What came out as a result was something they did not expect as within the grand Vampyre Council Hall where many powerful figures were still discussing, a dark portal began to form that took the attention of all those in the hall.
The Vampyre King looked on in shock as he quickly enacted a wide Blood World that fully covered the Council Hall, looking towards this expanding dark portal where a stunning figure began to materialize out of with a glimmer of red light.
The eyes of the Vampyre King focused as the usual smile he had was wiped away, letting out a calm voice as if he was talking to someone of the same level, or even possibly higher!
"You know it is risky for someone who is drenched with the aura of the Dark Expanse to enter into the Light Expanse right away. Are you trying to reveal our position this quickly, my dear Elena?"
His voice was directed to the woman that had just materialized from a disappearing portal, a woman that held a figure so curvaceous and deadly that it would make many men drool!
Gorgeous silver hair fell down to her shoulders as she looked at the Vampyre King with a light smile that caused the Vampyres in the Council Hall to look down to their feet in respect. They knew the identity of this being that had just appeared, a being they considered to be even more fearsome than the Vampyre King they were serving under all this time!
"Little brother, you sent such a shocking message that the Alliance couldn't just send back simple words. If it wasn't required of me to be here, I would not have come."
Shocking words were released as the woman holding a similar status to the Vampyre King that Noah had talked to appeared, and she was a being that had just arrived from the Dark Expanse!
The Vampyre King that was ruling the forces of the Pureblood Vampyres in the Underworld looked at his big sister thoughtfully as he clapped his hands, sending a signal for the many Vampyre Elders to clear the room as he spoke.
"Are they ready to enact a big move against the Celestials?"
A wide smile which could be the downfall of entire countries appeared on the Royal Vampyre Elena as she strolled towards the Vampyre King.
"Oh little brother, you don't know just how important the news of this human that has a straight path into the 7th Celestial Star is."
An interested smile appeared on her face as she looked around the wide Council Hall, only noticing a single red portal, her nephew that was looking towards her with a shocked expression, and the Vampyre King she continued to refer to as little brother.
"Where is the important being in question, little Adrian?"
An eerie silence filled the room as the Vampyre King, Adrian, let out a slight cough as he gazed at the red portal, causing the expression of Elena to change as her face turned dark.
"You sent such an important figure into the Inheritance Grounds?"
"...It was to tie him directly to our side as we awaited for word from home. If you had been sharing all the important information with me, maybe I would have known his importance was even greater than what I anticipated. Do enlighten me though, why did those old fogeys send you?"
Elena turned to her brother with a pitying expression as she spoke.
"Even I didn't know this information before I was sent here, it was something that those schemers at the top classified as top secret. You better hope that human comes back in one piece, otherwise the people that are much too tired of this unwinnable war will fry you for losing such an important piece."
She walked towards Prince Cassius as her soft hands ruffled his silver hair.
"My little nephew, you did well with your recent venture. You should come back home soon, all those little princesses you left behind continue waiting for you to return."
The Vampyre Prince adopted a docile expression that was nothing like the regal air he had always shown, only being able to nod his head at this bountifully blessed aunt in front of him.
Elena strolled towards the bedazzled throne that the Vampyre King Adrian had been sitting on as she placed her curvaceous body down and crossed her legs, her gaze locking towards the red portal that led to the Inheritance Grounds as she awaited for this being that would play a major part in the ongoing war!
Chapter 318 - Casting a Veil, The Return
Noah knew that normally, the trial in the Inheritance Grounds would take Vampyres hours, if not days as they would choose to rest and recover their energies before beginning the next stage.
He had finished his run at the trial in less than an hour, and this was while clearing all 6 levels of the Inheritance, so he knew he had a lot of time before he needed to return to the Council Hall in the Underworld.
He oversaw the gradual introduction of his forces into the Ancient Blood World as the Guardian of Blood acted to protect the newly turned Vampyres if they came into contact with Vampyric Beasts that were too powerful.
Sophia continued her role as a Guide, leaving behind the protected village where she had sent Noah to the Beast World from months ago as she now acted as the representative of the Planetary Core to relay directions to the many forces at their disposal.
There was a wide array of beings from the multiple worlds, and Noah would not be able to look at and interpret all the intricacies of the connections and movements of the worlds he was connected to while also worrying about his own movements against the forces he was putting himself up against.
Sophia acted as the center point as she relayed the intentions of the Planetary System and allowed for a smooth transition of tasks and roles as the many pieces continued to move in order to create a well-oiled machine that would continue to produce powerhouses.
Many projects were initiated to begin in the newly connected Icebound World and Ancient Blood World, while another project that was in Noah's Homeworld was seeing progress as the Atlanteans finished the construction of the first World Engine!
