Gospel of Blood

Chapter 447: Creating History

Chapter 447: Creating History

This was the first time since becoming a bloodborne that Charlotte performed the initial embrace.

She bit into Lilith’s neck, drawing her blood into her mouth.

Since she began using monster blood to curb her blood-thirst, Charlotte hadn’t tasted human blood for a long time.

She had to admit, human blood was indeed much more delicious than monster blood. Lilith’s blood was sweet, at least from Charlotte’s perspective, it was very tasty.

However, Charlotte’s goal was not to replenish her blood.

The bloodborne performed the initial embrace using the Blood Embrace Technique from the Blood Magic branch of Dark Path, and there were two ways to perform this initial embrace.

The most basic method was directly granting the embraced subject the power of the bloodborne.

The descendants embraced in this way generally had much lower strength than the elder, often used to create low-level bloodbornes and blood thralls, or to grant targets powers similar to those of bloodborne.

Besides directly granting the power of the bloodborne, there was another more traditional and solemn way to perform the initial embrace, known as the Blood Covenant.

The Blood Covenant involved a blood exchange to establish a bloodline contract, used to create direct blood descendants.

The principle was to replace all the blood in the embraced subject’s body with blood originating from the embracing bloodborne.

The descendants created in this way had the closest blood relation to the embracing bloodborne, with a higher concentration of bloodline, and were therefore much stronger.

This was the method Charlotte chose.

The divine power of the God of Abomination and Deformity had deeply eroded Lilith. To completely expel this power, a stronger force was needed to “erode” Lilith.

What power could be more erosive than the True Ancestor bloodline?

Charlotte absorbed Lilith’s blood while circulating her divine power and bloodline power.

The blood she absorbed was not digested but directly integrated into Charlotte’s blood through organs unique to the bloodborne.

In Charlotte’s circulatory system, Lilith’s blood quickly flowed through her heart, deeply merging with her own blood.

A faint divine power seeped into the blood, tinting it golden-red, and beyond the divine power, it was mostly infused with Charlotte’s bloodline power.

Soon, the blood was completely assimilated, becoming almost indistinguishable from her own.

Charlotte took a deep breath, circulated her bloodline power, and expelled the blood she had absorbed, reversing it back through her circulatory system and unique organs to her mouth.

Then, Charlotte injected it back into Lilith’s body.

This process was neither too fast nor too slow.

Under Charlotte’s “feeding”, Lilith’s complexion quickly turned paler, a sign of excessive blood loss.

When Charlotte began the “blood return”, Lilith’s complexion regained some color, but it was different from before, carrying a unique pallor.

The crimson radiance gradually spread over Charlotte and Lilith.

Lilith’s ghastly wounds began to heal rapidly, and in her hollow chest, granulation tissue squirmed swiftly.

The granulation tissue grew and wove together, gradually forming a new heart!

One of the most notable traits of the bloodborne was their immense regenerative ability.

Undoubtedly, by simultaneously using her divine power and bloodline power, and performing the most advanced initial embrace, Charlotte bestowed the strongest regenerative ability upon Lilith!

The crimson radiance spread, and the new heart gradually took shape.

“Thump…”

“Thump—”

“Thump—!”

The heart began to beat, slowly and weakly at first, then steadily growing powerful.

Lilith’s injuries completely healed, and her breathing became stable.

Her hair quickly changed, from silver with a hint of gold to the same splendid silver tinged with a bit of pink as Charlotte’s.

Even her facial features seemed to subtly shift, becoming slightly similar to Charlotte’s.

She hadn’t become Charlotte.

She was still herself, recognizable as Lilith, but her features now bore a distinct resemblance to Charlotte’s.

As the crimson radiance faded, Charlotte finally completed the initial embrace.

Using so much bloodline power at once made even Charlotte feel dizzy and faint.

She tried to stand, but almost fell. Just then, a pair of hands caught her.

Charlotte looked up and met a pair of golden-red eyes.

Those eyes were calm and deep, filled with myriad emotions.

They were Lilith’s eyes.

Lilith had awakened.

“Teacher… thank you…”

She held Charlotte, speaking softly.

Charlotte felt a familiar power enter her body from Lilith.

It was the bloodline power she had given her.

The feedback from the bloodline power restored Charlotte somewhat, while Lilith’s complexion turned pale again.

Using the bloodline power feedback, Charlotte also determined Lilith’s current level.

Legendary…

Through the initial embrace with blood divine power and True Ancestor bloodline, she had created a Legendary Bloodborne!

Seeing Lilith’s face growing paler, Charlotte quickly stopped her.

“That’s enough. It’s already sufficient. You shouldn’t use too much bloodline power right now. I will recover on my own.”

Hearing Charlotte’s words, Lilith obediently stopped transmitting the bloodline power.

The crimson radiance faded, revealing their figures to everyone.

“Lilith!”

Seeing Lilith stand up, unscathed, Harald rushed forward, embracing her excitedly.

Lilith hesitated for a moment, then gently embraced him back.

“I’m okay now.”

From a distance, the survivors of Silver City widened their eyes in shock and joy, exclaiming,

“Wonderful! Lady Lilith has been saved!”

“Is this the Savior’s power?”

“Praise the great Savior! Long live the Savior!”

Even the Alador who had been cast aside, widened his eyes in astonishment, spitting out the stone in his mouth and muttering incredulously.

“Is this… is this also the power of the ‘Origin’?”

“Has Her mastery of the ‘Origin’ reached this level?”

“But if that’s the case… why is She still just a Demigod?”

“This doesn’t make sense…”

Lilith and Harald embraced for a moment before letting go. Watching the emotional Harald, a ripple of emotion flashed through Lilith’s golden-red pupils.

