So when it came to the option of complete eradication of all of their forces, or simply killing the being holding extremely important information, it wasn't even a question for a few of the powerful figures in this Vampyre Council!
They honed their gazes towards Noah as they awaited to find out exactly who this being was and what he wanted. All the while Prince Cassius was looking at his father with a questioning and confused expression, as this was not what they had discussed when he first relaid information about the being he met in the First Realm of Hell.
Noah's heart was at ease as he felt the auras of multiple beings focus on him, knowing his preparations were more than enough for this venture he was about to take. He spoke out cautiously.
"I am Noah Osmont, and I come from a world that was impacted by the Celestials in the past, and I have been personally moving against them all this time. When I found that another force covertly existed in the dark that was moving against them as well, I had to come."
The words were neither overbearing nor servile, but it didn't seem to have satiated the hungry Vampyres as the being on the throne spoke once more while nodding.
"What exactly do you hope to accomplish? Going through the information I could find about you- you are acting as a little genius of a sect in the World of Cultivation, with your power at the Saint Realm. A genius, sure, but extremely young. What do you want, and what could our side benefit from someone like you?"
The smiling expression remained on the face of the Vampyre King as he asked this dangerous question.
Noah turned towards Prince Cassius as he replied.
"I observed the unique skills displayed by the Prince that were extremely effective in dealing with the Celestial's probing gazes, and I am in great need of such skills in the coming future."
"HMPH!"
A snort rang out as Count Shytus spoke out once again.
"You think a nobody would be given access to the forbidden skills of the Pureblood Vampyres?"
His tone was domineering and strong as he seemed offended by even the thought of this assertion! Noah moved his eyes towards the Vampyre on the Throne as he did not even look in another direction, knowing this being would be the key for his plans here today.
"This still does not answer the other half of my question- what can we gain from you?"
Quietness reigned in the Council Hall once more as a bright smile erupted from Noah.
"Your people must have seen the appearance of the Celestial Grandmaster near the end of the Infernal Hunt."
OONG!
Intense pressure from the seating Council members descended at the mention of the powerful figure, the Vampyre King still comfortably sitting on his throne as he nodded for Noah to continue.
"That Celestial Grandmaster saw great potential in the being that contributed greatly to the death of the Infernal Aberration, and has invited me...to join the ranks of Celestials."
A bright smile covered Noah's face as he released information that only the Elders of the Profound Astral Sect knew at this moment!
RUMBLE!
The atmosphere in the room suddenly changed as the smile was wiped away from the playful Vampyre King, a destructive aura at the peak of Soul Forging Realm erupting out as a maddening pressure permeated and covered the entire Council Hall, extending to the entire Royal Castle soon after as a bloody world was instantly enacted and covered everything in its entirety!
Chapter 303 - Domineering
Immense pressure was unbound in the Vampyre Council Hall as from the right and left of the hall where many Vampyre Counts and powerful figures were situated, many of them had blood red eyes and dangerous batwings erupting from their backs as they were frozen in place. Their hands were outstretched in form of sharp claws as their wide jaws showed long canines ruptured and ready to bite off the being they were all jumping towards, the single human present in the Council Hall!
RUMBLE!
The bodies of all of these powerful Vampyres that were already in motion to descend towards Noah and rip him apart the moment he finished saying the single last explosive sentence were all frozen in place from the domineering aura of none other than the Vampyre King himself that had lost his playful smile and stood up grimly from his throne.
The eruption of his power was not to attack or pressure Noah, but to hold back these voracious Vampyres that had acted the instant his words finished to jump for this human's life. The body of the Vampyre King pulsed with a red light as a regal aura of the densest Pureblood Bloodline brought tremendous pressure to all surrounding Vampyres and stopped them on their tracks no matter if they were at the Void or Soul Rank.
This was the power that the being holding the purest bloodline of the Vampyres, this was the man known as the Vampyre King!
Prince Cassius was looking at Noah with a shocked expression as even he had not found out this information that he released just now, watching as Noah's expression remained calm while monstrous auras that were ready to pounce towards him surrounded him from all directions.
The grim expression on the Vampyre King's face was soon wiped away as numerous thoughts seemed to pass through his experienced eyes. He knew exactly how his forces would react the moment this human let loose the shocking words, and acted instantly to prevent any unfortunate events from occurring. His gaze now remained on Noah as silence reigned in the Council Hall.
The Vampyre King waved his fingers swiftly as the monstrous powerhouse that were already pouncing towards Noah found their bodies unwillingly return to the seats they were in, their fangs and wings retracted as they were given a reminder of the fearsome power of the being that stood on the throne of the Pureblood Vampyres.
"You all seem to have forgotten, but it is I that makes the rules and is in command of every single creature in these lands. This applies to the rats, the elite vampyres, and even the little pureblood vampyres in this room."
