《Xenos The Abysmal》 Origins sometimein the 21st Century** due tothe sudden loud noises he sees that a truck hit a pole, and the cars behind had immediately stopped to see if the driver wasn''t injured. reallywanted to get home before anyone from his family did, because of some virus circulating globally they''d probably scold him. Luckily they were at work. He walked through a large park to view the scenery while reading some novels on his phone.Ofcoursetakingsome pictures to show his little sister, Lilith, who was at their cousin''s housecurrently. were probably going totakea couple ofhours to get home, ''typical'', he thought. a bittired, but his friends asked him if he could squad up with him in a few games, ''Nahhhhmaybe tomorrow'' he thought as he shoved his phone back into his pocket. extremelypowerful, with a fulfilling life. reallyclose ties with each other. inthe numbers to the keypad to unlock the door, walking in he heard nothing, utter silence. He thought since they were watching a movie they probably went to the basements theater room, but the house felta bitchilly, he''d probably tell them to turn up the heat since they could just do it from their phones. Walking to the stairs that led to the basement he walked down, thinking this better be a good movie since he''s spent all this time getting here, not knowing that the back door to the house was open. some of thesilver reflecting in his eyes he knew what should be done. Ahhhhhh", the masked man screamed as the knife went through the ski mask but glided from his forehead to the right. Yanking back the knife, he plunged it into the man''s knees. Quickly pulling out the knife, Xenos ran to his sister, grabbing her and headed for the stairs, then for the door. go andwalked backward to gain some distance. The man took out the knife bleeding all over, clutched his gut and looked at Xenos with killing intent. Xenos ran out with the man limply running behind, but fast. wentbehind a tree and hid while grasping his mouth to not let out any sounds, the culprit passed by him going forward, sadly with adrenaline and fear pumping through his veins Xenos thought he could land a blow to kill the man once and for all. onlymake him a murderer. Snikt", Xenos looked down andsawa metallic gray blade pierced through his abdomen, dripping in blood. "Ahhhhhhh", yelled Xenos as it was pulled back, he collapsed on the floor holding onto his stomach. to selfishly seeksatisfaction from someone who killed his blood relatives, and nearly taking his beloved sister, ''no'', he would do it again if he had the chance. The only regret he had was not seeing his cute sister growingup,and thinking if she''ll mourn for him after he''s gone. He closed his eyes. heard, "Hey...Hey, boy", hearing this voice coming from towards the front of his bed was a woman, floating. wassurprised but not moved from her beautiful appearance. have come togive you a choice, a wish youcouldsay," she said staring at him looking down. f*ckout you dumbb*tch, I''m not here for games," he said deeply. ". Seeingthis she said, "Either you accept or reject, then we shall speak about it." thought,''f*ckit, I don''t got much to lose do I'', then he answered, "I accept". An Empty Realm As soon as Xenos had accepted, the woman''s eyes glowed and Xenos was not lying down on his hospital bed anymore he was standing, with no injuries or pain. **The Goddess'' Realm** In a space where there was nothing, a boy was seen standing, or floating you can say. In front of him was a woman, with creamy, milk-colored skin and a flawless complexion, hair midnight-black flowing over her shoulders, full and pillowy lips, and her soft, black eyes you''d feel a comforting darkness of a peaceful night as if sculpted to be fit and thick in all the right places she had a body you''d want to flaunt with beautiful curves. She has a very admirable beauty and a tender, time bearing face. Xenos was staring at the nothingness, looking for something in this empty space. "There''s nothing to see here, we''re in my realm where nothing resides but me and you currently." He turned his head to the beauty, who he could stare at for eternity but said, "what''s the opportunity you''re granting me?" She looked at him with an expressionless face and he returned it, then she spoke, "It seems like you were fated to be chosen and granted wishes by me, you shall be sent to a world similar to the novels you once read, however, you shall be given 5 wishes to help guide you through that world riddled with monsters." Xenos hearing this thought, ''Is this even real, maybe I''m in a coma and this is all just a dream'', thinking about it he then said "Ok but what of my life on Earth, what would happen?". Seeing this she responded, "I''ve already taken care of it, I''ve erased your existence from that world, and don''t worry the murder will be erased as well, deaths brought back, with all of them going through normal lives." Hearing this brought peace to Xenos but also a bit of sadness that his sister wouldn''t remember him, he disregarded her flaunting shaking his head, he then said, "What kind of wishes can I ask for, and how will I be introduced into this new world." The goddess replied, "You can ask for anything but you''ll have a limiter placed to make sure you don''t exceed your limit and cloud your judgment, as you can kill yourself with the power you should not possess. Whereas the world you''ll be going to is called Titan, where beings of all kinds reside. You can choose to be a different race as well to start with if you choose to reincarnate as a baby, and if you transmigrate with a whole new creation, your body will be burdened by itself and from the world, being an entirely new soul on the planet it will try to reject you." Hearing this Xenos contemplated his choices "I''ll go with reincarnation as a baby, but won''t it still harm my soul and will I still have my memories?". "As you''d need all the help, you can get you shall retain your previous memories, for your soul it will be fused to the previous soul, and since they would be a new soul it will not affect you, giving you full control", she said.Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. "But why me, why give me all of this", he said as he just couldn''t get his head around all this, even if it is all a dream. "Mortal you are not dreaming, your life will never be the same as before, continuing this useless talk will grant you nothing." She didn''t seem to like him much. "Alright, I apologize for the unnecessary banter, but besides my wishes since I''m getting reincarnated as a baby can I choose how I look?" She then said, "Yes, now continue with your wishes". "For my first wish I''d like a sentient system, with my stats displayed like in a game, missions to gain points and a shop where I can purchase anything I can think of", he said mildly excited. "That will take up two of your 5 wishes, now what is your next wish?" She said blankly. "Damn, well for my next wish I''d like the Instant Mastery ability, which is self-explanatory of what it does." He said. "The maximum level for all abilities on Titan is level 10, whereas the average level people reach is 6-7, your mastery ability will make you quite powerful, but that is if you gain any other abilities, you shall have it, now what is your next wish." "My next wish is absolute control ability to control my power, completely and easily. Also, how do people grow stronger on Titan? Is it through cultivation or with willpower and mana?" "Titan is encompassed in mana, there are magical abilities for attributes and elements, who become mages and other mana type warriors, if a being does not have any attributes then they are useless, or they can become swordsmen or even gladiators, fighting with their will and strength. The planet has many classes which are used to describe the individual as well as their power, thus some don''t easily reveal their classes or just lie," she paused "But, this world does tests for individuals who would like to know their classes, and this is done by nearly all families with their children after they''ve reached age 5, in human years. "Hmmm interesting, well for my last wish I''d like to have full potential for all attributes and elements, to become anything I wish to achieve." "This is acceptable, the path, however, is arduous as there are quite a few attributes, and you want to train in all of them, but with instant mastery, it can work, but you still have to achieve the skills as well ", she said solemnly. "Now what kind of being would you like to be, there''re dragons, elves, dwarves, and others. You can choose those or a hybrid of them which is the combination of two different species, being stronger, but most of these people are abused, enslaved or killed" "Hmmm, well I''ll just go with being a human, no it''ll have to be a vampire and what are the characteristics of vampires on Titan? And what are the races?" "The vampires have the same characteristics as humans on your home planet Earth, besides being stronger in all areas they are scorned for their consumption of blood. The main dominant races are Humans, Dragons, Elves, Giants, Atlantean''s and Dwarves. Each having their own empires, while all other races govern smaller areas from kingdoms to towns on Titan, some that have characteristics of other races hide their identities and join into the larger empires, seeking a better life such as vampires" she said "Enough questions, now speak of how you want to look before I send you out, also vampires are already flawless and beautiful." "Since they are already good looking, I''ll just change it a bit, I want to be quite tall, with slate eyes but I still have a gentle expression, and I don''t want to be skinny, but a lean body". "All right then, goodbye," she said. "Swoosh" Xenos hears and sees himself fading away. In the empty space, the fatal beauty stood as she spoke aloud, "Finally, now that he''s gone I''ll just watch him till he corrupts himself" she shrugged. Reborn After being sent away by that goddess, Xenos could only ''see'' darkness, no he couldn''t see or even open his eyes, all there was is darkness. Somehow he could move his limbs but they kept hitting something, feeling very slimy and gooey, he stopped. ''Ugh, where am I?'' He thought to himself. "Host is currently inside his mother''s womb, approximately 5 months in", spoke a voice in his head. ''Huh, who are you, wait are you the system I wished for?" "Yes host, and it seems like you are competent enough to know that", it said. ''Thanks, I guess, so when am I going to be born?'' "Host will be born in around 4 months, you''ve been awoken earlier on to understand the system before going back to sleep and awaiting your arrival into the world.", it spoke. ''Hmm, so can you show the screen or my stats?'', he said. It answered, "Host merely needs to say or think from the words '' Status'', ''Store'', ''Missions''. as well as ''Inventory'' which was added, however, before those words, you start with ''Open '' or ''Show''." ''Open Status'' he thought Name: ??? Race: Dhampir (50% Human + 50%Vampire) Age: 0 (Immortal) Level: 0 (EXP: 0/1000) Health Points (HP): 100/100 Mana Points (MP): 1/1 Strength: 1 (Stat to determine damage given for physical attacks) Magic: 1 (Stat to determine damage given from magical attacks) Speed: 1 (Stat to determine mobility of user) Vitality: 1 (Stat to determine damage incurred from physical attacks) Spirit: 1 (Stat to determine damage incurred from magical attacks) Instant Mastery: Max out any skill to level 10 Absolute Control: Can control skills to perfection Telekinesis(locked): Bloodline ability to move objects with mental power (w/o mana) Pyrokinesis(locked): Bloodline ability to create and control fire with the mind (w/o mana) Electrokinesis(locked): Bloodline ability to create and control electricity with the mind (w/o mana) Shape Shifting(locked): Bloodline ability to physically transform into a bat or mist (w/o mana) Flight(locked): Bloodline ability to fly (w/o mana) Teleportation(locked): Bloodline ability to teleport (w/o mana) This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.??? ?????(locked): ???????? Full Potential: Able to use all attributes and reach the limits Power of Dominance(locked): Vampire bloodline blessing allows him to absorb defeated monster''s souls. ''Cool, but I asked to be a vampire and what''s up with the question marks and locked thing?'' "A dhampir has all the powers of a vampire while having a human heart, it was not much of a difference, besides that there were no vampire children being born for the last 2000 years. Seeing as this was the best choice, it was used. The other reason being this as one of the most chaotic times this world has seen for war is brewing in the next few years. And for the locked status you haven''t been born yet getting your classes, which has a Dhampir class, after leveling that up you start to unlock more and more of your bloodline abilities. The question marks are for an ability that is incredibly powerful, it cannot be used for other special reasons" ''Well I''ll find out in time, but the war doesn''t sound good at all, I wanted to live a relaxing life while being overpowered'', Xenos thought. "Don''t all beings wish to live a life they desire." ''True, you''re right, well ''Open Store''. '' Weapons Skills Modifications Potions Daily Draw (every 10 years) ''Why is my daily draw every 10 years'' Xenos said in a monotone voice, slightly pissed off. "Due to the fact that you are a dhampir; and being immortal needs to have its drawbacks", it answered. ''Reasonable, so what about the other options in the store?'' he asked. "The store has every item you can think of, each with its own price, which you use blood points (BP), to purchase." ''Cool, so how do I get blood points?'' he questioned. "Through an assortment of possibilities, killing, selling items to the system, completing missions." ''Hmmm missions huh, ''Show Missions'''' he thought. Open the Blood Starter Package - Reward: Nothing. ''What do I get in the Blood Starter Package?'' he asked. "Items, abilities, stat boosts, anything really" it replied. ''Open Blood Starter Package'' Low Healing Potions x10 Low Mana Potion x5 Dagger (Grade: Low) x1 Black Baggy Clothes x2 Teleportation Unlocked ''At least I got one good thing out of that'' Xenos thought. "How lucky you are host, to be able to get a bloodline ability already." ''I guess so, the items were sent to my inventory right?'' "Yes," it said boringly. ''You sound pretty androgynous when I asked for a sentient system I wanted an enthusiastic girl sounding voice.'' he thought. "Wow so you wanted a voice like this!", a girly voice that seemed way too excited exclaimed. A bit crept out Xenos thought, ''a normal girl voice is fine actually.'' "Ok," a gentle female voice said in his head, well what seemed normal to him. ''So, what can I do now?'' he asked. "Sleep," she said. Then and there, poor ol'' Xenos fell asleep for the next 4 months. **Outside Xenos'' mother''s womb, 4 months later** "WAHHH WAHHH", baby Xenos had just emerged from his mother''s bottom. ''Damn it, I don''t have teeth'' He thought. "Host will start growing teeth in a few months, at least you can open your eyes though" a sweet girl said in his head. ''True, but the only thing I can see is... Family **On the world Titan** Xenos had opened his eyes to see a middle-aged man. ''This can''t be my father'', he thought, whilst he was crying from just being born. "Why can''t it be your father host?", his new female system said. ''Well he looks cool and all, but I don''t really want to look like him in the future'' he replied. "Is that really it?", she said with a bit of disappointment. ''What else would there be?'' Before the system could explain the disappointment she sees in him, the old man passed Xenos over to a tired and incredibly pale, yet beautiful woman. Looking at her silver hair and red eyes, she had a gentle-looking demeanor even with her pale appearance, Xenos admired her beauty. "He''s so cute," she said looking at the silver-haired baby boy. "What do Milord and Milady wish to name him?" said the old man. "How about Orpheus?" said a man who was slumping on the wall with a soft-looking demeanor. Xenos who was cradled by the ''enchantress'' looked towards the wall and saw an incredibly handsome but pale man, anointed in black and gold clothing with long white-blond hair. ''Holy sh*t...'' he thought. "Host that''s most likely the father you wanted," the system told him. ''Indeed'' he replied. Then the beauty