Chapter 21
—Vampire.
As the final result of all my considerations, I decided to select Demon King (Vampire) as my evolution path.
Please be right, my theory.
I operated the smartphone with a trembling finger, selecting Demon King (Vampire)
—!?
Upon pressing it, a hexagram appears below my feet and I’m enveloped by a dazzling light.
Guaaaaaah!?
My entire body feels hot. It’s as if I’m getting burned to death…
As if my cells are being turned into ash one by one, the pain travels through my entire body.
…Hey…when’s this…going to…end…?
It was a mere 60 seconds. But, going by what I just experienced, it might as well have been an eternity until the suffering finally ended.
Haa…Haa…
Once the hexagram under my feet disappeared, the previous pain also vanished as if all of it had been an illusion.
While heavily breathing with my shoulders heaving up and down, I lower my eyes on to the smartphone’s display.
The usual, familiar entries were visible.
With a trembling hand I touch 【Status】.
Seeing the displayed status, I break into a large grin.
Name: Shion
Aptitude: Chaos
Race: Demon King (Vampire)
Lv.: 3
CP: 300
Body: D (E)
Mana: D (E)
Knowledge: E
Creation: C
Alchemy: B
BP: 6
Unique Ability – Demon King
– Domain Creation
– Subordinate Creation
– Item Creation
– Darkness Veil
– Dark Arrow
– Vampire
– Absorb
– Blood Chalice
– Contract
My theory has come true splendidly.
Fufufun♪ While cheerfully humming through my nose, I operate the smartphone and check all of the new entries.
『Demon King (Vampire): Demon King owning a good compatibility to inhabit the darkness. They display their strength within the darkness. It’s possible to subdue blood relatives as bloodkin. Evolution Conditions: More than 30 days not moving from one’s own room while staying in darkness.』
Oh!? It informs about the evolution conditions. Though it’s kind of meaningless to learn about it at this point.
But, indeed, now that I think of it, I haven’t left this room…or rather the deepest part of my Domain since creating it.
I spent everyday commanding my subordinates, checking the situation of my subordinates intercepting invaders with my smartphone, and using the phone to gather information in my spare time.
Huh? Although it’s me saying it, rather than being a Demon King or vampire…aren’t I more like the useless type of human beings called hikikomori or shut-in?
Well, whatever…it turned out fine in the end! I can’t leave my Domain anyway.
Or rather, I wouldn’t be able to fulfill the vampire path’s evolution condition if I were to leave this room, right?
Whoa, scary!? Isn’t that an eternal life as a hikikomori?
Guh, I guess I will completely rethink and check the next entry for now.
『Dark Arrow: Firing an Arrow of Darkness.』
『Vampire: Body and Mana will be strengthened as long as the vampire stays in a space of darkness. In other other spaces, body and mana will weaken. They gain strong resistance against darkness and physical attacks. Their resistance against light, water and fire attributes declines dramatically. Resistance against items made out of silver declines dramatically.』
…Eh?
Aren’t there way too many demerits in comparison to the possible merits?
Above all, what’s with the dramatic decline of resistance against items made out of silver!? Even though it’s just two, I have already already given silver items away…
I offered an item that’s my weak-spot to my enemies…?
Hahaha…lol. Let’s never put any Silver items into treasure chests ever again.
I pull myself together and check the next entry.
『Absorb: By sucking out a target’s life force, they absorb the abilities of the target.』
『Blood Chalice: Creation of a chalice filled with one’s everything. To create it, all CP will be consumed.』
『Contract: To turn a target into a bloodkin by giving them the blood chalice.』
Going by my gut feeling, are 『Blood Chalice』 and 『Contract』 a set of special abilities? What bothers me is the line 『all CP will be consumed』.
Looks like it’s necessary to closely inspect this matter later.
『Absorb』. This is a special ability truly befitting a vampire. I thought that if I absorb — suck blood, it would be at a level of recovering stamina at the most, but it’s an atrocious, special ability that goes far beyond my expectations.
