《The Founding of the Bloody Promise》


 Plunder run Gone South... (or some direction or other meh not sure)

    BOOM!!


    The sound repeated many times as 2 the two ships exchanged cannon fire.As was common, most of the rounds missed, however the ones that did land were mostly inconsequential due to the 400 yards between them. The distance sapping the momentum of the projectiles and although our Brig wasn¡¯t anywhere near the biggest or sturdiest vessel it was still reinforced past the point of being average.¡±We were set up.¡±Said the man to my left.¡±If she were just a cargo ship they wouldn¡¯t have swivels on her,and I¡¯ll be damned if those are less than 8 pounders.¡± The man spit then ramed the gunpowder into the cannon while another man shoved the chain shot down it¡¯s barrel packing it back with a separate rod. After the four minutes it took them to reload the cannons the distance between the two ships had narrowed considerably down to about 200 yards or so. The man took hold of the lanyard and held it waiting for the angle to be better.¡± Fire yer last shot and get ready to board ya dogs!¡± The First Mate shouted from behind me.Leaving the cannon to the veteran aiming it. I threw down the swab rod I was holding and went to the main mast where we had the boarding pikes. As a Classless I was forced to do a bit of everything on the ship till my class and specialty unlocked. So while I was scrambling to get a weapon the main boarding crew were standing fast, already prepared for the bitter struggle ahead.Of course there were another 20 or so of the crew now getting weapons ready, but at that moment it was the main boarders who commanded my attention. 39 men all veterans having been pirates on these seas for years not one a lick shy about the bloodshed to come some even showing expressions of anticipation.In a formation of two sets of ten men one group standing in front of the other with a group of nine men standing in front of them with one man standing at the tip the First Mate.                                                        Jared Mansin Title First Mate (Pirate)                                                   Extremely Dangerous                                                      Status and abilities ??? Unknown                                  He was a tall man his presence was almost supernaturally intimidating, definitely a skill but knowing doesn''t make a difference. He wasn''t the tallest just above average always wore an engulfing coat with a sharp hat on his head and a rare cavalry sabre on his hip.Only visible when the wind blew right were two flintlocks one on the left side of his chest the other on the right,both easily accessible. You didn¡¯t have to like the man but no matter who you spun it he definitely struck an imposing figure. I grabbed the boarding pike and got to the side waiting for the almost inevitable collision. BOOM!! Our ships once again traded vollies now that we were closer far more rounds hit. One of our masts were shredded by the merchant turn military ships chain shot. However the Military ship Bisentine wasn¡¯t left unscarred as two of it¡¯s masts were done in by our rounds. The men near by either mast were all in pain and indeed several were damaged heavily by the wood chips blasted into them by the chain shot¡¯s destruction of the masts. As the boats started entering within 50 feet sharpshooters on both sides fired and the men on the swivels did the same. Musket rounds and Grapeshot were spread over both ships I threw myself down onto the deck to avoid¡­ well all of it. Throughout all of this the some the screams of pain,the coughs and sputters of the dying those 40 men were the only constant. On our Brig with a total crew of a low 100 number a handful were injured and there were several pockets of 20 men or so around, not very organised, but there you have it. But those 39 men and the First Mate didn¡¯t seem bothered at all, most drawing weapons from their sheaths and and loosening their shoulders with some shrug like motions. Me? I threw up. The screams of pain, the disgusting and disfiguring wounds, one man was clutching his eye and screaming another had gaping wounds in his chest, His heart still beat pumping blood out of the man''s body at a fatal rate.I spit, the calm daylight and waves seeming to mock the battle going on irritated me more than a little.The Bisentine and Our Brig Old Salty drew alongside each other. Both ships were relying on their crew. Whichever ships crew killed or made the other side surrender won both ships and all the treasure the other held. (Although for the military they probably aren''t interested in whatever gimmicks are left over more being law inclined they¡¯re probably interested in the prestige comin with sinkin a pirate ship, maybe a merchant reward being their goal.) This gave me a bad feeling for a very simple reason. Whoever¡¯s captaining that vessel they ain¡¯t a moron so unless they¡¯re confident or desperate they wouldn¡¯t use this maneuver, less it be a bluff but it¡¯s too late for that in any case.The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.

 The fight begins to begin (ish relatively kinda.. maaaaybe ?)

