17 Essence of a Vampire pt 3

Draig ignored the girl in front of him and waited, it didn't take long before the rest of the surviving Guilders arrived and Zarra appeared from a rift.

"Oh my so many of you have survived but then again it has only been a month, I wonder how many of you will be around at the very end" laughed Zarra scanning the area until his eyes landed on Draig with a bit of relief showing.

"Today I said we would hold a tournament but I have changed my mind, its going to be a free for all. The last man standing will take the whole thing but this time there are going to be some rules, I am going to hand everyone a token if you feel that you have no chance of surviving squeeze it and it will teleport you into a safe zone where killing is not permitted but if your too slow then you will die. This is the only mercy I will give you for the rest of this program so use it well" said Zarra as a token shot into everyone's hands.

On the ground Draig stared at Zarra with a venomous look, he was sure that he had some part to play in the event with Fraudrik. Why else would a Baron show up in this area of all places and target him specifically.

Draig looked at the surrounding Guilders and smirked at the line up, this was bound to be a blood bath.

Sylvie looked around and saw her sister looking down while the rest of the group around her were looking at Sylvie with murderous intentions. She seemed nervous upon noticing this until she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"We will target them first" said Draig looking straight towards the leader of the other group who was carrying a long sword.

"Sylvie asks that Lord not harm her sister" said Sylvie feeling a bit of reassurance

Draig nodded, he was the Lord in this relationship so a threat to his follower could be seen as a threat against himself, not to mention the fact that he would be able to call it even for the care he was shown while his system was undergoing changes.

Smirking Draig lead Sylvie to stand next to the group, he stood face to face with the leader and made his intentions known.

"Care to treat me to a meal" asked Draig as Zarra started the competition

The leader wasted no time and swung his sword swiftly but he found himself feeling lighter on one side realizing his sword arm was no longer attached to his body.

"Thanks" was all Draig said before he forced his hand into the leader's chest and moving on to the rest of the group, Blood runes began forming and slamming into the ground as earthen soldiers made themselves known and started slaughtering all in their paths.

"Sylvie will collect your food Lord" said Sylvie taking the corpse of her old leader into her system storage.

Draig smiled, he should've tried to gain a follower much sooner. The rest of the group saw how swiftly their leader was taken and found themselves on the receiving end of the same monster's claws. Draig then began his actual combat as flames formed at his finger tips and cast them upon the a few Guilders who tried to gain an easy kill.

The landscape began changing as vines grew from the ground and started ensnaring random Guilders with their clutches, he was leaving no room for errors. He opened his mouth and Toxic fumes sprayed at the remnants of Sylvie's old group.

"Sylvie's storage is almost full Lord" said Sylvie looking down

"Have your sister take assist" said Draig as he swung his hands causing the Blood on the battle field to become a stream that was heading towards him.

'I'm going to advance now' thought Draig opening his mouth allowing the blood to funnel into his gullet.

The scene of the blood rising into the air and funneling into someone's mouth caused a temporary halt to the battle. Sylvie was amazed by this feat as well while her sister had gone pale in the face, she had doubted the legitimacy of the Vampire system and seeing this had made her a firm believer. Meanwhile Zarra was staring at the feat as well.

"This brat really is a leech" said Zarra watching it with a sickening awe

"I'm wondering" said Jared

"What" asked Sin

"Does it taste that good" asked Jared causing Zarra to turn and stare at the man with a dumbfounded expression.

Rodolfo was staring in morbid intrigue, he was a necromancer so the sight of blood had no effect on him but this was something he could find great interest in.

On the battlefield some of the weaker willed Guilders clutched their tokens causing them to be removed from the battlefield.

Draig suddenly felt something changing as his level spiked to seventy five and his body became firmer and his Mana pool swelled.

'System mutation taking effect, advancing please bear with the changes being made'

The system went silent for a bit before it announced the advancement

'System Mutation has taken effect, current progress Founding Bishop, Vampire Elite. Even other Bishops must pay their respects'

Draig smiled at what the system had said, he had wondered about the mutation that was mentioned but had found nothing other than the addition of titles and advancement of his inherent Vampire abilities. Now it made sense, his advancements had mutated.

Looking over the battlefield he felt his superiority, he then glanced at the remaining blood that was flowing towards him. It was not nearly enough to put a dent in his advancement. Raising his hand the blood flowed to it as it began to condense and harden forming a sleek crimson Rapier that shone like a ruby.

The guilders watching this felt their resolve weakening and slowly began to clutch their tokens leaving the battlefield. The ones remaining were those who were to reluctant to let go of the opportunity to grab this many resources.

"Shall we continue" asked Draig looking down at the remaining Guilders who looked at those around them, they wanted to test their luck but they couldn't count on not being back stabbed in return.

Gritting their teeth they clutched their tokens and were transported off the battlefield, causing Zarra to clench his jaw.

'This brat just ruined my examination, but then again I suppose from a different perspective he just saved many lives' thought Zarra calming himself and tossing two Bottomless bags at Draig's feet

"Sylvie hold onto those, I have something I want to try" said Draig as he stepped forward staring at Zarra with ruthless eyes.