Or rather, in my speculations, I believed that if I bit someone, they would turn into my bloodkin, but instead the other person will only become my bloodkin by giving them my blood?
There’s all sorts of things I want to properly test out, but at the moment it will only be a pointless waste of the CP I’m recovering.
I guess I will properly verify things after creating some subordinates fitting my current situation first.
I operate the smartphone and tap on the creation entry.
—!?
“Fua!?”
Seeing the displayed entries, I leak a strange voice.
The 『World Salvation Project』…is truly lacking explanation about important details all the time.
What was displayed on my smartphone is—
『Slime: 2 CP; Rat: 4 CP; Bat: 2 CP; Wolf: 6 CP; Goblin: 10 CP; Kobold: 20 CP; Orc: 40 CP; Dark Elf: 100 CP』
Except for the bat, the creation costs of all subordinates doubled.
Moreover,
Giant Bat – Rank E. Huge Bat. It causes light headache by releasing ultrasonic waves. It likes sucking blood with its large fangs, but it doesn’t recover any vitality through that act. Creation Cost: 5 CP
Ghoul – Rank D. A mere shadow of a lifeform’s former self that had its life sucked out. Due to the missing sense of pain, its strength is amplified, but it has exceedingly low intelligence. Creation Cost: 10 CP.
Lycanthrope – Rank D. A species cursed to be possessed by beasts. It displays its true strength when basked in the moonlight. Until that happens, its true identity will remain unknown. Creation Cost: 30 CP
I am now able to create three new subordinates.
So the subordinates I can create differ depending on the race which I evolved to? Moreover, the CP necessary to create them is apparently different as well?
Even if I wanted to verify it, there’s no target to compare it to. I can only examine it based on the produced outcome.
I suppose I will use some CP to create the new subordinates for starters.
Using my smartphone, I create a giant bat, a ghoul and a lycanthrope. The total of used CP is 45.
I put aside 1 hour and 15 minutes to examine them in my current jumbled timetable.
Chapter 21
—Vampire.
As the final result of all my considerations, I decided to select Demon King (Vampire) as my evolution path.
Please be right, my theory.
I operated the smartphone with a trembling finger, selecting Demon King (Vampire)
—!?
Upon pressing it, a hexagram appears below my feet and I’m enveloped by a dazzling light.
Guaaaaaah!?
My entire body feels hot. It’s as if I’m getting burned to death…
As if my cells are being turned into ash one by one, the pain travels through my entire body.
…Hey…when’s this…going to…end…?
It was a mere 60 seconds. But, going by what I just experienced, it might as well have been an eternity until the suffering finally ended.
Haa…Haa…
Once the hexagram under my feet disappeared, the previous pain also vanished as if all of it had been an illusion.
While heavily breathing with my shoulders heaving up and down, I lower my eyes on to the smartphone’s display.
The usual, familiar entries were visible.
With a trembling hand I touch 【Status】.
Seeing the displayed status, I break into a large grin.
Name: Shion
Aptitude: Chaos
Race: Demon King (Vampire)
Lv.: 3
CP: 300
Body: D (E)
Mana: D (E)
Knowledge: E
Creation: C
Alchemy: B
BP: 6
Unique Ability – Demon King
– Domain Creation
– Subordinate Creation
– Item Creation
– Darkness Veil
– Dark Arrow
– Vampire
– Absorb
– Blood Chalice
– Contract
My theory has come true splendidly.
Fufufun♪ While cheerfully humming through my nose, I operate the smartphone and check all of the new entries.
『Demon King (Vampire): Demon King owning a good compatibility to inhabit the darkness. They display their strength within the darkness. It’s possible to subdue blood relatives as bloodkin. Evolution Conditions: More than 30 days not moving from one’s own room while staying in darkness.』
Oh!? It informs about the evolution conditions. Though it’s kind of meaningless to learn about it at this point.
But, indeed, now that I think of it, I haven’t left this room…or rather the deepest part of my Domain since creating it.