    I was more than a little intimidated by their antics for one additional reason. We¡¯re known, while they may have heard of this ship and it¡¯s combat ability (I¡¯ll admit that I just joined the crew a week ago, so I don''t know how strong we are as a fighting crew, but others definitely will) we (or at least I) haven''t heard anything about them or their abilities.So let¡¯s do some deductive reasoning here they, have a high possibility of knowing us this ship and it¡¯s crew¡¯s fighting abilities (lets not forget they were sent here as a trap.This was supposed to be a regular merchant ship not a military vessel) While they¡¯re completely unknown. Suddenly I was holding my boarding pike a lot tighter my knuckles turning white.I stood up now that the firing had stopped with many deaths and wounds on both sides.My heart started pounding in my chest my palms, tightly latched onto the pike started to sweat, if I hadn¡¯t just thrown up I feel that I definitely would¡¯ve now. I started trembling a bit my eyes suddenly started tearing up.But both ships were committed neither one giving an inch in this damnable fight for plunder.I got up and still trembling lurched back towards the center of the ship to get away from the railing. Only to suddenly feel a strong grip clamp down on my shoulder and push me forward.¡±Get forward against that rail boy, and be prepared to stick whichever pig wants onto our ship.¡±Said the man who was steadily forcing me forward. I hadn''t made it far so I was back up to the railing before the last couple of yards were closed.¡±HAHAHAHA!¡±The man suddenly burst out with devious laughter.I could see them clearly now. The distance between us and the Bisentine down to a few feet now. It scared me to see the looks on their faces,they weren¡¯t like me scared and fearful, or the others relaxed,tense, or gazing savagely with greed seeping from their eyes. No they were¡­ Indifferent. They looked at us almost with pitiful amusement as if the outcome were already decided and we were wasting their time and resources.However they weren¡¯t relaxed as if nothing was happening, they were holding their weapons in familiar and ready manners. But they weren¡¯t tense with white knuckles or roaming gazes.Then our boats drew close enough for combat about 3 feet or so...and all hell broke loose. My last day on Old Salty steadily sailed to a close as the first BANG!! Of Flintlocks and Blunderbusses started resounding up and down both ships.


    Blood,It¡¯s everywhere those blunderbuss rounds can tear a hole straight through people at this range and more than one person died instantly and 30% of their body was blown away. The others near them crying out in agony as bone shards,and pellets form blunderbusses rip through their bodies some died,others will die, and the rest are either hurt or weren¡¯t in the firing line at all.Several more rounds of grapeshot are fired from the swivels on both sides and again people died torn open, guts and intestine flung everywhere.The lucky ones died instantly the rest will be forever disfigured or die slowly in agony. Some powder flasks were flung from our ship to theirs, causing another emotion besides that pity and amusement in their as they tried to get away from them.One or two miss fired killing and harming our own but most of them made it over to the Bisentine. Causing another round of terror, pain, disfigurement, and death. It was horrifying and¡­ captivating I.. suddenly wanted to cause that. To feel the hot spray of blood against my skin, feel the satisfying crunch of breaking others bones,to hear the screams of pain! Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    It was then that the main boarding party led by the First Mate ran and jumped over the railing to the Bisentine and started killing with howls of a bloodlust that even I was starting to feel, and it wasn¡¯t just me. No the rest of the crew even those who haven''t yet gotten into the fray yet started breathing heavily, traces of red appearing in their eyes. With a howl the entire remaining crew of Old Salty sprinted to the railing and threw themselves onto the Bisentine and proceeded to attack without any care for themselves. As for me I went to do the same but once again someone from seemingly nowhere clamped their hand onto my shoulder,however there were some differences this time.For one the grip was much,much stronger to the point where I flinched not just from the abruptness of the grasp but from the pain of it.¡±Why don¡¯t you hold on boy, I have a SPECIAL mission for you.¡± The voice was insidious.No bloodlust could be detected within it directly yet it seemed as if it withheld other emotions and the word special was almost hissed,the voice itself was rather quite.Yet I could clearly hear it over the screams of fighting and dying, even over the flintlocks and swivels. I felt a stab of cold and tensed up like corpse. I looked over my shoulder trembling all the way moving with what seemed to be exaggerated slowness, but in honesty was the best I could do ¡­ I really just wanted to go, run away, anything to avoid the owner of that voice.But with the grasp on my shoulder, I wager I¡¯d just dislocate my shoulder if I tried to sprint forward now,and I somehow felt as if I HAD, to see who was behind me almost as if I didn¡¯t have a say anymore. The hand was unusually pale with one gold ring holding a blood red jem on the middle finger. I wanted to continue looking.Maybe find out who (or what) this entity was. But the moment I looked at the jem it seemed to swallow me. All I could do was stare at this bottomless jewel it seemed as if it went on forever and that I could just keep looking further and further into its depths. Slowly that cold feeling faded so did the pressure on my shoulder, the screams and sounds of fighting. Till all that was left was that bottomless and infinitely deep blood red Jewel.Then I heard that quiet,cold, and.. seemingly piercing voice again.

