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Chapter 272: 269. Dracula's inheritance (2)
Chapter 272: 269. Dracula's inheritance (2)
Alucard summoned the Star Phaser into his hand, and with a bored expression, he immediately rushed towards the first knight.
The knight raised its shield, and the vampire couldn't help but smile as he shifted into a ghostly form, bypassing the shield and the knight's defenses, stabbing through its stony heart.
A wave of flames burst from the spear, annihilating the stone knight.
Alucard breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, the boy hasn't had time to recover fully from the Blood Moon. I know for sure that Lucian will be at full strength," Alucard said, then gazed at the other knights who had already surrounded him.
He stomped on the ground, making the tomb bounce and raising the knights off their feet.
With precision, he disbanded all of them with one swing of the spear, powered by the golden flames of the sun.
The statues didn't break like the first one; they were only sent backward.
Alucard sighed as he saw this and then proceeded to take care of them one by one.
...
He managed to do it in less than ten minutes and finally approached the casket made of hard stone.
He put his hands on it and pushed it open, the sound of stone grinding against stone echoing around the tomb.
His brows creased deeply as he was confused by what he saw inside the casket.
"I expected to see a body... but this?" He was speechless.
Inside the casket lay a small vial of blood and a black bracelet, which seemed to glimmer as the light from the torches hit it.
"Dracula was not majorly known for his blood abilities but for his power to manipulate the forces of darkness to bend to his will," Alucard said, picking up the vial and the bracelet.
The blood within the vial immediately reacted to his touch, moving around the little bottle as if it were alive.
Alucard recalled that he had seen something like this before.
No, it wasn't in his memory, but in Dexter's.
"Hm... So he drank something like this at the start of the Tiran Impact." One of his brows raised in realization.
"Ah... Could it be? He received the blood from...? But how? And why?" Alucard frowned as he was lost in confusion.
He gazed at the blood in his hand again, then popped open the vial and threw it down his throat.
He then looked at the bracelet. It appeared to be made of some kind of marble, with golden inscriptions and a spiral pattern around it.
As he wore the bracelet, his body immediately began to react, and a black mist began to surround him.
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"Gr..." Alucard gritted his teeth as he felt his body growing hotter, his heart beginning to beat at a rapid pace.
All the torches went out at that moment, and Alucard couldn't bear it. The normal teeth in his mouth became sharper and more pronounced, and the white parts of his eyes turned black, with cracks forming in them.
After an hour of enduring the transformation, he stood up from the ground, and a golden flame appeared over his hand.
"Hmm..." He let out a low hum as he glanced at the screen in front of him, showing him notifications.
[You have taken in Dracula's blood, which he left upon his ascent. Currently sealed for over 200,000 years.]
[You have gained a massive boost in stats. You have become a fourth-class creature.]
[Strength +1200, Agility +860, Stamina +8000, Mind +500.]
[You have gained the skill 'Commander of the Shadows.']
[You have gained the skill 'Lightless World.']
[You have gained the skill 'Demonic Descent Awakening.']
"Hehehehe... HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Alucard burst into full-blown laughter. A black armor suddenly materialized from the bracelet.
It was as if every piece of metal found its place on a part of his body.
Soon, he was covered in pitch-black armor, which had the same glimmer as the bracelet. The bracelet flew out of his hand and straightened before it grew, forming a spear.
It had a kite-shaped blade with a crossguard below, and the ancient runes engraved on its body emitted a faint purple aura. Alucard could feel the spear vibrating as if coming to life.
[A demonic artifact 'Whispering Shadow' has chosen a new master.]
Alucard now had a helmet on. It wasn't a full helmet but allowed his long, shoulder-length black hair to flow freely, covering his face, ears, and neck while leaving his hair untouched.
The eyes glowed a bright purple, and a transparent shadowy cape, which seemed intangible, draped down his back.
He turned around to see shadows on the ground. The shadows rose to reveal seven knights manifesting in shadowy forms.
It was hard to differentiate them from real people unless one looked into their eyes, which only had a purple light.
"The seven knights who followed Dracula on his path for hundreds of years. Eternal servitude..." he mumbled.
He stretched his hand towards the knights, who had their heads down. The spear in his other hand returned to his right arm as a bracelet, and the shadows were absorbed into it.
"Now, to finally teach my brother a lesson," his voice sounded hoarse within the mask.
He walked back into the darkness he came from, and soon, the tomb was left empty and devoid of life.
...
Back in the real world, the spiral symbol in the middle of the World Tree glowed brightly, and a man appeared above it.
Alucard looked around, and the mask covering his face folded away into the armor.
As he was about to leave, he suddenly heard a cracking sound. He looked at his finger, noticing that his mini dimension ring had cracked.
*Clank!!*
The ring burst into fragments, and three people materialized out of the little pieces.
Jude, Collins, and Hannah emerged successfully and then all looked at him.
"Ah, how did you...?" Alucard asked with a confused but calm look. Collins summoned his sword.
"I am no longer human. Now, tell us how to bring back my brother. You don't have much time," Collins said, and Alucard could see a wall of ice forming around the entire tree, like a dome.
A smile crept onto his face, and then he released a black mist from his body, making the others' hair wave. The mist suddenly filled the entire dome, enveloping them in thick darkness.