Vampire Overlord System In The Apocalypse

by Stayrr

Earth is submerged in Chaos. Mutated Beasts roam the globe and Gates that lead to Otherworldly Dungeons appear everyday, bringing great dangers to humanity. However, the Awakened emerged, giving a chance for Humanity to survive. Amidst a vulnerable and crumbling society, a powerless and bullied young man begins to hear the voice of a malicious entity inside of his head... "Do you

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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 become 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 place on earth after the chaotic era twenty years ago, humans had become 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 become 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 danger coming 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 the complete 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, similar 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 class 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 become one of such creatures, and when she joined the classes 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 enslave them or use them as soldiers, Noah and his party would be used as soldiers instead of being exterminated, something that he could not accept!

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 enslave 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 similar 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.

Nonetheless, 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 classmates.

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 provoking competitiveness 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 a large group of ant-like mutated beasts the size of house cats.

"Grryshaa!"

The creatures quickly ran towards them forming large groups, however, Timassa pointed her hand at them, as she released an enormous black thunderbolt, blasting 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 claws 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 a large cave section by Jon's guidance through his Clairvoyance.

Suddenly, the roars of a larger 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.

Clash! Clash! Clash!

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 that large 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 Clairvoyance…" said Jon.

Noah glared at the party with glowing red eyes, he knew very well that they did not seem to come 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, as large 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 place to doubt now!

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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 'paladins' 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 uncommon 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, a combination of both of his parent's awakened Skills, which let him freely generate and manipulate 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 a complete 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, according to what Noah recalled after investigating about his classmates 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 internet, 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 quickly communicated 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 plans 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 glancing 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 glanced 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 black 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!

Flash! Flash! Flash!

"I am not the same as before… By using my Champion's Great Perseverance, and Blood Flow Acceleration, 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 glanced 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 manipulate 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 blades 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!

Clash! Clash! Clash!

Noah heard a strange sound that was not Emerald's flesh being torn apart, noticing that Emerald had generated a large 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 a large amount of energy he had to use to generate the wall!

Noah began to accumulate a large 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 claws nearing his neck and releasing several long-ranged, crimson-colored slashing attacks, that rained over his body!

Slash! Slash! Slash!

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 slashed, and his blood splashed out!

"Nnngh…!"

"This is your end! Detonation!" laughed Emerald, as suddenly, Noah's entire body detonated into an explosion of fire, his entire body falling apart!

BOOM!

Noah was… dead!

54 Did You Really Think I'd Die Just Because I Was Killed?

Emerald smiled!

He had attained victory and defeated the accursed subhuman!

The falling pieces of Noah's body parts began to burn with crimson flames, as Emerald sighed in relief, glancing 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 penetrate his stomach, his guts flying out of his insides!

Emerald glanced with horror, as his Danger Detection began to ring loud alarms 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 glanced 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 slashing 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 Manipulation, I can manipulate them like a puppet!" thought Noah triumphantly, as he penetrated Emerald's stomach with a powerful blood spear!

Emerald glanced 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 claws 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 glanced 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 claws had grown in size tremendously, by accumulate 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 manipulate and make blood float… Blood Patch," said Noah, generating blood patches and sticking them to his feet, and then manipulating them to float, giving him the ability to float as well!

"Impossible…!" asked Emerald in surprise, Noah's ability to manipulate blood was just as good as his ability to manipulate created jewels!

"You better begin to believe it!" laughed 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 penetrate 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 blazing jewel meteors!

Flash! Flash! Flash!

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!"

Clash!

A large, over three-meter-tall boulder of blazing 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 glanced at Noah mockingly!

"Hahaha! You stupid subhuman!" he laughed, 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 black 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 planning a victory!

Noah desperately evaded the spears, but more and more began to emerge, as one finally reached him, penetrating his stomach, and busting out of his intestines!

"Nnngghaaa…!"

Noah vomited a mouthful of blood, as he grasped the Jewel Spear with his claws.

Emerald laughed 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 glanced at Emerald with a voracious appetite!

"Die and become 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 this last 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 claws towards Emerald, falling over him and slashing his neck!

"NNNNGGGYYYYAAAHHH…!"

SLASH!

Emerald's head rolled out of his body, as for the last seconds of consciousness, he glanced 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 blood coming 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!

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 thin layer, and such energy gathered over her hands, like large gauntlets with sharp claws.

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 clawed gauntlets, which she used to annihilate anyone that dared to come her way.

Iris Poisonous Black 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 penetrate Cathina's defenses.

Clash! Clash! Clash!

"You're surprising me, Iris, but that won't be enough to break through my Psychokinesis Coating!" laughed 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 particularly 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.

Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!

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 penetration 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 her large gauntlets one by one!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

However, the moment she did, Iris smiled!

"You should have let them alone…" laughed 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 glad to have such a new Skill, as being locked in physical combat 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.

Flash!

Suddenly, all the tattoos around Cathina began to glow, covering her body with pain!

These tattoos completely 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 accursed ability is this?! You subhuman…!" roared Cathina, harboring the last strength she could muster, and moving her fist towards Iris!

Iris, however, twisted her body and evaded her slow punch, and seeped her claws 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 become 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, glancing at Emerald on her last 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 glanced at the battlefield, as Arthur, Timassa, Adamantine, and Jon slaughtered 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…

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 place, completely filled with darkness.

Noah, however, remembered a bit of this place.

This was the same place 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 being completely 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.

Flash!

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 glanced 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, glaring 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 glared 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 glaring 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.

Flash.

Suddenly, Noah's eyes opened, as he found himself glaring at the ceiling of the caves he was hunting mutated beasts with his party and later 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 glanced 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 class… 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 nonchalantly, 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, he lacked 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 accursed 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 become 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 class, as he noticed that around four more people were missing aside from Emerald.

The teacher greeted Noah as some of the students glanced 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 glanced at the technologically advanced city down below through the flying bus, a group of military men gathered around the wastelands, investigating the place.

