《Broken : the story of a shattered soul》 Intro: number 26 Prologue Today many world leaders will hold a meeting to decide if Virtual Reality should stay banned. This is the first time such a meeting has been held since the Grand Disappearance. This meeting also serves as a memorial service to all 17 167 865 players of the first virtual reality game Never Ending, whom disappeared precisely three years ago. The cause of this disaster is still unknown and many scientists even claim that such a thing should not have been possible with modern technology. The company that created Never Ending just vanished on the release day of the game, right after the players had entered the capsules. The next topic is about the earthquakes in Congo. ........................... "Number 26, here is your food." "Thank you, Mister Guard.", he cheerfully replied. The young guard looks confused before replying:"Ehhh, no problem." "Hahaha, You are new on the job aren''t ya?", laughed another guard." "Yes sir, how did you notice so quickly?" He takes a sip out of his tankard before replying: "You were surprised by 26''s behavior. If you are wondering why he acts like that, then the easiest explanation is that he is damaged goods." "Damaged goods?" "He is just like a child. Maybe the most dangerous child in existence, but still a child.", he says before taking another sip. "Sir, what do you mean by a child?" The older guard lets out a sigh before replying:"He is innocent. You can tell him anything and he will believe it. Well lately it has become harder to teach him new things, but he sees everything here as normal." The old guard looks at the other guard and sees his confusion. "I''ll tell you how he became like this, sit down.", he says as he gestures at a chair. When the young guard sits down he starts talking again: "You know that a bunch of humans arrived one year ago, right?" "Of course." "Well, he was one of them and no ordinary human, he was one of the best. The people called him the Wind Blade and he was a shining beacon of hope for the humans, but when war broke out with us vampires he let himself be captured so that a big part of the human army would be able to escape." The young guard stared in disbelieve at the young man in the cage, who is happily eating his meal, "He was that strong?" "He is that strong, why do you think he is still alive?", the old guard replies before taking another sip. He then continues: "Do you know what the Blood Queen did to all those they captured?" Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. The young guard slowly shakes his head. The smile on the old guard dies down and says with a serious expression: "They injected a dead Progenitors blood into them." "A Pro-Prog-Progenitors Blood?!" the young guard cries out in disbelief. "He lost his memory because of it, as a soldier myself I can''t agree how we treated this war hero. Even if he was an enemy he still deserved some respect", the old guard says with a look of anger. "Did you fight him on the battlefield?" the young guard curiously asks. The old guard lets out a sigh before saying: "If I would have faced him in his prime I would have been dead for sure. I saw him cutting down our soldiers left and right, nothing could stop him. Even when he stayed behind to cover the retreat of the rest of the army he was still slaughtering us. I guess his level was almost 100. In the end, we were able to take him down with the help of the Blood Queen herself.¡± "That can''t be right, normal vampire soldiers are only around level 60 and even nobles are only 85, but if the Blood Queen personally had to intervene to beat him then it must be true", the guard replies in disbelief. "Well there is no way to know anymore, he also lost his level because of the blood. Now his level is 43, but I have seen his stats and those are abnormal for that level. I have heard that the blood doubles the stats he gains for every level.", the old guard says. "Wow, I sure would like some progenitors blood myself.", the young guard says while imagining how strong he would be with that. The old guards takes a deep breath before shouting: "No, you don''t!¡± He then calms down and starts talking normal again: ¡°They injected 10000 humans with that blood, now there are only a hundred left. Even worse is that except him, all the other subject are still tormented by hellish pain. Tell me, do you want to die, feel like you are tortured all day or end up like him?¡± The face of the young guards turns red because of the embarrassment and he replies: "No." The old guard gulped the rest of his drink down before saying:"It is time for his next fight.¡± The old guard walks up the 26 and says with a smile:"Come on 26, you need to fight again." He looks up and cheerfully replies:"Sure Mr. Guard!¡± Chapter 1: Pit Fight Number 26 Yeah, I can finally fight again. It has been almost a week since I last fought, I was starting to think that I did something wrong and they disliked me. The old guard pushes something in my hands before asking: "This is the first time you have used a weapon in the arena, right?" "A weapon? Mr. Guard, is this a weapon?", I ask while looking at the sharp looking slab of iron in my hands. "It sure is Boy, that is called a sword. It is a very simple weapon but very effective", he states. "26, inspect the weapon.", Mr. Azil states I can finally inspect something. Mr. Azil and Nic have told me about the wonders of inspecting, but this will be my first time trying it out for myself. "Do you remember how to do it?" Nic patiently asks. I happily nod before replying: "Just look at the weapon and say inspect." Nic starts smiling and nods, signaling that I got it right. Let''s try it. I hold the sword in front of me before mumbling: " Inspect." A blue screen pops up and I jump back in surprise.
Standard iron sword: attack 12-15 durability: 7/20 A standard sword made of iron that has seen better days. Scaling: strength: E (+17) dexterity: (+12) Level requirement: 1
Wow, this is much cooler than I imagined. As I am marveling at the sight of the screen Azil coughs and asks: "Do you remember what we told you about it?" I get pulled out of my thoughts and say: "Yes, now I will be able to use skills right?" Nic smiles again and replied: "Good job remembering." "Nic, what was scaling again?", I ask He smiles before saying:"Good question, every weapon has a scaling. These scalings show how much a weapons damage is improved by your stats. There a multiple ranks. F means 1/10, E means 1/8, D means 1/5, C means 1/3, B means 1/2 and A means 1/1. There is also talk about an S scaling which means 2/1 but no one has ever seen a weapon like that. "Wow it has a lot of bonus damage even if it is just an E scaling." I state. Nic laughs: "Well, your stats are pretty abnormal." You can see the disdain about the way Nic talks with me on the face of Azil. He coldly looks at me and barks: "Check your skills!" "Yes, Mr. Azil. Skill list.", I stutter.
Bad blood (Class skill - passive) Every time you deal physical damage to a target they will be infected with a stack of bad blood. The effects triggered depending on the total amount of stacks a target has been infected with. 10 stacks - Infection: The target will be slowed by 25% and agility is reduced by 25% 20 stacks - Weakening: Strength and Dexterity of the target will be reduced by 50% 30 stacks - Crystallization: The blood of the target will crystalize, dealing damage equal to 50 percent of its max health and resets the stacks count, clearing all the other debuffs originating by this skill. These are the amount of stacks required for a human sized opponent. The amount of stacks required for certain monsters differs depending on its size. The amount of stacks required will be shown when identifying the target. The amount of stacks needed to apply an effect can also be increased depending on certain resistances.