 The Fight (I promise although why theres a cliffer hang Im not certain)

    ¡°Oh like my ring do you?¡±A voice said.. It seemed irrelevant. By this point all I could see was the gem filling my sight.¡±Hmm this one has at least some potential.. Yess, ha, lets see how he does first.¡± The voice irrelevantly carried on. Suddenly the jewel was gone. I flinched and suddenly felt out of breath everything was spinning. I fell against the railing trying to get my wind back.I could see the man now. He was slender almost femininely, Just a little over six feet tall if I had to guess with piercing red eyes. He had to rapiers on his hips one black like tar with another blood jewel on the hilt the other seemingly the opposite, a snow white with a yellow jewel in the hilt. He had a black coat covering his body similar to the First Mate. Wait is this.. The Captain?


    Jason Von Elradis Title Captain (Pirate) ???? ????


    I gulped ¡±Why don¡¯t you join the crew? I¡¯ll be watching.¡± The captain laughed after saying those words and his eyes seemed to flash. The bloodlust came back stronger this time almost completely overriding my reason all I saw was red I had a strong metal taste in my mouth. With that said I hopped over the railing onto the Bisentine and joined in the fighting. With my sight red all I saw were the military uniforms. I saw all the carnage .. and loved it. Many men on both sides were dead or dying . The lucky ones had their throats cut, or hearts pierced, some even had crushed skulls. The rest.. Well gut wounds, pierced or crushed lungs, blood loss, some even had .. unwilling amputations performed,although maybe I should count them as lucky blood loss kills the last ones quick. I saw a man to my right the look of disgust in his eyes. Then his eyes found mine and with that look I knew. One of us was going to kill the other and forget about it. Everything else was irrelevant just me against him and one of us was going to die.


    There was no one between us and with the frenzy I was in I didn¡¯t think twice. I stepped forward and lunged at him with my pike.His cutlass parried it to the side while he swung at me with his left aiming towards my stomach.I twisted to the side and shoved him with the pike trying to knock him off balance.He over swung with the punch,not expecting me to dodge while in a frenzy and with the shove he stumbled back his left arm raised and hs side exposed this time when I lunged there was nothing he could do. The pike pierced into the mid part of his torso , while I doubt I hit his heart something major was pierced. When I pulled the pike up blood shot out covering me, the wound bled profusely there was no recovering from that wound.My bloodlust only grew from the kill that metal taste was in the air now too. Huh so that metal .. it¡¯s blood.With that the rest of my reason fled and I was just like the rest of the crew. How many people I killed how badly I was injured none of it is within my ability to recollect. However all of it changed with a bright flash of light.Well that wouldn¡¯t be entirely accurate calling it light I mean it is, but it isn¡¯t. Hmm let''s call it the magical flash of mind clearing and explosions. Why do I call it that? Simple,firstly the rage/frenzy ended immediately, and two everyone hit by it went flying in a very similar manner to those who happen to be next to an explosion which due to the earlier powder flasks or grenades (irrelevant) I was now familiar with. Which is how I ended up flying ten feet before slamming back onto the deck of the Bisentine. I was exhausted, all I could do was watch and breathe,even standing was beyond me.If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    ¡°Heh, blood suckers, tough in their own right.But any holy element is extremely irritating to them.¡± Said a voice.It was a, gentle? male''s voice on the lighter side. I rolled my head over to look. It was a man of average height with curly blond hair,blue eyes, and tanned skin. He was wearing a tight blue overcoat with the sleeves cut off it left his chest exposed and honestly only covered his back, it looked like a rather light fabric too. His left hand was on a symbol necklace of some sort, his right was in the hilt of a broad sword with a blue jewel on its hilt. It appeared as if he¡¯d just walked out of the captain cabin at the stern of the ship.¡±However that knowledge is useless to most without time to implement it.¡± He frowned as he carried on ¡°You can stop pretending now even though that was the best I can do it seems as if it wasn¡¯t enough.¡±He gave a self mocking smile as he shook his head.All of a sudden I heard a strangely familiar laugh I¡¯d never heard it before but the voice sounded familiar.. My brain was still shaken from the light of mind clearing and explosions at least I think that''s what I called it so forgive me for my lack of cognitive ability.Then I learned where that laugh came from. ¡°Well pup i¡¯ll give it to ya, it packs a hell of a kick but i¡¯m not as young as I use to be.You¡¯ll have to do better.¡±It was the First Mate!