An old man with a stoic face, muscular build, and a short gray bear with a large scar on his left eye, was glancing 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 according to our scouting, the last time they were seen was when… they entered the underground cave sections, the same group were the Useless Students Party entered, which they later 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 become oddly close according 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 accomplish 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.

"Nonetheless, 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.

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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 finally coming after today's classes.

"As if good grades were to even matter at this point… Really, this whole thing is a ridiculous façade," 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 much commotion to attack a group of 6 people only with his two lackeys.

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 Claws: 73 (C), [Blood Manipulation: 86 (D), [Blood Projectiles: 66 (D), [Champion's Great Perseverance: 58 (C), [Telepathy: 59 (D), [Blood Soul: 37 (A), [Blood Flow Acceleration: 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 glanced 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 net a large 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 related 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, Dracula," 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 explain to them what it really was…

After a few minutes of explanations, 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 become 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 powers come 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 similar result could be achieved… But all of this is only speculative…" 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 Dracula 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 their combined 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.

Flash!

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 all combine 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, glancing 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.

58 Maxed Skill Tree Level! And...

Noah glanced at his Skill Tree, as he saw his progression through it.

Skill Trees

[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 Successor (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 Acceleration (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 glanced 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 flattered.

"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 become 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 occur 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 magical combat, 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, similarly 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.

And last but not least, Blood Combustion was a Skill that could let Noah be capable of combusting 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.

This last Skill seemed incredibly strong if used correctly, and Noah could not wait to use it in the monsters he was planning to hunt tonight with his family of vampires.

However, the System had other plans for him at the moment.

Ding!

[You have completed 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 Tree completed!]

[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, according 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, Dracula… 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 similar 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.

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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 related 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 flash of crimson light emerged from within Noah's Blood Core, engulfing his entire body!

Flash!

"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 become something more than before, even more.

He glanced at his appearance, he seemed to look the same as before…

Except that his ears were not sharp, his fangs had grown larger, 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 successfully evolved into a [Level II: Vampire Noble!]

[Attribute Value Bonus Earned]

[Skill Proficiency Level Bonus Earned]

[The [Blood Claws: 100 (D)] Skill has awakened into the [Eviscerating Crimson Claws: 1 (B)] Skill!]

[The [Blood Manipulation: 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 Claws: 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 Acceleration: 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 difference compared 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 accumulated 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 to lament 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 becoming a Vampire Noble as well? I become more… admirable or whatever?" said Noah.

"This just shows that you were still rather weak on your authority over your converted slaves! It would be a good chance to convert more into your creed, and completely control them as your slaves!" said the Blood Progenitor.

"Hmph, that might be a good plan… 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 glanced 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.

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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 ant compared 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 becomes different? Through the System and Attribute Value Cores, I can easily skip the steps you Vampires need to do to become 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 explain 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 black 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 relation 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 related 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 glanced at them with some suspiciousness.

"What with the black costumes? Is there some kind of disguise party going on around here?" asked one of the guards, as the one at his side burst into laughter.

Noah and his party silently showed their Student Cards, as the soldiers glanced at them after laughing 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," laughed the guard.

As Noah simply glanced 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 succumb 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 was completely ignoring my eyes until the very last 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 glanced 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-meters-large black-furred bats came flying towards Noah's party, their jaws were large and sharp, filled with razor-sharp teeth, their wings were long and even had sharp black claws, alongside their feet!

Alongside this, they held enormous ears and large crimson eyes, these were Giant Black 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!

Slash! Slash! Slash!

Noah's hands grew monstrous crimson claws, slashing through the large Bat leading the other nine bats, slicing its left-wing, and making it fall into the ground, as the bat struggled using its claws, but Noah did not even falter, slicing through its flesh, and eliminating it in a few seconds!

Poof!

The bloody corpse turned into black smoke as Noah's first E-Rank Core was dropped from it.

61 Learning How To Fly!

Noah grabbed the E-Rank Core that the Giant Bat dropped when he killed it, glancing 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 in compensation…" thought Noah, as he evaded the strong winds released by a large Giant Bat rushing towards him, jumping into the air as he manipulated the blood rushing inside of his very body and made himself fly, something that he wouldn't be capable of before becoming 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 glancing below as the nine other bats rushed towards him, opening their large jaws with razor-sharp teeth!

"GRRYAARR!"

Noah's claws grew into grotesque crimson nails, as he moved at a great speed and slashed 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 black thunder, Jon drained their life out of their bodies, and Adamantine slashed them into smithereens.

The two Giant Bats were out of the game in mere seconds, their combined attacks were already way too lethal!

Noah smiled, as he intercepted the large jaws of one of the Giant Bats nearing his head with his bare claws, 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 black smoke the second after for a core to drop from it.

The other Giant Bats glanced with a bit of fear at Noah, they seemed to have become weary of his power, as one of them was enshrouded in shadows and began to fire black 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 black 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 manipulating 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 manipulate 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 Ghouls lack 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 black 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 become more related with our own souls, becoming 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 Manipulation?" asked Arthur.

"Yes, yesterday what I did to fly was sticking blood patches into my feet and then manipulate 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 a large 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 a large lair of these creatures!

"Don't worry, we'll watch your backs," said Noah, as he floated into the air and began to fight against large 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, successfully attaining a victory!

"Well done Jon," said Noah, throwing even more bats at them.

"Is Jon a prodigy at this?" wondered Iris.

62 Boss Battle!

Clash! Clash! Clash!

Arrow-shaped Black Thunder projectiles were fired over the large 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 claws began to seep into its flesh, as she slashed 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 Black Thunder Spear!

CLASH!

"GRRRUUUOOORR…!"

Poof!

Turning itself into black 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, flap 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 glanced at Noah breaking through the group of Giant Bats by generating large 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… quite complicated… 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 balance 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 by communicating 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 glanced 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… flattered…" said Jon rather shyly, he was fascinated with Noah, receiving his honest praises could not make him happier.