Blade Wave (Class skill - Active)
Style - Crescent Moon: Sends out a horizontal blade wave in front of you dealing 125% of the total physical damage and every target hit will get infected with 5 stacks. There is no limit of how many targets can be hit. (Range: max 15 meters) Cooldown 10 seconds No Cost
Style - Falling Star: sends out a vertical blade wave dealing 150% of the total attack as physical damage. Can only hit one target and the target hit will be infected with 10 stacks. (Range: max 100 meters.) Cooldown 20 seconds Cost: 5% current Health
Style - Full Moon: Sends out a horizontal blade wave in a full circle around you dealing 100% of the total attack as physical damage + 5% of the total attack per stack of bad blood the target has been infected with. If the target has more than five stacks a knockback effect will occur. All stacks of bad blood that infected a target will be consumed. There is no limit of how many targets can be hit. ( Range: a 5-meter circle around the caster.) Cooldown: 30 seconds Cost: 10% current Health
Blood rush (Class skill - Active) Charge straight ahead (max of 10 meters) dealing 125% of the attack as physical damage. If an enemy is hit by this skill the cooldown will be reduced by 50% and the user will have the option of dashing back to where he cast the skill from. Infects the target with 5 stacks of Bad Blood. Cooldown 20 seconds Cost: 5% current Health
Blood Sacrifice (Class skill - Active) Sacrifice a certain percentage fo your maximum health in order to increase your attack by the same amount. The reduced health can not be regained. Your new max health will become that value (Max. sacrifice 50%) Duration 30 seconds Cooldown 1 minute No cost (If you sacrifice 10% of your max health, your new max health will become the remaining 90%. This means if you have a 100 max health and you sacrifice 10% your max health will become 90.)
Vampire skills
Drain(Racial - Trait) Sink your fangs into a target stealing 10% of the targets maximum health and mana. Does not work with a target who is more than 5 levels above you. 5 seconds cooldown
Blood magic (Racial - Active) Active combat skills are locked
Equilibrium (Racial - Passive) When your health falls below 20% of your maximum health all your mana will be drained and changed into heat with a 1:1 ratio. Cooldown: 1 day
"I have so many skills. How should I use them?", I ask Nic''s smile dies down as he says: "You don''t need to think - just feel, my old skills looked a lot like those, your body will remember what to do. Just go with the flow." "I will do as you say, now let''s fight!", I shout out full of enthusiasm. Azil snorts and states: "You forgot again, idiot. Always check your status window before combat to see if you have any restrictions blocking you." I look down and mumble: "Sorry Mister Azil. Status." [tr]
Name:Number 26Titleprisoner
Race:VampireClass:Crimson Blade
Level:43Unspend stat points0
Health:430/430Mana:430/430Strength:136Dexterity:94
Agility:136Armor0
Wisdom:52Intelligence:52
Bonuses and Restrictions Crimson Blade: - Deals double damage when wielding swords - Can use the crimson blade unique skills - Can not use any other active combat skills except the crimson blade skills - Life steal: Every attack with a sword heals for 20% of the damage done - Cannot trigger a critical strike. Vampire: - Health regens at triple speed - Takes half damage from dark and dead magic - Takes double damage from light and holy magic - For every enemy killed all stats will be increased by 1% (Number of times this can occur is capped at the total level). Fades away after 10 minutes of not killing. - Can use the racial skills of the vampire race
The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. Let''s see, no negative conditions restricting me so I am good to go. I look up and give a thumbs up to Mr. Azil but he just looks away. I start walking towards the big entrance of the arena and with my enhanced senses, I hear the guards talking. "Who is he talking to?" a young voice asks. "He claims that he can talk to his old personality and the progenitor, but I think he is just crazy.", replies an old voice. So they also think I am crazy, I may not know a lot and act like a child whatever that is, but I am not crazy. One day I will show them they both exist. As I get close to the gate one of the gate guards gives me a thumbs up and starts opening the big gate. As I enter the arena, I am almost blinded by a bright shining artificial light focused on me. After a few seconds, an announcer starts talking: "The next fight will be between Number 26 and a raid squad of orcs. This time Number 26 has been given a sword, so what kind of skill will he show us?" A gate in front of me opens up and five orcs walk out. Two holding stones, two wielding clubs and one that is a lot bigger than the rest and does not wield any weapon. Let''s do what Azil told me. "Inspect."
Orc fighter lv 45 : a Elite fighter of the Orc race. Health:500/500 (stacks:10-20-30)
Orc fighter lv 46: a Elite fighter of the Orc race. Healt:510/510(stacks:10-20-30)
Orc rock thrower lv 41: a orc that trows stones in order to compensate for his lower strength. Health:460/460(stacks:10-20-30)
Orc rock thrower: Lv 40 : a orc that trows stones in order to compensate for his lower strength. Health450/450(stacks:10-20-30)
Orc Goliath:lv 56 : An orc that has surpassed level 50 making his body undergo changes and placing him in a whole different league than the rest of his kin.Health:750/750(stacks:15-30-45)
First, Number 26 will be fighting against the four normal orcs and after that, he will face the Goliath. After he gives this information the crowd bursts out in cheers. As I read the information given to me by inspecting I notice that the description of the goliath is quite different. I look at Azil and Nic and ask: "What is with that surpassed lv50?" Azil shakes his head and promises: "If you survive the fight I will tell you, knowledge does not help a dead man, oh and if I stood in your place I would check my attack." A grin appears on my face and chuckle: "Sure, Mr. Know it all." He sighs: "How come you only sort of grow up when you need to fight? Really, I am a part of you and that change even gives me the creeps." Still grinning I say: "I don''t know, but when I need to fight I can feel myself synchronizing with you, guess that I should thank you Mr. Progenitor. Sure would be nice if I stayed this way when not in combat instead of returning to that childish self." He mumbles: "Thank yourself, not the progenitor." Not having heard him, I ask: "What are you mumbling?" "I said get your ass out there and kill them quickly!" he barked I can see Nic shaking his head before nagging: "26 you should not act like Azil, he is a bad influence." Azil jumps towards Nic and shouts: "This bad influence is keeping him alive!" Nic replies with a serious tone: "At what cost?" Azil stops and lets his shoulders and head drop. I smile and say: "Come on guys, don''t tear up my mind just before the fight." I grab the iron sword and can feel my heart calming down. I have no idea how to use a sword or my skills so don''t let me down fighting instinct. "Attack."
