NOVEL WEB Chapter 19: Grown
In the Blood Kingdom of the Underworld...
Kurtz was brought back to the present by terrified gasps from the humans as they were lead towards a bridge in the distance.
Underneath this bridge stood numerous flaming torches which extended on into the distance like a wall of flames.
Kurtz removed something from within his coat staring at it with a frown on his face. It was a black bucket hat which could be said that he had stolen from a particular girl, taking a whiff of the hat, Kurtz sighed before putting it over his head.
Even though he was not afraid of anyone discovering him, Kurtz still wanted to avoid unnecessary problems.
In a blur, he reached within the human crown in an instant melding between them without anyone noticing. Kurtz eyes looked over the humans, most were weak, sickly looking, and hurdled together with no hint of hope of their faces. They had all been made perfectly aware of their situations and also made aware of the cruel reality that they had no choice. They were the sacrifice to ensure peace and order in the human world. He could also see some purple eyed vampires by the sides leading the humans on but even they had failed to notice anything and soon, they were being lead over the bridge.
On the bridge, Kurtz brows rose as he saw a young man moving towards the group with a welcoming smile on his face.
"My Lord, you don't have to trouble yourself further, I will take over from here." The young man spoke looking at a certain figure at the front of the humans.
Without a word, the person being spoke to turned back towards the humans who stopped. Slowly, he looked over the crowd when his golden eyed suddenly thinned.
"Take over." He eventually replied.
The young man whose smile widened before looking at the crowd and speaking with a gentle voice, "Welcome, brothers and sisters, I am Dunn. I have been charged with leading you back to the human settlements where you will meet other humans. Please don't be scared as our life here is not quite as bad as you might think it is." He spoke before walking towards a lady in front of the group and taking her arm, "shall we" he spoke gently and soon, both were leading the crowd towards the other end of the bridge.
"He has grown into a fine man." Kurtz muttered, watching the departing back of the young man with a smile on his face.
"That hat looks good on you." He suddenly heard a voice from the side and Kurtz brow rose. He however ignored walking on but a strong hand had grabbed his shoulder holding him in place.
"Would you mind lending it to me?" The voice spoke on.
Kurtz paused with a sigh before looking back, "I thought you only liked cats, when did you start liking hats" he spoke and the golden eyes opposite him rose, greatly taken aback.
The Royal Vampire however recovered in a split seconds as his face hardened, "how do you know that, who are you?" he asked, a golden glow emerging within his eyes and Kurtz felt a slight tug on his mind.
The Vampire was trying to use his mental control power on him.
"Stop that crap Vera" Kurtz said before removing the hat on his face, "you powers are still too weak to enthrall me." He said with a smirk looking at the golden eyed vampire whose face slowly morphed from confusion, to surprise and then horror.
"Kurtz" Vera called after sometimes taking shaky steps back and Kurtz shook his head, "can you just pretend we never met, I just came to check on my mother's bone and father's tomb?" Kurtz said.
Vera closed his eyes for a moment before opening them, now more composed. "Are you really just here to check on your dead parents?" He asked eyeing Kurtz suspiciously.
"What if I am not here just for that, what will you do?" Kurtz asked back with amused smile.
The golden eyed vampire's eyed hardened as he replied, "you already had your revenge, what else do you want from us".
Chuckling, Kurtz removed a small red bottle from his chest, tearing off the lid and he took a swig before handing it to Vera. "As long as you can take a pint of this and not spit it back, I promise you my best conduct." He said and the royal Vampire's brows rose.
Shrugging, he took the pack before dropping a slight pint of its content on his tongue, "what about this, I will drink the whole of this and you will not only promise me your best conduct, but you will also promise that best conduct will not cause any problem for the Kingdom?" He asked and Kurtz smirked.
Patting the Royal Vampire's shoulder, Kurtz put the bucket hat back on his head before turning back towards the human settlement and walked off.
Behind him, the royal Vampire stared on with a frown before giving a resigned sigh. He was one of the Vampires who had attacked Kurtz and his father but then, they had discovered how terrifying the Hybrid Prince was, he would rather not disturb Kurtz anymore.
Looking, at the pack in his hand, the Royal Vampire emptied its whole content once before walking away from the human settlement.
In front of Kurtz however, the system had lit up.
[Nature skill had been activated]
[Name: Vera Blood]
[Race: Vampire]
[Affinity: Blood]
~Stat~
[Health: 100%]
[Energy: 125/125,000]
[Strength: 49]
[Agility: 50]
[Defense: 45]
[Perception: 55]
~Skills~
[Blood Enhance- ???: Allows a Vampire to enhance their overall physical ability by circulating their internal blood energy around their body.]
[Blood Materialization – ???: Allows a Vampire to summon their internal Blood energy into a physical form]
[Blood control - ???: Allows a Vampire to manipulate the blood of their enemy and strengthen themselves significantly.]
[Mental Control – ???: Allows the user to control other people as long as their eyes are in contact.]
[Transformation - ???: Enables a Vampire to transform into a flock of bat.]
~Weakness~
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[Please maintain touch with subject to acquire more information]
Kurtz could not help smile widely on seeing this, the system had gotten so much information about Vera with just a touch and Kurtz was actually surprised to see that the Vampire Royal beat him in pure physicality.
"This skill, it might just be my greatest haul with the system upgrade." He muttered before looking around.