NOVEL NEXT Chapter 134: Evolution
The final stages of preparation for the portal consumed the underground research lair in a flurry of activities. Sigmund worked tirelessly, fine-tuning the intricate web of runes and symbols etched into the cavern floor, while receiving aid from all the scientists. Seeing as they were talented themselves, Sigmund had turned them into vampires under him, this also meant that they had enough energy and stamina to last longer while working, speeding up the process overall.
…
It took two weeks for the entirety of the three kingdoms to be squeezed out of all the blood they could produce. Each vampire sent out returned and transferred the blood to Aldritch. After their operation, there were only a little over 1 million humans remaining, while Aldritch's family of vampires now had around 5,000 vampires in total, excluding Aeress and her three followers.
Out of the combined population of around 227,000,000 people, Aldritch was able to harvest a staggering 1,125,000,000 litres of blood in total of all that was gotten. After turning a majority of it into BP, it amounted to 100,000,000 BP, leaving 125,000,000 litres of blood unturned.
The reason as to why he left such a huge amount was simple. Once they reached the higher world, there was no guarantee what dangers they would face. Instead of exposing themselves as soon as they arrived by hunting, it would be wiser if they were self-sufficient instead.
Aldritch took a look at his own status screen briefly, plotting several things in his mind that he had thought of prior.
[SYSTEM]
.
[
Name:
Aldritch Mondragon Hellsing]
[
Age:
23]
[
Rank:
IV]
[
Race:
Vampire]
[
Evolution:
Vampire Noble]
[
Blood Bank:
155,300,000]
[
BP:
100,000,000]
.
[
HP:
====]
[
SP:
2,600/2,600]
[
Strength:
124]
[
Agility:
132]
[
Dexterity:
129]
[
Vitality:
70]
[
Intelligence:
200]
.
[
Racial Skills
: {
Blood Manipulation
} - {
Mind Compulsion
} – {
Body Transformation}
– {
Shapeshifting
} - {
Super Regeneration
} - {
Blood Bond
} – {
Feral Senses
}]
.
[
Skills
: {
Hypnosis
Lvl 9} - {
Advanced Swordsmanship
Lvl 5} - {
Soul Contract
} - {
Magic Circle
Lvl 6} - {
Fire Magic
Lvl 5} - {
Wind Magic
Lvl 5}]
…
After observing his own stats, Aldritch started without wasting any time. First of all, as he had appointed roles within his ever growing family to help create a stable hierarchy and chain of command, starting from Master/Lord which referred to the head or leader of the family, he himself, the rest were Elder, Duke, Soldier, Hunter, New-Born. The degree of authority scaled down with each title/position.
Khal, Lada, Ingrid, Olgud, Lina, Ralwa, Rindher and Sigmund all made up the Elders of the family, and where next in terms of the standard hierarchy of the family. Also, they were the ones Aldritch would have any discussion with, concerning important matters, unless he decides otherwise.
Before starting his own evolution, Aldritch called all his Elders to pass on the message that he would be entering a dormant state while he evolved himself. Since the vampires under him were restricted in terms of what rank they could rise up to, relative to his own rank, he needed to evolve above Vampire Noble to be able to evolve them into Vampire nobles.
After passing the news, he was left alone in his room with Misa appointed to see to his needs and tend to his room until he woke up.
Without wasting much time afterwards, Aldritch took off his clothes and initiated the evolution process.
"System, initiate the evolution, use the maximum amount of BP to evolve me into a vampire lord."
[You are about to use 10,000,000 BP to evolve yourself by one rank. Proceed?]
'Hah, having abundance of resources is so sweet.'
"Yes."
[Evolution will start in thirty seconds]
[Evolution will now begin]
[Estimated time before completion of evolution, 720 hours]
'7…20? Is that–too much?'
Aldritch was unable to do anything against it and completely lost consciousness after that system notification.
Misa who stood in the room watched as a thick blood cocoon formed around Aldritch, lifting him mind air as it suspended itself there in a magical way.
'I wonder how long my lord will be asleep for…'
…
-1 Month Later-
Under the ever watchful gaze of Misa who had been dutifully fulfilling her duties troughout the entire month, the body of the cocoon moved, churning as it did, appearing to be sucked in on itself.
Slowly, the size of the cocoon grew smaller as it seemed to collapse in on itself, until Aldritch was revealed within it, the contents of the cocoon being absorbed into his body.
Regaining his consciousness, Aldritch opened his eyes slightly, feeling that his body was afloat as he couldn't feel his legs touching the ground, just like the last time he underwent evolution.
The system came to life immediately.
[Evolution complete. You have evolved into a Vampire Lord]
[All stats have been permanently increased by 300]
[Your racial skill, Blood Manipulation, has evolved]
[Your racial skill, Mind Compulsion, has been strengthened]
[Your racial skill, Superior Regeneration, has evolved into Regenerative Factor]
[Your racial skill 'Blood Bond' has been strengthened, turned vampires' loyalty will start at a higher level]
[Your racial skill, Feral Sense, has evolved into Danger Sense]
[Your racial skill, Body transformation, has been strengthened]
[Your racial skill, Shapeshifting, has been strengthened]
[You've acquired a new racial skill Wall Scaling] Stay tuned for updates on M-V-L
Looking at all the notifications, Aldritch looked at the various descriptions of skills and also the information of his new skill.
..
[Wall Scaling]
This is an ability only the most noble of vampires possess. Walk on any surface, horizontal or inclined like you were walking on land.
..
"Wow."
Aldritch also looked at his overall status. Seeing as he got a permanent increase in all stats of 300 points, he was sure that his rank had increased by a lot.
…
[SYSTEM]
.
[
Name:
Aldritch Mondragon Hellsing]
[
Age:
23]
[
Rank:
II]
[
Race:
Vampire]
[
Evolution:
Vampire Lord]
[
Blood Bank:
155,300,000]
[
BP:
90,000,000]
.
[
HP:
====]
[
SP:
7,000/7,000]
[
Strength:
424]
[
Agility:
432]
[
Dexterity:
429]
[
Vitality:
370]
[
Intelligence:
500]
.
[
Racial Skills
: {
Blood Manipulation
} - {
Mind Compulsion
} – {
Body Transformation}
– {
Shapeshifting
} - {
Regenerative Factor
} - {
Blood Bond
} – {
Danger Sense
} – {
Wall Scaling
}]
.
[
Skills
: {
Hypnosis
Lvl 9} - {
Advanced Swordsmanship
Lvl 5} - {
Soul Contract
} - {
Magic Circle
Lvl 6} - {
Fire Magic
Lvl 5} - {
Wind Magic
Lvl 5}]
…
Now, with a combined figure of 2,155 across all his stats, Aldritch was now a Rank II.