Domineering words resounded across the wide Council Hall as powerful Vampyres of the Void and Soul Rank found themselves situated back into their seats like obedient children. They held no control of their bodies as the one holding the purest bloodline activated his authority and turned them as weak as normal unawakened beings!
"If something like this ever happens again, you all will be the first to lose your heads."
"…"
Powerful!
Domineering!
Resplendent!
The words of the Vampyre King reverberated as he turned his focus towards Noah and Prince Cassius.
"You two, let's talk."
He waved his fingers again as Prince Cassius's body floated towards him, another power wrapping around Noah and bringing him further into the Council Hall where the throne of the Vampyre King stood.
Their bodies arrived right beside the stone steps leading to the throne as another smaller world of blood began to convalesce around them, the voice of the Vampyre King ringing out towards the still trembling Vampyres on both sides of the hall.
"The rest of you, reflect on your actions for now."
OOOM!
The smaller blood world completely covered their three figures as only silence remained in the wide hall. Every single Vampyre in the room continued to be situated with not a single movement, only their eyes being able to show the fear they had forgotten deep in their hearts.
When looking at the Royal Castle where the ruling force of the Pureblood Vampyres resided, many beings could see a shimmering red blood world encircling it endlessly as they wondered exactly what had occurred.
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More than an hour passed as a bloody world revolved around the Royal Castle, and an even smaller bloody world revolved around three beings in the Vampyre Council Hall. The Vampyres to the left and right of the hall were still seated without a single ounce of movement when they felt a change sometime later, the bloody world in the room dissolving as the three beings came out with different expressions.
The Vampyre King had returned to his usual smile, the Prince seemed to be lost in
thought, while the human was calm with slight excitement visible on his face.
The Vampyre King sat back on his throne as he waved his hands, the Vampyres on the sides of the hall finding movement returning to their bodies as they breathed out and remained still, turning to look towards their king with reestablished fear as he spoke out.
"Our little friend here presents a unique opportunity that our Dark Expanse has never been able to come across in the last hundreds of years."
His voice was firm as it resounded in the hall, revealing shocking information about the origin of the Pureblood Vampyres as the King continued.
"We have always clashed with Celestials, but never have we garnered an opportunity to get inside of their Celestial Stars, or even have someone on our side among them. This little friend right here…"
The Vampyre King pointed towards Noah as he continued.
"...will be taking the extremely dangerous task of infiltrating a Celestial Star, and would require our forbidden skills in order to not be found out and captured during his infiltration. Does anyone object to this decision?"
A question was asked, yet many knew it wasn't a question, but simply the statement of a fact!
Count Shytus was the first to reply as he bowed his head.
"No, O Great King. You are wise beyond the years to see ahead to the usefulness this human can bring."
"No, Sire!"
"No objections!"
Numerous voices perked up as their eyes could not even meet the being that controlled their bodies with a simple movement of his fingers, showing their agreement as every single Vampyre in the Council Hall unanimously agreed with the words said by the Vampyre King.
The smiling King nodded as he turned his gaze towards Noah and spoke.
"Now, I somewhat trust you somewhat after our discussion, and understand your need for information. So…"
He then pointed with his index finger towards the center of the wide hall as a runic circle appeared in the air, drawing the shocked gazes of the Vampyre Council as they felt the initiation of Ancient Blood Magic.
"...as a way to prove yourself to me and the pureblood vampyres here, you can enter the Ancient Blood World of our Progenitor."
BOOM!
The shocked gazes only continued as many Vampyres abruptly stood up, about to open their mouths when they recalled what just happened an hour prior as they quickly sat back down while affirming the reality of the Ancient Magic they felt being cast.
The runic inscription finished being inlaid as it shone brightly, a bloody red portal appearing in the middle of the hall as a desolate aura released from it.
"This Ancient Blood World is located near the border of the Light and Dark Expanse, hidden far among the dredged of dead stars. It has the inheritance of our Progenitor, and will have the techniques you seek, as well as allow you to gain more of our trust because…"
The Vampyre King held a wide smile as he spoke out the conditions he had discussed with Noah during their hour-long discussion.
"...only a Vampyre can leave this Ancient Blood World alive."
…!
Chapter 304 - An Inheritance of Blood
An air of ancientness and turbidity was released from the bloody portal floating in the middle of the Council Hall as the Vampyre King finished his words. Some nods of understanding could be seen from a few older Vampyres, seeing the forethought put into the plans of their king as they realized what the results of it would be.
Some still held shocked expressions because they could not believe that a human, not even a vampyre, was being given permission to seek the inheritance of the Progenitor!
One should know that this was an opportunity that very few of even the highest echelons of Pureblood Vampyres received, being something that was given as a prize to the exceedingly genius growing disciples.
Many of them wanted to speak up, but recalling what had just occurred over an hour ago, they sat back in their seats and simply watched the progression of events.
Noah's eyes were stuck to this glowing red portal as he went over the hour long talk between him and the enigmatic being that seemed to always be smiling, yet it also felt like he was hiding a sharpened blade that could cut down at any second.