Attack:82-88(12-15 weapon + 29 scaling x2 class passive)
I exclaim: "Wow even with such a shitty weapon my attack is this high." Azil laughs "What did you think? You are one of the biggest abominations that ever walked around. Your stats are that of a progenitor, the leader of vampires. Just for your information, there only ever existed 7 of them and your class is a corrupted hero class from the humans." The crowd has finally calmed down and the commentator starts talking again: "Release the four normal orcs." The chains binding the orcs come lose and both of the rock throwers immediately throw a rock at me. I jump back to dodge them and release a skill. "Blade Wave - Crescent Moon" The crimson blade wave hits all four of the orcs dealing 105 damage to each of them. The reason why it deals full damage is because none of us is wearing armor and agility only decided if an attack hits you, not how much damage you resist. The crowd is shocked by this skill and the commentator shouts out: "What kind of skill was that?! Even with a bad weapon it still dealt so much damage!" "Blood rush." My body releases a crimson aura, I take 22 damage and I shoot of impaling the lv 41 rock throwers dealing 105 damage. I do not stop my assault and start slashing towards the orc who already has been infected by 15 stacks and thus has been slowed and has his ability reduced. Numbers start appearing above his head. "82" "86" "88" After the last attack, he falls down lifeless and my Life Steal also refilled my health completely. The other orcs still looking dumbfounded at what just happened. The other rock thrower is the first to make a move and throws a rock towards me, hitting my leg and dealing 46 damage. I let out a small cry of pain, their attack is really brutal. How is a normal person supposed to defeat four of them with such a crappy sword? Well, to bad for them that I am no normal person. I look at the rock thrower and hit him with my Blade Wave - Falling Star, dealing 132 damage and healing me for 26 hp (=Health points). Now the rock thrower has already been infected with 15 stacks. The two clubmen start running towards me and swing their clubs at me. I lift my sword in the air and draw a circle in the air with it before shouting : "Blade wave - Full moon" and lose 43 hp I hit all three of the orcs and deal 103 damage to the first Fighter, 108 damage to the second fighter and 147 damage to the rock thrower and knocking them all back and healing myself again in the process. Blood rush has come off cooldown and I use it to dash toward the rock thrower losing 22 hp, but at the last second he dodges me and throws a rock towards me dealing 42 damage. This is the big disadvantage with skills that cost health, as long as they hit everything is fine but when I miss, I take damage from both the skill and the counterattack from the enemy. I send a crescent moon towards the rock thrower, dealing 108 damage, killing him and healing 22 hp. "Health"
health:388/430
I look at the two remaining damaged orcs and smile:"Now it is your turn." The two of them starts running towards me and I run towards them. The first fighter tries to hit me but I parry his attack and kick him towards a wall dealing 46 damage - I really love my broken stats. The other one raises his club, but before he can even strike I start slashing at him. "86" "86" "84" Those three attacks heal me for 51 hp. Let''s finish this, I raise my sword to take the life of the gravely wounded orc, but the other fighter throws his club at me, and deals 64 damage to me. I get knocked aside and loose my sword. I scramble up and jump toward the almost dead orc and sink my fangs into him, draining his remaining 31 hp. I throw the corpse aside and pick my sword up again. "Inspect"
Orc fighter:256/510 (stacks: none)
"Health"
Health399/430
"Blood rush" I lose 22 health and charge towards the last orc, he can''t dodge in time and gets hit - losing 102 health and I regain 20 health. I slash 2 times at him dealing a total of 154 damage, killing him and healing 31 hp. His corpse falls down and the stadium bursts out in cheers. The commentator starts shouting: "What overwhelming strength, who would have know number 26 was this strong?! He utterly decimated those poor orcs and look at his hp, he is barely damaged!" I guess is should check my health, I whisper:"Health"
Health428/430
As the cheers die down the commentator shouts: "Release the Goliath!" Chapter 2: First Skill Small note: If an enemy takes damage the number will be colered in red(ex. 23) and if they heal it will be colered in green(ex.+5). If 26 heals(ex.+5) or takes damage(ex.23) it will not be colered and just white. *************************************************************************************************** 26''s view The chains that kept the goliath locked up fall to the ground creating a deafening sound, the crowd goes silent as they watch the goliath slowly standing up. The moment the four-meter tall giant stands up he lets out a fierce cry of rage and rushes towards me with both his hands above his head. It seems like I have enraged it by killing its kind. The goliath smashes both his hands down but I am faster and able to circle behind him and slash his back once and then kick him as hard as I can. If a normal person did this it would have no effect, but with my way to high strength and adding the factor that I used the momentum of its own charge against it, he flies back and falls on the ground. "42" "1" Shit, this thing seems to have innate armor. I won''t get anywhere with this amount of damage. My kick did not even get trough his armor. "Azil, got any tips?" He looks at me with an eerie smile and says: "Of course, but in return you will have to follow my order once without complaints." I grit my teeth and sigh: "Deal." His smile becomes bigger before laughing : "Aim for the neck. Even if you cannot trigger a critical hit the normal way, hitting vitals still works. If you do it you might even get a skill out of it. I will give you a free piece of advice, don''t use your skills too often. If you rely on them too much you will become weak, only use blood sacrifice and aim for the neck, that is the fastest way to actually become stronger." "You are being unusually helpful", I state. "Well, you have grown up a lot in this battle. No idea why, but I like it." "Yes, I have noticed too, every time I battle it feels like I get a better grip on everything. It is like someone turned on the light in a dark room. I will be totally honest I am pretty ashamed of how I act when I am out of battle, would be very nice if my mind would stay clear even after this battle." During our conversation, the Goliath managed to pull himself up again and slowly walks towards me. It seems like he noticed he is no match for me when it comes to speed. The commentator start shouting: "Even with 26''s insane damage he is going to have a tough time beating this opponent!" After that exclamation, the crowd starts cheering again as they will be able to see me struggle, really...what a bunch of sick bastards. I swing my sword sideways as fast as I can in order to clean my blade from the blood that taints it. "Blood sacrifice, 50%"
Blood Sacrifice (Class skill - Active) Sacrifice a certain percentage fo your maximum health in order to increase your attack by the same amount. The reduced health cannot be regained. Your new max health will become that value (Max. sacrifice 50%) Duration 30 seconds Cooldown 1 minute No cost (If you sacrifice 10% of your max health, your new max health will become the remaining 90%. This means if you have a 100 max health and you sacrifice 10% your max health will become 90.)