holding him said, "I like Orpheus, but how about Xenos?" The man who was probably his father stopped laying against the wall, walked to the bed the woman was laying, eyeing the two with his yellow eyes in a kind manner and said, "Yes, he shall be named Xenos Orpheus Tepes." ***Fast forward 1 week from his birth*** "AAAAAUUUUUUUOOWWWHHnomnomnom", yawned Xenos in his cradle. In the past week, he spent listening to everyone around him to collect information and understanding the world, as all the people in his family are always taking care of him even when he''s sleeping. This is because he was just born and being as cute as he was everyone just wanted to see him. This wasn''t just one or two people, there were dozens over dozens of people, in that one week probably a hundred people saw him, multiple times. Not that Xenos cared, most were women and friends of his mother, whose name is Eden Belmont. His father''s name which he found out yesterday is Orion Paine Tepes, and he had been born into the family who are Counts in the Noble Ranks, not at the top, but not at the bottom either, yet still powerful. After going through his status which said he was a Dhampir, half-human, and half-vampire, meaning one of his parents was a vampire. His father who was more suited for it was the vampire, looking at his pale skin, fangs, pointy ears and long fingernails which were visible, yet his ears weren''t too pointy which likely led to them not being found out as vampire family. But his mom had red eyes, how suspicious. With a noble rank comes maids and butlers, around 30-40 each, they take care of tasks and the castle they live in, some live directly in the castle, while some have families they go back to. Xenos only bothered to know the names of the head butler and maid, who were named Claud and Elena respectively. He also knew a few others but that doesn''t matter for now. Claud was a middle-aged, lean-built man of considerable height. He possesses pale skin, with light facial hair, blue eyes, and long, disheveled black hair.If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. Whereas Elena was a young woman with a voluptuous figure, very long black hair and violet eyes. Her hair is usually tied in a long ponytail, reaching down to her legs with two strands sticking out from the top and sloping backward, with an orange ribbon keeping it in place. The most important maid, however, is the one that takes care of him, well tries to at least. Being four years older than baby Xenos was a female maid named Gwendolyn, or Gwen for short. Gwen has long, straight and shiny purple hair along with a triangular fringe at the front that barely touches the ridge of her nose, and she is also shown to have blue eyes and her lips have a shiny pink appearance. While the maids and butlers spoke about life while taking care of him, he listened. He learned about the continents, races, and even about magic. So far he knows there are at least 3 continents known to the people here. The one they are on now is called Bula, named after the Goddess of Titan. This is where most to all races reside, either on the surface or hidden, with Humans, Elves, Giants, and Dwarves making up the empires. With one more empire allowing all races called the Sundry Empire, although the smallest in size, it has the biggest population, however, it is a bit chaotic, or so the maids say. The second continent is the Demon continent, where the demons reside, not much was said about them. The last known continent for them was the ''Unknown'' continent, it is where people try to reach but never make it back. Xenos, however, remembered the goddess'' words who sent him here, that there were also Dragons and Atlantean''s that have empires. He''ll have to find out about that at some point. ''Open Status'' he thought. Name: Xenos Orpheus ?epe? Race: Dhampir (50% Human + 50%Vampire) Age: 0 (Immortal) Level: 0 (EXP: 0/1000) Health Points (HP): 100/100 Mana Points (MP): 1/1 Strength: 1 Magic: 1 Speed: 1 Vitality: 1 Spirit: 1 Instant Mastery Absolute Control Telekinesis(locked) Pyrokinesis(locked) Electrokinesis(locked) Shape Shifting(locked) Flight(locked) Teleportation ??? ?????(locked) Full Potential Power of Dominance(locked) ''Hey system, can you separate status, abilities, and blessing. I want to summon each of them by themselves to be more efficient'' he asked. "Anything for you host!" said the system charismatically. ''Thanks, now all I need to do is wait for them all to leave me alone so I can leave this damn cradle!'' he was getting pretty tired being a baby, and could only teleport around his crib so he wouldn''t get caught. ***The next day*** As Gwen, his kid maid was rocking his cradle his mother, Eden, came through the door to give him his daily milk. "Mi-Milady, are you here to feed Xenos, I can get someone to take care of this for you," Gwen said. ''Please get someone else to feed me, please'' Xenos thought back to his first day, he got excited about this happening, but as the day went by he could not take it anymore, she although is biologically his mother he just couldn''t see it, it was driving him crazy. "No that''s okay, but thank you, Gwen," she said as she picked little Xenos up, continuing "Oh who''s a good little baby, you are, you are." ''God damn it'', he thought. ***Later that day*** As Xenos was waking from his third nap that day he saw his father, Orion, walk through the door, picked him up and put him on his shoulder. "Follow me, Gwen," he said. Walking through the castle with Xenos on his shoulder, allowed this baby to see everything from an all-new perspective. ''Damn this really is a castle, but it''s so big, we''ve been walking down this hall for 3 whole minutes'' he thought. Orion looked at the baby on his shoulder, then looked forward telling him, "Xenos, you''re going to meet someone, make sure you look cute." He finally stopped in a large room with couches and tables, with some people waiting there. ''I guess this is probably the living room, why does it have to be so uselessly huge'' he thought. As they got closer he saw a little girl talking to a middle-aged man, with a young woman by his side. "Ah finally Orion, you''ve got your son, this must be baby Xenos," he said while poking some soft baby cheeks. "He''s so cute," the woman to his side said. ''Haha, yes I am'' Xenos thought to himself. "I and Eden think he''s going to be quite a handsome little devil when he''s older, oh and this must be little Akame," said his father. "Yes, isn''t she adorable, the prize of my Goto family," said the girl''s father. ''Wow, she has pink hair, that''s a first for me'' Xenos thought as he looked at her. She had light pink hair that ombres into hot pink and is tied into pigtails, she tied her hair using two tubes and had a small red clip on the left side of her face. Akame has red eyes and small glossed lips. She looked very fragile, having a very slender figure and thin legs. "You should let the children play together," said Akame''s mom "Of course I will," his father said. ''Sh*t, first my maid and now a childhood friend, my life is already tough and its been only a week since I was born'' he thought. "Well at least I''m here, host," said the gentle girl inside his head. ''Sure.'' As he was being let down onto the carpet beside Akame who was two years old, she said: "Aha a baby can''t build blocks like me." ''Bruh, she''s weird'' he thought. Magic Akame and Xenos were playing with the blocks, the girl who was far too engaged said. "Haha, mine is huge." "hahaha" he laughed in his baby voice, while creating a bigger structure. "Nice, a worthy rival, but mine will always be bigger than yours" she said watching him trying to build faster. Xenos couldn''t help snickering the whole time. Eden, Xenos'' mother, arrives in the living room. "My love, come sit beside me, we were just watching the children play" said Orion. With the four parents sitting there, they continue playing. Until Akame comes closer towards Xenos and whispers into his ear, "want to see some magic?" Xenos knew it was a rhetorical question as she had begun casting a spell of some sort, but he still nodded. Seeing Xenos give his confirmation gave her more confidence as she smiled as she fired up her spell. Before the parents could stop her. "Wind Gale!" she shouted. A breeze past by Xenos, the block tower that was being made moved ever so slightly. That was it. ''Well what could I have expected from a child'' he thought, while showing a wave of amazement on the outside. He then had an idea, and turned to his parent sitting there, as they calmed down seeing that Akame didn''t really do anything, but were worried for the little baby who now stared at them with twinkling eyes. "Oh so my baby wants to see some more magic, your dad here will show you some fire and I''ll show some ice" Eden said as she turned to Orion. "Ice Vortex", she said. Then a small tornado of ice formed on her finger that pointed upwards, which she then flicked at Orion. "Fire Vortex" he commanded, as he lifted his hand shooting out a spiral of fire that stopped Eden''s little ice vortex, cancelling each other out. After both spells collided steam was seen floating upwards.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. Eden then came to Baby Xenos and squatted down to match his eyes said, "See mommy is really cool, right?" Xenos who was mesmerized quickly nodded his head, which looked very adorable, thinking to himself ''can''t wait to learn magic''. "Just to inform you host, you don''t possess any spells, and even with them you don''t even have mana. While the Dhampir bloodline has abilities you can use without the need of mana, it uses your mental strength, such as teleportation. The only other skills host has is instant mastery, allowing the teleports to go long distances, and the absolute control ability you can control the teleport to where you''d like to go and not end up inside the ground." the girly voice in his head tells him. ''Well it looks like I got to get stronger.'' While thinking about this, in the outside world... "Don''t they look so cute together" said Akame''s mother. "Yes they just look splendid" said her husband. "Truly" said both of Xenos'' parents. As he heard them saying that he thought, ''shi*t if they make a freaking arranged marriage because of this it''ll be the end of me'' sighingly. "Oh is my little baby sleepy, come here to mommy." Eden held Xenos to her chest, where she started squishing him against her breasts for the next few minutes, at that point Akame''s parents said it was time for them to head home. ''Finally'' he thought as his mom stopped suffocating him. But then, both their parents told the kids to hug which he did very quickly to get it over with. Thinking to himself ''Ok she''s cute but she''s pretty quirky.'' As Xenos is being led back to his room, his mother talks to him about things he would rather talk years into the future. "Xenos remember that woman are frightening creatures, as a beautiful woman can bring even the strongest man to their knees." ''Did she just call herself scary?'' he thought. "Wow, does that mean I can be really strong, host?" ''Uhh... sure'' he replied. As Eden continued on about stuff, she tries to feed Xenos some milk. Xenos not wanting any squirms his face away as she tried to place her nip into his mouth. "nnnnnn...." is the sounds he makes. "Oh you don''t want some fresh milk huh, well its what you''re going to get!" she said excitedly. Five minutes of struggling later... ''God damn, I give up.'' he thought. Seeing Xenos give up and accept her fresh milk made her happy, but she didn''t know what was going to come next. Xenos had started tracing little circles around her areola and flicked her nipple with the tip of his tongue. Then started sucking on her nipples like normal, stimulating for extra blood flow and increasing sensitivity. Finally going for the final shot, he bites down, not too hard of course. "Mmmmh..." she goes, swiftly closing her mouth with her free other hand that wasn''t holding Xenos. ''F*ck'' he thought "Bad Xenos, you can''t be doing that at such a young age'' she said with her red eyes sparkling while looking at him. ''Damn, now I find out my mom might be into S & M too'' he thinks to himself. "Host whats S & M?" she asks curiously. ''Uhhhh... we''d need to talk about it some other time''. As he''s put into his crib, trying to fall asleep to forget this ever happened. Dragons ***Time skip a couple weeks later*** Some time has passed since his first meeting with the pink-haired girl named Akame. Xenos has developed his ability to walk and speak, but kept it hidden, though he''s shown his parents he can crawl. Also, today he had gotten a mission. "Host, a mission has arrived due to your curiosity." "Finally, wait, my curiosity, how so and ''Show Missions''". Read a book about dragons. Reward: 400 EXP, +5 in all stats, +10 MP, 1 BP "Yes host, due to your curiosity for the species called Dragons you''ve been assigned this mission. Missions are usually given if the system deems it worthy and in your interest. For example saving a beautiful princess, or simply consuming knowledge." "Alright, and for the mission how is it that I can even read?" "Host, due to your previous knowledge on Planet Earth you''ve been given the tongue of this world''s language directly into your mind, courtesies from the goddess who gave you your wishes." "Ok guess that works for me... by the way you want a name?" "Anything the host can give me I will kindly accept!" "How about Hana... nah doesn''t seem right. Lilith, after my former sister?... definitely not. Minerva after the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare... wisdom yes, but not warfare. Oh yeah, Sia seems better, I think it was the deification of wisdom in Egyptian mythology. How about that?" "Thank you Host, I shall now be named Sia." Then something popped up in the corner of his eyes. ''Mission Completed'' "Huh do I get ads... never mind it seems I''ve completed a mission, ''Show Missions''." Read a book about dragons. Reward: 400 EXP, +5 in all stats, +10 MP, 1 BP Completed Name the system (Hidden) Reward: 400 EXP, +10 in all stats, +30 MP, 1 BP "A hidden mission, this is so game like, Sia, since I completed the mission will it stay in the missions tab?" "After a completed mission is seen in the missions tab it will then go away, if you don''t look at all it will also disappear but take more time, giving you a chance to look at it if you are busy. The reward however automatically adds itself into where it should be placed, like increased mana points for example into your status where it is displayed." "Open Status" Name: Xenos Orpheus ?epe? Race: Dhampir (50% Human + 50%Vampire) Age: 0 (Immortal) Blood Points (BP): 1 Level: 0 (EXP: 400/1000) Health Points (HP): 100/100 Mana Points (MP): 31/31 Strength: 11 If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.Magic: 11 Speed: 11 Vitality: 11 Spirit: 11 ''So it did increase, also the amount of blood points I have is displayed here as well.'' He thought to himself. "Now it''s mission time, Sia, where do I find books in this vicinity?" "I''m sorry host but you have to find that yourself." "You got any skills I can purchase for that?" "Yes, but you don''t have enough blood points host." "I''m too poor, guess I''m on my own then." Xenos begins to sneak out from his room. "Creee..." as he opened his door. ''Sh*tty door'' he thought "Ok, now that I''m out of the room I''ll need to find the location of either the library or a study room." Xenos spends the next thirty minutes going door to door through the halls of the castle looking for the right room. As he''s been going through rooms and the halls, he''s also teleporting and sneaking around to prevent himself from being heard. ''Where the hell is the books'' he complains. At last he opens a door and finds a medium sized room with shelves of books on his left and right, at the other side of the room was a desk with multiple stacks of papers with a decently large window behind it. "This must be my father''s study room, now time to find that book." As he searched and searched through the shelves, he found a book called ''Ancient Book of Dragons''. He then began reading. Of all creatures that lay on titan, the indisputably strongest race, individually, would be Dragons. These mythical beasts have the intelligence surpassing that of even Elves, Djinns, Phoenixes, and other beings. They appeared big or small, but are never underestimated, for great destruction is within their capabilities. The Dragon races