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"Jewel Spike!"
The Golem King suddenly shapeshifted his body, as sharp spikes all over his crystal body emerged, ad then extended, rushing towards Noah and the rest!
Noah began to think, the crystal of the damn Golem King was incredibly hard, it withstood his explosion of blood and only had one crack, perhaps destroying the spikes would be hard if he were to not go all out.
And so, he did.
In a split of a second, he activated Elemental Blood Gem Creation and Grotesque Vampire Soul Armor, combining them together into an enormous elemental blood gem armor covering his body, making him resemble a crimson knight!
Another split of a second after, he combined Elemental Blood Gem Creation with Blood Armament Creation, making up large cannons! Yes, cannons!
He charged the cannons with his very soul, the cannons were the size of cars!
The cannons aligned all around him, and then!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!
"W-What?!"
The enormous cannonballs coming from the elemental blood gem cannons began to blast away the jewel spikes! Such attacks were nothing else than Noah's very soul and element blood gems fused together into the strongest projectiles he could make, and as they were cannons, they flew with great weight and speed towards the spikes, blasting them into pieces!
Noah smiled, as he saw that these attacks were good enough to shatter the Golem King's resilient Jewel!
"Outstanding work, my husband! But let me give you a hand or two!" laughed Iris, as she infused her phantasmal aura into the large cannons, firing phantasmal cannonballs!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"Unngaagh…!"
As the Golem King was incredibly slowed down by the combination of Iris accursed Tattoos and Noah's curses, he was not able to evade in time, and was covered in cannonballs exploding all over his body, as he continuously tried to make up barriers with his jewels and unleash beams of light!
"Adamantine will play too!" said Adamantine, as she combined her magic with her soul materialization, generating a hybrid attack of pure magic and the System's Skills, firing it against the Golem King and blasting pieces off his body one by one!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"UNNGAAAGGH…!"
However, the strongest cannonballs were Noah, who glanced from above and kept firing cannonballs as if there was no tomorrow!
And then…!
"Excalibur!"
Excalibur came rotating through the air like a cursed weapon, reaching Noah's hand, as he began to charge his power into it!
As Iris and Adamantine kept overwhelming the Golem King, Noah started to charge a powerful attack!
The Golem King noticed Noah's plan, and decided to go all out!
"Nnnggaaahh! Jewel Core Sun!"
FLASH!
His entire jewel body began to flash immensely brightly, as he unleashed a powerful flash of light, and beams of light that could turn anything into ashes were unleashed everywhere!
Iris and Adamantine gritted their teeth at Noah's side, as the two girls unleashed a blast of their phantasmal flames and abyssal shadows against the Golem King, combining it and shaping it as a gigantic combination of their soul beasts, resembling a multi-tailed maddened wolf!
"GRROOOAARRR…!"
CLASH!
The enormous soul-beast combination stopped the powerful light momentarily, however, it was quickly consumed by it a few seconds after!
But that was enough time!
Noah smiled devilishly, as he conjured an infamous attack!
"Excalibur!"
FLASH!
A gigantic beam of darkness and crimson-red energy was unleashed from Excalibur, clashing against the enormous light emitted from the Golem King!
"Nnnggh…! Impossible! What kind of… power is that?!" asked the Golem King, he had never fought against someone so ridiculous to launch a beam of pure power against him!
CLASH!
The beam of darkness and crimson-red energy penetrated through the light made from the Golem King's body, engulfing it everything with its never-ending darkness!
Iris and Adamantine touched Noah's shoulders, infusing their soul into him, making the beam even deadlier!
FLASH!
"NNGAAAGHH…! No… I can't…!"
Crack, crack…!
The Golem King continued to resist, but the power was too much, and the enormous pressure and damage were cracking his body slowly!
"Nnngh…! No… NOOO!"
The Golem King gave a loud cry, his last will, as he infused his soul into his light, like a supernova, it exploded brightly all around him, fighting against Noah's power!
"Stop struggling! It is useless!" roared Noah, as Iris and Adamantine kept infusing their power into him, combining their souls with his as such power was showcased in Excalibur's beam of corrupted holy light, clashing against the light made of the Golem King's soul and body!
The arms of the Golem King trembled, as they shattered into pieces!
CRASH!
"Ah…! No… This is…!"
BOOM!
Without any support to resist enough, the beam of corrupted holy light hit him right into his torso and face, launching him into the ground, and pushing him deep underground!
"Unnngggh…! Beelzebub…! Master…! I am… sorry…" muttered the Golem King, as he began to recall his past.
Such as when he was found by his young master Beelzebub within the depths of mountains caves when he was but a small Earth Spirit that could barely move out of the walls of the cave…
Since the day he was picked up by that young demon that he promised to protect him, using his strong defenses, he slowly evolved alongside his master, fighting against many threats…
But now… everything was shattering, and his mind began to slowly blackout.
His entire body was shattered like fine and delicate glass, as he wished for the wellbeing of his master until his last moments.
CRASH!
The fragments of his body were all consumed by the powerful beam, and so was his soul!
Flash…!
The beam was stopped abruptly, as Noah, Iris, and Adamantine glanced from above with contempt.
"You did it," said Iris.
"It wouldn't be as swift without your help," said Noah, smiling back at Iris.
"No meat…" sighed Adamantine.
At the same time, several Cores appeared out of thin air one by one, tens after tens of A-Rank Attribute Cores, Ability Cores, and even Dropped Items!
Noah flew towards them and collected them quickly, as he called upon the soul of the Golem King by throwing it a drop of his blood.
Flash!
Suddenly, a phantasmal figure made of sharp jewels emerged, slowly being guided by Noah's guidance and without any way of fighting back against his encroachment!
"Nngh…! Agh…! W-What is this?! I am still… alive? No! I am dead… What… Master?! Where's… Agh…!"
"You've been given the grace of joining my husband! You should rejoice instead of doubt!" said Iris, using her phantasmal claws to grasp the soul of the Golem King and make him suffer a bit.
"Nnnggaaghh…! Stop! Stop…!"
The Golem King groaned in pain, as he quickly flew into the ground and kneeled.
"I will… serve you…." He muttered.
"Good, now, tell me all about your previous master. Be swift though!" said Noah.
"You mean Lord Beelzebub- I mean, Beelzebub? He's… an outstanding demon! My former master had a harsh life filled with hard times and-"
"Go to the point," said Noah.
"Y-Yes! He's the one within the castle! He's a Spectral Demon and stole the Bloodlines of two other Demon Families, his powers are nothing but outstanding!" said the Golem King.
"Hmph… I see… So this world is rather similar to Abyss…" said Noah.
"But instead of Vampires… there are only demons?" wondered the Blood Progenitor at the side of Noah.
Time rewinds itself a few minutes…
Right after Noah, Iris, and Adamantine blasted the Golem King away from the trio of Hidden Bosses to separate him from the rest, Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina rushed towards the Bee-Fly King to do the same thing!
Arthur unleashed a powerful beam of black light, while Timassa fired a gigantic black thunder arrow from her Bow Soul Weapon, meanwhile, Clementina summoned her Ice Blade Niflheim, and released two slashes of pure and freezing ice towards the boss.
"Hmph! Those feeble attacks won't be of any use against my Poison Magic!"
The Bee-Fly King quickly intercepted them, as he flew into the air and conjured several spells, blocking the attacks masterfully with giant barriers made of… poison!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
All of the attacks were blocked by the powerful barriers of acidic poison, as the Rose Vine Monster King tried to intervene, trying to inflict curses into Arthur and company while working together with the Bee-Fly King!
However, Jon, Sakura, Sugar, and Noire intervened!
Jon expanded his soul like a barrier, blocking the beams of curses fired from the many eyes of Rose Vine Monster King, surprising the monster with his immunity to curses, which he shielded with was considered a weak area of a living being, their soul!
The Rose Vine Monster King was shocked as it saw someone who was completely immune to his curses for the first time!
And then, Sakura, Sugar, and Noire combined their powers and Auras, fusing their souls together momentarily through techniques taught to them by Noah, as the three unleashed a beam of shadows, blacklight, and ice towards the Rose Vine Monster King, throwing him into the distance!
"Unnggrraaaggh…!"
"Good luck!" said Jon, as he quickly flew back to the robot girls while leaving Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina with the surprised Bee-Fly King, as he was just as surprised that someone easily blocked the deadly curses of his companion, who had brought entire armies down with his glare!
"I have to kill him right now!" thought the Bee-Fly King, trying to catch Jon as he conjured a beam of acidic poison against him!
"Who are you trying to attack?!" roared Arthur, he flew in front of the acidic poison beam and unleashed his soul beast, a grotesque and monstrous worm covered in poison, blocking the acid attack by… devouring it with the worm's mouth!
CLASH!
The Bee-Fly King was shocked, as it cleansed its multiple crimson lenses with its front limbs in surprise.
Arthur had just eaten his attack, the one that melted alive his foes thousands of times in the past!
This was utterly ridiculous!
How could this be possible?
Within the feeble mind of this creature, this was nothing he had ever imagined.
But after seeing the other boy blocking his ally's curses, he began to consider that these beings were easily shattering any common sense left within their minds anyways.
Arthur consumed the acid with his soul, as he is used it into his entire body and strengthened himself!
"Don't forget about us!" said Timassa.
"Well, it might be too late for you already!" said Clementina.
And without losing a single second, Timassa and Adamantine thundered towards the Bee-Fly King with all of their might!
Timassa covered herself in her Soul-Beast Armor, gaining large, falcon wings made of black thunder which helped her move through midair at a ridiculous speed.
And Clementina covered herself in her Soul-Beast Armor, gaining a sharp and refined armor, while also summoning her unicorn-like mount made of pure ice as well, which she used to gallop through the airs while leaving a trail of icy winds and snowflakes.
The two girls rushed near the Bee-Fly King without stopping, Timassa pointed her large Soul Weapon Bow against it and fired a small thunder arrow, which suddenly split into five, and then ten, and then twenty in mere seconds, raining over the body of the Bee-Fly with immense speed and piercing strength.
Clash! Clash! Clash! Clash!
Meanwhile, Clementina raised her Ice Rapier, Niflheim, as she concentrated a large number of icy winds around it, forming an icy wind storm, which she pointed at the Bee-Fly King, unleashing a powerful penetrating attack that resembled an enormous tornado of blue icy winds that also released sharp snowflakes hat could cut easily through steel!
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
With these two attacks coming from both his left and right side, the Bee-Fly King felt utterly overwhelmed, as his exoskeleton began to crack, he groaned in pain and quickly exerted his poisonous aura everywhere, darting away from the attacks!
FLASH!
Leaving a smoke of toxic gases, the Bee-Fly King sighed in relief, waving the staff he held in one of his six limbs and then generating over twenty magic circles!
"You are quite the fast and strong one-type, and I got the perfect thing for you! Even if you're immune to my poison, you won't be able to easily block this!" laughed the Bee-Fly King.
Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina quickly flew towards him, without waiting for him to unleash his magic!
"Oh no, you aren't!" said Arthur, waving his hand and generate several projectiles made of black light coated with his very soul!
Flash! Flash! Flash!
The projectiles were also made with natural magic, being able to disrupt other types of magic slightly.
This was enough, alongside Timassa and Clementina, who did similar attacks, to shatter some of the magic circles, surprising the hidden boss once more!
However, the hidden boss laughed nonetheless, as he activated the rest of the magic circles that the trio was not able to destroy in time!
Flash! Flash! Flash!
Suddenly, from within the magic circles, a wave of sticky and poisonous acidic slime emerged, shaping itself as tentacles, large jaws, giant claws, and more, the monstrous mass of purple-colored slime extended its limbs all over the battlefield!
"Haha! Tremble and despair! This is my Familiar Demonic Beast, the Acid Slime Legion! Made from thousands of unfortunate living beings that it has consumed, it constantly takes on all of its shapes, becoming a beautiful mass of gibbering slime so big that I can barely contain it within my pocket space! Now, my little summon, kill them!" laughed the Bee-Fly King, surprising Arthur and Company by summoning his Familiar!
The Acid Slime Legion began to float in midair, protecting its master as it extended its gibbering and slimy tentacles everywhere, trying to catch Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina!
However, Timassa coated herself in her black thunder and flew like a falcon, turning into her Soul-Beast form, she began to completely boil and vaporize the Acid Slime Legion's body, breaking it apart whenever she flew into!
Meanwhile, Clementina continued to gallop with her mount, unleashing icy winds everywhere and freezing the Acid Slime Legion, shattering its frozen, purple-colored slime into pieces, and throwing it into the floor!
And Arthur turned himself into his Soul-Beast form as well, becoming a gigantic and monstrous poisonous worm, slithering through the Acid Slime Legion with utmost ease as he devoured everything as if it were a snack!
"W-What?! No one has ever been able to boil, freeze, or eat my Familiar…!" said the Bee-Fly King in horror!
"I can see that your world is filled with weaklings," sighed Clementina flashing towards the large bug!
CLASH!
CLASH!
Clementina emerged right in front of the Bee-Fly King, raising her blade!
The Bee-Fly King groaned in fear as he quickly flew away, barely evading her flashing blade attack!
Dash!
"Nngh…! With you three, I'll have to go physical then!" said the Bee-Fly King, as he conjured magic and began to enhance his own body!
Flash!
As he flew away and evaded attacks, his entire physical body began to increase in size, doubling after a few seconds!
His exoskeleton began sharper and incredibly hard, his claws gained larger pincers with sharp teeth, and his stinger grew long like that of a scorpion.
SPARK!
Timassa reached the Bee-Fly King as she unleashed several arrows of black thunder against him!
"HAH!"
The Bee-Fly King, however, waved his pincer claws, as the black thunder was blocked by them, which he covered in a thick aura of mana!
CLASH!
"Oh?"
Timassa was a bit surprised over the Hidden Boss sudden powerup, but they were not going to give him any time to breathe!
Clementina rushed to his back as she unleashed a wave of ice towards the Bee-Fly King, rushing through the air and reaching him, hitting him right into his back!
CLASH!
"Nngh?!"
The Bee-Fly King felt the strong ice attack hit his back, which was strong enough to freeze his exoskeleton in a second!
However, he quickly unleashed a wave of mana and destroyed the ice, flying away from Clementina's deadly ice as he decided to attack Timassa!
Timassa smiled as Arthur emerged right below her, protecting her in his worm form!
BOOM!
The two enormous bugs began to fight!
Arthur used his razor-sharp teeth and spiraling jaws to bite and grind the hard exoskeleton of the Bee-Fly King, while the Bee-Fly King used his sharp pincer claws to tear apart Arthur's Soul-Beast materialized body!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
Arthur quickly began to entangle the Bee-Fly King's needle, however, the needle was suddenly launched like a missile, flying towards Timassa!
"Black Thunder Catastrophe!"
Timassa conjured one of her strongest hybrid attacks combining her natural magic and her Skills, and unleashing a powerful beam of black thunder towards the enormous missile-like needle!
CLASH!
The needle easily shattered into pieces, but suddenly exploded as if it were a bomb!
"What?"
Timassa was caught by the surprise, but Clementina quickly flew near her and protected her with a large barrier made of pure and solid ice!
BOOM!
Meanwhile, Arthur continued to wrestle against the Bee-Fly King, the two began to roll over the ground, shaking the ground with their attacks!
The Bee-Fly King was already shrouded in large wounds by Arthur's Soul-Beast jaws, and Arthur continued to destroy his body with all of his might, unleashing slashing attacks with claws he made up from his blood, and also by piercing the open wounds with projectiles made of black light!
"Unngraaaaaagghh…! Y-You're a resilient bastard!" roared the Bee-Fly King, punching Arthur's Soul-Beast form, which seemed completely unfazed by his attacks, as if it were laughing at him!
Arthur continuously wrapped his soul beast body around the hidden boss, maintaining it over the ground as Timassa and Clementina finally reached it, charging all of their power!
Timassa unleashed several arrows made of black thunder, and Clementina fired dozens of gigantic weapons made of ice!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"UNNNGGRRRYYAAAAHHH…! STOP… UAAGGH..!"
The Bee-Fly cried with pain and agony as his entire body was fried alive and then frozen and shattered, as Arthur quickly used the long worm's tail to slap the Bee-Fly King into the ground several times!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"UUUGGAAGGH…!"
The Bee-Fly King gave a last cry of pain as his entire body was crushed into the ground, splattering all over as green juices and gusts came out of it!
"Y-You damn…! Ungh…"
The Bee-Fly King cursed the last time, as he perished!
Arthur quickly went back to his human form, catching a little break.
"Ungh…! Being in that form really makes me uncomfortable…" he sighed.
"Good work, Arthur-sama," said Timassa.
"Indeed, we did good, now let's go regroup with the rest!" said Clementina, leading the trio.
Meanwhile, as Arthur, Timassa, and Clementina finished off the Bee-Fly King, Jon, and the robots had begun their fight against the Rose Vine Monster King a few minutes ago.
After Sakura, Sugar, and Noire combined their powers into a blast of elements, the Rose Vine Monster King was thrown into the air, being separated from his group.
Viciously chasing him were Jon and the robots, as the Hidden Boss struggled to take ahold of the ground while being thrown away.
The freezing ice attribute attack that Sakura generated began to freeze his vines, making many of them shatter and fall apart.
However, the monster was resilient, quickly regrowing new vines and then piercing the dirt with them, finally stabilizing itself, as it began to expand all over the ground.
"Come at me then!" he roared as Jon simply glanced at him to begin attacking!
Flash!
Suddenly, two more eye-shaped paintings emerged over Jon's forehead, as he activated all of his Evil Eyes at once!
Evil Eye of Soul Drain, Evil Eye of Spatial Distortion, Evil Eye of Horrifying Madness, and Evil Eye of Gravity, all at once!
"Nnnggg?!"
The Rose Vine Monster King was showered by powerful curses, one of them that constantly drained his vitality and mana, another that was slowly distorting space over its body, which forced it to move away all the time and never catch a break, another that affected its minds, and a fourth that occasionally changed gravity around!
Although it possessed Evil Eyes as well, the Hidden Boss was not immune to effects such as these, which were not really curses but more like external effects produced by the use of the eyes!
It was different from its own eyes, and perhaps even more superior!
Small areas around its body were constantly twisting around, as space distorted and decimated a tiny portion of its body!
Alongside this, gravity was changing constantly, and the hidden boss was not able to keep complete balance, being forced to stick into the ground, but that would also force it to not be able to move swiftly, becoming a target for spatial distortion.
Additionally, its vitality and mana were slowly being drained bit by bit, although it was not enough to die out of it, as it was exceedingly slow.
And the erosion into his mind was almost non-existent, as this entity was a monster whose mind was already grotesque, so Jon quickly decided to not use this last eye, and used another!
Evil Cursed Eyebeam!
Jon began to shower the Rose Vine King with beams of his eyes, as the robots finally reached it!
Flash! Flash! Flash!
Projectiles of ice, blades made of black light, and grotesque claws made of shadows began to fall over it, alongside light bullets, and magic cannon attacks!
"It seems that Jon has been handling things quite well!" said Sakura.
"Indeed, he's very strong," said Sugar.
"Good work," said Noire.
Being praised by the robot girls, Jon couldn't help but blush a little bit.
"I don't think I would be able to take it down on my own, thanks for your help…" he said politely, as the Rose Vine King roared in anger!
Being covered on ice, being sliced by blades of black light, and being slashed by claws made of shadows, while also being damaged by distortion attacks, and light bullets definitely told the Rose Vine Monster King that today was not his day.
Especially by how his Vitality and Mana were being drained constantly, or how gravity was sometimes distorting and not working in his favor…
However, it was not going down without a fight!
"YOU DAMN INVADERS! Coming to my lord's property and killing our allies…! And now you dare put me in such situations?! UNGRAH!"
The Rose Vine Monster King roared, as his vines began to grow wildly everywhere, and then…!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
All the large spikes spread over its vines began to be fired like projectiles out of its body, reaching Jon and the robots constantly!
"So it can shot those things like bullets…!" said Sakura.
"Let me help!" Sugar quickly raised her mechanical arms as several projectors of black light were constructed over her body through her mechanical shape-shifting, which were infused with her mana. A second after, a large holographic barrier emerged out of her body, although it was as solid as a material, and it was made of the same black light she wielded.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The needles began to impact the barrier immediately, however, it began to crack rather rapidly!
"Haha! Do you think that feeble barrier can fight against my needles? I have slain armies with them!" laughed the Rose Vine Monster King, as he infused more strength into his needles, managing t break through Sugar's barrier!
Clash! Clash! Clash!
The spikes began to fall over the group as they evaded, however, they could, but the constant damage being inflicted on them was being regenerated through their natural regeneration capabilities. Even the robots were able to repair themselves through magic as if they were made of nanobots, and Jon possessed the Undying Body Skill, and even if he was constantly pierced by the needles, he was able to regenerate at the expense of mana.
The group began to fly around the Rose Vine King while shielding themselves as much as they could from his attacks, and showering him with everything they had!
"GRAH! Even those weird golems can regenerate?!"
The Rose Vine King seemed dumbfounded, and decided to unleash his next attack!
Controlling the vines he had put underground, he suddenly began to move them upwards, using them as strong spears coming from the ground and aiming at them!
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
Sharp vines began to surge from the ground continuously, aiming at Jon and the robots!
As the battle continued, the Rose Vine King began to gain an advantage, as the group had to run around while attacking him, but due to his vine regeneration, he could simply cut off any wounds and keep growing bigger.
Until Jon finally activated something he was preparing.
His four eyes opened wide as several runes emerged around his body, a second after, a large magic circle suddenly emerged right below the hidden boss!
"W-What?!"
"Curse Magic: Sealing Curse!"
"C-Curse Magic?!"
The Rose Vine King was surprised! This youngling knew such an advanced curse magic spell!
Through his magic training with Merlin and Noah, Jon discovered many ways to use his rare Curse Attribute Affinity, one of them, was to obviously inflict curses!
Curses came in all shapes and forms, and although there were beings that could be immune to some, they could not possibly be immune to all of them, and not to mention curse magic, which was even more occult!
Jon trained diligently and slowly began to learn spells from the various books within Arthur's father's treasury, which contained spell books of many elements, Curse Magic included.
Although at the moment, the one he was better at was… this one.
Noah had told him that sealing magic could be incredibly useful and that if he were to train it well, it would come in handy in many situations.
The Rose Vine King saw as the magic circle expanded, and he tried to run away from it!
However, Sakura, Sugar, and Noire surrounded him and began to shower him with a variety of attacks, stopping his tracks and trapping him over the magic circle!
"Argh! No!"
The Rose Vine King groaned, but Jon had already finished the incantation and the rune creation, and suddenly, a strong force began to envelop his entire viny body!
As if he was getting tightly wrapped in rope, his entire vines were stopped from moving, and his entire body was trapped in that same spot!
"The stronger they are the less they can be kept sealed… but for now, this should do," said Jon, as he activated other skills!
"Now, girls, finish him off!" said Noire.
"Nnngh…! Damn curse caster!" roared the Rose Vine King, his curses were ineffective against all of them, so his greatest weapons were useless, and his vine body was locked into the sealing spell, he was done for!
A gigantic iceberg fell over him, freezing him all over, a large blade of blacklight sliced through all the wrapped-up vines, and a mass of shadows with various claws began to slash and ravage it all over!
CLASH! SLASH! BOOM!
"UNNNNGGGRYYAAAHH…! Stop! Stop you damn…!" groaned the Rose Vine King, as he suddenly saw something even more horrifying!
A large mass of hundreds of eyes covered in a slimy ooze, with long and slimy tentacles, glared at him!
This was Jon's Soul-Beast Form Materialization!
In this form, he had many eyes, but this put a great burden on his mind and soul, so he could not use them continuously!
But for this occasion, it was necessary.
"One Hundred Cursed Eyes and… Evil Eye Beam,"
Combining both Skills, he unleashed one hundred beams from his hundreds of eyes, crushing the hidden boss!
Flash! Flash! Flash! Flash!
"T-This is ridiculous! J-Just what are youuuuuuu?! Nnnghh…! M-Master…!" groaned the Rose Vine King, as the laser beams burnt through his entire body, his vines disintegrated, and his soul cried in pain!
BOOOM!
After the loud explosion, only the burnt remains of the hidden boss remained, as several cores began to emerge one by one, alongside some dropped items.
"What am I? Well… Not even I know anymore…" sighed Jon.
Noah quickly gathered with everyone else after all three of the Hidden Bosses were defeated.
Everyone seemed particularly tired for a bit, so Noah told them to rest while drinking a lot of stockpiled blood everyone had, while he commanded the Blood Servants to gather all the loot dropped through the large battle.
There were still some monsters roaming around but they were being promptly taking care of, as Noah continued to raise more Blood Servants. Now that he didn't even need the monsters to have proper blood, he could raise Blood Servants from literally anything as long as he dropped his won blood into their souls.
And like this, the Blood Soul Servants of the Bee-Fly King, the Golem King, and the Rose Vine King emerged.
Ding!
[You have raised the following Blood Soul Servants]
[Blood Soul Servant Crimson Crystal Earth Spirit: Elite General] [Golem King]
[Blood Soul Servant Giant Bloody Rose Vine Beast: Elite General] [Rose Vine King]
[Blood Soul Servant Crimson Nether Bug: Elite General] [Bee-Fly King]
Noah smiled as he saw their enormous bodies materialize through crystalized blood, their presences and domineering auras were immense, it was to be expected of Elite General Blood Soul Servants, although Scarlet (not present) and Pride were stronger, being Grand Elite General and Great Elite General, respectively.
After fully undergoing the transition into Blood Soul Servants, their doubt or loyalty to their previous master was completely gone, and now they saw Noah as their master and the one they needed to serve the most.
Meanwhile, piles after piles of Attribute Value Cores, Ability Cores, and Dropped Items were being accumulated at the side and quickly stored inside of Noah's Flesh and Blood Realm, as there were so many that not even the Dimensional Storage Rings could store it all.
Amongst the dropped items there were some interesting things, such as Mana and Health Potions, which were of A-Grade and held great value, selling at high prices in the market, there were also the very rare Elixirs, which could heal both and also negative status effects, and lastly, there were Panaceas, which healed any status effect and gave anyone that drank them a one-hour buff that increased their resistance to negative status effects.
As Noah glanced at the items, the group slowly marched towards the castle, which was surrounded by an invisible barrier a few minutes ago, but now it had mysteriously disappeared.
"My lord, Beelzebub, our previous master, is a deadly demon!" said the Golem King.
"That's right, it possesses a powerful soul, which he can materialize as a specter to aid him in battle!" said the Rose Vine King.
"Alongside that, Beelzebub has absorbed two other Demon Bloodlines, and he is capable of manipulating his own blood as weapons while being able to control shadows!" said the Bee-Fly King.
"Eeh? Specters? Shadows? Blood? Isn't he copying my husband though?" asked Iris.
"Indeed… he kinds of has similar powers to Noah-sama," said Arthur.
"That's quite something… Wait, isn't that dangerous? If he's as powerful… as our lord… No, that can't possibly be. Our lord is unique," said Timassa.
"A mere faker will not win over me. Although it might become tricky to fight someone that uses similar abilities to me, we are clearly different at the end…" said Noah.
"Please, don't underestimate Beelzebub, our dear master…" said the Golem King.
"Be well prepared," said the Bee-Fly King.
"Of course, I like to always be very well prepared, and… I have a nice idea in how to use you three for that purpose…" said Noah while smirking maliciously, the three Blood Soul Servants that originally served Beelzebub glanced at each other, wondering what malicious plan their new master had in mind.
Meanwhile, within the largest hall inside the castle, a handsome demon sat down over a throne, seemingly frustrated, tired, and bored.
However, his eyes seemed to be flashing with a strong bloodthirst, and anger.
His sharp fangs were gritting tightly, and his hands grasping the throne until it began to crack.
He had felt it, through the connection he made with them, as a tamer, he had felt their lives… disappearing.
The Accursed Tree King, the Rose Vine King, the Bee-Fly King, and the Golem King, all four of them had died.
If it were not because he was a man that prioritized rage and revenge over sorrow, he would be crying right now… but he only felt bitter anger like never before.
It all happened way too quickly.
After triumphing over the Army of the Blood Demons, Beelzebub had decided to settle down for some years and improve his Body and Soul Cultivation, slowly reaching the power to become an Archdemon.
However, out of nowhere, a wave of miasma hit his world and brought forth strange disturbances in space and time. Gates began to emerge everywhere, monsters from other worlds emerged, and there were also special places where anomalies in space and time entrapped certain monsters or even other demons into what was called "dungeons".
Form such dungeons, gates would open, but instead of other monsters, humans would emerge, which called themselves Hunters.
Beelzebub had heard of such things but had begun to employ the monsters that emerged from gates to his advantage, gathering the resources they dropped… However, without any previous warning, he was suddenly entrapped in such a space, a dungeon.
He was suddenly forced to remain within his castle, he was bound into this place and so were his armies of monsters, and even his generals…
And now, his turn had come, and invaders from another world had come to slaughter him.
He couldn't help but feel like fate was playing against him, that after reaching so far he would end up dying miserably like a monster...
But no…
He was not going to die.
He was going to use everything he had to defeat them.
He was going to avenge his soldiers, his generals, and to regain his pride as a Demon!
Perhaps if he were to triumph, he would be finally given the chance to escape this accursed prison, or even storm the world of such invaders…
Yes, he was not going to stop, if they slaughtered his people and allies, he would do the same, he would not easily settle down by killing them, slaughtering their entire race didn't sound too bad… perhaps even taking over the entirety of that world didn't sound that bad either!
If he was going to be forced to go to another world, he was going to make it worthwhile!
Suddenly, the doors to his hall began to open slowly, as Beelzebub suddenly was given the freedom to walk again out of his throne.
He squinted his eyes as he quickly began to unleash his Aura, his entire body being covered on his Spectral Soul, as if a wailing and monstrous ghost covered his body and protected it, giving him a boost to all of his capabilities.
Additionally, shadows began to emerge from below his feet, beginning to move like tentacles.
