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[Name: Lina Hellsing]
[age: 20]
[Rank: Ordinary]
[Race: Vampire]
[Evolution: Blood Sucker]
[Racial Skills: {Blood Manipulation Lvl 1} {Minor Compulsion Lvl 1} {Healing Factor}]
[Loyalty: 98]
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Looking at her rank, she was still the same as before, no changes, but she had gained one skill, just like the others in the same rank. Aldritch couldn't help but notice that her blood manipulation was still level one... she probably hadn't even tried to practice it, it may even be possible that she had no idea she had the skill.
The one thing Aldritch didn't expect to happen so easily was her loyalty increasing even more, but even then he was glad to see it. Seeing it so high, he felt a sense of even deeper connection with his subordinates, especially Lina and Olgud.
While Aldritch was busy with Lina's stats, he didn't notice that she was now fully awake and aware. Creeping up to him slowly, Lina pounced on Aldritch like a child, wearing a happy expression on her face.
At that moment, Irritation rose within Aldritch, but mere moments later, it disappeared as he stared at Lina who looked at him with the eyes of a puppy looking at its owner.
'If she was more feminine, maybe this would be more charming.' Aldritch thought to himself as his lips curled up on one side.
"Come on, get off me now, you're not a child." Aldritch said softly, intending not to send the wrong impression.
Lina blushed a little, resisting the org, she separated from Aldritch. Just then, Lada entered the room looking for Aldritch. She casted a suspicious look at Lina, then she looked at Aldritch briefly and instantly almost bit her tongue. 'This little girl sure moves fast. What does my lord see in her anyway?' Lada thought to herself, thinking back on everything Lina had told her.
Of course, Lina seemed to have made it a sort of duty to tell every new female vampire about her exploits with Aldritch. It was either that or she was easy to get information out of.
'I need to kick her out of the picture so I can have my lord all to myself... ahh~'
Before he could take up to four steps, he collapsed to the ground as a sharp pain assaulted his chest. His hands gripped his chest tightly, but there was nothing he could do.
"Bring him back into line." Aldritch said.
Once he was brought back and laid on the ground in his unconscious state, Aldritch spoke "Do your best in this test, or else, you'll be let go like the two from before."
His words instantly put fear in the hearts of the vampires before him. They saw before their very eyes how the ones who became ghouls turned to dust and ashes and the wind blew them away, no one would want such a fate.
Aldritch saw the look in their eyes, something akin to anger, or frustration, he couldn't tell, but no one looked happy at all, which was understandable.
"You all were slaves, remember that, you had no hopes, no future. I brought you out of that pit, and what's better, I am giving you an opportunity to follow and serve under me. Whether you are worthy or not to be under me depends on what you show here... Begin."
After Aldritch was done with the short speech, Lada took control of the matches. The girls she brought to fight the new vampires would normally be at a disadvantage being regular humans since it was night time, but the compound had lighting scattered around, giving the place some ambience with little dark spots. As for the girls, they had means to see in the dark, so the fighting ground was even.
Rindher was the first to step forward, but just as he took another step, Lada gestured for him to return, calling forward another person. It was no secret that he was the strongest amongst the new vampires, so he didn't really need to get tested to begin with.
The one who was called forward faced off against one of the girls.
The fight begun, and from the way things were looking, the man was losing badly. The girls fought in an unconventional way to begin with, so their fighting style was difficult to follow and predict, at least not right away. As for the man, he fought using quite the solid technique, but he was too rigid and ultimately that was his major drawback.
In the end he was defeated by the girl with a short sword to his throat before he surrendered.
After the man returned to the side where the others stood, the girl he fought with remained in the fighting space waiting for her next opponent. Again, Lada selected one of the people from that world to fight the girl. The man stepped up, but was ultimately defeated by the same girl, in the same way.
This repeated itself with her next opponent, leaving just the last person from their world to compete against her.
Once he stepped forward, Lada's eyes squinted as if focusing on a target, something Aldritch noticed.
"What is it?" He asked.
"This one is not like the others before him, he's different." She stated plainly.
Aldritch listened to her before turning back to watch the match about to unfold keenly. Well, he already knew that this person was, after all, he could see their stats now that they were vampires in his family. He wasn't so curious as to whether or not he was strong, but how he fought.
Once the match begun, the girl rushed at the youngman just as she had done the rest before him, aiming to pressure him and then defeat him.
The first thing that should have given it away was the fact that the youngman was calm and unassuming any stance, anyone should know this is a red flag... or at least Aldritch recognized that character all too well, after all, it was something he would definitely do when facing a weaker opponent.
'He definitely is different.' Aldritch thought to himself.