of power reached Noah, as he saw the illusion of the Heavenly Library opening its gats and receiving the amazing power he had acquired! The amazing strength rushing through his body was mesmerizing, and he felt as if he was being made of thunder itself for a few seconds. The powerful elemental power quickly reseeded in the depth of his soul, as he realized he had sessfully copied the precious Unique Ability that Thunderous prided himself so much in having. This deadly thunder that was constantly burning his clones indiscriminately, this powerful thunder capable of ignoring defense and more¡­! Thunderous didn''t really lose any power, Noah''s ability of Fusion and Heavenly Library, derived form his Eyes of Truth, had the power to replicate 100% of the power of Unique Abilities, special Abilities that not all beings held, but only the strongest and most formidable ones. Therefore, Thunderous didn''t lost anything¡­ However, despite that, he felt as if Noah''s presence¡­ had suddenly changed. For a slight moment he saw his very being behind Noah''s presence, as if he was him in some sort of bizarre way¡­! He saw his aura quickly gaining the amazing element of thunder almost at the same level of him, if it wasn''t because Noahcked his divinity, which was also a great part of his powers¡­ Unique Abilities were very interesting, no matter how many iterations of Thunderous Noah digested, he would never be capable of copying such power, it was the most innate ability these powerful beings could develop. Therefore, the power of Fusion, Heavenly Library, and Eyes of Truth was crucial in this regard! Noah smiled within his own divine realm, sitting over his throne. He looked into his own hands, as yellow-gold lightning began toe out, shing brightly, it could consume everything if he used it well enough¡­ Maybe his old Skills were getting outdated against the Great Gods, but what if he uses their same abilities against them? ¡­ [Heaven Thunder (Great God-Grade)] The power of your lightning possesses the element of Heavens, and can tear apart both heavens and earth, shattering everything within your path as you be unbeatable in your element. The power of your thunder is capable of ignoring 70% of all enemy defenses and its power increases by +10% with each sessful attack, alongside its speed which increases by +20% with each sessful attack. Utilizing it over the body can enhance all capabilities by +100% with every sessfulbo of 50 attacks towards a target. You can exert power and dominancy over all Thunder-type beings¡­ ¡­ "This power¡­ it is ridiculous! I did a good thing in making this Lifeblood Jewel¡­ with this power, I will defy all odds!"ughed Noah, his entire aura exuded an enormous quantity of lightning, everywhere around the divine realm the lightning began to pour out, thundering down! Noah looked into the battlefield through his clone, the one confronting Thunderous! Thunderous had been suddenly trapped into Noah''s trap, the power of using earth magic plus the divine earth dragon arts were enough for him to lure him into this plot ofnd and use the power of earth, which was strong against thunder, to weaken Thunderous Stats through the roof, and force his weaker and slimmer body into the ground through the maniption of gravity, which was part of the amazing capabilities of earth dragon arts¡­! However, Thunderous was only incapacitated a few seconds, although they were enough for Noah to aplish the task of "out speeding him" it was by no means going to stop him! Thunderous roared angrily at Noah! "What have you done?! You''ve suddenly changed! This power¡­ it feels like mine! What kind of monster are you?!" asked Thunderous in utter fury, as he unleashed a powerful explosion of lightning, breaking apart the entire floating ind on his divine fury! BOOOOOOMMM!!! "Hahahahaha! Rage all you want, Thunderous!"ughed Noah through his monstrous form, he suddenly coated himself in Heaven Thunder, surprising Thunderous! Spark¡­ Spark! "Here, take a taste of your own medicine!"ughed Noah, overcharging hisrge and monstrous arms with the power of Heaven Thunder and forming a massive amount of lightning cracking everywhere¡­! He quickly gathered it all and then¡­! Shot it out like a massive zap cannon! TRUUUUUUMMM!!! "Nnnggh?!" The massive Zap Cannon flew towards Thunderous in an instant, reaching up to him and shing over his body faster than he could even move! Only a single power could do this, and it was his own power, Heaven Thunder! "T-This is impossible¡­!" muttered Thunderous in utter disbelief, pushing his enormous draconic and scaled arms forward and creating a massive magical shield, defending himself from his own thunderous power! Although he could actually absorb thunder, it was only when they were weaker than him! thunder made by Noah was clearly at his same level, and he could not easily absorb much damage out of receive it directly! In the Realm of Gods, gods of fire could be burned by a stronger fire than their own, gods of water could be drowned by a stronger water than their own, and thunder could be beaten by a stronger thunder! Gods might be immune or even absorb elemental power from mortal-realm attacks of any type, but form divine-realm, they could only defend and not really absorb. Unless they were so apart in power, they were bound to receive damage. This is why Law Comprehension was important too, with Law Comprehension, the elemental damage a god received could be reduced greatly, the higher Law Comprehension someone had, the more they could resist that element and also deal a lot of damage using it. BOOOOOMMM!!! And Noah¡­ had a lesser Law Comprehension of the Thunder Element than Thunderous, that was a given. "Hah! You thought that by weirdly copying my power, you now stood a chance?!" asked Thunderous, shing against Noah! CLASH! ----- Chapter 498 - Whites Shock ----- Noah gritted his teeth as he looked into the battlefield, the power of Heaven Thunder was great! ¡­but against Thunderous, a greater thunder user, it was weaker. Therefore, the damage was almost minimal. Nheless, he had to simply improvise. "Let''s see how White reacts to it." thought Noah. Within the battlefield, White, the enormous dragoness of holy light pressured the second clone of Noah, as it fought against her relentlessly. His powerful chaotic attacks, void attacks, and many other skills and abilities were barely putting any dent on her amazing holy light barrier, she seemed, simply put, invincible! How could Noah possible fight and win against something he couldn''t even damage? Any skill he used against her barrier was negated, the power of Holy Law Decree she had put while making the barrier made it negate most inferior damagepletely, unless he could find a way to deal greater damage, he would never be able to umte any damage on her. Her powerful rays of holy light were reaching him constantly, his clone was being filled with holes all the time, barely hanging on his life while battling relentlessly. The battle was growing more and moreplicated, and the winner could be easily seen on White, who was one-sidedly beating the crap out of Noah''s clone. "Your struggle is useless, you''re only constantly putting a burden on yourself, Noah! Give it up and perish like a man." Said White. "If I wanted to perish like a man, why would I give up, stupid lizard, that''s not very man-like." Said Noah. Noah was not being like this because he thought it, he wouldn''t really care about anything she said. But the thing is, the task to acquire her Unique Ability was quite¡­ peculiar. He had to make White show "her true feelings". But this didn''t meant that she had to suddenly fall in love with him or something, it meant that Noah had to make her lose her shit and go batshit crazy on him. She seemedposed as of now, she wasn''t even faltering to his insulting words. "Hmph. Insolent, you will perish as you desire." She sighed, unleashing a barrage of fast as light rays of holy power, shing over Noah as his speed was not enough to evade them! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "Unngh¡­!" Noah''s clone body was once more filled with holes, but they quickly refilled themselves with flesh, recovering at an outstanding speed! "Your struggle is just useless, let''s see how long you can regenerate, monster." Said White. Noah''s clone suddenly realized the power of Heaven Thunder was now avable, as a sickly smile surged on his lips. "Heh¡­ Hahahaha! You stupid whore!"ughed Noah. "Huh? What did you say?!" asked White. "Look! I''ve stolen your ignorant of a friend''s power¡­! Heaven Thunder!" FLASH! BOOOOOM!!! A massive amount of lightning emerged all around Noah, more powerful than any lightning he could had ever been able to conjure! TRUUUUUMMM!!! "W-What?! This is really Thunderous'' Heaven Thunder!" muttered White in shock. "And I am going to fuck you up with this! I will kill you, and then I will go on and kill all your stupid people, I will massacre everyst one of them as they scream and ask me for help!"ughed Noah, reaching up to White with thunderous lightning speed, his monstrous and ck, oozy body began to sh against her barrier with thundering speed, lightninging out of his very body as the power of Heaven Thunder resulted to be quite fine against White! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! CRASH! Her barrier suddenly began to crack into pieces, easily shattering down! The deadly thunder seeped inside as White was suddenly being damaged! "W-WHAAAAT?!" she asked in shock, not in her entire life would she had expected this oue! "Hahahaha!"ughed Noah, to give it more drama, he punched her down and then followed her as she fell! He saw how White was filled with burns across her body, although she was healing them extremely quickly. He noticed she was gritting her sharp teeth in anger. This was the perfect timing to continue¡­! "I will destroy everything you love, White! I will not stop until I make every children, every person, scream in agony! I will use the very thunder of your friend to grill them alive¡­ and devour them!" heughed. "Y-Youuuuu¡­! You bastard! You Monster! I am going to destroy you at all cost!!!" roared White, suddenly exploding in a bright white light, the fear of losing her loved ones filled her with utter anger! To the point that¡­ she broke her calm persona. Noah smiled! Despite the situation looking grim now as she was pissed off, this actually¡­ Ding! [Requirements have been fulfilled: Break the mind of White and make her show her true emotions] [You''ve sessfully copied White''s [Holy Law Decree (Great God-Grade)] Unique Ability!] [The Unique Ability has been stored in the Heavenly Library of all Knowledge] "Got it!" said Noah with a triumphant smile. The power of Holy Law Decree''s Unique Ability quickly rushed into his mind as it was also stored inside the Library, the powerful ability quickly filled him with the power of the Law Attribute! The power started to emerge from his body as White suddenly realized that something wrong was going on! Her power had remained the same, but Noah''s power had suddenly skyrocketed once more! "W-What is the meaning of this?! Y-You¡­ copied my power! That''s the essence of Holy Law Decree!" said White. She was sharper than Thunderous and realized this truth quicker than him. Noah''s power surged as lightning and holy lightbined together¡­ and well, there was also a deep darkness rushing out of him all, his darkness seeped into it all, forming three different auras intertwining with one another constantly! "Yes, I guess you''ve realized I just did that. I don''t really care if you find out or not, there''s no way you can stop it." Noahughed, as his other clone fighting Thunderous also revealed the same power! ----- Chapter 499 - Fusing Two Unique Abilities ----- Ding! [Requirements have been fulfilled: Break the mind of White and make her show her true emotions] [You''ve sessfully copied White''s [Holy Law Decree (Great God-Grade)] Unique Ability!] [The Unique Ability has been stored in the Heavenly Library of all Knowledge] Within his Divine Realm, one of Noah''s clones, sat down over his throne, looking down at what he had acquired. From his body not only the amazing Heaven Thunder surged from, but there was now an even greater power, the amazing ability of Holy Law Decree. The power of this Unique Ability surged from his body like Holy Light, something that wouldpletely go against Noah as a Vampire but that was now part of him. ¡­ [Holy Law Decree (Great God-Grade)] The user unleashes the true power of the Laws it dominates, the Law Element ensues a powerful restriction over a foe or many foes to the user''s thought. This power gets more and more expensive as the power required to ensue such restrictions bes wider and moreplicated. The user can exert a [Law Dominion Domain] to exert such Laws in an even stronger form, enhancing all the user''s power in the process exponentially. Additionally, Laws can be infused and used in other attacks as well, showing the truly terrifying power in such a technique. ¡­ By seeing the Unique Ability''s description, he quickly realized how amazing it was. With this, he could not only do the same things as White, but also create the Law Dominion Domain and enhance his own power now! Noah in the outside world shed against the two furious gods, who feltpletely devastated by having their amazing Unique Abilities stolen right in front of their faces! The tasks required to get them were not easy at all, but they were not hard either, Noah simply had to act cunningly to acquire them¡­! "Hmph! Even if you copy my power, you cannot reallypare to the original one! This power alone wouldn''t make me as strong, you know? The divinity I possess, mywprehension, and everything else is what makes me so strong, you''re an utter fool to believe it will make a difference!" roared White, in an instant she shed against Noah while covering herself in holy light, his body began to quickly disintegrate, realizing that White wasn''t even going serious until now! "T-This power can even disintegrate me?!" he muttered in surprise. "Perish!" roared White. Meanwhile, Thunderous was overwhelming Noah! No matter how much the clone tried, it was really being easily massacred by his thundering blows, Noah''s Heaven Thunder couldn''t do anything, and he had just gotten Heavenly Law Decree, he had still to even activate it but he was being overwhelmed with constant blows and lightning falling over him! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! "The only thing you can hope to be is a bad copy!"ughed Thunderous, kicking Noah in the face! BOOOOOOOMMM!!! Both of Noah''s clones were about to die¡­! And Noah would receive a penalty if they died, and wouldn''t be able to recreate them until at least 7 days of waiting¡­! He had to do something if he didn''t wanted to end weakened. "Hoh? Is that so?" asked Noah with both his clones, and within the inside of his divine realm. "Heavenly Library." Said Noah within his divine realm. FLASH! A massive holy library scenery emerged before him, opening to countless empty books. Currently, there were only two books there, which were glowing with power. He quickly waved his hands. "I willbine Heaven Thunder and Heavenly Law Decree." [Request has been epted,bining Unique Abilities [Heaven Thunder (Great God-Grade)] and [Heavenly Law Decree (Great God-Grade)]!] FLASH! The two books began to fly into the ceiling of the Heavenly Library of all Knowledge, as their power began to fuse together into somethingpletely new! TRUUUUMMM!!! Lightning and holy light shed against one another, spiraling intoplete chaos! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! The holy light and the lightning fused together, as it seemed that something truly powerful was now being born! This was the power of Fusion¡­ the ability to fuse powers and copy abilities¡­! ¡­ [Fusion (???)] You can save other living beings special abilities as Skills in the Heavenly Library of Truth bypleting certain quests or requirements. You can acquire high-level Skills by merging the powers of these Skills stored in there. Items can be used to enhance Skills by fusing them other. Lifeblood Jewels can be created more easily. If the conditions for the acquisition of Abilities from a target grow in difficulty, the Skill might change its requirements for the Skill Copy. Can only copy 1 Skill per target. Unique Abilities cannot be acquired by eating. Skills can be granted to allies freely. ¡­ FLASH! Noah looked over as the power of Heaven Thunder and Heavenly Law Decree finally came together¡­ into something truly powerful. Unique Abilities were interesting, they could only be fused once, meaning that Fused Skills cannot fuse with other Skills and will remain like this, but thanks to Heavenly Law Decree, the other Unique Abilities also remain, so Noah simply gains a new Unique Ability without losing anything! This meant that Noah could easily acquire more and more Unique Abilities of different effects as he kept acquiring more, if he were to get a new one, he could fuse it once more with the previous two he got¡­ It was an insane power just because of this very insane reason. Noah knew very well that the power of the Eyes of Truth that could see through a fragment of all the Universe''s truth was truly in another level. FLASH! The new Unique Ability also emerged as a book, a brighter and more beautiful one¡­! Noah looked with eyes wide open to this power. A smile surged on his face. A glorious smile! White and Thunderous were rushing through their challenge, their fury had reached a level that shouldn''t be shown by figures such as them. However, they had lose all their patience, the bastard in front of them had to die, NOW! But¡­! FLASH! A bright lightning emerged from both Clones! And the Great Dragon Gods were left speechless by the intensity of this power! "W-What?!" "I-Impossible!" ----- Chapter 500 - The Thunder Of Judgement! ----- Noah looked at the immense power surging from the fusion between two Unique Abilities, as something new surged and was created¡­! FLASH! A new book emerged, brighter and more colorful than the other two, shining brightly as lightning came out of it¡­ And then, the library itself told Noah of this new Ability. [Fusion sessful, the Unique Ability [Heavenly Thunder of Judgement (Great God-Grade+++)] has been created!] Heavenly Thunder of Judgement! What sort of power could this truly be? FLASH! Noah''s clones unleashed it over both of the Great Dragon Gods attacking them, as this enormously powerful bright glow shed against them with all its power! TRUUUUMMM!!! "Grraaggh?!" "Nnnggh?!" The two dragons were suddenly thrown away by an enormously powerful white thunderbolt shing over their bodies! White was shocked as her barrier shattered in an instant and zapped over her body, leaving her slightly damaged¡­! And Thunderous was shocked because he couldn''t properly resist this thunder, and it even damaged him, leaving deep wounds over his chest¡­! In the hands of both of Noah''s clones, there was now arge¡­ thunder. Indeed, it was like Zeus'' weapon itself, arge piece of thunder materialized into their right hands¡­! And it was glowing with such mystical power that it seemed to distort space itself! "You¡­ Where did you get this power?" asked White. "I can''t believe it¡­" asked Thunderous. The two felt utterly angered! Their very own power was suddenly taken away from them and used against them in the most scummy way possible. The power they had cultivated for themselves, this very amazing power they were going to use to y Noah was stolen, and even more, fused¡­ together?! It felt like a greatest offense than anything! Imagine having something you''ve been working all your life to build, something that only you can use, and it is the pride of your years of hard work and practice. For all of it to suddenly get copied. And then, fused with another''s copied power like nothing, just to make¡­ an even stronger fused ability! This is how frustrated they felt¡­ even more, their own hard work was now about to fight them mercilessly. "What''s wrong? Scared? Come! Were you going to kill us?" asked Noah''s clones. The two dragons looked down on his two bodies, and then overcharged themselves with power, they were going to st him into pieces! "Yes, we''ll kill you, it doesn''t matter what weird thing you''re going to use now!" said White. "Your thunder cannot match my own, that damage you inflicted was feeble!" said Thunderous. "Heavenly Thunder of Judgement." FLASH! Both of Noah''s clones suddenly exuded a bright lightning from within them, as they started to release a gigantic amount of pure white thunder from within their bodies! CLAAAAASSSSHHH!!! The powerful thunder fell over the two dragons at the same time! The pressure it held waspletely otherworldly! And even more, it was cursing through their very bodies, ignoring most of their defenses, and seeping into their very selves, while also using some sort of power that weakened them even more! "I shall judge you¡­" said Noah. BOOOM!!! Suddenly, a scene the entire army had never expected to see happened! Both Great Dragon Gods fell from the sky and shed over the ground! Their enormous bodies generated gigantic shockwaves that spread around, as the two of them left massive holes in the ground¡­ "Aghhh¡­! Y-You bastard! This bastard¡­ this monstrous bastard¡­ I am going to beat the shit out of him!!! Heaven Thunder Arts: Hundred Heavenly Shen Long!" roared Thunderous, as his entire body exuded Heaven Thunder and he generated over a hundred monstrous eastern dragon-like beasts made of lightning, rushing towards Noah at fast speed! "Impressive¡­ this will only make it more worth it to kill you." Said White, she wasn''t giving up either, her entire body suddenly coated itself in white armor, and several holy weapons were summoned around her! "Heavenly Law Armory!" Hundreds of holy weapons began to reach Noah in an instant, shing against both of them as they protected themselves with the power of Heavenly Thunder Judgement, forming barriers out of it! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The massive thunderous dragons opened their jaws wide open, shing against him and exploding over both of his clones, the weapons were so sharp they broke through his thunder and easily pierced his body and flesh! Both of his clones were suffering severely. However. "Well, let''s fuse them then." Said Noah. Both clones suddenly merged together. And something truly fascinating happened when they merged together. Clones had 70% of Noah''s Stats. They were indeed weaker than the original. But their fusion added both of their stats. So¡­ A fusion between two clones made an even stronger Noah, as it would have 140% of his Stats. It was a loophole that he had just discovered, and it waspletely insane. He could be stronger by just using clones! FLASH! The two clones being torn apart merged together as they quickly began evenrger, the monstrous aberration that resembled a tentacled man suddenly gained draconic scales around its body, tail, ws, andrge draconic wings¡­ it now became even more monstrous as it acquires draconic features. And to boot, the thunder merged together as even more power could be drawn from Heavenly Thunder Judgement¡­! Spark¡­! Spark¡­! BOOOMMM!!! A massive thunderbolt fell over both of the Great Gods attacks, disintegrating their projectiles and reaching them in an instant! The two quickly jumped away from their positions, but the thunderbolt was so strong it shed over the floor and spread out while releasing lightning, reaching to them and attacking them, inflicting great damage anyways, just with its shockwave! CLAAAAAASSSSHHH! "T-This bastard merged his two clones and became stronger out of nowhere?!" asked Thunderous. "His powers¡­ they''re incredibly bizarre, I cannot even begin toprehend them. I had never thought against anyone with such nonsensical powers before. Hepletely defies any logic¡­" said White. "You''re right. It feels as if his entire power was working by apletely different function than us¡­ what kind of power does he has?!" asked Thunderous. ----- Chapter 501 - Heaven Thunder! ----- "His powers¡­ they''re incredibly bizarre, I cannot even begin toprehend them. I had never fought against anyone with such nonsensical powers before. Hepletely defies any logic¡­" said White. "You''re right. It feels as if his entire power was working by apletely different function than us¡­ what kind of power does he has?!" asked Thunderous. "We don''t know, nor we''ll find out if he actually kills us, we have to let out everything we got, Thunderous!" said White. "I agree¡­!" said Thunderous. The two Great Dragon Gods were not giving up either! They were going to fight with everything they got¡­! Noah smiled at them within his divine realm, things had be very interesting now! However, he was inside his own divine realm using his clone, outside, it seemed as if everything was going slow, giving this part of his mind the advantage of seeing everything slowly develop in the battlefield and nning ordingly. Noah looked into the holographic window as he looked at the entire map, he saw his two clones merge together into a greater version of his own true self, the cloning power had this hidden features, each clone had 70% of his total stats, and it was totally possible to fuse them. But their cap wasn''t 100% of his stats. After all, if he could make five different bodies with 70% of his stats, didn''t this meant that he was literally just replicating his own power? so by fusing two replicates, a replica with double the power emerged, which ended being stronger than the original one¡­ 140% of his total stats! That was an additional +40%, almost half more power. And the best thing didn''t ended here, as all abilities merged through both clones fusing, they also became double as strong¡­ it was insane and seemed to not make any sense, but¡­ even his Heavenly Thunder of Judgement had suddenly multiplied its power by x2! "Gaia, Griffin, tell me the truth, did you knew about such a thing?" he asked. Gaia and Griffin (the blood progenitor) emerged before Noah and both looked at one another''s eyes. "A bit. We knew something weird was happening with this new lifeblood jewel." Said Gaia. "But to tell you the truth its only fifty-fifty. Your creations are way too strange, they''re like they have life of their own, I wouldn''t be surprised if your Lifeblood Jewels were to gain consciousness at some point or something weird." Said Griffin. "So they''re that unique? Hehe¡­"ughed Noah while feeling praised of his amazing creation. "Indeed¡­ You''re pretty prideful on these jewels, aren''t you? Heh, it is nice to see youugh. Even in the middle of this battle¡­" said Gaia. "Heh, silence you little. Now stay with me for now, I require your assistance¡­" said Noah. "Understood." Said Griffin. "This new Unique Ability you created¡­ It seems outstanding." Said Gaia. "Right? Take a look at it." said Noah, a smile surged on his lips as he showed it to his two allies. ¡­ [Heaven Thunder (Great God-Grade)] The power of your lightning possesses the element of Heavens, and can tear apart both heavens and earth, shattering everything within your path as you be unbeatable in your element. The power of your thunder is capable of ignoring 70% of all enemy defenses and its power increases by +10% with each sessful attack, alongside its speed which increases by +20% with each sessful attack. Utilizing it over the body can enhance all capabilities by +100% with every sessfulbo of 50 attacks towards a target. You can exert power and dominancy over all Thunder-type beings¡­ ¡­ ¡­ [Holy Law Decree (Great God-Grade)] The user unleashes the true power of the Laws it dominates, the Law Element ensues a powerful restriction over a foe or many foes to the user''s thought. This power gets more and more expensive as the power required to ensue such restrictions bes wider and moreplicated. The user can exert a [Law Dominion Domain] to exert such Laws in an even stronger form, enhancing all the user''s power in the process exponentially. Additionally, Laws can be infused and used in other attacks as well, showing the truly terrifying power in such a technique. ¡­ [Heavenly Thunder of Judgement (Great God-Grade+++)] Fused Ability between Heaven Thunder and Holy Law Decree. The powerful thunder capable of inflicting judgement over your foes and cause great damage based not only in damage calctions but also in all the sins they hadmitted, the more sins they hadmitted, the stronger the blows¡­ The power of this Thunder is capable of ignoring 80% of all enemy defenses, and its power increases by +30% with each sessful attack, alongside its speed which increases by +50% with each sessful attack. Utilizing it over the body can enhance all capabilities by +500% with every sessfulbo of 50 attacks towards a target. You can exert power and dominancy over all Thunder-type, Light-type, and Law-type beings. Additionally, the power of your thunder can exert the power of Laws over a target, forcing your targets to be weakened below certainws or conditions, often inflicted into the wounds it causes, which serve as a curse-like effect¡­ ¡­ With this power Noah felt truly like he had flipped the tables! Itbined the best of both worlds and made it even better¡­ this is why it caused so much damage and was so impactful to the two Great Dragon Gods now, it contained not only the power of thunder but the power ofw on it, and each damage it caused would even carry the power of theirws, inflicting curse-like effects as ws". Suchws could be "Lower Stats by -10%", "Slow down all physical regeneration", "Slow down all divine energy regeneration", and "make wounds weaker to infections"! With such ws" which were more like curses that got stuck into wounds, Noah was bing a formidable fighter! He was just using their same power against them, but mixed over and made into somethingpletely new and abnormally insane¡­ ----- Chapter 502 - Using Their Own Power Against Them! ----- After Noah checked the new Fused Skill and showcased it to Gaia and Griffin, the two looked at its effects, opening their eyes wide. "I see. These effects are¡­ incredible." Said Gaia. "The power of the Eyes of Truth ended giving you such a privilege?" asked Griffin. "Yes, and they came out of the new Lifeblood Jewel too! This one was really a big game changer!"ughed Noah. "A big game-changer¡­ Indeed, you could say that." Said Griffin. "If you keep umting more Unique Abilities in the library¡­ what sorts of insane powers will you end up having? And any strong being has them, right? Then this means you can keep getting them if you fulfill the dumb tasks, they give you to copy them¡­" sighed Gaia. "Yes, they were funny to do." Laughed Noah. One of the requirements was to piss of White, and the other to outs speed Thunderous and make him rage in anger¡­ it was indeed very funny to see them like that for him. Now that Noah had acquired their powers and fused them together, he was surprising them even more than before. However, leaving the clone to handle these two, he moved to the battlefield down below, which he had not been ignoring. The domain he had expanded was now being reconjured by the Seven Deadly Sins Knights and Leviathan and Terra, these generals had the power to use the same abilities contained within the Lifeblood Jewels they came from, so they were able to conjure all these abilities and skills while absorbing Noah''srge, and near endless pool of energy. Because White and Thunderous were too concentrated into their fights, the domain down below was ignored by their intent and authority, and this gave Noah''s troop the advantage. They moved forward and slowly began to erode the entire Domain where the gate that reincarnated the fallen soldiers was set. The powerful army of divine beast was still fighting bravely and generating many casualties within Noah''s army, hundreds of Undead were being turned into ashes by their holy light and thunder, however, a few of them were slowly dying as well, or being parasitized by Insecta''s worms, making them turn against their allies! Although this was in a stalemate even with the two giant dragons with them. Noah was now acting once more within his divine realm, and as if this were a strategy game, he made a move. "Ready the Dragon Cannon." His words reached Leviathan as he nodded, in an instant, he summoned a hundred of Spirit Dragons made of elements, and merged them together into a massive cannon that emerged over the floor! Now Noah was different than before, perhaps in the previous fight he wasn''t able to use this attack as much, but now? He had so much divine energy it was a piece of cake, even more now that it had been boosted! This powerful ability was¡­ ¡­ [Devastating Multi-Elemental Chaotic Draconic Cannon (2000/2000)]: Gather and unleash the power of your Dragons,bine all the Elemental Dragons you can summon in a powerful and massive cannon of pure Draconic Power that can unleash an incredible amount of damage every time it fires its cannon every 15 seconds. Each second it recharges, it be vulnerable to damage, but while attacking, it gains damage invulnerability. Each cannon attack consumes 50 Elemental Dragons and deals multi-elemental damage that pierces through the enemy''s defenses, ignoring 80% of the enemy''s defenses, while dealing damage based in the user''s Aether and KI stats +500000%. Damage dealt to a foe is distributed as health to all troops within a 20-kilometer vicinity of the Cannon. ¡­ Indeed! It was upgraded now to the point that the cooldown was merely 15 seconds, the requirements were now 50 dragons, but it could ignore 80% defenses and deal up to 500k% damage! And the damage it dealt was given as health to recover the HP of troops around the cannon! BOOM! A massive cannon emerged out of thin air as Leviathanughed. The gigantic cannon had changed from its previous appearance, and Noah clearly noticed this, it was now thrice as big, and it had an even more majestic appearance, the opening of the cannon now had three furious dragon heads made of gold, and it emanated a strong rainbow aura of domineering energy presence¡­ "Fire." Said Noah. Leviathan smiled maliciously as he pointed out the cannon using his arms, the massive artefact began to gather divine energy in insane quantities alongside absorbing and melding the power of 50 elemental dragon summons together, the three mouths of the dragons atop the cannon unleashed bright rainbow light, and then¡­! TRUUUUUUMMM!!! Three massive beams were unleashed, merging together while reaching their target, and impacting the massive door of reincarnation and everyone around it in an instant! BOOOOOOOMMM!!! White''s eyes opened wide as she looked down, seeing the massive door being broke apart, she looked back at Noah hatefully! The entire door broke apart into pieces, as countless souls began to flow away, Noah captured them using his Undead, as they absorbed them back into a ring of blood, which began to spin with even more speed, shing and piercing through the enemy army! The entire massacre had be even more merciless! "W-What? The door¡­! You broke it?! T-That''s impossible¡­ What is that thing?" White looked down at the massive three-headed dragon cannon in utter disbelief! "That''s my cannon, I am d you noticed it."ughed Noah, as he unleashed powerful thunder attacks against both Great Gods, keeping them on check while they also retaliated, making him still struggle¡­! Meanwhile, down below, the domain of White grew fainter and weaker, and thest revived dragons which still were Great God-Realm were still fighting and not a single one had died yet, they were formidable and they were about a dozen! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Their powerful elemental attacks were amazing, spreading damage around Noah''s troops and making them struggle. Meanwhile, although half the dragon heroes didn''t made it, there were still many of them still kicking behind them¡­! ----- Chapter 503 - The New Wielders Of Heaven Thunder And Heavenly Law Decree! ----- "This is not over, eh?" said Noah while squinting his eyes. "Timassa, Arthur, Alice, I am leaving it to you." Said Noah, he had both his clones busy dealing with the Great Gods after all. "Got it!" said Timassa. "We are here to support you after all, Noah." Said Arthur. "I''ll put my weight!" said Alice. The family of mother, father, and daughter were boosted through the roof by receiving all the buffs Noah''s troops could possibly conjure on them. And also¡­ "Hm, I remember there was something about sharing Unique Abilities¡­ Where was this?" wondered Noah, looking down into his Skills. ¡­ [Fusion (???)] You can save other living beings special abilities as Unique Abilities in the Heavenly Library of Truth bypleting certain quests or requirements. You can acquire high-level Abilities by merging the powers of these Abilities stored in there. Items can be used to enhance Abilities by fusing them other. Lifeblood Jewels can be created more easily. If the conditions for the acquisition of Abilities from a target grow in difficulty, the Ability might change its requirements for the Ability Copy. Can only copy 1 Ability per target. Unique Abilities cannot be acquired by eating. Unique Abilities can be granted to allies freely, although only once per Unique Ability, and can be also retrieved freely at any time. ¡­ "I see¡­ I lend Heaven Thunder to Timassa, and Heavenly Law Decree to Arthur." Said Noah. FLASH! The Heavenly Library of Knowledge opened wide, as the two books representing these Abilities suddenly disappeared, teleporting elsewhere! FLASH! FLASH! The two, however, emerged right before Timassa and Arthur, surprising them! "W-What the heck is this?!" asked Arthur in surprise. "T-This power¡­!" said Timassa. The two books flew towards them and merged into their chest, as they suddenly received a new power surging through them, and also arge quantity of knowledge regarding it! Timassa''s ck thunder suddenly changed! It began to crackle around, generating ck sparks of deadly lightning that suddenly gained a second color, milky white, as pure as white could get! Heavenly Thunder had joined her Abyssal Thunder¡­! Meanwhile, Arthur was different, his closest affinity was ck Light, but that seemed more than enough, as his ck Light simply turned into the holiness of Law Attribute, and it gave him an enormous and domineering presence! Mother and father looked into their bodies emanating this new power, as Noah smiled, and Alice, their little girl, opened her mouth wide in surprise. "Wow¡­! Mama and papa got stronger out of the sudden¡­" she said. Their power emanated