I spent everyday commanding my subordinates, checking the situation of my subordinates intercepting invaders with my smartphone, and using the phone to gather information in my spare time.
Huh? Although it’s me saying it, rather than being a Demon King or vampire…aren’t I more like the useless type of human beings called hikikomori or shut-in?
Well, whatever…it turned out fine in the end! I can’t leave my Domain anyway.
Or rather, I wouldn’t be able to fulfill the vampire path’s evolution condition if I were to leave this room, right?
Whoa, scary!? Isn’t that an eternal life as a hikikomori?
Guh, I guess I will completely rethink and check the next entry for now.
『Dark Arrow: Firing an Arrow of Darkness.』
『Vampire: Body and Mana will be strengthened as long as the vampire stays in a space of darkness. In other other spaces, body and mana will weaken. They gain strong resistance against darkness and physical attacks. Their resistance against light, water and fire attributes declines dramatically. Resistance against items made out of silver declines dramatically.』
…Eh?
Aren’t there way too many demerits in comparison to the possible merits?
Above all, what’s with the dramatic decline of resistance against items made out of silver!? Even though it’s just two, I have already already given silver items away…
I offered an item that’s my weak-spot to my enemies…?
Hahaha…lol. Let’s never put any Silver items into treasure chests ever again.
I pull myself together and check the next entry.
『Absorb: By sucking out a target’s life force, they absorb the abilities of the target.』
『Blood Chalice: Creation of a chalice filled with one’s everything. To create it, all CP will be consumed.』
『Contract: To turn a target into a bloodkin by giving them the blood chalice.』
Going by my gut feeling, are 『Blood Chalice』 and 『Contract』 a set of special abilities? What bothers me is the line 『all CP will be consumed』.
Looks like it’s necessary to closely inspect this matter later.
『Absorb』. This is a special ability truly befitting a vampire. I thought that if I absorb — suck blood, it would be at a level of recovering stamina at the most, but it’s an atrocious, special ability that goes far beyond my expectations.
Or rather, in my speculations, I believed that if I bit someone, they would turn into my bloodkin, but instead the other person will only become my bloodkin by giving them my blood?
There’s all sorts of things I want to properly test out, but at the moment it will only be a pointless waste of the CP I’m recovering.
I guess I will properly verify things after creating some subordinates fitting my current situation first.
I operate the smartphone and tap on the creation entry.
—!?
“Fua!?”
Seeing the displayed entries, I leak a strange voice.
The 『World Salvation Project』…is truly lacking explanation about important details all the time.
What was displayed on my smartphone is—
『Slime: 2 CP; Rat: 4 CP; Bat: 2 CP; Wolf: 6 CP; Goblin: 10 CP; Kobold: 20 CP; Orc: 40 CP; Dark Elf: 100 CP』
Except for the bat, the creation costs of all subordinates doubled.
Moreover,
Giant Bat – Rank E. Huge Bat. It causes light headache by releasing ultrasonic waves. It likes sucking blood with its large fangs, but it doesn’t recover any vitality through that act. Creation Cost: 5 CP
Ghoul – Rank D. A mere shadow of a lifeform’s former self that had its life sucked out. Due to the missing sense of pain, its strength is amplified, but it has exceedingly low intelligence. Creation Cost: 10 CP.
Lycanthrope – Rank D. A species cursed to be possessed by beasts. It displays its true strength when basked in the moonlight. Until that happens, its true identity will remain unknown. Creation Cost: 30 CP
I am now able to create three new subordinates.
So the subordinates I can create differ depending on the race which I evolved to? Moreover, the CP necessary to create them is apparently different as well?
Even if I wanted to verify it, there’s no target to compare it to. I can only examine it based on the produced outcome.
I suppose I will use some CP to create the new subordinates for starters.
Using my smartphone, I create a giant bat, a ghoul and a lycanthrope. The total of used CP is 45.
I put aside 1 hour and 15 minutes to examine them in my current jumbled timetable.