The Demon's crimson eyes glanced at the doors open, as he felt three strong presences entering…
However, these visitor's appearances surprised him…
The Golem King, the Rose Vine King, and the Bee-Fly King, although they were now completely red, they were still completely recognizable as his generals…
"W-What? What is the meaning of this? Didn't you… die?!"
Beelzebub glanced with surprise and awe at what he was seeing, his sight could not deceive him, those he thought were dead were actually right in front of him!
"W-What? You… All of you… You're… alive?" muttered Beelzebub.
"Why yes… We have been enlightened, Beelzebub!" laughed the Golem King, shining with bright crimson light.
"This is the grace of our new lord, Noah-sama!" laughed the Rose Vine King, expanding its crimson-red vines.
"Our master is a benevolent being, he says that you can join us by serving him… after dying, of course!" said the Bee-Fly King, conjuring magic.
"What? The invaders revived you? What kind of crazed necromancy is this?!" said Beelzebub, gritting his teeth as he was attacked by the Rose Vine King's bloody vines, which were now incredibly resilient!
CLASH!
Beelzebub unleashed his spectral soul over his body, generating large shadow claws and intercepting the vines, but many of them still reached his humanoid body and began to entangle him!
"Y-You…! I will free you from this!" roared Beelzebub, unleashing several spears made of shadows and impaling his former ally, the Rose Vine King, clashing through his crimson body as he saw that his wounds released crimson-colored phantom essence.
"What kind of beings have you become?" asked Beelzebub, raising his spectral claws, and slashing the Rose Vine King into pieces!
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
"Unnggryyarr…!"
Its crimson-colored phantasmal body fell over the ground into pieces, as Beelzebub was suddenly hit by a powerful ray of crimson light!
CLASH!
"Unngaggh…!"
Beelzebub vomited a mouthful of blood, as he was directly crushed into the wall by the force of the light attack, which began to burn through his skin!
He glanced at its origin, the Golem King, who was shining brightly on his Core Form, which seemed to be made entirely out of crimson crystal now!
"Let us free you from this mortal flesh!" laughed the Bee-Fly King, as he conjured several magic circles, where the slimy poisonous red-colored poison came from, shaping as bullets and falling over Beelzebub as he was engulfed by the bright crimson light of the Golem King!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"Unnngaagh…! Everyone…" muttered Beelzebub, feeling doubt at attacking his former allies and the only ones he considered his friends.
However, he quickly unleashed part of his true power, generating a wave of spectral shadows and consuming the crimson light made by the golem king, as he directed his hands to the Bee-Fly King, unleashing a beam of darkness and crimson-red energy!
CLASH!
BOOM!
As the Golem King fell over the ground alongside the Bee-Fly King, Beelzebub braced himself, rushing towards the Golem King and raising his legs, enhancing them with his spectral soul and unleashing a barrage of powerful kicks over it, quickly shattering the Golem King into pieces!
CRASH!
Afterward, he rushed towards the Bee-Fly King, as the beast greeted him with several crimson-colored stingers which were fired at him like missiles.
Beelzebub enhanced his own body through his blood manipulation, making his blood run faster as he waved his claws and destroyed the stingers, reaching the Bee-Fly King and then punching it several times, while also kicking it and slashing it with his spectral soul.
CLASH! CRASH!
"GAAAKHHH…!"
The Bee-Fly King was crushed into pieces and splattered over the ground!
"Hahh… Hahh…"
Beelzebub glanced at the bloody, phantom-covered corpses of his former allies, gritting his teeth as he gasped for air.
"What have I done…" he sighed, he glanced at his own hands trembling.
And then…!
FLASH!
For a split of a second, Beelzebub lowered his guard, and Noah immediately used this opportunity to launch an attack at him!
He used Excalibur itself, which was able to fly at immense speeds!
It flashed like a ray of darkness and crimson-red light, reaching Beelzebub without him being able to completely react in time, even though he did perceive it midway through his body!
CLASH!
The blade broke through the wind and impaled Beelzebub's chest, crushing him into the wall with a loud explosion!
BOOM!
"Unnggrraaaaaagghh…!"
Beelzebub vomited a mouthful of blood, his entire chest was blasted open as his heart and lungs were destroyed, his entire body was spasming, his eyes red-shot, and directly closed into Noah and his army who had emerged right before him!
"Y-You…!" muttered Beelzebub, but Noah didn't even give him a second to talk anymore, he had to be merciless and quicky, and get over with this Boss as fast as possible!
Controlling Excalibur while he generated dozens of projectiles made of elemental blood gems covered in red flames, Noah showered Beelzebub with attacks from all sides, crushing his limbs and splattering his body through the entire castle, while using Excalibur to slash through his entire body and blast him with corrupted holy light!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Beelzebub's entire body was being thrown away into the air and the castle, as he screamed in agony!
"Unngaaaggh…! W-What is this!?" Y-Youuu…!"
Beelzebub, who was mostly crushed to bits ad having his head barely intact and his neck left, suddenly roared in anger, surprising Noah, and everyone due to his amazing resilience, even after being crushed like this he was surviving?!
CLASH!
Suddenly, black thunder fell from the sky, as the entire castle began to fall apart!
Noah and everyone quickly ran away from the castle, while glancing from far away.
"Did he die?" asked Arthur.
"No, I can feel it, he's still alive!" said Iris.
"Yeah, just like his friends, he has prepared a second form for us, how nice of him!" said Noah while smiling bitterly.
BOOM!
The large pile of castle boulders and ruins exploded, as gigantic muscular arms covered in black scales emerged, alongside an enormous and muscular body reaching around 4 meters tall!
It was immensely muscular, covered in black scales and glowing crimson red jewels, his hands had sharp claws alongside his feet, and he had a long and sharp tail. With a face that looked like that of an ugly orc, four blazing crimson eyes, and two gigantic black-colored hours spiraling into the skies, it was Beelzebub's "true form"!
"So you're the ones that did all of this…! Behold my true form, this is my Pseudo-Archdemon Transformation, which I can only achieve momentarily, but it is enough to crush you!" said Beelzebub.
"Are you so idiot to tell us that your power is temporal? Don't you fear that we will stall for time until it wears off?" asked Noah cheekily, which took Beelzebub aback for a second.
"I don't care because I will crush your skull before that happens!" roared Beelzebub, rushing towards the party at an incredibly fast speed!
However, Noah smiled as he pointed his hands at him!
"Come out, everyone!" he laughed, as all the Blood Soul Servants from all the monsters here he raised alongside the ones he already had, which he saved inside his Inner Realm of Flesh and Blood were suddenly released in a flood of crimson blood and red phantom!
SPLASH!
The gigantic sea of blood and red phantom made of countless Blood Soul Servants fell over Beelzebub, stopping him from his tracks as hundreds of tentacles made of blood grabbed him and began to entangle his body, tightly gripping him!
He roared, unleashing his attacks, and crushing many Blood Servants, but more continued to attack him, desperately holding him tightly while sacrificing themselves to some buying time!
"Ungrraaarrrrgh! You bastard, such underhanded methodssss…!" roared Beelzebub, feeling frustrated that Noah wouldn't dare fight him head-on!
"Hah! After all, what matter is winning, not how you do it!" laughed Noah.
"UNNNGRRAAAGGH…!"
Beelzebub was being held back by a sea of blood and crimson phantoms, countless Blood Soul Servants made from the corpses and souls of all his fallen army members, all of them merging together monstrously as they entangled his body and sacrificed themselves to not let their former master go!
"Unnggh…! You damn schemer! Fight me like a man!" roared Beelzebub, although Noah and everyone at his side glanced at him with contempt, readying Magic Spells.
"At the end, what really matters is winning, Beelzebub, not how you achieve it!" laughed Noah, his twisted pride as a Vampire was not like many other beings, as he held pride in acting treacherously to achieve victory, and took more pride into achieving victory rather than how he achieved it.
Anything would do, and being a scumbag was not out of the question.
Playing with the feelings of Beelzebub as he forced him to fight his former allies, which finally managed him to get a head-start by letting him lower his guard, and then almost decimating him with all he had, these were normal things which he, as a Malicious Vampire, took pride on.
And now that he got to know that Beelzebub transformation had a time limit, he decided to stall for time while entrapping him in what he called as a "Blood Sea Legion", a technique he employed by temporarily fusing all the Blood Servants within his possession, generating an enormous mass of blood and red phantom which could regenerate constantly and pretty much trap anything it could take ahold of.
It was way more effective than blood prison, as blood prison could be easily broken and had a cooldown, while this thing could regenerate constantly and adapt to the body of what was trying to entrap.
"GRAAH! GRROAARR…!"
Beelzebub roared monstrously as he unleashed all the power he had, blasting away large pieces of the Blood Sea Legion constantly!
However, the strongest blood Soul Servants that Noah had were also within this mass of blood servants, which employed their superior strength, fusing it together to slash, pierce, and bite him!
The dozens of heads of Pride constantly tried to tear down Beelzebub's body, while also firing crimson breath that burnt through his flesh, which was regenerating constantly through the regeneration capabilities that the Pseudo-Archdemon transformation granted.
Aside from them, there was also Greed which shaped the blood servants as sharp crystal spears and blades coated in elements, piercing, and tearing down Beelzebub alongside Pride.
Beelzebub's soul grew larger and angered as time went by, becoming a monstrous demonic specter that fought against the Blood Sea Legion with everything it had!
However, Noah and company wouldn't stand there watching, they had already readied their Magic Spells, countless projectiles made of genuine magic no generated from the system began to fall over Beelzebub, from shadow spears, black thunderbolts, blades of ice, sealing curse bullets, poisonous rays, black spears, and more!
CLASH! CLASH CLASH!
Noah constantly received the Mana of Jon as the young Dhampir continuously drank Elixirs and Mana Potions which they had a large pile of, while also draining whatever he could muster from Beelzebub, although he seemed to be fairly resistant to draining attacks.
As Noah was being constantly poured with Mana, he continuously kept the Blood Sea Legion regenerating, checkmating Beelzebub into being forced into a situation where he could not do anything to fight back nor escape!
And as this happened, all of these non-system spells fell over him, constantly damaging him!
And if that were not enough, Excalibur was constantly piercing his body and crushing him into the ground! This was way too much of a one-sided battle!
The prideful demon roared in frustration, all of what he had built up until this moment was completely useless!
His frustration resonated through the entire wasteland, as his soul roared monstrously, suddenly exploding!
BOOOM!
"Oh?"
The Blood Sea Legion exploded as well, being torn apart, and splattered everywhere, finally freeing Beelzebub!
Excalibur flashed towards Beelzebub, but he suddenly flew directly towards Noah while unleashing his Spectral Soul in all of its splendor, resembling another demon of its own floating above Beelzebub, roaring at him as it conjured gigantic spears of shadows!
Noah smiled, however, as he already had weakened the demon enough!
He quickly activated the Blood Scion and Blood Beast Transformation Skills, transforming into a gigantic demonic fiend of a similar size and intimidating appearance to Beelzebub, but he possessed large bat-like wings and pale-white skin, although his entire body was incredibly muscular to the point of being grotesque!
CLASH!
Noah unleashed his Blood Soul Beast, as gigantic crimson tentacles emerged from his body like an aura, attacking the spectral soul of Beelzebub and throwing the demon into the ground with a strong punch!
CLASH!
The punch hit Beelzebub right into his nose, breaking it and leaving his entire face swelled up and bloody!
BOOM!
The large body of Beelzebub fell into the ground, leaving a large crater, as Noah flew towards him while wielding Excalibur, and charging power into it!
FLASH!
"EXCALIBUR!"
A gigantic beam of darkness and crimson light came from the blade as Noah slashed with all the power of his transformation, crushing Beelzebub into the ground even more!
BOOOOOM!!!
"UNNNNGGRRRUUOOOOOHHH…!"
Beelzebub roared in anger and monstrous fierceness, as he unleashed all of his spectral soul, shadows, and blood powers, showering Noah with projectiles of all these elements while resisting as much as he could!
However, Iris and company wouldn't stand by and watch, they began to quickly shower Beelzebub with their magic as well, interrupting his concentration into targeting Noah, as Noah took this opportunity to fly down towards him and crush his face with his foot!
CRASH!
"UNNGRRYAAGH…!"
Beelzebub vomited blood as a bit of skull cracked, and Noah raised Excalibur again, stabbing Beelzebub's head with it multiple times ruthlessly!
"It is over, Beelzebub!" he said, crushing and slicing his skull into pieces!
"Y-Youuu… Bastard…! GRRAAGGHGGAAGGHH…!"
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
SPLAT!
Beelzebub's head exploded into pieces, splattering all over the place, as he went back to his normal form… well, his corpse.
Noah did so as well, as he sat down over the corpse while sighing in relief.
A pile of Cores and Dropped Items emerged out of thin air afterward, as Noah smiled and then said the magic words.
"Rise…"
Noah immediately decided to raise the Blood Soul Servant of Beelzebub after his entire body was splattered all over the place.
Dropping a bit of his blood over it, a humanoid mass of blood and crimson phantom emerged, quickly shaping into the appearance of Beelzebub, resembling a tall man of almost two meters, sharp crimson eyes, long silvery white hair, and refined clothes that a duke on ancient times would wear.
In a way, he kind of looked like the Blood Progenitor, but Noah decided to not point that out.
[You have raised the [Blood Soul Servant Spectral Demon Lord: Grand Elite General]!]
"Spectral Demon Lord…" thought Noah, noticing that this blood servant was indeed a very strong one! The aura he exuded was immense and filled with a spectral presence!
Beelzebub glanced at Noah to his eyes with the same sharpness as before… however, a second ago, he smiled gently.
"My lord, thanks for giving me such an opportunity, I shall serve you for eternity…" he said without doubting for a single moment, kneeling in the ground pathetically before Noah.
"Good. See? I even got your friends here, there was no need to cry so much," said Noah, as the other Monster Kings were already recovered, flying towards Beelzebub.
"Ooh! I see, so they're all here to serve you, my lord!" said Beelzebub.
"Indeed… In fact, why don't you all become one for me?" asked Noah.
"Ooh! Right away my lord!" said the Bee-Fly King.
"Yes! Immediately!" said the Rose Vine Monster King.
"Without a doubt!" said the Golem King.
"Yes, please, join with me. Perhaps unified as one we can be of more use to our lord!" said Beelzebub, as the four merged in an instant, while Noah sprinkled some more of his blood, a few magic materials, and smaller Blood Soul Servants into the recipe, until finally!
Flash!
A new Blood Soul Servant was born, and this one… exuded an incredibly strong aura!
His appearance was… almost the same as Beelzebub, but now, he had large fly-like wings behind his back, a crown made of crimson horns atop his head, sharp claws made of scarlet jewels, and his clothes were all made of spiky vines.
Ding!
[You have created the [Blood Soul Servant Spectral Chimera Demon Lord: Marshal Grade]!]
"Excellent! A new Grade above Grand Elite General… this power… it is almost reaching S-Rank?" wondered Noah, as he decided to name his new creation as Gluttony.
"Your new name shall be Gluttony. Make sure to serve me well," said Noah.
"Yes, my lord," said Gluttony as he kneeled politely.
"Amazing, a new one for the group… With that, is there any other Sin you're missing?" wondered Iris.
"Sloth is the only one missing I believe… Though the names are merely flavor, I don't know they hold much meaning other than that. Nonetheless, if I manage to have all Sins as Generals it would certainly be quite fitting for me… Perhaps if I could attain some kind of ability related to them, greater things might be achieved. Well, for the moment we are done here, the dungeon itself is beginning to fragment as we defeated the true Final Boss, quickly pack things together, ad let's get out!" said Noah, as everyone else began to quickly save all the loot harvested.
Piles after piles of Attribute Value Cores of A-Rank, alongside Ability Cores, Dropped Items, and more were harvested, which Noah saved all inside his Inner Realm of Flesh and Blood.
With this… he and everyone else was finally stepping into S-Rank after consuming them!
And the amounts were exceedingly generous, there was enough for everyone if not even more!
Noah had even thought about sealing Beelzebub castle to continuously farm Cores, but due to the emergency of the situation, he needed to just kill him to make the gate inside the city disappear.
After having everything packed up, Noah and his group said their farewells to their first A-Rank Dungeon, and of the world of Demons that seemed to have appeared inside.
"Perhaps we might one day come back here…" thought Noah with a pleasant smile, appearing within the busy city of Sector D, it had only been around one hour and a half since he entered into the Dungeon, a time record for a group of A-Rank Hunters to complete the Dungeon!
Everyone around had already brought back cameras, as the people glanced with awe as the group of Vampires (who went back to their human appearances), emerged out of the gate, which quickly fragmented and disappeared!
"T-They're back already?!"
"Only one hour and some minutes… Unbelievable…"
"They completed the Dungeon in such a little time…"
"Amazing! Amazing…! The Noctem Family is really… amazing!"
"Maybe they really said the truth! They will save Sector D!"
"Kyaaaa~! Arthur is so handsome!"
"Uwah! Clementina's sharp gaze is so charming! She's going to freeze my heart!
Not only the reporters were surprised but many bystanders who had sneaked around, there were even some admirers to the boys of the group… and for the girls as well.
Noah smiled at the cameras with a shit-eating grin.
"So? What did you think? Do you still believe that what I said was a lie?" he said, leaving the cameras away and walking with the rest of his group, as he saw many other Vampires jumping out of B-Rank Gates, several of them had already been cleaned as well ad started to fragment away, creating a big commotion all around!
"What do we do now? Should we go take a small break before entering into another Dungeon again?" asked Iris.
"Yes, let's go back home for an hour or two, and then let's come back, we shall finish off an S-Rank Dungeon after we increase in strength a bit," said Noah, as Noire appeared at his side and expanded her shadows, putting everyone inside and then moving back to their territory in around 3 minutes.
Finally reaching Scarlet, the large castle greeted her master.
"Master, you're back! Amazing! Are you S-Rank now?" it asked.
"Soon enough, Scarlet," said Noah as he smiled. The group quickly walked back to the castle and then relaxed for a bit, everyone except the robots decided to go take a bath first, including Noah and Iris, who rushed into the bathroom and got out all the sweat and blood they had over their bodies, while also expressing some of their love for each other I the meantime.
After around twenty minutes, they were already done and quickly dressed back, walking downstairs, and then finally getting to the juicy stuff.
Noah quickly released the pile of Cores and items over the hall, as the group glanced with wonder and greediness, this was the fruit of their combined effort, and there was enough to spare!
Everyone grabbed a large pile for themselves, enough to get all of their stats at 2400, the necessary numerical value to become an S-Rank Hunter!
Noah glanced at the pile of glowing crystal spheres that shined with a bright crimson-red color, these were the colors of A-Rank Attribute Value Cores.
To become S-Rank, an A-Rank Hunter needed to gather and absorb A-Rank Attribute Value Cores, and then after reaching S-Rank, they would need to gather S-Rank Attribute Value Cores and so on…
Although Noah was looking far and wide into the horizon, becoming S-Rank was already an amazing achievement!
A-Rank Hunters were already seen as the elite of the world of the apocalypse.
However, S-Rank Hunters were beyond this, seen internationally as one of the strongest people in the world, there were only a few per Sector, usually not being over 20 within thousands of people.
S-Rank Hunters possessed all kinds of unique abilities, due to their rareness, only those gifted with great powers were the ones that had reached such a Rank quickly, those that had not been given powerful abilities from the start that had reached S-Rank were very rare.
Much like Fernand Firebrand's brother, who had an amazing unique Ability, many other S-Rank Hunters were within this Realm of uniqueness.
Noah, however, despite the achievement he had gotten, thought of this as definitely not enough.
S-Ranks were the pinnacle of the world, but there were also SS-Rank, and the presumed SSS-Rank Hunter.
There was clearly more to attain, even more with the new Gate beyond SSS-Rank that had emerged in the middle of Central America, next to the former territory that was Mexico before the Apocalypse, now covered by large jungles filled with mutated beasts and wild subhumans.
To Noah, this was a mere and small step to become even stronger, so it was nothing to glorify about.
Without further ado, Noah touched the pile of Attribute Value Cores ad absorbed them while sitting cross-legged and closing his eyes.
All the cores turned into red energy that flew into his entire body, enhancing his body to even greater degrees. It felt like a warm wave of power that surged all over his body, there was no place where it missed, it was constantly flowing everywhere inside of him.
FLASH!
Noah's felt his muscles enhance, his bones strengthen, his entire body was evolving to a greater existence, a greater level of superhuman!
A feeling of exhilaration and ecstasy like nothing he had ever felt rushed through his body, Noah gritted his teeth and resisted it until the energies finally settled down. He had made sure to also make the energies flow through his body quickly, reaching his Blood Core for an extra boost.
The moment Noah opened his eyes they flashed with bright crimson-red light, as his entire body exuded a natural aura now, an aura of red color, without him even doing anything.
This was… the natural and pressuring aura of an S-Rank Hunter, enough to make anyone below them terrified.
Noah quickly checked his own Status Panel as a smile blossomed within his lips.
[Noah Luna Noctem]
[Class(es): Warlock (I)]
[Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye]
[Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)]
[Blood Core Rank: Level IV: Noble-Born Vampire Count]
[Vitality: 2520 (S)]
[Mind: 2460 (S)]
[Force: 2500 (S)]
[Skill Points: 11000]
"Good…"
Noah noticed that his stat had increased a bit over 2400, this was due to his special technique where he didn't even let the energies of the attribute value cores go to waste, refining the "residual" energy left ad fusing it with his Blood Core, gaining a few bonus stats.
Additionally, it seemed that now the System showed the Rank each of his Stats was.
Noah didn't have much time to rejoice, so he immediately wanted to evolve, which the System quickly answered his call.
Ding!
[Requirements for Evolution Achieved]
[Evolve into [Level V: Noble-Born Vampire Virtuous Marquis]?]
Yes No
"Of course, who would even choose not to?" wondered Noah, as he tapped the Yes option with his index finger and his body was suddenly enveloped with a cocoon of blood.
Just after having upgraded his body with the Attribute Value Cores of Rank A, Noah now completely began to melt his entire body within the cocoon, reforming himself from his bare-bones as the magical properties of this mystical evolution began to destroy his very being and then reform it from the puddle of melted flesh that he had become.
It was an arduous, horrifying pain, but Noah endured it by putting his mind into his soul and managed to stay awake through the whole ordeal, which seemed like an eternity, but it was no less than 10 minutes.
The blood cocoon dissipated into ashes as the new Noah emerged, even more, shiny and malicious than before, his entire aura resonated with power and domineering authority, although his appearance had truly not changed much, he had definitely changed in other means, he truly exuded the air of someone strong, definitely strong.
"What a wonderful feeling of greatness… No, I have to not indulge in this, there is a long path for me to go through, this is definitely not over yet…" through Noah while gripping his fists, he couldn't let himself be happy with the greatness he had achieved, there was a long way to go.
Noah had developed into a hardworking and proactive man, he never sat down in one place for too long without doing something to keep working through his path to achieve his dreams, getting here was but a step, and although he felt happy from the deep of his heart, he needed to keep going, he needed to keep struggling, and he needed to keep firmly glancing straight into the path he was walking into, with blazing resolve.
After this, Noah decided to absorb a large pile of Ability Cores, which were divided for everyone in the group (that could use them), there was a large pile of items for him, which he decided to use right away to gain a few thousand of Skill Points.
He could perfectly use them to get many Skills, but they were all random Skills, and there could be a lot of garbage within it with barely anything of use for someone like him, for the moment, until he could achieve something like Skill Fusion, he simply decided to keep specializing on his Skill Tree and convert these Ability Cores into Skill Points!
All the Cores converted into particles of light and fused with Noah, the particles of light directly flowed into his Ability Core, giving him a new surge of energy, which transformed into Skill Points.
Noah consumed hundreds, and they were all A-Rank, so the number of Skill Points he acquired right away was rather ridiculous.
Ding!
[You gained 85000 Skill Points!]
"So many…!" thought Noah as he released a malicious smile, his arms rising triumphantly.
With this and the addition of the Skill Points he already had, Noah had a whopping 96000 Skill Points ready to be used!
He couldn't help but wonder what kind of Skills could emerge in the new Skill Tree and even considered maxing out both the new one and the Warlock Skill Tree once and for all.
Noah quickly decided to check his new Skill Tree, finding a lot of new Skills to take.
[Level: V]
[Noble-Born Vampire Marquis (0/7000): Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more.
Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed.
Additional Abilities (I): [Bloodline Master: Detect Bloodline (0/8000), [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Devour (0/8500), [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Assimilation (0/9000)]
Additional Abilities (II): [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloody Guard (0/9500), [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloodthirsty Crazed Jabs (0/9500), [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Crimson Slaughter (0/10000)]
Additional Abilities (III): [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Danger Perception (0/11500), [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Foresight (0/12000), [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Universal Orientation (0/13000)]
"Excellent…!"
Noah glanced with wonder at his new Skill Tree, it seemed to offer a lot of new Abilities that could come of great use for him and the journey ahead of his path.
[Level: V]
[Noble-Born Vampire Marquis (0/7000): Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Blood Progenitor, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more.
Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed.
Additional Abilities (I): [Bloodline Master: Detect Bloodline (0/8000), [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Devour (0/8500), [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Assimilation (0/9000)]
Additional Abilities (II): [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloody Guard (0/9500), [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloodthirsty Crazed Jabs (0/10000), [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Crimson Slaughter (0/10500)]
Additional Abilities (III): [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Danger Perception (0/11500), [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Foresight (0/12000), [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Universal Orientation (0/13000)]
However, the costs seemed rather outlandish, he wondered if with the Skill Points he had it would be enough to get everything right away.
He had 96000 Skill Points, and to get everything here, he would need 92000… it seemed that he was able to barely grasp everything.
The abilities included here seemed to be outstanding, such as the first branch that seemed to give him the ability to devour and assimilate other bloodlines, which could open up a path for limitless growth through the assimilating of hidden powers within the bloodlines of many races across all worlds.
As if it were not obvious already, Detect Bloodline could probably help him detect a bloodline, while Bloodline Devour to devour one, and then Bloodline Assimilation to assimilate one and acquire its powers…
Could there be the possibility for such bloodlines to appear as their own skill trees? Or maybe, as they were fused with him, the powers of such bloodlines would show up through this Skill Tree… Well, Noah was wondering many things.
After that came to Spectral Guardian… this Skill was very similar to Beelzebub.
Noah wondered that if those Ability Cores he converted into Skill Points somehow affected the powers he got from his Skill Tree, covering such powers into his own and changing them, modifying their appearances and powers through this. It made some sense to Noah, and it could explain things such as the elemental blood gem skill.
This series of Skills all went around summoning a large humanoid specter from Noah's soul, not to be confused with his Soul-Beast form, which was different. This Specter could fight independently and even protect Noah, something that made Noah be reminded of a certain Japanese series he once said archived within an antique of things that existed before the apocalypse… something about a Bizarre Adventure.
Nonetheless, this could also be seen as a modified version of Beelzebub's Spectral Soul Ability, which also made sense to Noah.
Afterward, there was a skill he had always wanted, Vampiric Senses.
Well, his senses were already sharp and amazing as they were, but he never truly got a Skill to enhance it. But now, he got three of them, each one bringing a new way of doing and sensing things.
One of them seemed to be an even better version of Emerald's Skill, Danger Perception, alongside Foresight, and even Universal Orientation, all of such Skills sounding very promising for Noah's growth.
Without further ado, Noah began to pour Skill Points into the new Skill Tree.
Ding!
[You exchanged 7000 Skill Points!]
[The [Noble-Born Vampire Marquis] branch has been maxed!]
[You gained bonus Skill Proficiency]
[The [Fartalk: 100 (A)] Skill has awakened into the [Telepathy Network: 1 (S)] Skill!]
[The [Toxic and Poisonous Fluid Secretion: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Chemical Fluids Secretion: 1 (A)] Skill!]
[The [Bloodline Curse: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Bloodline Soul Curse: 1 (A)] Skill!]
[The [Blood Elixir: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Great Blood Panacea: 1 (A)] Skill!]
[The [Blood Detonation: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Blood Bomb: 1 (A)] Skill!]
[The [Elemental Blood Gem Creation: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Elemental Blood Soul Jewel Creation: 1 (A)] Skill!]
[The [Blood Beast Transformation: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Rampaging Blood Lycan Transformation: 1 (A)] Skill!]
[The [Blood for Blood: 100 (B)] Skill and the [Vitality Veil: 100 (B)] Skill have merged and awakened into the [Blood-sucking Soul Veil: 1 (A)] Skill!]
[The [Moon Protection: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Night Ward: 1 (A)] Skill!]
[The [Blood Mist: 100 (B)] Skill has awakened into the [Crimson Mist: 1 (A)] Skill!]
A lot of Skills have suddenly awakened, startling Noah for a small second, as he glanced with wonder at them.
His Fartalk Skill, which let him speak through telepathy from very far away places had now become Telepathy Network, which let him connect with many people's minds at once, creating a telepathy network where thoughts, images, and even memories could be shared from almost infinitely large distances! It was truly a network of telepathy now, fitting to have become an S-Rank Skill.
The [Chemical Fluids Secretion: 1 (A)] Skill seemed to be a better version than its predecessor, now Noah was not too restricted to create poisonous or toxic fluids but could edit them to make chemical compounds to an extent, although their intensity and what he could make was limited to the natural compounds within his blood, so he could not do anything too insane, although throwing an acidic substance at people's faces was now an option.
The [Bloodline Curse: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Bloodline Soul Curse: 1 (A)] Skill, which gave Noah an even greater grasp over cursing other beings, not only their bloodlines could be targeted, but even their souls to an extent, making of its uses even greater than before.
The [Blood Elixir: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Great Blood Panacea: 1 (A)] Skill, giving Noah the ability to heal things even more, and even heal various diseases and negative status effects. Of course, all of such effects were also his, so he could heal even faster from any of such attacks.
The [Blood Detonation: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Blood Bomb: 1 (A)] Skill, letting Noah make literal bombs out of his blood with even more freedom, making of anything he touched with his blood a deadly weapon.