downfall, however, is that they are very prideful beings. Eons ago our continent was riddled with dragons, atop all other races were they. No single race could go against them, for fear they would be sent to extinction. Thus, the other races started to collaborate, against the Dragons. Soon a large battle shook the world of Titan separating land masses, splitting oceans, decimating volcanoes to nothing. Though the races were nothing to the dragons, the amount of foes the dragons had to face were far too many. They soon flew away, disappearing, hence a new era began... Xenos was raised into the air with large hands in both of his armpits. ''What the hell?'' He thought, surprised. "It seems like someone is reading over here, interesting." As the unknown individual looked towards his book. ''Oh it''s just my dad'' he thought once he turned his head. A white-blonde haired handsome man was seen with a white-haired baby in his hands, as he looked at the infant with curiosity. "If you can get here, nonetheless read, then you must be hiding your capabilities." he said looking at Xenos. ''Oh sh*t, he''s right, I''m stupidly suspicious'' he thought. "Looks like you got a book about dragons, maybe you were just looking at the pictures, though since its a book on the higher shelves, maybe you can..." he started mumbling. "Ok, let''s test something out," Orion said with a smile on his face. He lifted the boy up, over his own head. "Huh this reminds me of a certain lion" thought Xenos. "Alright time to see if this works" his father says. Orion then lets go of the baby. "Oh sh*t" as Xenos felt weightless. His body had started tightening its muscles. Blood was pumping faster than ever, his eyes widened and pupils dilated. Then realization hit him. He closed his eyes, ''Teleport'', his bottom touched the ground where he was sitting down before, like nothing happened. "O-R-I-O-N." Both he and his father turned to look at the door, there stood an alluring woman if she didn''t have a facial expression that might have even scared death itself. "ha...ha...my beloved I was just testing my...our sons abilities." "OH REALLY" she went. ''HAHA, that''s what that ret*rd gets, daring to scare me like that'', Xenos thought to himself. "Oh my little child, come to mommy," said Eden after she beat her husband. "Mommy" he went to flatter her. Eden''s mouth curled, as she gave the most divine smile Xenos had ever saw. "Mommy, mommy" he went again wanting to see more of the marvelous sight. "My sweet child, mommy won''t let that happen ever again" as she hugged him against her twin peaks. Xenos loved the gentle touch to his hands and the adoration given to him, until he couldn''t breath again. "Dad-d-y" he struggled to say, in order to get his life saved. Eden''s smiled again, turned her head to look at the smiling Orion, who then smiled crookedly, as she made sure he didn''t move or he''d receive another punishment. ''Why does this always happen to me'' Xenos thought till he passed out. Goals ***Six months later*** In the past year, Xenos has been relaxing, spending time with his new and interesting family. Playing with head maid Elena, and his personal maid Gwen, who have grown quite close. His father Orion sometimes takes him on ''mini'' adventures to places he shouldn''t go. Once they went to see the ocean, which is on the East side of the Human Kingdom. He saw sea creatures like the Kraken, a huge squid or octopus-like monster. The best part is that he became friends with two creatures, Scylla, a four-eyed, six-headed monster, and Charybdis who causes massive whirlpools, they both had quite sad pasts, so he decided to help them in the future. He also got to ride on some sea horses called a Hippocampus, and his dad started flirting with some woman with tails, the mermaids. One time after they got back from their little adventures his mom would ask him what he did, although she didn''t want him to go to dangerous places she allowed it due to Orion being quite powerful, and they just teleported there anyways. He told her about the mermaids and then they stopped going on adventures for a while, spending time with his parents in the castle instead. Akame also came by with her parents a couple of times, Xenos didn''t mind it because he liked seeing her pink hair a lot. The past few days he''s been spending with his mom, she would put him on her lap reading books to him, he enjoyed it not because he liked reading books, but due to it being super comfortable and for his missions, earning him blood points. Today, however, she was going to be cooking. "Xenos, when you''re older you''d need to know how to cook, as most women love to watch a man cooking, and you won''t be that stereotypical pretty boy, besides, everyone loves food!" she told him. "Host, you got a new mission." ''More reading?'' he thought. "No it''s about cooking, I hope you like it!" she told him. ''Ok Sia, Show Missions.'' Learn how to cook. Description: Watch your mom cooking food. Reward: Cooking skill, 300 EXP, 1 BP ''Easy enough.'' As they went to the kitchen, Gwen saw them after washing Xenos'' clothes. "Hi, Milady what are you and young master doing?" She asked. "I''m going to be showing Xenos how I cook," Eden said. "But Milady, the head chef makes your food," Gwen said. "Don''t worry Gwen I know how to cook," Eden replied as she patted the girl''s head.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. The two, mother and son pair continued heading to the kitchen which was now empty, as she had told all the kitchen workers to take a little break. "Ok what should mom make?" she asked Xenos. "I want some Tom yum Goong, mommy (A Thai masterpiece teems with shrimp, mushrooms, tomatoes, lemongrass, galangal, and kaffir lime leaves. It''s so good.)" "Coming right up!" As Xenos was watching Eden cook he was mesmerized by her beauty, movements, and expression of really wanting to make a dish for him. He felt that performing an act for another human being, like cooking for them, is a form of altruism. And altruism can make people feel happy and connected to others. Cooking for others is nurturing, and he felt her motherly love. "Done, here you go Xenos." As he ate he started to have a foodgasm. With every spoon, it exploded with flavor sour, salty, spicy and sweet. The shrimps'' texture is so soft and soothing, feeling the love in each individual shrimp. The mushrooms are creamy while locking in the umani essence as well as heightening the flavor. The aftertaste aromas linger in the palate, the hearty soup unifies his soul. If his clothes could rip themselves off they would. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh... so good." "Awwww... glad you liked it," Eden said, seeing her little boy have his foodgasm. "I loved it!" he exclaimed. Eden then gave him a gentle hug. He looked to the corner of his eyes. "Mission Completed." ''Open Mission.'' He thought. Completed Learn how to cook. Description: Watch your mom cooking food. Reward: Cooking skill, 300 EXP, 1 BP "That''s great host, now you can cause foodgasms for others as well," Sia said. Evil laughter was heard in his head as he thought of the destruction he can cause to all the women out in the world. "Maybe this skill is a bit too overpowered?" Sia said. ''No, I think it''s perfect.'' He thought while smirking. **At Xenos'' bedroom** "Sia, Show Status and Abilities" Name: Xenos Orpheus ?epe? Race: Dhampir (50% Human + 50%Vampire) Age: 1 (Immortal) Blood Points (BP): 6 Level: 2 (EXP: 500/1000) Health Points (HP): 100/100 Mana Points (MP): 151/151 Strength: 56 Magic: 56 Speed: 56 Vitality: 56 Spirit: 56 Instant Mastery Absolute Control Teleportation Cooking Telekinesis(locked) Pyrokinesis(locked) Electrokinesis(locked) Shape Shifting(locked) Flight(locked) ??? ?????(locked) ''So far for his missions theirs been 1 hidden mission, 4 book missions, 1 friend mission, and this cooking mission. The friend mission came from making my first friend, becoming friends with that Scylla, maybe Akame didn''t think of me as a friend until meeting me more, possibly cause she''s still a child. Scylla and that other one, Charybdis, I''ll probably meet up with them again, maybe they can help me out. Looks like that friend mission gave me 200 EXP, +5 in all stats, and 1 BP. Seems like my EXP doesn''t change either when it reaches its limit, it restarts, going back to zero, each 1000 EXP raises me one level.'' he began thinking. "Host so far although you are only Level 2, you have stats far surpassing others. If you take an average low-level knight, for example, they would have a level of around 15 to 20, with stats ranging from 75 to 100, while some increase due to boosts or enchantments. Most people no matter the race, increase in stats by 5 each level they increment. Now if you look at host, Level 2, yet you have stats at 56 is a godly difference, it would be like you get a +28 stat each level, which is more than 5 times an average being." Sia told him happily. "Yeah, your right but I''m still pretty weak overall, luckily I''m only 1." "Just so you know host, you aren''t going to be getting easy missions always, if you were to get another read a book-like mission, it probably will be an ancient text in some unknown ruins or dungeons perhaps." "Well the harder the better, or so people say." He said. What he didn''t know was that a small maid like figure was at his door, fortunately hearing basically nothing, however, she had heard the last part, blushing she scampered away. Stronger "Every moment we spend worrying about tomorrow is a moment we lose enjoying today" - Anonymous. ______________________________________ **Xenos'' Bedroom** "AAAAAUUUUUUUOOWWWHHnomnomnom" a yawn was heard. Xenos had just woken up. "It''s morning already, I slept like a log, I need to be productive today." "Hmmm... Sia, can you show me a list of skills that aren''t too expensive, ''Open Store"." As Xenos scrolled through the list of abilities he saw: Sonar: Emit sound pulses for detection. Warmth: Resist all temperatures below freezing. Calm: To neutralize all emotions and have a serene mind. Musician: Able to play all instruments. Trading: Knowledge of the price of any item. Hide: Ability to be unnoticed when hidden and unmoving. Disguise: Conceal or change one''s physical appearance. . . . "How much for the skills though?" he asked. "About 5 BP to 10 BP. Most of these skills are basic so you require very little mana." "I guess I should start out somewhere, but this is pretty weak compared to my current skills." "Well host you currently have four skills Instant Mastery, Absolute Control, Teleportation, and Cooking. Two of the four skills you have would be impossible to achieve for over 99% of the beings on this planet. For teleportation, it''s a rare skill but few have it, as for your cooking most have it however not at full mastery. Due to your Instant Mastery skill, any abilities you unlock or obtain enhances your strength exponentially. "Yeah, I guess I''m overpowered, but with a bit of delay." ***Time Skip 2 Years Later*** Xenos now 3 years old has purchased the abilities he saw from that day. The past two years he''s spent going through the flow and doing random stuff. Making food and causing foodgasms, time with his family and maids, doing pranks, and he''s also spent time playing with the pink-haired girl, Akame. There was also the thing where children at the age of 5 are tested for what elements they are attuned with, as well as showing them their potential growth. It is tested when touching a magic ball that sends out elements children can begin to use, as well as giving a glow for how much potential they possibly contained. The attribute test wasn''t too important as when they grow more elements are unlocked, depending on knowledge and the body''s own capabilities. Usually, when tested they are chosen between the 4 main elements Water, Fire, Earth, and Wind, in some cases other attributes are given if there is an affinity for it at an early age, but it is quite rare.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. The best part of the test is that they are also gifted with a set of classes from the higher beings of the world beyond, these classes boost individuals'' abilities to make them stronger or useful. The classes can be anything from a farmer to a hero, it is a choice one must make. Classes can evolve and change through progression and fate. Gwen, his maid, chose the class ''Maid'' and had the attributes lightning and wind similar to the head maid, Elena who had gotten to the point of using all the main elements and lightning. Akame had gotten Fire and Darkness which was much more unique but gave an ill omen of becoming evil, her parents decided to keep it a secret along with her class. Xenos, however, was unable to try out as he hadn''t turned 5 yet, but that didn''t matter since his blessing, Full Potential, gave him all attributes. As for the potential test both had a fairly bright orb, with Akame''s being slightly brighter. Showing great promise they would likely go to an academy to enrich their skills to become more powerful, those showing potential but don''t have the funds usually become an adventurer, mercenaries and other similar occupations. Those who show low potential become quite crestfallen, some determined to work hard to grow stronger, but it usually doesn''t happen. Some people show little to no potential whatsoever. For Xenos, he still has two more years till he attempts to test himself out before then he was going to get stronger. "Sia, ''Show Status''." Name: Xenos Orpheus ?epe? Race: Dhampir (50% Human + 50%Vampire) Age: 3 (Immortal) Blood Points (BP): 42 Level: 6 (EXP: 20/1000) Health Points (HP): 100/100 Mana Points (MP): 371/371 Strength: 160 Magic: 173 Speed: 146 Vitality: 152 Spirit: 128 "Well from my first year everything has nearly tripled, ugh, but my level is still so low." "Host, you are pretty strong now physically, but you don''t have any experience." "Yeah, I guess you''re right Sia, ''Show Abilities''." Instant Mastery Absolute Control Teleportation Cooking Sonar Warmth Calm Musician Trading Hide Disguise Telekinesis(locked) Pyrokinesis(locked) Electrokinesis(locked) Shape-Shifting(locked) Flight(locked) ??? ?????