Book 4: Chapter 102: Class V

Book 4: Chapter 102: Class V

Scarlet

This time I set up the portable bath I got from Gramps in my own room, since its far better than any baths we have here on Earth. Something that I have Leonidas and his Blood Runes to thank for. And unlike the other times Ive ascended, I just go right into it, not hesitation one single bit.

[Confirmation received. Ascension to Class V will now begin.]

Then, just like the ascension to Class IV, that extremely uncomfortable and also painful feeling returns. The one where it feels like my body is covered entirely in paper cuts. But unlike with the ascension to Class IV, this time the pain grows more and more and more all the way till it gets close to the amount of pain I felt when I had my reality damaged by that lunatic undead kitsune from before.

I scream until my throat goes hoarse, all while the lovely soundproofing of the bath keeps my voice from anyone in the base. Because unlike on Tartarus where blood lycans are aplenty at least at the Bloody Duchy there isnt anyone at this base that can hear through the soundproofing.

The pain continues on for who knows how long, but thanks to my battle with the lunatic which wasnt much of a battle if Im being honest I manage to at least think mostly straight through the process. Which goes to show how my pain tolerance is developing.

Not sure if I should be proud of that or not, but meh.

I continue screaming despite my thoughts going on a tangent, trying to distract myself from the pain. And eventually the pain finally fades.

Then its replaced by a bone chilling cold that has me stiffening up in the hot bath, feeling like everything around me is nothing but ice. But in just a few seconds, it changes to a boiling heat that has me rushing to turn down the temperature of the water to freezing, only for it to turn bone chilling again. And as I cant help but feel tears run down my face at this, I rush back and forth, turning the water freezing cold back to boiling hot to combat the feeling.

After who knows how long it eventually ends, leaving me sighing in relief as everything returns to normal.

Is it finally over?

As if mocking me, I suddenly feel a strange sensation begin under my skin that has me raising my bare arms above the water to find it beginning to ripple a little. Then little red pockets appear. And just like when I use blood boil on enemies, little bubbles of blood begin popping all over my skin.

Little bubbles that hurt far more than they really should.

And as if that werent enough, the bubbles soon start to explode, sending tiny little droplets of my blood flying to pierce into the walls of the bath around me, literally destroying the walls until the self-repair feature repairs them. But from what I sensed with Blood Manipulation, those droplets of blood continue until they slam into the walls of my room, leaving dents in the heavily enforced walls.

Holy fucking shit those droplets are breaking through Blood Metal and damaging the walls outside of it even after that.

{Two hundred Skill Points are awarded for ascending to Class V. Spend them wisely.}

{Five hundred Skill Points are awarded for ascending to Class V within five years of being initialized into the System. Spend them wisely.}

{Five hundred Skill Points are awarded for ascending to Class V while less than thirty years old. Spend them wisely.}

{Epic rarity inherent skill Metallicized Blood Claws and epic rarity inherent skill Metallicized Blood may now merge and evolve into the legendary rarity inherent skill Metallicized Blood while retaining any previous effects it may have had at the cost of losing two levels.}

{Epic rarity inherent skill Partial Shift will now evolve into the legendary rarity inherent skill Partial Shift while retaining any previous effects. There is no cost in levels due to the skill being static.}

{Epic rarity inherent skill Blood Empowerment, epic rarity inherent skill Life Absorption, epic rarity inherent skill Blood Absorption, and epic rarity inherent skill Blood Aura will now merge and evolve into the legendary rarity inherent skill Power Drain while retaining any previous effects it may have had at the cost of losing two levels.}

{You have earned the mythic rarity inherent skill, Bloodborne Apocalypse.}

I blink in surprise, just staring at the System Messages, and more specifically, at the mythic inherent skill, for who knows how long.

Eventually I turn to look at Tar with a tired smile on my face and ask, You still need to eat your tail.

Tar just stares at me for a few seconds before, to my surprise, bringing his tail to his mouth and eating it. Without seeming to feel any pain. Because why would an avatar feel pain?

I snort and lie back down in the bath, staring up at the ceiling.

Class V.

Finally here.

I continue lying here for a while before eventually deciding to check out those notifications that also appeared with the System Messages. Because I hear knocking on my rooms door, probably meaning that either someone was bothered by my screams or I got a Universal Notification.

Either one would probably do.

Anyways, the notifications.