Unwritten Mythos

"The most primal human emotion is fear. And the most primal, strongest fear is that of the unknown."

"Should I try to get the Unknown trait through fear?"

Mei thought for a moment and took a Lovecraft horror novel from a bookshelf.

"Ghroth is definitely possible."

"But, it's difficult to create."

"After all, in essence, Ghroth is the same size as a planet. As a creature with the concept of an Outer God, with the materials I have now, I'm afraid I can't create it."

"At least I haven't created any creatures with extreme concepts yet, let alone creatures whose size can be compared to planets."

"And other creatures, most of them are also very large."

"So, I need to draw out the concept of extreme size first, so I'll use the blue whale. After all, it's the largest known sea creature."

"I'll have 002 do it."

Mei wanted to continue observing the clash between the angel, vampire, and demon, as well as take notes. She didn't have much time to collect materials.

She couldn't do everything herself, after all.

"Ideally, I'd need to create something that can actively observe each monster for me and then record their information, and I'd only need to look at the summaries."

"Um… then I'll call this tag 'Observer.' It just so happens that some of its trait could be applied to Ghroth."

...

New York, Queens.

Shino sat squatting on the street, with a lot of hamburger wrappers scattered on the ground. "Not full… hungry. Vampires can't satisfy their hunger through normal food."

Shino began breathing heavily. His pupils started turning blood red.

His bloodlust was rising.

"Blood…"

Slap!

Shino suddenly slapped himself. His pupils instantly turned black again. "No, no, don't…"

"Ugh!"

Feeling the unbearable hunger, Shino bit his own hand. His teeth were sharp, easily piercing the skin of his hand.

The fresh blood flowed into his mouth, but it didn't ease his hunger. He didn't even find the taste of his own blood particularly palatable.

He only wanted to use pain to stimulate himself, to prevent himself from losing his mind.

Seeing Shino's pained expression, someone approached and patted him on the shoulder.

"Very painful, huh?"

Hearing this, Shino turned his head. The person was a blonde man.

He was also a vampire.

But he seemed to be of a lower rank than Shino, just a Marquess.

"I'm also under Lilith's famaliar. Lilith sent me to look after you."

Shino suddenly stood up. "You're here to look after me? Where's Lilith?"

The blonde vampire chuckled. "Lilith has things she has to take care of."

Shino's brow furrowed. "Where were you when Lilith was in trouble before?"

The blonde vampire shrugged. "Oh, I was busy with other tasks. You seem to be in pain, would you like something to drink?"

He was lying.

When Shino stared into his eyes, the man's eyes briefly darted away.

Before Shino could say anything else, the man suddenly attacked. His hand cracked, and a blood sword burst out from his palm!

But Shino was prepared. He retreated backward.

But the blood sword suddenly extended, directly slicing off Shino's arm!

Splat, splat!

Fresh blood spurted from Shino's stump, and a wave of pain instantly flooded his brain!

"Aa!!"

Shino howled in agony. The blonde vampire immediately laughed. "Ha ha ha, Lilith's familiar is so weak!"

"Ah, are you normally not very bloodthirsty? I feel like you don't have any Blood Energy in your body at all."

Without saying a word, Shino turned around and lunged towards his arm, reattaching his severed limb.

The nerves and blood vessels were connected, but it was a slow process.

Was it because he didn't have any Blood Energy?

Shino gritted his teeth and turned to run. But the blonde vampire was incredibly fast. He instantly appeared in front of Shino and kicked him to the ground!

"Not even bothering to spread your wings? Faerûn really cares for you. He actually let me come to kill a baby."

Damn it…

Because he hadn't eaten anything, Shino was extremely weak. Plus, he didn't have any Blood Energy in his body. Now, he couldn't even close the wounds on his body instantly!

If this continued, Shino would really be killed by this guy!

He clenched his fist, directly pushed off the ground, and spun around, kicking the blonde vampire.

But the blonde vampire simply swatted him away, grabbing Shino's calf.

"Good thinking, but unfortunately, you're too weak."

As he spoke, the blonde vampire flicked his finger, launching Shino across the street. Shino slammed into a wall headfirst!

Boom!

His head enter the wall, but his body stuck out.

Shino's hands flailed in the air. He used all his strength to pull his head out.

However, the blonde vampire flicked his wrist and appeared in front of him. He put his hands in his pockets and kicked Shino in the chest!

Boom!

With a loud bang, a large hole was kicked in Shino's stomach. The wall behind him shattered.

He was going to die!

This time, he was really going to die!

Shino's face was twisted in agony. The blonde vampire was enjoying this sight.

"There are two kinds of joys in the world, ones you just can't resist."

"One is defeating the strong, the other is crushing the weak. I'm afraid I prefer the latter."

Shino coughed blood from the corner of his mouth. "It's because… you… can't beat someone stronger than you…"

Boom!

The blonde man kicked him again, his face turning cold.

"Shut up. You're a third-generation. I'm a fourth-generation. You say I'm bullying you? Well, I'm crushing the strong."

Ah…

Ha ha…

"Ha ha ha, strong? You really think I'm strong? Then why don't you go to the maternity ward and challenge a newborn?"

Shino said with a blood-stained smile.

The blonde vampire tapped his chin. "You're quite witty, huh? Do you know what it's like to have your tongue cut off?"

"Imagine, licking a sharp knife, the blade splitting your tongue, cutting the complex nerves on your tongue… That kind of pain can make you wish you were dead!"

"But the good thing is, a vampire's tongue can grow back. Theoretically, I can keep cutting it off, over and over again, letting you experience this feeling! Until… you can't recover anymore!"

Shino slowly closed his eyes, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"You enjoy it, then."

He didn't have any strength left to resist.

The only thing that was a little regrettable…

'I won't be able to go back. Dad, Mom, and Big Brother.'

Shino laughed bitterly in his heart. He was supposed to graduate and apologize to Chino properly, but…

It didn't seem like he would have the chance.

As Shino closed his eyes, a triangular circle pattern on the palm of his hand suddenly flashed.

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