the deadly divinities of Great Gods, but now, they held the amazing power of two Unique Abilities. Of course, Noah was not able to use them now that he lends them to them or "rented" them to them, but he could still use with his clone his Fusion, the fusion of both Unique Abilities simply became a power of its own after all, strong enough to easily surpass their power. So Noah was in no need to use the original ones anymore and lend them to his close allies and friends. "Now go, and beat the shit out of them." Said Noah. "Haha, always so informal sometimes." Laughed Arthur. "Let''s do it then, dear." Said Timassa. "Very well, I am pumped up now." Said Arthur. "I''ll be at your side!" said Alice. "Make sure to stick with us, Alice!" said Arthur. Suddenly, Timassa was epassed in the Heaven Thunder and her Abyssal Thunder, as her entire figure transformed into a new and evolved form of her Soul Beast, a massive phoenix-like beast made of white light and dark shadows! Its wings were gigantic, and its feathers glistened with both heavenly thunder and abyssal thunder¡­! A contrast in colors showed up in her new form, evenrger and massive than before. Meanwhile, Arthur underwent a moreplex evolution, his worm absorbed the power of his new Heavenly Law Decree Ability and merged it with his poison, a strange new power surged as his poisonous powers melded with the power of holy light, forming an all-corroding golden sand, his worm-like appearance went through a metamorphosis, but instead of turning into something like a butterfly, the worm was more of arvae, as he turned into a gigantic golden and white scarab! He shone so brightly that it seemed to have been made of gold! Alice looked at her two parent''s new forms, as her eyes opened widely¡­ she coated herself with an armor of poisonous, purple-colored thunder, which was hardened several times and became formidably strong! Combined with her new draconic powers, such as long draconic wings, sharp metallic ws, and the power of a super strong breath attack, the trio was ready, and this transformation only took them a second each, the second after that, they were already sting away the heads of Great God Dragons covered in golden armor that were the new and generic appearances of those that died and were reincarnated by the gates! Timassa flew as she used her wings like des, unleashing devastating shing attacks made out of Heaven Thunder and Abyssal Thunder, the explosive and destructive attacks spread around the battlefield, taking down many divine beasts at the same time as another Great Dragon God, who groaned in agony as its entire body was fried by the lightning! Arthur rushed forward with his new tank-like body, covered in golden and white armor, he flew over the skies and acted as a shield for his wife and daughter, taking the powerful punches and breath attacks from the great dragon gods, while he unleashed the power of his golden sands which had a corrosivew effect, infecting everything around and making everyone weaker in the process¡­ their stats lowered, and they all became more vulnerable to poison, the poison that his daughter carried in her lightning, for example! Alongside that, he used thew power to make his entire physical strength greater and used his massive metallic jaws and crab-like pincers to tear his enemies apart! ----- Chapter 504 - The New Strength Of Timassa And Arthur! ----- It seemed like the power of the Unique Abilities granted to Timassa and Arthur had helped the two evolve their total power! Noah noticed this as he saw their icons suddenly transform into new forms in the battle map he could see. Their power had suddenly increased amazingly, and Arthur had even gained a whole new ystyle as a tank! "Timassa evolved into a powerful Heavenly Abyssal Thunder Phoenix¡­ Well, this is her Soul Beast Form, but much like normal monsters, Soul Beast Forms can also evolve after certain conditions are met¡­ Heaven Thunder is truly an amazing ability¡­!"ughed Noah. Indeed, Timassa now harbored both the power of heaven and abyss within her thunder and had now be admirably powerful beyondmon sense itself. Her power had increased so much Noah couldn''t properly believe his eyes as he saw her transform into such a glorious creature, her power had skyrocketed as well, so much she was sting into pieces the Great Dragon Gods created by White''s Reincarnation Gates like nothing! "And Arthur¡­ his worm-like Soul Beast Form has matured¡­? Does this means that it was always in arvae-like state? So it was actually a scarab¡­! Does this exin the poison suddenly turning into a corroding sand? The power of Holy Law Decree was given to him without thinking much over it, but I didn''t expected it would cause such great changes¡­ His entire body is now epassed by an incredibly hard armor-like exoskeleton, and he has two massive crab-like ws as well, which he use to slice through his enemies with ease¡­ his golden sands are also powerful infecting a wide range of foes with variousws that affect them negatively¡­ he can also use the sand to reinforce his exoskeleton, specifically his jaws and ws, making them even deadlier." Thought Noah. Indeed, Arthur''s Soul Beast Form could be said to have matured! It now grew into adulthood, and was no longer a poisonous worm, but a powerful and incredibly resilient Golden Scarab, or well, as it was called based on Noah''s Eyes of Truth a "Heavenly Golden Sands Law Scarab"¡­ The best part was that despite its enormous body, it was able to move swiftly around the skies like a flying saucer, and it used its enormous body as a shield to shield any attacks near his wife and daughter, protecting them while also offering support with the sands, and also dealing deadly damage with his jaws and slicing ws! The little Alice had received no Unique Abilities, but Noah knew she didn''t need to, her powers were still blossoming and developing at every second, her power was more than enough as it was now, even if weaker than her parents, she had them to back her up. Noah nced at the scene as Timassa and Arthur continued to massacre the Great Dragon Gods, who all looked the same, as if they were giant holy light dragons covered in golden and white scales resembling armor. Their powerful jaws and slicing ws were fierce, but Arthur blocked most of their blows and any blow that reached the two girls was still resisted by their defensive methods. CLASH! A massive w reached Arthur, but his exoskeleton was so hard that the dragon''s ws were shattered into pieces! "I-Impossible!" he cried in horror, as Arthur''s eyes shed with bright red light, and the enormous scarab fell over the dragon''s body, being of almost the same size at 50 meters, he crushed him into the ground with his immense weight, and then Timassa and Alice bathed the dragon with deadly blows! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! CLAASH! Even if Arthur was impacted, that didn''t even mattered at all, he was already incredibly resilient, the damage dealt to him seemed to be of no problem at all. "GRAAAKKHH¡­!" The dragon roared in agony as it died on the spot after being fried alive, Arthur jumped out of it after giving a spin, crushing it into pieces and making sure it would stay dead. His soul quickly joined the spinning blood ring formed by the Undead army, who were relentlessly marching forward while dealing with the divine beast army! Meanwhile, Timassa reached her next prey, a Great Dragon God noticed her as he quickly pointed his breath attack at her, unleashing an explosive beam from his mouth and trying to impact her, only for his beam breath attack to be impacted by an even deadlier attack, Timassa''s Heavenly Thunder and Abyssal Thunder converged together into a truly immensebination of light and darkness, spiraling together into a lightning bolt of light and darkness and shing over the attack, destroying the breath attack and reaching its target in an instant! BOOOM! The thunder fell over the body as it was fried on the spot, the monstrous dragon dropped more than dead now, its entire body emanated arge quantity of steam out of its orifices¡­! Meanwhile, Alice used her fast speed like lightning to rush across the battlefield, dropping enormous spheres of highly concentrated yellow-gold lightning, which impacted the floor and exploded into massive shockwaves of venomous lightning, prating the flesh of her enemies while also infusing it with poison, all the while burning them. Her speed was admirable and her swiftness rather great, she was like a tiny wyvern flying amidst giants, they couldn''t even catch her because she was so small and fast, and the Great Dragon Gods ended clumsily tripping over while trying to crush her, or well, greeting her father who used his weight and defense to hit them like a hammer. Like this, in less than five minutes, all of the Great Dragon Gods "fodders" were easily in by Arthur, Timassa, and Alice''s cooperation! Their amazing cooperation was the demise of thest stand of White and Thunderous armies, as the divine beasts suddenly lost their divine domain boosting their power, and the cannon attacks from the dragon cannon falling over them began to quickly take big chunks of soldiers out of their army¡­ Noah gave a satisfied smile, as his confrontation with White and Thunderous was reaching its climax! ----- Chapter 505 - Thoughts Amidst Battle ----- Noah smiled maliciously as he looked into the battlefield. The amazing power of his upgraded Dragon Cannon was admirable! Using it he was able to break through the enemy army in seconds, and then even destroy the resurrection gate. After that, he shared the power of Unique Abilities, giving Arthur and Timassa the Unique Abilities of Heaven Thunder and Holy Law Decree! He didn''t knew if he would retrieve them at ater date, but for now, he had let them freely utilize their powers, which seem to have even caused their Soul Beasts to evolve. Soul Beasts were very much like normal divine beasts in the sense that after certain conditions reached, they could even evolve into higher forms. These conditions could range from the user growing into a higher realm to them acquiring a sudden new abilitypletely different from their usual ones, or a higher form of their own main element, both cases happened here. Timassa acquired Heaven Thunder,bined with her Abyssal Thunder, which was the evolution from her Dark Thunder, which turned into ck Thunder and then Shadow Thunder, she was able tobine light and darkness within her very lightning, her Soul Beast absorbed both and gained unprecedented might. She was no longer an eagle but had turned into a ck and white phoenix made of lightning! A glorious beast with incredible speed and long-ranged and close-ranged attacks capable of devastating her enemies with immense attacks and devastating blows. Her lightning emanated the power to ignore defenses now, and even grew stronger with each blow it dealt¡­ Heaven Thunder was amazing on her! It was as if the Skill was made for her or something¡­ And the other condition that could be was to acquire a power that waspletely different from the one they wielded, Arthur was forced to assimte and learn to use Holy Law Decree, somethingpletely apart from his usual powers, which ended causing his Soul Beast, which was like a worm, to evolve and "mature" into its adult form, a glorious golden scarab¡­ now he had even changed his ystyle, usually he wasn''t even that good at taking too many hits, but thanks to this new exoskeleton, he became a formidable tank. Using their amazing talentbined with their new game-changing Unique Abilities given to them by Noah''s benevolence, they devasted their enemies mercilessly, the dragons began dropping one by one! Alice, their daughter, admired her parents new might, while working together with them. As they were devastating the veryst enemies behind, which were mostly a few hundred more Divine Beasts, Noah concentrated his mind into the fight he was having using the fusion of two clones against Thunderous and White. The power of Heavenly Thunder of Judgement was formidable, the two Great Dragon Gods were having an incredibly hard time in dealing with Noah''s ruthlessness. They began to ponder where did everything went wrong¡­ but they couldn''t, they had even made sure that they had not underestimated him¡­ it was simply the fact that Noah was way too unpredictable and powerful, doing things that many wouldn''t expect. And well, he had too many hidden powers. Despite being obviously weaker than them, he simply used these powers to overwhelm his enemies and even steal their own powers, well, not really steal, copy them! But even Noah pondered something within the time difference inside his Divine Realm, where he was given a lot of time to think because the world outside seemed to go in such a slow motion it was easy to do¡­ Why was he doing this? Well, he wanted power. He knew that there were forces in the outside of the Universe capable of killing him. The aliens that had tried to take over Earth and the Sr System were probably looking for him across the universe as of now. And he knew their power was overwhelming. Even now, after growing so much, he couldn''tpare to them. He arrived at this new world with higher power levels to grow stronger and prepare for the imminent sh¡­ Noah was someone ruthless that didn''t thought it twice when he had to kill others to gain power. nheless, in this, despite what these dragons thought, he had been acting quite reasonably. Only fighting those that came at him first, although he did provoke them sometimes, but he didn''t went out of his way to massacre innocents¡­ he had been acting quite tame, and initially had decided to just y wild monsters and slowly take over nations, but things went to others and he ended fighting them, and then fighting evil dragon gods¡­ And the rest led to this scenario. In a way, he had only been ying the trash of this continent, yet these guys thought of him as a menace¡­ instead of asking to be his allies or something they just decided to attack him. Well, he was moving troops to three different Kingdoms, but this was mostly because he was trying a more aggressive approach, he was going to conquer them like any other mortal Kingdom would attempt to take over the capital and probably not even kill any citizen, only using his troops to intimidate. But he couldn''t deny that he also wanted to see if he could lure any salty dragon god that wouldn''t ept his actions, and well, he did lure them, the biggest fishes in thiske. Maybe if they had tried to be nicer, he would had gotten himself some new allies, but now, they were on his dinner te. His clone smiled back at Thunderous and White. It had gone back to its humanoid form and then went back to its aberration form after the fusion, and then, it fused itself with the dragon transformations that Noah had,bining these abilities together all at once¡­ the aberration gained scales, draconic ws, and even two gigantic pairs of wings to boot¡­ Thunderous and White were now desperately shing against such a monstrous being with everything they had¡­ ----- Chapter 506 - The Struggle Of The Dragon Gods! ----- Thunderous and White were fighting for a reason, obviously, they didn''t wanted their Kingdoms to be taken over by anyone, after all these mortals were a great source of worship, which meant power over time. Even the Great Dragon Gods depended on mortals to gain divine power and slowly umte more fuel for their power, divine energy. Alongside that, divine energy was used to refine their divine dragon hearts and help them eventually breakthrough. Although they were all at Rank 9 out of 9, they were still hoping that after enough time and power umted, they would be given the chance to be Supreme Gods and ascend into higher realms of power. They were rather desperate to do so now, so maybe ying Noah also included the possibility of eating him so they can gain his immense quantities of energy. They were not sure yet, but there was a very high chance they could even breakthrough their current Realm if they were to devour him¡­ Supreme Godhood was at the palm of their hands¡­ perhaps. They just had to defeat Noah and get done with it! But¡­ Can they? Noah looked at the two glorious Great Gods with a prideful smirk, despite this, he was too monstrous for them to realize his face expressions, although the one in the divine realm, his clone sitting over a throne of blood, smiled eerily. Thunderous and White had to quickly act and fight¡­ but their minds were bubbling with many thoughts as they tried to evade his powerful Heavenly Thunder of Judgement. The world of Vedas was now undergoing an Apocalypse as the new Era of Chaos descended upon it. The child of God that betrayed him, Lucifer, a being of incredible power that came from another Dimension named Hell had descended upon this world behind Noah''s back and had used his very influence on breakthrough the Fate blockage with his Chaos Dragon clone, bringing an apocalypse to Vedas, which also caused the space and time to distort and open Gates for the Outer Void, where the Outer Gods finally found a safe entrance to this Universe after eons since their first invasion. For Thunderous and White, who were serving the Great Pantheon of Holy Dragons atop the skies who were trying to deal with this, Noah''s entire issue wasn''t even that big, they had to quickly get done with this problematic man and that was it¡­ But now, they were left speechless and were even slowly being beaten down by him! Their minds were bubbling with many feelings of frustration¡­ maybe they shouldn''t had tried to see him so lightly, even though they didn''t underestimated him, maybe he wasn''t just a "problem" and that was it, but could had even be a potential ally. But both were too prideful, the fight had gone for so long so there was no point in asking for forgiveness or something, they were going to fight and try to destroy and devour him¡­ Even with copied abilities. And even if he fused them to fight the two. Thunderous and White shed against Noah while flying across the skies. shes of lightning and white light against Noah''s white thunder continued to ensue all over the sky. It felt as if the sky was about to break and split open at any second now. The draconic might of these two Great Dragon Gods was outstanding, Noah was seeing their amazing techniques bathing over him from both sides! "We are not going to let you get through us!" White unleashed her almighty power as she continued to generate enormous weapons made out of white holyw energy, materializing them and then firing them at Noah at an incredible speed, swords, axes, spears, hammers, and more began to fall Noah, as Noah used his ws and enormous physical prowess to destroy them! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! White squinted her eyes as she gathered more power and generated a massive de of over 40 meters of height, sending it straight to Noah as fast as a bullet! Noah infused his Heavenly Thunder of Judgement inside of his body, enhancing all of his muscles and then caught the massive de with both ws! CLASH! His eyes shone with bright crimson-red light and a second after, the entire sword was corrupted by Chaos and Darkness, being eroded, it started to crack, and in another second, it shattered into pieces! CRASH! White''s bright yellow-gold eyes looked at Noah with a scornful re. She gathered more of her holy powers around her body and her wings grewrger, the armor over her body shone even brighter, a massive axe suddenly emerged in her left arm, being held tightly by her ws, this special axe was exuding a stronger aura than her other projectiles weapons, it was actually an artifact! Noah looked at the weapon while opening his eyes wide. "That weapon of yours¡­ Looks interesting." Heughed, summoning his spear and enhancing it with darkness, shadows, and his thunder, as it gained ck and white colors spiraling around¡­! "You''re forgetting about someone¡­!" FLAAAASH! A sh of gold lightning reached Noah from behind him as Thunderous emerged behind him, his ws moved at lightning speed and his sharp spear-like tail continued to attack Noah from behind! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "Oh no, I have not forgotten about you." Laughed Noah, as he intercepted Thunderous with almost the same speed and impacted the dragon''s blows with his own, breaking his concentration and making him flinch and even fail some blows! "You''re growing slower." Said Noah, as Thunderous responded by clicking his tongue and unleashing his divine aura of thunder, several dragon-shaped projectiles emerged once more, trying to destroy him by shing over his body, but Noah unleashed a sh of his spear, piercing through them and devastating them with a massive wave of light and darkness¡­! BOOOOOOMMM!!! "Nngguh?!" Thunderous was overwhelmed by the wave of light and darkness unleashed by Noah''s spear, as Noah flew behind him with the speed of his lighting, his spear tip pointing at Thunderous'' back! "It''s over for you." ----- Chapter 507 - Let Me See How You Struggle! ----- CLASH! However, White shed against Noah''s attempt at killing Thunderous, as she flew as fast as light behind Thunderous and intercepted Noah''s spear attack with her enormous white and gold axe, which exuded a strong holy light from within. This weapon was formidable, it was at the same level as her, a weapon with a rankparable to a great god at Rank 9! "I never thought I would be forced to use my Heavenly Golden Axe, but you''ve not left me any other option, Noah¡­! You must be eliminated before you create more chaos than we can handle in this world!" said White. Her eyes were filled with the conviction of killing Noah at all costs! Indeed, Noah was someone that could even be called "agent of chaos"! He was a being of such enormous power and malicious tendencies that he threatened the entire bnce of any world he was tond on¡­ Although the dragons here didn''t knew he was from another world, and only assumed he was an old monster that has been hiding while umting power over eons, they knew he was still someone too chaotically powerful, he had to be eliminated. As her holy duty, White took upon the responsibility of getting the world rid of Noah. He had already showed how dangerous he was, his words were clear statements that he was also someone malicious that intended to kill anyone that stood on his ce. He wasn''t going to stop his charge until he were to reach his goals. He was the most dangerous type of person¡­ and insane, at that. Noah smirked within his divine realm. "White, you''re a formidable fighter, but can you really handle me now that I''ve been slowly weakening you¡­ Let''s see how much you can struggle." Heughed. CLASH! White''s axe shed against Noah''s spear, as the two unleashed waves of bright light and dark shadows all around, these waves distorted even space and time as Thunderous was freed from Noah''s grasp, using this opportunity to fight against Noah once more, he helped White by offering his support and long-ranged damage! Lightning began toe out of his body and shing against Noah''s back. Noah continued to fight White while trying to evade Thunderous Lightning, but he was still being constantly annoyed by him, like a fly he couldn''t fight and had to bear with, even with his amazing concentration and the insight of his mind inside his own divine realm seeing things slowly, which helped him easily predict movements and evade, he was still being attacked by many sides thanks to the powerful thunderbolts that Thunderous was able to create. CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "What''s wrong, Noah, you''re feeling tired now?"ughed Thunderous, cheekilyughing at Noah. Noah continued to fight,bining his powers with his Thunder, and fusing his elements as well, he began to build up special attacks using the power of his other skills, which were not so effective, as if each skill was part of a greater move, a Divine Technique! After a bit of preparation, one of such techniques was finally done, and he quickly unleashed it against White! [Void Cmity (X)] + [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] + [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] + [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] + [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God Techniques (X)] + [Divine Earth Dragon Arts (X)] = [Transcendental Heaven and Earth-Devouring Chaotic Void Distortion Spear Art: Beginning and End (Great God-Grade+++)]! No, he wasn''t even going to just use the Divine Technique, he used Skill Fusion as a whole, and ended merging his powerful abilities together into something truly devastating! TRUUUUMMM¡­! Suddenly, everything went still! Space and time stopped moving, everything became stagnant. Noah''s spear gained a new light, as its entire being began to glow with a ck light that seemed to even distort reality itself, even if a little bit. Noah''s spear moved at a speed that was faster than White and Thunderous could ever grasp! All of this as he fused his Skills in the middle of the battle, and then infused Heavenly Thunder of Judgement on top of his spear! SPARK¡­! SPARK¡­! The movements of the spear became incredibly sharp as they distorted reality itself, heaven and earth seemed to begin to be vacuumed by his very movements! White and Thunderous had never seen such a wonderful and masterful disy of skill like this every before! They were left so utterly dumbfounded that they could only stare as their bodies couldn''t even move! Noah''s spear gained a new lustrous grayish color, as white and light converged together through the weapon. It also gained arger size, evenrger than before¡­ CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Three piercing attacks reached Thunderous in an instant, his body was suddenly pierced three times as three passive holes appeared over his chest¡­ blood began pouring out of his enormous wounds, his mouth vomited another mouthful of blood, and chaotic distortion began to slowly consume and erode his entire body¡­! "GRRUUUUAAAAAAHHH¡­!" Thunderous could only despair as he screamed his lungs out in agony! BOOOOM!!! His body was thrown into the ground as Noah''s movement suddenly gained a normal speed once more, space and time seemed to go back to how they were, but in fact, this wasn''t the power to stop time, this power was merely able to distort reality! This was why even White and Thunderous were incapable of discerning the movement of his new technique! "Y-You¡­! You''ve done it again?!" asked White in horror. Indeed, Noah had done it again! He sued a strange and mysterious power again, one that defied logic itself¡­ once more! He was constantly defying logic at every passing second, now, he had done it once more, as he had fused many skills together into an utterly despicable move. Noah ignored White as he pointed his spear at Thunderous¡­! He was going to finish him off! White couldn''t let him do as he pleased! She quickly flew in front of Noah, and unleashed a constant barrage of attacks using her axe and thousands of flying weapons, which all flew towards Noah! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! ----- Chapter 508 - Relentless Fight ----- White wasn''t going to let Noah get away with it, she wasn''t going to let him have this! Despite suddenly learning apletely insane new power, she wasn''t going to let him do as he pleased¡­ She quickly began consuming even more divine energy, and even several amounts of divine materials inside her divine realm, all for the purpose of defeating Noah, this new and monstrous being, this new enemy that had showed up and turned the tables several times already! Did he even had a limit?! If he were to continue fighting, White was sure that he would end uping out with something even more ridiculous, there was no point in holding back anymore. She consumed divine materials inside her divine realm, several formations in there used these materials and generated new effects, boosting her power. Despite her body being covered in negativew effects formed by Noah''s Heavenly Thunder of Judgement, she began to quickly overpower them. Her body glowed with bright white light and her axe gained a new strength. She shed through the skies and reached Noah in an instant. Her axe started to sh against Noah''s spear, but Noah smirked. Suddenly, White didn''t realized it but arge wound emerged in her left shoulder. TRUUUMM¡­! As if the spear had reached to it but she didn''t realized. This was the power of Noah''s new technique when he boosted it with the power of Heavenly Thunder of Judgement! "T-This¡­! Ungh¡­!" White healed her wound quickly and continued to attack Noah, intercepting him at every second, without letting him get to Thunderous. "You''re stubborn!" Noah got pissed. He quickly raised his spear and began attacking even more relentlessly than before, at full speed. White''s senses were undergoing aplete evolution as well. Noah wasn''t the only one growing stronger in battle. White was constantly breaking her limits, she could feel her entire body evolving, and her powers developing at an incredibly rapid pace. In seconds, she began to see through a few of Noah''s attacks, and intercepted them in time! CLASH! Noah''s spear was distorting space and time, but so could White''s axe do so, as it had reached a level of power even higher. Noah''s spear wasn''t that strong as her own weapon, but his technique, the new one he acquired by fusing several ss Skills, was a Unique Ability of incredibly might¡­ even his lesser grade spear was able to stand on equal terms against her amazing axe! CLASH! Another shing sound resonated, the entire sky and earth shook, opening wide as enormous earthquakes covered all of the surface. TRUUUUMM¡­! The skies split open, the clouds flew away and cleared the blue skypletely. Noah''s blows were also improving, he was having a hard timepletely getting used to this new Unique Ability he acquired by fusing ss Skills. The Ability itself was very powerful, to the point it even overwhelmed him. He felt like he had yet topletely tap into this power and was having a hard time dealing with the immense pressure it put over his body. But thanks to White pressuring over him, he was improving at each passing second, and analyzing his power constantly. His ability to absorb the essences of heaven and earth wasn''t just for show, it enhanced the power of his movements and his spear. But each time he pierced something with his attack, this essence as spent. The distortion all around him also created effects that distracted foes and made them get surprised, which aided in his ability to surprise them. His piercing attacks were incredibly fast and precise, to the point they broke through space and time, and the very fabric of reality trembled a little bit each time he attacked! Due to these powerful attacks, not many could discern them. The thing was, White was just an amazing fighter and an ancient Great Dragon Goddess¡­ her power was the pinnacle right below Supreme Gods. To think he jumped from fighting weak Evil Dragon Gods to the strongest Dragon Goddess below Supreme Dragon Gods¡­ it was a big jump for Noah. But it was also worth the challenge to improve himself and well, grow stronger. This fight had proven to be incredibly insightful after all! CLASH! White suddenly wasn''t able to perceive Noah''s next attack, as a massive wound emerge din the middle of her stomach, chaos and void began to erode her wound and fill her body with deathly darkness! "Unngh¡­?!" Thebination of void and chaos was also present in Noah''s new Unique Ability¡­ his spear technique carried such elements and used them to their fullest potential that was avable to him. However, White was fueling her power by using divine materials. She was quickly regenerating her deadly wounds and gritting her jaws tightly while looking at Noah scornfully, her flying weapons emerged by the thousands over and over again against Noah, although he easily cleared them over and over again as well, by merely swinging his spear and unleashing shockwaves of thunder from his body and divine auras! CLAAAAASH! However, White''s stomach quickly regenerated back, and she fought against Noah once more! Her gigantic axe was also piercing through space and time and shed against Noah''s powerful spear, which was also evolving and growing stronger as it absorbed the essence of heaven and earth. The ability wasn''t named "Heaven and Earth-devouring" for nothing, it actually had such effect, or at least a bit of it! And well, it wasn''t as if Noah had lost the ss Skills used to make this Unique Ability, but they were obsolete at this point, they were nothing against the might of White, so he had stopped trying to use them and was using now the fusion of them all, which had finally be somethingparable to the amazing might and techniques of White! CLAAAAASH! As the two shed against one another¡­ Thunderous in the ground quickly took out something from his Divine Realm¡­ Just what was this dragon nning after being driven to almost death by Noah? ----- Chapter 509 - Explosive Fight! ----- The power of Noah''s spear inbination with his thunder was bing more and more prevalent as he fought against White, meanwhile, White was also improving at each passing second, as her power was improving greatly. Her axe was flowing brighter each time she shed against Noah''s spear. The two weapons emanated powerful shockwaves of bright yellow and white light, reverberating across the skies, as if the skies were about to split open at any time! CRAAAASSSHH! However, behind their fight across the skies, Thunderous was thrown and discarded, he was actually going to get ughtered by Noah but White saved him several times, and she was, as of now, putting all her effort into fighting him so Thunderous had the time to heal and escape in time. But of course, he was a prideful Great Dragon God of Rank 9/9, he would never turn around and flee like a little and pathetic lizard, right? He gritted his teeth taking out something from his divine realm, while inside of his divine realm, several clones made of thunder moved around and ced many materials in arge formation, the items began to be consumed as a new effect was activated, the formation enhanced his recovery as his wounds slowly started to recover! But the item he had on his hands was different and separate from this. This item was a yellow jewel, a mysterious item knows as the Heavenly Thunder God Pill, which he had refined over thousands of years since he became an dragon god. This powerful pill was ast resort he would use on his moments of direst need for help! And it would drastically heal his wounds, and enhance his power greatly, even letting him evolve new powers. Because of its amazing effect, he had been saving this item for a long time, waiting for the right moment to utilize it. He knew that the more damage he had, the stronger its effects would be, but inflicting self-damage was not a strategy for him, he was a prideful dragon, and would never hurt himself over this. But now¡­! He was on the verge of death! He swallowed the pill right away, and immediately felt its effects activating across his body¡­ TRUUUM!!! "Hahahaha! I can feel the POWER!" heughed, as thunder began to fall all around him, his scales shone brightly with yellow-gold color, and his entire body was coated in fierce lightning! His entire body size barely increased, but his muscles turned into stronger ones. And his jaws became sharper, his eyes shinier, and his entire presence was even more intimidating than before. Noah noticed this as he looked at the scene in silence within his divine realm. "Oh? Interesting, I should had really killed you while I could¡­ bastard lizard. Well, I''ll leave you up to the rest¡­" he thought, as he gave the order to his troops to all gang over Thunderous! "Hahahaha! Fear the power of THUNDER!"ughed Thunderous. FLASH! Suddenly, a tiny red bat flew over him. "Summon!" FLASH! And summoned a gigantic turtle dragon over Thunderous, of several times his size and weight! "Huh?!" BOOOOOOOMMM!!! Terra was summoned and used only for her weight and height, crushing Thunderous entire body with a massive weight, and throwing him deep underground! "GRRRUUUUAAAAHHH¡­!" His thunder was powerful but Terra''s weight and defenses against this element were outstanding, additionally, her powerful Earth Element Mana was amazingly high, and Noah let her use his Earth Dragon Arts Skill as well, so she was able to quickly make the entire surrounding floor into her earth domain, enhancing the gravity and pushing Thunderous entire body down. "Nnngghh!!!" Thunderous gritted his teeth as he tried to escape her deadly pressure, but Terra was also pushing through a lot of divine energy from Noah and manipting the gravity around her to make it impossible for the slim dragon to escape her deadly embrace even remotely! His pill made him stronger, but not suddenly invincible! "Aaaghhh¡­! GRRAAAAA!" Thunderous roared angrily as his ws exploded into enormous punches made of thunder, he began to break through Terra''s shell with sheer physical power and by spending several more materials into his formation to fuel his power. CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! "Nnngh¡­! You''re strong¡­!" muttered Terra, quickly feeling like her shell would no longe resist, she was going to die! "Now explode for me." Said Noah. "Bastard¡­ our Master really likes to y around with our lives¡­" sighed Terra, as her entire body began to sh with bright brown light andbusted into a loud explosion! BOOOOOOOMMM!!! The explosion hit Thunderous head on, the enormous pressure and power of such an explosion consumed his entire body as he began to suffer tremendously ridiculous quantities of damage! ¡­ When the explosion ended, his entire body was severely twisted around, most of his bones had broke, and his scales were mostly peeled off, his head was trembling in pain, and his tongue was sticking out as if he was dead. But he was still alive, of course. "Unngh¡­ How can a being¡­ like that¡­ but so much damage¡­" he cried. Noah smiled. "Sorry, Terra, I can revive you in a few more days when the cooldown is off, so cheer up." Heughed, as Terra''s spirit emerged at his side while he sat down on his throne. "Eh, I''ve died once I can die twice but¡­ don''t just use me as a bomb!" said Terra. "It was just the ideal moment." Laughed Noah. "I guess¡­" sighed Terra. "Now, Leviathan!" said Noah. "Alright!" sighed Leviathan, as he pointed out the cannon at Thunderous who was barely able to move and crawl around, and overcharged it with summoned elemental dragons! The massive three-headed cannon began to glow with bright colors as it overcharged itself with billions of divine energy fueling it from within Noah''srge and near-endless pool of energy¡­ "Fire!"ughed Noah. TRUUUUUUMMM!!! The massive cannon''s three dragon heads fired their beam attacks, which entwined together and became a gigantic beam of multiple colors, shing over the weakened Thunderous! BOOOOOMMM!!! ----- Chapter 510 - Thunderous Desperate Struggle ----- "Ugh¡­ W-What the heck was that? Such a massive dragon and it exploded?! Agh¡­! I should escape to my divine realm- EH?!" Thunderous looked upwards and what greeted his sight was a massive beam attack of multiple colors falling like a flood of light towards him. It pierced literally everything until it reached him, the beam shaped as three furious dragons spiraling together¡­ A power that was often just used to destroyrge quantities of soldiers now befell him! BOOOOOMMM!!! "GRRUUUUAAAGGGH¡­!" His entire body finally gave in, his arms suddenly dislocated several times and flew into pieces, his entire face was crushed and fractured, and the rest of his body exploded into pieces! ¡­ After the massive beam attack stopped, what was left was just a grilled pile of flesh¡­ Thunderous¡­. Was dead! "T-Thunderous! Damn it, his physical body waspletely destroyed?!" asked White in shock, as she looked down, she could no longer protect Thunderous if she was busy with Noah! "You''re lowering your guard." Said Noah. His spear moved at an incredible speed as it pierced through space and time, several piercing attacks fell over White in an instant, piercing her armor and leaving deep holes across her body! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "Aaggghh¡­!" she screamed in agony, desperately coating herself with bright healing light and trying to heal her wounds, Noahughed as he continued to bathe her with blows and thunder! Meanwhile, Leviathan reported Noah that Thunderous appeared to have finally died. As he had just died, a sudden burst of light happened above his body and countless spheres of bright golden color emerged one after another shining beautifully and leaving a sparkling and dazzling aura all around¡­ With the piles of spheres, cores, there were also other shiny jewels around, all of them containing arge quantity of powerful primordial essence¡­ There were even pieces of equipment lying over. It was a treasure throve that showed up out of nowhere! But¡­! "GRRRAAAGGH¡­!" Thunderous groaned, his body was turned into pulp, but his soul was still here, not shattered, but damaged, but he was still as his soul alone. Gods were able to still be "alive" even if their bodies were turned into pulp. In fact, as long as the divine soul kept being alive, they could even regenerate anew body altogether. Thunderous looked around desperately, as he began to crawl outside the entire ce as much as he could. He looked back at his corpse and found all these items lying over¡­ he felt suddenly surprised. What the heck was this? Did he just dropped items of such immense quantities of power out of absolutely nowhere? How did this even worked? "W-What is this thing? What''s happening?" asked Thunderous in confusion. He already felt confused of how two nukes just fell over him and annihted him, but now he was wondering how the fuck did items came out of his own corpse! This didn''t made any sense at all! It waspletely nonsensical! "How is this¡­ possible? Uhgh¡­ No¡­ I have to swallow my pride and run into my Divine Realm!" he cried, desperately trying to move inside his divine realm. However, his movements were stopped by ck and white thunder falling over him! BOOOOMMM!!! "Unngh?!" He looked upwards and saw a massive phoenix roaring in the skies, its gigantic wings were pping rapidly as the beast looked down on him as if he were a mere insect! This beast was nobody else than Timassa herself, of course! "S-Such powerful thunderous power- AH! T-That was my Heaven Thunder!" Thunderous soul, which looked like his body but made of semi-transparent lightning-element soul of yellow and gold color looked hatefully at Timassa. She had somehow acquired his Heaven Thunder as well! How did this made any sense?! Thunderous roared in anger as he gathered his divine energy around his soul and materialized it forcefully, it wasn''t like having a body though, but it made for now! He had to quickly move away from this position, as he flew away from Timassa''s range, but Timassa''s speed was faster than his by far! FLAAAAASH! "H-How can you be so fast?!" he asked in surprise. "You''re just too slow, your Ability is better off on my hands!" said Timassa, her Soul Beast form opened its beak and began to attack Thunderous with lightning-fast piercing attacks! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! The powerful blows pierced his soul and began to crack it, slowly shattering it! Thunderous couldn''t stop her incredibly fast attacks, but he unleashed a shockwave of thunder and stopped Timassa at longst! CLAAASH! "Your thunder is still strong despite being a soul!" said Timassa in surprise. "Of course, you bird! I am a Great Dragon God- AAAGHHH?!" CLAAASH! A massive metallic floating saucer hit Thunderous head and sent him flying into the ground! BOOOOM!!! His entire body fell once more over the floor, as Thunderous felt his soul crack once more. "Are you okay, Timassa?" "Yes dear." What greeted his sight after that was an incredibly shiny golden scarab, unleashing a bright aura and sand moving around his body constantly¡­ "Then let''s kill this thing off already, I can already see why Noah fears them so much, Great Dragon Gods are incredibly resilient!" "Very well! Let me hop on you!" This enormous bug quickly began to spiral around as the phoenix flew over it and began to run using its legs, the two rushed down,bining their power until they became a spiraling disk of golden metal coated in ck and white thunder¡­ CLAAAAAASSSSSSHHH! "GRRAAAAAAHHH¡­!" An enormous pain epassed all of Thunderous as the incredibly powerful blow began to crush his soul into bits, his soul shattered into pieces and his very self shattered with it, breaking apart, as pain was the only thing he could feel while his consciousness began to slowly fade away into obscurity! "Unngh¡­! I can''t¡­ No¡­! I can''t¡­ lose¡­" Thunderous muttered thesest words, incapable of believing to his veryst moments that he was actually a loser, and dying a miserable death until the veryst moment¡­ ----- Chapter 511 - Breaking Through In The Middle Of A Battle! ----- CRAASH! Thunderous soul was shattered into pieces before thebined might of Arthur and Timassa! FLASH! The two quickly went back to their human-like forms, sighing in relief. "That''s one big fish down at longst, he took way too many hits, what a monster¡­" sighed Arthur. "And the one Noah is fighting¡­ Seem to be even harder¡­" sighed Timassa. "Yeah¡­ Well, let''s quickly gather the items as per Noah''s request." Said Arthur. "Understood!" Timassa said, picking the dropped items. The pair gathered the items and Thunderous soul fragments and his body made into flesh pulp rather quickly, storing it inside their divine realms, while they saw Alice and the other Undead massacring the veryst divine beasts there were¡­ Meanwhile, Noah was battling White atop the skies, the two were shing against one another fiercely, without letting the other have any sort of advantage as possible! Noah''s extremely fast movements and amazing movements wereplemented by his new technique, which he was learning more and more of it as he progressed and fought constantly! Meanwhile, White gritted her teeth in utter frustration as she was fighting Noah, his power was increasing at every second and although she was also improving greatly, the pressure of his enormously strong blows was still there, annoying her very second. The two shed against one another constantly, White''s axe shone brightly, shing through all the malice that Noah represented, meanwhile, Noah''s spear pierced fast and precisely, annihting the light that White treasured greatly, as he unleashed the thunder of judgement to put even more pressure on her. Ultimately, White saw Thunderous die miserably, even his soul was shattered! "T-Thunderous¡­! Damn it!" she groaned, as she was filled with barbaric fury, rushing towards Noah with everything she had. A storm of thousands of weapons made of light flew towards Noah, piercing through his body and exploding constantly! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The explosive blows shed against one another as darkness and light continued to spread their power across the skies. Noah''s intentions to kill White grewrger as his strength manifested in power! He was doing everything he had to fight her, to kill her! He unleashed a constant barrage of attacks against her, piercing through her body constantly while she healed back right away! He tanked her hits and healed his enormous wounds, sometimes White as so fast and powerfully violent that Noah ended being caught off guard and got cut off into bits! But through those bits, he stuck himself together and continued fighting! His soul had been crushed several times by now, but the nature of his very soul was utterly bizarre, regenerating itself back every time as he continued to fight constantly and wrathfully! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "You relentless monster! This is it¡­!" "What?!" Noah was suddenly caught! White has been buildingbos and blows this entire time to unleash an incrediblyplex divine draconic technique she had as herst resort. All the blows she gave finally counted for the divine technique requirements, the materials inside her divine realm were consumed as well, and her axe grew golden and brighter, as brighter as its whiteness could get! FLAAAASH! "Heavenly Axe of Judgement Arts: Ten Thousand Stakes of Judgement!" "U-UNGH?!" Noah groaned in agony as he was suddenly overwhelmed by the power he couldn''t even predict, even after this entire fight, White was just this incredible! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Her axe moved so incredibly fast that she herself twisted space and time, it was as if each blow was like a gigantic stake that incrusted itself deep into his very flesh, each attack was damaging his entire being so horrendously painfully that his very soul and body were being torn apart as if permanently! As Noah began to lose, his body within his divine realm touched arge pile of Cores that Arthur and Timassa brought to him from the entire battle down there, which had alreadye to an end. "It is truly a pity, White¡­ But it seems I will cheat my way through once more¡­" sighed Noah. Thinking of his powerpared to these hard-working gods as just a horrendous cheat that only made of their effort even the more useless. All the spheres glowed brightly and fused with his entire being, like a bath of essence that never stopped! His Existence Realm began to breakthrough incredibly fast; his Great God-Realm Rank began to increase constantly! Rank 1 to 2, to 3, to 4¡­! His entire stats were boosted so highly, any body he had and the entire shared soul they had gained an incredible power! FLAAAASSSHH! Although he didn''t break through into the next Realm after Great God, his Ranks increased greatly and he ended at¡­ Rank 7! His Law Comprehension skyrocketed as well by absorbing the Law Cores, and also the Attribute Particle Cores! All of such cores fused together into his body and soul,bining it all into new power. Infused with new might, the fused clones of Noah gained even greater power, their bodies suddenly regenerated fast as the Heavenly Thunder of Judgement turned incredibly fast and deadly powerful, shing around constantly! The power of these blows continued to growrger andrger by part of White, but Noah was resisting them better as he regenerated, his thunder suddenly gained an amazing strength and shed against White''s face like a white thunderbolt! CLAAAAAASSSSSHHH!!! "Aaaaagggh¡­! W-What the heck?!" she cried in surprise, looking down at Noah to find the man smiling sadistically. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Suddenly, constant spear attacks pierced all of White''s body. Before she could fully regenerate, her entire body was torn into pieces. "Aggh¡­! I-Impossible¡­!" she muttered for thest time. Her soul tried to escape but was grasped by Noah''s ws. "My win." He said with a pridefully smile, his powers that didn''t made sense at all once more had left surprised White¡­ She looked at this man fearfully, as his gigantic gaping maws opened wide, and he devoured her soul with a single bite¡­ CRUNCH! ----- Chapter 512 - Amazing Growth! ----- Noah felt an amazing and rewarding enhancement to all his capabilities the moment he absorbed the power of Thunderous through devouring his soul and absorbing his dropped items, and now, by devouring White''s soul and then flying down while finding her dropped items and absorbing her items right away! FLAAAAASSSSHHH!!! Even more power! Noahughed maliciously as his power was skyrocketing! What was a Great God anyways? Merely his punching bags at this point! Of course, like with Thunderous'' Cores, he had a limit of how many he would absorb from him and White, the rest, were quickly saved inside his divine realm alongside her body and other dropped items. Noah felt like his status skyrocketed amazingly, although he didn''t got 100% of the power of the two Great Dragon Gods'', it was still an amazing boost to all his stats, and well, the fight by itself was incredibly till the end, so he felt satisfied¡­ Noah within his divine realm felt his soul and bodies strengthened as he Ranked Up his Existence Realm¡­ The Level of his ss also reached the max level in an instant¡­ Ding! [Your Existence Realm has increased to Great God-Realm Rank 9/9!] [All your Stats have increased!] [You have automatically evolved!] [All your stats have increased!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 94 to Level 95!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 95 to Level 96!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 96 to Level 97!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 97 to Level 98!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 98 to Level 99!] [The Level of your ss has increased from Level 99 to Level 100!] [All your stats have increased!] [You can now Change sses once more] [You acquired the [Divinity of Thunder]!] [You acquired the [Divinity of Holy Light] and [Divinity of Heavenly Law]!] [You acquired the [Divinity of Thunder] Title!] [You acquired the [Divinity of Holy Light] Title!] [You acquired the [Divinity of Heavenly Law] Title!] [All your stats have increased!] Noah looked into his own Stats, amused by the changes, a lot had changed, and he felt utterly happy, they alignedpletely well with the amount of great new power he had acquired! ¡­ [Noah Luna Noctem] [Titles: [God of Dark Blood], [God of Chaos], [Vampire God], [God of Humanity], [God of the Void], [God of Parasitism], [God of Dragons], [God of Elements], [God of the Spear], [God of Abyssal Sea], [God of Dark Underground Depths], [God of Dungeons], [God of Thunder], [God of Holy Light], [God of Heavenly Law] [Race: [Great Divine Tenebrous Abyssal Blood Judge Crimson Vampire Progenitor God Emperor] [Existence Rank: [Great God: 9/9: Peak Stage] [Divinities: [Divinity of Dark Blood], [Divinity of Chaos], [Divinity of Humanity''s Wishes], [Divinity of Void], [Divinity of Parasitism], [Divinity of Death], [Divinity of Dragons], [Divinity of Darkness], [Divinity of the Spear], [Divinity of Water], [Divinity of Earth], [Divinity of Dungeons], [Divinity of Thunder], [Divinity of Holy Light], [Divinity of Heavenly Law] [System Rank: [Rank 3: Great System Realm] [System Functions: [Dimensional Dungeon Creation], [Lifeblood Jewel Forgery], [ss Changing Shrine], [Transmigration Cycle], [Small Dungeon Creation], [Item Loot Blessing], [Divine Dungeon Shop] [Bloodline]: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Windstorms, Vayu (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Raging Oceans, Varus (Awakened)], [Draconic Father of Lightning and Thunder, Indra (Awakened)] [Divine Blood Soul Core Rank]: [Level XXII: Grand Tenebrous Divine Abyssal Progenitor Vampire Supreme Ancestor God: Peak Stage] [Divine Elder Dragon Heart]: [Level XXII: Grand Tenebrous Divine Chaotic Abyssal Supreme Elder Vampiric Blood Dragon Emperor God: Peak Stage] [Soul Cultivation]: [Divine Soul Core and Primeval Vein Fusion Realm: Upper Stage] [ss]: [Dimensional Dungeon God]: [Level 100/100] [ss History]: [Warlock (10/10)], [Abyssal Servant of the Outer Void (20/20)], [Divine Holy Spear Master (30/30)], [Demonic Chaos Vampire Emperor (40/40)], [Dark Fate Destroyer (50/50)], [Deathly Draconic Necrolord of Blood and Death (60/60)], [High Divine Elemental Dragon God King (70/70)], [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God (80/80)], [Evil Dragon God of Dark Underground Depths (90/90)] [Patron(s)]: [Bloodshot Eye] [System Points: [18.500.000] [Primordial Essence: [100.000.