    Wait wait wait. Did he just say BLOOD SUCKERS ? I was in a crew of blood suckers? Were they all? Am I the only one who wasn¡¯t ? BUT THEY WERE IN THE SUN, BLOOD SUCKER CAN¡¯T GO INTO THE SUN! FUCKS SAKE THE SUN WAS OUT RIGHT NOW! While I was stunned into silence those two just carried on as if what they were implying wasn¡¯t earth shaking.¡±An elder huh,how have your sort managed to get so close without setting off the sun stone?¡± The tan man asked¡±We¡¯re testing some recent advances in blood sorcery, rather surprised to run into you.¡±The First Mate conversed while picking up his saber and holding it ready.Seeing that the Tan man drew his broadsword holding it out similarly.¡±Figures,¡±the Tan man said then his eyes drifted over to me in confusion.¡±What about that one,why isn''t he like the others?¡±He questioned. Others? I looked around to quite the sight.Bodies everywhere most dead or dying ,the rest seemingly fine of injured but unconscious.Some were uhh smoking? But I was pretty numb to strange things right now.¡± Well aren¡¯t you curious hahaha that¡¯ll be your death if you aren¡¯t careful.¡±Was the only response the First Mate gave with a strange grin on his face.Then in a flash he drew his flintlock and fired seemingly without even aiming.

 The Epic duel (ish thing .... probably at least)

    A flash of that light came again this time I could see it came from the symbol the tanned man had in his hand.The man stumbled backwards off balance as if struck yet the shot hit the deck in front of him. I blinked still barely able to do anything else. First he has the mind clearing explosion light, and now he has the light of bullet stopping? By this point not only was most of my body numb, so was a good part of my mind.¡±That¡¯s one down only two left.¡±The First Mate smugly stated tossing the used flintlock to the side. The look on the Tanned man¡¯s face went from annoyed to fearful,then settled on determined.¡±I¡¯ll end you abomination.¡±He responded before charging forward quickly eating up the distance between the two of them. The First Mate just laughed in response before focusing back on the Tan man who wasn¡¯t very far from him anymore. The First Mate.. wasn¡¯t his name Jared? Regardless he started circling to the left making err. Now that I think of it I should check the guys name.


    Aaron Paldaris Title First Mate (Church of Light)                 ??    Dangerous                                                                Known abilities {Holy Repulse} {Divine Protection}


