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As Chris started messing around with his tail, Paul took a look at his current Status.
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[Pyer Name]: [Vd Von Sange VII]
[Titles]: [Iron Blood Empire’s Seventh Prince]
[Blood Core]: [Blood Emp Realm (Tier 4: Rank 4)] (Blood Energy: 6.000/12.000)
[Bloodline]: [Lesser Vampire Chimera Bloodliier 2: Rank 1)]
[Soul]: [Spiritual Golden Red Sea Psyche (Tier 3: Rank 1)]
[Race]: [Dhampir]
[Css]: [Seventh Vampire Prince: ★]
[Subcss]: [None]
[Blood Power]: [15.150]
[Soul Ether]: [6.450]
[Strength]: [7.000]
[Ara]: [5.800]
[Vitality]: [6.800]
[Dexterity]: [6.950]
[Character Background Traits]: [Insatiable Gluttony (Legendary Grade)] [Heavenly Demon’s Soul (Legendary Grade)]
[Character Background Fws]: [Triple Shattered Meridian Physique (Legendary Grade)] [The Lonely Demon’s Last Wish (Legendary Grade)]
[Racial Skills (6/6)]
[False Immortality (S): Lv3] [Blood Bending (A): Lv3] [Bloodline Absorption (S): Lv2] [Moonlight Boost (C): Lv3] [Ogre’s Muscles (C): Lv3] [Bat Transformation (C): Lv2] [Chimeric Body (A): Lv1]
[Css Skills (4/6)]
[Soul-Eating Fist Teique (S): Lv3] [Treacherous (D): Lv3] [Beast Hunter (D): Lv3] [Shadow Spear (C): Lv2]
[Subcss Skills (5/5)]
[Alchemy (C): Lv6] [Crafting (D): Lv4] [Runigravement (B): Lv4] [Echolocation (D): Lv2] [Sewing (D): Lv4]
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Quite a lot had ged; his Blood Power had increased to a whopping fifteen thousand, and his Ara was nearing six thousand too. The rest of his stats were fairly banced; Vampires had unfairly high growth stats pared to other races of beings in the world of Genesis.
However, Vd was uo fully use these stats, as they were lowered by 90%. His true stats would actually look like this:
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[Blood Power]: [1.515]
[Soul Ether]: [645]
[Strength]: [700]
[Ara]: [580]
[Vitality]: [680]
[Dexterity]: [695]
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“Pitiful…”
It was incredibly low!
However, his Blood Power was still fairly det…
In terms of strength, it could be said he was at the strength of a Tier 1 Monster.
Wow, so weak…
Even the narrator was rather disappointed.
“I have to find ways to somehow be able to get my stats back. This annoying curse... If only there was a way to remove Traits!” Vd groaned in annoyahis Chimeric Body ability is not bad though; it gives me bonus stats that aren’t decreased by y pert, somehow.”
Vd noticed that at the side of his normal stats, there were small brackets. By toug them with his finger, he was able to expand them, showing him the bonuses he gets from buffs and skills.
His current Werewolf franted him a bonus of +100th aerity and +500 Vitality. It was not bad at all, and it made him detly strong at long st.
The duration, however, was only ten minutes, and the cost was quite a lot of Ara, but as the skill leveled up, the bonuses would increase, so he didn’t mind the Ara cost; he had plenty of items to give him Ara after all.
“What? Upset because you’re weaker than me~?” Chris began teasing him. “I think I got higher Strength than you, lol!”
"Yeah, sure, say whatever you want for now,” sighed Vd. “Maybe I won’t be upgrading your stuff, I guess?”
“Wha…?!” Alitheus panicked, and the incubus then started floating around him. “e on, dude, don’t take it so seriously; I was joking! It was le joke!”
“Okay…” Paul looked at his iory while feeling slightly healed after feeling so underwhelmed. The incubus-cheery attitude did make him happy. “Now we have a lot of items; should we use them?”
“Right, we did get a lot of stuff…” Chris said. “I’ll open my treasure chest then… What about you?”
“Yeah, I’ll opewo I have. Based on what we get, we distribute and share it,” said Vd. “What do you think?”
“Hmmm, I would rather keep it all for me!” Chris said, quickly flying somewhere else and bringing a huge treasure chest onto the fllowing with a crimson and e color.
Vd did the same, bringing two of them. His eyes were still looking at the stored corpses of the raid bosses. His Gluttony Trait wao devour them pletely, but he khey were valuable materials, and just eating them all would be stupid.