"Health"
Health:214/215(430/50%)
"Attack"
Attack:123-132(12-15 weapon + 29 scaling x2 class passive x1.5 Blood Sacrifice)
I rush toward the goliath and the swing his right arm toward me, I roll under it and jump in the air to slash at his neck once. "216" The Goliath jump back and I can see the fear and surprise in his eyes. And the Goliath is not the only one that is surprised, the whole arena falls silent. The silence gets broken by a fierce roar and the goliath green skin starts turning red. "+100" "+100" "+100" The commentator who has overcome his surprise start shouting: "There it is! The Goliath Blood Boil, as long as this ability stays active he will keep regenerating health at a rapid pace!" Seeing this, I can''t help laughing like madmen before roaring: "Thanks for that, I needed a durable practice partner." After saying that I rush towards him and aim for his throat. "85" Shit, I missed, the Goliath tries to punch me again but I jump in the air and swing my sword again, this time slitting his throat. "224" "+100" The commentator is perplexed and mutters: "Am I seeing things, is number 26 really using this fierce opponent that normally needs a group of 5 level 60 vampire soldiers to take down as a plaything! And what is with that insane damage while using such a crappy weapon! What is going on here?" spectator view(not an actual spectator, I just mean this part is written in no one''s perspective.) In the V.I.P area of the colosseum, there is a young girl sitting on a sort of throne. She has golden hair, crimson eyes and is wearing a princess attire. You could say she looks just like a pretty doll. As she is watching the bloodshed below she shows a cute smile and says with a childish voice: "Never did I expect that my cute little experiment would turn out to be such a great success." She waves her hand and immediately a maid rushes to her side and bows down and kisses her hand. The little girl pets the maids head before ordering: "After this fight give him a little reward and enter him into the project." The maid that looks like she is having the time of her life replies: "Of course milady, and with the reward which should we give him?" "Give him a standard sword and maybe the chief of the guards from that human village whom we recently raided.", the little girl nonchalantly says. "My Queen, is giving him sword a smart idea?", the maid asks. "Slap" The maid now has a red mark on her cheek and looks scared before lowering her head and begging: "I am sorry, my Queen, this lowly maid should not have questioned you." The little girl playfully strokes the face of the maid before whispering: "Seems like you need a bit of training." The face of the maid turns red and she even almost starts drooling: "Yes please, my Queen." During this whole conversation, all eyes have been on 26 as he has been playing around with the Goliath in the arena. He kept slashing at the Goliath''s neck and when he almost died 26 backed off and gave him time to regenerate his health. After five minutes the Goliath skin turns green again and 26 finishes him off quickly by three well-aimed slashes at his throat, chopping off his head. This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.
Congratulations, you have learned the passive skill Execution.
Execution ( standard skill - passive): If you deal more than 80% of the target''s maximum health in a single attack that hits the neck, you will instantly kill the target and send his head flying.
Level up:congratulations on reaching lv 44
The crowd is extremely shocked, when they heard someone was going to fight a Goliath on his own, they all thought he would get decimated. Not one of them could have dreamed that the Goliath would be toyed with and then decapitated. "Clap, Clap, Clap" The silence that rules the arena is broken by the sound of applause originating from the V.I.P zone. There''s a little girl walking towards the edge of the balcony to show her appearance to everyone. The second she appears all visitors kneel down and shout: "Long live our Queen!" The little girl smiles, obviously enjoying all the attention. At this point of time, every is kneeling except one person, 26. Seeing him still standing five guards run towards him trying to attack him, seemingly forgetting the strength he just showed. 26''s view "Azil, Nic, they are rushing toward me, what should I do?" "Those weakling are trying to suppress you, kill them and show your dominance.", Azil barks. Nic interjects: "I don''t think that is smart, you should just let them arrest you." As the guards come closer they each draw a sword and swing it towards me, I dodge them and Azil says: "Just kill them, if that so called queen wanted you to bow down she would have given the order. I mean look at that brat she is just looking at what is going on like it is a show." "Inspect."
Vampire Guardsmen lv 52: Standart vampire guard, they are the lowest members of the military, but still stronger than a human soldier. Health 520/520 (stacks: 10-20-30)
Vampire Guardsmen lv 51: Standart vampire guard, they are the lowest members of the military, but still stronger than a human soldier. Health 510/510 (stacks: 10-20-30)
Vampire Guardsmen lv 51: Standart vampire guard, they are the lowest members of the military, but still stronger than a human soldier. Health 510/510 (stacks: 10-20-30)
Vampire Guardsmen lv 51: Standart vampire guard, they are the lowest members of the military, but still stronger than a human soldier. Health 510/510 (stacks: 10-20-30)
Vampire Guard Captain lv 57: Vampire Guard Captain:"A captain of the guards, they are the top of the guards, but still weaker than the average vampire soldier. Health 570/570 (stacks: 10-20-30)
I use my blood rush skill to dash towards a lone lv 51 guards, slamming my sword in his abdomen. He lets out a cry of pain and throws up some blood. "127" It seems like the armor he is wearing is able to absorb 30 damage. The Health I lost is easily replenished by my life steal. I swing my sword again and chop at his neck. He blocks my hit but I quickly strike again at his sword arm. "94" I am not able to chop his arm off but the guard drops his sword, I raise my sword and strike at his neck while activating Blade Wave - Falling Star. Fear flashes in the eyes of the guard and I can hear the cry of another guard: " Diedrick NO! YOU BEAST." "289" My blade comes into contact with his neck and blood spews out. There is no armor at his neck, so there is not even damage reduction. Because of that and the double damage bonus of hitting a vital, the damage dealt vastly overshadows his remaining health and his corps falls down. I pick up his sword and throw mine away. "Inspect."