    Aaron? Hmm fits I suppose.While I was distracted the two had already clashed. They were exchanging slashes,thrusts, and parries trying to understand their opponents abilities better.It was dramatic.. How badly Aaron was getting his ass kicked. Jared was leading him like a child on a leash. He seemed to know Aaron¡¯s attacks before he even made them dodging,parrying, or even attacking before any of Aaron¡¯s strike had a chance of landing. Already Aaron was bleeding from several cuts along his arms and thighs, he also had a nasty slash across his side dripping blood from each wound he was only getting slower and sloppier as the fight went on. Finally the inevitable happened.Aaron tried to lunge only to slip on his own blood. Jared¡¯s saber seemed to flash in the sunlight and his saber sung as it went towards Aaron¡¯s throat. Yet just as the blade touched Aaron¡¯s neck the light of Bullet.. (And apparently fucking Saber Repelling!!) flashed shoving Jared back.Shadows sprang into existence around Jared preventing the light from directly touching him but he was still shoved back.¡±Thats twoooo~¡± Jared ¡­ sang? Aaron go to his feet ¡­. Wait his wounds are gone too! Guh...wha... (Sigh). The magic light of bullet stopping,saber repelling, and Healing! (This is some potent and versatile light huh¡­ Where can I get it?)¡±You may think you have bested me fiend but the fights not over yet.¡±Aaron stated bringing his sword to guard his chest.¡± Why is it that people like you always have to say over dramatic things when {Divine Protection} activates? Is it maybe a requirement?¡±Jared questioned with a ¡­ Tired? Look on his face.¡±And you mock me.Well mock me as you will. I¡¯ll show you the true power of the Church of Light, and wipe you from existence!¡± Aaron started...preaching? With a fanatical look on his face,his eyes shining with.. well it wasn¡¯t reason I¡¯ll say that.He also started glowing.Yes Fuckin Glowing!! That light started to seep out of him and suddenly he was glowing.¡±Damn a fanatic.This might be troublesome.¡±Jared said a serious look coming over him as he adjusted his stance. Uhh this seemed to be getting serious. By now I wasn¡¯t so numb and while I couldn¡¯t stand very well I could probably manage it only problem I¡¯m pretty sure the.. glowing fanatic? Would cut me down if he saw me doing anything really.But an insidious plan sprang to mind.Hmm yes that would work hehe. While I followed through with  my devious plot Jared and Aaron started fighting again. While it was apparent Jared was still far more skilled when it came to swordplay and balance Aaron was far faster than before, stronger too as sparks came when their blades crossed, and Jared was being pushed back by the force. But if strength and speed were all that factored into a fight than all of warfare and history would be very different.But the light seeping out of Aaron apparently was the light of Saber uhh weakening and healing. When Jared¡¯s saber cut Aaron it didn¡¯t seem to do as much as it should, what should¡¯ve been deep slash wounds turned into deep scratches and even those faded quickly.The two rapidly drew close to the spot where I used to be.While Aaron was faster and stronger it two things rapidly became apparent. One it wasn¡¯t enough, while he was definitely pressing Jared back, it wasn¡¯t to the point where Jared was in danger of dying.Oh he got cut a couple of times but everytime he did the strange shadow sprang up and covered the wound consuming the .. light that seemed leftover form Aaron¡¯s sword,like poison actually.But for everytime Jared was wounded Aaron was cut at least three times. Two this strange power Aaron was manipulating came with a cost.He was sweating like crazy far more than can just be explained by the sun and temperature (which was actually quite nice this time of year) and the light was slowly getting dimmer on its own not just when Jared got a slash through Aaron¡¯s guard. Finally Aaron in his painting held his sword too low. Jared pulled back a bit then brought his saber down in an over hand swipe. Aaron was quick to twist his blade horizontally and bring it up. But the swipe turned out to be a faint.Seeing Aaron bring his broadsword up desperately Jared suddenly spun, faster than I believed possible, while crouching down and launching a cleaving strike from the side ! However Just before it connected Aaron used the mind clearing uhh I mean {Holy Repulsion} Fortunately I was far further from Aaron then last time he used it and was already lying down so all that happened was I went numb again and slide back a couple of yards.But I forcefully shook off the numbness pinching my limbs and shaking my head. My plot needed absolute focus and control it was about to happen, must hold on just a little more. Apparently {Holy Repulsion} did a lot more than just clear your mind because I was struggling to stay conscious and I had no wound that would justify such a thing, everything was swaying (more than just the waves) and I kept seeing black dots in my sight,uh my head felt funny too.However Jared was far worse off than I was. He had the strange magic shadow of healing yes, but it was blown away him too about feet right into a mast his saber knocked out of his hand.Seeing that Aaron started laughing uhh fantically?(still don¡¯t know exactly what that word means but with that¡­ laugh? It seemed to fit)¡±See, SEE! The light always triumphs!¡±He shouted spreading his arms.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    BANG!! It seemed that Jared hadn¡¯t appreciated the monologue much and decided to use his other flintlock to shoot Aaron...again. With another flash of light however the bullet was stopped.¡±Haaaa!¡±More with the fanatical laughter oh jolly.Aaron was already in front of Jared his broadsword at Jared¡¯s throat. ¡°Any last words before your destruction filth?¡±Asked Aaron smugly. Suddenly Jared seeing my cunning and devious plot laughed out loud.Thinking it was self damning laughter Aaron.. Probably grinned smugly I was behind him ok it¡¯s hard to see facial expression but I imagined it rather well(I think).Suddenly Jared looked Aaron in the eyes and said¡±You know, us pirates are famous for our ambushes.¡±


    BANG!!