(locked) "When are my other bloodline abilities going to be unlocked, its been 2 years since my first ability," Xenos asked. "The teleportation ability you''ve gotten is all due to luck, it really just depends on how far you get with your bloodline. If you want to know it would be from inquiring about it from a user or source, like your parents." "Yeah I''ll need to ask them, hopefully, they teach me sooner than later, wouldn''t want to wait 2 years, besides that can you show me skills to keep me hidden, ''Open Store''." Shadow Steps: Ability to move whilst concealing all noise. Veil: Conceal all aura from being detected. Silent Strike: Land a hit without any noise. . . . "Shadow steps and Veil seems pretty useful, Silent Strike is good but I can decrease the sound without a skill." "Host, a lot of these abilities are used by bandits, assassins, thieves, etc. which can help you when you deal with high-level opponents. Silent Strike causes your attacks to produce no sound, which leads to easy sneak attacks, very crucial." "Fine, buy Shadow Steps, Veil, and Silent Strike." "You can only purchase one as they each cost 40 BP." "Damn that''s expensive, I only got 42 Blood Points, okay buy Shadow Steps, I''ll get the rest at some point." "Alright, its done host," Sia replied. "Well next thing I''ll do is to ask my parents about my bloodline and ask to train me. I''ll also need to explore the city." "Are you going to do that now?" Sia asked. "Nah, I''m kind of too lazy right now I think I''ve been productive enough, I''ll just grab something to eat and take a nap." "You just woke up though!" Sia exclaimed. Xenos has been really lazy. Shadow After a long nap, it was now late in the afternoon. Xenos decided that he would ask about his bloodline and went to his mom, Eden. Searching for his mother he instead found the head maid, Elena, with her long ponytail tied with an orange ribbon, like always. "Hey Elena, do you know where my mom is?" "My cute young master, you should know that Milady is currently resting in her garden." She said looking at the adorable silver-haired child. "Um thanks, see you, Elena." He said scurrying away. He went to the indoor garden which was in the middle of the castle encompassed with glass where his mother was usually relaxing. After passing through thousands of flowers in the center was an open area with a structure surrounded by pink and white flowers. The attractive 5 dense petals holding on as a spiral has a unique smell, like no other flower, some smell sweet or spicy, others smell like jasmine, peaches or citrus. As Xenos stared at them he remembered Eden''s words. "Xenos, my love, these flowers although beautiful in appearance and have a smell like no other, possesses a poisonous, milky sap, they are just like some people. Just know that you cannot trust everyone, that appearances should not be mistaken for truth." "Stupid flowers, at least they look nice," Xenos said. "Host, why does your mother have these flowers around her?" "How would I know?" Xenos continued walked to the structure absorbing the wonderfully fragrant smell. The structure constructed from wood had a traditional design that exudes a warm-village feel, in which you can appreciate the coziness it brings to the garden from its presence. In the middle dozing on a sling made of fabric suspended between two points of the structure, was a ravishing beauty resting in it. The silver-haired woman had on a burgundy blouse with a brooch, a white skirt, and black tights, with her thigh-high white boots laying on the wooden floor. Xenos came up to the sling and called out, "Mom, I want to ask you something." Eden woke up rubbing her eyes, "Dear, what is it, do you wish to join me?" "No I don''t, I wanted to know about myself." Tilting her head she mumbled, "Interesting, you are going through puberty already." "No mom, I want to know about my bloodline, I know I''m not fully human." "Oh that, you are part vampire dear." ''Did she have to say it so nonchalantly.'' Xenos thought. "Will we be hunted mom, this is the human empire, some of the maids said that most non-humans are discriminated here, especially since we are in the capital." Eden got up from her laying position, now sitting up as her silver hair fell below her shoulders and looked at Xenos'' red eyes with hers, both shining like rubies.If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. "Well as long as nobody knows we''re fine, don''t worry dear, actually compared to humans, vampires are a lot better. Sadly I was born human, but your father made me into a vampire after he gave me some of his blood essences. Xenos, vampires have superhuman capabilities out doing humans in all sectors, well at face value, without all the extra training, mana strengthening and everything, so we hold the advantage. For you compared to a normal human, like your maid Gwen, you are a lot more powerful at the same age, even cuter, which comes from race advantage. There are also other abilities like your teleportation, which you weirdly had at your age, as you haven''t even drunk any blood before." "How do you know that?" Xenos asked genuinely curious. "Ahahaha... oh dear, I''m so sorry but have you ever seen your own shadow?" "My shadow? Shouldn''t it be right there..." he said while turning towards the ground. "There''s nothing?" Xenos said. "Yes honey, a vampire who never drinks blood, will not have a shadow, this is also the reason you''ve never gone out to where there are lots of people, staying secluded in the castle, while sometimes going out to see creatures of the world. To fix that we gave you Gwen, but you will have to tell her what you are..." she said smirking. "But what if she hates me?" "Maybe she will, maybe she won''t, this is why you''ll ask her," Eden told him, closing one of her eyes. "Alright mother, but if she doesn''t accept me, then what?" He said timidly. "We''ll probably have to get rid of her," She said smiling. "Oh..." "Now as for your bloodline, if you have any more questions you should ask your father, as he grew up a vampire. Go if you don''t have more questions or want to sleep here with me..." She said half asleep. "Ok see you for dinner" He spoke out while leaving the garden. As he walked through the halls he started thinking. "Will they really kill her for knowing my true race, damn this world truly is different, not only in their people but their morals as well." "Host, they are merely making sure we are not all killed merely due to one person." "Yeah but something about it just feels a bit wrong, maybe I''ve just grown a bit attached to my purple-haired maid." Seeing a lean middle-aged man with light facial hair he called out. "Claud, do you know where my father is?" "Young Master, Milord should be in his study, busy at work." "Oh okay, thank you." He said walking away. The butler Claud looked at his young masters back thinking, "Not too shabby, compared to most noble children, Xenos is much better." Opening the door to where he read his first book, he saw a handsome man with white-blonde hair with a quill in his hand, writing. Noticing the door opening, Orion, however, did not stop to look and said, "Xenos how are you, I''m a bit busy, but it seems you have a question to ask so go ahead." Xenos seeing this said, "Mom told me to ask you about my vampire bloodline." Orion''s lips turned, giving out a splendid smile and said, "That''s great, how about tonight, but that is if you can get your first taste of blood, this must be from Gwen." "Mom told me about this, but I don''t want Gwen to be upset or hate me, especially if you end up killing her." Orion''s smile turned even more radiant, knowing what his beautiful wife did, and said: "We do this for a reason Xenos, so unless you have a different question other than about your bloodline you should go and do what you must first." As Xenos walked out of the room he heard a ''Ding''. "Host, new mission" "Sia, Show Missions." Tell Gwen that you are a vampire, and drink her blood. Reward: 5 BP, Pyrokinesis, +20 in all stats, +5 MP, Shadow. "Well seems easy enough, let''s do this." "Host, don''t be too forceful, Gwen is quite nice to you." "Yeah I know, but I need to make sure she accepts me." As he walked through the halls of the castle passing maids and butlers he spotted a familiar purple-haired girl, he followed her. The person with shiny purple hair along with blue eyes walked into her room as she had just finished her daily duties, her master, Xenos, didn''t really have many needs besides cleaning his clothes and bedroom. "Ahhhhh why won''t master ask more from me." She said as she jumped onto her bed hugging some loose fabric. Xenos who entered into the girl''s room with Shadow Steps and was hidden in the dark using Hide, saw this. "What the f*ck," he thought. "Host it seems she might like you." "Sure seems like it, well this makes it easier I guess, I got a perfect plan for this." He thought nefariously. Blood Xenos who was hidden in the shadows saw that Gwen had been embracing a piece of cloth. However, it looked strangely familiar. "Is that my shirt?" He thought. "I think so, host." "Ugh, whatever, let''s just get this over with." As he teleported outside of the room, onto her balcony. While Gwen was lying on her bed, she heard a gentle tapping coming from her balcony. She got up to check what it was, very cautiously. "Who''s there?" She said with a small dagger in her hands. "It''s me." "Young Master? Why are you there?" The girl said, slightly confused. "I wanted to talk to you, secretly." "Oh, wait, I''ll open the balcony door to come inside." "Thank you, Gwen." He said gently. Inside the room sat a silver-haired, red-eyed boy staring into the blue eyes of a purple-haired girl. "Gwen I want to tell you something because I think I trust you, but do you feel like you''re trustworthy?" "Young Master I would never do anything you wouldn''t want me to do, I am your servant." She said. "I see so whatever I say will be between us, and even if we separate I hope you keep this to yourself." "Of course, Young Master." "By the way, what were you holding in your hands a bit ago, it looked like my shirt?" "Uhhh I was just cleaning your clothes so I accidentally brought it to my room..." She said slightly stuttering. "Ok, well back to the topic in hand, you do know about nonhumans and their treatment in this empire right?" "Yes, of course, they are discriminated against, with a large population enslaved. The human empire does slavery in a much more open manner compared to the other empires, where it occurs due to having a criminal status. Here we can become slaves from debt, kidnapping, or even family members selling them out. With non-humans they are treated much worse as the laws are more lenient on how you manage them, even with death, you can get a small fine or even call it out as self-defense." "That pretty much sums it up, but you see, I may not be human myself." Said Xenos slowly. "Ah, you mean how you''re a vampire right?" She said. "H-How do you know that?" "My family has been serving yours for quite some time, so we are trusted, Elena is my older sister." "But you have your hair and eyes are completely different?" "Yes, young master but my grandmother had purple hair and my great-grandfather had blue eyes, so it seemed like I got it from them." "Alright, I was not told this, my mother and father had played a trick on me it seems. Well as you know I''m a vampire, you know what I''ll need to do right." "I''ve always been ready for you to ask me this young master, and my sister Elena is prepared as well. She may be a little too old for you, but that''s why I was assigned to you, and I''m very glad to be here." "Can you show me your shoulder, this is where I''ll feed..." He said looking away. She started shifting her top to the side, showing her shoulder.You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. Vampires can bite anywhere. The neck, however, is a bad area due to two types of major blood vessels that run through the neck. The carotid arteries supply blood to the brain, and the jugular veins take blood from the brain to the heart. If a vampire bit your neck, you would die almost instantaneously. "Thank you, Gwen, I''m going to start now." He drawled moving his mouth to her shoulder. "Mmmmm" Gwen went as she felt her blood moving slower, with a wonderful sensation being sent throughout her body. As he drank her blood, he found the taste to be like an unimaginable, and indescribable sweet heavenly nectar. After a minute of drinking, he stopped as he wouldn''t want Gwen to become too dizzy due to the rapid blood loss, causing her blood pressure to fall. Xenos gently placed the maid onto her bed, who seemed tired, short of breath, and pale. "Gwen, rest for the night, as well as for tomorrow, I don''t want you becoming ill because of me." He said with a genuine kind and gentle aura while trying to soothe her by brushing the silky purple hair until she fell asleep. "Show Missions." He said nearly silently. Completed Tell Gwen that you are a vampire, and drink her blood. Reward: 5 BP, Pyrokinesis, +20 in all stats, +5 MP, Shadow. "Damn, Pyrokinesis, can''t I become overpowered with this, Sia tell me again what I can do with this ability." "Host, the bloodline ability, Pyrokinesis, allows you to manipulate and speed up the atomic state to the point of combustion. You can also call it Flame Manipulation. Normally you would have to start with manipulating a candle''s flame. In more advanced practices one can extinguish a candle flame or reignite a flame that has gone out. It is a very difficult ability for any races who have it; being a psychic ability allowing a person to create and control fire with the mind, only those with very high achievements can replicate the use of it to be similar to those who use mana with it." "So most of the races who have Flame Manipulation need lots of practice, but I have Instant Mastery and Absolute Control." "Indeed host, you can use Pyrokinesis to its limits, but the strain it will have to your mind will become higher and higher, the more you use it." "Well, that''s obvious, now ''Show Status''." He said leaving Gwen''s room. Name: Xenos Orpheus ?epe? Race: Dhampir (50% Human + 50%Vampire) Age: 3 (Immortal) Blood Points (BP): 7 Level: 6 (EXP: 20/1000) Health Points (HP): 100/100 Mana Points (MP): 376/376 Strength: 180 Magic: 193 Speed: 166 Vitality: 172 Spirit: 148 "Awesome, I''ve gotten a lot stronger." "Host you were already powerful." "True I guess, well it''s time to meet up with my dad," he said looking out the window seeing a full moon. Walking back to his father''s office, he saw it was empty and decided to wait while reading a few books on the shelves. He found a short book called ''Koschei, the Deathless''. A being known for having the inability to die. He causes lots of mischief throughout his life and is considered to be a very fearsome being. He has a weakness which is his soul, but that soul is locked away in the form of a needle. That needle resides within an egg which is inside a duck, and that duck is tucked away inside a hare. The hare is locked tight inside of a very strong iron box that was buried underneath an oak tree which is on a mystical island. There are few records about his physical appearance as anyone who had seen him has died, and few have escaped only to never be seen again. The being known as the Koschei has not been seen since the dragons, said to have been buried under a volcano by the Dragon King, never to appear again. "Interesting story, right?" Said a voice arching over him. "Father," Xenos said. "Man I almost freaked out with him appearing out of nowhere." He thought. "Xenos, know that immortality doesn''t mean dying, we die only when we are forgotten." "But father, we never die so how would we be forgotten?" "My son, when you are alone you realize that one''s mind will deteriorate in loneliness, we can only tolerate so much pain and loneliness that we may even go mad. You must find friends and family to balance it out. After years of battles and massacres even I have found love, I''ve even had a child like you. I hope you have a life as good as mine or even better, sadly you have no grandparents on either side of the family as they''ve all been killed." "Both you and Mom are strong but if we face anyone stronger, I''ll be strong enough to beat them too, to protect both of you." "All right but being 3 years old you have a lot of time to become strong, besides few beings on this planet can kill me. As for you, apart from your mother and me, you must find others to protect, to love. This will be your life goal while you become stronger." "Yes, and what about my training?" "You will be trained in the sword, and hand to hand combat. The knowledge you get is gradual, considering that you''ve inherited my and your mother''s intelligence. And because of your vampire heritage, it should have given your superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, flexibility, agility, mobility, jumping, leaping, durability, endurance, senses, etc. With that also comes special abilities, you have already used teleportation, others should appear as you grow older and train your body and mind." "Are we starting today?" "No, we shall start tomorrow, for now, get some rest. Also since you''re here, I believe you''ve told Gwen that you are a vampire." "Yes, father, I have, but you guys should''ve told me she already knew and understood what would occur. Needlessly worrying me about her safety." "Don''t just consider her as a maid my son, she might be with you a long time." "Well, maybe." Weapon After Xenos spoke to his father about the training, he went to his room to rest. He spent the time before he would begin training to take care of the cute maid, Gwen. With support from her elder sister, Elena, and his mother, Eden, he was able to comfort the child. Later in the day, he made some chocolate containing a myriad of beneficial nutrients that help regulate mood, making her happy, from her poor mood of not being able to help him even though she was the maid. The sugar that gave his chocolate its rich taste helps increase serotonin levels, while the fat content releases mood-elevating endorphins. To include with that the stimulating effects of caffeine and antioxidant levels were higher than even berries. Gwen had a big smile on her face, only to know that she''d need to start training soon as well if the chocolate was going to be this addicting. Throughout the day he went to do some exercise as he needed to feel comfortable with the power in his body. With his absolute control, he was able to use his strength and speed appropriately, finally adjusting to his power increase. He also tested out his pyrokinesis ability on the candles to strengthen his mentality, albeit slowly. Finally, night arrived, with Gwen asleep he went off to his father for training. Opening the door to his father''s