The treasure chests were opened almost by a mental and, revealing the treasures ihere were thousands of silver-colored s, Credit s, aside from other items such as elixirs, skill books, and even some equipment pieces.
Defeating a Raid Boss was certainly going to reward him well; not only were there these treasure chests, but also Raid Points he could exge for uems only sold in that shop and no other.
Ding!
[You have opehe two [Raid Boss Treasure Chests]!]
[You received the following Items: [Credit s] x200.000 [Refi Elixir (S Grade)] x10 [High Ara Potion (A Grade)] x20 [High Health Potion (A Grade)] x20 [Antidote Potion (A Grade)] x20 [Skill Fusion Ticket (A Grade)] x1 [Skill Evolution Ticket: Raid Boss Soul (A Grade)] x1 [Skill Book: Bzing Doppelganger (A Grade)] x1 [Skill Book: Vessel of Fmes (S Grade)] x1 [Unending Crimson’s Tear Ring (S Grade)] x1 [Bzi Crystal Earrings (S Grade)] x1]
“Oh wow, really good. I got a lot of stuff iwo…” Vd said with a smile.
Although Paul’s treasure chests were two, Chris had the biggest, as his treasure chest beloo the third raid boss and was the stro of them all.
He ended up getting slightly more rewards than Paul: three huhousand Credits, fifteen Refi Elixirs, twenty-five potions of the three types, three skill books, and so on. He even obtaihree pieces of equipment. , a bracelet, and a neon—a huge crimson axe.
"Heh, it looks like I got better rewards this time~” Chris giggled mischievously.
“Well, I still got this other item from the Dungeon we pleted before the whole Raid began…” Vd suddenly summoned a third treasure chest.
This one was dropped by the Vessel of the Unending Crimson of the Duhey had visited prior to the Raid that happened on Elderbridge. Both received personal rewards, so Chris couldn’t pin and ask him to give them to him.
As the treasure chest ened, something inside was revealed…
Ding!
[You have opehe [Unending Crimson Raid-Themed Equipment Treasure Chest (S Grade)]!]
[You received the following Items: [Credit s] x50.000 [Eternal Cursed Fire Sword (S Grade)] x1]
“A sword… And fifty thousand Credits, not bad. This sword is awfully weightless too, weird.”
As he wielded the crimson and bck-colored bde, with intricate designs resembling fmes, Vd felt like the sword itself emanated an aura of its own, stantly attempting to create a e with his own soul.
[“Hey, be careful; that on is cursed. If you lower yuard, it’ll curse you!”]
The voice of the Heavenly Demon resonated within Vd’s mind as he dropped the sword into the floor almost instantly.
K!
The sword’s bck aura quickly dissipated, looking as if it had never looked suspicious before. Whatever that curse was, it felt strange. Vd could swear he heard a voice telling him to burhing.
“Eh? What happened?” Chris wondered.
“That sword’s cursed… Ugh, my Avatar was about to get a bit crazy,” sighed Paul. “Anyways, I don’t think I wear it right now. It’s not like I am immuo curses.”
“’t you eat the curses?” Chris wondered.
“What? How do I even… Hmm,” Paul rubbed his .
The handsome vampire then approached the swain, trying to el that strange hollowness within his body he always felt wheing.
He knew instinctively that this hollowness was where the power of the Curse of Gluttony was located, and then his eyes glowed bright red.
FLASH!
“There…!”
He touched the bde as his power surged, enpassing the entire bde. A sudden, loud scream echoed from it, as if there was a creature inside.
“Gryyaagh!”
The form of a demon made of fire surged, groaning angrily, but Gluttony tinuously expahrough its body, ing every inch of it.
“GULP…”
Ohe endless jaws made of Demoniergy fiheir meal, the bde fell to the floor, shining brightly, no longer cursed.
“It worked…?”
Both Paul and Chris couldn’t believe their eyes at this very moment.
Ding!
[You have ed the Masterful Curse of the [Eternal Cursed Fire Sword (S Grade)] cast by The {Unending Crimson}!]
[You gained +1.00th and Ara.]
[You learhe Skill: [Cursed Fire juration (B): Lv1]!]
[The [Eternal Cursed Fire Sword (S Grade)] has transformed into the [Heroic Fme Sword (S+ Grade)]! Several of its inal cursed effects have beeed, and its true power has been awakened.]
