19 Scripted in Blood

Draig sat up suddenly and looked at the notification from the system.

'Host has understood true essence of Dark Magic strengthening his foundation, Host has gained additional title, The Dark Heart'

Draig was interested in the effects of this title so clicked it.

'The Dark Heart, host has unified his understanding of the magics opposing the light creating a unified skill'

Draig checked his skill List and found instead of the long list of magic he had he now had one labeled as Dark Arts.

'Dark Arts level 40/200'

Draig was a bit disappointed as he felt his skill set looked more domineering when individually listed but he wouldn't trade it for the opportunity to strengthen them further as a whole.

Looking at his System as a whole he was still impressed.

'Class Vampire

Founding Bishop, Elite Status

Titles: Apex predator. Lord of your Domain, The Dark Heart

Skills: Dark Arts, Blood Script, Bloodmancer

Bloodline trait: Dwarf forging, Boosted Mana

Level 75/???'

Draig looked at this and realized there was a bit of discrepancy with the dark arts skill, Blood runes, Wasteland Magic, Curses, among other should've been classified in the bloodline traits. If the matter of blood Runes being a Dark art was true then why not the Bloodmancer skill.

His system was beginning to confuse him with this hypocrisy, so he let it rest and instead focused on Blood Script, this was the ability Draig had received from devouring Fraudrik. He clicked on Blood Script to clear away another doubt he was having.

'Blood Script, Currently stored 30'

Draig smiled seeing the working of the ability but he was curious as to how it would work.

"Blood Script" said Draig softly as a bit of his blood congealed out of his body to form a crimson Stone.

"Sylvie wonders what Lord is doing" asked Sylvie staring curiously

"My dear Sylvie this is what is going to be our sword as well as our shield" stated Draig with a smile as he tossed the stone to Sylvie.

Sylvie caught it and stared at it for a moment before a notification popped up from her system.

'Skill detected, would host like to learn Blade Dance'

"Lord Sylvie is confused" stated Sylvie unsure

"It is like a skill book but easier to make, I just need to taste the blood of an individual and I gain their inherent skills but with this new ability I can gift it to another" laughed Draig as he began thinking of the possibilities.

"Lord, Sylvie doesn't think this is an inherent skill. Sylvie is sure this is a highly valuable skill she had once wanted to buy" said Sylvie causing Draig to stop laughing and look at her.

"What do you mean Sylvie" asked Draig plainly

"Sylvie knows that this is not an inherent skill" said Sylvie

Draig pulled out his system again and began investigating, sure enough it was just as Sylvie had said a majority of the skills held in Blood Script were not something you would automatically achieve upon receiving a system.

"Sylvie I'm hungry, bring me something while I think about this" ordered Draig as he tried to figure out why the inherent abilities were unattainable, in the description it also said that there would be a permanent copy of the ability but when he had take out Blood Dance it dropped.

'What does this mean, where did I make a mistake' thought Draig as he began to eat one of the corpses brought by Sylvie and Tina.

Draig sat in contemplation while eating until he finished his meal and gained a notification from the System.

'Blood Script level up, new abilities Archived'

Draig seeing this now realized what needed to be done, he also noticed the difference in terminology. Instead of stored it had announced the abilities had been archived.

"Sylvie bring me something else" said Draig wanting to test the limits of this skill

Draig ate and ate, he continued eating for an hour until he was sick. Sylvie had kept bringing him corpses but he finally couldn't stomach any more.

'It seems my appetite is my biggest weakness' thought Draig as he tried to fight his urge to vomit his stomachs contents