Standart Military sword: attack 30 - 35 Durability:45/50 A fine sword used by the guards and soldiers of the vampire race, the design of the blade is and old one and was created by the First Progenitor and has never been changed in the entire history of the race. Scaling: strength: D (+27) dexterity: D (+19) Level requirement : 35
Seeing the damage and scaling of the sword Azil starts laughing like madmen: "Finally, a decent sword, go wild boy. Show them what true strength looks like, make them fear you!" "Attack"
Attack:228-243(30-35 weapon +46 scaling x2 class pasive x1.5 blood sacrifice.)
The four remaining guards are all raging with hate after seeing their friend get decimated in front of their now bloodshot eyes. They all rush towards me and their swords start to glow. I wonder what is going on, but I am not going to let them do like they please. I run towards another lv 51 guard and clash with him. Or sword are pushing against each other but he stands no chance, my strength is way to high for him. He falls down and I try to finish him, but the lv 52 lunges at me and I are forced to dodge his attack by sidestepping. Right after I dodge another lv 51 guard comes and shoves his sword in my waist dealing 61 damage. Normally such a hit is not a problem, but with my health reduced by Blood Sacrifice, it is more than a fourth of my maximum health. Oh god, it hurt so much. I raise my sword and swing at his neck. "460" "+61" The damage is big enough to instantly kill him with the existence of the execution skill. His head is sent flying and lands right before the captain of the guards. My health also gets completely refilled. He stares at the chopped off head, kneels down and closes its eyes before muttering something. He then stands up and slowly walks towards me, keeping his rage under control. He stabs at me but I parry the strike and follow up with a strike from above. He jumps back to evade it and makes his sword glow blue and then slashes at me from the left. A glint of madness flashes in my eyes and I let the sword pierce my hand. "79" I can see the joy in his eyes of being able to hit me. A wicked smile appears on my face and I slash at his neck. "483" Another head is sent flying and I pull the sword out of my hand since my health has been refilled by my life steal the wound closes immediately. There are only two guards remaining. The lv 52 guard runs towards me and tries to hit me, while the lv 51 guard is paralyzed in fear and drops his sword. I run towards the lv 52 guard and dodge his strike and plunge my sword is his abdomen. "198" Before he has the chance to react to my hit I twist my sword around and pull it out before slashing towards his neck. But my luck runs out and I miss, hitting his shoulder instead. "200" He gets thrown back and spits out some blood before falling down. I walk up to him and raise my sword. "78" I throw up some blood and look down to see a sword piercing my back. I swing down killing the guard at my feet. "122" "+24" A large red wound appears on his chest and his eyes lose the light in them, but not before he can mutter: "Abomination" I turn around and pull the sword out of my back. The guard cowers in fear and even wets his pants, I raise my sword and strike down. "Stop this, he poses no threat!", Nic shouted. I stop and say with a sad voice: "I''m sorry Nic, Azil his advice has been helping me more than yours." and chop off his head. "470" "+54" I clean my blade with the clothes of the dead guard and look up towards the girl that is called a Queen. Chapter 3: The Blood Queen 26''s view The whole arena is in a state of shock, a prisoner has just dealt with five guards like he was killing a few chickens. The vampire soldiers might possess a strong combat power, but the normal civilians don''t and considering that most soldiers and nobles are fighting with the human armies, there is almost no one in the capital except the Queen herself who is able to stop him if he went on a rampage. "Clap, clap, clap." From the V.I.P area, a single person could be heard applauding while laughing with a cute voice. All the eyes in the arena focused on the origin of the sound and when they confirmed who was applauding, they were scared witless. Their queen, the person supposed to protect them was applauding when five of her guards got killed in front of her eyes. Did this not mean 26 could kill almost anyone when and where he wanted without repercussions? The girl stops applauding and starts talking: "26, you really surprised me with this performance. Never would I have guessed that the hero of the humans would end up like this after injecting a little progenitors blood. You really exceeded my expectations, not only were you the only one who''s body accepted the blood, even your class changed." I look up at the little girl with a look of confusion before asking: "Who are you?" The little girl and a bigger girl wearing strange clothes jump down. The little girl walks up to me and looks into my eyes before caressing my face. I can hear Azil shouting: "Whatever you do don''t back off, this girl is out of your league, you don''t even stand a chance. Just do as she says." Not able to reply, I slowly nod and keep looking at the girl. After a few moments, the girl stops touching him and replies: "I''m the progenitor in charge of this branch of the vampire kingdom and you could say I am your wife." What is this girl saying and more important what is a wife? Everyone in the arena gets a miniature heart attack and a few people actually fainted, I really don''t get why everyone is acting like that. The little girl falls on the ground and starts giggling uncontrollably. After a few seconds, she pulls herself up and giggles: "You should see all of your faces, of course, I am not his wife." Everyone starts to regain their composure and show you can hear a few sighs of relief, but seeing 26 unfazed expressions, the little girl shows an evil grin before continuing: "Well, you have my late husband his blood and I gave it to you, so you could say that I am your mother. You should call me mom." What is this girl talking about? Well since Azil told me to not anger her, I will just play along. 26 calmly replied: "Yes, Mom." "Tsk, you are no fun to tease", the girl exclaims while stomping with her foot on the ground. If the floor was made of stone instead of sand, it would be shattered by now. With a calm look on my face, I inquire: "If you are not my mother, who are you then?" The little girl facepalms before muttering: "Of course the amnesia, no wonder he looked so calm. Wait, he most likely doesn''t even know what a mother or wife is. Was it a mistake to have the maids give him that woman? I mean does he even know what a woman is?" She looks me in the eyes, making me feel uncomfortable before asking: "Do you know what I am?" This question totally surprised me and I mutter: "A girl?" The girl starts smiling and asks with an excited voice: "Do you know what a girl is?" Her smile made me smile and I happily shout: "No idea." "Slap." She starts shouting: "Are you an idiot? Why are you so happy about it?" After a few seconds, she calms down and continues in an exhausted tone: "From now on a tutor will come and each day and teach you the basics. Wait..what was I originally going to say again, ...ah right you could say I am your master and you my pet, so call me master." I open my mouth to ask what is a pet is, but before I can make a sound she coldly says: "The tutor will explain just listen for now if you got that then just nod." I nod and she looks relief before beckoning the other girl and ordering: "Explain to that chief of the guards that we planned on giving to him that she is supposed to teach him the most common of knowledge." The weird clothed girl bows and replies,"Yes Milady", after saying this she walks away. "26, listen well I will give you a piece of advice. You may have progenitors blood, but it is not awakened yet. In order to awaken it, you need to kill, kill a lot. Got that?", the little girl inquires. I nod