The [Elemental Blood Gem Creation: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Elemental Blood Soul Jewel Creation: 1 (A)] Skill, which let Noah conjure his own blood as elemental jewels, making them deadly long-ranged attacks that could carry a part of the might of other elements.
The [Blood Beast Transformation: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Rampaging Blood Lycan Transformation: 1 (A)] Skill, giving Noah the ability to coat himself with a Lycan-like transformation made of pure blood, a monstrous and aggressive beast which enhanced all of his power in exchange for making him wilder… but he was already quite insane, so it didn't bother him much.
The [Blood for Blood: 100 (B)] Skill and the [Vitality Veil: 100 (B)] Skill merged and awakened into the [Blood-sucking Soul Veil: 1 (A)] Skill, giving Noah the power to coat himself in a veil made of his blood and soul that could also suck vitality and blood from enemies.
The [Moon Protection: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Night Ward: 1 (A)] Skill, giving Noah greater enhancements at night, even if there was not moonlight bathing him.
The [Blood Mist: 100 (B)] Skill awakened into the [Crimson Mist: 1 (A)] Skill, making of the mist he produced become denser and thicker, more suitable for interesting ways of combat.
After this, Noah decided to acquire the other Skills.
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Noah glanced at the new Skills descriptions and capabilities while smiling maliciously, he was now able to accomplish many new things with them, and felt excited about trying them all out in the next dungeon they would be exploring, an S-Rank dungeon!
Such powers could be used for a variety of purposes, from healing to making the explosive effects of his blood even more broken!
He remembers that he had used them against Beelzebub by coating his long-ranged projectiles with exploding blood, which seemed very effective, or even before that when he generated those cannons made of blood armament creation, he loaded them with his soul and this skill, making of such projectiles explode, becoming even deadlier, like real cannonballs!
Now, Noah was even more excited as he was about to spend Skill Points and get the new Skills of his Skill Tree!
"Let's get to it…" thought Noah, deciding to not waste any single second checking the newly awakened Skills he had recently gotten, and quickly pouring Skill Points into the Skill Tree, quickly beginning to acquire many new skills and abilities that would aid him through this perilous journey to the top!
[You exchanged 8000 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Bloodline Master: Detect Bloodline] Skill!]
[You exchanged 8500 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Devour] Skill!]
[You exchanged 9000 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Assimilation] Skill!]
[The [Bloodline Master: Detect Bloodline, [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Devour, and [Bloodline Master: Bloodline Assimilation] Skills have merged into the [Bloodline Master Arts: 1 (S)] Skill!]
[You exchanged 9500 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloody Guard] Skill!]
[You exchanged 10000 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloodthirsty Crazed Jabs] Skill!]
[You exchanged 10500 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Crimson Slaughter] Skill!]
[The [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloody Guard, [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Bloodthirsty Crazed Jabs, and [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian: Crimson Slaughter] Skills have merged into the [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian Techniques: 1 (S)] Skill!]
[You exchanged 11500 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Danger Perception] Skill!]
[You exchanged 12000 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Foresight] Skill!]
[You exchanged 13000 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Universal Orientation] Skill!]
[The [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Danger Perception, [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Foresight, and [Supernatural Vampiric Senses: Universal Orientation] Skills have merged into the [Supernatural Vampiric Senses Capabilities: 1 (S)] Skill!]
Just as it had happened previously, the three skills of each branch merged together to make stronger Skills containing all of the original skills abilities, and perhaps even amplify them!
[Bloodline Master Arts: 1 (S)]
The Arts of a true master of blood who has attained the ability to control Bloodlines, having the ability to analyze, devour, and assimilate bloodlines from corpses.
Abilities Include:
[Bloodline Detection: Use your inner talent over blood and bloodlines to detect an enemy's bloodline, part of their properties, and if they are of any value or that could grant any power to you.
[Bloodline Devour: After killing a foe, suck their blood dry and devour their bloodline within it, to devour a bloodline completely, you require to drink at least 90% of their entire blood.
[Bloodline Assimilation: After devouring the bloodline of a foe, assimilate it into your main Bloodline, acquiring new abilities depending on the bloodline you have assimilated.
Noah glanced with amusement at this Skill. Finally, he was able to extract bloodlines from other beings! And he had tried to do so straight away with anything he had nearby, even the blood servant of the blazing Wyrm emperor!
However, he quickly discovered, after it failed, that it was impossible to acquire bloodlines from something that has already died for so long, and that he also needed to drink almost their entire blood to get it right, but he would surely do so next time, for sure.
[Spectral Blood Demon Guardian Techniques: 1 (S)]
After harnessing the power over your blood to such immense levels, you can manifest the entirety of its power coupled with your soul through a special non-Soul Beast entity named Spectral Blood Demon Guardian, which will emerge whenever you activate the Skill and will constantly drain blood, soul, and mana to manifest, but that will bring great benefits to you.
Additional Abilities Include:
[Bloody Guard: While manifesting your Spectral Blood Demon Guardian, he will automatically guard you against direct damage using its enormous and muscular physique, its gigantic arms can be a great shield, which it can use in conjunction with any other shield or barrier-based skill within your arsenal for greater effects.
[Bloodthirsty Crazed Jabs: While manifesting your Spectral Blood Demon Guardian, unleash the truest might of its power, releasing a constant barrage of jabs attacks that can crush anyone standing in front of you without you having to move an inch, the range of attacks is of 20 meters, and their power can be enhanced with your other Skills.
[Crimson Slaughter: Harness the complete insanity and power of the Spectral Blood Demon Guardian, giving it the order of going berserk, to the point of rampaging everything within its path mercilessly and with an undying fury akin to a rabid wild beast.
This new Skill amazed Noah, as it granted him the ability to summon a spectral demon to protect or fight for him while he could easily do something else through multi-tasking, this absolute beast of a Skill let Noah go even wilder in battle, perhaps giving him a greater edge over other foes. Although Noah enjoyed some of the thrills of battle, he preferred to fight fights he could win than some battles where he had to risk everything foolishly, so he would often scheme against enemies given the opportunity.
But even then, this Skill could be used for such purpose if not more, as he could easily surprise unsuspecting foes with it and crush them before they could do anything, rewarding Noah for being a good evil schemer.
[Supernatural Vampiric Senses Capabilities: 1 (S)]
As a powerful Vampire, your senses had evolved into becoming supernatural, to the point of bringing you new capabilities within them, which could be greatly used for a variety of purposes.
[Danger Perception: Use your sharp senses as a Vampire to detect danger preemptively, receiving a small vision of the source of this danger. Such danger can be detected at any time, even before the danger was to even occur, or on a completely different day.
[Foresight: Use your sharp senses as Vampire to predict your foe's next moves, using Foresight to see a glimpse of the future and its possibilities, and acting accordingly to surprise your unsuspecting foes. Foresight is limited to a few seconds in the future.
[Universal Orientation: Your Vampiric Senses give you a great sense of orientation, acquiring the ability to instinctively know where to go to the destination you desire to go as if your very senses guide you to even places you had never visited before. This Ability can be enhanced with further skills and abilities.
And lastly, this Skill granted Noah great abilities of perception, foresight, and orientation, which were all useful for all the things he would face, in battle and also to orientate himself, even if going to places he had never gone before, it was indeed a wondrous Skill that brought interesting and useful effects.
After Noah was done checking these Skills, he finally decided to continue.
When Noah finally finished assessing his Skills and other various things, he felt the strong presence of his party all growing stronger, their eyes quickly opened as the cocoons of various elements dissipated, they had evolved into Level V as well, gaining new powers and overflowing with greatness.
"Ah… Level V already… So we are S-Rank now? I don't feel all that different… the S-Rank Hunter Title is really just overrated I guess," chuckled Iris, although Noah could clearly feel that her presence had evolved tremendously, and her soul roared and flowed like a sea of phantasmagoric beauty. Noah couldn't help but find Iris more beautiful as she evolved.
Although she didn't notice it, he did notice that her physical body matured more as she evolved, and her hips were now wider and sexier than before, her chest too, was growing bigger, and her breasts seemed to entice Noah into squeezing them… However, he saved up such lustful and sinful desires for the night, as the day was young and there was still a lot to do.
Additionally, Iris's short booby-styled hair had been growing with each evolution, and she had decided to not cut it, so her hair was already reaching her shoulders, and seemed silky and shiny, making her look more mature.
As of now, Iris was wearing some tight pants that accentuated her butt cheeks and curves even more, and she looked at Noah cutely as she noticed that he was eyeing her body.
"Fufu, what are you looking at so much~?" she asked with a playful smile, despite her evolution changes, she was still rather petite compared to Noah, and Noah smiled gently as he petted her head.
"Nothing much, it is just that every time you evolve you become more beautiful, I can't help but look at you a bit," said Noah, making Iris blush a bit as a fluffy phantom fox tail emerged behind her back, waving around cutely.
"D-Don't say such embarrassing things…" she said while kissing Noah.
After everyone got accustomed to their bodies, they quickly decided to eat something light before delving into the S-Rank Dungeon.
"So being S-Rank makes us like… important, right?" wondered Arthur.
"It really is nothing when we compare it to what we must achieve," said Noah.
"My lord is right… It is not as important… And we might even become… SS-Rank after this dungeon dive anyways," said Jon.
"So fast… two Rank jumps in a day… We are really making history here," sighed Timassa.
"Indeed. But to my lord's view and goals, this is but a small step, let's quickly get to the next dungeon if possible…" said Clementina.
"Well… Before that I wanted to say something to everyone…" said Iris, as everyone glanced at her with interest.
"A-Ah, it is nothing too much, really. I just wanted to say… Thank you, to all of you…" she said.
"My lady? Why are you thanking us?" asked Clementina.
"I just wanted to thank all of you for what you've done. For being with us since the beginning… well, Clementina joined rather late, but still… I am just… happy to have such reliable people at my side, I am happy to be always with people that can protect our backs, just as much as we protect yours. This is why… thank you for being with us through all these hardships, for all… we have gone through… I know that what I am thinking might be dumb or too overly emotional… But even as the being I have become, I can't help but still value bonds and emotions… It is part of what makes me… well, me. So, thanks… Everyone," said Iris with a gentle smile, her eyes gleamed with gentleness and love, shining with a bright and soothing light.
After seeing their beloved mistress saying such sweet words, everyone skipped a beat, even Noah.
"A-Ah… Of course! We shall always be with you and Noah. We are here to serve you and… Ah, more than serve, we just protect each other backs and survive as much as we can. We are all friends here- no, a family," said Arthur.
"That's right. I also wanted to thank you, Iris… And Noah… Jon, Adamantine, and also Clementina, for being with us through all of this ordeal. And for giving us such an opportunity to become what we are. It might come with some drawbacks, but Noah-sama and Iris-sama gave us the chance to finally grow stronger and become someone we can be proud of being… Since Arthur's family picked me up from the orphanage since I was a little girl that I have strived to serve my lord, and being given the chance for both of us to grow stronger together, so I can always stay at his side ad protect him is… very wonderful, thank you," said Timassa.
"Timassa…" said Arthur, as he blushed a bit. Suddenly, Timassa's hand extent to Arthur's, and tightly held it… he felt her warmth despite being a ghoul, and she felt his warmth despite being a dhampir.
"I am also thankful… to have been allowed to grow stronger and be… someone else than the husk of a person I used to be… before this… I think I never had spoken so much with anyone, and never thought about having bonds nor friends throughout my entire life… Everything was always… lonely, dull, and dry… But… since I joined my lords that life seems to have finally had a meaning… I thank you for filling the empty heart I once had…" said Jon as he blushed a bit, he was an adorable young boy, who was always alone, but after joining the Noctem Family, he was finally given a purpose to his life, and people to love.
"I am happy if I am with master… and mistress! There's always pettings and food!" said Adamantine… A former bully that made Iris's life a living hell. Instead of being killed, she had her mind broken, and from such a broken mind, a new one resurged, more innocent, childish, and probably wilder.
After developing it with everyone else, she became more open and was now developing more. To Iris, it was as if the old Adamantine was dead and as if she had been reincarnated, her personality was completely different, and her memories seemed to be clouded. As she grew stronger, she developed a bit more intelligence, although she was still within the mentality of a 5-6 years old girl… But perhaps after developing some more, she would be able to mature… or not. Nonetheless, this destiny was perhaps for the better… or the worst.
Iris and Noah had pitied her at the end, however, and her parents had already been moved into the territory and converted into ghouls by Iris' bite, although some tampering into their minds had to be done so they wouldn't revolt at first, they were at least secure and didn't have to suffer in poverty.
"It was all thanks to master and mistress that I managed to avenge my mother and… to slaughter the bastards that laughed at her death. And I even got to get my father into safety as well. Although my life has been filled with bitterness, now that I am with all of you, it has finally been found a purpose to strive forward, one that… warms my cold heart and fills me with great conviction. I am the one that must thank you all…" said Clementina with a gentle smile.
"Oh my, everyone… You're going to make me blush…" chuckled Iris.
"I am glad that everyone has found a place to belong to at my side. Especially you, Iris, you were the first person that I found, and although the circumstances were rather desperate at that time. I am glad to see how things have turned out and that… I have someone so reliable at my side. Alongside all of you too…" said Noah with a gentle smile, glancing at everyone else as his crimson eyes gleamed with resolve.
"Noah…" said Iris, as she hugged Noah tightly and the two kissed lovingly.
Everyone else also thanked Noah, as the group finally decided to walk towards the S-Rank Dungeon they would be visiting, their next and greatest challenge…
Meanwhile, Noah got some reports about the large army of Vampires, Robots, and Blood Servants he sent to an A-Rank Dungeon, it seems that it was cleaned successfully by the recently-raised-to-A-Rank Vampires that had gone to the B-Rank Dungeons previously.
This army was composed of over 15 Vampires, 20 Robots, and hundreds of Blood Servants, so it was obvious that they would come out at the top.
They had also brought some more loot for Noah, so he quickly rushed there with everyone else through Noire's Shadow Travel.
By using the Blood Servants as a primary meat shield that feed upon Mana of the monsters they defeated (alongside draining it from Noah even from very far away), the group of many Vampires, Robots, and blood Servants decimated an A-Rank Dungeon within the time Noah and his party spent resting and evolving.
When Noah and his party finally reached the area thanks to Noire's fast Shadow Travel Ability, they were greeted by the large party, which was mostly trying to ignore the cameramen, although some Vampires got pissed and blasted off some cameras with long-ranged attacks to scare them off. As Noah had told them, they didn't have to say a single thing to any reporter that was to try to talk to them, and if they insisted… they were allowed to use force to fend them off.
The Noctem Family was so big now that they began to settle large camps around the Gates for all the members that were preparing or resting for a bit before joining another army into the expedition as if they were even more efficient than the military itself, which was still preparing to even get inside a B-Rank Dungeon, while already most of them were completed and only one was left, which was being completed at this very moment.
Just as they had said, they would complete and make all gates disappear in less than a week!
The people had initially not believed it, and many were very shocked by this news, but the proof was right before their eyes, and the cameras all around the place which the Vampires were not able to catch were filming all of this, each B-Rank Gate was being destroyed before their noses, and the second A-Rank Gate was already gone!
And all of that within the span of… what? 4 hours? It was clearly out of this world!
Not only Sector D was being shaken, but the entire world!
All people from all Sectors were seeing this, Hunters all around the world were being surprised that a single Guild was doing something that was a sector's worth of a job in just a bit less than 5 hours!
Many Sectors around the world immediately began to contact Sector D within this time, many leaders of these governments were requesting the Noctem Family to come and help them with their dangerous B-Rank and above Gates! They were offering everything they had, money, resources, even attribute value cores which the government of Sector D was keeping so greedily!
Sector D's government, of course, was trying to block all these offers to reach Noah because they didn't want to let go of their golden eggs hen, but Noah got various messages of them anyways through his secret networks made up by the team of Robots.
For now, he was answering every request with "I will think about it, but don't think that I will do it if you don't offer a bit more!", shocking the leaders of every Sector due to his shamelessness!
Although each sector had their S-Rank Hunters and above, not all of them were moving their asses as efficiently as Noah was doing, and Noah, after reaching the Gates again, had announced to the public that they were all S-Rank, proving it with an artifact that calculated attribute values, surprising the entire sector through the TV of everyone.
After the little show-off, Noah gathered with the group that recently cleared the A-Rank Dungeon, which was led by Rodrigo and Lumis, the talented Ghouls with good Magic affinity.
The group gathered inside a large camp, which Noah had quickly isolated from the outside world through the use of Blood Aegis.
Rodrigo and Lumis explained the details of the dungeon they visited while absorbing Attribute Value Cores and reaching S-Rank! Even Noah was a bit surprised over the fast progress of his army, but it was fitting for someone as great as himself anyways, the stronger they were the better.
Perhaps soon enough, they would be the first Guild to achieve such a big amount of S-Rank Hunters in all the world.
"My lord, the Dungeon we recently completed wasn't as hard as the one you visited, based on the descriptions you gave us about that one," said Rodrigo.
"Indeed, I feel like we cheated a bit, Master Noah…" sighed Lumis as he waved his cute, pink-colored foxtail.
"Don't talk nonsensical stuff. I picked the hardest one of my own accord, I wanted the greatest challenge. All of you were able to take the lesser ones, which was for the best of your growth. Fighting against someone like Beelzebub would have been your ultimate demise. I am glad I took it for myself with my party," said Noah, although he sounded prideful and arrogant, he was saying that he did it because he didn't want them to waste their lives going to a hard dungeon.
In a way, Noah was even seen as an overprotective man of his kin, and always thought about giving them fitting challenges to hasten their growth but nothing that would actually kill them in the process… he might seem evil and scheming, but he had a soft spot for those at his side, and this was one of the things that made all of his kin so fascinated ad dedicated to him, because he had a benevolent heart for them.
"Haha, Master you're always so gentle," said Lumis.
"Indeed, thank you for taking care of that Dungeon," said Rodrigo.
"Gentle? What are you talking about…? Anyways, now tell me the details…" said Noah.
Rodrigo and Lumis began to explain that the dungeon they visited was something similar to a large jungle filled with monkey-type monsters, from enormous gorillas the size of skyscraper named Great Kongs to long-armed orangutans that could grasp things from afar and crush them, and even fire-breathing monkeys, the last boss was something named Monkey King, and it held great strength, but Lumis and Rodrigo ultimately overpowered him with the help of their large army, which also grew as the Blood Servants converted the dead monkeys into more Blood Servants.
However, Lumis and Rodrigo's magic came into good use, as Lumis was able to employ his Life Magic to control the nature and plants of the jungle to his favor, creating all sorts of traps and attacks, surprising the Monkey King, while Rodrigo's Fire Magic was incredibly potent, burning the Monkey King severely.
After the exploration, they bought many corpses, including the Monkey King, which Noah promptly raised into a Grand Elite General Blood Soul Servant.
Ding!
[You have raised the [Blood Soul Servant: Crimson Monkey King: Grand Elite General]!]
Additionally, Noah had gained around 130 more Blood Soul Servants in all the shapes and forms of many Monkey-type monsters, which hid from the public by hiding inside the bloodstreams of all the Vampires.
Noah, however, decided to make the Vampires keep these Blood Servants as members of their large parties to assist them.
He had already tried to absorb the blood of the Monkey King, but it seemed that in that little time they bought his corpse here, it was already stale, this is why he was made a Blood Soul Servant.
He also tried to analyze the bloodline of other carcasses, but he was not able to get anything, however, he hoped that in the next dungeon he would be able to get something.
Lastly, Lumis and Rodrigo gifted him a big pile of Ability Cores, which he happily absorbed.
Noah smiled happily as he glanced at the pile of Ability Cores, although he felt a bit guilty to himself to be given such an enormous amount of them after these Vampires did so much effort to get them, and he began to consider that they also deserved them for their own growth.
However, Rodrigo and Lumis already had clarified that they had taken their part alongside the other Vampires, and this pile of Ability Cores was so big due to the sheer number of monkeys they fought.
They had also stated that there were Treasure Chests everywhere giving large piles of Ability Cores too, so it wasn't anything that Noah needed to worry about, and they were simply blessed with good fortune.
Noah glanced at his Warlock Skill Tree to calculate how many Skill Points he needed to max it out.
Skill Trees
[Warlock] [Innate: The Skill Tree of a Warlock who had created a pact with an otherworldly entity. Unleash the powers of the entity that has bonded with your soul, bringing to your plane the horrors of the existence of such entity, while feeding its never-ending hunger for destruction.
Complete the Level 1 Skill Tree to unlock further Skill Tree Levels.
[Level: I]
[Bloodshot Eye Apostle (0/2000): Spend Skill Points into this branch to unlock more of the innate strength of the Bloodshot Eye Apostle, such as bonus Attribute Values, Skills, and more.
Additional Abilities can be unlocked after the Branch is Maxed.
Additional Abilities (I): [Fiendish Gate of Horrors (0/2500), [Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown (0/3000), [Eldritch Soul Embodiment: (0/3500)]
Additional Abilities (II): [Macabre Crimson Tentacles (0/4000), [Negative Emotion Assimilation (0/4500), [Outer Plane Walker (0/5000)]
Additional Abilities (III): [Accursed Rotting Blood Downpour: (0/5500), [Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain (0/6000), [Soul Devourer (0/6500)]
"I need around 42500 Skill Points to get everything…" thought Noah, glaring at the Ability Cores, and calculating if it was enough, and indeed it was more than enough.
"I wonder if I can max out the next branch that might emerge…" thought Noah, absorbing all the Ability Cores rather greedily.
Ding!
[You gained 76.000 Skill Points!]
"Now…"
Ding!
[You exchanged 2000 Skill Points!]
[You have maxed out the [Bloodshot Eye Apostle] Skill Tree Branch!]
[You have gained a greater connection with your Patron]
[You have gained greater magic comprehension, delving deeper into the cosmic knowledge of creation!]
[Your mind corrupts with insane thoughts!]
[Your mind is already corrupted, corruption effect nullified]
"Eh?"
Noah couldn't say anything else than "eh?" as he saw those System Windows.
The Blood Progenitor's ghost appeared before him, startling Rodrigo and Lumis a bit.
"This is the effects of delving deeper into the secrets of a warlock. The patron you have is offering you knowledge of the unknown, the feeble mind of a normal human would be completely broken and gone insane by merely knowing this. However, your mind is already corrupt, and your soul is grotesque, fragmented, and then stitched together, you're immune to such things… And even if they were to affect you, you have several minds, which means that one might get destroyed, but the others will keep going anyways," said the Blood Progenitor.
"You know a lot about me, don't you? But thanks for the explanation," said Noah, as he realized that he had indeed become even better at the use and manipulation of pure Mana, alongside the conjuration of magic.
After checking that out, he decided to spend the rest of the Skill Points on these new Abilities or Spells, whatever they truly were intrigued Noah, as these abilities seemed to be related with Bloodshot Eye, meaning that they were related to the root of magic, not to the System, yet the System assimilated this and showed them as "skills" intriguing him.
Ding!
[You exchanged 2500 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Fiendish Gate of Horrors: 1 (A)] Skill!]
Ding!
[You exchanged 3000 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown: 1 (A)] Skill!]
Ding!
[You exchanged 3500 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Eldritch Soul Embodiment: 1 (A)] Skill!]
Ding!
[You exchanged 4000 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Macabre Crimson Tentacles: 1 (A)] Skill!]
Ding!
[You exchanged 4500 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Negative Emotion Assimilation: 1 (A)] Skill!]
Ding!
[You exchanged 5000 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Outer Plane Walker: 1 (A)] Skill!]
Ding!
[You exchanged 5500 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Accursed Rotting Blood Downpour: 1 (A)] Skill!]
Ding!
[You exchanged 6000 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain: 1 (A)] Skill!]
Ding!
[You exchanged 6500 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Soul Devourer: 1 (A)] Skill!]
[The [Fiendish Gate of Horrors: 1 (A), [Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown: 1 (A), [Macabre Crimson Tentacles: 1 (A), [Negative Emotion Assimilation: 1 (A), [Outer Plane Walker: 1 (A), [Accursed Rotting Blood Downpour: 1 (A), [Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain: 1 (A), and [Soul Devourer: 1 (A)] Skills have merged into the [Abyssal Outer Entity Warlock Accursed Spells: Bloodshot Eye: 1 (S)] Skill!]
After learning all the Skills, Noah saw as all of them automatically merged together into a single one!
"Oh? Is this to concentrate them all into it as spells? Clever, System…" thought Noah, this certainly made for things to be way more convenient, as he decided to check the Skill.
[Abyssal Outer Entity Warlock Accursed Spells: Bloodshot Eye: 1 (S)]
The Skill that encompasses all learned Spells that you can acquire from your bond with the Outer Plane Entity that delves into the unknown, Bloodshot Eye, a monstrous and vast entity that identifies itself as an eye covered in blood.
The intensity and power of the Spells grow as your connection with your malefic patron does, the Skill can increase in proficiency not through constant repetition but by taking away the lives of the innocent through the use of such Spells in the most malevolent of ways possible, the more they are made to suffer, the better.
[Fiendish Gate of Horrors: Summon a Gate to the Outer Plane where the mere vision of such a plane immediately warps space and time, causing horrifying hallucinations to any foe that glares at them. Fiendish entities across the gate might emerge temporarily to attack the foe, their power is greatly reduced, and damage is based on your stats.
[Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown: Open a Gate to the Outer Plane and contact your patron's mere residual essence, manipulating it and shaping it as a large mass of energy and firing it as a ray of unknown properties that warp space and time, dealing large amounts of damage to a foe. Damage increases if the foe is inflicted with [Horror] by 50%. Ignore 20% of Foes Magic Resistance.
[Macabre Crimson Tentacles: Open a Gate to the Outer Plane and summon crimson-colored slimy and malicious tentacles that attack any foe within their range, entailing them, crushing them, and splattering them all over aggressively dealing damage to the foe's physical defense.
[Negative Emotion Assimilation: Harness the power of your malicious mind, and gain the power to assimilate negative emotions from your surroundings, which you can use to transmute into Mana. The range in which you can absorb such emotions intensify as the Skill Proficiency increases.
[Outer Plane Walker: Call upon the power of your patron to give you the ability to walk through the outer plane, based on your ability and mana capacity, you can visit other planes of existence through this outer plane, acting as a bridge to other places.
At your level of power, you can only use this ability to travel around your own world, but after reaching a certain level of knowledge and power, you will be able to use this spell to further lengths.
[Accursed Rotting Blood Downpour: Open a Gate to the Outer Void and call upon a gigantic downpour of rotting blood filled with poison and disease from unknown origins, splattering it over an unsuspecting foe and lowering their strength and speed while also having a great chance of causing the [Horror] Negative status effect.
[Agonizing Spectral Piercing Pain: Harness the malicious power of a Warlock, targeting your foe's very soul through a powerful spell that causes an intense and agonizing spectral and piercing pain over them, however, it deals no direct damage at all.
[Soul Devourer: Offer the souls you find to your patron so it can devour them, gaining its favor and enhancing your mana recovery rate by 20% with every Soul sacrificed for 1 hour for a max of 100% increase for 10 hours.
Noah glanced at the number of abilities with great surprise, their effects were all surprisingly useful, and he had now a new arsenal of abilities he could use.
Now that Noah had acquired such a large amount of useful Spells/Skills, he was ready to delve into the dangerous S-Rank Dungeon!
The cameras glanced at Noah and his main party, as everyone began to slowly walk to one of the S-Rank Dungeons, the biggest one, with the darkest color, black.
And of course, the gate that looked the most dangerous, emanating large quantities of energy and mana, thick enough to make most normal people have shivers run through their spines, some people were even having problems breathing near such a gate, as it exuded a strange and acidic smell.
Whatever world there was within that Gate, it was certainly not welcoming of humans…
However, the Noctem Family and their Guild Leader were glancing at the black-colored gate with smiles, their eyes gleaming with resolve.
The people around glanced at such eyes and expressions with surprise, many beginning to understand how pathetic they were compared to such mighty people…
Just what kind of mentalities made them look at the face of danger with such expressions?
"Now, let's go," said Noah, guiding his people with him, as he stepped head-first into the dangerous black gate, an S-Rank Gate that led to one of the most dangerous Dungeons within all the S-Rank Gates present at the moment!
As everyone entered, the people around glanced with surprise and expectation as they saw their bodies disappear into the spatial distortions.
"There they go…"
"Will they come back?"
"I honestly don't know… I doubt it,"
"What? They just completed a Dungeon earlier, what makes you think they won't now?"
"It's… an S-Rank Dungeon after all…"
"They might have outstanding growth but… Perhaps they are getting too ahead of themselves, don't you think?"
"That's…"
"But the Noctem Family Guild is the guild that will bring us glory! They are doing so much for our Sector and you're talking shit about them?!"
"Oi, calm down!"
The people had varying opinions, but the only way to show them that what Noah said was right was by simply… doing what he said.
And so he will.
Noah's eyes opened as he sensed the many spatial layers around him twist around.
Space and time warped constantly, blinding his sight until he suddenly stepped into an alien world through the Gate.
Every Gate led to a Dungeon, but every Dungeon was, for lack of a better term, an alien world filled with endemic life which was trapped within a space-time distortion that was named Dungeon.
Such space-time distortions actually didn't give dropped items or cores, but the System that everyone carried with them was what converted the residual energy of slain monsters into items of all sorts.
This was why monsters exploded into black smoke, as their entire bodies were transmuted as energy into the System, and a residual part of it would materialize into items, from Dropped Items, Potions, Elixirs, Equipment, Soul Weapons, Ability Cores, and Attribute Value Cores.
Noah stepped once more into such an alien world, a strange one at that.
The first thing he noticed was that he was falling.
"What?"
He glanced down below as he saw an enormous sea… of boiling and purple-colored slimy liquid, releasing sickly, green-colored gases everywhere, it had an acidic smell, which made Noah feel as if his lungs were melting by just breathing it.
He quickly stopped falling using Flight, floating in midair as he glanced around.
The Gate seemed to be located above an immense lake of what Noah could only think to be… poison.
Meanwhile, around the lake there was green-colored dirt and gigantic, alien-like trees resembling a jungle surrounding it, each tree had purple-colored bark, and their leaves varied from pink, purple, and red. Some of these trees had large eyes… glaring at Noah without blinking.