Iris glared 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 balance, 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 a large cave inside!

"W-What the?! A monster?!" asked Iris, as she was caught by Noah and put near the ground, the entire group glanced at the ceiling explode, several large boulders fell into the ground, which they evaded in time.

"GGRRRRUUOOOOOOOWL…!"

An enormous behemoth emerged from the opened ceiling, covered in black fur that shined with a metallic luster, long wings with sharp black claws, big feet with even bigger claws, big ears, and crimson eyes accompanied by a jaw filled with razor-sharp teeth, all combined 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 the large cave it was resting inside, glaring at Noah and his group!

It flapped its wings, unleashing an enormous storm of dark winds!

FLASH!

Unlike the combined wind of the Giant Bats, this Boss Giant Black Bat wings unleashed tremendous storms of winds whenever they flapped, without it even having to do any effort!

Noah and his party shielded themselves from the powerful storming wind behind a large 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 place tremble!

Boom!

"I-It really did come down…" said Arthur.

"GROWL!"

The Giant Black Bat Boss quickly noticed Noah and his party presence behind the largest boulder, rushing towards it and raising its wings, which also had tremendous claws, 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!

63 Gang On It!

Noah managed to grab his subordinates with tentacles made off his coagulated 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 a large blood spear out of thin air, launching it at the bat's head!

"Black Thunder… Arrow Storm!" roared Timassa, infusing all the mana she had into her Skills and generating a dozen of black thunder arrows in a row!

"GRAAAAAARRR!" roared Adamantine, infusing all of her Dark Aura into her Dark Claws and unleashing a storm of dark slashing 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 penetrated its flesh!

Noah and his subordinate attacks all fell over the Bat's back and head, slashing 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!

Clash! Clash! Clash! Clash!

"GGGRRROOOOWLL…!"

The Bat cried in agony as it quickly moved its body away, using its giant claws, 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 slashing 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 Black 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 nonetheless!

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.

Clash! Clash! Clash!

The large 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!

Clash! Clash! Clash!

"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 blasted 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 coagulated 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, larger 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 flashed towards its head, as his claws 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 claws penetrating the bat's neck, as the creature groaned in agony, he kept seeping his claws into the flesh, tearing it apart as he drank all of the blood coming out from the enormous wound!

"GROOOOOWL…!"

The Bat cried one last time, as Noah reached its spine, and cracked it open with his crimson claws, killing it on the spot!

CRASH!

Poof!

The gigantic body then turned into an enormous cloud of black 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.

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, compared 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 Black 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 glanced at the items, grabbing what seemed to be a black dagger.

Arthur glared at everything and began to calculate 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 implanted 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 claws like those of the bat, this other crimson gauntlet with sharp bony claws, a magic bow, and a… black 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 Accursed 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-related Skills, ideal for Jon, he could equip it above his forehead to immediately receive the boost into his Evil Eye Skill.

The black-colored gauntlet with sharp claws was named Deadly Claws of the Bat King, and the equipment could extend its claws like long blades 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 claws, which seemed to have a strong grabbing and slashing power, whenever they were swipe, they would release slashes 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 black color, covered in beautiful gold-colored decorations, this Bow was named Bat King Bones Bow, and it lacked 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.

And last but not least, there was a long black 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 become stronger, and hence, more useful for me and your family," said Noah with an expressionless face, as he grabbed the gauntlet and equipped it, glaring 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 black 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 black thunder merged, larger and stronger than ever before, she fired t to the wall, as a large explosion unfolded, leaving a large and deep hole within the rock.

"Amazing…" said Timassa.

Adamantine grabbed her black gauntlet, equipping it on her right hand, as the claws grew larger 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 manipulating 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 it completely…" 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 glared at the weapon, as he noticed that something within it, something similar 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 place…" said Arthur.

"Soul Weapons? What are they?" asked Iris.

"Let them merge with your souls, they are good weapons, and can even evolve and become stronger as you do… These are Soul Weapons," said Noah.

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65 Soul Weapon!

Ding!

[Soul Weapon detected]

[Binding Soul Weapon with user's Soul…]

[Binding…]

Ding!

[Soul Binding Successful]

[User's [Blood Soul] has been bound with the [Fierce Crimson Bone Claw (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 Claw (E-Rank)] [Soul Weapon]

[Attack Power: 20]

[Durability: 20]

[Mana Capacity: 10]

[Skill(s): [Soul Weapon: - (E), [Blood Slash: - (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 similar 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 similar 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 slay 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, blasting away enemies from the sky, even the bat's storming winds produced from their wings flapping 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 slash through the bats, managing to find a way to jump over the bats she attacked, aiming at the other ones coming near her.

Arthur mostly healed from afar and constantly released his corrosion waves, diminishing the strength of the monsters.

Adamantine, similarly to Iris, rampaged savagely around, and Noah practiced his flying and used his claws to slash 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 claws as if it were a black 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, Dracula, 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 was completely emptied of monsters, and the party had gathered several Cores.

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 glanced 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 particularly 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 becoming 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 more comfortable 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, welcome… 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… Please come in," said Gray, opening the large gates as Noah and the rest of the party entered a large front yard, resembling a beautiful garden, with a large group of normal trees and plants, which were now often rare to see in the dystopian world they lived in.

"What is this?" wondered Jon, glaring at the green grass below his feet.

"This is grass… it once used to cover the world. It is a type of plant 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 the large garden that their family had to everyone, in such a future where most plants had gone extinct, only rich families such as Arthur's family could ever hope to have actual plants or normal animals that were not all Mutated Beasts.

"Amazing… plants 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 in laboratories, 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 places… existed in real life…" said Jon.