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: [17.550.000.000] [Aether: [14.650.000.000] [Ki: [14.550.000.000] [Fate: [12.850.000.000] [Basic Attributes: [Earth: 145.500], [Fire: 85.500], [Water: 99.000], [Wind: 89.000], [Space: 88.500], [Time: 87.500], [Life: 84.500], [Death: 122.000], [Dark: 102.000], [Light: 121.000] [Diverged Attributes: [Illusion/Emotions: 77.500], [Dream/Nightmare: 77.500], [Phantom: 80.000], [Blood: 162.500], [Poison: 76.000], [Soul: 122.000], [Nature: 77.000], [Thunder: 159.300], [Ice: 76.100], [War/Strength: 101.000] [Greater Attributes: [Chaos: 124.500], [Fate: 98.000], [Void: 88.000], [Law: 141.000], [System: 97.000] [Comprehended Laws] [Basic Laws: [Earth: 55%], [Fire: 25%], [Water: 25%], [Wind: 25%], [Space: 35%], [Time: 35%], [Life: 25%], [Death: 40%], [Dark: 40%], [Light: 50%] [Diverged Laws: [Illusion/Emotions: 25%], [Dream/Nightmare: 25%], [Phantom: 44%], [Blood: 55%], [Poison: 30%], [Soul: 65%], [Nature: 21%], [Thunder: 53%], [Ice: 38%], [War/Strength: 58%] [Greater Laws: [Chaos: 40%], [Fate: 35%], [Void: 45%], [System: 40%], [Law: 50%] [Heavenly Library of Truth (???)] [Fusion (???)] [Heaven Thunder (Great God-Grade)] [Lend to Timassa] [Heavenly Law Decree (Great God-Grade)] [Lend to Arthur] [Heavenly Thunder Judgement (Great God-Grade+++)] [Fused Unique Ability] [Transcendental Heaven and Earth-Devouring Chaotic Void Distortion Spear Art: Beginning and End (Great God-Grade+++)] [Fused Unique Ability made of ss Skills] [Servant of the Void (X)] [Void Cmity (X)] [Divine Holy Spear Master Arts (X)] [Heavenly Divine Holy Spear Aura of Light (X)] [Demonic Chaotic Vampire Physique (X)] [All-Devouring Chaos Destruction (X)] [Devil Fate''s Siphon (X)] [Dark Wielder of Fate (X)] [Deathly Necrolord Blood and Death Domain (X)] [Bloody Death Ring of Damnation (X)] [Divine Elemental Dragon God King Decree (X)] [Elemental Dragon Spirit Protective Aura (X)] [Divine Oblivion Elemental Spear God Techniques (X)] [Divine Transcendental Spiritual Sacred Spear Physique and Psyche (X)] [Divine Draconic Underground Earth Domain (X)] [Divine Earth Dragon Arts (X)] [Divine Dungeon Body (X)] [Greater Dungeon Maniption (X)] [Divine Dungeon Domain (X)] ¡­ Noah looked forward to the other two battlefields, although it seemed that his new ascendance into the pinnacle of a Great God had greatly shocked the other Great Gods in the other battlefields¡­ especially the death of White and Thunderous! What will happen now? And as this all urred, a massive crack in space emerged not so far away from Noah''s three battlefields, where gigantic tentacles and aberrations from another dimension slowly began to crawl in¡­ ----- Chapter 513 - Heaven And Hell ----- Surrounding the continent of Draconia, a wave of dark chaos continued to spread across hundreds of kilometers, the power of the new Supreme Dragon God of Chaos, Lucifer, the avatar of the King of Hell was expanding across the entire world of Dragons. Despite its vastness, the world of Dragons of Vedas wasn''t able topletely take into his ever-expanding miasma and chaotic darkness, the distortion of space and time quickly began even when the other Dragon Gods tried to intervene and stop his dark powers from corrupting the entire fabric of the world. Many of the Dragon Gods despaired, praying to the Supreme Dragon Gods of old, who had all once ruled this world with their might, but that nobody had ever tried to do such a thing as Lucifer was trying to do. They had tried to suppress him countless times to not be a Supreme Dragon Gods, but it never worked at the end, the power of Lucifer and his cunningness ended making of all their ns meaningless as he raised into the level of power he had now. He had even predicted the idental arrival of Noah here so his very presence as an outsider could distort thews of fate, allowing Lucifer''s avatar to turn into a Supreme God¡­ The darkness of his very presence continued to spread, consuming thend, and turning it all into a chaotic wastnd of miasma. Cracks in spacetime opened one after another, as the connection to a dimension once prohibited from entering into this Universe continue to open up, monstrous entities from these dimensions emerged one after another, contaminating the entire world with their very presence. The Void entities continued to spread around; their power was overwhelmingpared to almost anything within this world, as their veryposition defied the rules andws of the Universe. As they were beings from another Dimension, the power they held was greater than the inhabitants of this world could imagine, however, this very power was also what limited them. Because theycked something incredibly important, an Origin from this Universe, which was a special, transcendental power that allowed entities to stay inside other Universes without being suppressed by itsws. And because theycked this and also held even more power than their "summoner" who was Lucifer''s avatar, only entities within his Rank and Realm could be summoned, and not any other stronger beings. For Lucifer to be allowed to summon even stronger beings from these Dimensions, he would have to first consume the entire world into Miasma and Chaos and distort it into apletely chaotic field, which would be like home for these invaders, allowing stronger ones to emerge into this Universe¡­ However, still tied to him, they would have to aid him into growing his Avatar even stronger so he could be allowed to summon more. But what was the greater purpose behind all of this? The King of Hell, a powerful and mysterious figure within the Universe held many secrets, but had apparently made a pact with such otherworldly entities long ago¡­ There was¡­ mutual interests in what they desired in this Universe. Lucifer''s story in the entirety of this Universe could be said to not be anything but immense, he had been a figure that was ever-present, as a being of incredible power, he had been influencing countless lives with his powers, and had even done the unthinkable in search for ways to gain power and¡­ free himself. Indeed, it was already said previously that Noah was the child of a Primordial Deity, the Primordial Deity of Destruction, Azathoth! However, the Universe wasn''t only made with a single Primordial Deity, Azathoth was only but one of the three titans that made up the Universe and held it together like powerful pirs. These entities of incredible power were called the Three Titans of Creation and were incredibly powerful beings that had been behind everything since antiquity. They were the entities behind creation, and as it was already well known to Noah, one of them was his "father", the monstrous and slumbering Primordial Deity of Destruction, Azathoth. However, despite his origins, Noah was still developing his powers and was way too busy massacring the dragons of the continent to realize that there was such a thing going on outside the continent of Draconia, especially because there was a powerful barrier protecting this continent from the chaos and miasma slowly expanding across the world. Lucifer was a being of incredibly power whose originse from one of the three Primordial Deities, The One¡­ the Primordial Deity of Eternity and Creation. This entity is the embodiment of light and everything that is not rted with chaos and destruction, it is the creator of all and the representant of eternity¡­ Often called God. He is the God of Monotheistic Religions, particrly quite urate with the God of the Christian Religion, although his nature is not as much as it is described within the bible of countless Parallel Earths. ''The One'' oversees all of the creation within the Universe. It is the watcher of all. The One is a particr and mysterious deity, he possesses several personalities and is moreplex than it would seem at first nce, but it seems to bepassionate towards humanity and mortals, although its actions usually never interfere with anything¡­ unless such things were to alter the order of things too much, such as the Demons that inhabit Gates of Hell. Just like in Christian Religions, he possesses a vast array of servants, most of them being Angels from several mythologies within the vast parallel Earths. The One created the Realm of Heaven, and also the Dimensional Prison named Gates of Hell. And of course, he was the creator of the Angels as it was stated just now, and Lucifer was the Archangel that once reveled against him and ended being sealed in this same prison. This was¡­ Lucifer''s desire, to free himself from this prison, the Dimensional Prison that had be a world by itself, Hell! ----- Chapter 514 - The One And Lucifer ----- Although Noah had yet to meet him, The One knew very well of his existence, this Primordial Deity also knew that he was the child of Azathoth, and therefore, was ssified as a Primordial Children. What are Primordial Children? They are entities of incredible power with endless potential, born from the three Primordial, sometimes they''re only born from one of them, and are more like small clones that take independence. Other times, they''re born from thebination of the Primordial Divine Essence of two Primordial, these children are often attributed with even greater power than those born from a single one. Amongst the vastness of the Universe where Noah was born, there were several of such children, spread across the countless Gxies, all living their own lives and following their own paths, the same way Noah is right now, seeking power to survive against the threats that are following him across the Universe, and well, to prepare for his eventual invasion on Abyss. He also was escaping from the area of the Universe where he was before being caught by the Watchers that desired to take away the core from Earth, and whose their boss had even bought the entire sr system¡­ he stole it all and ran away into Vedas, all so he could survive. After that he merely explored the world and got in all sorts of troubles, some provoked by him while others mostly made by the inhabitants themselves¡­ which ended on him fighting such powerful dragons, who were the guardians of this continent where the young dragons were born and nurtured. Mostly for his search for power, he decided to conquer the Kingdoms with his endless army of Undead and take over the entire continent, he required citizens that could worship him so he could umte more power, conquering these Kingdoms was a great investment. Although he was also seeking to devour Dragon Gods, and happily epted the challenge¡­ However, he would had never known that his "carefree" actions ended being orchestrated and foreseen long ago by Lucifer and this mysterious group of Outer Gods. The One, amongst his endless senses had detected something happening as the fabric of the Universe distorted itself, bringing forth beings from the ursed Dimension of the Outer Void and even the Chaotic ne. And of course, it didn''t took him a second to realize that Lucifer was behind it. On his endless light, The One red down at the area of the Universe. His power was capable of spreading across the entire Universe, so he could always observe things with utmost detail. "Lucifer, you''re ying around once more, I should had done something against your ability to make Avatars¡­ but such a thing is not really possible at this point¡­ I would need to restructure the entirety of Hell¡­ And that would take eons, with the danger of you and your Archdemons breaking out of it¡­" sighed The One. It would had wanted to do something against Lucifer, after all this entity was like his responsibility, in a way, but he ended finding himself with the inability to do much other than watch. Why such a being of such power was not able to act? It was very simple, as one of the three Primordial Deities, his very power and existence maintained the Universe, moving, fighting, and using his power to stop someone directly through a direct action was impossible because he could distort the very fabric of the Universe if he was careless¡­ And well, the entire Universal Laws that helped him maintain the Universe as a pir were also within effect, and they would be distorted as well if he tried anything stupid. The One could only interfere through indirect methods. However, as of now, he couldn''t either, he was already trying to help some of his children, a special pair of Primordial Children born from him and another Primordial Deity, Chaos, the Primordial Deity of Distortion, Disorder, and Chaos. An entity that embodies the chaos and the void of everything within the Universe. While The One semes to be a masculine figure, Chaos seems to act as a feminine one. This entity had always existed since the birth of this Universe, as the moment it began to form, it was already here, alongside ''The One'' and Azathoth. However, as of now, she seemed to be restrained. The powerful Primordial Deity, unlike The One and Azathoth, was once attacked by a being from the outside of the Universe itself, and chained, her power was slightly sealed, and being drained away¡­ Although it was weakened, Chaos is a chaotic being that seeks to expand chaos across all universes, bringing the Apocalypse, an event of change and chaos to any world that is near its chaos. Chaos is not inherently evil, and it simply follows its nature of spreading chaos. It might bring suffering, but the chaos also makes new heroes rise, and hasten the evolution and progress of mortal¡­ something that needs to be done for the future that awaits this Universe. Of course, it was also the one behind the Apocalypse that befell Noah''s Earth, and many other Parallel Earths. However, it wasn''t the direct cause of such things, but one of her child, although not the one that she had with The One¡­ Chaos might had seemed rather chaotic before, but after eons, its mind changed, and was now a morepassionate being¡­ she was trying to also aid her children, as she had many across the Universe. The One knew she was busy herself, and he could not ask her for help, nor he could do much now. Although he had seen inside of Heaven that a vast majority of his angels had grown lethargic and weaker over the eons since the first wars in the Universe, he had regained a new squad of Angels which he would employ to aid his child¡­ But what about the current situation with Lucifer and the child of Azathoth, Noah? The One was rather conflicted in what to do, and had decided to employ some other groups of angels if things grow dire¡­ ----- Chapter 515 - Chaos ----- Within a certain part of the Universe, an area even above most of the clusters of Gxies, a spiraling mass of darkness and chaos overlooked creation across the Universe. This entity of incredible size and power was nobody else than Chaos, the Primordial Deity. She seemed to be meditating, her power was weakened, but even then, she was using a lot of effort into overlooking the entire universe. Enormous white chains covered her gigantic, spiraling body, as if she were of no problem, despite her enormous power. What kind of being could be so strong to suppress even Primordial Deities, who are the pirs of an entire Universe? Beings from above Universes themselves, obviously¡­ these entities that could freely travel across Universes whose origins were a mystery, but that Chaos ended being a victim of them. She wasn''t directly attacked by them, however, as she was the pir of the Universe, and they had greater interests into leaving the Universe "alive", if they were to kill her and extract her body and soul as materials, the entire Universe would be missing a pir and it would quickly fragment and disappear. This is why Primordial Deities within Universes were very essential! They were the literal pirs of entire Universes, without them, Universes wouldn''t be capable of maintaining their own structures, and would easily fragment apart into pieces, leaving only distorted Universal Fragments. And this was the reason behind why these entities of mysterious origins and incredible power left her alive and decided to use her as a source of Primordial Essence, absorbing her power slowly through these chains¡­ the entire universe was in fact threatened by these entities, the life of Chaos was also connected to the Universe, as she weakened, the Universe grew weaker as well, the other two Primordial Deities had not been attacked by these entities¡­ but in any moment, something bad could happen. And on top of that, they had to deal with the antics of Lucifer messing around with things¡­ They really couldn''t take a break. It was pretty obvious that the fallen archangel despised the Universe and wanted its destruction in some way or another¡­ Even more after he learned that the Universe itself kept the Dimension where he was sealed stable. If the Universe were to be destroyed, his Dimension would slowly fragment apart, and he would be able to free himself without actually dying. Why? Because the Dimension of Hell was connected to his very lifeblood, if it were destroyed by external or internal forces, as he had once tried to destroy it with his very hands, it would cause his own death and that of all inside¡­ There was even once the case of a being that had managed to be the Ruler of arge part of the Universe, a powerful Vampire known as Asmodeus, who challenged Lucifer, and ended almost managing to destroy him and the Dimension, however, Lucifer was forced to heal the very prison where he was sealed and repair it after their fight because he would had died if it were to fragment enough¡­ Of course, this legendary figure had already been forgotten over the eons since his existence. Chaos, however, did not forget, and knew very well that Lucifer had been ying around like a trickster in the Universe for a long time. "So he decided to ally the rejected children of Azathoth and is finally showing his true colors? Should I¡­ tell this to Kireina? As of now, she''s¡­" thought Chaos. She knew of her children "Kireina" an entity made of her own Chaotic body, a Chaos Child that was born from her and raised by her¡­ a child of her own Primordial Chaos. This child held many mysteries within and was also the one responsible for many things¡­ since the attack against Chaos from these mysterious beings from outside the Universe that this began. This was because her child, to be rescued, had to be sent away from her. This provoked her child, made of chaos to fall across the manyyers of the Universe, her miasma and chaos spread across the Universe and provoked¡­ the apocalypse of many worlds. She knew very well of this and regrated having done something so reckless¡­ but back then, she didn''t had any choice. Her child had miraculouslynded in a world named Genesis, where she had begun to grow and develop into a powerful being toe back one day to her, having promised to rescue her from the chains binding her. But as of now, there was a problem, there were many children of her¡­ and it wasn''t provoked by her directly, but the fragmentation of her original child, Kireina, ended falling into many worlds, some became waves of miasma that infected various areas of the Universe, but others gained consciousness and even became Chaotic Souls, being reincarnated as people. These were known as well as Chaos Children, although only she and the other Primordial knew of their exact locations and existences. But this was also what provoked Lucifer to gain the opportunity to create his new Chaos Dragon Avatar. He had created it using the Primordial Chaos that fell from Kireina as she fragmented apart, and using the help of the Outer Gods and some traitor Dragons in that world, a Chaos Dragon Egg, the first of its kind within this world, was created. Technically¡­ this could also be considered her child. Lucifer had made out a child of her into his own Avatar, and she couldn''t help but feel a lot of frustration and anger against him. "Hahh¡­ I don''t know if I will be able to properly send her a message¡­ And¡­ Noah, the one being targeted by Lucifer now¡­ Child of Azathoth¡­ Your mind is quite malicious, but you''re destined for greatness in the future¡­ You must not die¡­ I cannot do anything for you other than pray to the Grand Cosmos¡­ Or¡­ I could ask Azathoth himself? No¡­ Nyathotep¡­" she thought. A strange idea emerged in the Primordial Deity''s mind, as she seemed to desire for Noah to be kept alive if possible¡­ He had a greater importance to the Universe than others might think. ----- Chapter 516 - Catastrophe ----- TRUUUMMM¡­! In the middle of the battles going on within the continent of Draconia, several cracks in space opened, the barriers protecting the entire continent were no longer useful, and were being easily corrupted and devoured by the miasma. This caused the spacetime within the barrier to also end up being corrupted, breaking apart the spatialyers and creating rifts that led to the Outer Void and the Chaotic ne. Noah who had just finished off White and was slowly assessing the other fights using his other clones, which had yet to reach a conclusion, was suddenly startled by the chaos was unfolded in the middle of the entire war. "What?" Noah looked into the scene through his Divine Realm, his eyes were left shocked for the first time in a while now, it has truly been some time since he had been surprised like this. Dozens of rifts appeared, space and time fractured and suddenly generated gateways to different dimensions, apart from this very Universe, filled with beasts and entities that are not even from this world¡­ Suddenly, amorphous beasts began to crawl outside the rifts, one after another, until dozens, hundreds, and even thousands started to flood the entire continent! It