As he glanced at the sky, it was green and cloudy. The clouds were made of the gases produced by the poisonous lake, and it seemed that the Dungeon's spatial walls ended just a few more meters above the Gate, Noah also noticed that they ended right in the shore to the jungle… meaning that the whole dungeon was above this poisonous lake.
No one that wasn't capable of flying would immediately fall to their demise, as the Gate was located right above this lake.
It was… ridiculous.
This was just the ridiculousness of S-Rank Dungeons.
Through analyzing everything, Noah only spent a blink of an eye, as everyone else finally came out of the Gate ad began to fall.
Noah quickly made up a net with Blood Dominion, for the ones that were not quick enough to activate their flying skill, which was actually just Adamantine.
"W-Woah, this is… a giant poison lake?!" asked Timassa.
"And the dungeon is just this, the spatial walls won't let us go into the shore nor the rest of the jungle… How amusing," said Noah.
"To think that anyone incapable of flying would simply fall to their demise like this… The poison lake looks deadly… It is literally boiling…" said Iris, glaring down below.
"And this acidic air… Ungh… My very lungs are constantly melting and regenerating, what an annoying feeling," said Clementina.
"Ah, I feel at home here for some reason…" said Arthur, feeling rather clear-minded in such a place, none of the effects of the acidic poison were affecting him, and in fact, he felt quite well.
"Well, of course, you're a Poison user, and your body is also part poison, you're the fittest in here. Due to that, you will work twice as hard," said Noah.
"Eh?! …Well, okay," said Arthur.
"This place is a bit uncomfortable… Maybe a bit more than the Fire Wyrms Dungeon, but we can regenerate quickly so it doesn't matter," said Jon nonchalantly.
"Sorry… I almost fell to the big purple pool…" said Adamantine, flying right in between Iris and Noah.
"Good thing I made the net… Anyways, it does seem that there is company…" said Noah, as the group was flying straight over the large lake.
"Indeed. Five… No, ten… Wait, twenty, yes, twenty creatures the size of around thirty to forty meters are coming," said Jon, his eyes flashing with deep crimson-red light.
"Already?" asked Timassa, as the lake of poison down below began to tremble, several long figures surged from them!
SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH!
"Eels…?! And such pressure…!" said Iris.
The Vampire Party glanced at the creatures that seemingly lived in this boiling pool of poison, enormous eels!
They had large jaws that opened wide, having razor-sharp fangs, hundreds of tiny yellow-colored eyes atop their heads which looked grotesque, and their long and slim bodies were covered in purple-colored scales which Noah noticed to have a metallic luster to them.
The monstrous beings also possessed several slimy tentacles below their jaws, moving monstrously.
"GGRRYYAARRRRR!"
And down below, Noah immediately noticed giant angler-fish like monsters swimming around, they were similar to the eels, but were not long, and had large jaws that expanded even wider, they seemed to be waiting for someone to fall so they could catch it like a net and eat them.
"Everyone, brace yourselves!" said Noah, as he decided to summon his army of Blood Servants, which all were able to naturally float in midair due to their phantasmal properties.
"GRRYYAARRR!"
The giant eels roared, rushing towards Noah's party!
As the eels charged against everyone, they were first intercepted by the large army of flying Blood Soul Servants, who raised their crystalized blood weapons and began to unleash all sorts of attacks, while several others opted to attack through long-ranged projectiles.
Pride flew towards the first Eel, rushing towards it and raising his claws, catching it with them and beginning to tear it down with his dozens of jaws!
"GRAAAHAHAHA! What a fitting challenge!" he laughed, he who used to take down countless monsters was being made busy with a single one now!
The gigantic Poison Eel (as Noah has decided to call them), began to cover its body with acidic poison, melting Pride's claws within seconds of hitting its scales!
Pride, however, didn't give in, as it resisted the powerful bites of the beast and opened its many jaws, charging energy within them and firing powerful breath attacks against it, dozens of them at the same time, all in the form of beams of crimson flames.
BOOOOOMMM!!!
The beams of crimson flames fell all over the enormous and monstrous multi-eyed Eel, as it groaned in pain, its entire head began to heat and melt away, ultimately exploding!
BOOM!
The headpieces began to fall all over the place, splattering through the lake as Noah used this opportunity to raise his first Blood Soul Servant of the Dungeon!
Dropping a drop of his blood over it, the entire floating corpse began to tremble, as a perfect replication of the creature emerged from within it, but made entirely out of the blood and coated in crystallized blood scales.
The monstrous Blood Servant Eel began to swim around and attack anything on sight, distracting the other eels, ad giving openings for everyone else to continue fighting!
Aside from the Blood Soul Servants who began to attack the gigantic eels in conjunction, Noah's party was also doing everything they could, firing long-ranged elemental attacks against one, targeting it!
Noah decided to use this opportunity to take it down while everyone weakened it from the sides!
FLASH!
Demonic Vampiric Blood Wings to generate large wings made of blood, alongside Crimson Wind Impulsion to impulse his own body through the use of crimson winds, Noah reached the targeted Eel right away!
He noticed that Iris and Adamantine were slowly tearing apart its scales with their attacks, while everyone else was using long-ranged attacks to not get too close to the poison except Arthur, who was fighting in close combat by using his black light, as these beasts were immune to his poison just as much as he was to theirs.
As the Eel was overwhelmed, Noah acted, conjuring the Bloodshot Eye Evocation: Ray of the Unknown Spell!
FLASH!
A sudden gate opened right above Noah, as an enormous bloodshot eye glared directly at the Eel, startling it, and scaring it to death!
And then…!
BOOM!
A flashing red laser hit the Eel directly, blasting its entire head into pieces!
Thanks to everyone's effort previously, the beast's head was weakened enough for Noah to finish it off quickly!
"RISE!"
Noah raised the Eel immediately after, as the beast rushed against another Eel that dozens of Blood Servants were struggling to keep in check, entangling its body around it and biting it all over with its sharp jaws!
Noah and his party immediately knew that these Eels were way too tough, they wouldn't be able to wipe out them with single attacks, and had to gang on them shamelessly with everything they had to take them down one by one, which reminded them of their exploration to the Fire Wyrm Dungeon!
Using that same strategy, Noah employed the Blood Servants as living blood shields, regenerating constantly through his mana, which was being resupplied by Jon through his absorption of it from the monsters and by drinking the hundreds of mana potions they got in their previous dungeon exploration, he let the blood servants regenerate constantly while distracting the Eels from ganging on them instead!
The party quickly flew towards the Poison Eel that was struggling the most, targeting it as they all smiled rather wickedly!
"Nothing personal!" laughed Iris, as she unleashed several slashes with her long nails covered with phantasmal fire, the phantasmal fire reached the beast, burning through its poison coating and scales, while Adamantine employed her gigantic gauntlet Soul Weapon, unleashing slashing attacks with her Shadow Soul-Beast Transformation Skill coating her entire body.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
Afterward, Clementina began to fire giant icebergs at the beast, each iceberg leaving a part of the Poison Eel frozen, giving it a difficult time moving around. Although the ice quickly melted away, it was a good temporary debuff to their speed, coupled with Iris Cursed Tattoos which made those that wielded it become lethargic!
After that came the three robots, Sakura, Sugar, and Noire, who combined their ice, blacklight, and shadows as a long-ranged attack, generating large icicle spears, blades of black light, and bullets of shadows!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Jon conjured his curses all over the Eel, weakening it while warping its perception of its surroundings through mild gravity manipulation.
And Arthur and Timassa worked together, conjuring black thunderbolts and rays of black light against it!
Lastly, Noah's Excalibur began to rotate around while slicing through the scales of the Poison Eel and unleashing rays of corrupted holy light everywhere!
Slash! Slash! Slash! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Noah smiled maliciously as everyone ganged over the strong creature, making it groan weakly as it did everything it could to defend, leaving it in a weakened and submissive position!
"Begone!" laughed Noah, activating the Fiendish Gates of Horrors Spell continuously over the Poison Eel, as space and time twisted and gates to the Outer Plane began to emerge, causing utmost horror to the Poison Eel, even more, when it saw large black tentacles coming from the gates, entangling the beast's jaws and hitting it as if the tentacles were whips!
"GGRRYYAAAAARRRR…!"
The Poison Eel was overwhelmed by the horrors of the Outer Plane, as its flesh began to fall into pieces by the powerful tentacles coming from them, and Noah used this opportunity to repeatedly fire Rays of the Unknown as well, whose strength intensified the more horror a target underwent!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
With three rays, the entire Eel's head bombed into pieces, as Noah rushed towards the still-falling corpse and while smiling wickedly, pierced the flesh with his hands!
"Bloodline Devour! Bloodline Assimilation!"
With two magic words, the abilities within the Bloodline Skill activated, as the entirety of the blood of the Eel was drained and drank by Noah in an instant!
Noah assimilated the power of the Poisonous Eel Bloodline, gaining a new power.
Ding!
[Poisonous Eel] Bloodline Assimilated!]
[You learned the [Poisonous Scales] Bloodline Trait!]
[Poisonous Scales: Reduces physical damage received by 5%, while also giving great resistance to acidic fluids that could otherwise melt skin and flesh]
Noah had finally assimilated his first bloodline, and with that, he learned about Bloodline Traits!
Bloodline Traits seemed to be small passive abilities granted to him, which were separated from Skills or Spells.
Aside from these effects, Poisonous Scales let Noah form small, purple-colored scales over his skin, although it didn't seem that useful, the passive effect it brought was good.
Splash!
With the dry corpse of the eel falling over the poison lake, Noah found himself surrounded by Poisonous Fish!
Noah had discovered a new function, Bloodline Traits!
However, he had no time to see things in detail, as he was surrounded by gigantic angler fish-like monsters diving towards him from within the lake of boiling poison!
"GGRRYAAR…!"
"GGRUUOOARR…!"
"GRRAAAHH…!
"Get off my way!" roared Noah while smiling, his soul and aura fused in an instant, as an enormous and muscular figure resembling his Blood Scion form but made completely of blood and his soul emerged! This was the power of the Spectral Blood Demon Guardian, who had emerged to protect Noah!
The fishes despite looking fat were incredibly fast, in a quarter of a second, they jumped towards Noah while pointing their jaws, but the Spectral Blood Demon was even faster!
It used Noah's Claw Skill to generate giant claws and began to spin around while slashing through the fishes that jumped over Noah, throwing them away while being covered with wounds!
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
Noah didn't even need to move a finger as he managed to escape the team attack of the Poisonous Fishes, flying upwards as he was greeted by Iris and everyone else, who were conjuring magic and then fusing it with their Skills!
"Good, use your magic! These things might be tough if we hit them with Skills, but if we combine magic to it, the magic can deal extra damage as it is not ruled by the System's restrictions of Skills!" laughed Noah, doing the same as he had begun to like attacking through long-ranged means sometimes, conjuring large magic circles all around him.
By combining Blood and Dark Attribute Magic alongside the Skill/Spells of the Warlock Skill Tree, Noah generated a gigantic downpour of dark blood over the unsuspecting fishes!
SPLASH!
This was accursed blood produced by the Outer Void in combination with his inner magic, the Fishes seemed to be fine after receiving the blood, but suddenly began to struggle and gibber, their entire bodies were being made heavier as the blood stuck into their pores, gills, eyes, and mouths! Not even their corrosive poison was able to get it off in time, and Noah noticed as their stats decreased!
And then, everyone else unleashed a barrage of hundreds of elemental projectiles! Phantom Flame Spears, Black Cursed Thunderbolt, Black Light Blades, Evil Eye Lasers, Shadow Bullets, Freezing Icicle Spears, and more!
Noah also added his own projectiles, fusing his Dark Magic, Blood Magic, and Elemental Soul Jewel Skill creating gigantic dark blood jewels coated in crimson-red flames, purple ice, and black winds, flashing towards the fishes as they struggled to escape the constant shower of attacks!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Of course, Noah didn't simply make his projectiles normal, as he infused Blood Bomb into them, making them explode when they entered contact with anything! The entire Poisonous Lake began to tremble constantly, as more fishes came to fight and were caught by the explosions and projectiles!
Meanwhile, the Blood Servant Army took care of the monstrous Poisonous Eels, being kept in check as Noah and everyone else decided to take care of the fishes!
"Keep going! Go all out!" roared Noah, as everyone agreed, deciding to simply make the whole Poisonous Fish race go extinct!
Unlike Eels, they were not able to go upwards and could barely jump a few meters, from such a high distance, the fishes were mere loot waiting to be taken!
Some tried to spit blood at them, but each time they tried Noah shamelessly threw projectiles inside their mouths, making them blow into pieces from the inside out.
And while doing this massacre, a stream of constant blood ran towards Noah and everyone around him, as they drank the blood of the fishes!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
More pieces fell all over, as Noah drank enough blood to again another bloodline!
Ding!
[Poisonous Angler Fish] Bloodline Assimilated!]
[You learned the [Poisonous Blade Fangs] Bloodline Trait!]
[Poisonous Blade Fangs: Your bite can now secrete a poison made at your liking, and damage dealt is increased by 5% when using your fangs]
"Good! Now, Rise!" said Noah as he smirked maliciously, ordering all the fish to suddenly raise from their deaths, the various chunks began to move, as all the blood splattered all over concentrated into their souls, Noah's drop of blood made them react, and a few seconds after, an army of dozens of Blood Soul Servant in the shape of Poisonous Angler Fishes emerged!
"Oh! I think most of them are done for," said Iris.
"Indeed! Let's continue forward and quickly take care of the remaining Eels!"
Noah told the Fish Blood Servants to pick up the loot left while annihilating any fish left, as he and his party quickly flew around the area, reaching their next target without taking a break at all!
"GGRRYYYSSHAAA!"
A gigantic, larger-than-normal Poisonous Eel, a Poisonous Eel Leader, who was double as robust as the normal ones and whose scales were bright red emerged, crushing dozens of Blood Servants that tried to take it down constantly.
Noah summoned his Spectral Blood Demon as he unleashed his claws, using both the Spectral Blood Demon's Claws and his own to slash through the beast, landing on its head with a crushing blow as if it were a blazing crimson-red meteor!
CLASH!
"GRRYAARR!"
The Poisonous Eel Leader quickly used his longer than usual tentacles, trying to catch Noah with them and crush him!
However, Noah used his claws to slice through the tentacles smoothly, like a warm knife through butter, as he coupled his claws with his soul and blood, splattering blood all over the beast ad making it explode!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
However, the beast's hard scales seemed barely affected, making Noah wonder just how hard those scales were!
But Noah continued his attacks as he evaded the Eel's poisonous attacks, while Iris reached him quickly after while everyone else flew around the eel and attacked it with their various means!
Iris neared Noah as their Auras resonated and fused together, phantom blue flames with crimson-red blood aura!
Noah covered one area of the gigantic creature while Iris another, using their Blood Weapons to unleash hell on earth to the beast!
Noah simply continued to stubbornly blow away the beast's scales, until they finally began to give in and the tender flesh below was showed!
Noah quickly used Blood Dominion to control such blood and then drain it, touching it, and then making it explode all over the wounds over and over again!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
At the same time, he conjured his projectiles of elemental soul jewels, which began to explode into countless elemental explosions!
Meanwhile, his Soul Weapon Bone Claws slashed through the flesh and scales that were weakened, leaving a trail of pure blood and splattered flesh over the long body of the beast!
The Eel quickly grew tentacles all over its body, trying to entangle and grab Noah, but he simply used his powerful claws to slash through them into nothing, as he smiled maliciously and covered himself in the blood of his enemy, explosions after explosions were left on his path!
Iris continued at his side too, her entire body coated in blue flames as her soul beast form materialized into monstrous and gigantic phantasmal claws that broke through everything, her double knives flew and began to spin around until they shattered the scales and let Iris' fire get through!
"GGRRRRRRRYYYSSSHHA…!"
In a matter of seconds, since they attacked it, the Eel was out of commission!
"S-Rank Monster? This is a joke!" laughed Noah, as Iris laughed devilishly at his side, her knives rushing through the beast ad slicing its tentacles and scales, blood splattering all over as Noah drank it all!
"GRRRYYYSSHAAA…!"
SPLASH!
The beast fell over the pool of poison, it was dead!
At the same time as this happened, dozens of Ability Cores and Attribute Value Cores emerged out of its body, alongside Dropped Items, floating over the poison as if nothing. However, such items were not completely indestructible nor could be kept forever without being picked up, if they were not picked up in a few seconds, they would lose an "invisibility" effect and break down, melting into the poison.
This is why Noah always had Blood Servants ready to carry the loot around, which they moved to his Inner Realm of Flesh and Blood for later consumption!
Noah noticed that he didn't gain any Bloodline Trait, the Eel Leader was considered the same species as the other Eels, so he didn't get anything new!
"Rise!"
He decided to simply let it rise as a Blood Soul Servant while giving back some of the blood he drank by using his own blood and the mixed blood of some leftover fish corpses.
And then… a gigantic Eel Blood Servant emerged, so enormous it blocked the light of the sky!
The creature's crimson eyes flashed with malice, as its enormous crimson jaws opened and roared!
"GRRRYAARRR!"
"Grand Elite General! Good! Now, go!" laughed Noah, controlling his newly summoned pet as he mounted its head with Iris while the rest of the party followed them from above while flying, the gigantic eel moved with immense speed through the poison pool, which, unlike other blood servants, it was immune to!
With only but a dozen of monsters left, Noah used the powerful Poisonous Eel Leader Blood Servant to administrate sharp attacks, using it as both a meat shield and a strong damage dealer.
"GRRYAARR!"
Biting the gigantic eels with its even bigger jaws, the blood servant eel leader destroyed the necks of the beasts with several bites, tearing apart the flesh as the rest of Noah's party shamelessly used these opportunities to blast off more flesh out of the beast through its open wounds, in mere seconds, another Eel was gone!
SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH!
Suddenly, three other Eels rushed towards Noah's party, ignoring the blood servants' meat shields at last!
Noah commanded his army of Blood Soul Servant Poisonous Angler Fishes to attack one of the Poisonous Eel's tail, tearing apart its scales and flesh as Timassa used this chance to unleash her black thunder over the wounds, electrify the entire beast out of commission!
SPARK! BOOM!
Exploding into pieces, Noah raised yet another one, as the other two were fighting against the rest of the party!
The Blood Servant Eel Leader used its jaws, tails, and tentacles to assault and bite one of the Eels, as Iris jumped over it and began to burn it alive with her soul flames, damaging the soul of the beast!
These soul flames were acquired from the Accursed Tree King, which ate its soul. Instead of being blue flames, they were purple, and were even fiercer!
"GGRRRYYAARRRR…!"
SPLASH!
The second Eel died rather quickly, as Noah jumped out of the Blood Servant Eel Leader and decided to decimate the other one with Excalibur and his very might!
Grasping Excalibur with his arms, he unleashed a beam of corrupted holy light towards the beast's eyes!
BOOOOMMM!!!
The enormous blast splattered the various eyes into a bloody mess, as Noah fell over the head of the monster and began to tear and slash it apart monstrously!
He smiled wickedly as he bathed in the blood of the beast, slicing through it while activating the corrupted holy light skills, his blade rushed through the entire flesh and scales, tearing everything across the blade's path as Noah continued to be ruthlessly malicious with his way of fighting, without leaving the beast to even fight back!
He conjured hundreds of spears made of elemental blood jewels and then made them fall over the creature, as hundreds of small explosions occurred!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"Ggrrryaaarrr…!"
SPLASH!
A few seconds after, the monster's entire body was torn apart, as the beast died instantly!
Noah and his party continued their bloodshed, slicing through the flesh of the Poisonous Eels and making them explode into pieces, a bath of blood began to quickly taint the entire pool with crimson-red colors!
While jumping in midair, Noah began to spin like a drill with his Spectral Blood Demon Guardian, crushing through a second Poisonous Eel Leader, crushing its skull, and rushing down through its entire body, until it came out from the tip of its tail covered in blood and guts, the beast fell over the pool of poison, it was completely dead!
Noah constantly felt as his power increased with each slaughter, the army grew bigger with more and more Blood Servants, and there seemed to be no end to the constant loot of items and cores!
After around half an hour, the party was finally breaking through the deeper areas of the "road" made by the long river of poison, mercilessly annihilating anything in their path while bathing in the blood of their enemies, they suddenly came across a new army of monsters!
Gigantic dragonfly-like monsters covered by metallic exoskeletons and possessing enormous jaws that could tear anything!
Large frog-like monsters that were completely purple-colored and had tongues so long they could easily extent dozens of meters!
And even more Eels and Fishes!
Noah commanded his army of Blood Servants as they began to destroy anything through their path while picking up the loot, he and his party entertained themselves by slicing through the beasts with their powers, the more they fought the more they felt their souls evolving and unlocking more of the saved-up power they had from having absorbed God's power!
Noah also did so, by extending his soul as bloody tentacles and entangling the dragonflies, crushing them into nothing and then devouring their entire bodies with his shapeshifted maws, eating all their blood and guts, he monstrously and gluttonously got through every beast, seeking to get any bloodline! His desire for power was greedy and incessant, and everyone around him couldn't help but share his view, as they continued to slaughter and devour!
Who were the real monsters here? The monsters were simply despairing, the abyssal hell they were undergoing was worst than anything they had ever experienced! These otherworldly invaders were too monstrous, too powerful, and too voracious!
Noah had long stopped being a simple man, he was a monster in the shape of a man, his abyssal soul kept extending, it seemed vast and endless!
As he fought more, he released more and more of his true soul powers, endless showers of elemental blood jewels, explosions of blood all around, Excalibur slicing through everything, beams of crimson red energy, and more!
Noah was a complete killing machine, and this place was his playground, an S-Rank Dungeon!
However, he was not going off the rails, he knew that something was coming, and quickly stopped his tracks and told everyone to cease their charge.
The Poison Pool began to tremble, as something gargantuan emerged from it, it had multiple heads, all covered in purple scales of metallic luster…
Ding!
[Poisonous Carnivorous Dragonfly] Bloodline Assimilated!]
[You learned the [Poisonous Exoskeleton] Bloodline Trait!]
[Poisonous Exoskeleton: Your skin is as hard as an exoskeleton, reducing physical damage by 5%]
Ding!
[Poisonous Devil Frog] Bloodline Assimilated!]
[You learned the [Poisonous Long Tongue] Bloodline Trait!]
[Poisonous Long Tongue: Your tongue is incredibly flexible and capable of extending through large ranges, secreting sticky saliva to catch prey with it, or attack with it, damage deal using your tongue increases by 10%]
Noah had acquired two new Bloodline Traits, increasing his power even more while giving him strange new abilities which he didn't know if he would truly use one day or not...
By devouring whole beasts through his gluttonous soul and the shapeshifting of his body thanks to his Skills and control over his own flesh and blood, he acquired the bloodline of these two new types of monsters while charging monstrously against them.
To the eyes of these beasts, Noah, and everything he carried with himself seemed like a true calamity brought to life! He was death itself to them! Demise!
Noah was a complete killing machine, and this place was his playground, an S-Rank Dungeon!
However, he was not going off the rails, he knew that something was coming, and quickly stopped his tracks and told everyone to cease their charge.
CRASH!
After crushing the last Dragonfly Leader with an enormous Soul-Beast Claw, Noah noticed strange turbulences all around the group coming from the depths of the Poison Lake!
And then… just a few seconds after, something happened!
The Poison Pool began to tremble, as something gargantuan emerged from it, it had multiple heads, all covered in purple scales of metallic luster…
Each long neck was as big as a Poisonous Eel Leader, and they were all covered by purple-colored metallic scales! Just what were these things?!
Noah was startled as a malicious smile blossomed within his lips, glaring at the scene in front of him with utter joy!
Yes!
Finally!
An entity that could put some fight, at least, some sort of resistance!
Or at the very least that could live more than a few hits!
The creature had a strong resemblance to the Sea Snake that Noah had once fought in the Water Temple Dungeon long ago, but its scales were bright purple and it had several eyes spread through its face, alongside tentacles below their chin.
Based on sheer pressure alone, Noah immediately realized what it was!
A Boss!
A Hidden Boss!
"GGRRRUUUOOOOOOOHHHH…!"
The beast opened its crimson eyes, roaring ferociously at Noah and everyone around him.
It had more than one head, it had multiple of them!
It even surpassed Pride, who was fighting ferociously a few seconds ago while aiding his master.
It is the Hidden Boss, a Poisonous Hydra Emperor!
"Amazing… Such pressure, it is twisting the surroundings…" said Iris.
As Noah and Iris glanced at the beast, they noticed as its purple-colored aura twisted its surroundings, making everything strange and warped, it was as if it created its own domain!
"GGRRRUUUAARRR!"
The gigantic hydra suddenly opened its jaws, charging purple energy within and then firing dozens of beams towards Noah and everyone else!
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Constant explosions began to happen everywhere, as Noah saw some of the Blood Servants being disintegrated by the purple beams!
"Oh? What a tricky one!" said Noah, as everyone around him extended their auras and souls, connecting them with him, already knowing what he was planning!
FLAAASH!
An enormous beam of purple energy reached him, it was enough to disintegrate them all!
But Noah smiled, she conjured several Spells and activated several Skills, his entire body flashed with an aura of dreadful crimson-red as his eyes flashed with malice and resolve at the same time!
He raised his blade as Excalibur started to exude an air of darkness and the abyss, fusing with his soul and the power shared by everyone! All of that in a were quarter of a second!
EXCEED: LUNAR SLASH!
FLASH!
Noah quickly sliced through the beam with a vertical slash of Excalibur, as a slash of pure crimson-red energy which then began to release all the other elements of his party around him exploded, slicing through the entire beam!
Noah continued flying towards the beast with everyone at his side, as they continued to push forward with more power!
Phantasmal flames emerged from Excalibur, cracking black thunder, flashing black light, abyssal shadows, purple flames, ice, and more!
"GGRROOAAARRRR!!!"
The gigantic Hydra kept unleashing its beam attack was the other heads helped on it, unleashing even more beams!
And then…!
EXCEED: EXECUTION!
Noah used the second move, EXECUTION!
SLAAAASH!
With a horizontal slash, space twisted as everything around him trembled, the beams sent to him were easily dissipated, as even the Hydra glared at Noah with surprise, charging a new series of beams continuously, but Noah continued to slash them through!
The charge continued as Noah's party continued to unleash their power, the Hydra repeatedly released poisonous energy beams until it finally decided to use something else, summoning large magic circles where gigantic beasts made of poison emerged, rushing towards the team while it continued to incessantly fire energy beams!
"KILL THEM!" roared Iris, as she commanded everyone around her to unleash a barrage of long-ranged attacks, blasting away the Poison Beasts as Noah could concentrate on what he was going to do!
He concentrated his soul, his vitality, and his mana all in one point, and then put that point right at the tip of the blade!
"Disappear from my sight!" roared Noah.
EXCEED: VAMPIRIC BLAST!
With another vertical swing of his blade, Noah unleashed a gargantuan beam of dark ad crimson-red energies twisting together chaotically, clashing against the Hydra Boss!
BOOOOOOOM!!!
"GRAAAAKKKHHH?!"
The Hydra Boss was shocked as it began to resist, but the beam was consuming its soul, vitality, and everything!
The beast continued to resist, unleashing its everything into the task!
For a single second, it seemed as it gained an advantage, but then… Noah smiled!
HOLY LIGHT BEAM!
By combining the innate Skill of Excalibur with the Vampiric Blast, the enormous blast of crimson-red power was enhanced, finally overpowering the Hydra as it consumed it with an enormous, blazing, and searing sensation, its entire body was being roasted alive!
"GGGGRRRRRRYYYYYYSSSHAAAA…!"
BOOM!!!
An enormous explosion happened, the entire poisonous pool trembled as the beast they were fighting whose presence was so overwhelming just got killed already! What might!
The smoke dissipated as Noah glanced at the pile of floating loot and the splattered corpse of the Hidden Boss with a smirk, he pointed his hands towards them and began to drain all the blood!
[Noah Luna Noctem]
[Class(es): Warlock (II)]
[Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye]
[Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)]
[Blood Core Rank: Level V: Noble-Born Vampire Marquis]
[Vitality: 2620]
[Mind: 2560]
[Force: 2600]
[Skill Points: 37500]
[Bloodline Traits]
[Poisonous Scales: Reduces physical damage received by 5%, while also giving great resistance to acidic fluids that could otherwise melt skin and flesh] [Poisonous Eel]
[Poisonous Blade Fangs: Your bite can now secrete a poison made at your liking, and damage dealt is increased by 5% when using your fangs] [Poisonous Angler Fish]
[Poisonous Exoskeleton: Your skin is as hard as an exoskeleton, reducing physical damage by 5%] [Poisonous Carnivorous Dragonfly]
[Poisonous Long Tongue: Your tongue is incredibly flexible and capable of extending through large ranges, secreting sticky saliva to catch prey with it, or attack with it, damage deal using your tongue increases by 10%] [Poisonous Devil Frog]
SPLASH!
The gigantic hydra beast fell over the pool of poison, Noah had received the boost of everyone's souls alongside their aid in battle, and had struck down the beast with a single Vampiric Blast!
"I suppose that it was merely a Hidden Boss…" laughed Noah, smiling cheekily as he pointed his claws at the floating corpse and began to absorb all of its blood, drinking it all, and seeking to acquire the bloodline!
"Oh~! You're getting another bloodline?" asked Iris at Noah's side with expectation, she had become a fan of her husband as well, and often was kept up to date of his progress… In simple terms, she enjoyed seeing his power-up.
"That's right, watch," said Noah as he acted cool with his wife, drinking the last drop of blood as he felt his entire body tremble, however instead of discomfort, a wicked smile emerged on his face as he resisted the pain and began to assimilate the power into his body and blood!
FLASH!
A sudden aura of purple color emerged around Noah, as he finally managed to acquire the bloodline.
Ding!
[Poisonous Hydra Emperor] Bloodline Assimilated!]
[You learned the [Hydra's Might] Bloodline Trait!]