and say: "Yes master." She looks quite pleased and continues: "In a month you will be included in a test. To succeed you have to survive a battle royal with 24 other test subjects, until then you have free access to the arena. This means you can ask to fight as many opponents as you see fit in order to train. I will be sending a woman over to you, she is a gift and your tutor. You can do wat you want but I would prefer if you did not kill her. Well, you can get rid of her limbs if she is annoying. Also, she is your food source so the guards won''t be giving you any more meals. Not that it matters, since blood is a lot tastier." She gives me playful look and comes closer to my ear and whispers: "Talking about blood", and sinks her fangs into my neck. After a few moments, she releases me and says with a delighted tone and an ecstatic face: "You taste just like my late husband, just like a real progenitor. Don''t let anyone drink your blood, you are my plaything." She starts walking towards the exit of the arena but right before she leaves she turns around and says: "Oh, and the sword you picked up can be considered a gift from me." As she enters the door, I can see the surrounding turning black and feel myself losing control over my body. After a few seconds, I feel my body hitting the ground and the last thing I hear is the girl shouting something. This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. Blood Queen Melissa''s view "Thud" I turn around and see 26 lying on the ground. Anger flashes on my face and I shout:"Get me the best healers we have, NOW!" Seeing all the visitors staring at 26 I give the order for eveyone including the guards to leave the arena. When the last person leaves I run towards 26''s body and start pacing around it while waiting for the doctors to arrive. While pondering about how this could have happend as he was just fine a few moments ago. If I find out who caused this I will skin them all alive. After a few minutes, two young female healers arrives and start inspecting his body. After the inspection, one of the two, a young looking woman, wearing traditional white with golden healers clothes and cute light blue hair comes over to me and bows down and says: "Long live ou..." I interrupt her by waving my hand to signal her to tell me what is wrong with him. The moment I interrupt her, I can see fear being born in her eyes. After a few moments, she quickly proceeds: "My Queen his physical condition is almost perfect and he has no wounds or illnesses." "Tsk, Then why did he collapse!", I shout The healer who is still kneeling gets on all fours and pushes her own face on the ground and I think she even wet her pants. Normally I would love such actions, but not now. I kick the healer and she flies a few meters back before crawling back and continuing in a frightened voice:"He has a mental problem, we noticed three distinct personalities in his head. His real one and two he created himself. Those personalities are most likely a result of the experiment. During the whole fight, he forcefully synchronized with one of the fake personalities resulting in extreme mental fatigue." After saying this the healer doesn''t make the slightest movement anymore and I get lost in my own thoughts. So he has three personalities. I need to learn more about them, maybe the guards in charge of the cells know more about them. This really is a relief, I thought he was in danger but he was just mentally exhausted. Well, he will need to get a better mental stamina to complete all the plans I have in store for him. I look at the healer in front of me and run my hands trough her hair and gently ask: "Good job figuring out, how did you do it?" The girl pants: "We had to take a bit of his blood..." My hands firmly grab her hair and slam her head into the floor before raging:"Who told you, you could take his blood. Bring it to me, NOW!" The other healer, a trembling black haired woman wearing the same clothes comes over and hands me a vial of blood before getting on all fours herself and bowing to me. As I receive the blood my anger fades away and I start scolding them:"Shall I tell you why you are not allowed to take this blood away." The two girls both start crying and the newly arrived girl also wet her pants. I guess they know I have executed people for smaller offenses, well I also have executed people for my own fun but I don''t think they know that. I walk around them and continue: "Have you ever had the honor of tasting my blood as a reward. Well, I guess not but believe me, it tastes like a piece of heaven to normal vampires like you. Do you believe me if I say that people have betrayed their entire families to get their hands on even a drop? Now tell me what gender am I?" The two quickly reply: "Female." I pet their heads as a reward and ask:"What gender is almost 90% of the capital?" The two again reply together: "Female." I stroke their backs and praise them:"Correct again, at the moment the gender ratio is 70% -30% in favor of the female population. This is the result of our low birth rate and all the wars. And because of the latest war almost all males are fighting on the front lines. I pull them up and start choking them both:" You should know female blood is what males especially love and females love male blood. So, tell me what would happen if a male progenitor''s blood got out in the city." Fear flashes in their eyes and with great effort the blue haired girl let out:"Male progenitor blood?" I drop them both and laugh:"Hahahaa, you did not even notice, this blood is that of a male progenitor. Oh silly me, of course, you would not know. I mean you have never even tasted my blood before so how could you know what a progenitor''s blood smells or tastes like. But did you not feel desire and arousal when you extracted this blood. No don''t say anything, let me guess you felt it and tried to take it away in order to test what kind of blood this is and enjoy it in a quiet place. The two girls stay on the ground, not daring to look at me but they start crying louder. Looking at their reaction it seems I was right. I crouch and pull their faces close to mine and whisper:"This is why I love normal vampires and nobles so much. The outside world sees you as prideful and dangerous but in front of a progenitor no matter the gender, you all act just like dogs. And the best thing is that you don''t even need to try act like that, no it is your blood that forces your body to react like this. You guys have no other option than to get aroused by the touch or attention of a progenitor of any gender. I mean aren''t the two of you aroused at the moment. The two of them are entirely red and the black haired woman is even drooling a bit. I giggle: "Well since you guys were able to find out what caused his situation I guess I will reward you" I open the bottle and pour the blood on the sand. "Enjoy your meal." As I walk towards the unconscious 26 with a perverted smile on my face I can see and hear the two of them licking the blood up together with a lot of sand, even fighting a bit over it. Really vampires are such a pitiful race filled with desire. But they are quite fun to play around with. I crouch down before petting 26''s head while whispering: "Become strong quickly 26 and amuse me more." Chapter 4: History lesson spectator view: 26''s cell. 26 slowly opens his eyes and notices that he is laying in his so familiar cell. He stands up and notices that for once everything is so clear to the point, that he gets the feeling that this is the first time he has ever been actually awake. A few moments after waking up Azil happily says:" Slept well?" "Could be better, how did I end up here?", he replies Azil''s smile becomes bigger and says:"The fight used up all your mental endurance and you collapsed. That little girl then called some guards to drag you back. The expression on the faces of those guards was priceless, they were so afraid of you waking up that they did not even say a word while carrying you." 26 replies with a grin:"Sure wish I could." "This is not a dream right? 