"They still exist. The media tells you that this world is just a wasteland 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 places I and my parents explored. There was not an infinite desert with horrible monsters everywhere… several areas seemed like this place… surrounding large masses of water we named Oasis. Alongside this, normal animals were living together with Mutated Beasts… Some places 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 places one day…" said Arthur.

"Perhaps, there are many places around this world, and Dungeon Gates not only appear near cities, but they also often emerge in the middle of a wasteland, 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 become 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 become stronger, the danger will keep decreasing… Albeit new dangers might arise as well… The only way out of this is by simply becoming 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 become 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 become 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 and large, gothic-styled manor to Noah, it was made of gray and black bricks, long windows with black metallic decorations, a large 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 place 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 glanced at the vast space, beautifully decorated, there were many paintings, and the place had a fine combination of dark and crimson colors, with gold and white floor.

There was a large Hall in the middle of the manor, where events such as ballads or parties between aristocrats could be made, and there were two stairs that led to the second floor around such a large 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 become even dizzy!

The pain continued, as it spread through his entire body!

Reaching his head… he fell unconscious.

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67 Waking Up With A Surprise At My Side

Noah slept peacefully until morning, as his eyes opened due to the light of the sun coming 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 glanced 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, glaring 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 had come 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 similar 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 cybernetic eyes greeted the vampiric pair, wearing an adorable Maid Outfit.

"M-Master, I've brought you your breakfast- UWAH!" cried Sakura, almost making the plate 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 plate there, which included a cup of fresh coffee, cookies that were chocolate-flavored, chocolate-coated, coated in strawberry jam, and candied orange.

There was also a large sandwich with ham, cheese, tomato, and lettuce, alongside a yogurt-based sauce to give it a nice twist of flavor.

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 a large bite, feeling the flavors 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," laughed 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 a comment 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, glaring at Noah's large 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.

"Flattery 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, steam coming 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 relaxation inside of the bathroom, the warm water relaxed his tensed-up muscles and any leftover discomfort left from the pain before falling asleep was now gone.

Noah glanced at his own body, thin yet rather muscular, 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 glared 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 relaxed 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 similar 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, combining 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 happened last 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 black skirt, and tight black stockings over her legs, over her white shirt she was also wearing a beautiful blouse with a similar 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 black and red were most of their colors, combining their styles.

68 Noah's Blazing Conviction!

Noah glanced 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 black 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 relaxed… 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 plan is that? We need to grow stronger, Iris…" sighed Noah.

"Y-Yeah, Iris… Although I would also like to relax, 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 a large piece of grilled meat, it seems that it was specifically cooked for her because no one else was eating such a thing.

Noah glanced at his food as he began to dig in without much trouble, the party chatted around about their plans 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 a completely 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 exhilarating!

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 glanced 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 became completely 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 Claws: 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 Acceleration: 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 glanced 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 very late, something that no human at E-Rank would ever be able to accomplish.

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 was lackluster.

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 to lay 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 blazing 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 will come towards us one by one… We cannot slack off, not a single day," said Noah.

"You're… You're right, Noah… We cannot slack 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 become… 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, glaring 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 slave! 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!

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69 A New Skill That Will Change Everything!

Having finally increased his attribute values and having decided his next plans 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 become 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 Flash (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 become 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 Flash 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 Flash: 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 become 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 be completely 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 explained, the power for Noah to trigger the creation of a Blood Core inside any vampiric being who lacked 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, according to Dracula- the Blood Progenitor.

Last but not least, Crimson Flash 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 Claws: 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 Acceleration: 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 Flash: 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 placed 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 flash 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 accumulated 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, glaring at Iris's eyes and using Vampiric Eyes of Hypnosis to completely 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!

Flash!

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, although compared to Noah's Skill Tree, her Skill Tree was simpler, and did not have as many Skills, and they also cost more.

Everyone glanced with awe as Iris increased her power in a flash, 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.

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!

Flash!

"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 turning completely red, as suddenly, clear blue phantom aura covered her entire body as if it were a consuming flame that ate it all!

"Nnngh… Nnngaaaahhhhh…!"

FLASH!

The phantasmal aura suddenly turned into phantom blue flames, 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 similar to before.

But Noah and the rest noticed that her hair had grown a bit larger 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 flame 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 Black Claws: 1 (B), [Blood Manipulation: 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-related 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 become 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 flame, 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 Trees compared 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 Manipulation: 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 similar in between Hunters, it was their Skills and what they could do that made them different from each other.

So, a similar performance than Iris could not be expected from Arthur, even if their stats were around similar numbers.

[Timassa]

[Bloodline: Ghoul (Evolved)]

[Blood Core Rank: Level II: Ghoul Black Thunder Witch]

[Vitality: 92]

[Mind: 111]

[Force: 91]

[Skill(s): [Black 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), [Black 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 Black 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 Black 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 black 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): [Clairvoyance: 68 (B), [Dhampir: - (S), [Subordinate's Loyalty: - (A), [Cursed Evil Eye of Phantom Pain: 62 (A), [Undying Body: 25 (A), [Blood Manipulation: 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 Claws: 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)]

And last 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 in combat 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 claws.

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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 glanced 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 planning 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 flat 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 replace your battery," said Noah.

"N-Noah-sama, the batteries are really not that cheap!" said Arthur.

"You're rich, don't complain," 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!

Flash!

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, combining 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!" laughed 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 turned completely 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 glared 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 access 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 her large 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 she lacked 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 blade and shield too!" said Sakura, showing the blade 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 one compared 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 become capable of shapeshifting all of her gigantic lower halves, by turning it all into compressed magic circuits around her body which resembled a large 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 they lacked and even more things.

However, Sakura, Sugar, and Big Sis were the strongest compared 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 they lacked 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.

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72 Who Said Robots Can't Be Vampires?!

Noah had surprised the Blood Progenitor, and had completely 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 accept this power!

However, for Noah's mind, it seemed like something completely 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 regulate 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 manipulate what seemed to be Shadows around her, coating herself with it and more!