[Hydra's Might: Enhances all Stats by 3%]
"Interesting…" thought Noah, glancing at his stats but finding no changes, it seemed that such enhancements didn't show directly in the status panel but were clearly present, as he felt them over his body and mind.
Iris immediately noticed the powerup within Noah's entire body, his muscles had clearly become a bit stronger, and his aura more intimidating. This only made her admire him more.
"Now, let's not waste much time… Rise," said Noah, now he was able to rise Blood Soul Servants without even needing their blood, he simply needed their souls, pour a bit of his own blood, and make them up!
FLASH!
The soul of monstrous Hydra quickly began to mutate, generating crimson-red phantom and raising from the dead!
The creature roared with its various heads, emerging out of the puddle of poison and lowering its head before Noah.
"Grand Elite General as well, excellent," said Noah.
"With this one guy should we worry anymore? Also, where's the door for the Boss?" wondered Arthur.
"A door? We'll probably not get any, it might emerge after we trigger a threshold… for now, let's continue slaughtering monsters!" said Noah.
"Alright!" said Iris as everyone else nodded.
Noah and company continued advancing through the Poisonous Lake, cleaning the monsters that emerged, which were simply the same as before.
Noah used his various capabilities to massacre the monsters that came into his path, as his soul kept expanding into enormous and monstrous tentacles, unleashing rains of elemental soul jewels that left constant explosions before his sight, corpses that quickly turned into more and more blood servants, rays of the unknown, downpours of debuffing blood, red and black tentacles from the outer plane, and slashing claw attacks!
Excalibur also fought mostly independently, flying around like a flashing meteor shrouded in dark and crimson-red energy, its blade slicing through everything with amazing precision.
The giant Poisonous Eel Leader was crushed by Noah and his party's might, enormous flaming spheres of phantasmal blue flames fell over the beasts, alongside cracking black thunder shaped as arrows that exploded and electrocuted the flesh of the monsters, and claws of shadows torn their flesh apart.
Noah noticed as Iris continued to increase in power and the precision of her abilities, her Soul-Beast became even more monstrous and savage, resembling a gigantic phantom fox made of blue and purple flames, roaring furiously as it tore apart anything it came into contact.
Her flames were also able to turn the scales of the beasts into ashes slowly, and when she roasted alive the giant fireflies, Noah noticed that there was tender white flesh inside, which he tasted and found surprisingly delicious.
The army of blood continued to grow stronger as they clashed against the near-endless army of poisonous beasts, the blood was quickly overpowering the poison!
As Noah finally sensed some presences emerge, he and everyone else quickly stopped their tracks!
SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH!
"This… Three now?!" asked Arthur in surprise.
"This is a good challenge, don't you think, Arthur-sama?" asked Timassa.
"Hm… Let's do our best," said Clementina.
"Time to play~!" said Adamantine.
In front of the group, three Poisonous Hydra Hidden Bosses appeared!
Unlike Beelzebub's Dungeon, this Dungeon seemed rather repetitive and held similar Bosses, without them somehow being intelligent beings trapped inside, but perhaps simply wildlife.
This also meant that this mere wildlife was stronger than those beings who had said to live for hundreds of years?!
It was rather insane!
It seemed that whatever this world really was, it was filled with monstrous beings that challenged common sense!
Or well, Noah and everyone within his group was the real monsters here, as they were making these creatures despair!
"Very well then…! Let's take them down one by one. Blood Servants, distract the two to the left, we'll take the one to the far right!" said Noah, as the Blood Servants, which were an impressive army of hundreds, rushed towards the two Hidden Bosses, instantly overwhelming them through the sheer amount of creatures of all shapes and sizes coming after them!
Although the Hydras' bites and slashes from their claws were enough to destroy them, they kept regenerating almost endlessly, while the strong Eel leaders and the Hydra Blood Servants, alongside the Deadly Sin Generals, were strong enough to withstand their power!
Even more, as the Blood Servants gathered together into masses of the blood of formless shapes that constantly extended claws, jaws, and tentacles everywhere, they were able to become so big they matched the beasts, and through their constantly regenerating masses, they were holding up to the incredibly well!
Noah smiled as he saw the Blood Servants working splendidly, as he led everyone with Iris at his side against the Hydra at the far right, which already began to charge a beam attack with its various heads!
FLASH!
Suddenly, five beams of purple-colored energy were directed at Noah and company, however, Noah and everyone around him concentrated their souls into their weapons, and unleashed a barrage of attacks, clashing against the beams and slicing through them!
Explosions of phantom blue flames, shadows, black lightning, blacklight, freezing ice, curse rays, and powerful blood and dark energy flashed against the beams, dissipating them as the Vampires darted into the airs, flashing and separating each other, so the beams wouldn't be able to completely target them all!
The Hydras became confused as to who to target, the heads began to unleash beams everywhere, while also summoning poison beasts!
Noah saw as everyone used their abilities to annihilate the beasts and evade the beam, as he unleashed his spectral blood demon guardian and using its gigantic fists and claws to slash and crush through the poison beasts, while evading the beams that constantly rosed through his body, sometimes even catching him, easily breaking his defenses and blasting away a limb or two, which quickly regenerated like nothing!
Everyone was playing the same thing, trying to evade while ultimately losing a few limbs, but always making sure to protect their heads!
Through this incredibly reckless tactic where they abused their amazing regeneration factor, the Vampires pulled through, reaching the Hydra, and ravaging its heads, one by one began to explode into pieces by their fierce attacks, as Noah finished it off by targeting the area where all the heads connected, seemingly being a weak area with a Vampiric Blast!
"Disappear!" roared Noah, as the Hydra exploded into pieces! Blood, flesh, shattered bones, and more flew in all directions, splatterig all over!
BOOOOM!!!
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BOOOM!!!
The gigantic hydra hidden boss fell into pieces over the poisonous lake, as Noah quickly raised it into a Blood Servant by using its very blood as a catalyst as well, making the beast's power and endurance even stronger!
"GROOOOWL!"
"Now pick the loot," said Noah.
"G-Growl…"
The Hydra timidly nodded as it used its large jaws to grab the many cores of its now corpse, alongside its own corpse, and then moved them inside Noah's Inner Realm of Flesh and Blood.
After this, Noah sent it against the other two Hydras, which were already being defeated by the formless and shapeless masses of blood servants stitched together!
"GRRUUOOOOHHH!"
The gigantic Pride was fusing himself with hundreds of Blood Servants, acquiring a gigantic formless appearance, and extended tentacles all around one of the hydras, crushing its heads and sucking the blood from within!
When a second hydra blood servant emerged, it began to attack the one pride was targeting, and the hidden boss finally gave in as it fell over the lake of blood, its entire body was torn apart seconds after! Noah didn't even need to do much than watch as the fruit of his labor did everything for him now!
He smiled at the third one, as the army of blood that couldn't be defeated reached it, viciously attacking it, all the hundreds of blood servants continuously merging and regenerating attacked it, tearing it apart, sucking their blood, and showering it with countless attacks!
Noah flashed towards it with Crimson Winds Propulsion and his Vampiric Blood Wings, reaching it in no time and unleashing a powerful spear made of pure magic and his soul, resembling a crimson blood spear, he threw it at the hydra's heart, crushing it and making it explode into pieces from the inside out!
"GRRRRUUUUOOOHHH…!"
BOOOM!!!
The third Hydra was destroyed!
Noah couldn't help but laugh at the ridiculousness of the situation, the S-Rank Dungeon he had overhyped so much was… merely a playground!
But he couldn't lower his guard down, he quickly raised the two Hydras into Blood Servants and collected the dropped cores and other dropped items.
"Hm, the monsters have stopped coming…" said Iris.
"Perhaps we are near the Boss now?" wondered Arthur.
"It has been quite the trip… Though I want to get out of here already, my lungs are constantly melting and regenerating, a very annoying feeling," sighed Jon.
The group glanced at the boiling pool of poison below them, everything seemed tranquil, the beasts had stopped coming and they were finally able to settle down their minds for the time being.
Noah gathered with everyone as they began to slowly hover towards the direction in front of them.
"We have gathered an exorbitant amount of Cores, if the Boss gives enough, we should be able to get to SS-Rank soon… To think that the Legendary SS-Rank Hunters would be such an easy to acquire title. I suppose this world is really stale compared to the vast worlds that we had seen through the dungeons… If this world is so weak, I cannot fathom to think how Abyss could be, or how the world of the demons could be, perhaps levels of power above SSS-Rank are fairly common, but for us who are so underdeveloped… it is the peak of everything," sighed Noah.
Noah had begun to wonder what the levels of power within advanced worlds that were not just recently awakened to supernatural events and monsters such as Earth were.
Based purely on Abyss and the knowledge he had gotten from the Blood Progenitor, the levels of power there were vast and held many Ranks and Levels, they were merely Level V out of more than 20 levels that Blood Cores could take.
Although their Ranks were increased exponentially faster than any other Vampire there, and they were already within the level of power that could be considered someone that could trample over most common Vampires.
But Noah didn't know if other worlds had other levels of power, as his knowledge was purely based on god's memories which were very limited despite being "god" and of the blood progenitor that never traveled outside of his world until he came to Earth inside the Blood Core that Noah absorbed.
"Indeed, we shouldn't get too cocky and maintain ourselves cautiously, nonetheless. Perhaps we might be able to deal with these monsters, but the Boss might end up surprising us! And even if not, the outside forces even outside of Earth are vast and mysterious… We must tread with caution," said Iris, outside of the excitement of battle she had learned to be cautious and meticulous like Noah, at least a little bit…
"Very true, mistress," said Timassa.
"Nonetheless, just how powerful are the Watchers compared to… Erm, us?" asked Arthur.
"As of now… we might only be but a fraction of their power, perhaps 1%..." said Noah, he himself didn't know much about these entities as God did not know much either, but it seems that their power was way above God itself, and even all the Ranks of Abyss… these were like super-secret final bosses, the possibilities of defeating them was abysmal if not impossible.
"Just… a fraction…" sighed Arthur.
"Earth is really doomed, isn't it?" wondered Clementina.
"It would be more realistic to escape," said Jon.
"And that's the best plan and the one we will follow. Unless some stupid miracle were to happen, we will escape even if we can grow as strong as we possibly can… those beings had reached those levels of power after existing for eons, and it is said they had consumed several planet cores to reach such power," said Noah.
"So to reach that level of power we'll have to devour cores?!" asked Arthur.
"Oh… Interesting," said Iris while rubbing her chin.
"Not anytime soon, the thing we should always prioritize is survival," said Noah.
"You're right…" said Clementina.
"Survival!" said Adamantine while waving her shadow tail.
"I do wonder how vast the cosmos outside the world is…" said Jon.
Noah had already begun to consider simply grab as much power from Earth and then escape in some way, perhaps by using the ability he acquired from the Warlock Skill that let him traverse through the Outer Plane, although the very travel would be incredibly hard as well…
The possibilities were dim for survival at the end, even though they were steamrolling through this dungeon, in the great scheme of things… they needed to hurry up and escape the planet!
After reaching SSS-Rank, Noah planned to travel to every Sector and force the people there to become his Vampires, recruiting them into his Guild and saving them inside his Inner Realm, which kept increasing in size as he grew stronger.
After "rescuing" most people, although he planned to use them to gain more power through faith and prayers, he would escape the planet after having collected as many powers and treasures as possible, quite possibly also completing the new Gates of even higher levels of power.
Of course, this was put a projection of the future, which was still unknown, for now, he and everyone else decided to concentrate on the present at hand.
As the party flew slowly, they suddenly stopped as an enormous presence startled them!
"There… the Boss!" said Noah while gritting his teeth, an exhilarating feeling began to rush through his entire body as his eyes flashed with crimson-red light.
SPLASH!
An enormous creature emerged from the poisonous waters!
This entity never knew what happened to it.
It only knew that it survived, devoured, and evolved, until one day it became unbeatable.
Yet… somehow, even though it had worked so hard to thrive, survive, reproduce, and become the strongest, it was one day trapped into a strange space.
Forced against its own will to remain in a single place, as if time has stopped, it could only grow in anger as all the efforts it had exerted through its long life were gone, no matter how hard it tried, no matter how much work it put… it was possible, it was locked in a single place.
I hatched from an egg hundreds of years in the past, within the depths of the lake of poison.
As it was small, it could barely do much other than hiding from the immense predators roaming at every corner.
It was a tough life.
However, it continued to slowly rise through the hierarchy and food chain.
At first, it hid from the big and ate the tiny bugs it found.
Slowly but steadily, strange energy, an essence it acquired by devouring tiny insects flowed into it, and like many other beings it had seen before, it slowly started to get bigger and evolved.
It kept devouring whatever was weaker than itself, hiding and hiding, while slowly evolving.
Many times, even with its cautious personality, it was about to die to the unpredictability of life.
However, each time it came on top through a combination of immense survival instincts, resolve, and cautiousness, with a sparkle of sheer luck.
It fought against greater beasts and became a gigantic beast after dozens of years, if not hundreds…
It fought against the biggest of monsters, and devoured everything in its path…
It evolved again, and again, and again.
One day, it found itself at the pinnacle of the lake, at the pinnacle of the entire jungle, even.
It had once decided to travel outside the lake, anything it found was defeated with its might, it was unparalleled.
It came back to the lake again, and one day found a mate, it mated, and had hundreds of children, through tiny eggs, he saw them go…
He feels fulfilled, and decided to rest inside his lake, ruling everything and governing with his hard-earned might.
It was the life of the King.
But everything changed after that… the space-time distortions trapped him within a dungeon, and he was concealed within the depths of this lake for years until it finally opened, a gate to another world… where strange aliens emerged, with enormously powerful pressures and auras, they slowly slaughtered everything within the lake, and even its powerful children, the ones that were only second to him.
It felt complete fury, these invaders had come here, destroyed everything, and had made of his home their playground… and to boot, they killed his powerful children like nothing!
It was uncalled for… this entity, even within its primitive mind, desired vengeance!
It wanted to get out of this place so badly, to tear apart these invaders and show them what truth might be all about!
It constantly tried to unleash its powers, to destroy everything around it, and to end this nightmarish cage… but nothing worked, it was sealed, trapped in this space.
It could only rage and wait… its fury only increased.
It desired to destroy everything, to decimate anything!
It wanted to… annihilate these intruders, these invaders!
These beings that brought so much chaos to its lake!
And as it desired to do this over anything else, the invisible shackles that maintained it sealed suddenly dissipated…
It was freed!
It freely extended its gigantic limbs, tentacles, body, claws, and heads!
Its eyes opened, as its jaws roared, its razor-sharp teeth showing off monstrously!
Finally, it was going to fight! It was going to destroy everything! It was going to avenge its children!
It was all over for the invaders, as the King has come.
Noah glanced at the beast appearing in front of him his flashing crimson-red eyes, his entire body exuding an aura of red colors and an immense pressure, his entire being was exuding the aura of dread.
Noah's soul was expanding wildly, enormous, and bloody tentacles, alongside black and oozy tentacles extended outside of its body, his soul was incredibly vast compared to the size of his body! A gigantic crimson-red eye emerged in the middle of his soul as well, shining brightly and eerily.
Everyone around him began to exude the aura of their souls as well, which shapeshifted as gigantic beasts, their Soul Beasts, and materialized over their bodies, changing their appearances into enormous monsters made of elements!
Noah also did the same, as he became an enormous single-eyed and formless mass of ethereal flesh with many tentacles, he was nothing else than an abyssal existence, something way beyond human understanding.
And the worst part was that the actual abyssal beign within his soul wasn't even helping him achieve this, he simply became this through sheer effort and by constantly corrupting his soul with the power of his Vampiric traits… alongside having it fragmented into pieces multiple times, only to rearrange them again, each time he did, his soul grew more and more stranger.
Sakura, Sugar, and Noire were still the ones with the smallest souls as they were still developing, but by combining their physical bodies through their newly acquired ability, Mechanical Fusion, they were able to become an enormous mech with large cannons, shotguns, and an immense blade, resembling a Gundam from Earth's anime before the Apocalypse…
The three souls fused together too, and coated the Gundam-like transformation, making it just as powerful as the other members of Noah's army… the trio of robot girls had already earned their spot in the main party.
Noah glanced at the beast in front of him, as it began to surge from the lake.
He called to his army of Blood Servants, of course.
"Of course, before doing anything, let's be a bit cautious… Blood Servants, march!" roared Noah while pointing his gigantic soul tentacles to the beast in front of them, as the army of Blood Servants of all shapes and sizes rushed towards it.
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An enormous and monstrous being.
Coated completely by metallic, purple-colored scales that resembled immense shields.
It had large tentacles covered in such scales as well, spread all over its chest.
Its body resembled that of a turtle, but without the shell… although the very scales were so incredibly hard-looking and metallic in appearance it seemed that they were like a carapace to an extent…
It had over 10 heads, with long snake-like necks and gigantic jaws filled with razor-sharp teeth, flashing crimson eyes, and long purple tongues.
It had claws too, enormous front limbs with large claws that extended for several meters… it was a gigantic killing machine.
Its size… way above 50 meters, it dwarfed even the other hidden bosses I sheer size.
And its presence? Overwhelming like nothing else, it resembled to create a domain of its own where only this pressuring purple-colored energy it exuded could go in…
This was, without a doubt, the Boss of the Dungeon.
Noah glanced at it with surprise, a smile surging on his lips.
He glanced at the beast in front of him, as it began to surge from the lake.
And he called to his army of Blood Servants, of course.
"Of course, before doing anything, let's be a bit cautious… Blood Servants, march!" roared Noah while pointing his gigantic soul tentacles to the beast in front of them, as the army of Blood Servants of all shapes and sizes rushed towards it!
"GRROOOOOOOAAAAHHH! LET'S GO!" roared Pride, flying into the skies while fusing himself with countless other blood servants, resembling a gigantic mass of blood and crimson-red phantom gibbering monstrously and grotesquely, but that also had gigantic claws and jaws!
By Noah's command, many other beasts were fusing together, making enormous Blood Servant Legions, as Noah called them, which flew towards the target at immense speeds, nearing it!
The army had divided itself into three groups, and they were just three masses of blood and phantoms, each one of them aimed at a certain area of the beast, left, right, and from above!
Noah was using one of his strongest abilities to his very limits, the power of the blood servants that gave him the ability to test his enemy's strength before going all out o them, and to even restraint, weaken them, or discern their capabilities and hidden abilities!
He was forged with cautiousness, he was a man that wouldn't step into things without knowing he had a good chance of winning. Perhaps he looked reckless and savage at times, but since he began to train his powers more, and since his mind evolved and changed that Noah had begun to become more thoughtful, and with the many minds he now had through parallel mind, he was able to think a lot of things, and all of them always asked him to be cautious with the things he did, at least against beings such as Bosses.
He proved such cautiousness by crushing Beelzebub after seeing how far he could go, and he planned to do the same now.
It might be repetitive, it might not be an entertaining way of doing things, but a good villain always needed to be thoughtful and meticulous.
"GGGRRRRRUUUUUUUUOOOOOOHHHH…!"
The monstrous Boss, the Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King roared with its many heads, as it suddenly opened its jaws, unleashing dozens of beams of purple energy against the three Blood Servant Legions made up of many twisting shapes!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The beam attacks were completely effective, making the spheres of blood explode and get splattered all over the place incredibly quickly!
The beast roared, exuding a cloud of purple smoke and throwing it directly at Noah as it triumphantly glared at him from the high sky!
"Arthur," said Noah.
"Yes!"
Arthur moved through the skies with his giant worm form, gibbering grotesquely and flying directly towards the cloud of poisonous gas, opening his gigantic and spiraling jaw and then… absorbing all of it!
FLAAASH!
In just a few seconds, Arthur devoured the cloud of poison and even the Boss' eyes squinted at this!
"What? Surprised?" asked Noah, which generated a distraction of a few seconds, enough for the Blood Servant Legions splattered into the poison lake, which had fused with the poisonous monsters blood servants and therefore was immune to this lake's poison now dived sneakily down below, grasping the thick legs of the beast!
"Grroowl?!"
The gigantic Boss quickly tried to take away these masses of blood and phantom grasping its legs as he unleashed his breath attacks over his own thick armored legs, managing to fend off some of the blood, which kept somehow regenerating against all common sense!
At the same time, it didn't lose any second either, the creature quickly began to unleash other attacks using the magic of its own, conjuring magic circles without incantations and firing spears of poison, summoning poisonous Wyrms made of pure acidic poison, and more!
Arthur was not able to catch everything, so Noah and everyone else joined the battle, unleashing their powerful Soul Claws and long-ranged attacks, slashing the beasts made of poison with ease and blocking the poisonous spears with their claws, evaporating the poison through the sheer power of their elements!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Noah smiled, as the beast was distracted by them easily being able to destroy its long-ranged attacks.
His body was way too heavy, and it couldn't possibly move correctly around, even if it tried to go as fast as possible the beast was still enormously big!
Due to being so big and lacking some kind of supernatural power that could it move faster despite this size, it was being very annoyed by the blood tentacles that were always trying to entangle it, but it continued to fight back, unleashing beams against Noah and company while slashing through the blood servants down below.
It fought with its claws, unleashing slashing attacks from a distance, which Noah blocked with his enormous, materialized soul, alongside showering the beast with explosive soul jewels.
The gigantic Boss seemed to not have too many complex attacks, and was simply big, had a lot of defense, and could attack from long distances… it wasn't overly problematic either, as Noah and everyone else was controlling his attacks fairly easy!
Noticing this, Noah decided to execute his next course of action.
The Blood Servants attacking the Boss' legs quickly separated themselves from a large chunk left in the legs, as they dived away from the monster.
The Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King had believed that this was his victory, if the strange creature ended running away, it probably meant it recognized his might!
But that was not the case, it simply didn't want to be caught by…
There was one thing Noah loved a lot after Iris.
And those were…
Explosions.
Noah's hand gripped into a fist, as he raised it into the air!
Blood Bomb!
FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!
The three large chunks of fused blood servants began to shine with bright crimson light, startling the Boss, as it desperately tried to take them away!
However, it was too late!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOOOOOMMM!!!
Three consecutive explosions ensued, as the Boss saw its entire legs being blown away into bits through the immense combustion force!
"GRRRRYYYAAAARRR…!"
The beast roared in agony as it fell over the lake of poison, Noah had sacrificed a large number of Blood Servants, using them as bombs!
But he had made sure to secure his generals and stronger ones, and only used the clustered smaller and weaker ones for this task!
SPLASH!
The beast fell over the lake of poison, weakened and in pain, it couldn't move an inch anymore!
It was too shocking! Just what was all of this?!
It thought it had triumphed… yet… yet!
Noah's laughter resonated through the battlefield, startling the dragon, and giving it a sense of dread, that laughter was the laughter of death itself!
"I shouldn't have thought you were like Beelzebub… But well, it is never bad to be cautious, now, good night!" laughed Noah, as he and everyone around him, including the surviving Blood Servants began to crush the Poisonous Wyrm with everything they had, opening wounds all over the place while abusing the giant ones in the legs, sucking off all the blood, vitality, and everything out of the proud King!
Noah generated gigantic cannons of elemental blood jewels and loaded them with his very blood, firing gigantic cannonballs made of his soul which exploded all over the beast, the wounds were so enormous that their flesh started to splatter all over!
"GGRRRYYYAAAAARRRRRR…!"
Roaring one last time, the King of the Poison Lake perished by the hands of Noah!
This wasn't a "fair" fight at all… but who cares?
Noah only cared about victory!
The Boss Monster had been defeating in the most unexpected and anti-climactic way possible!
Noah didn't particularly care about "stakes" nor "exciting battles" at this point, he simply wanted to eliminate his enemies as swiftly and efficiently as possible.
What he wanted and excited him the most was victory!
If he were allowed to act scummy in battle, he would, gladly!
Noah smiled as he saw the great beast, the Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King fall into pieces over the poisonous lake, its entire body was torn apart, it was done for.
Noah, however, was not done with it yet!
He extended his claws towards it and began to use Bloodline Devour as he drank its entire blood.
The blood kept accumulating into a mass of crimson-red liquid, as he drank it entirely.
His body suddenly began to glow with bright purple colors, as his eyes flashed with an even deeper crimson-red color!
A wicked smile emerged over Noah's pale-white face, as the power surging through his veins made it completely worth it to sacrifice those Blood Servants to achieve victory!
He used Bloodline Assimilation, as he gained a new Bloodline Trait!
Ding!
[Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King] Bloodline Assimilated!]
[You learned the [Poisonous King's Might] Bloodline Trait!]
[Poisonous King's Might: Enhances all Stats by 5%. Grants great resistance to all types of toxins. Grants the ability to unleash Poisonous Breath Attacks.] [Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King]
"It's done…" sighed Noah in relief, as he dropped a drop of blood over the large soul of the Hydra Wyrm King, raising it into a Blood Servant!
The enormous soul began to change colors to crimson-red, as its red colors materialized and crystalized into an enormous being made of pure blood and crimson-red phantom.
Noah added a bit of his blood, and it was done!
"GROOOOOOOWL!"
The beast roared, as its various heads lowered before Noah, the mighty King of this world's poisonous lake was now his servant!
"Well, that was something else…" sighed Iris, as she quickly began to fly around collecting the loot with everyone else, even Noah helped.
"Indeed. For now, let's go back home, and take the rest of the day to rest and assess our gains, I believe we have just enough Cores to become SS-Rank," said Noah.
"That's nice, I think I need to rest for a little bit…" sighed Arthur.
"Me too, even as Vampires, I feel mentally exhausted," said Timassa.
"I want to take a nap…" yawned Jon.
"Well, everyone is taking it quite casually that we just completed an S-Rank Dungeon…" laughed Sakura.
"It was certainly an exhausting exploration, but just as Noah had said, we are aiming for way higher things now… And at the end, Dungeons are a mere tool for us to grow stronger," said Clementina.
"That's right, it is just as Clementina said, Sakura," said Noire.
"Fuhehe… With these amazing dropped items and materials, we'll be able to upgrade ourselves a ton!" said Sugar.
"All of us shall rest for the rest of the day then, tomorrow… we shall go inside the SS-Rank Dungeon!" said Noah.
"SS-Rank Dungeon!" said Adamantine.
The group quickly flew back into the gate, as the Dungeon's space-time distortion began to appear, if they were to stay for too long, they would be engulfed by these distortions and most likely killed by some kind of black hole emerging.
The people around the gate glanced at the twisting spiral of colors, it has been 4 hours since the group entered the Gate, but they had yet to emerge.
Although usually, expeditions to such dungeons took entire days, so it was normal that they wouldn't come early.
Most people had already assumed that they would take days, or that perhaps… they might already be dead.
However, right in front of their noses, several figures emerged out of the gate, right before it completely dissipated into thin air… It was gone.
"W-What???"
"T-They are… back…"
"In four hours?!"
"How much time? Wait, four hours?!"
"Yeah… four hours! They took… four hours in coming back from an S-Rank Dungeon…"
"Unbelievable…"
The people carrying cameras and microphones quickly ran towards Noah and his party, asking him various questions, they were all effervescent to hear his thoughts and what he had done inside.
"Noah!"
"Noctem Family's Leader, please, any words?"
"You are perhaps the first person- no, a guild who have completed an S-Rank Dungeon in less than a day! What do you think about your achievement?"
"Please, any words of wisdom? Anything would do!"
"Such amazing talent has never been seen before! What abilities do you possess?"
"The world is eager to know your capabilities!"
Noah glanced at everyone with his human appearance, as a charming smile surged within his lips, such a smile made most of the women skip a beat, his eyes shined with a small crimson hue, making him even more mysterious…
"I have nothing to say. We simply did as we said we would do, and tomorrow morning, we'll be going to the SS-Rank Dungeon atop the Axis Corporations Building, and complete it!" said Noah arrogantly, smiling provocatively at the cameras as he walked away with his servants, as Noire released a wave of shadows, covering everyone, and then disappeared.
Noah shook the entire Sector D- no, the entire world!
Such boldness!
Such arrogance!
Such confidence!
But he… had done just as he had said he would!
His boldness, arrogance, and confidence were all justified! He was allowed to be like this!
Who cared about humility? Certainly not Noah.
The impact he wanted to generate in the world was finally done!
Flash!
In just a few seconds, Noah finally reached his giant castle, Scarlet, who greeted him happily.
"Welcome back, Master! I saw you on TV, well done! You're my idol!" said Scarlet, with the voice of a cute girl.
"Idol?" wondered Noah.
"Haha, she's so cute! She means you are the one she looks up to," said Iris.
"I don't know why she would do that, she is my Servant, but I don't believe I am an idol… More like a tyrant! Yes, that fits me better," said Noah while nodding and crossing his arms.
"A… tyrant? You're not a tyrant at all though…" said Arthur.
"I fact you're a very good person, Master. By using our guild strength to complete all these dungeons, we are saving many lives," said Timassa.
"…I don't do it for such lives, but so we can grow stronger. You're getting it all wrong! I don't give a damn about other people," sighed Noah.
Noah desired to exert malicious and evil acts, but it seemed that in the great scheme of things, they always seemed to be good ones.
Although he acted bold and arrogant, he slowly began to become something of a figure of hope for the people who had begun to despair when all these Gates emerged everywhere.
He was completing dungeons after dungeons, and his servants were doing the same! In no time, Sector D would be cleansed of Dungeons, and people would be able to feel safe again.
And he, a bold and charming "Hero", had become the figure of the entire Sector D inadvertently…
Noah simply wanted to intimidate other Hunters and Guilds to never try to attack them or something now that he was so strong, and that he intended to keep growing at an exponential and insane rate.
But he seemed to be slowly becoming a figure that everyone looked up to.
The Director of Axis Corporations watched the recordings of what has been filmed recently, the news that was broadcast within Sector D.
A beautiful young woman began to speak on the TV, talking about the achievements of a certain group of people.
"It has already been confirmed that the Noctem Family Guild had broken a world record, being the first Guild to finish an S-Rank Dungeon in less than a day…"
"Reports also say that the main group within the guild, led by their guild leader, Noah Noctem, had gone from A-Rank to S-Rank in a single day, and most presumed that at the end of the day… they would already be SS-Rank."