This was a grand achievement as they had been able to recreate a treasure which the Celestials deemed as something that went against the natural order and balance. The completion of this World Engine would allow for the displacement of a star, a drastic measure that would be used if their enemies ever tracked their coordinates and wished them harm.
The smooth progress of the project to create more World Engines reminded Noah of the supernatural Veil that was covering the Ancient Blood World, allowing it to hide amongst dead stars and escaping the sight of powerful beings for the past 1000 years.
The one who had enacted that Veil onto the Ancient Blood World was the Vampyre Progenitor… and he now held that same power as he recalled the description of one of the abilities he had just obtained.
[World Veil] :: A great undertaking that is at the level of affecting an entire star. A veil is cast around a world that prevents the detection from any and all beings. Strict requirements must be met before a veil can be cast on any world.
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The description of the [World Veil] ability mentioned that strict requirement had to be met before this ability could be cast on an entire world. Those requirements were a being with enough essence to actually enact such a wide-ranging skill, with the second requirement being the willingness of the particular star they wanted to perform this ability on!
Noah met both of these requirements, but this also made him ponder what exactly was the level of power of the Vampyre Progenitor that would allow him to wield such immense mana, unlike him who had access to the reserves of actual planets.
His impassive gaze put these thoughts aside as he communicated with the Planetary System and cast the skill requiring an immense amount of mana, [World Veil].
RUMBLE!
A large amount of essenc
e collected around Noah, before it began exploding outwards as it began to move in a circular direction with him at the center. What was expanding from him was a thin film that would not be noticeable by any of the figures currently on this world, as it rapidly spread across the deeper layers and broke through to the atmosphere, continuing upwards as it spent some time to wrap around the entire world.
If one were to be looking at the blue planet from a vantage point in the vastness of space, they would notice a barely distinct red and black film of light rapidly engulf the entire planet before it quickly faded away, the signs of abundant life it gave off nowhere to be seen as at this moment, one could only observe a collection of dead asteroids floating together around a much larger dead star.
The transformation was seamless and fast as an enormous veil was cast around an entire world, reducing the chances of anyone finding or targeting it through various means!
In the next few hours, Noah continued his extremely efficient movements as he moved across the Beast World, Demon World, and Icebound World while repeating similar things, the mana at his disposal allowing for a ridiculous level of actions.
He would go into the First Realm of Hell where the rest of the Harbingers were still training later, leaving them to continue enjoying the farming of Skill Points before he gave them the option of accepting the strength of the Vampyre Bloodlines!
Seeing that everything had begun moving in the right direction for their incursion into the Ancient Blood World, Noah returned to the Inheritance Grounds where any new Vampyres trying to undertake the trial by the forces of the Pureblood Vampyres in the Underworld would be sent, and neared the still floating red portal that had brought him into this world in the first place.
Beings like the Vampyre King were able to use skill passed down over time to create portals that only lead the Inheritance Grounds, so if such an action happened again in the future, whoever intruded into the Ancient Blood World would only enter into the Inheritance Grounds for their trial. The Guardian of Blood was instructed by Noah to continue this job for now as he did not want to alert the larger forces of Vampyres in the Underworld, and most likely an even bigger force that should be where they came from in the Dark Expanse.
To these Vampyres, nothing had changed with the Inheritance Grounds or Ancient Blood World. But behind the scenes, numerous beings had already begun moving across the wide Prime World as they began to harvest its abundant resources.
Noah stopped briefly as he cast another newly obtained ability, the [Unique Origin] that was under the <
Seeing that he missed nothing, Noah entered through the portal as brief darkness clouded his gaze, before brightness soon took over as he returned to the wide Vampyre Council Hall.
His observations were met with a new scene as in the wide hall, only three beings were left behind, none of the powerful Vampyre Elders anywhere in sight.
There was Prince Cassius that was standing with his father, the Vampyre King, along with the long legs of a curvaceous woman who looked to be in her prime sitting on the only bedazzled throne in the hall.
They noticed Noah's return right away as Prince Cassius looked at Noah and noticed the changes in his demeanor, as well as the silver streaks permeated through his dark head of hair and the distinct devilish handsomeness that he only saw in himself. They also felt a strong resonance of blood that indicated Noah had become one of them, and a being that was a Pureblood Vampyre at that! Prince Cassius nodded with an expression that seemed to say 'as expected', with his father looking at Noah with a deep gaze and then nodding as well, apparently not let down.
To them, it looked like Noah had made huge gains in the Inheritance Grounds, being able to obtain the bloodline of a Pureblood Vampyre as they sensed the abundant aura of blood that could barely be discernable in the eyes of the Vampyres.
Yet, the other person in the room, the Royal Vampyre Elena, had a drastic change in expression as her gaze went from a welcoming smile and into one of absolute shock!