study stood the man in question gracefully looking towards the moonlight. His white-blonde hair shimmering from the moonlight and yellow eyes glowing, wearing a black colored jacket comprising side seams held together by four square brooches that run down vertically and a belt. Around his neck, he wears a large white cravat. "You have arrived, let us set off," Orion said. He appeared behind Xenos, placed his hand onto his shoulder, with that they dissipated, fading to nothing. **The Demon Continent** A vast ruined Gothic castle, from whose tall black windows came no ray of light, and whose broken battlements showed a jagged line against the sky, beyond which sinister spires rise against the moon. At the bottom stood two figures before a daunting gate. "Father, where are we?" said one of the figures. "This is Dracula''s Castle, the castle of one of the most powerful vampires in our ancestry, which I''ve inherited. It''s been decided you shall succeed me in taking over this castle. Beware, it is much more than just candles and stones. The castle is a microcosm, a little world in itself, but if you''ve been accepted in you do not have to tire yourself with the maze inside. Now let us enter." He said as the castles gates opened up by themselves. As they entered the gates behind them closed while all the lights turned themselves on, in a fast motion, from the start of the gates to a seemingly endless hall. "This castle is both a technological and supernatural marvel. In it, through thousands of years, we''ve incorporated electricity and advanced mechanics, as well as being operated with supernatural elements. It is also capable of teleportation. It is a weapon of such danger and potency that many have regarded this castle as a legend." "But how is it we saw it from the outside?" Xenos stated. "Surrounding the castle is a force field that only the most powerful of beings can enter, even then the castle exudes an aura of death and fear, so no one dares to come. If wanted we can easily rid the force field, however, I like the peace, without all the unnecessary and weak opponents. All those before me that have inherited this castle turn off the barrier to attract attention from those so-called heroes, vampire slayers, witches, and other useless titles they give themselves. We do this to grow stronger without raiding and killing innocents as that is beneath us, we are not demons. With the weaklings coming here to challenge us we grow stronger with every soul we kill, a vampire''s blessing or even curse, Power of Dominance, with every being we kill their soul is then absorbed." "That makes us grow without limits?." "Yes, it would not physically but mentally for our bloodline abilities. Now, let''s go to find a place to train."Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. As they walked down the endless hall, they came to a flight of stairs spiraling upwards, walking up they''d come to a bridge that connected two of the spires to each other. "Let''s train here. But we must find you a sword." He said, flicking his finger slightly. Instantly sharp objects came flying in surrounding the two of them, the blades stood upright while slowly spinning in an orderly fashion. "These blades are all sentient weapons, they grow stronger with the owner. Though you can use any of them, you cannot will them to match your power, they may be as sharp as a Katana, or as dull as a kitchen knife. Without acceptance on both sides, unity will not be achieved, thereby weakening each other. Now look through and find your match." "Yes, father." Looking through the blades he spots a long black blade with a short chain with a broken link at the end that dangles from the base of the hilt, the grip is black wrapped over red, very aesthetically pleasing. The long blade becomes more curved as it nears the tip, with three protrusions along the blunt end of the sword close to its tip. As he nears the blade a wave of energy that looked like a dark red crescent moon was sent from the top of the blade towards him magnifying in size. Before it reached him Orion stopped it, capturing the wave in his hand, crushing it. "These blades are one of the most powerful weapons one can have, if it does not accept you then it seems like you aren''t meant to be with this blade, do not force it, find another." Xenos continued looking, trying to find his match spotted a silver blade with a gold hilt. Having a broad, flat, blade, which is a good sharp point and tending to widen perceptibly below the hilt. "This blade is really flashy," Xenos said. "Indeed it is" Orion replied. He resumed, he found another that he liked, a curved blade where the cutting edge of the blade is on the blade¡¯s convex edge, a sickle-like shape so that the part of the blade opposite the handle has a slight hook. Thinking over it he continued looking. His eyes passed one after another, he really did want the first blade, a black blade with the feeling of darkness looming in it, however, it was not meant to be. Looking through the blades he saw a deadly dark crimson blade, emanating a sense of death and sadness. The sword was similar to the first however the blade was chipped and seemingly worn-down upon its edge, the handle was black overlapping gray. At the end of the blade were red ribbons. "Seems like you''ve found your blade." "But it''s not really useful, as it''s pretty broken." "Despite its appearance, it can easily cut through most objects, the blades jagged appearance does not affect it. The ribbons on the back of the blade come from the blood of the dead while the jagged edge displays the pain it has amassed through thousands of souls it has claimed throughout its use. Hopefully, you can master the art of swordsmanship with it." As he reached for the blade its hilt shifted into his hand. The blade in his hands had a cold feeling throughout his body, it felt like holding a burden without anywhere to go, a feeling of being alone without anyone to latch onto. As he continued to wallow in the blades sorrow, a hand was felt on his shoulder awakening, Xenos. "What just happened." "You were experiencing the weapons nature, as you grow with the blade you''ll understand it more and more. Being your first time with this blade you had gotten lost in it, this may happen when you lose your way, your sanity even, but it is a must if one must become stronger. I do not wish to lose you, so it is essential you understand yourself before understanding the blade." "How do you do that?" Xenos asked. "Learn about the blade, as you battle with it, power is unlocked, depending on its nature you may even have to die in order to strengthen both yourself and it." "But if I die how would I even use it?" "That is the question indeed. However, would you go to such lengths for yourself, even if it isn''t needed will you even reach it? At what lengths would you go to for strength? Well, this is useless banter, for now, use the blade." Holding the sharp sword longer than himself by many times, it was hard. He couldn''t move it, only able to nudge it. He thought if it was due to not being strong enough, no it wasn''t that, he was plenty strong even able to lift boulders, yet here a mere sword could only sway. "It''s okay, it seems you aren''t ready to wield it but it''s fine as you''ve just found it, for now, we will begin sword practice." With a flick all the blades levitated upwards and flew away from where they came from, disappearing. "For now we will use wooden swords for practice when you think you are ready for your true weapon will you take it," Orion said as he twitched his finger with two slender wooden sticks appearing. Taking the wooden sword he felt the weight swaying it around easily, different from the blade he was just holding before. "Seems like you thought that you are relieved you can use this wooden stick at least. Well, now let me show you some stances and swordplay to memorize and replicate." After a few hours of swordplay, Xenos then began learning how to fight with his body, martial arts. "This is enough, it is time we go back." "Father before we go where are we, not as in the castle, but on the continent." "This is not something you need to know currently. Now let''s go." Orion placed his hand on Xenos'' shoulder, with that they dissipated. Academy Back from Dracula''s Castle, Xenos headed back to his room. As he was walking down the halls. "New Mission Host!" Sia told him. "Alright Sia, ''Show Mission''. " Train with Orion in swordsmanship with fatal weapons. Reward: Telekinesis Unlocked, 50 EXP "That''s it?" Xenos said, slightly depressed. "Well, as the EXP is set to 1000 for every level, EXP given for missions decrease as you get stronger." "No, I get that and I knew this would happen, but it just sucks that it''s so low." As he was thinking about this, he suddenly had arms closing in front of him, with a soft feeling on his back, a surprise hug, he felt the warmth from the person with intimacy. "Hey, mom." "Why do you look so tired?" she said. "I started training with dad, he taught me swordsmanship and hand to hand combat." "Oh, that''s nice, well if you want to learn about skills and abilities involving magic then ask me." "Yes mom thank you," he said to her happily. Thinking about the training, he suddenly grew curious if there were any schools that he could go to for training with peers his age. "Uhhh... Are there academies for this? Like for combat and training?" Xenos asked. "There are lots of schools but they are practically useless at this age as your body is still growing. Unless people are training their bodies and use combat without the use of magic then yes people do that at your age. But before a children''s body is mature enough to train in mana they wouldn''t go to schools. Besides you will go when you are 10, Akane is going when she''s 10, while Elena will accompany you once you go." "What? Where is this school?" "With the current peace pact in the Bula Continent, all the empires decided to create an academy for all races. Which of course would be in the Sundry Empire, being the only Empire with laws for all races without being too biased. Besides having a nobility like-system, it is mostly focused on who is stronger, as power does not wait for the weak. The academy is where someone''s abilities are exhibited at a young age with tournaments, rankings, etc. To enter you need to be at least at the age of 10 and if you do not reach middle tier strength by 20, you would be kicked out. You already have a letter of recommendation to head there when you are of age to join. Sadly, they have a rule that if you do not have a bone age of at least ten years, you cannot join no matter the strength you have. This was after your father joined hundreds of years ago. He went in at the age of 8 and wounded nearly everyone at his tier level before being exiled away for brutality, then needing to find a new identity. Which would lead us to who we are today." "Woah, well that''s cool to know. And you said something about tiers?" asked Xenos. "Yes there are tiers to strength throughout the continent, did we not tell you this before?" "Uhhhh... nope," Xenos says thinking about a memory where he slept with his eyes slightly open, appearing to be awake.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. Eden continues, "Well then, the tiers are assessed by how powerful the being is. They go from: S = Top tier A = High tier B= Upper tier C= Middle tier D= Lower tier E= Low Tier F= Bottom tier With each of the tiers being divided into three sections, each tier has a +, normal and - (A+, A, and A-). Though with that being said you need to try to be a little more discreet as I already know you''ve grown quite powerful and by the time you''re 10 who know how strong you''d become." "Then what''s the point in me going?" He asked. "We go due to the peace pact, from being Counts and the only Counts in the entire Human empire, because of some reasons that you''d have to ask your father, so we must partake in this." "Alright." He said. Xenos continued talking to his mom about training in practicing magic with her. He soon heads to bed afterward. In his bed, he suddenly asks Sia, "Sia do you have information on how strong these tiers would be in terms of my strength?" "Sadly I do not host, you must battle others and ask of their tiers so I can assess the power needed for each tier in order to conform with your stats." "Yes, I''ll need to do that at some point." **Time Skip 6 Months** Xenos continued his training with his father. However, they have not used any dangerous weapons yet, nor did his stats increase, as he hasn''t gotten another mission after the last. Instead, he''s become a much better swordsman and martial artist, nearly able to keep up with his father''s speed, as well as getting experience from the training. He also thinks it''s time that he gets his weapon and his bloodline ability unlocked, telekinesis. He heads over to his father. Knocking on the door of his father''s study, he hears a dignified voice. "Come In, Xenos." Walking in, he closes the door behind him, eyeing his father sitting in his chair behind the desk. "Father, I wish to train in using deadly weapons instead of blunt ones." As he had before Orion spoke without looking up, occupied in his work. "Any object designed, made, or adapted for the purposes of inflicting death or serious physical injury can be considered a deadly weapon. I understand you mean the blades, but do you think you are really ready? Even pens could be considered deadly weapons." "Yes father, I wish to grow powerful, to protect people." "All right, all right, let us not get sentimental, we''ve talked about this before, let''s head over to Dracula''s castle now to see if you really are capable of this. I''ll finish my work later." They both teleported away, as by now Xenos had the mental strength to teleport to Dracula''s castle without it affecting him much. In front of the immense Gothic castle, there stood a duo underneath the glow of a red full moon. "Are you prepared?" said Orion. "Yes father" "Orion flicking his finger brought a dark crimson blade from within the castle, diving into the ground in front of Xenos. As he reached out for it he felt the continuously cold aura it emitted. Clutching the handle he pulled it out, once holding it he shivered, trying to connect with it. "Still having trouble, huh?" "No, I believe I can wield it." "If you think you can then let us begin." Orion says as he slowly drew a long sword from his belt. The blade made a hissing whisper as it was removed from the sheath. They both get into their respective stances, and gaze at each other, although Xenos slightly struggles in handling his weapon. As the red glow from above disappears due to a dusky cloud, they begin. Xenos rushing to his father slashes his blade downward with Orion easily weaving away backward. Seeing this Xenos continues forward beginning an onslaught of attacks but they were all either evaded or parried away with a shriek that sent sparks flying into the air. Xenos starting to tire continued hacking away, with Orion sidestepped to the right just enough and the blade passed a hairs breath from his face. Following up with a swift punch into Xenos'' solar plexus, knocking the wind out of Xenos, and stunning him for a brief moment. Xenos, feeling the pain subsiding, quickly jumped back dozens of meters to assess the situation more carefully. Orion seeing this smiled then continued by saying, "This is enough with the playtime no more going easy on you, time for the real fight to begin." He then suddenly pushed off the ground leaving a small crater, zooming towards Xenos. "Shit" Xenos said as he tried to block his father''s attack. "Schwing" Orion''s sword glides over Xenos'' Katana, then "Boom". With Xenos unable to block Orion he gets hit and is sent flying into the castle, with smoke flying and the walls crumbling. Orion looks towards where the point of impact occurred as the dust dissipates. With Xenos stuck in the wall. From the crater in the wall a young Xenos is seen barely conscious, with his head looking downwards he shifts it up only to sees his father staring at him, then suddenly all he sees is darkness. Devourer Of Blood Opening his eyes was nothing but a blank world of darkness. "Did I die or something? Sia, where am I?" He says aloud. "..." "Sia." He received no replies. "Weird, maybe I really am dead." He began looking around, unable to really see anything. Suddenly he saw a white shadow appear. "Hey, wait," he called out. The shadow seemed to float in a direction, then disappeared. "What the hell" He continued searching but all he could find were white shadows that mysteriously appear, only to disappear before he could reach them. "God damn it. What the f*ck am I supposed to do?" In the distance, he sees a mob of phantoms standing still. He ran forward to see what was happening. Getting closer they all dissipated once again. However, in their absence was a girl laying down, draped in white. He would think she was also a phantom except she seemed to have a physical body. As he got closer, the girl suddenly opened her eyes. "Who are you?" he asked. When she saw him she jetted away. After standing a few meters away from Xenos, she just stared at him with shadows still materializing and vanishing in the distance. With this he got a better look at her, she looked perfect, yet there was an empty feeling he saw in her. She was fresh-faced, tan and petite with long obsidian hair that looked like a pitch-black abyss, her eyes a gloomy gray, it gave no reflections, showing desolation. He once again asked, "Who are you?" "I don''t know..." She said with a pained look. "Where are we? Can I leave?" She still wasn''t able to say anything. "Then do you know what those are?" As he pointed at a shadow that just appeared not too far off from where they were. As she looked at the phantoms, she shook her head and hesitantly says, "I...I just feel my heartache, but I''ve forgotten what that feeling means." "Damn then what am I supposed to do..." He thought. Troubled with this situation he closes his eyes while looking upwards, clutching his head with both hands in frustration. After some thinking, he opened his eyes, only for the girl to have disappeared. "F*ck." Looking around once again he found the girl. Except now she had ghostly white hair. Staring at her, he felt like she was different, but knew it was the same girl. "You''ve arrived." the girl said. "Who are you?" He said though it was his third time. "I am the Devourer Of Blood, the blade you had tremblingly wielded, unable to use." "Then let me use you." He spoke deeply. "Why would you need to use me, a weapon made for death? I sense no intent needed in you for slaughter."Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. "There is no need for me to tell you." "I guess you''re right. Then you don''t need me, it seems." "No I need you, enough with your wordplay, do you need my blood, soul, what is it?" He said thinking there was probably some soul contract or something. "Indeed there is a contract, you must offer something, something important to you." "Why would I do that? I can just get any other weapon." "Ahhh yes you could, but they will never be me, I know you are fated for me, but that doesn''t mean I need you. Without me, you will never wield a weapon with everything on the line." Xenos grinded his teeth as his father had told him that this sword was likely the one for him when he was choosing his weapon. Sadly, it was some sort of demon blade, needing something from him. "What is it that I can give you?" He said with a maddened voice. "Truly that is the question, what is it that you can offer me? Maybe surrender the soul of the one most beloved to you. Wife, child, best friend, anyone dear to you." "Impossible." "Then you can gain the trust of an innocent, and then brutally break it. I don''t want anything in particular, just that you cause havoc at times." "That will never happen." He said, looking at her with distaste. "This will be the last option I give you." She said smiling at him. "One eye, just one. The eyes are the window to the soul, but I give you the choice of one as I only need to open halfway to see." "No, how about my blood, every time I wield you for power, you can drain me of my blood?" "It is possible, your race has a desire for blood which sounds quite nice. However, I not only want your blood but others as well. When you wield me to grow stronger you must kill, give me the blood of those you battle. I will also set a curse, it will cause you to want to quench your thirst for blood, the further you battle the more blood you want to devourer." "Where is the contract?" he said staring daggers at her. "There is no contract, just drip your blood on your sword and it is complete." "The sword?" A familiar dark crimson blade suddenly appeared in front of him, floating vertically with the handle pointing upwards. He cut into his forearm, which then started dripping in blood, moving it to drop on the sword. As the blood poured onto the blade it slowly flowed around, making runes. "That is enough." He moved his hand away with the cut already healing. Staring at the runes on the blade, it appeared to seep into the blade, soon leaving nothing, not even a remnant of runes. Suddenly he felt a burning sensation on his right palm. The searing pain caused him to look at what was happening. On it appeared to be a curse mark forming. Once the pain faded away, there, it was a red crescent moon. "That is your curse, Bane of Blood. Hope you like it." Hearing her made him agitated, but there was nothing he could do. Looking at the sword he reached for it, now in his grasp, he felt a sense of oneness, with the ability to wave it around as if it was part of his arm. Then he looked at the girl. He still had unanswered questions. "Where is your previous self?" "The one with black hair? She is me, and I am her. She''ll appear after you leave." "All right, and where are we?" "This is the domain of the sword, I''ve dragged your soul in here." She replied. "How long have I been in here?" "An instant, the moment you entered is the moment you leave outside this domain." "What, how is that possible?" He thought. "I want to leave now." "Try closing your eyes." As he closed his eyes, he suddenly felt pain. Opening them he saw his father once more. He was stuck in the wall. Now with newfound power, he wielded the blade in his hand and launched himself off the wall towards Orion. "Schwing." Both blades clashed with each other with sparks being seen where the contact occurred. "Seems like you can brandish your weapon properly now," Orion said. Xenos smiled before leaping away. ''Sia, you there?'' He thought. "Yes host, it seems you can handle your weapon now, but you seem different." ''Power comes at a cost. Now ''Show Missions''.'' He replied seeing his father enjoying the cold wind. Completed Train with Orion in swordsmanship with fatal weapons. Reward: Telekinesis Unlocked, 50 EXP "Host you have also gotten a blessing." ''What a blessing it is. ''Show Blessings''.'' Full Potential: Able to use all attributes and reach the limits Bane of Blood: Quench your thirst for blood, the further you battle the more blood you want to devourer. Power of Dominance(locked): Vampire bloodline blessing allows him to absorb defeated monster''s souls. "Interesting" As he felt a loss of blood from his body. ''Show Status'' Name: Xenos Orpheus ?epe? Race: Dhampir (50% Human + 50%Vampire) Age: 4 (Immortal) Blood Points (BP): 7 Level: 6 (EXP: 20/1000) Health Points (HP): 78/100 Mana Points (MP): 376/376 Strength: 180 Magic: 193 Speed: 166 Vitality: 172 Spirit: 148 ''So nearly a quarter of my health is gone.'' "Yes host, 21 points of health was lost because of your father, 1 point of health seemed to have been sent to your Katana." "Father, I can use my weapon now." "It seems so, well we should head back, I got work to do." They both then disappeared. Suha Getting back with a blade in hand. Xenos and his father appeared back in the study. However, before leaving, Xenos had some questions and had to ask his father. "Dad how strong am I on the tier rankings?" "Hmmm, on the public tier ranking, maybe C+ and B- at your strongest?" "That weak?" "That''s not weak at all and with that, you''re only 4 years old. The most common tier is D for people who train. Even the well known powerful beings known to the public are B+ to A- at full power. If you take the Heroes that the Human Empire summons to fight the demon lord they reach to about A to A+ at peak." "Then how strong are you?" "Well, just know I''m not easily beaten," Orion said curling his lips. "All right, then. Besides that, can I go outside and explore the city?" "Hmm, I guess it''s about time you had more interactions with others. I give you my permission but theirs still your mother, she would probably send servants to follow you, for protection." "I wish to go alone." He said seriously. "I would want that too, how about this go tomorrow and I''ll distract your mom for the day. If you do not come back by night, you''ll have to face your mother''s wrath." "Sounds great, but is there a catch to this, helping me for free?" "I''m your father, Xenos, it''s what I do," Orion said now looking at Xenos in the eyes. "Oh, thanks, dad." Xenos was grateful for being born in this family that flowers him with kindness as he knows how cruel this world is. But he can''t get over the fact that he had a family before. It''s not that he can''t accept his new family, just that he doesn''t recognize them as parents. It just didn''t give him that feeling, or that it felt complicated. ''Well guess I''ll go sleep till tomorrow.'' He thought while leaving the room. Heading to his room, he saw Gwen walk into it. ''Time for some fun'' he said to himself mischievously. Using shadow steps, he slipped into the room and used hide to stay hidden. With Gwen cleaning his windows. Sneaking up from behind her, he shouts out. "Boo." "Ah!!! Electric Discharge!!" She shouted in surprise. "Damn," he thought while dodging the bolts of lightning heading towards him. "Ouch," he had let a few zap him, knowing they wouldn''t do too much damage. Also to test out his body''s durability. "I''m so sorry, young master!" Gwen said as she started bowing. "No, I''m perfectly fine as you can see." Looking up, she saw that Xenos did not get hurt at all, except for a few holes in his clothes.A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. ''Show Status'' He thought. Name: Xenos Orpheus ?epe? Race: Dhampir (50% Human + 50% Vampire) Age: 4 (Immortal) Blood Points (BP): 7 Level: 6 (EXP: 20/1000) Health Points (HP): 99/100 Mana Points (MP): 376/376 Strength: 180 Magic: 193 Speed: 166 Vitality: 172 Spirit: 148 "Host you only lost a single health point from the lightning." ''It seems so.'' He replied. "Since I''m fine, it''s all okay, I''m sorry for the scare though." "I''m fine too, Master. I''ll just finish up the cleaning." "No, I need to do something by myself for a little while. You can come back in the morning." "Yes, I''ll take my leave then." As she scurried out the door. "Why d''you kick her out so quickly, host?" ''Well I want to deal with this sword alone, no other reason behind.'' he said looking at the blade in his hand. "It doesn''t seem like you can put it in the inventory." ''Interesting, why is that'' he asked curiously. "Since it''s a sentient weapon, it cannot go into the inventory, only soulless beings can be stored." ''Then what should I do?'' "You can just carry it around in a sheath." ''No, I sense that it can do something else.'' "What do you mean?" Ignoring her, he closed his eyes and tightened his grip on the blade, trying to connect with the girl inside. After getting a feeling of weightlessness did he, then open them. In front of him stood the girl again, the white-haired one. "Back already it seems, did you miss me?" she said smiling towards him. "Of course not, I just feel like I can hide this weapon somehow, without carrying it around." He said while looking at the phantoms appearing again. "Oh yeah, you can, however, you must speak to my other half behind you, she should know what must be done." Looking behind him, he saw the girl with black hair now, then turned his head once more. The white-haired one was gone. Gazing at the black-haired girl, he asked the same question. Only for her to look at him silently. Giving up, he tried to talk to her about something else. "Is your name also Devourer Of Blood?" "No, that''s not me..." She said confused. "But aren''t you the same person as the other girl?" "I think she is me, but not." "Explain it more clearly." "I remember being here alone, then one day she came too, and the shadows all around." "Is that all? You must know more." "There was no one... no there were also trees, I always talked to them." After hearing this, he gave up. "Ugh, this is just pointless. She said you knew a way for the sword to hide." "Sword? What sword." ''Is she dumb or something, or does she not have any memories?'' "Fine, disregard that. Let''s restart. What''s your name?" "I don''t have a name..." she said looking down. "Fine, your name will be... Suha, yeah Suha. It matches your personality." She looked at him with a smile, not a scary smile, but a grateful one. With that, he appeared back in his room. However, the sword was not in his hands anymore. "What the..., where''d the sword go?" He said aloud. "Host it transformed." ''What do you mean, transformed?'' "Look on your head." On his head lay a small girl dressed in dark grey and had black transparent wings. ''You mean this is my sword?'' "Yes host, the sword transformed into the little winged girl." ''Ugh couldn''t transform into a bracelet or something.'' "But host, she looks so adorable." ''Exactly why, I don''t want a fairy to be a weapon of death.'' Picking the fairy off his head, she awoke. On his palm she stood looking at him, smiling. Different from the emotions shown inside his swords realm. "So your true form is a fairy?" She moved her mouth, but no sounds were heard by him. "Can you not speak?" "Host she is talking, but it is at a too low of a frequency." "So you can understand me, but cannot speak, huh?" She just nodded this time, approving his statement. "Well, I guess that''s fine." "Can you switch back into your weapon form?" She shook her head and started making hand gestures while talking. "I got no idea what you mean." "Host I can hear her, she said that by thinking about her switching forms and saying her name will she change form from weapon to fairy and vice versa, as well as appearing before you no matter the distance." "Seems like you are pretty useful. I can use you for reconnaissance from the air." "Suha." The fairy changed back into a Katana nearly immediately, while spanning out a small energy wave of dark crimson and pitch black. "Cool, I can control the amount of energy put out when she transforms, any more and people around would probably sense it. Suha." Once more the sword switched back without leaking any energy. After reappearing he asked her if she knows what was happening when she changed form, she said no and just flew back on his head and lied down. Thinking that he''s had enough with the day he jumped into bed and fell asleep. Outside Waking up, he saw Suha in her tiny fairy form laying on his pillow. "Can''t lie she''s cute," He said to himself "Happy to know you''re appreciating her adorableness, host." "Never said she wasn''t cute." Getting up from the bed, he got ready to eat with his parents. After finishing up, Orion said, "Xenos my boy, me, and your mother will be busy today, so you won''t get any training from either of us." "All right, I will spend my time self-training." "Make sure you read the books I prepared too, dear!" Eden said while leaving with Orion. Seeing that they were gone Xenos headed back to his room to get changed before heading outside. "Hmm what should I wear?" He said looking through his closet. "What do you wish to wear?" Gwen asked from behind him. "Something... dark." "How about this... that... and this too?" Gwen said picking out clothes for Xenos. "Nice choice, let''s get this on then." Putting on his clothes with the help of Gwen, he had on black colored outer robe, pants, and boots, with black- and red-colored bracers. Inside his robe, he had on a red-colored short-sleeved inner shirt. All bundled together with a white belt sash. Looking into the mirror he saw himself, mid-length silver hair, powerful crimson eyes, smooth silky skin, and he was about 4 feet and 2 inches in height. Contradictory to his real age of four, he looked more so, like an eight-year-old. This is because a vampires'' physical growth is not the same as humans. The vampires are dead, and no longer have any warmblood circulating throughout their bodies. Vampires are said to be perfect beings. They are described as having smooth and pale skin that is refined like a handcrafted statue. For a vampire, there is no such thing as sagging skin, wrinkles, uneven skin tones, or aging spots that will give away their age. His father an original vampire