happened so fast that Noah felt utterly overwhelmed! A massive army of amorphous beasts resembling squids, octopus, masses of flesh, horrendous snails, and all sorts of slimy and oozy creatures continued to emerge one after another, all of them being as strong as Great God-Realm Divine Beasts- no, even higher than that! The two other armies led by the Great Dragon Gods were caught off-guard, and so were Noah''s army of Undead, being quickly ravaged before Noah and his party could even do much. They began to be torn apart and corrupted by this dark miasma these entities exuded, while the entire continent''snd continued to be contaminated through the miasma. "What is this?! What is happening? Rifts? Again?!" Noah continued to grow restless, he had not seen Rifts since back in Earth, and he thought that they were a phenomenon that wouldn''t easily happen in such a big and protected world such as Vedas! However, he seemed to have assumed wrong, these Rifts were not the normal ones leading to other worlds, these were special Rifts that led topletely different dimensions only made when space and time are corrupted through chaos-attribute mana, miasma! Noah was about to fight back against the armies by himself, but countless attacks from all directions began to fall over him and his allies, his friends who had apanied him since Earth were beginning to struggle, even at their power level! His fused clone was able to stand by itself, although only through rushing through everything fast, if I stood there for a second, it would easily be swarmed by these monstrous beings which seemingly were even stronger than Great Gods?! "Damn it! How could this happen out of nowhere? Is there something happening in this world which I am not aware of?!" asked Noah in utter disbelief, his recon bats had yet to reach the outside of the continent, but werepletely devoured now, and he wasn''t even able to connect his mind with any of them. Thest thing he saw, however, was an entity of incredible power leading all this army of interdimensional invaders, a gigantic ck dragon with crimson-red eyes exuding an aura of pure chaos and demonic essence¡­ "Is that dragon the one behind this?" thought Noah, as he quickly decided to pull back his troops, quickly summoning his living allies back to his divine realm, while leaving the Undead to be devoured, as they were already being corrupted through strange and oozy downpours of miasma. The Undead infected by it would evolve and be even more amorphous and monstrous, and also strong, but they lost all their loyalty to him! he couldn''t let his friends even get touched with that thing, or only tragedy would strike him this time. Having pulled everyone back through Summoning them back inside his Divine Realm, Noah looked atop the skies using his strongest fused clone as the beasts began to swarm the armies of the Great Dragon Gods. The four Dragon Gods left, which Noah had nned to steal their Unique Abilities were now flying away in horror as they began to panic, however, even in the skies these monstrous creatures were, as they were able to easily fly and try to catch them. Noah flew around the skies, evading the beasts and fighting them, while feeling an enormous quantity of powering from a few dozen of kilometers away, the core to this entire invasion! Noah''s System began to quickly analyze everything going on inside of Vedas, as Gaia and the Blood Progenitor started to analyze through things using the System and also Noah''s Eyes of Truth. Alongside that, he began to quickly assess all the info he had left forter from the souls of Thunderous and White, which he had just eaten. A second after that, a rush of info reached him in an instant! "Noah, this is bad! This entire thing is being caused by a new Supreme Dragon God, one of Chaos-Attribute at that!" said Gaia. "Its enormous power is even able to distort space and time using its miasma, and due to this, it is bringing an invasion from another dimension¡­ These are like the Rifts back on your, but even worse¡­" said the Blood Progenitor. Noah felt at lost as he saw the swarms of monsters rushing towards the Kingdoms he wanted for himself. He gritted his teeth as his clones flew towards them, he had fused two clones into one, making three powerful clones, each one of them rushed through the armies of endless interdimensional aberrations, reaching the Kingdoms, and quickly doing something reckless! FLAAAASH! Enormous magic circles emerged all around these three Kingdoms which were confined in walls, as the three of them suddenly disappeared from there! TRUUUMMM¡­! And then, in a wide and empty region of his divine realm, all three of the Kingdoms showed up inside his Divine Realm! ----- Chapter 517 - Visit ----- Noah had just summoned three Kingdoms inside of his Divine Realm, using an insane amount of divine energy in the process of doing so. The moment right after, he felt incredibly tired out of the sudden, having used almost 100% of his Divine Energy, he was still far from being able to summon such enormous areas with ease, even more three at the same time! However the flows of energy across his divine realm quickly began to refill his divine energy, the faith of his people also provided a passive amount of divine energy, and he even used System Points and brought a Divine Energy Recovery Grand Elixir, which cost almost a million points, but it was necessary as of now. Drinking itpletely, Noah felt his Divine Energy finally rushing back to full¡­ sitting over his throne, he saw everything outside going on incredibly slowly, his friends were around him, Iris seemed to have a worried expression. "Noah, what''s happening right now?" asked Iris. "Iris¡­ It appears we had been yed as absolute fools, we were never invading this ce, we were, in fact, ying in the palm of the hands of a bastard named Lucifer¡­" said Noah. "Eh? What do you mean?" asked Arthur. Noah sighed, facepalming as he gritted his teeth, he wished he could stay in this world a bit more, there was so much left for him to benefit from, but it was not all being taken away from him so abruptly¡­ It felt really frustrating. He thought he would be the one dominating this world at the end, but things never went his way at the end¡­ At the very least, he had taken down and acquired the powers of White and Thunderous, but the other four Great Dragon Gods had turned their tails and even abandoned the Kingdoms they were protecting. It was rather ironic that Noah was the one that ended rescuing them. "It appears that in this world, a Chaos-attribute Dragon named Lucifer raised to Supreme Godhood through¡­ Noah''s indirect intervention." Sighed Gaia. "You helped him?" asked Jon. "Not exactly¡­ I didn''t even knew about this¡­ My very presence seems to distort the Laws of Fate of this world, which was what Lucifer required to be a Supreme Dragon God¡­ He used this to be this strong by my mere presence¡­" said Noah. "T-That''s¡­ your very presence?!" asked Timassa. "This is ridiculous¡­ But how could you have even predicted this?" sighed Iris. "There was no way for me to even predict it¡­" said Noah. "And the things don''t end there, this monster, Lucifer¡­ He appears to be some sort of Warlock, he had created a connection with dimensions outside of our Universe, and he''s using the Miasma produced by his own divinity to distort space and time and open Rifts leading to these Dimensions¡­" said Gaia. "T-That''s¡­ Ridiculous¡­ So he can create Rifts at will?!" asked Clementina. The Icy Vampiress felt utterly surprised by this knowledge. "Pretty much. And he can keep making them indefinitely, he''s drawing power from these other dimensions through the Rifts¡­ the more he makes, the stronger he grows¡­ the powerful forces of the entire world of Vedas are preparing for a full-on war, but the possibilities of them winning are incredibly dim." Said the Blood Progenitor. "So what''s his endgame?" wondered Adamantine. She had developed a lot since the old days, and was intelligent enough to participate in the conversations by now. "Most likely the conquest of this world. After that he''ll open a gate to the outside Universe and continue a Universal Invasion using these monsters¡­ At the very least, the power of the aberrations is limited to his own Realm, well, a Realm below, I think¡­ So the strongest Outer Gods cannot easily show up unless they''re summoned by him using special magic." Said Gaia. Everyone seemed to have fallen silent, what they could do or not was now limited. The best thing they could do was actually traveling to another world for the moment¡­ "Noah, I suggest you move over to another world as fast as possible." Said the Blood Progenitor. "You''re right¡­ Ungh?!" muttered Noah. Suddenly, outside of the divine realm, the Manor that connected to his Divine Realm and served as the anchor of his powers in this world began to be attacked by a swarm of aberrations, who had surged there through Rifts that suddenly showed up in that ce! "Damn it! They''re already there?!" muttered Noah, as his clones reached the area through being summoned by small flying bats that were hiding from the aberrations. They began to quickly massacre the aberrations they found before them, mercilessly taking them away from the path they were having as they continued to fight against them. The powerful beasts unleashed deadly corrosive miasma breath attacks, and also had enormous strength, but Noah''s powerful spear techniques and his Heavenly Thunder of Judgement proved to be a greatbination, many of them died in the spot, dropping cores which Noah hurriedly stored into his divine realm, while defending his Manor. If they were to break into it, they would end up infiltering his divine realm, and things would turn very difficult from that time on! If they were to actually just invade his divine realm, he would surely be a goner. Noah gritted his teeth, deciding to pull back and go elsewhere for now. However! TRUUUUUMMM¡­! CLAAAASH! A massive beam of dark chaotic energy fell over one of Noah''s clones,pletely disintegrating it! BOOOMMM!!! "Unnggh?!" Noah groaned in agony, looking upwards to find out a gigantic dragon of titanic proportions whose very presence distorted space and time itself¡­ His eyes glowed with bright crimson-red light, and his entire form was glorious and tyrannical. The dragon looked down at Noah as if he were looking at a mere ant. This monstrous being¡­ this terrifying entity with a power above Noah was Lucifer, the Supreme Dragon God of Chaos, and the culprit behind this entire Rift Apocalypse that had quickly spread all around the world of Vedas! "Ah, Noah, it is good to meet you." ----- Chapter 518 - Lucifer Against Noah ----- Noah looked above his head as he found out the culprit behind this entire Rift Apocalypse. Lucifer, the Supreme Dragon God of Chaos! This enormous Dragon looked down on Noah as if he were a mere insect before his might. Noah looked over this monster while gritting his teeth¡­ Using his Eyes of Truth, a window popped up¡­ ¡­ [Name: Lucifer, Supreme Dragon God of Chaos] [Race: Aberrant Abyssal Dark Chaos Supreme Dragon of Endless Demise] [Existence Realm: Supreme God Realm Rank 2/9] [Primordial Essence: 170.000.000.000.000] [Divine Energy: 240.000.000.000] [Aether: 220.000.000.000] [Ki: 250.000.000.000] [Fate: 200.000.000.000] [Attribute Particles] [Darkness/Shadow: 260.000], [Chaos: 300.000] [Elemental Laws] [Darkness/Shadow: 100%], [Chaos: 100%] [Unique Ability] [Primordial Miasma (Supreme God-Grade)] [Unique Ability Copy Conditions] Lucifer is a being that values Sins above all, those that havemitted many Sins are preferred by him, a sinful soul can even soften his heart. Showcase how sinful your heart is and gain his admiration. ¡­ An absolute monster! Noah had thought he was fairly strong, that he had reached far in his journey, but when he looked at Lucifer''s Stats¡­ and found out they were over 20 times as high as him, without even counting all the incredible invisible buffs that his powers might be giving to him¡­ Noah feltpletely defeated. And if stats alone couldn''t be enough, Lucifer''s very presence made Noah feel like he was paralyzed. Not only his clones, but his body inside his divine realm wasn''t also even able to move. Lucifer''s presence was using some sort of incredible power to overwhelm him without him even being able to fight back¡­ It was not only his clones, but all of his soul was also being overwhelmed by this invisible force, this invisible strength, this¡­ phantom entity holding him tightly in the ground. He felt like he could not even lift a finger against him. "L-Lucifer¡­ Who are you even?" asked Noah. "Oho? You can speak even before being in front of my glorious being?" asked Lucifer rather arrogantly. Somehow, Noah was mustering words, and speaking back to Lucifer. Strangely enough, all the aberrations stopped moving and walked back several meters the moment Lucifer''s presence emerged, as if letting him speak with Noah in peace. Even these aberrations from another dimension feared Lucifer greatly¡­ Noah mustered the force to speak, as he looked at Lucifer. "Answer me¡­ Why are you doing this? And how did you knew I was going toe here?!" he asked. Lucifer''s jaws smiled, showing sharp teeth¡­ "Hahaha¡­ You really want to know, little Noah? How your entire life has been orchestrated for this moment? You''re nothing but the key that triggered these events¡­" said Lucifer. "I am¡­ a key? My entire life was orchestrated?! I don''t believe this crap!" said Noah. "Indeed. Now that you''ve finally done your part, all of your siblings have asked me to eliminate you." Said Lucifer. "S-Siblings?! Eliminate¡­ me?!" asked Noah. "You don''t know? How ignorant are you, little Noah? You''re desperate asking me questions¡­ Well, why don''t I humor you in yourst moments? You do know you''re the son of Azathoth, right? Well, there are many like you, like¡­ most of the Outer Gods?" asked Lucifer. "The Outer Gods? They''re my siblings?!" asked Noah. "Some¡­ Otherse from another ce than Azathoth. But yeah, some of them, who are orchestrating this entire thing¡­ they were also spawns of Azathoth''s aberrant flesh, like you! But older, way older¡­ Your birth was even predestined, and that you arrived here¡­ everything." Said Lucifer. "Y-You''re kidding me¡­ right?" asked Noah. "No? I am not kidding you, kid. This is the harsh reality of your existence¡­ You''ve been always a tool for your older brothers and sisters¡­" said Lucifer. Noah felt utterly shocked. To think that his very life was only orchestrated so he would one day be a key. So he would do something he didn''t even realized when he reached here¡­ "Wait¡­ then that I wasn''t able to go to Abyss was because¡­?!" asked Noah. "Bingo! It is because I and the other guys did our best to not make it possible, we blocked the entrance from that world¡­ our good friend the Blood God is also part of our team, he''s a talented Warlock." Said Lucifer. "So even the Blood God of Abyss was involved on this?! Wait, so they even orchestrated things regarding¡­ Griffin?" asked Noah. "Yes¡­ Everything! We even knew Earth would be filled with Miasma, that your parents would die¡­ And all of that. We could had helped, but why would we? All of you mortals are just bacteria¡­ Well, not you, you were our precious key, but now¡­ Well? Your usefulness hase to an end, and I must dispose of you before you be a bit troublesome. They really don''t want you to grow stronger, your "System" is a bit too out of control on its capabilities¡­ Haha, it could be said they fear your future potential." Said Lucifer. Noah gritted his teeth angrily at Lucifer. To think that everything in his life¡­ even the death of his beloved parents¡­ even¡­ when he was starving in his basement as monsters dwelled around the city. Every single one of his traumas, to even things such as Griffin''s life and how he ended bing a Boss Monster inside a Rift Dungeon to be in, brought to Earth, and fusing with Noah¡­ It was all orchestrated by powerful beings, the Outer Gods, who were his own older siblings, spawns of Azathoth the same as him! For the first time in a while, Noah felt destroyed inside. Was all his life pointless? All of his efforts¡­ Everything¡­ only to end like this? "No¡­" "Huh?" "I won''t let it end like this!" "Oh?!" "I will fight¡­ I will crawl my way! I won''t let you kill me! I will fight till the very end!" TRUUUUUMMM¡­! Noah''s roar of bravery and insanity resonated across the entire Continent as all his clones suddenly fused together! "RAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" "Ngh?!" CLAAAAASSSHH! Noah shed against Lucifer, a being of incredible power above him! "You''re an interesting man, Noah!"ughed Lucifer. A battle of epic proportions was about to unfold! ----- Chapter 519 - Intense Battle ------ Within the depths of the Gates of Hell, the Dimension created by The One where Lucifer and the other Archangels that had fallen from their grace were imprisoned, Lucifer looked over the projections in front of him generated by a Demonic Red Orb. He looked at the scene as he grew more interested in Noah, the child of Azathoth. After having fought so well against the many challenges in his life, he was nowing to a battle against his own Avatar he specifically created in the world of Dragons, Vedas, to be able to open the rift to the Dimensions of the Outer Void and the Chaotic ne¡­ The Outer Void was a dimension where the shadows of Azathoth lived, the spawns that emerged from his very body, the monstrous aberrations known as Outer Gods, entities of incredible power that were not allowed into the Universe due to their very existences being capable of distorting the fabric of Reality. "Noah, you''re an interesting man, I wonder how far you wille¡­ I wouldn''t really want to kill you but¡­ A promise is a promise. Prepare yourself, I am not going easy on you¡­" said Lucifer. The battle between Noah and Lucifer had just started, Noah had fused himself with all his clones and received an incredible boost on his power, enough for him to break through the powerful fearful and dreadful aura that Lucifer exuded with his very presence. Filled with wrath after learning that his entire life was orchestrated just to be used as a key for his siblings to invade the Universe, he was filled with frustration, blinding his judgement. He unleashed the power he had umted until now, as his entire being exuded an explosive aura that epassed the entire surroundings! Blood, Darkness, Chaos, and more elements converged together into his Aura, not only his power wasing out, but that of those he had a connection through his Bloodline Soul, this powerful connection continued to pour enormous quantities of power into his very being. "Hahaahaha! You''re really an interesting one, Noah. It is really a pity that I must finish you right now¡­ From all the Primordial Children, you were the one I liked the most¡­ Oh well, this is a farewell!"ughed Lucifer, hepletely saw Noah''s power as nothing! "I won''t go down without a fight!" roared Noah, reaching up to Lucifer and shing against him! CRAAAASH! His powerful spear began to exude an enormous quantity of powerful lightning, epassing Lucifer''s entire body, his Chaotic Darkness began to slowly weaken! "Oho? You''re stronger than I had expected." Said Lucifer, a sudden movement so fast that Noah barely detected it was unleashed, Lucifer''s ws moved at supersonic speed as they shed against Noah''s spear. CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! Noah intercepted the ws with his spear, as thunderous sounds resonated across the entire battlefield, the entire ce was cracking as two powerful divinities shed against one another! However, Lucifer''s darkness seemed incredibly overwhelming as a Supreme Dragon God, his power was way beyond Noah, even with his clones fused together¡­ Noah gritted his teeth as he unleashed the powerful ability he had with the spear, piercing through Lucifer''s entire body with the incredibly strong piercing attacks that left enormous holes across his body! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "Oh?!" Lucifer suddenly released a fascinated and surprised gasp, only for Noah''s eyes to open wide, seeing as his wounds were suddenly filled with darkness and healed in an instant! Noah squinted his eyes, opening his draconic jaws and unleashing an explosive breath attack over Lucifer! BOOOOMMM!!! The powerful breath attack epassed various elements together,bining them together into a spiraling chaotic madness, which fell over Lucifer''s entire body! TRUUUMMM¡­! The powerful attack threw Lucifer off bnce, as Noah utilized this opportunity to unleash the power of his spear and rain his entire body with piercing blows! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! "Unngh?!" Lucifer was unleashing his powers, but even then, Noah''s incredible fused Skill which he had generated by fusing most of his offensive-oriented ss Skills was capable of even distorting reality itself by a bit! This powerful attack seemed to always end up being effective against Lucifer! Several holes emerged across his body, as Lucifer vomited a mouthful of blood and gritted his teeth in pain! This was¡­ how could it be! "Haha¡­ Hahaha! Let''s keep going, Noah!" heughed. Lucifer''s entire body exuded his divinity of chaos, as a sudden domain covered the entirend with Miasma and Chaos, his Supreme Domain! Supreme Gods were capable of creating what was called Supreme Domains, incredibly powerful Domains that covered immensely wide areas around them. These Domains were taken over by their intent and all of their power, and could crush anything they wished with a mere thought! TRUUUMMM¡­! The Supreme Chaotic Domain of Lucifer emerged, trapping Noah inside! "Ngh¡­!" Noah groaned in pain as he felt the pressure of thousands of tons crushing him from all sides, while the primordial chaos within this Domain attempted to devour his very lifeblood away! He tried to move, crushing his entire body in the process, as he began to force his way towards Lucifer! "LUCIFEEEEEERRR¡­!" he roared in utter fury, as his spear reached up to Lucifer, distorting space and time and piercing through his Supreme Domain! TRUUUUMMM¡­! "Eh? Impossible¡­!" muttered Lucifer. Lucifer was inplete awe at what he was seeing, Noah''s powers were surpassing his own Supreme Domain, and his spear pierced his chest! CLAAAAASSSSHHH! "Unngh?! Aggh¡­!" Lucifer vomited another mouthful of blood, as he felt his soul suddenly distort, beginning to slightly shatter! Above all, the Divine Core inside his Avatar''s Divine Soul cracked, slightly shattering, and lowering his strength! "I couldn''t expect less from you¡­ But this is as far as you''ll go!" said Lucifer, his legs quickly kicked Noah, throwing him down into the ground! BOOOOOMMM!!! "Aghhggh¡­!" Noah vomited a mouthful of blood as the Chaos within all of Lucifer''s Supreme Domain began to consume him from all sides! What will Noah do now?! ----- Chapter 520 - Nyarlathoteps Intervention ----- "Noah, I told you it was impossible to fight that being! I am going to disobey you and quickly bring us to another world! I don''t care anymore! Gaia!" said the Blood Progenitor. Gaia nodded, as she quickly began to control the System with the Blood Progenitor against Noah''s orders of waiting. Noah within his Divine Realm felt sickly out of the sudden, his soul began to be affected by his clones being attacked, but he had to do this to protect the manor, and well, out of revenge for being revealed a truth that shattered his very concept of reality¡­ "Noah! Unsummon the clones! Quickly!" said Iris. "Papa!" cried Dante. "Papa, are you okay?" asked Eleanora. The two children cried for their father, as Noah gritted his teeth and petted their heads. "I am doing fine, but I cannot unsummon it¡­ yet¡­!" muttered Noah. Noah couldn''t unsummon the clones because they were protecting the manor that was the anchor to the world, if his clone were to be destroyed, the swarm of aberrations would quickly attack the manor and enter it, invading his divine realm directly. And he couldn''t possibly let that happen, not at all! Using all the strength he could muster, Noah''s clone tried to move upwards, but the massive wave of miasma and chaos falling over him seemed endless, and Lucifer, now that he had learned that he couldn''t lower his guard anymore with Noah, decided to finish him off quickly. "It was good while itsted¡­ That was a short fight, but perhaps one where I had truly felt excitement in a while¡­ Now, Noah, your time hase. And don''t worry, the moment I destroy this clone, the real you will also be gone." Said Lucifer. Noah heard such news and felt a sudden urge to unsummon his clone, but quickly realized he couldn''t! He realized that Lucifer hadpletely entrapped his divine realm within the spatialyers, and it waspletely impossible for him to move now¡­ Crack¡­ crack! However, a sudden rupture in space and time opened right before Lucifer, another Rift of a greater power opened, as a gigantic crimson-red eye covered by red tentacles emerged, alongside an amorphous entity made of twisting flesh in the mild form of a human¡­ both of such entities exuded a tremendous power that distorted reality itself, these were¡­ Outer Gods! Lucifer looked with shock at the scene, it shouldn''t be possible for Outer Gods toe out of the Outer Void like this yet! Then how¡­? How were these able to do so, even though their power level was exceeding the one of his Avatar as the Chaos Dragon?! "What?! How can you¡­ You''re Bloodshot Eye and¡­ Nyathotep?!" asked Lucifer. Noah head Lucifer''s words as he resisted the slow disintegration of his body, looking upwards through his Eyes of Truth, and being barely able to discern the figures that had showed up out of nowhere, their very presences distorted space and time, and because of this, they were very hard topletely discern. "Bloodshot Eye¡­? And¡­ Nyathotep?!" Noah was just as shocked as Lucifer! The truth was that these two Outer Gods were using a tremendous part of their power toe in here forcefully, and were even viting several Universal Laws at the same time. The entire Universe was, as of now, forcing them to constantly weaken, their very existences began to slowly disintegrate as well, but due to their tremendous power and gigantic energy reserves, they were resisting this power for the moment. "Lucifer, that''s enough." said Nyathotep. "What? You¡­ you from all people is stopping me?!" asked Lucifer. "You heard her." said Bloodshot Eye. "But Nyathotep, didn''t we had a deal? Are you breaking it now?! The rest of the Outer Gods all agreed I had to y Noah¡­ You''ve changed your mind? I don''t believe this." said Lucifer. "I told you to stop." Said Nyathotep, its amorphous body suddenly opened a single and small crimson-red eye. TRUUUUMMM¡­! A wave of invisible energy fell over Lucifer, paralyzing him on the spot! "T-This¡­ Nyathotep¡­ You¡­! We had a deal!" muttered Lucifer. "A deal with one of my egos, I am not the one you made a deal with. Lucifer, you know that there are many of my own selves?" asked Nyathotep. "You¡­ You were fragmented into seven egos of yourself by the Divine Holy Sword of the Archangel Gabriel eons ago¡­ So one of them was a softie for his child?! Haha! You''re making meugh now!" said Lucifer. "I don''t even understand it myself¡­ But when I see him¡­ When I see my child¡­ When I see what he''s going through and when I realize how all of you damned monsters have been ying with him all this time¡­ I simply cannot stay still¡­ Nobody would had helped me except him." said Nyathotep, as she looked at bloodshot eye. The gigantic eye felt embarrassed, as he mildly looked at Noah, the beam of chaos had stopped, and everything was silent. Noah looked up to the two aberrations, he had never thought he would receive the help of these entities¡­ he knew of Bloodshot Eye, but he never thought that he would ever help him in anything. Deep down¡­ he had to admit it. He felt slightly touched. "Why¡­ Why are you¡­ helping me?" asked Noah, he looked miserable, barely managing to stand. FLASH! The two flew at his side, as Nyathotep embraced him in her tentacles, and began to unleash a powerful ability that healed all of his wounds, even those of his soul. "I know you''ve never meet me, nor I require your recognition¡­ I can live happy knowing that I did something instead of standing still and watching my child die¡­" sighed Nyathotep. "¡­" Noah fell into silence as Bloodshot Eye spoke. "Noah, you''re my Warlock, there''s no way I wouldn''t help you¡­ Even if we have not spoken since our contract, I''ve seen all your journey until now¡­ I''ve grown slightly fond of you." Said the aberration. Noah felt confused, as he was let go of the embrace of his abyssal mother. "Noah¡­ I¡­" she muttered. TRUUUUMMMM¡­! However, several enormous rifts emerged right behind everyone¡­ ----- Chapter 521 - A Bitter End And A Hopeful Beginning ------ Three enormous fractures were unleashed through the space and time, as three gigantic, ck-colored Rifts opened, leading to the Outer Void Dimension! From these rifts of darkness and chaos, three enormous entities and many smaller ones emerged one after the other. Their very presences were barely discernible to Noah, distorting reality¡­ They were all Outer Gods, and perhaps of the same level of power as Nyathotep! Nyathotep and Bloodshot Eye stood in front of Noah, protecting him. "So you''ve decided to betray us, Nyathotep¡­" "I should had guessed that one of your egos would do this." "Indeed¡­ You''ve lost part of your aberrant side the moment you were split in seven parts by the Archangel Gabriel¡­" Three powerful voices resonated across the entire ce, as three enormous beings, the masterminds behind everything showed up. These were part of the Outer Gods Group, perhaps the three strongest¡­ The All-Mother, the Aberrant Mother of a Thousand Young, the mass of darkness and the goat. A monstrous entity of pure obscurity with countless eyes and tentacles, and several legs that resembled the hoofs of goats¡­ Shub-Niggurath. The Beyond-One, the Reader, the Omniscient Seer, the one above the others. An incredible powerful entity of pure power and knowledge with a form that could only be said to resemble the distortion of all creation¡­ Yog-Sothoth. Andstly but not least, The Nameless Mist, the Magnum Innominandum, a creation made of pure chaos, an entity that evenmands other Outer Gods, a being of pure nothingness, of void incarnate¡­ Nyog''Sothep. Nyathotep and Bloodshot Eyes seemed concerned the moment they saw them. Perhaps if Nyathotep was in her True Form with all her other parts unified as one, she would be able to easily handle all of them at once, but now that her total power was divided in so many pieces, she couldn''t properly handle them as she would had liked¡­ Sadly, a being such as her, seemed to stand no chance against three at the same time. And Bloodshot Eye, a low-grade Outer God? Even less of a chance. "There is absolutely no need to kill Noah, what is your obsession with him? Let me have it." said Nyathotep. "My lords, Noah has already done what he required to do, let him live, there is nobody being hurt by this¡­" said Bloodshot Eye. "Hurt? Problem? What?" asked Shub-Niggurath. "Why would we care about such things?" asked Yog-Sothoth. "If we say that he must die¡­ He must die. That is all. Nyathotep, we used to serve you, but now that you''re so weak, there''s nothing you can do over our supreme decisions, release Lucifer and let him do what he was meant to do." Said Nyog''Sothep. Nyathotep and Bloodshot Eye seemed nervous, but at the end, they grew expressionless. "So be it." said Nyathotep, as she released her power over Lucifer, who gasped for air. "I suppose this is all we could do." Said Bloodshot Eye. "¡­?!" Noah felt shocked, they had juste here saying they wanted him to live, and then¡­ they already gave up? "I knew I shouldn''t had even trusted you¡­ Ngh¡­ you damn¡­ Outer Gods!" roared Noah. The Outer Gods looked down at Noah as they desired his destruction, and Lucifer slowly flew to Noah''s side. Weakened, Noah couldn''t do anything other than watch, he couldn''t even unsummon this clone, and Gaia and the Blood Progenitor realized that no matter how hard they tried to teleport into another world, it was impossible, the Outer Gods presence had already caged them all into a different dimension where they couldn''t run. Noah wasn''t able to do nothing, his entire body wouldn''t respond to him, nothing worked, the very presence of these beings negated all his powers, all his possibilities. "Well, I guess this is it¡­ Noah." Said Lucifer, a sudden de of darkness reached Noah, and in an instant, it pierced his chest, crushing his soul in the process¡­ CRASH! Noah vomited a mouthful of blood, as he saw his life and everything he had ever done until now fly away¡­ everything was fragmenting¡­ all the things he had done, everything he had built¡­ it was all falling apart. His children hugged him tightly as Iris did so as well, everyone was in tears as the entirety of the Divine Realm began to fragment and disintegrate¡­ However. A chaotic darkness entered the divine realm and suddenly stopped things from fragmenting. A second after, Noah realized his soul was not being destroyed, it had simply been divided¡­ And Lucifer smiled back at him. "I guess now that you''ve broken the contract, I can do whatever I want, right?" asked Lucifer. "Yeah¡­ You can." Said Nyathotep, a smile surged in her lips. The other three Outer Gods realized toote, as the power of Nyathotep flew into Noah, while Bloodshot Eye turned into a mass of red blood and reached him, fusing with him! FLAAAASH! "W-What?! What are you doing?!" roared Shub-Niggurath. "Stop them!" roared Yog-Sothoth. "NYARLATHOTEP!" roared Nyog''Sothep. Nyathotep flew towards the three Outer Gods and began to fight them all three at once! CLAAASH! TRUUUMM! BOOOOM!!! Space and time began to distort itself, as Nyathotep looked back at Noah ones time. "Take care, Noah. Lucifer¡­ do it." she said. "I was going to do it even if you didn''t spoke." Said Lucifer. "W-What¡­ is the meaning of this?! UNGH?!" FLASH! Noah''s entire existence was suddenly teleported elsewhere, alongside his divine realm! The Outer Gods raged as they saw their prey disappear in front of their noses! "You bastard! Where did you send him to?!" "Kill the traitor!" "Nyathotep, Lucifer, you''vemitted a grave mistake!" ¡­ "Noah!" Noah heard the voice of Iris. "Papa¡­!" And then, he heard the voice of his two children. As everything began to end, Noah felt an utter frustration, as he couldn''t do anything to change his fate. "Iris¡­ Eleanora¡­ Dante¡­ I will find you¡­ No matter where you end¡­!" The voices of his beloved family slowly began to fade away, farther and farther from where he was being dragged into¡­ ¡­ Noah felt as if his entire physical body was disintegrated. His soul was stuck together once more, but he felt as if countless of souls were flying at his side. His very soul was stretched like a noodle, and then, sent somewhere else¡­ An incredible amount of time happened where Noah felt himself submerged in darkness¡­ Until suddenly, he opened his eyes. He looked into his hands; they were tiny. He noticed that his body had a very hard time moving. And he was extremely small too. "I''ve¡­ been reincarnated?" A voice suddenly whispered into her mind¡­ "Noah¡­ I''ve done what I could¡­ The power of the Outer Gods would hadpletely destroyed your soul and that of all your allies and family¡­" "Huh? Who¡­?" "I tried my best, Lucifer ended helping at the end¡­ I knew he was being forced because of that stupid contract¡­ He actually hates the Outer Gods¡­" "What?" "Part of your power has been lost, and your Divine Realm has been fragmented and spread across this world¡­" "¡­" "You must gather it back to regain part of your powers¡­" "But¡­ Iris¡­ my children¡­ What about everyone?!" "They''re okay¡­ They had also been reincarnated¡­" "You must be kidding me!" "You''ve kept a part of your powers, the most essential powers¡­ Use them to find them once more¡­ Gather with them, and regain your power together¡­" "¡­" "We cannot hold the Outer Gods for too long¡­ Hurry¡­" "Damn it¡­ If you wanted me to hurry, you shouldn''t had reincarnated me into a damn baby!" "Ugghh!" Despite how much he wanted to roar I anger; Noah couldn''t help but release small little sounds over his cradle¡­ Suddenly, a beautiful woman with long ck hair and crimson-red eyes showed up. "Ah, dear¡­ Are you okay?" she wondered, holding Noah with her tender arms and carrying him like a baby would be carried¡­ "There, there¡­ everything will be okay¡­" she said. "Uggh¡­ (This is the worst! How long will it even take me to grow up?!)" Noah''s circumstances had suddenly changed unexpectedly. Now, brought into apletely unknown world, with part of his power lost, and with his friends and family reincarnated as different people somewhere else¡­ What will he do now to survive, grow, and once more raise? It seems that Noah''s journey had just started. ----- (IMPORTANT, Please Read) Honestly speaking, I was feeling frustrated with this novel, it had a terrible start and I was mostly writing it as a way to experiment with genres, it came out quite badly, but I still had enough fun with it to write over 500 chapters. I like a lot of the elements I applied, but I was feeling uninspired to write it anymore. I had thought about rewriting it, but it is better to leave it at this and then n out a sequel for the near future. I am very grateful for all of you that read this book, and I am very sorry for having written something so disappointing, I will work hard to write something better and entertaining, with better character interactions, development, and world building. So this sequel which wille in the future will be better written and you will be able to enjoy it more after I have umted enough experience as a writer. Don''t worry, I will not forget about Noah, his family, and his allies. They''re characters I''ve created and that I genuinely love, I won''t leave them to die. I am not really asking for your forgiveness, but I hope you can understand that I am also a human being thatmit mistakes or feels regret for what I have done, so I wanted to correct myself and begin anew with other stories to gain more experience, all while nning a proper sequel. ¡­Also, sorry annoying you with this note, but I really just wanted to convey my thoughts to my readers wholeheartedly.. So, until then, try out my other novels, or something else, I wish you a good day. The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!