“The sword improved too…!” Chris noticed the glistening bde’s bck color being gold. “This is nuts! Maybe you could try eating the curses of other things- Wait, you eat my curse too?”
“Let me try…” Vd touched Chris shoulders and trated.
However, the hollowness would not react at all, simply ign Chris entirely.
Deep down, there was only one way to do it, and it was by Chris dying and leaving a corpse of his Avatar.
But of course, he would not obey such wicked thoughts from a Curse inside of his Avatar, so he simply said there was no way.
“ seems impossible.”
“Fuck… Oh well, not bad though; you even got a new Skill, right?”
“Yeah, you guessed right… I jure… Cursed Fire?”
FLUOSH!
Vd’s hand suddenly jured a bck fireball, overflowing with a malicious, bzing aura. This cursed fire was simir to the fire the other monstrosities of the Unending Crimson jured.
“Not bad; it seems strong, and it bees stronger based on my soul,” said Vd. “Hm, I suppose what the sword’s curse did was imbue this fme into my soul or something and make the avatar go mad.”
“Weird, well, gd it’s gone,” said Chris. “But you even wield a sword? You always just battle with your fists or ys.”
“I don’t know, but it’s wiving it a try, at least…” said Vd. “A sword is definitely sharper than my bare hands. It seems to carry its own abilities as well. Did you get the Refi Elixirs too?”
“Yeah, let’s drink them together, our st little powerup before we get into crafting stuff… I’ll try to help this time,” said Chris. “Last time I just watched, and that didn’t sit well with me… Because it kind of feels like I’m just leeg off you.”
“Oh? So you have finally realized…” Vd ughed.
“E-Eh?! I wasn’t leeg off you; it just FELT that way, okay?!” Chris said. “I already paid you well for what you crafted for me, so… Let me help. I think I could learn Alchemy quickly? You did pretty fast after all. So there’s no way I ’t do it just as quickly, maybe even faster than you, because I don’t have all my stats lowered.”
“Maybe,” Vd nodded.
The two drank the Refi Elixirs, taining high quantities of pure silver-colored essehat could repy type of energy requirement to Rank Up.
Ding!
[You have ed the [Refi Elixir (S Grade)] x10!]
[Your body has absorbed the Refining Silver Essence! Your Blood Core, Psyche, and Bloodline have absorbed its energies and strengthehemselves.]
[Rank Up!]
[Rank Up!]
[Rank Up!]
[Rank Up!]
[Rank Up!]
[Rank Up!]
[Rank Up!]
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[Your [Blood Core]: [Blood Emp Realm (Tier 4: Rank 4)] Rank has increased to Tier 4: Rank 8!]
[Your Blood Power has increased by +1.400.]
[Your Strength, Vitality, aerity have increased by +1.200.]
[Your Ara has increased by +1.200.]
[Your [Bloodline]: [Lesser Vampire Chimera Bloodliier 3: Rank 1)] Rank has increased to Tier 3: Rank 5!]
[You gained +1.200 Blood Power]
[You gained +1.000 Ara.]
[Your [Soul]: [Spiritual Golden Red Sea Psyche (Tier 3: Rank 1)] Rank has increased to Tier 3: Rank 5!]
[You gained +1.200 Soul Ether]
[You gained +1.000 Ara.]
Four Ranks for all things, his stats once more increased, and although the curse remained, he still felt his Soul being much stronger and his Blood Power rising expoially.
“Hm?”
As he grew stronger, he suddenly felt like the Hollowness within him felt “satisfied” and that the heavy weight weighing him down was lifted… slightly.
“T-This is…?!”
Ding!
[The {Sin of Gluttony} feels satisfied after havien so many delicious things and sources energy so far.]
[The Curse that permaly decreases your Stats by 90% within the Fw: [Triple Shattered Meridian Physique (Legendary Grade)] has been reduced to 70%.]
“S-Seriously?!”
Just when Vd thought that things were only going to get worse from now on and that his overrelian equipment was one day going to bite him back.
A miracle happened!
Gluttony was a living being, a Sin.
Therefore, despite being part of a Trait, it could evolve and grow.
O felt satisfied enough… Its Curse would bee lessened, like a parasite that had grown fat enough to not require being tched onto its victim for so long now.
However…
[Keep the {Sin of Gluttony} well fed, or the Curse might eventually worsen!]
“Right, it ’t be too easy…”
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Pach