and mother who was converted into a vampire both look like they are in their mid-twenties. However, from stories his parent tells of their past, his mother has been alive for at least a century, while his father possibly millennia. How do the humans around not realize they are vampires, he does not know. As for death, a vampire is not killed, they can only be destroyed. Back to his aging, vampires only show the physical signs of aging if they were born a vampire or converted at a very young age. Once they reach their prime age between twenty and thirty, the signs of aging will come to a halt, and their youthful appearance will be frozen in time. For humans changed into a vampire, their skin and appearance are perfected and smoothed out like stone. This process removes any imperfections, wrinkles, uneven skin tones, or age spots that the human would have had. As he looked at himself in the mirror, Gwen suddenly asked. "Young Master, are you going somewhere?" Xenos replied telling her he was just preparing for what he''d wear when taking his potential and class test that''s coming up soon.The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. With that he soon sees Suha flying around. His eyes widened slightly as he turned to Gwen. Seeing her unfazed, he realized something, first asking her. "Gwen can you see this thing floating around." As he pointed at Suha. "I don''t see anything floating around." She said a bit confused. ''Oh, it seems that no one besides me can see her.'' He thought to himself. "Well Gwen, I think I''m good right now, you should get back to your other work. Thank you." "Yes I''ll be off then Master, just call for me and I will attend you." "Sounds great." Seeing her leave, he opened up the balcony. Teleporting out of the castle, with Suha inside his robe pocket. The only reason he hasn''t left the castle before was because of Orion setting up a barrier that senses who enters and leaves the castle at a certain radius. But now that he has permission, he can leave. With Eden and Orion giving him a basic understanding of how this world is like, he would be fine. His family was on the west side of the Human Empire, the CeriseLand Kingdom. This kingdom governed by the Goto family and his family. The Goto family is Akame''s family. The CeriseLand Kingdom is the second in size and strength under the Royal Kingdom. With there being countless powers in the Human Empire, and below kingdoms are cities. Besides those there are townships, villages, etc. which hold others, be either due to poverty or being another race. Making it harder to live in cities for them. With the knowledge he had gotten from both of his parents teaching him, he heads to the closest city by foot, enjoying the scenery of his first time out on his own. On his way, he had to pass through a large forest that covered a part of the Human and Sundry Empire called, ''The Doomed Grounds,'' as to signify the number of deaths this forest has taken. Although this was if you are closer to the center of the forest where more powerful beings reside. He, however, was barely in it, with a somewhat large road he was following. As he was admiring the forestry, and small birds tweeting he started hearing a band of people speaking. He quickly used Shadow Steps and then Hide when on top of a tree. "It seems like no one is following us." "Yes, can''t wait to test out these new girls." "Wonder how long they''ll last?" "What about the boys?" "Isn''t there a couple of weird guys who play with them back at base?" "Yeah, I try not to be anywhere near them, how can they just cut it off and starting cooking it." "Exactly, I don''t know how they enjoy..." ''Seems like these are bandits.'' Thinking to himself while watching them from afar. "Clink, clank, clink, clank..." He heard as several people were walking in a line with shackles on their arms and legs, going forward they followed someone who was holding the start of the line of chains. ''The bandits got some slaves, this is completely different from my old life.'' "Host you''ve received a new mission." ''Show Missions.'' Free the kidnapped and enslaved alive from the bandit''s cave in the outer part of the Doomed Forest. Reward: 1 BP, 50 EXP. "A mission to rescue them seems easy enough." He used Silent Steps and Sonar to follow and track the bandits to their base, branch to branch, a distance away. As he followed he saw that the people shackled weren''t only human, he identified demi-humans, with different types of ears, some elves, and others. But the more he looked at them, the more he saw. Some malnourished with bruises. Some that looked like they could fight had cuts and bandages that bleed through. Even with that they were sometimes kicked or punched for being too slow, the others would only look at them with pity, for fear that the same could happen to them. Xenos who was following behind felt a bit of pity, but this was life in this new world. From what he gathered through books, life was ill in this world, for those without power. He felt a bit of pity for them and contempt for the bandits, excited to kill them. As he saw the bandits enter a cave which was probably their base, he smelt he putrid odor, it slightly smelled like blood, but had the rotten smell to it, stinking his nose. Looking to the side of the entrance of the cave, he saw a hole. Nearing it the odor grew, holding his nose he got closer, able to see down inside was a pile of dead bodies. Rotten and decaying, a disgusting sight he had never seen before. His stomach slightly turned, and he backed away atop the trees, only to see that there were several more large holes following this one. ''The more I''m here, the angrier I''m getting, better get over this mission.'' As he went back to the tree in front of the cave, he stared at the entrance with scorn. Using Sonar, he detected where and how many people inside the cave. Intrusive Thoughts Using Sonar, he detected 57 people inside, with 34 of them in chains. There were 23 bandits in the cave he would need to execute, to rescue the captives. Noticing there was no one guarding the entrance of the cave, he delivered his punishment to these evildoers. Before going in, he thought about doing something. "Sia, Show Inventory." Low Healing Potions x10 Low Mana Potion x5 Dagger (Grade: Low) x1 Black Baggy Clothes x2 "How do I take the items I want?" "Host, thinking about the item you desire to appear before you, will cause it to appear." "Simple enough." As he said that a black baggy cloth appeared in his hands. He quickly covered himself with it and used Disguise to change his facial features looking more mature, he also turned his hair and eyes to black, which was common features to a regular human. With that, he entered the cave. He heard sobbing and crying along with moans and screams while entering the cave. But he focused on utilizing Shadow Steps when inside he saw that the cave was lit up with torches. He quickly hid in the darkness where the light did not reach, then he used Hide to conceal himself. Looking around, an abhorrent sight came to his eyes. Several dozen girls whether young or not were chained up and being used like playthings. Blood can be seen as some had hair torn off showing a bleeding scalp, their limbs cut off, even eyes missing, with several cuts and gashes all over. At the back, little boys were being used until they collapsed. The somewhat lucky ones were the grown men at the back, but they seemed to have lost their sanity as well. Xenos seeing this was shocked and disgusted. Then someone spoke aloud. This person was wearing leather gear and steel plates, which seemed to be slightly better gear compared to the other bandits. "Everyone continue to enjoy yourselves as we''ve all worked hard and don''t break the good ones. Also, make sure the young ones are still sane. Because I know some of you are new, the high-quality ones are for me to have, so do not touch them or you''ll have to deal with me." One of the men said back, "Boss, should we heal the ones that have almost died or throw them into the pits." Smiling the boss said, "Heal them a bit, we can still make some profit selling them later with the others." In the darkness, Xenos watched the atrocities currently happening. Although his mother, Eden, had told him this occurs it was much more shocking to see it himself. Despite this, he was still able to somewhat think through all the screaming and crying. Deciding to start his massacre, he whispered silently. "Suha." In his hand appeared a dark crimson blade that looked worn out, with a red ribbon dangling from the bottom. Gripping his Katana, he pushed off the walls, leaving the shadows, heading toward two men with a girl in the middle. He decapitated both in a single sweep, with blood spraying from both ends. The two heads stared at him with a fixed, gruesome gaze, as they fell onto the ground. Xenos felt his consciousness slightly fading, as his eyes steadily glowed red through his disguised black eyes. Before anyone reacted, he swiftly killed ten more bandits in the dimly lit cave. The more he killed, the greater his blood-thirst became. A bandit quickly yelled out, "Intruder!!!"Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. All the vermin quickly equipped themselves with weapons, disregarding their clothes. Slicing another head off, he stared at the remaining garbage. "Kill him!!!" They all yelled heading towards him. As they got closer, he teleported behind them and used his Pyrokinesis, lighting them all in flames. With five more remaining at the end of the cave, guarding their boss tightly. The boss being guarded then said, "That''s enough, you five more out of the way, I''ll take care of this." Walking towards Xenos, the Bandit boss sensed that Xenos was seething with a dark aura, along with his eyes glowing red. Xenos, seeing that the man stopped, got into his stance. With both in stance, they began their clash. Xenos tried to teleport beside the man multiple times to sever his head, but the man somehow knew where he was. As the battle continued Xenos'' baggy cloth had blood splattered all over, however the blood came from the cuts seen on the bandit, flowing blood. Both sides grew more aggressive by the second, though Xenos'' attacks seemed much more erratic, with no technique, just searching for life to become lifeless. Soon the battle ended with Xenos striking the boss through the heart who had lost his sword and arm in the fight. At that point Xenos had eyes as red as blood, he slowly looked towards the remaining bandits, with his gaze upon them his mouth curled into a venomous sneer and then he blacked out. Opening his eyes slowly to a faintly lit cave he stared at the ceiling, there he looked at the water dripping off the tips of the stalactites. All he heard was silence amid the pitter-patter of the drops of water. Getting up, he groaned, his body slightly ached. Looking around, he saw bodies all over the chamber of the cave. Blood flowed from the deceased. He felt disgusted with himself, as there was no one alive. The criminals were gone and the innocent now slain. Only he was left. In his hand was his Katana, the weapon he used to kill. He gripped the handle and threw it away violently, hitting the walls. With that, he ran out of the cave. In a meadow, a boy sat atop a tree looking at the greenery in a daze. Holding himself by the knees with his back against the trunk. "Host your brain is generating serotonin at an all-time low." "Huh, what does that mean?" Xenos asked a bit gloomy. "Your brain has accumulated too much tension and needs to release this anxiety. A sad brain generates less serotonin, a neurotransmitter associated with motivation. If you''re unable to move on from a period of sadness by making new decisions and accepting what happened, this deficit in serotonin could cause you to suffer from illnesses like depression." "..." "Host, crying can relieve this. After you relieve your anxiety, endorphins are released that will make you feel better and more relaxed. So there is no need to suppress your tears." His eye twitched hearing this and said, "I need not cry, I''m just tired." "Host, Sia will always be here for you, your depression encourages you to live and learn. Life is never easy, but overcoming sadness and depression helps you to become stronger and lead a more fulfilling life." "Yeah, yeah, I''m fine just give me some silence." After a while, Xenos used Calm to give himself a more serene mind. Seeing all the blood caused him to think about the day his cousins were killed, the day even he nearly died. He continued sitting there, spectating the world around him. He watched as a cute white rabbit was munching on some clovers. He felt very calm as he saw it being so peaceful. However, a wolf suddenly appeared, tearing it into two, eating on one half with blood dripping from the other. He looked at this with pity for the rabbit. A realization came to Xenos of how the world was, although in his previous world, Earth, this would happen he had never seen it personally. Only through videos and games did he ever see blood. There he didn''t think of it as anything more than something to watch. In this world, Titan, life was quite different. Thinking of this, his thoughts continued to trail. For one''s life to be continued, another must be discontinued. Is one life ever more valuable than another? They did not differ from beasts, so what did it matter. He felt he lost something valuable to him. One life can be more valuable than another, but this differs based on whom you are asking the question. Life is no different than the game of chess where the less valuable piece stands forward to protect the more valuable pieces, like a soldier protecting his countrymen from outside threats. It''s defined by Wealth, Power, and Position. If you have these three things your life is more valuable than the other person in this world. Killing people did not matter. What mattered is what his end goal is. What will he attain? And how far would he go? After a lot of thinking he knew he was not wrong, nor was he right. This would also go for the bandits. They were all living the life they could. With this, he stopped his self-therapy. "Suha." City Calling for Suha, who suddenly appeared in her fairy form, in front of him. After seeing him, she flew towards his hand and hugged his index finger. Seeing this, Xenos looked at her and patted her with a single finger using his other hand. With her smiling, he said. "Thanks for the hug, Suha." He then stops his head pats. "All right then, that''s enough. Suha, can you fly up and find the nearest road?" Nodding her head, she flew up. After a few moments, she came down and pointed to a direction which he started walking towards. While heading to the road he had a feeling that he should go back to the cave for the innocent people that were killed, to bury the bodies. He shakes his head as he didn''t have any obligation to do that, it was useless kindness, and there was no need for that. Xenos continued walking, he had gotten rid of the blood-soaked cloth, replacing it with a fresh one. He kept his previous disguise as well, just in case, with his eyes black once again. "Sia, what happened to my mission of saving the people captured by the bandits? I failed it." "Host failed missions will disappear from your list." "Are there no consequences for failing?" "Well, yes, there is. When you fail missions, the frequency of missions being given to you decreases and the difficulty for one increasing." "Well, that''s not too bad at least." Now back on the road, he heads to the city, as he sees the walls of the city a few miles away. There happened to be a line of carriages, wagons, and people waiting to go in. Walking towards the city, a few carriages passed by him, one that he noticed the most was this merchant-like carriage. Followed by this carriage was another one with steel bars to keep people within. Inside this carriage were slaves. Looking at the carriage filled with slaves were girls, or what looked like girls of different races. He felt weird, but it seemed much better than his first encounter with slaves. As his first encounter, they ended up being abused by bandits and killed by him. The ones on the carriage looked sad as if they were wronged. Some looked at him with distress, seeking help, but he would do nothing. It isn''t his place to help others, there was no benefit, he is no hero.This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. Eyeing the girls within, he saw that some looked human, but he sensed that their blood