“Sorry… for making you worry.”

She said to Harald.

“It’s okay, it’s okay.”

Harald shook his head.

After speaking, he bowed to Charlotte.

“Teacher, thank you, really thank you! Thank you for saving Lilith!”

Charlotte shook her head.

“I told you, I won’t ignore my own student.”

Then, she turned to Lilith.

“Lilith, how do you feel now?”

Lilith paused and said,

“I feel… very good.”

Charlotte nodded.

“It seems… quite successful, but don’t get careless.”

“I am a bloodborne, and now, having undergone the initial embrace, you are a bloodborne too. Although bloodborne is powerful, we also have many weaknesses.”

“You were embraced as a Legendary Bloodborne, so the weaknesses aren’t as apparent, but you still need to be cautious.”

“After becoming a bloodborne, many magic spells will also be limited. I will now teach you the bloodborne heritage to help you adapt quickly.”

‘Since I’ve already performed the initial embrace, I might as well complete the process by imparting the heritage too.’

Charlotte thought.

With that in mind, Charlotte extended her hand, summoning a crimson radiance, casting the bloodborne’s inherent heritage magic.

She gently touched Lilith, imprinting the knowledge of the bloodborne heritage into her mind through the magical radiance.

After completing all this, Charlotte felt even more drained.

She took out a blood vial from her bosom, drank some extraordinary blood, and felt much better.

At this moment, Charlotte noticed Harald’s somewhat strange expression.

Her heart skipped a beat.

“Harald, what’s wrong?”

Harald was startled, then shook his head.

“N-nothing…”

As he spoke, his gaze shifted between Charlotte and Lilith, hesitating for a moment before saying,

“I just think… you and Lilith now look like a pair of sisters.”

Sisters?

Charlotte was stunned.

She looked at Lilith’s features, which now resembled her own, including the identical hair and eye colors, and couldn’t help but laugh.

However, noticing the height difference between them, she instinctively asked.

“Who’s the older sister?”

Harald was taken aback, not expecting Charlotte’s sudden question.

His gaze wandered between the two, hesitating for a moment before replying.

“Of course… it’s you.”

Charlotte: …

What a half-hearted answer!

But never mind, it’s not like she could change her height.

Even in her adult form, she was still shorter than Lilith!

Good thing she performed the initial embrace in her adult form, otherwise, people might have mistaken them for mother and daughter!

After lamenting her height in her heart, Charlotte gathered her thoughts.

Seeing Harald’s gaze sweeping around, he hesitated for a moment and asked.

“Teacher, can you still use your powers now?”

Noticing his gaze, Charlotte looked around as well.

Unbeknownst to her, all the surviving Silver City residents had gathered around, gazing at her with reverence.

However, these survivors were not in good condition.

Most of them had already been eroded by the divine power of the God of Abomination and Deformity.

Charlotte knew what Harald wanted to ask.

After thinking for a moment, she said,

“I’ve expended too much energy and can’t perform any more initial embraces. However, I can use divine power to suppress the remaining erosion in their bodies.”

Then, she turned to Lilith.

“Lilith, you are now a bloodborne, with the same bloodline as mine. Although you may not be as powerful as me yet, you still possess similar strength.”

“I will leave divine power to suppress the pollution in their bodies. As for completely removing the pollution… that task falls to you. I believe you know what to do.”

How to completely remove the divine power pollution from the survivors?

By turning them into bloodborne, of course.

However, the prerequisite was Charlotte first using blood divine power to suppress the remaining divine power in their bodies.

Charlotte didn’t intend to perform any more initial embraces, one Lilith was enough.

As for showing grace to the residents, she decided to leave that to Lilith.

With this thought, Charlotte suddenly felt a sense of witnessing history, a feeling of being part of something significant.

Wait…

Legend has it that the first generation of bloodborne wasn’t very strong, created by the True Ancestor for war or out of loneliness.

Could it be… these Silver City survivors are actually the future first-generation bloodborne?!

The more Charlotte thought about it, the more it seemed possible.

“So… am I truly part of history, or rather… creating history?”

“Lilith, the True Ancestor of Blood in history, received her bloodline from me, and these Silver City survivors might become the first-generation bloodborne in the future.”

“Because they were created by Lilith when she was still a Legendary, their power is ultimately limited, explaining why the first generation bloodborne are mostly not very strong.”

Charlotte had an epiphany, suddenly understanding many things.

Alright then.

Since she was already involved, she might as well do it thoroughly and make everything perfect!

With this in mind, Charlotte looked at the surrounding survivors.

“Everyone, come closer.”

Hearing her, the survivors obediently gathered around.

Charlotte once again used her blood divine power.

The crimson radiance spread, enveloping all the survivors, bestowing them with divine blessings to temporarily suppress their erosion.

After doing all this, Charlotte felt even more exhausted. She swayed slightly, her head throbbing, her consciousness becoming faint.

A wave of intense fatigue washed over her, a familiar sensation.

That familiar feeling made Charlotte’s heart skip a beat.

This is…

A sign of “awakening”!

Glowing lights spread around her, and Charlotte saw her body suddenly becoming ethereal.

Everything around her quickly receded…

Charlotte seemed to hear Harald calling “Teacher! Teacher!” and the survivors exclaiming “Savior!”…

At the edge of her consciousness, she saw an endless darkness.

In the darkness, a blood moon hung high, and “Lilith” sitting on the Blood Throne seemed both ethereal and distant.

“Thank you…”

In a whisper, Charlotte heard her say.

With a crash, the entire world shattered, and her consciousness faded…