 {Monster} sigh I cant think of anything else to say really

    Yes my cunning and devious plot was ¡­ to uh grab a gun and .. shoot him in the back while he was distracted by Jared. This time he¡¯d apparently ran out of the bullet blocking light of healing and had a nasty wound. Well that was a bit of an understatement. His spine was shot through sending bone shards piercing into the nearby tissues.His lungs were pulverized,and there was a hole about the size of a fist just below the top of his collarbone. He made some gasping and choked sounds of pain before falling to the deck and dying of ¡­ organ? And blood loss. I fell back down to my knees clutching my hand. I didn''t have a very good grip on the flintlock to begin with,so the strong recoil of the shot tore it from my hand hurting alot in the process. Really I was surprised that I managed such a shot and honestly if I wasn¡¯t so close to him I probably would¡¯ve missed entirely.Although in all fairness that was a regular issue with flintlocks, even the heavier ones tended to be inaccurate things prone to miss firing. But they were also regularly reinforced with magic to help alleviate such things. (Doesn¡¯t fix it though and the magic usually faded after a couple of shots.)Jared just laughed for a bit then he looked over at me. Even though his glance was an amused one it still chilled me.¡±yes,you¡¯ll do nicely.¡± He nodded to himself after saying those cryptic words. I was honestly to out of it to really focus on that however.


    The swaying and dark spots got worse and then everything was warm and black¡­


    Congratulations. Your actions have risen your authority level. You are now ranked {Fresh Blood} in the Sanguinolentus Empire. Examining body composition and Innate abilities now. You have, two innate abilities rated at the {Young} grade


    Bloody: You grow faster,stronger,and more resilient during combat in which blood is shed the more bloodshed the more the effect grows


    Tenacious: abilities or attacks that aim to incapacitate or restrain you are less effective.


    Note You have been infused with a {Bloodline} It has mutated and you have been permanently altered.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    Note Your race has been changed to {Young Vampire}


    Note Due to your race changing to {Young Vampire} You are now classified as a {Monster} by Forty-Three of the Fifty {Recognised Nations}.


    Note Due to being recognised as a {Monster} the {animus absorption} function has been modified accordingly


    Note  Your class has been changed to {Young Vampire}


    Uhh what? When I woke up before I even opened my eyes I saw.. all of this inside my head like an image one would picture just there. I¡¯m a vampire? What is¡­ is that Blood Suckers call themselves? Vampires? I¡¯m a monster. At least I knew what that meant. Monsters are creatures that people are inclined to kill. You¡¯ll be rewarded by the law magic of the country for killing them and you''ll be given some of their energy as well. The energy was known as {Animus} and you would be improved with it, depending on the amount and your {Class} it would automatically do so. {Warrior}s would experience better strength and reaction times, while {Farmer}s would experience a growth in strength, plant knowledge and endurance.Enough of it could even evolve you into a higher race like {High Human}.All depending on your class which could only be raised by experience and effort.


    I should feel horrified especially because now that I tried I couldn¡¯t open my eyes. But I wasn¡¯t the panic wouldn¡¯t no¡­ couldn¡¯t come something was preventing it. I tried wiggling my fingers and toes.After a lot more effort than it should take they moved a small amount. While this was going on I began to feel just how thirsty I was. It was horrible was i dying I was so thirsty it felt like it. I struggled harder to move. Slowly I made progress, as time went on moving became easier. Not to the point where I could get up but as time went on the strange effect stopping me from moving seemed to get weaker.I couldn¡¯t open my eyes and all my effort was spent trying to move so I have no idea how much time past but then I smelt something.Mmmm smells good I licked my lips. I started struggling even harder. It smelled just like¡­ I shivered .Blood .. it smells like blood, since when did blood smell ¡­. good.I really am a blood su¡­. No a .. Vampire.It¡¯s the only reason that the smell of blood would attract me like that of good food. I knew it also knew that as a good person I should be horrified of it. Not that I was every a particularly good person . But a {monster}?Again I should feel confused, or upset, or.. Something. But the only feeling that i could really dredge up was thirst, and it was geting worse.

 After Waking ( Life didnt improve too much unfortunately)

    I¡¯m pretty sure that wasn¡¯t a good sign.But it takes¡­ uhh at least a day i¡¯m pretty sure to die of thirst. So I should be fine but the inability to move or open my eyes is worrying.I tried opening my eyes again and this time I managed to open them a crack. Everything was kinda dark through my eyelashes but I could still see..ish.I was in a small cabin near the side of the ship(I could tell because the room was curved at the far wall. Other than that I was.. Chained my arms had a metal bit hugging around them and chains held the bit. But how come it wasn''t immediately noticeable? I mean it¡¯s metal for fucks sake being that tight on my wrists and forearm I should definitely feel it yet I really didn¡¯t. Well maybe a little but nothing super noticeable yet I didn¡¯t notice it earlier? Ok you may be asking why I would focus on that issue so much I mean sure it¡¯s an issue but surely not that big of one right? Your indeed right and I¡¯ll tell you the reason I¡¯m focusing on it so much.