was not human as he compared it to Gwen''s, who was human. Looking at them he identified their features, one had a single large eye, another had multiple arms, two girls supposedly siblings who were hugging each other had a lower body of a snake. There were many other non-humans with easily identifiable features. What piqued him the most was a girl in the corner who appeared beautiful with a slender figure. She had long blonde hair that reaches her feet and is curly at the end. Her skin, pale, and her eyes are purple with vertical pupils. She had on a white tunic, seemingly innocent but filled with worry about what would happen for her. Although human in appearance, her blood signified something else, he was not sure. Besides that, they seemed like they weren''t living that bad, at least they still had their clothes. Some had on tunics, skirts, aprons, even embroidered dresses. He wondered what happened, for them to become slaves. From the front of the carriage, a bald man from inside his carriage sees him staring at the slaves suddenly asks him from inside his carriage. "Hello child, do you wish to purchase a slave?" "Possibly in the future, currently I do not." He replied. "Are you sure they will do anything you desire?" "Quite sure." Seeing that Xenos would not be going to budge anytime soon, he gave up, not before telling him. "If you ever need a slave, come to Asura Trading Hall in the city, if you like any of the slaves I have." "Yes I will, thank you," Xenos said in a monotone like voice. With that, the conversation ended with the slave carriage going faster than him walking. Nearing the city walls, he saw many guards on top of the walls, the same as the entrance. He was not going to enter the city publicly, as he did not want attention. Using Sonar, he scanned for people on top of the wall to find a blind spot. After finding one, he teleported there, then found an empty alley in the city and quickly teleported once more. Now within the city, his objective had been accomplished in reaching the city. All that was left is to explore. Leaving the alleyway, he looked around. There were lots of humans walking around enjoying life. He saw food vendors, clothing stores, jewelry stores, equipment shops, and more. This place was more relaxed than he thought, similar to malls back on Earth. Going around he purchased some food that tasted delicious, not as refined as his own or the ones in the castle, but different. Continuing on his way, he went into some equipment shops and blacksmith stores to view. The equipment there seemed weak with lots of impurities, only a very few had decent weapons. He soon passed by a cathedral which wasn''t too large nor small. Staring at the building from the entrance, he soon heard someone say. "Excuse me." Looking around, he sees a group of young girls wearing dark teal nun outfits with light blue accents, a white veil over their heads with light blue accents, and brown boots with black straps in an X-shaped pattern. They all wore a silver cross necklace around the neck. Observing them, he shifts himself to clear the way and says. "I apologize for blocking these beautiful sisters, I was merely looking at the church and how impressive the building is." "If you like the outside so much, you should enter and look at the inside too. The church is an amazing place." One girl said. "That would be wonderful," He said as they started walking towards the church. Annoying Nun Entering the church with the nuns, he saw a beautiful rose window, at the end of the cathedral, high up. There were more types of windows all around the cathedral, Lancet, Clerestory, Cinquefoil, and other types of glass windows. The windows were colorful, and the room just seemed so pure. "To see this every day never gets boring." Said the nun from before. Another nun looked at him and said. "Seems like you want to look around. Sister Aria will show you around." With that, the nun who was more talkative than the rest stayed while the rest walked away. "Hello, I''m Ariadne, but everyone calls me Sister Aria if you don''t mind me asking what''s your name?" The nun says. Glancing at her he sees her blue eyes, full lips, and a beauty mark located under the right side of her mouth. Her hair was blocked by the veil she wore. Her nun outfit was unable to hide her figure. She was very curvaceous, with a small bosom. "My name is..." Xenos wasn''t sure what to say. He didn''t want to use his real name because he is currently disguised. A fake name he didn''t think of one yet. Seeing him hesitate, she spoke. "If you aren''t comfortable..." "No, it''s fine, my name is Orpheus." He could not think of a good fake name he thought about using his middle name "You have a great name, Orpheus." "I think your name is just as excellent, Ariadne. You also fit right into your name, chaste, and very holy. Not only that, but you are also very beautiful." She giggled after he said that. His ears heard her soft giggle reminiscent of wind chimes. "Sorry for laughing but most people don''t say that to us, nuns, since some think we are bald, and we need to stay chaste while being a nun." "What you''re bald?" Xenos said, surprisingly. "No, no, I''m not bald. Some of my sisters are, they wish not to attract anyone to them." She said waving her hands, to deny it. "Oh... ok." "Do you mind me asking you some questions while we walk around the church?" "Go ahead, just don''t ask questions that are too personal." "Great, you can ask me questions too." She replied as they started walking around the somewhat large cathedral. After a few minutes of walking around, Aria began her questions.You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. "So, how old are you?" "Hmmm... sixteen, how about you?." "I''m twelve." ''Damn, she''s eight years older than me, huh? If we were back on Earth the FBI would be onto her.'' "So Orpheus what do you do?" "I adventure right now." "That''s pretty dangerous, make sure to stay safe." "Of course I will." "Then how strong are you on the tier list?" "I''m a B+ tier." "So your upper tier, wow. Do you have your identity card?" "No, I don''t right now. Why? Are you going to check if I''m lying?" Identity cards are given at the age of five. All empires give out identity cards, they are used for basic information about the person. The identity cards are difficult to fake as they are blood bound, so everyone has one. On the card would be the Name, Age, Tier Strength, and other information. "No, I''m not. You can check mine if you''d like." She said innocently. "I''m fine." He said, starting to walk ahead of her. Seeing him walking ahead, she fastened her pace to match him. By his side, she continued asking questions. "How about the potential and attribute test? What did you get?" "I got an average potential. For attributes, I have fire and lightning." He said randomly as his bloodline gave him those attributes. However, his Full Potential blessing would grant him all attributes, though he still needed magic training." "I have average potential too. As for attributes, I was shown water and light. That''s why I became a nun." "Can''t you become an adventurer too? You can be a healer." "I wanted to at first, but healing people who come to the church makes me happy." "Ok," Xenos replied. "Why d''you become an adventurer?" "I was bored." "Oh... Then how about your family?" "I think I''ve seen enough of the church, Ariadne. It''s time I leave." "Oh, all right... I''ll lead you to the exit." Walking to the exit, they were both silent, making it very awkward. For Aria, the awkwardness made it hard to start up a conversation. Xenos found it better since she stopped asking so many questions. Once reaching the exit he looked at her and said. "Thanks for the tour, later." "Come back again to visit, I''d love to talk to you again." "Sure." He said as he walked away. ''Well, that was useless. I need some missions to do something.'' He thought while walking around. "Host, although you''d achieve fewer missions, the number of hidden missions are unchanged. By doing an assortment of tasks you may be able to gain more EXP." ''That''s great and everything, but I got no idea what to do. They are hidden missions, after all. So I''ll just do whatever.'' Continuing his stroll, there were many non-humans around, but he also saw quite a few slaves. Some not chained, but all had on a collar, for proof of enslavement. If not they would be hard to identify. Some people went through a slave ritual for a seal on the body instead of using a collar. The collars have a magic spell on them to make sure the slaves follow commands. When slave traders create a collar for slaves, they can set on any commands making it harder or easier based on what is put in. Collars can only be put on depending on the will. If one''s willpower is low, and they accept the slave status, it will close. If not, however, it cannot close. Those that are to be enslaved but do not accept the collar are given discipline. The slave seal works the same way. ''Looking at the slavery going on just feels so off.'' Xenos thought. As he was thinking he stopped in front of a large building. People with weapons and armor walked in and out of the entrance. "Adventurers'' Guild," He said looking at the building. Walking in, he saw many people sitting and eating at tables. Some were lined up at the counter getting assistance. Looking around, he saw there were lots of different races here. The Human Kingdom was not as bad as it seemed. Walking past the tables and boards with papers on them, he came to the shortest line. He would ask about the guild, and if he could join. After waiting for a bit, a girl behind the table was waiting there. He asked if he could do quests. Finding out that anyone could complete tasks, but the pay varied if you were a certified adventurer or not. He went to the boards that showed quests yet to be completed. One by one he looked through to find an interesting quest to undertake in a quick time. He needed to finish it before night fell and return home. Quest Glancing through all the quests on the board, it looked to be categorized from the tier levels. Each board had quests for each sub-level. Seeing this Xenos thought back to Orion, who said he was around the C+ to B- tier, he went to the board displaying the C- quests. He didn''t want to challenge himself from the get-go, as that would probably be too time consuming, and he''s never done a quest, so he might as well pick something he''d be able to carry out. One by one, he looked through the many papers posted up on the board. Harvest a Manticore. Find the eggs of a Basilisk. Kill 10 Orcs. Harvest the face of an Asura Clan member. Steal the eyes of a Lamia. Collect 50 Yarrow flowers. Arrest or kill Atha, rogue Valkyrie. Harvest the skin of a Swan Maiden. Arrest or kill the rapist Mylo. Guard Zane. Collect 100 Calendula flowers. The list went on and on; the missions seemed more diverse than he thought for the tier. From killing monsters to collecting herbs, everything was there. The rewards on the papers were modest. Some ranging from a few coppers to several golds. "Now which should I do..." Xenos said to himself quietly. "You should pick that one!" said a boy beside him, pointing to a quest paper. Looking to where the boy was pointing he saw the quest. Arrest Vise who escaped after killing a nobleman''s daughter, now heavily injured. "Hmmm" Xenos hummed while reading the paper. "The quest is easy because the guy called Vise is still in the city. After getting injured, he wasn''t able to leave due to the city getting locked in. No one can easily leave without getting thoroughly checked. Well, according to rumors, that''s why. The reward is pretty hefty too, look fifty gold coins. You could buy a house with that!" Seeing this stranger made Xenos suspicious. The boy had messy, jet-black hair that sweeps down on his pale skin and soft hazel eyes, he looked around 15 years old. Wearing light armor that was brown and covered up by a long black robe, held in place with a red jewel at the center with a shoulder plate on his left arm side. A magnificent smile was plastered on his face. "Why are you telling me this," Xenos said with a stony-faced look. "Because I feel that you''re strong and if you catch him, you might give me some of that reward." Xenos felt that he was somewhat right. He didn''t care about a reward, so it might happen. "Sure... but you feel that I''m strong? How does that work?" "It''s..." Before the boy could answer him, a man fitted in armor bumped into Xenos. After knocking into Xenos, he glared at him. You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. "Don''t you think you''re supposed to say something?" The armored guy said glaring at Xenos, while his group surrounded Xenos. "I have nothing to say." "You''d better apologize and give some compensation, rich kid. Who knows what would happen later." The guy said with him and his group smiling. ''Huh, rich kid? Is it the robes under my baggy clothes? How could he tell, maybe he has an X-ray type ability?'' While thinking about this, the armored man grew angrier seeing that Xenos was ignoring him. He sent a punch towards Xenos. Xenos felt an intent towards him and was about to dodge, however, before he dodged, the boy from before stood in front of him. The man''s fist collided with the boy''s face. This sent him flying back and onto the ground. Xenos seeing this felt pity for the very peculiar boy. Defending him a total stranger, he wondered what the motive behind this was. It just felt off. After punching the boy, the man in armor had a smile on his face. However, soon a voice was heard and his smile turned into a frown. "What is going on here?" A female voice said aloud. "Ah, shit" the armored man whispered. Instantly appearing in the middle was a slender girl with long purple hair, purple eyes, and an hourglass figure. She was donning a fur coat over a black catsuit with a rapier held to her side. Looking at the boy on the ground, she turned her head towards the man. With everyone looking towards them, the armored man began stammering. "Ha-ha... nothing too bad happened, just a little arguing guild manager." "Is that so?" Soon she had her eyes on Xenos, who was behind the boy who had fallen. "What happened here?" "He threw a punch at me, but hit this kid," Xenos replied stoically. "Why did he send a punch to you?" "He bumped into me while walking and wanted me to apologize. I did not." "Oh, and here I thought something interesting happened." She said with a sigh. Then she looked back at the man who began all this. "You shall compensate those two and the guild, three gold coins each." "That''s too...." "Is that understood?" She said with a temper. "Yes..." As he sifted through his bag, picking out nine gold coins. With his hand shaking, he gave the money to her and left with his group behind him. With three coins going into her ring, she gave the rest of the coins to Xenos. "Give three coins to the kid with you." "Sure," Xenos answered. With that, the woman disappeared. Xenos looking at where she was just standing whispered. "Short-range teleportation, interesting." Soon a guild employee came over and healed the boy who was on the ground unconscious. With a glow from his hands, the boy was soon healed and was waking up. "Thank you!" said the boy. "No problem." Said the employee who then went behind the desk. Seeing that the incident was now over, Xenos gave the boy three gold coins and headed for the exit. "Wait up!" the boy yelled, running towards Xenos. "Seriously." Xenos thought while rolling his eyes. The boy had then caught up to him. "Hey, thanks." "I did nothing." "Still thanks, I received free coins and was healed too. So it''s all good." "All right, well I need to search for that guy called Vise." "Wait, I can help you." "And how would you do that?" "I know people around the city, they might have seen him. That could help you." Thinking about it for a second, Xenos agreed. The boy then told him to follow. While walking to a destination they had an awkward conversation. The boy told him his name, Nictis Everbleed, and that he was an orphan. Nictis had traveled through the CeriseLand Kingdom for a few years and decided to stay in this city, becoming a local. "So Xenos where are you from?" "I came from a village south from here. I wanted to gain some money through the quest rewards." "Oh, but the guy who picked on us called you a rich kid?" Nictis questioned thinking back to the fight. "Yeah, I got no idea why he would think that," Xenos replied. "Well anyway, we''re here."