"These are, of course, glorious news for our Sector. Knowing that our people will be protected by such a righteous savior such as Noah Luna and his Guild, who had begun to complete Dungeons at incredible speeds have reassured the hearts of the people of Sector D…"
"Even more, just some minutes ago, Noah Luna Noctem himself had given us his words of confidence, saying that he would indeed complete the SS-Rank Dungeon above Axis Corporations building tomorrow… We are expectant to see our new National Hero in action," said the woman, as the TV showed Noah glancing directly at the camera.
"I have nothing to say. We simply did as we said we would do, and tomorrow morning, we'll be going to the SS-Rank Dungeon atop the Axis Corporations Building, and complete it!" said Noah arrogantly, smiling provocatively at the cameras as he walked away with his servants.
The Axis Corporations Director, a blonde and slim man glanced at the TV while squinting his eyes.
"S-Rank already… and possibly SS-Rank… Impressive. This amazing growth… and such arrogance. Heh, to be expected of a genius. There is possibly no chance for me to force him now… To think that just a few days ago I could have done so frustrates me! Just how fast does he grow? This is incredibly ridiculous…" sighed the Director, William Axis.
William suddenly noticed something within the recordings, as he saw a black-colored robot which he never remembered designing before suddenly summon an immense cloud of shadows, engulfing everyone with it and then disappearing out of thin air!
"What kind of power is that?!" he wondered. He had never in his entire life made such a model!
He was right, Noah was really changing his robots to acquire strange new powers and abilities way beyond his actual level of creation and edition of mechanical and technological parts.
"Amazing! Simply amazing, Noah! So you can even give such a strange model that ability?! What kind of mysteries do you hide? What kind of being are you? I want to know… I want to know so badly! No matter what, I will try to gain your trust, in fact, it is a must!" thought William, as he glanced at Sector D from within the windows of his flying car, which he used to travel from this faraway sector to Sector D!
Meanwhile, Bernard Gold, the leader of the Golden Guardians and a man who had plotted to kill Noah with his A-Rank Hunters was now barely recovering from a heart attack he got after hearing that Noah completed an A-Rank Dungeon in three hours.
The man he had as a servant was at his side, giving him some herbal tea to relax him.
Bernard had already decided to simply leave Noah alone, if he tried to pursue this for too long, he might end up getting himself killed.
He had already coped with the idea, and even if it sounded so ridiculous… it was the truth, Noah completed an A-Rank Dungeon, and was most likely soon going to become S-Rank.
His Guild members were not as strong, and if they were to go attack him, they would most likely get slaughtered.
The man sighed another time, as he decided to watch TV.
But what was on the News made him choke on the tea he was drinking.
"PPPFFFFF…! WHAT?!"
The tea he was holding spiled over his crotch and made him cry, as he saw on the TV Noah, who had already become an S-Rank and also completed an S-Rank Dungeon said that he would complete an SS-Rank Dungeon tomorrow!
For anyone normal, this wouldn't make any sense!
"H-He completed the S-Rank Dungeon in just four hours?! WHAAAAAAAT?! T-This is… ridiculous! WHY?! HOW?! AAAGGHHH…!"
Bernard began to pull out his hair so hard that blood began to spile out of the parts where his hair was pulled, he was going completely mental right now!
But who else wouldn't go insane after hearing Noah's immensely fast progression? This was utterly ridiculous in all senses of the word!
"Sir! Are you okay, sir?!"
"Uuuaagghhh..! GAGGGHHAAGGHH…!"
Bernard began to choke more as his crotch was burning by the boiling water of the tea, it was yet another horrible day.
Meanwhile, Noah, after reaching his castle, had decided to first take a quick bath and then absorb Attribute Value Cores.
He and Iris walked outside of the bathroom after having relaxed their bodies and tensed up muscles a bit more, and they felt ready to go and grow stronger… SS-Rank is within their grasp now!
The Master and Mistress of the family got into their usual clothes and walked downstairs, being greeted by their party, who all had relaxed and taken baths too, most of them were now enjoying some food, and a big feast was taking place, which used the meat of the poisonous beasts found in the Dungeon. The poison was of course taken away by Arthur's ability to control poison.
"Hm, this meat is good… What is it?" asked Iris.
"Oh, that's the Dragonfly!" said Timassa.
"T-The dragonfly?" asked Iris.
"Indeed. I had tasted it before when you burned them when they are roasted alive, the meat becomes tender and white like crab… They are a delicacy," said Noah.
"Oh? Indeed, it tastes so good! The tender white meat is so juicy too…" said Iris.
"I prepared it with all of my devotion, Iris-sama!" said Scarlet, emerging in her humanoid, red-colored slime-girl form.
After the feast, Noah, and everyone else was ready to use the Attribute Value Cores!
[Noah Luna Noctem]
[Class(es): Warlock (II)]
[Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye]
[Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)]
[Blood Core Rank: Level V: Noble-Born Vampire Marquis]
[Vitality: 2620]
[Mind: 2560]
[Force: 2600]
[Skill Points: 37500]
[Bloodline Traits]
[Poisonous Scales: Reduces physical damage received by 5%, while also giving great resistance to acidic fluids that could otherwise melt skin and flesh] [Poisonous Eel]
[Poisonous Blade Fangs: Your bite can now secrete a poison made at your liking, and damage dealt is increased by 5% when using your fangs] [Poisonous Angler Fish]
[Poisonous Exoskeleton: Your skin is as hard as an exoskeleton, reducing physical damage by 5%] [Poisonous Carnivorous Dragonfly]
[Poisonous Long Tongue: Your tongue is incredibly flexible and capable of extending through large ranges, secreting sticky saliva to catch prey with it, or attack with it, damage deal using your tongue increases by 10%] [Poisonous Devil Frog]
[Hydra's Might: Enhances all Stats by 3%] [Poisonous Hydra Emperor]
[Poisonous King's Might: Enhances all Stats by 5%. Grants great resistance to all types of toxins. Grants the ability to unleash Poisonous Breath Attacks.] [Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King]
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A pile of shiny crystal balls rested right before Noah.
Each shiny crystal ball was a white color, shining brightly with a milky and creamy color, like coconut milk.
Noah grasped one as its essence seemed to encompass him.
He glanced at it, as a strange ethereal liquid within it waved around the more he moved it…
All of Noah's party was around him, each one had a gigantic pile of these crystal balls, Attribute Value Cores of S-Rank!
They needed many of them to get into SS-Rank, in normal terms, it would take years to reach this… And even then, those at SS-Rank are so mysterious that not many had seen them, and it is presumed that several of them had gone missing as they delved into dungeons and never came back…
But they had acquired so many thanks to the effect of Blood Cores, with increased dropped items chances… to the point that it was enough for all of them to become SS-Rank right away!
They had just a few hours ago crossed the line that not many had crossed, and now, they were delving into SS-Rank!
The Noctem Family members couldn't help but smile, showing their sharp vampiric fangs…
"It is time…" said Noah, grasping the pile of cores with his hands, as all of them suddenly turned into ethereal, white-colored particles of light, showering his entire body with enormous quantities of energy!
Noah's entire body was encompassed by the powerful overflowing energy, as his entire body began to glow with bright white light.
The feeling of exhilaration continued as Noah decided to use the power he gained and made it flow through his body like a river of white energy.
The more he made it flow, the more power he acquired, it was overflowing everywhere, S-Rank Attribute Cores were insane in every sense of the word!
"Hahaha! Hahahaha!"
Noah couldn't contain his laughter as he laughed maliciously, he was undergoing a complete evolution of his very being, the feeling of ecstasy almost made him go even madder than he already was!
After what seemed like thousands of years but were in truth, just a few seconds, Noah calmed himself.
He glanced at everyone else who was undergoing these "changes", most of them were also feeling strange, some resisting in the ground while others like Iris were moaning in pleasure.
It was disturbing, but the amount of power they got was outstanding, and made up for it, for sure.
Noah felt as if he had been reborn, he felt anew, it was an outlandish feeling.
He sighed in relief, the power within his body was already above S-Rank… Yet, he was not completely satisfied.
No, he wanted more.
Noah decided to check his Status Panel, as he was amazed by the Stats.
[Noah Luna Noctem]
[Class(es): Warlock (II)]
[Patron(s): Bloodshot Eye]
[Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)]
[Blood Core Rank: Level V: Noble-Born Vampire Marquis]
[Vitality: 4900]
[Mind: 4900]
[Force: 4950]
[Skill Points: 37500]
[Bloodline Traits]
[Poisonous Scales: Reduces physical damage received by 5%, while also giving great resistance to acidic fluids that could otherwise melt skin and flesh] [Poisonous Eel]
[Poisonous Blade Fangs: Your bite can now secrete a poison made at your liking, and damage dealt is increased by 5% when using your fangs] [Poisonous Angler Fish]
[Poisonous Exoskeleton: Your skin is as hard as an exoskeleton, reducing physical damage by 5%] [Poisonous Carnivorous Dragonfly]
[Poisonous Long Tongue: Your tongue is incredibly flexible and capable of extending through large ranges, secreting sticky saliva to catch prey with it, or attack with it, damage deal using your tongue increases by 10%] [Poisonous Devil Frog]
[Hydra's Might: Enhances all Stats by 3%] [Poisonous Hydra Emperor]
[Poisonous King's Might: Enhances all Stats by 5%. Grants great resistance to all types of toxins. Grants the ability to unleash Poisonous Breath Attacks.] [Poisonous Hydra Wyrm King]
4900! These were truly the stats of an SS-Rank!
Now, aside from some mysterious figures that never appeared in public, Noah was… stronger than anyone in the world!
And he was sure that there were no SSS-Rank Hunters in the world yet, as it was a speculated Rank due to the existence of SSS-Rank Gates.
And even then, if he were to fight an SS-Rank hunter… so what? He was confident in his abilities and on his pseudo-divine soul, alongside all he had cultivated up to now…
Wasn't he already at the top of the entire world?
The only challenge was not even Hunters, it was Gates.
Gates and otherworldly beings were the only true challenge, anything else was… resources waiting for him to pick them up.
A smile emerged on Noah's lips.
Why shouldn't he take whatever he wanted then?
Why shouldn't he simply do as he pleased?
Was… there any other reason to not do whatever he pleased now?
No.
Noah had no morals, there was no sense of guilt stopping him from going completely insane and doing all types of outlandish things!
If anyone dared to confront him, then they were free to come at him and his Guild! He would massacre them, devour their souls, and drink their blood!
Perhaps the power was getting into his head, so Noah decided to calm down for now and assess things better.
Nonetheless, no matter how much he calculated it… it always yielded in his favor.
With all the parallel minds he had, with his fast speed of thought processing… he still found that he could do as he pleased…
"Hm… Taking over the world and making all of humanity my servants do not sound bad… The amount of power I could accumulate by receiving their faith and prayers would be outstanding…" Noah thought, as malicious and devilish thoughts emerged inside of his mind.
As everyone finished, they were all SS-Rank, and their Auras of power exuded this as well.
"Wow… So now we are really at the top of the world, aside from Gates?" wondered Iris.
"More or less… And I have already thought about what we could do from now on…" said Noah, his malice knew no bounds.
"Oh~?" wondered Iris, a maliciously and cute smirk emerged on her lips, as she showed her sharp fangs.
Indeed, Vampires were now going to take over the world!
Noah had something in mind! Something… insane.
Not even other SS-Rank Hunters had considered doing this due to its insane implications, but Noah and his subordinates had enough strength to easily accomplish it… And even if other SS-Rank Hunters were to oppose, they would be happy to fight them, kill them or recruit them forcefully, whatever came first!
"What I plan to do is something… simple. We'll take over the world," said Noah nonchalantly, his words were so ridiculous anyone on their sane mind would believe he had some kind of brain damage or was way too delusional.
Anyone with a speck of common sense would quickly call him out for being insane, and completely stupid.
But everyone around him lacked common sense already, their perception of reality was completely different, their level of strength and comprehension of magic, the world, and more was above all other humans.
And they knew the absolute monster that Noah was.
Even Iris lacked a complete understanding of Noah's complete power, he was constantly growing stronger every single day… but he always defeated his enemies through a combination of cunningness and cheap tactics, and never showcased all he could do.
But she was sure, as his wife, that he could, quite literally, destroy the entire world.
It was already within their minds that it was completely possible for Noah.
Noah could easily charge all the power of everyone's souls and generate a Vampiric Blast that could penetrate the planet's crust and then blow up its core.
And the world would simply end.
Even other SS-Rank Hunters were not able to do such an insane thing.
Not even Fernand's brother… who had recently fallen ill and was bedridden due to the curse being so strong after Noah became stronger that he was quite literally having his soul eaten away.
Just as Noah had dropped these words, Fernand's Firebrand brother, Jean Firebrand felt a sharp pain in his chest and fell unconscious, making the medics around him panic.
"I see… So you've already decided then," sighed Arthur.
"There's no going back," sighed Timassa.
"The world shall be of our Lord if he so desires…" said Jon.
"The world will be our playground!" said Adamantine.
"My lord, I shall freeze an entire Sector in your name," said Clementina.
"Ah…! Me too!" said Sakura.
"You're not joking, huh…" sighed Sugar.
"Master, I am expectant to see you dominate this world," said Noire.
"I guess it is what it is. You're ready, aren't you?" asked Iris.
"I am… but I want to prepare some more before that. There are a few loose things I need to resolve as well…" said Noah.
"What about Fernand Firebrand?" asked Arthur.
"Hm? Ah… He is so insignificant I don't care anymore, but he is loyal, so tell someone to bring him to the guild…" said Noah.
"You don't want to kill him?" asked Iris.
"Hm… Not really. I simply… Don't care. It doesn't surge from my heart to do anything," sighed Noah, he was simply not being moved by revenge anymore, only the desire to grow stronger and protect what he cared for.
"Hm… And his brother?" wondered Jon.
"About his brother, I might go kill him and make him into a Blood Soul Servant, or should I eat his soul? I wonder if I can get something by drinking his blood… Or maybe I can get his Skill? Hmm, I doubt it would be as easy to get such a powerful Skill so easily... But it could be a good way to measure my power by fighting him enraged," said Noah.
"A little skirmish would be fun to watch, though the obvious winner will be Noah-sama. An SS-Rank against a weakened S-Rank is too much of a one-sided battle!" laughed Timassa.
"I suppose we have already grown up past such meaningless things," chuckled Iris.
"Indeed, and with a wife who is pregnant, why would I care about an ignorant fool and his brother? I only desire to grab everything here and then get out, I must procure your safety and that of my children," said Noah, revealing the news to everyone present!
"Eh?! What?" asked Arthur.
"Oh my… Iris-sama… you're pregnant?!" asked Timassa.
"This is… amazing news!" said Jon.
"Celebrate! We must celebrate!!!" roared Clementina.
"Baby!" said Adamantine.
"I-Is this what is called… human reproduction?" asked Sakura while blushing.
"I think so!" said Sugar.
"Outstanding… Noah-sama must have mated with Iris-sama several times to accomplish such a feat… Impressive," said Noire.
"Uwah! Stop talking about such embarrassing stuff! And Noah, I thought you had already told them…!" cried Iris.
"Eh? I thought you already told them…" said Noah.
"Oh… I guess we assumed they already knew…" said Iris.
"That's right… Well, good news for everyone then. Days ago, through my senses, I had discovered that Iris was pregnant of two… Well, she already knew it as she felt it through her senses, but I discovered it and she ended up telling me," said Noah.
This had happened only four days ago, as Noah was sleeping at the side of Iris at night while being covered below the bedsheets, he had suddenly felt the beat of two small hearts.
He thought it was merely an illusion due to how small they were but… after a bit, he realized they came from Iris.
Noah had asked her why she didn't tell him earlier, and it was because she was looking for a "perfect opportunity" to do it…
In the end, Noah simply hugged Iris and kissed her, as he felt a great feeling of fulfillment, knowing that he would finally have offspring… even though both of them were 18, he was happy to be a parent, nonetheless.
Both were still deciding what names should be given to the babies, but because they were mere fetuses, they should be left for later.
"So that's why you've been very overprotective of her… I remember that Noah-sama always invited Iris to participate in physical combat, but now, you often tell her to attack from afar or to protect herself with her soul beast from materialization," said Timassa.
"Ah… Haha, well, the fetuses are very small, so I don't think even if I were to lose a limb or two anything would happen to them…" said Iris.
"But a wound near the stomach could be fatal for them, so you better stay in the backlines protected by the blood servants and the robots," said Noah rather firmly, Iris was left with no option. Although she loved to get into the frontlines, Noah only allowed this when he was sure that the monsters wouldn't be able to damage her.
"I know, I know~ You're a good father," said Iris, kissing Noah's cheek.
"Haha… to think that we jumped from a world-dominating topic to talk about our lord's children. A truly blessed conversation," said, Arthur.
"If we shall conquer the world to secure our lord's offspring's safety, then it shall be done!" said Clementina.
"So they're two? And since when as our lady been pregnant?" wondered Timassa.
"Weeks ago… Probably since the first- You don't know need details for that," said Noah, suddenly stopping from saying the exact date of the first time both him and Iris had sex.
"I-I see!" said Timassa while blushing a bit, she already guessed what he was going to say, and so all of his subordinates.
After the conversations regarding Iris's pregnancy, Noah and Iris went to their room and decided to spend the rest of the day there.
"Fweh… I am so tired…" sighed Iris, jumping into the bed and throwing her heels boots away.
Poof!
"Uwah… bed…" she sighed in relief, as Noah found her adorable.
"You should absorb the Ability Cores we got," said Noah.
"Ugh… Can it be done later?" asked Iris while feeling rather lazy.
"I suppose… Well, how are you feeling?" asked Noah, as he began to caress Iris's legs, gently pressing her tensed-up muscles… he was massaging her.
"I think I am fine… Uwah! A-Are you massaging me?" asked Iris while blushing.
"No, I just found your legs very beautiful. Oh, there are some tensions in the muscles, so I might as well help you relieve them…" said Noah, gently massage Iris's thighs and then the rest of her legs, her muscles were slim yet as hard as steel, but Noah's hands were just as strong, and he was able to gently press the tensed-up muscles, caressing them and making them relax.
"Ooohh~?! T-This… Ahhh… Noah… You're so good at this…" moaned Iris, as Noah continued up to her large gluteus, pressing them and squeezing them, the tensions on them quickly faded away from the more force he put on his grip. He enjoyed it more than he had thought.
"I have never give massages, but I suppose I am quite good at this… Feel honored that your husband is so talented!" said Noah rather pridefully, as Iris smiled at his prideful gentleness.
"Hehe, you're really good! I am lucky to have such a talented husband~" said Iris while relaxing, she began to feel sleep by how good Noah was attacking her tensed-up muscles, her joints relaxed quickly, as he began to grasp her hips tightly, and then part of her spine and back.
"I can see that your hips are growing…" said Noah, noticing Iris's hip growing through her pregnancy.
"E-Eh?" asked Iris rather shyly, as Noah grasped her deliciously thick hips, grasping them and relaxing her tensed-up muscles there.
"Ooh~!" moaned Iris, as Noah smiled teasingly, beginning to massage her back and then reaching her shoulders, where he employed his best self-taught techniques, pressing into Iris's hips as she moaned more in pleasure.
"Aaah~! So good! Noah… Be a bit gentle…" she moaned.
"I can't be gentle, I have to appease my desire of discovering your body, Iris!" said Noah as he smiled rather greedily, intensifying Iris moans with his massages.
"Ooh~! Noah~! Aaah~! So good~!"
"Do you like it?"
The moans of pleasure of Iris and Noah's teasing comments resonated through the castle, like Arthur and the rest blushed a bit… completely misunderstanding the situation.
"I guess Noah-sama doesn't care if Iris-sama is pregnant…" said Timassa.
"Well, I've read that it doesn't really affect the baby…" said Clementina.
"Is that… so?" wondered Arthur.
"Master is as eager as ever, it is good that he is energetic, he's filled with youth," said Noire.
"Master and mistress are doing it like rabbits!" said Adamantine while waving her shadow tail.
"Adamantine that's kind of… a rough way to put it…" sighed Jon.
"Hehe, do you want to do it like rabbits too? Do it with me!" said Adamantine, waving her shadow tail and licking Jon's face.
"Eh? W-What are you talking about?!" asked Jon while blushing, as Adamantine's eyes seemed like those of a lion glaring at a delicious little lamb!
Perhaps Adamantine was in heat? Wait, she isn't a wolf or something!
"Oh? I never expected Adamantine to have the hots for Jon!" said Timassa while chuckling.
"This is quite… something," thought Arthur.
"What do you think about it, Jon?" asked Clementina.
"Eh? I-I don't know… Maybe she's just playing around, Adamantine is very childish… Iris-sama said that her mind was reformed, and she's slowly developing," said Jon.
"Jon, you smell so nice!" said Adamantine, licking Jon's face some more while sniffing his neck.
"P-Please stop Adamantine…" sighed Jon, he was a really passive young man, and couldn't fight back against Adamantine's dominant nature.
"Fufu, how cute. It seems that there is a new pair in the family!" said Sakura.
"So Noah with Iris, Arthur with Timassa, and Jon with Adamantine!" said Sugar.
"Wait, me… with Timassa?! W-We are not in such… relationship! …yet," said Arthur while blushing.
Timassa suddenly grew all red as her cat tail emerged from below her skirt, waving around nervously.
"It seems that after our masters announced having children, the rest might be quite eager to catch up with him? I believe Master wouldn't mind having more children around to play around with his in the future," said Noire.
"A younger generation of Vampires would be appreciated too!" said Sugar.
"Wait, you're misunderstanding something!" said Arthur.
"A-Arthur-sama…" muttered Timassa, blushing at his side as her eyes gleamed with crimson red light, her hand suddenly grabbed his leg.
"T-Timassa…?" asked Arthur while blushing.
"It seems that things are getting heated up," said Clementina.
Adamantine glanced at Jon as she seemed to have been heated up by the idea of having babies. She had already found Jon attractive, as she felt his scent to be attractive, and his small build and shy personality were also of her liking, as she liked to be dominant in a relationship. Jon seemed to fit it all.
She was still developing mentally, but it seems that her evolutions and her nature as a Ghoul had warped her sense and she had become way more animalistic now, seeking a mate seemed like something normal, especially that she was around 18 years of age, she was feeling her body desiring reproduction.
The last trigger was perhaps how Noah announced Iris pregnancy, imagining herself as having many pups made Adamantine feel butterflies in her stomach, and she decided to boldly ask Jon if he was willing to mate with her.
"Jon, let's mate!" she said, waving her shadow tail around as she smiled cutely.
"A-Adamantine, stop saying such embarrassing things!" cried Jon, as he covered his face with his hands.
"Come on! Let's go!" said Adamantine, suddenly grabbing Jon with her powerful strength and carrying him to her room.
"Eh? Wait! I never said I was willing!" cried Jon.
"You will like it! Adamantine will do her best!" she said, closing the room.
"Things had indeed escalated quite quickly…" said Clementina.
Adamantine had decided that it was about time for her to find a mate, and Jon was on her radar!
Like her master once told her, she needed to be bold and like a vicious vampire, take anything she wanted by force!
"Jon, let's mate!" she said, waving her shadow tail around as she smiled cutely.
"A-Adamantine, stop saying such embarrassing things!" cried Jon, as he covered his face with his hands.
"Come on! Let's go!" said Adamantine, suddenly grabbing Jon with her powerful strength and carrying him to her room.
"Eh? Wait! I never said I was willing!" cried Jon.
"You will like it! Adamantine will do her best!" she said, closing the room.
"Things had indeed escalated quite quickly…" said Clementina.
"Uwaah! Adamantine, get your clothes back!" cried Jon, everyone could hear him, but suddenly the sound produced from inside the room was dampened by Scarlet herself, as she created a soundproof blood barrier.
"Indeed…! I never expected Adamantine to have developed this fast…" said Arthur, trying to ignore the horny Timassa, who was tightly grasping his leg.
"I wonder if it is because she is a Ghoul… Ghouls are more animalistic, I suppose… Ah, I didn't mean it as something offensive," said Clementina.
"Could it be because her animalistic senses had triggered some kind of need to mate?" wondered Noire.
"Oh… I never thought about it. Well, this whole thing is new to me, I had never thought about such things before…" said Clementina.
Timassa grew hornier as the conversation continued, sudden thoughts began to pop up inside of her mind as her heart was beating heavily as if it were racing with passion, whatever was going on with her was conflicting against her respectful thoughts… This was most likely her Ghoulish desires!
"Uagh! Timassa, stop pressing on my leg…" said Arthur.
"A-Arthur-sama… I-I… Hahh…" muttered Timassa, Arthur noticed that she was panting and getting redder by the second, her body was covered in sweat, and her eyes seemed excited, glancing at him as if he were the prey!
Arthur quickly understood what was going on, he couldn't keep Timassa like this any longer, and decided to act once and for all, swallowing his own saliva and touching her shoulder.
"I see… V-Very well, let's go…" he said, as he held her hand and the two hurriedly walked away into Arthur's room.
Clementina and the robots were left behind.
"Oh my… They also will…?" wondered Noire.
"Most likely… Well, perhaps," thought Sugar.
"Have they confessed before?" wondered Sakura.
"I don't think so…" said Noire.
"Having a Ghoul partner must be hard…" thought Clementina, as she sipped some tea.
Meanwhile, inside Arthur's room, Clementina was sitting at the other side of the bed, both giving each other their backs.
"So… Timassa… I…" muttered Arthur.
"Arthur-sama…" said Timassa.
"Timassa… A-Are you like this because of what the other girls said?" asked Arthur.
"I-I think so… Maybe… W-Well, I believe… it is rather obvious what it is…" sighed Timassa.
"So you…?" asked Arthur.
"I do… Arthur-sama… I-I guess you've already guessed…?" wondered Timassa.
"I-I do… I have… I just always… Well, I always thought that I wasn't… good enough for someone like you…" sighed Arthur.
"Arthur-sama… How can you say that?" asked Timassa, as she moved to Arthur's side, as their crimson eyes met.
Their eyes shined brightly, both lights resonating with one another…
Timassa and Arthur began to recall the past… and how they met.
Glimpses of the past, and memories of older times.
Almost 11 years ago, when Arthur's family had finally stabilized within Sector D and the territory they bought.
A manor had been constructed through half a year, and Arthur's family, which had money and resources, began to recruit people in need into the family, mostly orphans residing within Orphanages.
They simply desired to find people that needed a better home and shelter, and teach them how to become butlers and maids, to serve the family with devotion.
Although some of them decided to live by themselves when they grew older, several of them had grown devoted to the gentleness and paternal care that Arthur's parents gave to them… one of them was Timassa.
Timassa was adopted by Arthur's family 11 years ago, she was but a little girl back then, very shy, in fact.
Arthur remembered that the first time he saw her was even before she was to be brought to him as his personal maid and guard when she just came into the house.
She was so little and slim, with tattered clothes, messy hair, and a long black tail, which she shyly hid beneath her clothes.
But Arthur remembered having seen her tail.
Timassa had noticed as she walked inside the house, and blushed adorably, hiding the tail.
Since that moment that he found her cute… and grew interested in her.
However, he was also quite too shy, and never approached her by himself, only observing her around the corridors of the manor, sometimes their eyes would meet, and Arthur would quickly run away, leaving Timassa confused and a bit sad that the boy of the manor didn't want to talk with her.
Much like Iris ad Noah, Timassa had a hard life… as a Half-Subhuman, she had a mother subhuman and a father human, both died before she could even form any memories of them, and the only thing she remembered is that she was always in the Orphanage.
Many times the children who were not like her discriminated against her for having a cattail, they called her an animal, a savage, and that she didn't fit with them.
Many times they had even attempted to cut her tail off, and even she had run away from her first Orphanage, as the people attending it intended to cut her tail and sell her as a prostitute…
Life was harsh in the post-apocalypse.
After she landed into a second Orphanage, things didn't change as much, but quickly after, she was suddenly adopted alongside many other kids into Arthur's family.
And she met the shy and blonde boy, who always cutely watched at her from within the corridors, blushing and running away whenever she glanced at him back.
As the weeks went by, she grew fond of the cute boy, and always wandered around in her free time, seeking him.
Until one day they met again, but this time, she was given a new job by her master…
"Timassa, I've noticed that you and my son are often always seeing each other… I would like you to become his personal maid and guardian, you have a strong ability and you're also quite talented at other things… I am sure you could become of use for him… And well, he is very fond of you, it seems…" said Arthur's father at that time.
"Arthur-sama's… maid?" wondered Timassa, as her little heart began to beat faster, realizing that from that day onward, life would suddenly give a sudden twist.
She was presented to the young boy once more, as he was playing in his room with his toys.
Knock, knock.
The door opened after the initial knocks, as Arthur's father entered the room with his mother, both of them wearing radiant smiles on their faces.
"My son, look who we brought to you!"
"We had been seeing you eyeing her all the time, so why don't you become friends?"
"Eh?"
Knock, knock.
The door opened after the initial knocks, as Arthur's father entered the room with his mother, both of them wearing radiant smiles on their faces.
"My son, look who we brought to you!"
"We had been seeing you eyeing her all the time, so why don't you become friends?"
"Eh?"
Arthur's parents, who wanted their son to have someone to speak to that wasn't just them, a friend, had decided to bring the little maid girl that he was always eyeing to him, giving her the new task of becoming his personal assistant and guardian.
Timassa was one of the kids who had a fairly strong ability, her power to generate thunder was very weak at her stage, but if developed, it could quite possibly evolve into something great.
Arthur's parents had decided that she was ideal for Arthur, a strong guardian, a shy and gentle girl, and also someone he was interested in.
The little Timassa entered shyly into the room, as she glanced at Arthur's aquamarine eyes while blushing, her pale-white skin and her fluffy dark brown hair made her look radiant, and the little cattail waving behind her dress only made her cuter. The little maid dress she wore covered most of her legs, reaching her ankles.
"I-It is nice to meet you… A-Arthur-sama…." She muttered while blushing some more.
"N-Nice… to meet you too…" said Arthur while blushing a bit.