A Robot using magic similar 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 related 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 similar 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, who lacked 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 black light from her fingers, which formed into floating blades!

"T-That's… Freezing Heart and… Blight Soul! Impossible! How can mere robots possess Blood Core Talents?! I accepted 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, Dracula. 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 place, 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 similar to us. According 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 place 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 relaxed 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.

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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 a complete 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 become stronger than Fernand, the one he wanted to slaughter, 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 where large bird-like monsters attack with loud cries… there is also the Accursed Water Temple where water-type monsters roam, or the Underground Labyrinth, which is a set of intricate underground labyrinths 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 Accursed 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 Accursed Water Temple and beat all those Bosses… Tonight, we shall reach D-Rank!" said Noah with blazing 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 camouflaging their identities with masks, as if they were some kind of Phantom Thieves knock-off.

Crossing through the various buildings, Noah glanced 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 slaughter 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 slacker!"

"Yeah, don't' you want your family to live happily?"

The three disgusting-looking F-Rank hunters glanced 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.

Slash!

"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 glanced at Noah with complete 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!

Splash!

"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, large black nails emerged from behind them, slicing their arms off in seconds, as more blood was spurred from the wounds!

Slash! Slash!

"EEH?!"

"UNGNHH…!"

"Fufu, it always feels nice to slice up some assholes," said Iris, licking her claws.

"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 claws and mouth.

"W-Who are you? You… saved me…" said the young man, his eyes that were filled with despair glanced at Noah's party with fervent admiration, the thing he had dreamed the most was to slaughter the bastards that were abusing him, and now, such dream came true in a flash.

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 glanced 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.

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"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 becomes 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 will come 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, comes back to you, won't he come back with a large group of new recruits?" asked Arthur.

"You're sharp, Arthur. Indeed. This is my intention… Well, mildly," said Noah.

"You're planning 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 planned carefully filing any loopholes possible.

And he planned to do this more…

This plan 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 becoming 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 plan that would begin rather mild, but if everything went accordingly… Sector D might one day become 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 his companion, 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 become 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 place, 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 Accursed 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 Accursed Water Temple for them completely, 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 place, 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 was composed of several large 'rooms' or halls like this one, each hall had a large pool of water where monsters roamed and came from, within the deep of the water, there were often treasure chests guarded by larger-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 waterfalls coming 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, large, red-colored crabs began to crawl out of the large 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 welcoming 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 black 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 black 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 claws 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 Blades?" wondered Sugar, as five blades made of black light began to rotate around her!

"Shadow Sneak!" said Big Sis, as she unleashed a large claw 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 claws and blood weapons to unfold catastrophe over these aquatic monsters, breaking them into pieces one by one!

Not long after, a large creature suddenly opened its crimson eyes beneath the water, emerging from it with an explosion!

Boom!

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The large red crabs, walking fishes, and giant eels emerged from the large pool, attacking Noah and his group with everything they had.

The large 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 the large army of monsters within seconds!

"Let me slow them down!" said Arthur.

Arthur released slow yet deadly waves of erosion that slowed down the large 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 his companions.

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 his companions!

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 black thunder-like armor, and enhanced her speed and perception abilities, unleashing immense barrages of black 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 black smoke, only leaving items behind!

Meanwhile, Iris and Adamantine rushed through the Temple, slicing apart large eels and tearing the walking fishes into pieces, turning them all into black smoke one by one!

Iris unleashed her Phantom Aura, coating her body as fox ears, tails, and claws grew over her body, resembling the incarnation of a phantom demon, she tore apart the monsters around her furiously, her long black claws 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 apart large 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 penetrated the flesh of the monsters with ease and blew them into bits, as icy winds froze some into place for Sugar's Blight Blades 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 with large spears floating all around his body, he rushed through the battlefield through the Crimson Flash 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 annihilating a large part of the army completely by himself, making the monsters quickly slow down in numbers and speed, until only very few were left, which were quickly annihilated 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 become 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 claws, 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 claws, 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 blades and began to tear the inside flesh of the giant monster, making the weapons explode not long after, as large 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, penetrating the monster's flesh with long spears and then making them explode!

Not long after, the beast gave away its last cry, falling into the ground and then exploding into black smoke, leaving various cores behind!

"W-Woah, that was fast…" said Arthur.

"See? This is because all of you have evolved. Your power has become 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 a large treasure chest, alongside several other magic materials resting around, such as corals, seaweed, and more, saving it all inside his Dimensional Storage Ring.

Splash!

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 Accursed 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.

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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 place was activated.

Aside from the previous hall monsters, this time there were gigantic lobsters, mantis shrimps with strong punching claws 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 claws reached his body within milliseconds!

Clash! Clash! Clash!

"Their speed is… way too high… but it is only restricted to their claws…!" thought Noah, jumping high into the air, and simply flying up, generating large 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!

Slash! Slash! Slash!

Poof!

Dying after being sliced into countless pieces, the sliced corpses exploded into black 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 Flash to move at fast speeds!

Noah used his eviscerating claws to slash 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, the large jaws of the Walking Sharks emerged from his back, trying to bite him with all of their jaw strength, only to receive Noah's claws into their mouths, having their jaws sliced apart, or ending up swallowing a large 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 Black 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 powerful large eels, as Adamantine jumped over the heads of Mantis Shrimps and crushed their exoskeletons with her powerful shadow claws!

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 almost completely massacred!

Noah and his party could not help but wonder just how strong they have become 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 the last Walking Shark into a bloody paste and drank the blood out of it before it turned into black 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 claws 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!

Clank, clank!

The sound of its claws closing and opening resonated through the entire hall, as Noah and his group felt chills run through their spines!

However, Noah smiled greedily, glancing at his next prey, this one would surely net a nice amount of Attribute Value Cores and Ability Cores!

Noah flew towards it directly, as the crab's claws were directed towards him!