    It¡¯s to ignore the creepy glowing magic circle drawn in blood that''s around me on the floor. I should be panicking again I just¡­ don¡¯t seem to be able to. Maybe it has something to do with being a {monster}? Or a {Young Vampire} Both maybe? Hell if I know,I figured a race like {Vampire} would have a couple of {racials} abilities granted just because that¡¯s what you are. But as a {Young} member of a race you don¡¯t have access to the active ones or the knowledge of the passive ones affects. You feel the passive ones as in they¡¯re still in effect but you don¡¯t know exactly what they do. For example when I was {Human} I had the passive {Antibody Generation}


    Which made it very difficult for the same disease to affect me twice and also made it possible to slowly strengthen myself against certain poisons via limited exposure over time. However I didn¡¯t learn that till i turned 16 and my race evolved from {Human Child} to {Human Young Adult} Humans don¡¯t get any active abilities.. Well I¡¯ve heard of rare ones like {Limit Break} but those are extremely rare and usually say something like this.{Extreme ability yada yada yada super powerful and ignore pain yada yada yada die when over} Which is no good for anything other than a sacrifice. Definitely powerful and useful but only under the proper circumstances, and only once at that,so thank you but no.. seriously I want no part of it would rather live. While I was monologuing I was also struggling to move continuously. The blood circle as I have now dubbed it had three main parts. A big symbol in the middle that I didn¡¯t understand, surrounded by a bunch of tiny symbols I also didn¡¯t understand, finally you have a well defined border of the circle ¡®bout the width of a cutlass. Now the while I was struggling the big symbol proudly shown on as if unaffected.But the small surrounding symbols have started to grow dimmer¡­ Well it probably means I¡¯m doing something ¡­ Maybe? Meh got nothing to lose. Time Passes as I struggle.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.


    What to think about now.. Well lets list the facts. Jared won the fight against Aaron with the help of my cunning and devious plan. Then I passed out,.. Now I¡¯m a {Young Vampire} and here¡­ wherever ¡°Here¡± is. ¡°Hello and welcome!¡± Boomed a voice from ¡­. Somewhere I assume ( I couldn¡¯t see anyone and the way the voice echoed around the small room I was in made it impossible to tell where the voice originated from)¡± All of you will be teleported soon but first I figured I would take some time out of my day to explain the rules and some other bits of information to you young bloods.¡± The voice rather arrogantly continued( arrogantly in my opinion at least) ¡°You see each and everyone of you were pirates, oh there¡¯s 84 of you in case you''re wondering, yes pirates. Trash and scum the lot of you unwanted anywhere and cared about by no one suicide might¡¯ve been a better option but those damn self preservational instincts, am I right? Of course I am, moving on none the less our species doesn''t exactly sexually reproduce¡­ or do anything with sex at all really save for amusement.Instead we kill others and induce them into the fold. But we can exactly be overt about it else we wouldn¡¯t have any agents left in the mortal realm and as a subdivision we¡¯re rather small in the immortal realm.The main division is one of the greater powers but we are the proud descendants of revolutionaries known as ¡°Soul Slayers.¡± While the main division refers to themselves as ¡°Purebloods¡± not very original of them but there you have it.Unfortunately we¡¯re an ant they¡¯re a giant. So just avoid them, you¡¯ll learn more later but for now we have an issue.Well I said ¡°we¡± but I meant ¡°You¡± as in the 84 of you. You see while it¡¯s true we¡¯re a small division and in need of strength we also need logistics and boat builders, we have no one but ourselves for everything so we need to determine your positions and the simplest way to do that a battle royal.¡± He paused for a couple of seconds for ¡­. Uh dramatic effect maybe, I¡¯m uncertain, maybe he had a legitimate reason to pause but i doubt it, then continued.¡±Go all out and kill each other don¡¯t worry this time we¡¯ll revive you. There won''t be any weapons, so you¡¯ll have to make your own or live.. and or die without. We¡¯ll be watching everyone and determining position appropriately.Before you go out to say there are better ways of going about this we know.¡± He laughed in a very creepy and dramatic manner at this point ¡±We just don¡¯t care, this way is the most entertaining.¡±

 After the voice stopped talking ( More like paused but meh who am I to judge)

    With that,the big rune in the middle that didn¡¯t seem to be affected by my struggles pulsated with light.