26 what did you just say?", Azil asks "That I would have loved to see their expression while they were carrying me." "HAHAAHAHAA, it has finally happened",Azil madly laughs. Surprised by his reaction 26 spaces out and after a few moments inquires:"What are you talking about?" Ignoring his question he asks:"How do you feel?" "Quite amazing, it feels like I can do anything, but answer my question", 26 nags. "You two have synchronized, meaning that your soul has been fixed a bit. Well it is only temporarily but it is still amazing.", Nic tiredly says. 26 turns his head to look at Nic before asking:"How long does it last?" Nic thinks a bit before saying;"It should last three hours and another 7 minutes if you are in combat. I have also discovered when it will stay permanently." "When!?", 26 impatiently shout. "For every level, you gain after level 40, level 40 not included you gain one hour a day but lose one minute of extra combat time. All of this means that if you are able to reach level 65 your soul should have fixed itself. Well, that is if you are able to breach the wall know as lv 65.", Nic states. 26 walks over to the sole chair in the cell and sits on it before asking:"I just remembered, Azil what is with the whole ''wall'' thingy?" "It is a bit hard to explain and you should ask your tutor why it is like that, but I will try explaining it a bit. Every race has a ''wall'' they need to overcome. That wall for almost all races is level 50, the moment you reach that level you are in a whole new realm, the reason your strength skyrockets at level 50 is mostly because you are then able to use the elite tier equipment. Elite tier equipment gives stat bonuses and sometimes even has an active or passive skill. Only a small portion of the members of a race are able to breach that ''wall". This means that their veteran soldiers average level is between 45 and 49. But there are four races that are an exception to this natural law: the Vampires, the Nymphs, the Draconians and the Undead. The "wall" for these four races is level 65. This does not mean all their forces are lv 65 because reaching that level without the suitable opponents is quite difficult. This 15 level gap gave the armies of these four races an extreme advantage resulting in them getting cursed by the gods in the form of sins. I don''t remember the other races their sins but the vampires got pride and lust. " "Wait for a second Nic",26 interrupts him,"how come this only happened now and not when I reached lv 41?" Nic sighs:"This is only my speculation, but I think you first need to collapse from forcing your mind past its limit before the effect kicks in. This means you need to fight until you used up the hours you got from that day." 26 lets out a sigh:"Well, Let''s hope the tutor arrives while my mentality is still like this since I got a lot of question in store for her." After half an hour the sounds of three sets of footsteps and the rattling of chains. The two guards from yesterday are dragging a woman in her mid-twenties to me. She has long unkempt amber hair and a defiant look in her brown eyes. Ela''s view In the dimly lit prison ward there are a lot of small cages that one would normally be used on smaller animals but if one looked closely at them they could see humans cramped in them. In one of these cells, a young woman wakes up and starts laughing with despair after she once again remembers where she is. The young woman that can''t move a muscle in the cramped cell starts thinking about how she ended up here. Fate really likes to play tricks on me, doesn''t it? After a year of hard work and flattering my superiors I finally became one of the four guard commanders of Timberwolf City, the human city closest to these cursed vampire-infested mountains. The city itself was originally an old abandoned hunting village, hence its name but after our arrival in this world, we players quickly regained the land from the other races and repopulated the village, turning it into one of the bigger human cities. I worked three years and finally became the commander of the third division. I thought that I finally made it big, but I got caught in a vampire raid outside of the city and thrown in this cell. But some things are quite strange, because from what I heard from survivors that we rescued from the vampires, a prisoner normally gets his blood drained on a daily basis until he or she dies from malnourishment or they get sold to a rich vampire to be kept as a pet or livestock. Female prisoners also often get send to the front to serve their soldiers. But strangely enough, I have not gotten my blood drained even when I have been here already for a week. No use in wasting the little bit of energy I have on pondering about, let''s just try to rest a bit. After what I guess where a few hours, I get woken up be the sound of male voices. The cage opens and two guards pull me out of it. After a quick inspection, they put a collar around my neck and drag me trough the hallways. After not having walked for a week I need to strain my body to its limit to keep up. I don''t dare to lag behind since it would not surprise me if they would just leave on the ground to die if I fell down. I can fill a grim smile being formed on my lips, it seems like they finally diced what to do with me. Well, it is better than to be left in the dark, not knowing what is going to happen or when it is going happen. While walking I can see the pitiful state of the other prisoners, a few are in a near death situation, others just have a dull look and the new ones are still filled with fear and pity as they see me getting dragged off. After a few minutes, the young male guard starts talking:"Human you are a gift from our Queen to one of the test subjects and you will also serve him as a tutor. This means that you need to answer his every question and obey his every command. The guard stops talking then gropes my ass and one of my breast before saying with a lecherous smile: A small tip, don''t even try attacking him if he does not decapitate you in an instant the collar will kill you before you reach him and that would be a waste of your pretty face." Seeing what happened the old male says in a low voice: What are you doing, she is the property of 26 what would happen to you if he heard of what you just did." The young guard''s face turns ugly but after a moment he says:"Like 26 knows what is going on, you have told me yourself about his pitiful mental state." Hearing them talking about my future master I can''t help but fear for my future. I mean he said he can decapitate me in an instant, what kind of insane damage is that. Maybe they are lying or don''t know that I am level 53. No, I can see that their levels are 54 and 52 without inspecting them so that means they can see mine too. Well, it is not like being lv 53 is special among the vampires , maybe if I had my equipment I would stand a chance. Wait a second, they fear my new owner so maybe I can get back at that pervert by using him and what did he mean with ''pitiful mental state''. On second thought all signs show that I will and up as a pet, so he most likely won''t antagonize a guard just for a pet. Well, ending up a pet is actually the best result that I could have hoped for but why does a vampire need a tutor? We reach a cell with a lone young man sitting on the ground. He has white, long and messy hair and the typical red eyes of a vampire, but the feeling he gives is completely different from the other vampires. The older guard opens the door, pushes me in and mutters:" This is your new master, you get a meal twice a day, one in the morning and the evening." If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. "Sit down, we don''t have time to waste.": the young man orders without even looking at me. I decide to bet it all, look at the guards and get on my knees and beg:"Master I have one small request." Hearing this, fear flashes on the face of the guards. He looks interested