The enormous metallic claws reached him, as he generated a large shield of crystallized blood, mitigating the impact and leaping higher into the sky, his Soul Weapon suddenly shapeshifted into a long bony blade, as he descended towards its eyes, slicing them off!

Slash! Slash!

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 claws, 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 claws!

Clash! Clash! Clash!

The metallic claws 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 claw 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 Sis combined their long-ranged attacks, abusing the large wounds all across the monster's body!

Arthur began to slowly corrode the large wounds that Noah made, while Jon started to absorb the HP and Mana from it, and transfer them to his companions!

Timassa dug deeper into the wounds of the monster while extending her black thunder attacks all around the monster's body, electrifying it!

The monster began to become 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 momentum completely!

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 its last breath as its entire body was engulfed in black 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 flatter 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 place, but when we can only go around slaughtering 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.

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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 they lacked 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 relax 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 relax 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 to comment 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 relax, 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 glanced 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 become like the Blood Progenitor…)" thought Noah, thinking about the Blood Progenitor as someone who had given up on his feelings and emotions to become 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 balance between his two sides, to not commit 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 a large whale and another a giant walking fish, showering themselves with large amounts of Attribute Value Cores and Ability Cores one after another, until they finally reached the last 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 place feel heavy!

"This is… we already reached the Hidden Boss chamber…" said Arthur in surprise.

"Here it comes…!" said Timassa, as she and the rest of the group stepped back, as a gigantic serpentine creature emerged from the pool!

Splash!

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 a large blue jewel on its forehead.

The rest of the body was covered in azure-colored metallic scales, with a large 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 Accursed 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 Flash 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 accelerate 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 blazing crimson meteor, Noah reached the Sea Snake King as his claws 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 claws, slashing 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 manipulates 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, making large 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.

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!

Clash!

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 showing large 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 inflict large 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, as large 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 black thunderbolts shaped as large arrows as big as spears, shooting them with her Bow-type Soul Weapon, penetrating 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 already large wounds in the Sea Snake Emperor's head!

Iris glanced 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 claws, 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 blade to slice through the creature!

Sugar generated Blight Blades, penetrating the monster's flesh and causing deep and bloody wounds, the beast roared, shaking the entire place, and making more and more roars, it tried to manipulate 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 her large 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 blazing with this bright light!

"It activated some kind of ability?!" said Arthur while feeling confused.

"It seems to have gained some strength, it's manipulating 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 manipulated 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 blades, 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 penetrated 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 Flash, moving to the side like a flash of red colors!

FLASH!

CLASH!

The enormous jaws of the Sea Snake Emperor closed right beside Noah, as Noah could only smile by the exhilaration and danger of this fight!

Noah quickly used Crimson Flash 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 flashed 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 Flash, and managing to evade the enormous stream of pressurized water in time!

BOOM!

The water fell into the ground, blasting a large piece of the floor away, as Noah quickly activated Flight once more and took a bit more speed through Crimson Flash!

Flash!

"GRROOWL- GRAH…!"

The Sea Snake was about to try and munch Noah away, but was stopped by a powerful combination 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 at last!

Using Crimson Flash once more, he rushed like a crimson meteor towards the Sea Snake Emperor's head, shaping all of the blood he had left into a large and pointy crimson spear!

"Growl-"

CLASH!

The sharp blood spear penetrated 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 place!

Noah covered himself on blood and brain as he smiled wickedly as if he had become a mad crimson demon!

"GROOOOOOOOOWL…!"

The Sea Snake cried in agony, as its entire head was blasted into pieces by Noah's final attack, its body was then slowly shrouded in darkness, as it all turned into black smoke and disappeared!

Poof!

Splash!

Noah's weakened body fell into the water, as a larger chest than usual greeted his sight…

Using the last 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,

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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 the large pieces of meat dropped by the Sea Snake Emperor that did not turn into black smoke because they were separated from some time from the main body of the creature while it was still alive, becoming 'Dropped Items' instead.

The same happened for other monsters, such as their claws, 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 were large 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 black 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 Claw (E-Rank)] [Soul Weapon]

[Attack Power: 36]

[Durability: 34]

[Mana Capacity: 17]

[Skill(s): [Soul Weapon: - (E), [Blood Slash: - (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.

Flash!

Suddenly, from within the bony crimson claws, 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 recommend 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 more later, let's absorb them!" said Iris, as she grabbed a large 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.

Nonetheless, their weapons became stronger… however, Big Sis, Sakura, and Sugar glanced 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 become… 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 black 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 explain 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 was completely 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 becomes almost enough… Nonetheless, we will become D-Rank now, we are one more step closer from freedom…" said Noah, the 'freedom' he talked about was becoming 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.

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 relax 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 exhilarating 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, manipulating 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 become larger 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 occur 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.

Nonetheless, this power was completely 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 indeed completely shattering any common sense that hunters might even have, thankfully for them, he had not yet revealed his true powers to the world, and whenever he planned 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…

A last but not least, Telepathy has awakened into Fartalk, the power to talk through telepathy with someone even from very far away places, 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.

Nonetheless, 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 Claws: 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 Acceleration: 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 Flash: 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 accomplishing 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 glared at the Ability Cores harvested today.

The Hunters that he and his subordinates carefreely killed before entering the Accursed 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, glaring 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 Flash (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 similar 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 in combination with his claws attacks, slashing 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 manipulate 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, similar to Iris Berserk Mode or Adamantine's Insatiable Appetite, he would become 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 a large amount of Blood for activation, however, Noah had no problem with that, as he had accumulated large amounts of Blood inside of his Blood Sphere already.

Nonetheless, 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.

And last but not least, Vampiric Wings let Noah generate large, black-colored bat-like wings from his back, enormous and rather demonic, he was able to flap them around and maneuver even better while flying, this Skill coupled with Flight and Crimson Flash 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…

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Noah suddenly found himself in a place of complete 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 glanced 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 places?

