Chapter 257: Let's Become The Strongest

"Halflings like her?" Alex asked, pointing at Elvira.

Thalia gave a nod, "Our race was quite aggressive in the past.

Even before the progenitor war, we had conquered many species and worlds, for example, elves. And yeah, halflings are those that carry our blood."

Alex's eyes turned cold hearing this. "You say ethics are very important for our race. Was this halfling born because their mother became a victim?"

"No, let me make this clear: those halflings were born because we pure vampires injected our blood into them."

"Vesa says only progenitors can make new vampires. So, is Vesa lying?"

"Halflings don't count as true vampires, Lady MingYue.

As they marry and have more descendants, the purity will keep getting lower and lower.

The halfling you see here is only possible because I made use of Alucard's essence. And even then, the result is not that good."

Alex then had a thoughtful look. Rather than consuming Alucard's blood essence, he felt it was better to use it to turn the people around him and MingYue into vampires first.

This would raise their survivability to a new level, better than just absorbing it to enhance themselves.

Seeing his face, Thalia could guess what he was thinking about. After all, she had done it herself.

"No, you cannot do that. Even now, the Vesa there is already starting to act weird.

If we push it even further, this will become a big problem."

"What do you mean, Vesa there?" MingYue asked.

"Vesa is split just like Alucard's progenitor essence. Each part has Vesa inside of it.

They will only awaken when they detect the blood is used by something or someone.

The Vesa, in the essence I hold, is already starting to get corrupted.

I don't know if it's because Gluttony being close is a factor or there is another reason, but one thing is for sure: if it runs amok, we're all dead."

"If we absorb it, how strong will we become?"

"Let me put this simply; even now, you guys are still not using your power to its fullest potential.

While some of it may be used for your transformation, there will still be a lot left. Don't underestimate even 1% of the progenitor's strength."

"Does Vesa have control over this essence?" Alex asked.

He felt curious about it, just like before when he asked MingYue about the abudant life force here with only 3.5% of Alucard's essence.

Meanwhile, he and MingYue had a total of 17.35%. It's almost five times the strength.

Even if it's used to transform his soul and body, from the experience he had fighting in the inner world, it's clear the results were very lackluster.

Just how strong was Alucard at his peak? Alex felt it should be at least close to the eye creature he had seen before.

"I don't know much about it for the heir, but based on the information I got from the Vesa with me, they should have some extent of control, although they cannot use it for themselves. Vesa can manage how much is used or not."

"So basically, Vesa works like a tap. I can understand the reason, as getting too strong quickly will just be detrimental.

But what do you think, Thalia? Aren't we too weak?"

"One hundred percent. But this is my judgment based on the life force you control now.

Honestly, you already can absorb so much from the atmosphere, but the way you use it is very barbaric.

After you learn how to manipulate your own blood, you will understand what I mean." Thalia took a deep breath and then continued, "Now, if you don't have any more questions, we should move.

I am sure my place will soon turn to chaos as Gluttony roams free now."

"How about the competition? Aren't you the one that organized it?" MingYue asked.

"Yes, but it's part of my plan after Luciel got possessed. As for now, it all becomes useless.

I should make another order instead since having everyone gathered in one place will just give an all-you-can-eat buffet for Greed."

'What do you think, Alex? I think we should accept her offer. It's the best choice,' MingYue asked telepathically.

Alex didn't directly answer as he considered their choices now. Based on how Thalia acted, if they chose to ignore her now, she probably wouldn't insist.

As she was sure, they couldn't do anything without her.

Following her meant putting their lives in her hands, as they didn't know what kind of capabilities Thalia had. Wherever she brought them would surely have many protections in place.

'Let's take it then. It's not like we have another choice.

No matter what happens, our main goal is Alucard's essence. At some point, we will go to her base.'

'Okay, it's settled then.'

They then communicated that they agreed to follow Thalia, but only after they regrouped with Patricia and the others.

Thalia didn't mind. She told them a location for them to meet up after they finished with their business.

It didn't take long for them to reach where Patricia was. The people were gathered, tending to each other's wounds, as Patricia could be seen busy helping them.

There were many tents set up in the area, providing makeshift shelter for the survivors.

The atmosphere was heavy. Patricia didn't greet Alex, as he had already ordered her to stay focused on her task.

Alex then looked around, searching for Elvira's father and brother. He had never met the brother, but Alex knew the father's appearance from Patricia. Sёarch* The Nôvel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Going around, they didn't find anyone. With a sigh, Alex decided to put Elvira in one of the camps and let Patricia take care of her.

After putting her on the bed, Alex looked around the surroundings. Tears and sobs were everywhere. People were screaming their grievances.

As those who were still fit moved around helping Patricia, none of them cared about her strange appearance now, as they had just faced something unprecedented.

Half of their city was destroyed to ashes, while there had never been any big war since this place was founded.