At the interaction of the two adorable children, Arthur's parents couldn't help but smile excitedly about their son finally getting to have a friend.
"My son, we have brought her here so you two could get to know each other better…" said his mother.
"But we also wanted to tell you that her new job from today onwards was to become your guardian and assistant… She agreed to it, so don't think that we forced her," said his father.
"R-Really?" asked Arthur.
Timassa nodded excitedly at Arthur, she wasn't really forced and had accepted quite happily at the end, she was simply… excited to finally met and talk more with the boy that was always seeing her as if he were in love with her, it was a strange feeling… she wanted to know him better.
"T-Then… well leave you two for now! I will bring you some snacks later!" said Arthur's mother.
"Indeed, have fun! Oh, Arthur, try to be polite with the girl, alright?" asked Arthur's father, as the two walked away and closed the door… although they didn't walk away and immediately stuck into the door, sticking their ears over it, and listening anything they were to say or talk… it could be said that Arthur's parents were his fans. Their love and devotion for their son were strong.
The two little kids were left alone, as Arthur quickly stood up and extended his hand to Timassa.
"I-I will make sure to be a nice… friend," he said while blushing.
Timassa smiled a bit as she nodded.
"Likewise… Arthur-sama…" said Timassa, giving her a little and delicate hand and holding his… she didn't know what was a greeting by hand, so she simply held his hand as if they were boyfriends.
This only made Arthur's face turn all red as he began to release steam through his ears.
"Guhh…!"
"A-Arthur-sama?!"
Arthur fell to the ground as Timassa quickly caught him before he was to hit the floor.
"A-Are you okay?" she asked.
"A-Ah… Yes…! Ah! Y-You're too close…!" cried Arthur, as the little Timassa's face was way too close to him!
She quickly realized that she was way too close as well, growing all red once more, as she and Arthur separated again and sat down at the side of each other.
"S-So… what's your name?" asked Arthur.
"Ah! I never said my name… My name is… Timassa," said Timassa.
"I see… It is a pretty name. What does it mean?" asked Arthur.
"I don't know… But it was the name given to me by my parents I think…" said Timassa.
Arthur realized that she was an orphan, and decided to mind his words to not provoke her any kind of bad feeling or concern.
"I see… Well, that's fine. I am sure that it means something nice…" said Arthur.
"T-Thanks…" said Timassa while caressing her hair nervously.
"A-Anyways, do you want to play? Look, these are blocks that you get together to build up stuff!" said Arthur, showing Timassa his castle of blocks.
"Ohhh…! You can separate them?" asked Timassa.
"Yeah, let's tear it apart, and then we can rebuild it together…" said Arthur.
"S-Sure!" said Timassa, smiling happily.
The days went by, the weeks continued, the months passed, and the years flew… a tragic day came, as Arthur lost his legs.
Since that day that Timassa felt guilty for not being able to be at his side when this happened.
But even then, Arthur continued to be gentle and nice, he continued to be cheerful, even, he always looked up to a brighter future, and had big dreams.
Timassa continued to be at the side of her master, even if he were to be in a wheelchair, she knew how strong he really was… his will moved her heart, and only move love and devotion grew inside of her heart.
Life took many changes once, as they met Noah and Iris…
At first, it seemed to be something bad or tragic, but their help only brought them fulfillment.
Arthur's legs were back through such a power, and the two gained a deeper connection as they joined together into growing stronger alongside Noah and Iris…
They went through many trials together, but they managed to get through them, and now… they had reached almost the pinnacle of the world, as SS-Rank Hunters.
Arthur and Timassa's crimson eyes glanced at each other, the glimpses of the past seemed like passing memories, as the present was now.
They didn't need to waste any other second…
Their lips reached each other, as their eyes glanced at each other.
They closed their eyes, as their lips kissed, their hands tightly holding.
It was finally time to just do it, to show the love they have been bottling up for each other.
Their kiss only lasted a few seconds, but it seemed to last an eternity for the two.
Their lips separated, as Timassa blushed as she glanced at Arthur with fervent love.
"Arthur… I love you so much…"
"I love you too… Timassa. Thanks for being at my side for all this time…" said Arthur.
The two continued to passionately kiss in bed, as their bodies began to heat up.
Timassa used her strength to push Arthur over the bed, sitting over his crotch and tightly gripping his hips with her legs, as she continued to kiss him passionately.
Her cat tail popped out of her dress, waving around excitedly.
Their soft and warm lips continued to passionately kiss, as their warm tongues entangled with each other.
Timassa was more passionate than Arthur, and more aggressive, as she continued to suck Arthur's tongue with her lips as if it were a delicacy.
"Hahh… T-Timassa…" moaned Arthur breathing heavily.
"This is… all the passion I have for you… Arthur-sama… Please… take it… take it all…" she moaned, as she continued to kiss Arthur, licking his neck and rubbing her crotch against his, as things began to heat up even more…
Arthur quickly grasped Timassa's large butt cheeks, squeezing them as Timassa released a moan.
"Yes… I will take it all…" he said.
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As two other couples were having some moments of passion within their private rooms, Noah had finished massaging Iris.
He glanced at her adorable face sleeping over the cushion, she was deep asleep, his massage had relaxed all of her beautiful and slim body, so much that she suddenly just fell asleep.
Seeing her sleep so peacefully filled Noah with happiness and serenity. Seeing the one you love to relax and be happy is always a beautiful feeling of fulfillment. After all, someone that loves another will always desire to have a happy and relaxed life.
Amidst a world filled with chaos and fights, Noah desired for it to all stop… for all of it to be in peace.
Deep inside his malicious acts and his desire for fighting and gaining power, since he began a relationship with Iris that he had desired that there could be one day… one day where he could make all of this chaos stop.
For all of it to finally be at peace, so he could enjoy the preciousness of life as it is, to smell the roses, to live peacefully and relaxedly with his wife, and with the offspring soon to come.
There was a feeling within his heart that beat all the greediness and maliciousness he possessed, a new intent, a new and greater desire, one that would lead him to do all kinds of monstrosities, all kinds of aberrant acts so he could achieve it… Something that moved his heart to even greater heights, a dream.
To find a place where he and his family could live peacefully and happily.
But could there be such a place? Such a chance?
The conflict would always come knocking in the door, beings desiring to beat him or defeat him at every corner, monsters emerging in gates, threatening the world, and the Watchers, entities even stronger than anything he had ever seen desiring to steal this planet's core…
Noah was not stupid, he knew that even if he escaped into another world, the conflict would one day come once more… The Watchers were not the only interplanetary entities that hunted the world's cores for resources…
He knew very well what he needed to do.
No matter how much he kept running away, nothing would be resolved.
And no matter how much he tried to find peace, it was impossible.
Nor he cared about peace in general, he was incredibly selfish, and only cared about himself and his family, everyone else would either become his servants or they would become his food.
A very simple thought process, but enough to move his heart.
And the more he glanced at Iris, the more his crimson eyes grew with malicious resolve, the resolve to tear apart all possible threats.
He was only going to run away for now.
But soon enough, he would come back.
He would seek power wherever he went to, and forge his path to the peak.
And he would continue to seek power while destroying anyone on his path, he would exterminate and conquer all threats until nothing was threatening him anymore.
The Watchers were on his list, of course.
This was not going to go as they plan, he was going to decimate them.
And devour them…
Noah closed his eyes as he sighed.
He didn't have to have such intense thoughts for the moment, his malicious bloodthirsty aura was leaking out, and it might wake up Iris or frighten the children within her womb.
He quickly relaxed his mind as he smiled, gently caressing Iris's hair, and then kissing her nose.
He walked away and went into another empty room, as he decided to evolve in there.
"Onwards to Level VI…" he thought. Everyone else would most likely evolve through the rest of the day, but he decided to be the first one.
Noah quickly decided to evolve right away, as the crimson-red ghost of the Blood Progenitor emerged at his side.
"Level VI is the last step before touching pseudo-demi-divinity… Which is Level VII," he said.
"Pseudo-demi-divinity… Are there more Vampire Gods than the Blood God?" asked Noah.
"The Blood God is the one above all Vampires and creatures in Abyss. He is the Supreme above the supreme. Stronger even than the original Gods that made up our world. But indeed, you could consider those above Level VII as "lesser Gods", at some point you can even develop something of a Divine Bloodline, enhancing your power even further…"
"Oh?" wondered Noah.
"But I never achieved this, as I didn't use my resources for bloodlines but to enhance my other capabilities. I also advanced through Levels hastily as I did something called Blood Rituals, where I forcefully fused my Mana Core with that of others… In the end, doing this abruptly only affected my cultivation, and at some point, I entered a bottleneck that I could not get through. And although I forced my way through Levels, I lacked many of the powers you develop in each one… I was in a rush for power," sighed the Blood Progenitor.
"I know all of that. And don't worry, I will make sure to get through each level and not hurry up things as you did… Even then, you reached Level XX, it is a big feat," said Noah.
"You're praising me now? Huh… Now that's weird," thought the Blood Progenitor.
"The achievements you reached are nonetheless notable. You put effort into them. Why wouldn't I recognize the effort of someone?" asked Noah.
"Hmph… Arrogant and yet gentle, what kind of men are you, Noah?" asked the Blood Progenitor.
"I am not a gentle person. I am arrogant and prideful. And a prideful person can also recognize another's efforts. It is part of my nature to recognize the power of others and see if they are deserving of serving me," said Noah.
"Heh, you have gotten strangely mature now," said the Blood Progenitor.
"Strangely? I suppose after all these events, my mind has changed a bit… But that is not of your concern," said Noah.
"Then what are you waiting for, Noah? Evolve at once and make sure to use my powers better than how I did," said the Blood Progenitor.
"I will…" said Noah.
As Noah was suddenly enveloped into a cocoon of blood, the Blood Progenitor recalled his past, and how he was trapped inside a Dungeon.
Although he had reached Level XX, his total power was diluted as he had forcefully advanced through the Levels by using a half-assed technique to fuse his Blood Cores with those of the Vampires he killed.
It worked, but the power he acquired was not as much as if he had advanced normally through the cultivation of blood, resources, and more.
And when he had thought that he could soon achieve the Realm of Demi-Divinity, due to his way of cultivating, he was never able to, as the bottleneck, he hit made his powers stop progressing…
And as he was suddenly caught in a scheme by the Heralds of Sun and his own servants who had betrayed him, his powers were absorbed by the powerful Sunlight formation, and then he was trapped in the space-time distortion, the dungeon, right after.
Now, Noah carried his Blood Core, which had changed being assimilated by the System and fusing with it, forming Noah's own System.
The Blood Core had changed now, and it would probably not follow the same rules as it did in Abyss… It had now become Noah's own power… something greater and deeply connected to his System.
He couldn't help but be expectant of the future, of the things that awaited him beyond all of this...
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Noah was undergoing evolution once more, reaching Level VI with each passing second!
He was suddenly covered by a cocoon of blood made by his own blood, which quickly crystallized, encapsulating him inside a crimson-red crystal cocoon! The cocoon exuded an aura of strong bloodthirst, which even twisted space around, and created illusory imagery.
Not only Noah was evolving, but it seemed that as he evolved, dozens of crimson-red phantoms began to fuse with his soul and body!
These were the many Blood Servants he had acquired, it seems that a large chunk of them was willingly fusing with his soul and body and using themselves as materials to enhance his evolution!
Noah felt the fusion occur, he had not willed it at all, and even if he were given the option, he would have most likely refused as he didn't desire his troops to lower this much, but it seemed that he had no right on this decision, as it occurred simultaneously and automatically.
The Blood Progenitor saw as the countless Blood Servants who were smaller or weaker fused with Noah, while the bigger ones decided to stay at his side, it seems that they were willingly feeding themselves to their master, making him even stronger!
"This is… I have only seen such a similar ritual with the Nosfernus Clan before! Those masters of Necromancy sacrificed countless souls for their evolution rituals, fusing them into their Blood Cores, those of higher Levels would evolve their Blood Cores into Phantasmal Cores instead, and becoming even closer with the death! But Noah is… no, this is still fairly different…" thought the Blood Progenitor.
The howling sounds of all the crimson souls, which were infected by Noah's soul and then converted into Blood Servants flew towards him, infusing their very selves into his Blood Core and fusing themselves to him!
Noah's blood core began to resonate with the souls, absorbing them happily, as if it had become a vacuum, more and more of these Blood Servants were consumed!
Even Scarlet herself and her sister at her side felt this change occur, and even more, the rest of Blood Servants, Pride, Envy, and so on, all of them felt as their Master was advancing through a new Rank by leaps and bounds!
The Vampires residing inside Scarlet quickly realized this truth as well, although Iris was too relaxed to wake up, the others sensed as their Master was evolving into a greater being!
Noah felt his soul evolve as he took over the blood soul servants, fusing himself with them. His soul grew vast like an ocean, encompassing his body which had long ago stopped being that of a normal human, and it had reached superhuman levels never reached by anyone on this planet!
Suddenly, Noah's guidance was enhanced, as he began to guide even souls that he had not converted into blood servants yet, which flew towards him and fused with his crimson and black soul willingly!
"Nnnngghh…!"
Noah felt an infusion of countless memories and information with each soul, his mind was expanding as he gained countless egos that were all suppressed and devoured by his two main minds!
It seemed that this evolution had become a challenge by itself, he was advancing by leap and bounds and probably skipping some steps, but due to this, he was also being infused with too much power and information! Noah needed to devour all of this and continuously suppress all of this power and information, assimilating it into himself!
As Noah evolved, he continued to pour his Will and Mana into the task, the more power he acquired, the more his aura of crimson-red color grew.
He felt like he was fighting an unexpected trial, as he made all the enormous soul energies infused into his soul and body flow constantly, rotating around his entire existence.
The Blood Progenitor watched with awe… Wasn't this getting way too out of proportion already?
"The Blood Core is evolving too! And it is completely fusing with the System Seed, while drawing necessary power to fuel such a task through absorbing souls!" thought the Blood Progenitor, as Noah's entire being evolved!
"He is going way above… Level VI! He has skipped a few steps and gone even higher without actually losing talent as I did… This power… Noah, you're truly a talented man!" thought the Blood Progenitor.
FLASH!
Suddenly, dozens of bloodstreams made of crimson-red phantom flew out of Noah's body and soul through the crimson-red crystal cocoon, suddenly connecting to all the souls of his subordinates, the Vampires, Robots, and the Blood Servants that didn't fuse with him!
He was connecting himself with many others but not to drain their power, but to share it! This was the effect of Bloodline Soul and Guidance fusing together!
Anyone that contained his bloodline, be it through the soul or not, received part of his power, and enhanced themselves even further beyond!
Even Scarlet began to shine with bright crimson-red colors, alongside her sister at her side, the two large castles were overflowing with power!
The Blood Progenitor noticed that Noah's soul was unlocking part of the sealed power he got from eating at God's Hand and also the Lady of the Lake, using it to fuel his evolution even more!
"This is it… Noah, you're already almost achieving it!" said the Blood Progenitor, as a wicked smile of fascination surged on his pale face, his crimson-red eyes flashed with malice.
FLASH!
The crimson-red crystal cocoon was overflowing with energy, which even had a hint of divinity within it! Noah was soon to step into the realm of pseudo-demi-divinity!
And as he evolved, fused his powers, unlocked part of the power he had sealed, and shared his soul with that of others, all those he shared his powers with suddenly began to infuse their powers into him!
Just like in the fight against Excalibur, Noah felt all the souls connected with him infusing their power, even the two smaller yet incredibly powerful souls within Iris' womb!
Feeling that even his children were infusing power into him, Noah finally achieved the quantitative and qualitative change!
Noah felt the overflowing power of everyone he was connected with sharing their power with him, desiring their Progenitor to raise even higher in power!
He took upon this power and made it his own, as he felt the two little yet powerful souls of his children within Iris' womb sharing their power with their father, despite never having met him, they felt an instinctual desire to help him!
Noah sensed that such little souls carried great talent within them and that they had already developed tiny blood cores that resonated with his presence and the connection he had with them!
Noah felt happy to receive such help, as he absorbed it all and assimilated it, his entire body pulsated, dissolved, and reformed, his entire being exuding an air of pure overpowered domination!
He infused this strength into his cage, easily shattering the entire crystal cocoon that entrapped him within the evolution chambers where he had become someone anew!
Crack... crack!
CRASH!
The Blood Progenitor's Phantom watched Noah emerge, his body had matured some more, and he seemed taller and a bit more muscular, he no longer looked like he was 18, but more like a man around his mid-twenties.
His eyes were sharp and filled with domineering power, and his hair had grown incredibly long and silvery-white, reaching his hips.
His slim yet beautiful toned body walked over the crystal, unhinged by their sharpness which didn't even leave a scratch on his incredibly hard skin.
His pale white body shined with smoothness, all the scars he had were gone as well.
Noah glanced at his changes as he smiled maliciously, he noticed that his body felt rather taller.
At the same time, the Blood Progenitor felt an immense rush of power and information. As he was somewhat of a System Administrator now for Noah, he received all kinds of new abilities, which the System had unlocked and acquired.
Noah smiled as he glanced at the several System Windows.
Ding!
[You have evolved into a [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King]!]
[Your power surges! All of your Stats have increased exponentially!]
[Your [Blood Core] has evolved into a [Blood Soul Core]!]
[New System Functions Unlocked!]
[All Skill Points have been used to enhance your System]
[You unlocked the [System Rank] System Function]
[You unlocked the [Existence Rank] System Function]
[Skill Points] have changed into [Lifeblood Points]
[Use Lifeblood Points to Rank Up the System and acquire new System Functions]
[You can now gain Lifeblood Points by not only absorbing Ability Cores, but also by absorbing Cores comparable to your strength, alongside souls, body parts and blood comparable or near your strength, and other types of essences]
"Hoh? So that's a thing now…" said Noah as he rubbed his chin, his face has become even more handsome than before, exuding an aura of vampiric charm.
He decided to quickly check his status afterward.
[Noah Luna Noctem]
[Class(es): [Warlock (II)]
[Patron(s): [Bloodshot Eye]
[Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3]
[System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm[0/1.000.000]
[Bloodline: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)]
[Blood Soul Core Rank: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King]
[Vitality: [13000]
[Mind: [13000]
[Force: [13000]
[Lifeblood Points: [0]
What greeted Noah was a newer look to the Status Panel, it seems that the system functions mentioned earlier had all taken effect.
Now there were Existence Ranks and System Ranks showed up, and it even showed that he required one million Lifeblood Points to Rank Up his System Rank Realm!
However, as the System Ranked up, it seemed that it would acquire new System Functions.
Additionally… there was something new as well.
Existence Ranks!
Noah decided to inspect what Existence Ranks truly was through the System Analyze Function, which had let him see the description of Skills.
[Existence Ranks]
The Ranks encompass your total level of power combining all kinds of essences, energies, body tempering techniques, or enhancements into your soul.
The Existence Ranks are as follows…
[F-Rank: Almost an Average Mortal who had recently awakened some Mana]
[E-Rank: Someone who has become quite good in the use of Mana, and can do at least a few spells or use Skills]
[D-Rank: An individual that has managed to sharpen its skills, mana, and more. Can be considered to be "strong" to an extent]
[C-Rank: Those that surpass someone above the average and begin to step into the superhuman level]
[B-Rank: A superhuman with great capabilities, powerful magic, and more, it can be qualified as a threat]
[A-Rank: A superhuman developing his super abilities to even greater heights while comprehending the depth within everything]
[S-Rank: The first step to reaching the pinnacle of the mortal hood, strong enough to fight against giant beings and possessing great amounts of mana]
[SS-Rank: The second step to reach the pinnacle of the mortal hood, stronger than S-Rank, capable of doing many super extraordinary things]
[SSS-Rank: The third step to reach the pinnacle of the mortal hood, you are midway through it, and some power above a normal mortal has begun to leak within your body, you must develop this supernatural essence to surpass your limits and reach the fourth step…]
[After reaching the pinnacle of SSS-Rank 3/3, you will be revealed the next Realms you must step on…]
As if it wasn't obvious already, the Existence Ranks were fairly similar to the Hunter Ranks!
If not the same!
It seems that this information was acquired from all the data the System had gathered, mortal hood Ranks were qualified by letters up to SSS-Rank, and each Rank was in fact divided into three stages, but Noah had advanced so fast that he never felt any stage in between the Ranks.
However, after thinking about it for a while, this was perhaps the reason why there was often a bit of difference in power in between the same Rank Hunters…
After evolving, Noah had become a Progenitor Vampire King and his Blood Soul Core was Level 8, which seemed to also relate to his Existence Rank, he was but a few steps from reaching the pseudo-demi-deity stage!
And due to his Stats, it was as clear as water that he had become an SSS-Rank Hunter through his amazing evolution.
Noah smiled deviously, as he felt like all the hardships and effort he had put in since he became a Vampire were finally rewarding him the most!
With a single evolution, he was already at the pinnacle of the world!
[Noah Luna Noctem]
[Class(es): [Warlock (II)]
[Patron(s): [Bloodshot Eye]
[Existence Rank: [SSS-Rank: 2/3]
[System Rank: [Rank 1: System Seed Realm[0/1.000.000]
[Bloodline: [Progenitor Vampire (Awakened)]
[Blood Soul Core Rank: [Level VIII: Progenitor Vampire King]
[Vitality: [13000]
[Mind: [13000]
[Force: [13000]
[Lifeblood Points: [0]
Noah smiled deviously as he glanced at his status panel, as he felt like all the hardships and effort he had put in since he became a Vampire were finally rewarding him the most!
With a single evolution, he was already at the pinnacle of the world!
However, it seemed that beyond that there were many dangers ahead!
Noah recalled his evolution ritual and how many Blood Servants merged with him, alongside many other souls that roamed the planet, which were being controlled by a power he sensed and which his new knowledge acquired by eating God knew as the "Transmigration Cycle".
The Transmigration Cycle seemed to be a Divine Construct created by Alien Gods known as the Transmigration Gods, who served an entity known as Samsara…
The God that administrated Earth's Transmigration Cycle was named Hekaton… But that was all he knew. God seems to have barely interacted with this Transmigration God, who seemed unwilling to make contact anyways.
Noah smiled as he imagined that his powers were already nearing those of controlling souls, which he had disturbed and brought to him to fuse with him while evolving.
If this were the case, he had already most probably annoyed this Transmigration God, but he seemed completely uninterested in this planet based on the memories of God, so most probably he won't do anything, even less when it is considered that his powers were based on souls and transmigration and not on fighting.
Additionally from all of this, Noah noticed that the new Points, Lifeblood Points, that emerged within his Soul was a large empty pool, a sphere where any point he would generate would emerge as a drop of bright gold blood.
Lifeblood Points seemed like an even greater version of Skill Points, as they could be used to upgrade the System and gain power functions and powers by the result.
Although it seems that they would now be on the lower side of numbers instead of the ridiculous amounts he was getting, as one Lifeblood Point was approximately 1000 Skill Points!
Nonetheless, this didn't mean that he wouldn't get enough, as he was now able to get points not only from ability cores, but also attribute value cores of his similar Rank or near it, alongside corpses, flesh, blood, souls, and more, if they were strong enough, that's it.
As Noah watched the System, the Blood Progenitor flew towards him.
"The new System Functions had already been integrated. Your evolution was… something impressive. Have you done this willingly?" he asked.
"No, this happened out of nowhere. But it seems that fusing with all those Blood Servants and Souls had strengthened me to greater heights, I truly feel as if I was made of many beings fused together. It is a fulfilling feeling. Now the only thing left is to massacre more beasts and reach the peak of SSS-Rank," said Noah.
"So you're now SSS-Rank…" said the Blood Progenitor.
"Indeed. This evolution helped me jump leaps and bounds. And even more, my Blood Core has become Blood Soul Core, and I had jumped from Leve 5 to Level 8 and became a Progenitor Vampire King," said Noah.
"Indeed… I had seen such information. Your power is surging more and more… I had never attained such evolution before, you're not simply following the same path I did, you're becoming something completely different…" said the Blood Progenitor, as he saw Noah create a new set of clothes using his blood, converting them into thin blood threads and changing their color until his usual royalty clothes emerged.
"That might be the case…" said Noah.
"It seems that several Skills are requesting to fuse together… However, this time they require Lifeblood Points, quickly go gather some." Said the Blood Progenitor.
"Are you ordering me? But fine," said Noah, walking outside of the room where he was as he was greeted by a giant group of Vampires, with Iris in front.
"Ah, Noah! We all evolved too!" she said, as Noah realized the changes in her appearance, alongside all of his other subordinates and many of the other Vampires that made up the Guild.
Noah ended being trapped by his vast family, as he was forced to explain the many things that happened within his evolution, which after Iris explained, took him 10 hours, it was already midnight.
It seems that Noah's powers leaked with everyone he had ever converted, which also shared his Soul Bloodline and were guided by him, this power was shared and at the same time, they also helped him get through his evolution.
Therefore, while Noah evolved, everyone began to abruptly evolve… even the robots and the Blood Servants, who had Ranked Up.
Although amongst Noah's close servants, which had Arthur, Timassa, Jon, Adamantine, Clementina, Sugar, Sakura, and Noire, they all had reached the Existence Rank of SSS-Rank at 1/3 Stage!
This was an event similar to what had happened when Noah fought against Excalibur or God's Hand, and everyone was given his power while they also gave their soul power to help him evolve.
Therefore, all those close to him had Blood Soul Cores of Level 7 too, with Iris being the only Level 8 after Noah, whose Race had become Vampire from Dhampir, and she was also given the title of Queen!
Similar to Noah's changes, everyone's appearance maturated a bit more, even the young-looking Jon seemed to be in his early twenties… although he still looked quite adorable and was no taller than 3 or 4 centimeters.
Of course, the appearance that most attracted Noah's eyes was his beautiful wife, Iris, who had become incredibly attractive, even more than before.
After her race evolved into a Vampire, her beauty was multiplied by one hundred, her skin became smooth and silky white, her legs were slender yet had a lot of squeezable flesh and beautiful and wide hips. Her breasts were enormous, and Noah could barely resist the urge to grasp them with his hands, and her hair had grown longer and shiny, alongside her beautiful face, which still held that young look but enhanced by the charm of maturity.
Everyone evolved!
Noah had finished explaining things to everyone, and he couldn't help but grow surprised over their matured appearances.
Although some didn't look that different such as Timassa or Clementina, who had already matured a lot before, some that were still child-like such as Arthur, Adamantine, and Jon had become quite mature… And well, Iris who was quite small heigh-wise had become taller as well!
However, Noah had become almost two meters tall after evolving, so she only reached his neck, even after evolving herself…
Nonetheless, not only the Vampires had evolved, but mostly every Blood Servant that didn't fuse itself with Noah did so as well! However, Noah knew that he could help them become even stronger if he did a bit of Blood Servant Fusion, which he planned on doing in the morning.
Aside from the Blood Servants, there were the other servants, the Robots! After Noah's share of power, their Blood Core Batteries were enhanced and evolved once more, which also carried into their physical material bodies, and every Robot now sported new and even slimmer appearances.
Sakura, Sugar, and Noire had become even more beautiful as well, their appearances resembling beautifully crafted dolls, although their skin color was not pale white nor they were imitating flesh, as they were clearly of their own model colors, which varied from neon-pink, red, and black or Sakura, gold, black, and red for Sugar, and gray, white and black for Noire.
Although Noah congratulated everyone for their increase in power, his servants were more amazed by his own changes, he had changed in appearance to the point that some had not completely recognized him at first, but after sensing his Aura, they had easily realized it was really Noah!
Amongst them all, Iris was the one that was the most surprised, drooling as he saw Noah's new appearance, her lewd mind was running with new thoughts about doing intercourse with her newly evolved husband, his charming appearance and tall height seemed to enhance his masculinity. And the long silvery-white hair made him look mysterious.
"Amazing… Noah-sama has become Level 8! And Iris-sama as well, fitting for our lords!" said Clementina.
"It is amazing how much you changed as well…" said Arthur.
"I like the long hair," said Jon.
"Noah-sama, you're tall!" said Adamantine.
"My King~! I love your long hair!" said Iris, as she saw down over Noah's legs and hugged him.
Noah petted her silky crimson-red hair as he smiled warmly.
"To think that you would become a Queen too. Well, it is fitting," said Noah.
"After I evolved, the babies seem to have evolved as well, because their souls and their bodies grew a lot…" said Iris, as Noah gently rubbed her belly, it hasn't gotten big yet, but through his senses, he could clearly feel that the babies had grown and were no longer tiny fetuses.
"Interesting. I wonder if Vampires have faster gestation rates than humans…" said Arthur.
"They usually are slower, I believe. To begin with, it is very hard for female Vampires to become pregnant, as we are an immortal race, reproduction in masse would cause overpopulation, our major way of reproduction was by converting other lower races into Vampires… But you bunch seem to be clearly different, and their fast maturation might be because they are connected to Iris' evolution," said the Blood Progenitor, speaking out loud, now that everyone could see him, he had become somewhat of a figure of guidance.
"I see… I guess we are lucky! After these are born, we should get some more!" said Iris.
"Eh?! …Well, I will think about it. But we should concentrate on the first two before going for a bigger family…" said Noah.
"Fufu, I was joking, two is enough," said Iris as she kissed Noah's cheek.
After Noah explained the evolutions and how everything changed afterward, the large party of servants decided to bring him what he desired, a pile of ability cores, monster corpses, and more!
"So you can even get Skill Points from this?" asked Arthur.
"More or less. Although they're named Lifeblood Points now! I believe that as long as I can upgrade my System Rank into higher Realms, you will also receive some of its benefits…" said Noah.
"That would be amazing news," said Timassa.
"Indeed, but we'll work together to reach that goal," said Jon.
"Yeah!" said Adamantine, as Noah noticed that she was sticking to Jon a lot, she had recently licked his face and even kissed him… He suspected that something between the two had surged. But he was happy, as it might mean that more members of the young generation of vampires might emerge soon, he would be happy if his children had some friends near their age to play with.