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.

"Explain yourself, I am not in the mood for this dream's tomfoolery. Is this a trick made by Dracula or something?" asked Noah.

"Dracula? No, he's there, looks," said Noah's reflection, pointing at the left, where Noah noticed that within the darkness, enormous black 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 a complete 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 become… 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, Dracula? 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 Dracula wanted you to destroy me so your very mind and soul would become weakened… like that, he would have managed to take over you, maybe," said Noah's reflection.

"I see. I did not know such a plan, 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 accept you?" asked Noah.

"By accepting me, you are also accepting yourself," said Noah's reflection.

"You are quite bland, and your way of speech is not direct. I mean no offense, but I cannot become 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 relax, 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 accept 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 glanced 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 become 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 accepted each part of his self, a change occurred within Noah's Soul.

Flash!

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 become 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 balance.

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 accept 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 accepting 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 become 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 become even sharper mind, more attentive, and perhaps become 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.

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 accessory 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 place, the neon lights everywhere, illuminating the darkness with futuristic wonders.

It was as if this world was completely 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 accomplished.

"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 accomplished, 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 plates, 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 slowly landed 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 played by some musicians, making the entire atmosphere refined and relaxing.

Noah and his group sat down around a large table for all six of them to fit in, as Big Sis, Sakura, and Sugar had decided to not come, 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 plates kept coming and going from all shapes and sizes.

Alongside this, there were good drinks with them, white and black 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 place is when he finally discovered his love for it, the fine, delicious, slightly sweet, and mildly bitter black wine which had an aroma of blueberries enhanced Noah's senses, making him drink several cups as he enjoyed his plates.

"This wine…" muttered Noah, glancing 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 very late, 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 account of any citizen whenever they earned it through working, selling, and more.

For comparison, 1 Credit was the same as around 1 Dollar, 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 plates 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 rather late, 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 become 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 glad… 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 dilation 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, glaring 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. I completely 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, placing 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 Acceleration's effect.

"Don't regret your decision later… 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"!

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Within the confines of the universe, an enormous structure whose technology was so advanced that Earth's Magic Technology could only pale in comparison slowly moved through the vast cosmos.

Inside of such structure, entities wearing mechanical suits and covered in enormous auras that encompassed the powers within their transcendental souls, glanced at a large holographic projection in front of them.

In this projection, a large spherical object hovered.

It was Earth.

The projection did not only showed Earth as it was, but there were also several blue, red, and black 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, slaying 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 a complete map of Earth if they had not even visited it?

Within the projection, there was also what seemed to be Earth's Core.

It was completely filled with melting ores of all types, however, within the utmost center, there was a large, 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 Planet's Origin Core connects to a larger area of the cosmos which is considered as its own 'World'… However, no other planet has an Origin Core in all of this galaxy except this one."

"We must harvest it before the System Master does it, even if it is not completely 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 accompanied 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 plans 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 becoming 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 pests completely 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 glanced 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 also completely nude.

Iris slowly glanced at Noah's body, which she found beautiful on its own way, he was filled with large 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 pleasure last night.

By just recalling their night of passion Iris could not help but become completely 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 her last 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, glancing at the sleeping face of Iris resting above his shoulder.

However, unlike before, he did not throw her away or something and simply glanced 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 particularly 'normal', and enjoyed fighting and growing stronger as well, so they were both quite the good match.

Iris suddenly woke up again as she glanced 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 me last night means more than you imagine. It means that you are in a similar 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 a later date…" said Noah.

"I-I'm so happy about what happened last 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 her last 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.

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 accepted my feelings…" said Iris while blushing.

"I can see that he accepted more than that…" said Arthur, as Noah glared 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 plans!" said Noah.

"Plans… 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 congratulate 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 glanced 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 relax 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 glanced 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, accompanying him through his entire life, their bond was obviously very strong, and Arthur often treated her as a part of his family.

Entering the large manor, Arthur led his group through the corridors, reaching a large 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 black 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… fiancée. 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 particularly expect of people that were of a lower social class 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, come 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," laughed 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 slacked off at battle, he was a supporter, and what he could do in battle is support his allies so monsters could be slain more easily, but he… did not particularly 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…

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 accessory 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 plans of the government within the military school, who planned 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 a large area within the wastelands 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 become 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 not come 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 related 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.

Flash, flash!

Granite's eyes were filled with sorrow, as he glanced 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 glanced at the photos of his son, remembering all the times he used to be with him, teaching him, guiding him, laughing 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 becoming 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 the last 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 to come, 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… completely 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 and large 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 through complete hell!

To make him understand the pain they had gone through!

They would not rest until… they were to completely 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 never comprehend.

After spending most of the morning with Arthur's parents, Noah and his group were finally freed from their claws…

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 blabbering 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 planned 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 plan…" 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 planned 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 to come 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 become but an ant in front of us… there is no worth in killing an ant to provoke a tiger to come after us. Perhaps my revenge can wait until I have at least become 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 to come after us sooner or later. This is why I also want to become stronger quickly. His family is also quite popular, 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 will come for our head… perhaps the entire Guild of Crystal Knights…" said Noah.

"We have to become 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 required larger 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 places where were poor people lived, those that could not afford to live comfortably 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 become 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 places was where there were also the Gates that connected to D-Rank and above dungeons, which were often guarded inside large domes, that often looked way too out of place compared to their surroundings filled with ruins and poverty.

Noah and his group finally reached one of such places, 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 Accursed 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 place made him shiver.

"Alongside that… it is a desert, right? It must be filled with strong sunlight…" said Timassa.

"An arid place… 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 place 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 a completely 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, seemed completely fine with his skin slowly being fried, as it was quickly regenerating constantly, and so did the skin of everyone.

"This is an excellent place 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, glancing 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!

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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, glancing at its new meal.

Noah and his party glanced 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 glanced 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!" commanded Noah.

