FVN Chapter 12 Deadly Training to Avoid Death
Chapter 12 Deadly Training to Avoid Death
I thought it would be cooler that way. It wasn't. Some of the gasoline splashed back on me and burned holes in my clothes. Luckily, I was wearing a jacket, or my arms would probably be covered in burns. Sometimes I'm a dumbass.
[Sometimes?]
'Oh, shut up you! You're not supposed to have a personality,' I thought.
The system didn't respond to that.
I turned around and saw that at least I'd done what I was trying to do. Burn the neck so the head wouldn't grow back. The troll fell to the ground, dead. And on fire.
[... Life essence extracted. You have broken through to level 10 of the Major Vampire Lord Realm!]
[You have extracted a troll ability. Complete Regeneration. A passive ability that can fully regenerate any damaged or severed body part as long as the area is not cauterized by fire or acid and some idiot doesn't fuse your feet to your stump legs]
'Hey, I'm that idiot!' I thought.
[Yes, you are]
'I've been outsmarted and I don't like it.' I thought.
[Too bad]
'This is starting to feel unnecessarily cruel, but moving on.'
[Indeed. Would you like to assimilate Complete Regeneration or convert it into life essence?]
'Assimilate.'
[Complete Regeneration has been assimilated. Would you like to view your abilities?]
'Not yet.'
So extracting abilities did work like I thought it would. Not only could I extract vampiric abilities, but I could also extract other monster abilities as well.
"More trolls, please," I said.
"Coming right up," Victoria said as she pressed more buttons
Nine holes appeared in the ground, and nine platforms were raised up out of them, carrying one troll each. I tried to activate my Daze ability, but I got a system notification.
[Species incompatible with Daze]
It looked like I was going to have to grind this out. I wanted to get to the Vi Condensation major realm by the end of the day. That was going to take some doing though. I may have to settle for less today. I was already feeling the burn in my muscles, and I'd only fought 11 monsters so far.
[Two abilities extracted. Venom Generation and Venom Immunity. I will not describe them as they are self-explanatory. You may only assimilate one. The other will be converted into life essence]
'What am I going to do with venom generation? How would I deliver it?'
[Teeth]
'Ok, fair. While I don't love the idea of biting my enemies because it makes me feel like I'm a toddler, I am a vampire, so I might as well get used to it.'
[Good job]
I wasn't even going to respond to that.
'I'll take Venom Immunity first.'
It was a pain in the ass trying to dodge that stinger. If I could just let it sting me with no repercussions, that would make it easier to fight manticores. Or other venomous monsters, for that matter.
[Venom Immunity assimilated. Venom Generation converted into life essence. It was not sufficient to increase your current level]
"Let's do that again, but with ten manticores this time," I said.
"Okay," Victoria said.
Ten manticores were raised out of the ground. I jumped right into fighting them with my sword. I let them sting me as much as they wanted because I was immune to their venom, but I made sure to stay away from their teeth. I stabbed a few manticores in the face and neck, taking them out of the fight.
I countered their paw swipes with my sword, severing some toes and paws along the way. That made it easier to whittle them down. I kept having to dodge roll around them to stab them in the sides. I was getting exhausted.
You'd think with my Complete Regeneration, I'd have more stamina, but apparently that wasn't how that worked. After one more lunge and stab, I finished off the last manticore.
[... Life essence extracted. You have broken through to level 6 of the Junior Vampire Viscount Realm!]
[Abilities extracted. Would you like to assimilate Venom Generation?]
'Yes.'
[Affirmative. Venom Generation assimilated. Redundant abilities converted into life essence. You have broken through to level 1 of the Senior Vampire Viscount Realm!]
This training with unintelligent monsters thing was starting to lose its effectiveness. That or I wasn't thinking big enough.
"Victoria, release the kraken!" I said.