Another major reason he was testing the rank 7 symbiote beast crystal and had not absorbed it yet was, although he knew he had a huge compatibility rating with any type of symbiote bloodline, at least according to the fact he had been able to successfully absorb several symbiote bloodlines of others, without any consequences, so he was trying to see why the symbiote beast crystal was so compatible with him, was it because of his body or the system he currently had?
When he had absorbed those students' symbiote bloodline the system wasn't this specific, in comparison to then, after all the system only stated he was compatible with some of the symbiote bloodlines with either 70% to 80%+, it wasn't as specific as this one were the system had told him he was compatible but without any percentage for him to determine how much, which meant it was likely his compatibility with the symbiote beast crystal was over 100%, which would definitely be shocking if it was true.
And if so, there were likely not just one but more symbiote beast crystals out there that might be compatible with him as well, after all, they weren't just a bloodline but they also possess a certain level of intelligence as well, it was why Mr. Meow Meow could talk to him. And from this Bernard could see not only was his body compatible with the rank 7 symbiote beast crystal, but the symbiote beast crystal had also accepted him the moment they came into contact with each other, it would not be a lie to say it was love at first sight, between the two of them.
If that was the case, then Bernard didn't want to rush things, usually, a human who became a symbiote user was said to be able to accept only one symbiote beast in their entire lives, however, he was different from the norms, and could do what normal people couldn't, it was needless to say, he had longed strayed from what a normal could do and even their limitations, because usually, a human symbiote user couldn't use two symbiote bloodlines or even more.
Of course, the experiment for it was a several second-success and the result more or less could be guessed and was without a doubt horrifying as well, it was why no one dared to ever think of trying to use more than one symbiote bloodline, even the symbiote users known as the strongest the aboriginals were said to only possess one symbiote bloodline, as he continued to level and had grown quite strong, he realized just how much different he was.
If he was to be honest, he didn't know if the system was a symbiote bloodline or not, even if he could say the same for the cat Mr. Meow Meow it couldn't really say the same for the system, after all, he hadn't heard of a symbiote bloodline that could absorb other symbiote users bloodline for itself, so far he had been the only person who could do that.
Thinking about it on a critical level, was it because he was no longer a human and was quickly turning into something else, altogether, and was why his symbiote bloodlines and abilities could work inside the game, and at the same time why he could freely absorb other symbiote users bloodline for himself? What's more, he could even make use of them like they had been part of him for a very long time.
After thinking long and hard, the conclusion he could come to was, he was no longer a human nor was he a vampire, he was something else called a halfling likely in between a human and a vampire at the same time.
Bernard took in a deep breath and safely stored the rank 7 symbiote beast crystal in his system inventory, if he was going to absorb the symbiote beast crystals as part of his strength, then he would need to be alone and not to be discovered and at the same time disturbed by anyone, so he decided to first of all close the door of the vault, after making sure he could perfectly open it at any time. Although it was safe inside he didn't want to be trapped as well, besides he was a bit exhausted from absorbing too many symbiote beast crystals.
At this moment all he wanted to do was to rest himself for a bit and prepare his mind as well, he didn't know if absorbing a rank 7 symbiote beast crystal would be painful or not, and what's more, he didn't know how many hours it would take or how long it would be, this was the major reason he was closing the vault, he didn't want to be disturbed at a critical moment and end up suffering rather than gaining.
As he lay down on the floor of the vault, in an instant Bernard closed his eyes and fell asleep, with everything set and done he was confident no one would disturb him either a human or a demon beast.
With that Bernard slept for a while, until eventually, his eyelids began to flutter open and the first thing he saw was the dimly lit room he was in, with his body pressing against the hard cold floor Bernard didn't feel the slightest discomfort, and at the same time he also felt reluctant to stand up, nevertheless, he still sat up.
If he was to be honest, for a moment while he was asleep, he had forgotten about everything and was just like any human who only wanted to rest themselves.
However, deep within this feeling of wanting to sleep, he felt a deeper feeling to fall into a slumbering state he didn't know what would happen if he had decided to fall into the slumbering state, but if his guess was right he would appear like any normal dead human placed inside a coffin. Bernard couldn't help but break out in cold sweat when he thought about how lucky he was, and what was worse was that even the system hadn't notified him about it.
As he thought about it, he wondered if he had truly decided to fall into the slumbering state would the system have immediately woken him up, or would the cat Mr. Meow Meow woke him up instead, although he thought this inwardly he didn't want to test it out.
At the same time, Bernard realize the cat might also be in the same type of slumbering state too, which was likely why it couldn't communicate with him because, at this very moment, all the cat senses had been cut off and were instead locked inside its body, so even if it wanted he wouldn't be able to communicate with the damn cat.
Bernard didn't know if the cat did it intentionally, just to get away from him or not, but he knew it was likely part of the reasons, besides the fact it told him it was trying to recover itself.
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