Noah and his party had already readied their attacks, as a shower of black thunder, shadow bullets, blood weapons, and corrosion fell right into the Giant Sand Worm's mouth!

Slash! Clash! Boom!

The black thunder electrified the creature's interiors, frying it up alive, the shadow bullets broke its flesh directly, leaving large 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 its last growl, falling over the sand and exploding into black 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 to come…" said Noah with a smile, pointing his index finger into the dunes, as the party glanced 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!"

Flash!

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 slash 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 black thunder arrows inside of the creature's mouth, destroying its insides as it gave out its last groans of pain before dying, falling into the floor, and exploding into black 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 claw of crimson colors, as Noah unleashed his several Skills, such as Blood Flow Acceleration, Unyielding Blood Demon, Blood Sacrifice, Blood Retribution, and Blood Frenzy!

"Eviscerating Crimson Claws!"

Conjuring the name of his favorite Skill, Noah's claws grew even bigger, to ridiculous proportions, as he controlled them with his superhuman strength and crazed strength, slashing through the flesh of the Giant Sand Worm, opening a wide-open wound all over its stomach, as its intestines and other internal organs blasted 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 claws, 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, completely 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 similar to Noah's Crimson Flash, as she unleashed a large black thunder spear into the Giant Sand Worm, entering its wide mouth and making the projectile explode inside of its flesh, inflating 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 gathered large quantities of purple liquid!

Iris, Adamantine, and Timassa ruthlessly annihilated 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 gathered large quantities of purple liquid!

Everyone noticed that something wrong was going on, as the Giant Sand Worm suddenly spit the large sphere of poison not towards Noah and his group, but the sky!

Splash!

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 Flash, 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 Flash coupled with Mist Form, evading the deadly razor-sharp fangs of the beast as he pointed his claws towards its eyes, covering his body with armor and shaping the armor around his claws, making the theme extra resilient!

"Now's my turn," said Noah, his claws 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 blast Noah away with a giant sphere of acid, forming within its maws!

Flash!

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, flashing towards the monster's tail with Crimson Flash and his Vampiric Wings, and then beginning to slice through the beast' tail up to its head, where it unleashed dozens of blood weapons!

Slash! Slash! Slash! 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 glared at Noah with hate, as the creature exerted the last 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 glanced at this with horror, on its small and inferior mind, it could not comprehend how this small creature could still live after having half of its body eaten!

"Enjoying your last 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 its last cry of agony, as its head was blown off into bits and the rest of the body dissipated into black smoke.

Within these seconds, Noah's legs had grown back, and he employed his blood manipulation over his skin, manipulating its components and texture, and then coagulating 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 the last 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 almost completely empty.

Noah took a few bottles of cold flavored 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… black clothes are not so good below the sun…" sighed Jon.

"Hungry!" said Adamantine.

"Thanks, Noah, you gave me the flavor I like too! Uwah, we are really like boyfriends now…" said Iris while blushing.

"I don't know your favorite flavor, 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 a large 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 a large group of monsters was killed, there would be a small window of time before a larger 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, glancing at the large 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 become 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 flawed. As long as you notice those mistakes and do everything you can to not commit 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.

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 frenetically 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, black-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 frenetically 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 its large head, tearing apart its hard exoskeleton and then falling back into the sand, as both beasts frantically fought against each other!

Clash! 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!

Slash! 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 black smoke, only for two more Giant Sand Worms to take their place and rush towards Noah and the rest!

However, that was not everything, as the Giant Black Scorpions began to use their tails as long whips, trying to attack Noah's party with poisonous whips!

Clash! Clash! Clash!

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 Black 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 Black Scorpion after Noah sliced off its tail and stinger!

Big Sis, Sakura, and Sugar had also been called out into this battle, as they combined 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 place 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 black thunder fell over a giant Antlion's head, blasting 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 keep coming! Keep fighting!" roared Iris at the side of Adamantane and Noah, as the trio of claw-users slashed 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 penetrate 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 Noah combine their strength to blast the Antlion's head into pieces!

Clash!

Thanks to Iris's amazing self-regeneration, Noah did not even have to worry so much about her receiving large 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 the last stand of Giant Desert Insects!

The last group standings were three Giant Sand Worm Leader and four Giant Black Scorpions Leaders, larger 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 slashing and dealing deep wounds, not the tender and slim flesh below such hard chitinous armor!

And after that, the last Giant Scorpion Leaders were mercilessly torn apart by constant long-ranged attacks and the bites of the Crimson Sea Snake Emperor!

Poof! Poof! Poof!

The last corpses turned into black 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 glanced at the enormous behemoth emerge from the dunes!

BOOM!

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 planes 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 a complete 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 become 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 a large 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 flashed with eerie crimson light, as it roared with all three of its mouths, glaring 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 glared 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 glanced 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 villains 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 encompassed 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 to come.

And only just a few seconds had passed since the creature emerged, however, these last seconds felt like an eternity.

They were so encapsulated 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 most comfortable fighting in!

Its wings were so enormous that each time they flapped, enormous waves of winds began to engulf the party, pushing them away as if it were a storm!

"This power… even the flap of its wings… This creature is a calamity 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, combining 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!

And lastly, several Auras that were made by the combination of several of his boosting skills emerged over him, as he resembled a knight of hell itself!

His claws grew larger and monstrous, and his eyes glowed with crimson light!

Using Crimson Flash 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 black thunder and enhancing her senses and speed!

"I am counting on all of you!" said Arthur, charging Corrosive miasma within his claws, 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 into large mechanical spider-like limbs surging from her back, each one shaping itself as sharp metallic blades!

"Are we really doing this!?" asked Sakura as she flew at the side of everyone else, raising her mechanical blade and force field shield!

"We don't get any other option, Sakura! Whatever Master says, we do it!" said Sugar, as she conjures several blades made of black 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 flapping 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 slashing attacks, and reaching the Chimera's lion head!