and asks:"Oh, already? Well, it looks like this could be fun so speak." I point at the young guard and say:"This guard violated me after I had been given to you master." He stands up and laughs:''Oh, you have been abused and now you want to try to use me to get back at him, by claiming that he offended me when he was touching you?" Hearing this I can''t help but cower in fear, seems like he immediately saw my true intentions. He grabs a standard one-handed sword before walking up to me and laughing;"Smart girl, I got to remember this trick." He whispers something that I can''t hear and his body starts to glow a bit red before fading away again. He then walks to the young guard who is holding his sword while shaking visibly and slashes at his neck with incredible speed. "468" The guard his head flies off cleanly and my new master wipes the blood off his sword with the clothes of the now headless guard before ordering the other guard to clean his body up. He then enters the cell again, puts the sword down before smiling before asking:"Anything else?" I look at him dumbfounded, he just killed a level 52 guard in a single strike. That something one normally has to be around level 65 for while wearing good equipment, but I can see his level and it only is 44. How is this possible, does he not suffer from level suppression? He then sits back down and says:"Seems like there are no problems anymore, so sit down we have little time to waste." I look around and notice that there is no chair in this cell except the one he is sitting on, who is this vampire that is locked away, the guards called him a test subject if I remember correctly, just what experiment was this man part of to have such heaven-defying strength. I just sit on the ground and look at my new master? He looks at and after a moment he opens his mouth:"Now tell me about the origin stories of the races." "He?" His eyes turn cold and he calmly says:"Did I stutter?" What is with this aura, it feels like he is holding a blade at my neck. With every second that passes I can see his eyes becoming colder and the feeling of bloodlust he emits becomes stronger. I scrape my throat and reply:"No, I am sorry. I just got taken aback by that request since that story is something that almost everyone knows." Shit, why did I say this, maybe he will think I called him stupid, I am such an idiot, maybe if I apologize he will forgive me. "I am so sorry, please forgive me.", I hastily plead while I sit on my knees He throws his back and starts laughing like a madman. After a few seconds, he looks me in my eyes before saying:"Why do you apologize, it is true that everyone knows it, most likely I also knew it, but I have lost my memories. So please tell me the story again, oh and I will be interrupting you a few times to ask the meaning behind certain words. So after that, I started telling him the story. He interrupted me many times to know te meaning of words such as gods, sins, alliances... and in the end the story took almost an hour to tell. 26''s view I have learned a lot today from that story. It was a long and complicated story and I did not understand a lot of the words used but it is basically like this: In the beginning, this realm and world did not exist, but dozens of gods gather together to create it and called it Bellum. Each of the gods then created a single race and gave their race what they thought was most important: physical strength, magical affinity, numbers, longevity... Of course, for every merit there is a demerit and so no race was actually stronger than the other and they were all bound by this world and all had to break trough the wall know as level 50 for all of their creators were equally strong. This "wall" existed for all but four races, the vampires, the draconians, the nymphs and lastly the undead. Their creators gave them more power but in return had marked them with sin, thus making them imperfect in the eyes of the other gods. The vampires got cursed with pride and lust, the draconians with greed and wrath, the nymph with sloth and a sin we know nothing about and the undead with gluttony. These sins gave them great weaknesses, the draconians could be hired by playing in on their greed or lured into traps by enraging them. The vampires could be defeated by using underhanded tricks and their pride would prevent them from doing the same, the nymphs are too lazy to even pose a threat and the other races could easily claim their territory and the undead consume each other and thus pose no threat to other races. Originally these four races were supposed to each have three sins but their creators got killed by the other gods before they could finish giving them all their sins. The reason was simple, any one of these races could dominate all of the other races if they were to be completed, the last sin or sins would solve most of the weaknesses created by the other sins. Supposedly the first member, the prototype of each of these four races survived and still live on as the only completed member of their race and are extremely dangerous, each being at the demi-god level, better known as the deity level, I don''t really get the strength classification, but I will ask that a different day considering that half of my time has already been used. After this, a great war broke out and the gods started fighting, resulting in three great divine alliances. These three alliances don''t have an actual name but everyone calls them by their ideas. The three are Science, Affinity, and Strength. The humans, dwarves, and the earth spirits are the main members of Science and believe that by research is the true way of becoming a perfect existence. The elves, celestials, demons and pixies are the main members of the Affinity and believe that perfection can be found in becoming closer in touch with mana. As for the members of Strength they believe that the only true way of becoming closer to perfection is by training their body to its limit and then surpassing that limit. The races part of that group are the Beastkin, the green skins, and the spirit shifters. It is impossible to change alliances because that means abandoning your god, and the people who do that are no better than the four cursed races in the eyes of all other races. This led to many clans or groups being branded as heretics and forced into exile in the Forsaken Isles, home of the undead. The three alliances have been waging war for as long as any race can remember and it does not seem like this will be changing soon. They even created a system to keep this war going forever, when one race has almost been defeated the deity and the god, who are two different individuals of that race, summon a group of people from their race from another world. This has been done many times by almost every race and is also what the humans have recently done. The summoned people are commonly known as travelers but this time, they call themselves players. Ela''s view He looks at me and asks: " So you are also one of these players. There is one thing I don''t get, why help them? Did they not steal you away from your old life." "We had no other way to survive.", I bitterly reply. He stands up and takes a sword before saying:"This will be the end of today''s lessons, we will now be going to the arena for training, do you also want to train? Of course, you will get a weapon and I will try to keep you alive since I still have need for you." Wait...what!? He is asking me, a prisoner, if I want to become stronger and even offers me to give me a weapon. Does he not fear me trying to escape? Is it because the collar? No most likely he does not even know what this collar does. Is it a trap? Well, even if it is this is too good of an opportunity to check out his strength. I smile and say:"Of course I would like to train, but I have not had to honor of hearing masters name, would master be so kind as to tell me?" He smiles and says:"Just drop the act of being obedient, I have no use for a flatterer and I have no real name, so just call me 26."