Chapter 42 You Are Soldiers.

"Let me enlighten you."

"When you were human slaves, your life only had a single goal, and that is to work on the field, and grow food for humans.

You had to work for humans, day and night and what would you receive after working so hard?

Dog's blood!

Not only that, but sometimes, you even had to starve for days just because you offended a human.

Many vampires even starved to death.

That's how you lived before.

Like true slaves.

However, now that you are here, you get human blood. You do not have to work in fields and you would not starve to death.

However, don't live in the illusion that you will get all of this for free."

Azriel then turned towards the other vampires who had gathered and continued.

"From now on, you will have to train. Train till you exceed the limits of your body.

Train and get stronger.

Your life will not be measly anymore. From here on, you will live as true vampires.

Vampires who don't need to bow in front of any other race.

Vampires who don't need to around killing powerless villagers.

Vampires who are capable enough to slaughter those human elites.

I will give you that power, I will make you that capable, and in return, you will listen to my commands.

From now on, you are not slaves, you are soldiers."

The vampires' eyes burned with passion. Ferox, who was standing among those vampires stepped forward and questioned.

"Can we really defeat those cultivators?"

"Of course you can! Didn't you easily slaughter those villagers? What's the difference between them and those cultivators?

Do you think cultivation can change the fact that humans are weak?

Heh, you just have to cultivate to their level and you will be able to slaughter them just like you slaughtered those villagers.

It's that easy!"

"We Vampires can cultivate?" Ferox questioned in shock and confusion. Even Ithania had a slightly curious look on her face.

She already knew that Vampires can Cultivate, but she wanted to know more about it.

"Of course, we can. Not only that, we can be even better than those humans!"

"B-But why couldn't we cultivate when those humans gave us their techniques...?" Ferox questioned and other vampires nodded.

"The techniques those humans gave you were faulty, and that's the reason why you couldn't cultivate. I have many cultivation techniques suitable for vampires and I will provide them to you.

However, I can only provide you with the technique, you will have to work hard if you want to improve."

Ferox's eyes shined in desire as he questioned.

"Can we really be as strong as you are?"

A mischievous smile appeared on Azriel's face and he replied.

"You can, but when you do reach my level, I will be a lot stronger than I am right now, so you will still be weaker than me." The conviction in his eyes when he said that was scary.

The vampires' eyes shone in desire, they weren't offended by Azriel's word at all. Just the possibility of them being able to cultivate and kill those cultivators like Azriel did fill them with delight.

"Alright, now you all can return," Azriel then turned towards Pholus and muttered, "I still have some work to do"

His blood-red eyes then shone brightly and he ordered,

[Follow me]

…

A few minutes later, Azriel, Ithania, and the 8 vampires appeared in the basement.

"What the hell were you doing? What took you so long?" Luminia, who was sitting on a chair questioned with a bored look on her face.

"He was giving a speech," Ithania answered with an expressionless face, however, Luminia could notice that hidden mischievousness on her face.

"T-That was important." Other than the initial stutter, Azriel reacted without many expressions, however, just like how she read Ithania's, Luminia could notice that feel his hidden embarrassment as well.

"Hahaha~" Luminia laughed out loud, however, when she noticed that her student was unable to control himself and was about to blush, she shook her head and continued.

"Alright, that's enough. Let's continue with our experiment, we have already wasted a lot of time."

Azriel sighed in relief before he turned towards Pholus and the others and picked one of them.

[You, go there and sit down]

A scar-faced vampire walked towards the stone bed that Azriel pointed to with a blank look on his face and sat down.

A bucket filled with water then appeared in Luminia's hand as she instructed.

"Alright, Azriel, pour a drop of blood in it"

Azriel nodded and did as he was told.

*Drip*

Just as his blood fell into the water, it diffused and the water turned deep red. A sweet aroma filled the room and Ithania gulped, her eyes shrouded with desire.

Not only her, but even Luminia also looked like she wanted to drink the whole thing, however, she controlled her desire without much effort and waved her hand.

A drop of that 'water' then rose in the air before it moved towards the Vampire sitting on the stone bed.

[Open your mouth]

Azriel ordered, the vampire did as he was told and the drop entered his mouth.

[Drink]

*Gulp*

The vampire gulped the blood down.

Azriel, Luminia, and Ithania waited.

...

"AAAAGGHHHHH!!!"

1 minute later, the vampire screamed in agony and started looking around. His eyes then fell on Azriel and he crawled towards him and begged.

"AAAAGGGHHHHH!!!"

Or so he wanted to…

But the pain was too much for him to bear.

He couldn't even speak properly.

His body trembled weirdly, tears and snot covered his face, and he started slamming his head on the floor.

This continued for 30 seconds before wide 'cracks' started appearing on his body.

The vampire's eyes widened in horror, he stopped smashing his head on the ground and glanced at Azriel with eyes filled with horror. He extended his arm towards Azriel, begging for help, however,

"SAVE M-"

*Burst*

*Boom*

Just like Lupas, his body burst into bits and pieces as well.

"…"

Silence descended in the whole room.

This death was a lot scarier than the one Lupas suffered from. Ithania was visibly affected by what happened as her body was trembling uncontrollably.

She still remembered those horror-filled eyes and his call for help.

"He broke through my Charm…" Azriel muttered. He was in a lot better condition compared to Ithania.

Don't forget, he has massacred 4 villages before and has been covered in blood for a long time. Not only that, his blood didn't allow him to be affected by little things like these.

Although this scene affected him a little, it was not to the point where his mind would miss the details.

"Extreme pain is one way to resist our charm. However, no one uses it, since, as I said, it is 'extreme' pain. A pain you can't even imagine." Luminia was not affected by this scene in the slightest.

She just answered Azriel's confusion before she analyzed.

"Unlike Lupas, who died as soon as the blood entered his system, he survived for 30 seconds before meeting his end. I think our dilution is working, we should dilute it a little more"

While she said that, she raised her hand and just like before, a blood ball was formed and it started sucking all the blood from the room and within a few seconds, the room was cleaned.

Then the Vampire's bone that was spread all around the room rose up as well and moved where Lupas's bones were present.

"Shall we continue?"

Ithania took a few deep breaths as she calmed her trembling body and nodded.

A satisfied smile appeared on Luminia's face as she muttered.

"Good, I am pleased that you weren't affected by this little scene."

Ithania however, didn't say anything and just nodded in response.

No matter how much she tries to hide it, she was affected by it and she would need some time to get over this.

Another similar bucket that filled with water then appeared in Luminia's hand, she then waved her other hand and a drop of already diluted blood rose and fell into the clean water.

Just like before, the water turned deep red, however, the colour tone was slightly paler when compared to the previous bucket.

[You, go and sit there and keep your mouth open]

Azriel ordered another vampire and he did as he was ordered.

Luminia waved her hands again and the diluted diluted blood drop entered the Vampire's mouth.

"AAAGGHHHHHH!!!"

1 minute later, this vampire screamed in agony as well.

Just like the previous vampire, he broke through Azriel's charm as well, he wanted to beg, but the pain was too much for him to bear and he started smashing his head on the floor.

There was no difference between these 2 scenes.

This continued for 30 seconds, the vampire then stopped screaming and glanced at Azriel with horror-filled eyes.

"Sir Azriel! I beg you! I will be loyal! I will do what you say! Please stop this torture! I BEG YOU!!"

'He didn't die yet…'

Azriel muttered inwardly and continued watching.

Suddenly, the vampire's eyes brightened in joy, he glanced at Azriel and smashed his head on the floor again.

"T-Thank you! Thank you for sparing me, Sir Azriel!"