"Now that we are done here, pick them up and absorb them!" said Iris, as Noah nodded, as he extended his hand towards the pile of materials, there were also dropped items such as potions included, which were useless due to Noah's superior Blood Elixir Potions he made with his blood, which had greater effects, and even then, all Vampiric Members had innate regeneration too. Although to trigger that regeneration, they need to drink blood, and hence, Noah's Blood Elixir Potions were all they needed anyways, as it was the richest of all the Bloods there were, and he seemed to never be able to run out of it as well.
FLASH!
All the Ability Cores and the corpses of monsters, equipment pieces, and the potions and other types of dropped items and magic materials suddenly turned into particles of pure light, flying towards Noah, and then fusing with his soul, converting into Lifeblood Points!
Within Noah's soul, he sensed the large bubble where the Lifeblood Points were poured quickly fill to the brim.
Ding!
[You gained 5250 Lifeblood Points]
They were indeed becoming golden and sparkling blood, filled with great essence! The essence began to be quickly used as the System which was being helped by the Blood Progenitor began to take these points right away.
Noah felt like several of his Abilities were awakening and fusing to attain new levels of power, it seemed as if he was even creating a new Skill Tree through this…!
"Then let's commence," said the Blood Progenitor.
Noah was using his Lifeblood Points to awaken and fuse his Skills!
Usually, sometimes Skills would fuse together to form new Skills that combined their effects, but now that his System had evolved, it seems that he could be able to step into greater types of enhancements, or even manually fuse Skills!
Even more, the Blood Progenitor had told Noah that many of the Skills were ripe to fuse, meaning that something new was about to happen.
"By fusing these Skills with the concept of Skill Trees and the three last Skill Trees that you should have gotten with each evolution Level you skipped, you will be able to get new Abilities more fitting for your current strength. This power has been designed like something you can upgrade continuously as you progress by using more Lifeblood Points, instead of simply being skill purchase like it seemed to be before…" said the Blood Progenitor.
"Oh? So Skill Trees will grow with me differently than merely giving me skills I can buy using Skill Points?"
"Indeed, that's it," said the Blood Progenitor.
"How much will it cost to fuse Skills?" asked Noah.
"Should not be so much, I will do the necessary tweaks if that's necessary. What you will use most of your points are actually acquiring the new Skill Trees and the abilities within them," said the Blood Progenitor.
"I see… Very well then," said Noah, as his mind flashed with many thoughts, glaring at the big list of Skills, and immediately beginning to pile them up for fusion.
He planned to only make three main Skill Trees for now. As a Progenitor Vampire, he specialized in the Blood Attribute, but thanks to being a Warlock, he also specialized in the incantation of power from his Patron, Bloodshot Eye. Additionally, he had the second attribute of Darkness, which he planned to also apply into this.
What he planned was simple. There was going to be a Skill Tree for physical fighting that physical body, another for blood bending, long-ranged attacks, and magic, and another for his soul and all of its capabilities.
[You exchanged 500 Lifeblood Points!]
[Fusing Skills…]
As Noah spent 500 Lifeblood Points, he picked up a myriad of Skills that he began to fuse together into an enormous and ridiculous pile. Some Skills didn't even make any sense to be fused together, but as Noah had decided, anything that could be related to physical fighting and his physical body would be fused, and there didn't seem to be any limits either, so he went all out with his imagination in this one, and hope for the result to say the rest.
[Fusing the following Skills…]
[Lifeblood Exceed Techniques (A)] [Spectral Blood Demon Guardian Techniques (S)] [Blood Scion (A)] [Artery Bursting Scarlet Claws (A)] [Immortal Body (S)] [Crimson Wind Impulse (B)] [Rampaging Blood Lycan Transformation (A)] [Blood-sucking Soul Veil (A)] [Night Ward (A)] [Veracious Sacrificial Vampiric Tenacity: Lifeblood Exceed (A)] [Frenzied Vampiric Slaughter Heal (A)] [Demonic Vampiric Blood Wings (A)] [High-Speed Flight (A)] [Noble-Born Vampire Capabilities (A)] [Supernatural Vampiric Senses Capabilities (S)] [Demonic Vampiric Eyes of Hypnotic Subjugation (A)]
FLASH!
The moment Noah began to combine these Skills together, they emerged within his soul like large spheres of crimson-red color, black color, or golden color, all merging into a bigger and enormous sphere of crimson-red, black, and gold!
A downpour of golden blood fell over it, refining the entire bubble of energy and suddenly crystalizing it!
Noah was filled with wonder as he saw the fused skills crystalize into a large crimson-red crystal ball, which had a small painted figure on it that depicted a muscular and healthy man, alongside many beasts at his side… Just what kind of Skill Tree was this? And why did it appeared like a jewel?!
And it wasn't over, as a larger, the largest Skill within the whole catalog of Skills that Noah had, the Blood Progenitor Skill at SSS-Rank emerged above the crystal inside of his soul, and suddenly cut a large chunk of itself, fusing it with the crystal!
FLASH!
The crystal began to rotate around and then began to reduce and compact its height while shining brightly by exuding an enormous Aura of crimson-red color!
"This…" muttered Noah in surprise, as the Blood Progenitor smiled rather proudly.
"Do you like my creation? I acquired a sudden inspiration when I was infused with the power of your evolution. I call them Lifeblood Jewels, to not call them Skill Trees, albeit they are technically highly modified ones," said the Blood Progenitor.
"Sounds like a fine name for me…" said Noah.
Ding!
[The Lifeblood Jewel] Function has been discovered!]
[You created the [Progenitor Vampire King (SSS-Rank)[Lifeblood Jewel]!]
Lifeblood Jewels!
With this new type of Skill Tree, Noah was about to embark on a new journey of discovering his own capabilities! Even more, now that he had merged so many Skills together and had formed a Lifeblood Jewel that encompassed all of his physical capabilities!
Noah's soul resonated with bright crimson-red lights, as the Lifeblood Jewel fused with his soul and began to infuse it with the new powers within it, feeling a deep connection with its which kept expanding like the roots of a tree through his entire soul!
"Inspect." Said Noah, as he decided to inspect the new power he had acquired.
[Progenitor Vampire King (SSS-Rank)[Lifeblood Jewel] (0/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through the combination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Progenitor Vampire King on all of his Eternal Glory.
Additional Abilities Include Eternal Undeath Body, Elemental Ward, and Vitality-Draining Blood Aura.
More Skill Trees can be opened, including Abilities such as Crimson Moon Ballad, True Vampiric Eyes, Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses, Space-Tearing Crimson Claws, Ancient Scion Transformation, Lifeblood Exceed Arts.
The first thing Noah noticed that, unlike other Skill Tress, this one had Levels instead of a requirement in points.
It meant that every level had a certain cost of Lifeblood Points, which varied depending on the Lifeblood Jewel Rank!
As of now, Noah needed 1500 Lifeblood Points to max this Lifeblood Jewel Rank and then have the ability to use its additional abilities!
Noah, however, noticed that he had not lost the power to use the skills he used to create this, in fact, such effects remained, but the ones within this power were even better.
[Progenitor Vampire King (SSS-Rank)[Lifeblood Jewel] (0/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through the combination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Progenitor Vampire King on all of his Eternal Glory.
Additional Abilities Include: Eternal Undeath Body, Elemental Ward, and Vitality-Draining Blood Aura.
More Skill Trees can be opened, including Abilities such as Crimson Moon Ballad, True Vampiric Eyes, Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses, Space-Tearing Crimson Claws, Ancient Scion Transformation, Lifeblood Exceed Arts.
After creating the Lifeblood Jewel, Noah glared at its Stats, which showcased to him the power they contained, which was the combination of many powers he already possessed, and Skills!
However, after creating the Lifeblood Jewel, he still sensed that his power was within him.
He sensed that he was still able to use these skills as if they were magic spells he had memorized.
It was strange, he began to wonder if Skills themselves were simply magic spells of intricate uses and specializations?
And indeed, they were. Noah had already kind of figured it out before, Skills within the System were still made through Mana, so technically, they were magic spells of incredible complexity that could be conjured in a flash.
Now, he realized that any Skill he had ever learned could be conjured by him as if it were a magic spell, independent of the System that showed it or not.
However, the power that the Lifeblood Jewels contained was better, it was an upgraded version of the Skills in many ways, and they held a greater power, more versatility, and perhaps new and greater effects.
However, even after fusing things such as his Eyes Skill, he was still able to utilize them without problems, and all of such abilities he held were still there.
"And there are such things as an advanced Skill Tree as well?" wondered Noah, as he noticed that after maxing the first levels, a new Skill tree would emerge containing more Skills…
"Indeed, after spending 1500 Lifeblood Points, two more Skill Trees will open, with more Skills between the two, it will be on your own accord to pick which one is better for you at the moment until you can collect more Lifeblood Points," said the Blood Progenitor, who had become something of a guider for Noah through the System, answering his questions as they came.
Noah smiled a bit, seemingly as if he were insane. Thankfully, no one was around him as he had gone to his throne room to stay on his own and assess his gains.
He glared at the System Window and with a swipe of his fingers, he spent the required Points to finally fill the first Skill Tree, which contained three powerful Skills within it.
Ding!
[You exchanged 1500 Lifeblood Points]
[Progenitor Vampire King (SSS-Rank)[Lifeblood Jewel] (0/15) (15/15): A Lifeblood Jewel that was made through the combination of a ridiculous variety of Skills, containing the true essence of the Progenitor Vampire King on all of his Eternal Glory.
Abilities: Eternal Undeath Body (0/5), Elemental Ward (0/5), and Vitality-Draining Blood Aura (0/5).
Additional Lifeblood Points are required for the advancement of two Skill Trees:
[Vampire King's Spirit: As a Vampire King, your Spirit, Senses, and Powers are above any other Vampire, Abilities include Crimson Moon Ballad, True Vampiric Eyes, and Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses
[Vampire King's True Form: Unleash the truest and monstrous form of a Vampire King to exert overbearing power against your foes, Abilities include Space-Tearing Crimson Claws, Ancient Scion Transformation, and Lifeblood Exceed Arts.
Flash!
The moment Noah filled this Lifeblood Jewel with Points, he felt a sudden reinforcement into his Soul and Body, as if something had awakened within him. This sudden reinforcement didn't showcase as Stats within the System, but it could be said that his strength had indeed increased, alongside the density of his very soul, which was connected to the Lifeblood Jewel.
Noah's mind noticed that the two Skill Trees showed themselves at last, but it seemed that a requirement of Lifeblood Points was needed to unlock them as well.
However, he decided to first check the other Abilities within the Skill Tree, as they seemed rather strong and important.
[Eternal Undeath Body (0/5): As a Progenitor Vampire King, your body is eternal, and can regenerate from any wounds incredibly quickly as long as Energy is spent, which can be either Mana, Lifeblood, or Soul. Enhances your regeneration speed by 100%, while lowering damage taken the more your Vitality goes down up to 50% damage reduction.
[Elemental Ward (0/5): Your body possesses a natural elemental ward as a powerful Vampire Progenitor, reducing damage from Elemental attacks by 50%.
[Vitality-Draining Blood Aura (0/5): Unleash your truest Aura as a Progenitor Vampire King, releasing a Vitality-Draining Crimson-red Blood Aura that drains 5% of the foes Vitality the moment they touch the user while draining 20% of damage dealt against a foe.
Noah's eyes opened wide as he saw the potential of such Skills, and even more, as they possessed levels! Their effects would increase the more Lifeblood Points he spent on them.
Noah asked the Blood Progenitor, who quickly answered, saying that he needed 250 Lifeblood Points to max each Ability, it seemed that they were rather cheap. But it seemed that the prize would ramp up the more Skill Trees he unlocked, so he didn't hold his hopes up, as he would most likely not be able to get everything he wanted, but definitely, he would be able to grow stronger now.
Noah quickly decided to spend the Lifeblood Points, maxing all the Abilities in an instant!
[You exchanged 750 Lifeblood Points!]
Ding!
[Eternal Undeath Body (Passive) (0/5) (5/5): As a Progenitor Vampire King, your body is eternal, and can regenerate from any wounds incredibly quickly as long as Energy is spent, which can be either Mana, Lifeblood, or Soul. Enhances your regeneration speed by 350%, while lowering damage taken the more your Vitality goes down up to 100% damage reduction.
[Elemental Ward (Passive) (0/5) (5/5): Your body possesses a natural elemental ward as a powerful Vampire Progenitor, reducing damage from Elemental attacks by 350%.
[Vitality-Draining Blood Aura (Active) (0/5) (5/5): Unleash your truest Aura as a Progenitor Vampire King, releasing a Vitality-Draining Crimson-red Blood Aura that drains 30% of the foes Vitality the moment they touch the user while draining 70% of damage dealt against a foe.
Amazing!
The moment Noah maxed out the new Abilities, he felt like his body was reinforced, his entire body began to bubble, and a sudden force over it was erected which grew stronger with every single Lifeblood Point! This was most likely the Elemental Ward, an invisible ward that emerged over his body, which Noah could not see directly but feel it!
These Abilities were indeed insane, he was now able to regenerate at an even insane speed than before, and even if he were to have his body almost destroyed, he was capable of reducing the damage the more his Vitality went down, up to 100% damage reduction! Of course, this Ability was related to his body and not his Soul, but his body was the thing he used the most aside from very special occasions such as when he fought against the Lady of the Lake of God's Hand.
It seemed that powerful Divine beings were proficient in fighting with their soul and also targeting their foe's souls with their attacks, something he planned to develop further through the next Lifeblood Jewel he was about to create.
Now that he was done with this, what should he pick next?
This question emerged within Noah's mind as he glanced at the next two possible Skill Trees he could branch off into. Lifeblood Points were -for now- quite the precious points, so he was rather conflicted in which upgrade to pick.
These Abilities were pretty much upgrades, as he was still able to use the Skills they were made of, so it meant that there wasn't much pressure in picking one or another, and it was solely for convenience's sake or what he wanted to focus more into.
[Conditions met, Lifeblood Points requirement met, you can now pick between these two Skill Trees]
[Vampire King's Spirit: As a Vampire King, your Spirit, Senses, and Powers are above any other Vampire, Abilities include Crimson Moon Ballad, True Vampiric Eyes, and Supernatural Vampiric Divine Senses
[Vampire King's True Form: Unleash the truest and monstrous form of a Vampire King to exert overbearing power against your foes, Abilities include Space-Tearing Crimson Claws, Ancient Scion Transformation, and Lifeblood Exceed Arts.
The Skill Trees that contained these Skills seemed to divide into two options, one enhance Noah's perceptive abilities while also bringing somewhat of an offensive Skill, while the other option brought full physical offense coupled with transformation to boot.
Noah saw that there was no current need to enhance his already amazing perceptive abilities at the moment, and that gathering more power seemed way better, so he decided to pick up the Vampire King's True Form Skill Tree for the moment.
[Skill Tree Selected]
[Vampire King's True Form: Unleash the truest and monstrous form of a Vampire King to exert overbearing power against your foes.
Abilities: Space-Tearing Crimson Claws (0/5), Ancient Scion Transformation (0/5), and Lifeblood Exceed Arts (0/5).
"So 5 for each… The beginning of this Skill Tree does not require Lifeblood Points?" asked Noah.
"It seems that it does not. But it might be capable of receiving them to enhance its effects even further if the Lifeblood Jewel's Rank is enhanced. Then again, you're capable of receiving Lifeblood Points through the assimilation of the energy given to you by all those connected with your Soul through Guidance or Bloodline Soul, so you will be able to get points daily, though I don't know how many exactly… Though, I would guess that you're not patient enough to sit and wait for points," said the Blood Progenitor.
"You know me quite well. We shall start the conquest of this Sector tomorrow morning, everyone will become my servants soon enough, and I will also go to the SS-Rank Dungeon to grind as many Points as I want, and then annihilate the Boss and destroy this Gate," said Noah.
"You're quite the proactive man, I see…" said the Blood Progenitor.
Noah decided to glance at the Abilities he was going to pick next.
[Space-Tearing Crimson Claws] (0/5): Harness the power of your blood into your nails, growing enormous and metallic crimson claws that hold upon them the power to tear through space itself. Ignores enemy's physical defense by 20% and drains 20% of damage dealt.
[Ancient Scion Transformation] (0/5): Transform into the enormous and monstrous Ancient Scion of Vampires, harnessing your ancient bloodline's power into your body. Your size grows into a muscular humanoid demon, gaining wings, a sharp tail, horns, and gray skin. While in this form, you are capable of seeing through any obstacle, drain vitality from being near foes, and absorb blood into your body without needing to drink it. While this form is active, 5% Complete Damage Absorption, 50% Physical Damage, 50% Elemental Damage, 50% Elemental Resistance, 50% Attack, Casting, and Movement Speed.
[Lifeblood Exceed Arts] (0/5): Unleash the power of your Lifeblood, your very Blood and Vitality into all of your attacks, being capable of unleashing several types of slashing attacks, fist attacks, and kick attacks consecutively while coating yourself on your own Vitality, which is constantly drained. After a series of combos are made, you can unleash the full concentration of your Lifeblood through a powerful Vampiric Blast. Each successful attack increases your physical damage by 5% and ignores your foe's physical defense by 5%, up to 100% in both.
Noah couldn't help but feel the impulse to instantly utilize the Lifeblood Points, these Skills were way too powerful! The insanity of them was driving him mad.
Ancient Scion Transformation took a complete upgrade, and it now enhanced his capabilities to insane levels, although it constantly drained his Mana, Vitality, or Soul Energy. However, as long as he could keep sucking the blood or vitality of his enemies, he could keep on this form indefinitely!
And the thing that surprised him the most was its Complete Damage Absorption of only 5%, but that was only until he was to upgrade the Abilities using Lifeblood Points.
Aside from this stupendous Ability, Noah also noticed the new Claws Skill, which could let him tear through space itself and even ignore his foe's physical defense and even drain damage dealt against them! Truly, a terrifying power. Noah's Crimson Claws had evolved a long way up until this moment!
Lastly, the Lifeblood Exceed Arts had become an amazing Ability, bringing Noah the power to unleash consecutive combo attacks with any kind of body part he could imagine, which would increase the damage dealt with every single successful combo! Even more, after enough power was accumulated, he could unleash a powerful Vampiric Blast for even greater damage!
Noah didn't wait for a second longer, as he spent the Lifeblood Points he had.
Ding!
[You exchanged 1500 Skill Points]
[Abilities Upgraded]
[Space-Tearing Crimson Claws] (0/5) (5/5): Harness the power of your blood into your nails, growing enormous and metallic crimson claws that hold upon them the power to tear through space itself. Ignores enemy's physical defense by 55% and drains 55% of damage dealt.
[Ancient Scion Transformation] (0/5) (5/5): Transform into the enormous and monstrous Ancient Scion of Vampires, harnessing your ancient bloodline's power into your body. Your size grows into a muscular humanoid demon, gaining wings, a sharp tail, horns, and gray skin. While in this form, you are capable of seeing through any obstacle, drain vitality from being near foes, and absorb blood into your body without needing to drink it. While this form is active, 30% Complete Damage Absorption, 300% Physical Damage, 300% Elemental Damage, 300% Elemental Resistance, 300% Attack, Casting, and Movement Speed
[Lifeblood Exceed Arts] (0/5) (5/5): Unleash the power of your Lifeblood, your very Blood and Vitality into all of your attacks, being capable of unleashing several types of slashing attacks, fist attacks, and kick attacks consecutively while coating yourself on your own Vitality, which is constantly drained. After a series of combos are made, you can unleash the full concentration of your Lifeblood through a powerful Vampiric Blast. Each successful attack increases your physical damage by 30% and ignores your foe's physical defense by 30%, up to 600% in both.
Noah smiled maliciously at this enormous upgrade! The power he was about to unleash over his enemies would be truly quite terrifying! He couldn't simply wait any longer to completely decimate the Dungeon together with his wife and his subordinates tomorrow, no matter what creature crawled within the SS-Rank Dungeon, it should already begin to say its prayers!
The complete upgrade of his transformation now brought him 30% Complete Damage Absorption! It was as if Noah himself had become the Final Boss here…
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Now that Noah was done with this second Skill Tree, he only had 1000 Lifeblood Points left, which he decided to save, for now, fusing Skills and creating new Lifeblood Jewels could be done with these points, but he wouldn't be able to get into the Abilities due to the initial cost of unlocking them.
Although there could be the chance for him to pick up the two first Abilities of the other Skill Tree, the Vampire King's Spirit, he decided that such a thing was not completely necessary and that he would be able to get into this in the next days to come.
It was around 9 PM and his subordinates were actively working in clearing all of the Dungeon Gates spread over Sector D while surprising the people and raising the popularity of the Noctem Family.
Noah's desire to conquer the world had not gone anywhere, and it was still fervently blazing within his malicious heart.
He had made up a plan, which he would begin to make this very night.
It was simple. Any Vampiric Undead that was converted by him or any of his subordinates became loyal to him, and through the bloodline connection, he was able to suppress them if they were to ever rebel. Now that his power had skyrocketed into someone of SSS-Rank, it was easy for him to spread his large Guild across the Sector overnight and infect the people to become his subordinates.
In Sector D Noah calculated that there were around 200.000 people or so, and he had continuously spread his Vampiric bloodline through a large group, which he continuously recruited from the slums, where there were the most people. All of those people that needed shelter and someone to give them a hand was an easy target for Noah, as he "blessed" them with his bloodline and converted them into powerful Vampiric Undead Soldiers.
Noah desired to make as many people as possible, after all, through Bloodline Soul, he was able to get Skill Points, or better said, Lifeblood Points from their beliefs, prayers, and devotion, as he grew stronger and blessed more people with his bloodline. His soul had already acquired a pseudo-divine state, and he was getting power similar to a god who gets prayed upon by the people.
What could happen if he were to convert 200.000 people? Wouldn't he get an insane amount of points from them every day?
However, there was a problem, food.
Vampiric Undead need food, after all, their primary food is blood. Although they can eat normal food and monster meat which is the most nutritious alongside their blood, delicious human blood is always a must.
However, Noah didn't need to care about this at all, and he should simply convert everyone he could find.
Why?
It was obvious. At his current state, Noah's blood could flow and generate endlessly as long as he used Mana or Soul Energy.
This means that he can feed his Elixir Blood, which is the most delicious blood and the favorite meal of all his Vampiric Subordinates, to everyone he converts without a problem, and not even care about keeping blood banks stupidly.
He was going big, and he desired to simply expand his Vampiric family through the entire world!
A planet of Vampires!
How much power and points could Noah draw if he were to have an entire planet's worth of Vampires serving him and worshiping him as the Vampire God?
By simply thinking about it, Noah couldn't help but smile deviously, like a complete sicko.
But even if his plans were evil, his intentions were good! He was a good man after all… Right?
In the end, if the world were going to come to an end soon due to the Watchers, why wouldn't he use this opportunity to save all of the humans and subhumans within? Isn't he the nicest man by doing such a good deed? Noah will become the savior of humanity by converting them all into Vampiric Undead, how noble of him!
But Noah wanted to hurry up with his plans, letting his subordinates convert everyone bite by bite would cause too much of a commotion…
He decided to do some malicious things before dinner, as he quickly jumped out of the window of the manor and flew like mist into the night sky.
Noah's proficiency in Blood Magic had increased, and he was also able to use his own blood for it.
He was also able to make his own blood a mist that people could breathe and consume.
And by consuming his blood, people could either convert into Dhampirs, Ghouls, or Wights randomly, as he had tested this before with the people of the slums which he rescued every single day.
Can you tell where this is going?
Noah thought: "Why don't I just make a blood mist with my own blood, and force everyone to inhale it across the entire Sector? Wouldn't that turn everyone into a Vampiric Undead immediately?".
And indeed, it was a genius and malicious plan that only the most devilish of villains could come out with! He was completely going to break the rules once more and do as he pleased, as he has always done!
He couldn't have been able to do it until now, because his blood had changed into something else, way more resilient, vicious, and powerful. Before he had evolved, it wouldn't have worked because his blood wasn't strong enough and its effects would dilute after expanding for so long as mist.
But now that he was a Level 8 Vampire with an SSS-Rank Existence Realm, his blood was enormously strong and could convert anyone below his level of power.
And because he was, quite literally, at the pinnacle of this world… wouldn't this work amazingly?
However, as Noah flew over the city, he suddenly felt the presence of an S-Rank moving to his property.
He glared down below, it was a man with long blonde hair and aquamarine eyes, who rode over an expensive flying car.
"Who is this?" wondered Noah, as he flew down below while being mist.
The man walked into the door of the house and began to knock.
Noah quickly went inside his property again to greet him, and quite possibly catch this fish who willingly came to his plate.
Axis Corporations Director, Willian Axis has arrived at Noah's property, with a prideful smile, although Noah could clearly feel he was concerned and worried.
Noah began to think about what to do.
This man had come here out of nowhere.
Did he found out about the Robots evolving? After all, from everything he had investigated, this man exceeded at magic technology like no one else, and had in fact brought it to the world thanks to his awakened Ability, which let him manipulate magical materials and form extraordinarily complex technology.
It was thanks to him that the world was helped so much, his magic technology spread through all the Sectors, and became widely spread and famous, his robots became one of the greatest tools for non-awakened and awakened alike, flying drones, cars, ships, and even space exploration and recently begun… too bad that they had yet to reach mars yet, as the earth was soon going to be greeted by otherworldly beings that want to harvest its core.
So what did he want with Noah?
Although Noah had already decided to convert him into a Dhampir and make him his subordinate, he decided to talk to him formally.
He opened the door as released a small amount of pressure.
Willian Axis who seemed annoyed that no one came to greet him had an annoyed expression, however, the moment someone opened the gate, his eyes widened.
The enormous pressure coming from this person that opened the gate was baffling.
If it weren't because him being an S-Rank, William would have gone stiff in shock.
A tall man, of almost 2 meters of height greeted William, his long and silvery-white hair reflected the light of the moon atop the starry night, his crimson eyes gleamed eerily… Noah didn't show up on his human form, he was showing off as a Vampire.
William who had only seen Noah on his human appearance was surprised by his current appearance.
"W-Who are you?" he asked, without recognizing him, he looked completely different than Noah.
Noah smiled back.
"You're William Axis, right?" asked Noah.
"Ah… Do you know my name? I have made sure to not reveal my face to the public so much…" sighed William.
"Of course I know you, you're a big shot, aren't you? So? What do you want in my property?" asked Noah.
"Your… property…?" asked William.
"Well… Maybe you can recognize me better like this…" said Noah, as he changed his appearance, his pale white skin turned of a healthier color, his eyes became crimson-red, his long silvery-white hair became black, and his eyes aquamarine. He looked like a handsome man, but he gave away a completely different feeling now.
"Ah… You're… Noah?" asked William.
"The very same… I was practicing a little Ability I got. My long hair is due to other complications that you don't need to know. Now, tell me, William, what do you want?" asked Noah, with each of his words, William grew warier and scared of him! He was too strange of a man!
William had already given up on forcing Noah to work for him, so he was now planning to recruit him peacefully into his corporation and ask him to help him improve his models.
"Heh, I guess I have to go to the point with such a man… I have come here to recruit you, Noah. I am sure that no one else in your guild except you, the most talented, could have upgraded my models to such amazing heights… Through my natural connection to my own robots, I was able to see how you upgraded them to greater forms and gave them various abilities, amongst them, the power to wield magic… Noah, join me and let's improve upon mechanical creations to heights never seen before. I will make sure to pay you very well!" said William with a greedy look.
Noah rubbed his chin as he began to think.
"(So he came for that? He was able to see the robots be enhanced this entire time? If he had come earlier when I was weaker… I might have ended up enslaved by him. It is a good thing that I grew incredibly fast, I suppose… Now, what should I do? …Hm)" thought Noah.
Noah decided to accept.
"Sure thing. I shall gladly join you. Now, come to my house- castle, I want you to meet my people," said Noah, as William's aquamarine eyes flashed with enthusiasm!
"Oh! I never thought it would be so easy! I suppose you are indeed passionate about mechanical upgrades and advanced magic technology research, Noah?!" asked William, as he walked into the house willingly. He looked like a kid that finally found someone that shared his likings for a certain show he watched on TV and could talk all he wanted about it with that other kid that also watched it…
Noah didn't understand half of what he was talking about, so he invited him inside hurriedly and then closed the gate.
And then, a sudden world of blood emerged all around the territory!
FLASH!
"Eh?!"
William was shocked as the sky turned crimson-red.
"What… is this?" he asked.
"A reassurance…" said Noah, his appearance quickly shifting into a white-haired vampire, as his long hair raised into the air like vicious snakes, his eyes flashing with crimson light!
He had easily encapsulated the entire territory by asking his Blood Servants, which spread all around before he opened the gate to fuse and form a dome. Through the use of Noire's shadows, which she called beforehand, the blood dome was covered in darkness and easily camouflaged in the middle of the obscure night.
"William, how about a deal? If you don't want me to force you, join my guild and become one of my subordinates," said Noah.
"What? What are you talking about? What kind… of monster are you?" asked William.
"Yes or no?" asked Noah, he had no time to play games.
"Why would I accept that? Whatever you are… you're exuding the aura of a monster… Noah, what have you become? Is this how you raised so fast?" asked William.
"You will know if you accept," said Noah.
"No… I won't accept this! (If he's really a monster, isn't he a menace to humanity, the people I am trying to protect with my power?! If things have come to this… I have no choice but to fight!)" said William, as out of thin air, enormous plates of metallic materials began to generate all around his body, shaping, constructing, and building an enormous humanoid mech!
Clank! Clank! Clank!
Noah watched with amusement at the power of Willian, he was not the pioneer of Magic Technology for nothing!
"Mechanical Assemblance!" roared William, as the titan made of steel and magic materials suddenly was formed, an enormous Gundam-like robot which he piloted from a room on its chest!
"Amazing! You will be a good addition to my Guild, William! Alright then, let's fight for a bit, I have wanted to test my abilities for some time… Make sure to not die though!" said Noah, as he suddenly jumped towards William with immense speed, resembling a flash of crimson-red light!
FLASH!
"Gamma Blade!"
However, William suddenly summoned a giant laser sword, and swung it vertically!
SLASH!
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