Chapter 256: Ultimate Demonic Sword

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After inspecting the boots in more detail, Frank decided to finally give them the runes he had.

He decided to enhance the speed, even more, giving the boots four Speed C-Rank Runes, giving it +86, +84, +82, and +80 respectively!

After that, he felt even more speed flowing through his entire body, even more than when he equipped Zeus Pendant, this was utterly ridiculous!

He had to adjust his perception a bit before getting completely used to this speed, but he was already sure that it would come in handy shortly.

After getting a bit more used to the speed, Frank quickly decided to inspect the next item.

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[Dracula's Bloody Ring (S)]

Stat Bonuses: [+2000 Health Points], [+1000 Mana], [+500 Strength], [+500 Defense], [+500 Magic], [+500 Resistance], [+500 Speed]

Skill Bonuses: [Dracula's Descendant: Level 1] 

Special Effects: Enhanced Magic Damage Resistance, Enhanced Elemental Damage Resistance, Enhanced Speed.

Rune Orifices: [1: Empty], [2: Empty], [3: Empty], [4: Empty]

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The ring Frank grabbed, which began to exude an aura of crimson red energy the moment he touched it was named after the infamous Vampire of the tales on Earth, Dracula, which is said in most fiction to be somewhat of a Vampire Progenitor.

The ring itself brought incredibly good bonuses to stats, giving a boost on literally every single stat. However, Frank knew that there was more to it than the naked eye could see, especially within the ability it included and the effect that this Ring could cause to its wielders.

He felt like a monstrous spectral presence within the ring called to him, as the scent of blood filled his nostrils… this feeling was tremendously eerie, just as much as the Cthulhu Ring.

Would Frank become a Vampire by using such a Ring? It was a dangerous thought to have.

However, Frank quickly relaxed, he had already become a Zombie, a Dracolich, and now he was a Stargazed, having unlocked a part of his power as an Overseer.

He remembered that his father told him that he needed to forge his physical body to become strong enough to sustain the power hidden within his soul and that he needed to amass and stockpile as much power as possible.

Perhaps acquiring yet another race as a Vampire wasn't much of a bad option.

Frank began to consider the changes and what could be the worst thing to happen.

"Weakness to the sun? I should be able to negate it with my magic or cover my skin with it. Weakness to silver? I don't think my defense stats will care about that. Need to drink blood? I can easily drink monster blood, and if I am forced to drink human or demi-human blood, I can always drink the blood of thugs, bandits, and more who roam literally everywhere…" thought Frank, considering that despite his initial fears, there was nothing much to fear here…

However, he still felt quite nervous.

Nonetheless, he equipped the ring.

Flash!

The crimson red aura took hold of Frank's entire body for a moment, fusing with his soul.

It was as if a large drop of blood entered it, and so his body began to undergo a few changes, but they were so brief he didn't even realize it, most likely because he was already an Undead, and could switch around between Stargazer (human-like form) and his Dracolich form.

The "Dracula's Descendant" Skill granted Frank the bloodline of Dracula himself, which came with the transformation into a Pure-Blooded Vampire, alongside the acquisition of new capabilities and even new Skills!

Frank began to consider that he was turning more and more into a weird mashup of too many things, but as long as he could become stronger, he really didn't care. The more powers and capabilities he could amass, the better for him.

Frank's eyes gleamed with eerie crimson light, as his skin turned even paler than before, his hair became completely white and a bit longer, and his entire body became even stronger, his muscles seemingly became more toned, even more than before, and he could clearly feel his fangs growing larger alongside his nails, which turned black-colored out of nowhere, becoming pointy and sharp like knives.

"So this is my pure-blooded Vampire Form…" he said, realizing that he had not changed that much from his Undead Progenitor Form, which had evolved into Dracolich Progenitor.

His Dracolich progenitor form, in contrast, made him grow bones outside of his skin covering his chest and ribs, alongside other things such as scales and even a tail… it wasn't a form he usually showed to not look strange.

Ding!

[You acquired [Dracula's Bloodline]!]

[You became a [Pure-blooded Vampire]!]

[All of your Stats have increased!]

[You acquired the [Vampire Body: Level 1], [Blood Magic: Level 1], and [Vampiric Eyes: Level 1] Skill!]

"I even got more Skills than I expected. Well, this is the true power of S-Rank Equipment… I do feel quite thirsty for blood out of a sudden as if it were delicious nectar that I have somehow begun to crave… Especially because I was hungry beforehand…" sighed Frank, as he quickly changed into his Stargazer form and… all out of the sudden, such effects lessened a lot.

"I guess I got a good disguise for Abyss, whenever I decide to finally go there…" thought Frank, referring to Abyss, the World of Vampires he could enter which was based in the gacha phone game about Vampires he used to play…

Although as he had now experienced enough in Terra, he could tell that it wouldn't be like the game at all, and probably only in the most surface level possible, such as being filled with Vampires and that's all.

Frank decided to use his four C-Rank Runes into the ring for the moment, knowing that he can extract them later and replace them for something better whenever he got it.

The runes he gave it were all Mana-based, giving him +75, +72, +66, and +60 Mana, respectively.

At last, Frank was finally able to inspect the sword he got, the Soul Weapon that he had decided he would be using until he was to get anything better… Though he knew that such a thing wouldn't be for a while

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[Ultimate Demonic Sword: Gram (S)]

Stat Bonuses: [+5000 Strength], [+1000 Health Points, Mana, Defense, Magic, Resistance, and Speed] 

Skill Bonuses: [Ultimate Demonic Sword Technique: Level 1], [Gram's Curse: Level -]

Special Effects: Enhanced Slashing Power, Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Speed, Life Drain.

Rune Orifices: None.

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Frank glanced at the large blade with awe, it didn't look like a sword at all, but like a large, thick piece of black iron. Its handle was beautifully decorated with gothic-themed ornaments, and it had a crimson-colored jewel in the shape of an eye encrusted on it.

The blade unleashed a powerful and deadly presence as if it were being possessed by an evil demon.

Frank quickly grabbed it with its handle as it was automatically equipped.

Unlike other types of equipment, weapons could not be kept equipped always, so their stat bonuses were only when he held them. Unless he went around with an enormous demonic sword on his hands, he wouldn't be able to always enjoy that sweet +5000 Strength.

However, the moment Frank grasped the blade's handle, his power increased exponentially, but also the power of one of its Skills, Gram's Curse began to take effect.

He noticed as his Health Points and Mana Points were beginning to slowly decrease exponentially.

Gram's curse was rather simple, he needed to keep absorbing the life and mana of another being by attacking it with the blade to cancel out the blade's life and mana drain…

In just a few minutes, Frank had already lost 30% of his total HP, and although he could heal himself, his healing wasn't working as intended.

This blade might be tremendously strong, but it also was incredibly dangerous to use lightly.

Although the blade didn't begin whispering to his ears about being evil or something, he felt an instinctual desire for blood the moment he was equipped, the desire to take away the life of his enemies like a rampaging beast.

Frank quickly sent Gram inside of his Inventory, as he rested over the bed, slowly regaining his Health and Mana…

This was something else.

For a moment, Frank felt truly tired of using a weapon, not because it was heavy or something, but because of the tremendous burden that Gram's Curse brought to him…

Nonetheless, it was the ideal weapon for someone like him, and he decided to use it well.

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