Noah's sharp gaze observed this minute difference of change on this new being he hadn't seen before as he quickly processed something, a red light shining in his eyes as they landed on this woman who had somehow seen something that the other two beings in this wide hall did not notice.
He had gloriously returned to the Royal Castle of the Vampyres in the Underworld, an unexpected scene greeting him as he walked out of the red portal leading to the Ancient Blood World!
Chapter 319 - Welcoming the New Progenitor!
Unpercebtable to Prince Cassius and Vampyre King Adrian, a red light erupted from Noah's eyes, and this single red light went on to bring an enormous sense of pressure on the powerful Royal Vampyre currently sitting on the throne!
A telepathic message was sent forward as Elena quickly changed her expression and tried to adopt a normal one, being the first to voice out her normal voice that held a slight trembling within.
"Little brother, take the young prince and yourself out for a second while I talk with our...important guest."
"Elena, you know that is not proper. You are in my domain now, I will at least be involved in the talks, no matter how important you make them out to-"
The Vampyre King Adrian was voicing out with slight dissatisfaction when he turned towards his sister and saw an unexpected imploring gaze on her face.
"Please, Brother. Just for a little while."
Brief silence permeated the room as the Vampyre King questioned just what exactly were the contents of the message from the Alliance as he sighed and snapped his fingers, Prince Cassius coming to and following him close behind as they left the Council Hall.
The Vampyre Prince turned towards Noah with an apologetic expression once more, sending a telepathic message towards him as they left.
"I didn't think everything would go towards such a direction. I'll try to be a good host after these talks finish and get you accustomed to the body of a noble Vampyre that you just obtained."
Noah smiled and nodded towards the young prince as the doors closed behind him, only a single other person being left behind in this wide Council Hall as the smile was quickly wiped away from his face, his gaze landing on the Soul Forging Realm Royal Vampyre that had gone back to a trembling gaze the moment Noah focused on her!
RUMBLE!
Noah moved his essence as he cast forth a [Blood World], the entire Council Hall instantaneously being surrounded by a protective and secretive layer that nobody on the outside could peer through.
Noah's gaze became impassive as he looked at the Vampyre that had inadvertently realized something.
"How did you notice?"
A cold voice came out from Noah as he addressed this Soul Rank being calmly while moving forward, the body of the curvaceous Vampyre shaking as she couldn't find the words. There was a huge reason why this powerful being changed her expression the moment she looked closely at Noah, as she had noticed something that Prince Cassius and even her Brother had not been able to notice- and that was the complete and utter domination of blood that the being in front of her let out!
This was a shocking finding as it could only mean one thing, but it was such an outrageous and unbelievable idea that Elena did not fully believe it until a distinct red light passed through the being's eyes as she felt her entire body locked in place, a message arriving in her mind telling her to send the other two beings away from this room.
This confirmed her shocking finding, as she quickly stood up from the bedazzled throne and kneeled towards the figure of Noah while voicing out with a meek voice.
"This undeserving child greets Progenitor, and hopes you will forgive her insolence for not realizing and acting right away!"
Yes! The Royal Vampyre from the Dark Expanse had come to the rea
lization right away that somehow, unbelievably, the being in front of her had the aura of someone that she only knew from her bloodline memories and stories passed down in her clan. This being had the overpowering aura of the Progenitor!
Noah looked at the sight of this gorgeous woman kneeling towards him with an impassive gaze as he continued walking forward, the bloodline of the Progenitor affecting him more than he knew as he was slowly adopting the traits of a being that stood at the absolute peak of a race and had full control over them! The traits of the Ruler of Vampyres that were inlaid in the bloodline he had absorbed were slowly but surely coming out on the surface without him realizing it, a regal air accompanying him as he asked once more.
"How did you know?"
"I- I am the first born of our generation in the Acheron lineage, being blessed with one of the purest Royal Bloodlines currently. The purerer our bloodlines, the closer we are to the Progenitor. This foolish child, Elena Acheron, seeks Progenitor's forgiveness for almost revealing your identity."
A few memories were dredged up from Noah's mind as he nodded, the words of the powerful Soul Forging Realm being in front of him not holding an ounce of lies as he confirmed she had only been able to see through his disguised state because of something unique about her. This was because he had used the ability [Unique Origin] to take on the aura and look of a Pureblood Vampyre that even the Vampyre King who held a Royal Bloodline did not notice.
The kneeling Elena looked up slowly as she continued.
"Besides my purerer bloodline, the only other reason is because your awakening happened just recently, and your immense aura has not fully settled, making those slightly more sensitive like me to notice the greatness of the Progenitor. Please…"
The curvaceous Elena pointed towards the throne in the wide hall while still kneeling, continuing to speak with a respectful tone towards this unbelievable being in front of her!
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