The Vampyre King had asked for every single detail of the encounter between him and Prince Cassius in the First Realm of Hell, exactly how they took down the disciples, what they observed, and the final fight between them and the Aberration!
Even more details that he wanted was the conversation that Noah and Elder Spacewarp had with the Celestial Grandmaster word for word when he pulled them from their interstellar ship and offered the invitation of becoming a Celestial Disciple towards Noah.
A cold light passed through the Vampyre King's eyes when he heard the Celestial refer to the Dark Expanse as lawless place, his eyes scrutinizing every detail thereafter as he observed Noah without blinking an eye until he seemed satisfied with the information.
Before the small blood world wrapping around them was released, the Vampyre King had mentioned that he would give Noah the possibility of gaining the techniques that could escape the mysterious ways of the Celestials, but this came with a few conditions!
The first condition that he mentioned was the obtaining of the skills lying solely in Noah's hands as he would be given the opportunity to enter the land of their Ancestor, the Ancient Blood World that held the inheritance of many of the techniques he had observed Prince Cassius using, and more.
Only after this was done would they move on to the next stage, the actual discussions of who this force of Pureblood Vampyres really were, and what they were planning against the Celestials.
Noah glanced at the Prince Cassius that seemed to be lost in thought as he gave a light smile and began walking towards the portal letting out desolate energies. He held slight excitement about the techniques of the Vampyres that could evade the eyes of the Celestials, but he more so wanted to experience just exactly what these unique areas and skills he had never come across held in store for him.
The statement about only Vampyres being able to leave this Ancient Blood World did not bother him as his sights went past such things, and he only longed for more strength!
His gaze became firm as he went towards the glowing red portal without looking black, disappearing in a flash as the room returned to quietness. This only lasted briefly as a joyful voice rang out.
"Haha cheer up. We may have gained an extremely useful ally, but I know not to place everything we have in front of him. This portal will only lead him to the normal inheritance given to Elite Vampyres, not the actual Abode where our Progenitor's remains rest."
The words brought down the sinking feeling that many Vampyres in the Council hall were having as they did not want to raise a word against their king, but felt it extremely blasphemous if the human had really been sent to the Supreme Blood Inheritance that was only meant for Vampyre Royalty.
"Now, it should take him a few hours or days depending on his talent. We need to discuss how to best use this infiltration into a Celestial Star to our advantage. I'll also send word back home, as this is truly something huge."
The Vampyre Council agreed as their voices slowly began to perk up for discussions, the Pureblood Prince Cassius on the side still lost in thought as he looked at his father. He was thinking heavily about the recent set of events as what his father had done confused him, and he even more so knew that his father was lying!
Noah was not sent to the Inheritance Grounds for Elite Vampyres in the Ancient Blood World, but to the Inheritance Abode of their Progenitor that only he, a Prince of the Vampyre Race, had gone into in the last hundred years!
His thoughts were clouded as he wondered, what exactly was his father up to?
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It felt like only a blink of an eye as Noah passed through the bloody portal in the Council Hall and came into a brand new area filled to the brim with an aura of ancientness and desolation.
He appeared in th
e middle of what appeared to be a ridiculously large coliseum shaped structure that could be called ridiculous because it stretched for miles in diameter all around.
He had to use [Observation] just to see the huge walls surrounding this humongous coliseum that was enclosed in a dome shape. All around this miles long Coliseum, numerous lakes were distributed throughout as a metallic smell hung in the air. Near the wall, statues of terrifying creatures were spread throughout, many showing exquisite bat wings and fangs as they held different assortments of expression. They were situated all around the circular coliseum, their gazes intersecting at something at the very center.
At this center most position located a few miles where he stood, Noah could see an ancient shrine that screamed of old age, with an enormous lake of blood around it as the moment he entered, this lake of blood trembled as essence began to converge.
RUMBLE!
Noah focused all of his attention on this movement as he watched with stupefaction at the gradual formation of a being from the viscous lake of blood around this shrine.
The lake was simply too wide, the outline of the being forming rapidly becoming larger and larger as Noah soon found himself staring at something that towered above 30 meters. It held a humanoid shape, but had the grandiosity of a mountain as it floated grandly in the air, its bloody color shining in the desolate and ancient air as two even redder eyes opened and honed themselves on Noah.
OOOM!
The being began speaking, but the opening of its mouth only let out waves of destructive energies as nothing discernable came out, the thing that made Noah the most interested about this being's appearance was the simple fact that...he could not sense any aura at all from it!
So what exactly was this Inheritance of the Pureblood Vampyres, and what would be the terms to obtain it?
Chapter 305 - The Guardian of Blood, Challenging the Inheritance!
Waves of non discernible power rolled off the gigantic bloody being as a wine colored robe went on to dr.a.p.e over its body, a humongously long spear appearing on its right hand, its body coming down and smashing into the ground and causing a quake. It spoke once more, this time being much clearer.
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