    Then I heard that voice again this time less amused and a bit more serious.¡±For those of you who remain.. Well there¡¯s a rather more complicated event in store for you. You see your sires have presented you as trainees for one of many special divisions. Their requirements for entry and promotion are completely different,now as future core members of the country I bid you good day and good luck may you succeed in your future endeavors.¡±


    The rune that was pulsating with light suddenly stabilized and started to grow brighter before suddenly turning dark.Then all of the runes stopped glowing and the restraints fell off as if they were locked and held by magic.


    Falling to the ground I felt rather weak but alive. I heard footsteps and the smell of blood. The footsteps only got closer and while the paralyzing effect was wearing off increasingly fast I was only able to fully open my eyes and get to my knees before the steps arrived at the door,at which time it was opened an the smell of blood was almost overwhelming all my senses as a strangely familiar sight entered my vision.


    ¡°Heh up already? Must have a driving Innate.Figured you¡¯d be thirsty,know I sure as fuck was.¡± It was¡­ Jared? Holding a large flask in one of his hands the reek telling me it was blood.


    Honestly I was hesitant to take it even when he walked over and held it out to me. But have you ever been thirsty? Not just thirsty but like a day or two without water thirsty? It¡¯s overwhelming I was drinking almost before I realised it.It tasted good,You wouldn¡¯t think it with it¡¯s almost overpowering taste of metal but for some reason it was so good. I was shivering from the relief I felt after I drank some and the taste only got better as I continued,soon I was chugging it like a sailor does rum after sailing sober for a month. Jared just laughed as he watched. It was over soon though as the flash couldn''t hold very much,but it was enough to wash away that weak feeling and get me back to feeling normal¡­ whatever normal was now.This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it.


    I looked up towards jared even inside the ship he had that overcoat on. He held his hand out to pull me to my feet,I grabbed it,still out of breath from drinking without stopping for breath.When I go to my feet he gestured for me to walk with him as he started walking deeper into the ship. ¡°I know you have a lot of questions so I figured I¡¯d answer them for while we got to know each other we¡¯ll be together for a long time after all.¡±He said¡±Yes we were vampires me and the captain, no the rest of the crew weren¡¯t in on it, oh and vampire is the correct terminology for us not bloodsuckers disregarding the fact that we do sometimes suck blood.¡± He continued ¡°No we¡¯re not on Old Salty anymore,and you¡¯ve been unconscious for three months. Any other questions?¡± He asked after overwhelming me with information. At this point we¡¯d walked all the way down the hall and were descending into the depths of the ship. Now I had a very large amount of questions but I was overwhelmed so I stuttered a couple of times and then.¡±No good.¡± He cut me off and informed me that the conversation was over, and he intimidated me more than a little bit so I Wasn''t about to ignore the hint and try to continue the conversation. By this point we were at a place I¡¯d never even seen on a ship before. Where usually there was just the keel here there was a blood red crystal seemingly formed right in the middle being thinner where it touched the floor and ¡°ceiling¡± and being thickest in the center we walked over to it well I say ¡®we¡± but honestly I stopped for a bit then got pushed forward by Jared while I stared at it in shock. ¡°This is called the {Ship Heart}, a nice piece of blood engineering and magic.It¡¯ll keep the ship clean hide the fact that we¡¯re vampires, repair the ship, propel it in the water¡­ it basically replaces the need for a crew at all even fires the cannons.¡± Jared said with a proud smile on his face.¡±Oy give it some of your blood so it¡¯ll recognize you it¡¯ll explain the rest to you and answer any questions you have.¡± He gestured me to go up to it. I hesitated for a second but honestly he had no reason to lie or decieve me (HE WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE TELLING ME TO GO FORWARD) and I had nothing but safe feelings coming from the pulsating, blood red, crystal I was supposed to bleed on,so I generously compiled (After coming to the conclusion running away or trying to avoid doing so was pointless and suicidal) He handed me a dagger and I cut my palm and touched the crystal after which i felt .. connected to it and uh it SPOKE to me, in much the same way as the world did however .. It was fuckin scarry alright.