Rise of the Blood Sovereign

Chapter 42: Adam's First Battle

Name: Adam

Level: 10 – 0 / 3 000 Soul Power

Class: Vampiric Servant (more info in the class menu)

Race: True Vampire (more info in the race menu)

Attribute points : 0

Strength: 18

Agility: 19

Endurance: 14

Vitality: 14

Willpower: 13

Spirit: 15

Skills:

None

Abilities:

Darkness Control – locked ( Rank A )

Mana Blast – The servant can control mana and create blasts with it, the more mana is used for the blasts, the more powerful they will be. ( Rank C )

Ding!

[ The vampiric servant 'Adam' has managed to inherit the power to control darkness from the host. Due to the low level and weakness of the servant, the ability will be locked until the latter reaches Tier II ( Silver Knight ). ]

Lyle looked at Adam's status and nodded in contentment. The young man not only had an inherent ability, but he had also managed to gain one from Lyle, although a weaker version.

To have two abilities was not common and it would serve Adam well in the future. If Lyle could train him well, then he might have managed to gain a servant that would be a powerhouse in the future.

There were people that had dual-ability in the world, there were even those that had three, four, or even five like the emperor of the strongest human empire of the world, Arshavin "The Sunborn", a truly rare case that seemingly had no weaknesses thanks to his abilities.

Having more inherent abilities wasn't the most important thing, however.

People could study and learn new abilities, but when compared to your inherent one, it would use more mana for doing less. Inherent abilities were those that you were born with and had the highest affinity towards.

Still, even with five inherent abilities, there were still beings as powerful as Arshavin, like the empress of the night that only had two abilities, but was still as powerful as he was.

Adam was currently doing well.

Lyle had given him some armor alongside clothes and it was keeping him safe for now.

He didn't plan on letting Adam wear the armor for too long, however, as that would make the latter used to getting hit without much repercussion, which could spell his doom later on.

Adam had managed to kill a Toskar and he looked to be fine so far, the act of killing his first monster hadn't made a difference in him, although Lyle doubted that would persist after the battle was over.

As he was level 10, Adam was currently fighting monsters that were a lot weaker than him and he would barely get any soul power, but that was fine, Lyle didn't plan on simply making Adam grow in levels and become stronger in stats without having any experience.

As time passed, another Toskar died before the last one tried to run away.

Lyle was just about to open his mouth and tell Adam not to let him get away when the latter shouted and threw his shield at the Toskar, hitting it at the back of its head and making it fall down.

Adam then proceeded to get atop the Toskar before stabbing it numerous times with his sword, before finally being stopped by Lyle.

"It's alright, it's dead, you won." Lyle calmly stated as Adam panted heavily as his eyes were bloodshot.

The adrenaline rushing through his body and the excitement and fear he felt during the battle had made him lose control at the end and he had simply charged at the Toskar with the intent to kill it, something that Lyle didn't expect would happen.

As the excitement wore off, Adam began breathing normally before he looked around him. The dead bodies of the two Toskars were present nearby and his eyes constricted slightly as he saw them before looking down at the Toskar he had just killed.

Seeing the mangled body of the monster made his hands shake a bit, he had never taken a life before, and now, during his first battle, he had not only taken the lives of multiple monsters but had also killed the third one in such a brutal manner.

His memory was a blur and he didn't even know what exactly had happened, but he knew that he had done this.

"Get up," Lyle told him in a cold tone as Adam looked up at him.

"Come on, up." Adam gulped before getting up, only to suddenly be punched in the stomach by Lyle.

He fell down to his knees and held his stomach while Lyle sighed.

"Feeling a bit better, the shock wearing off?" Lyle suddenly asked as Adam stared at him with slight hatred in his eyes.

[ The servant Adam has lost some loyalty toward the host. ]

"Come on, your body is strong, that shouldn't have hurt that bad," Lyle said as he suddenly grabbed Adam by the back of his collar before pulling him up to his feet.

"Killing isn't easy, especially the first time, I know what you are going through, but you can't let your emotions get the better of you, has your shaking stopped yet?" Lyle asked as Adam suddenly looked at his hands that were no longer shaking.

"I … thanks, but, maybe a bit less punching in order to help me out in the future?" Adam asked as Lyle smirked a bit.

"Pain is one sensation that can overwhelm most of the others, had I not punched you without you suspecting anything, you would still be shaking and overthinking things, you can't do that, you fought against monsters, they wanted to kill you, so you killed them, it's as simple as that, you need to learn that, otherwise I can't even imagine what might happen to you if you ever kill a human in the future."

"I – I hope I never do," Adam says resolutely as Lyle glances at him before smiling.

"Most hope so, but the truth is, humans can be more terrifying than any monster, compared to those who simply fight to survive and multiply, we do it for many reasons, in this world of ours, you can never be sure of who would stab you in the back, in my line of work, I have seen it happen many times."

"Sons kill their fathers in order to inherit the wealth and power the family has, brothers kill brothers, fathers kill sons, lifelong friends turn on each other, it happens all the time." Lyle sighed before continuing.

"Although you don't wish to, in the future you will probably be forced to kill others in order to protect yourself, so be ready for that, of course, I don't intend to force you to kill people if we have no reason to do so, so don't worry about that."

"But now, let's talk about this sloppy mess of a fight you just went through," Lyle said as he flicked Adam's forehead before going to the first Toskar the latter had killed.

"This one is the cleanest kill you had, you were quite focused and managed to time your strike exactly when the little runt was open, cutting open its neck and killing it, overall, this one was well done," Lyle said as he nodded at Adam before going to the second Toskar.

"This one though, you already tasted the fruit of victory and became a bit too confident, you had a sword, and yet you came very close to the Toskar, which allowed it to hit you a couple of times," Lyle shook his head and continued, "Without the armor you had, you would have suffered from multiple flesh-tearing wounds and the front of your body would have been completely covered in your own blood."

"Overall, a less than adequate job, you lost your calm and simply used the overwhelming advantage you had over the enemy in order to kill it, sometimes that isn't bad, but not this time, this time it was just sloppy."

"As for that one," Lyle said as he suddenly pointed at the third Toskar.

"Good throw, you hit him right where you needed to and managed to knock it over, the rest, however, damn."

"You could have ended the battle simply by cutting off its head, but you instead mounted the monster and stabbed it a total of 18 times, if there had been any other monsters nearby, that would have been a perfect moment for them to ambush you."

"I – I don't know what happened, at first I was scared and nervous, but then when I managed to get rid of the monster that was holding my leg and arm, I realized that I was much stronger compared to them, I still kept my calm and managed to kill the first one, but after that, something changed, I just thought less since I knew I could defeat the enemy with brute force, I also don't even remember doing that to the last one, I, I just blacked out for a moment."

"It happens, especially since you just became a vampire, and your bloodlust gained control over you, vampires all have strong bloodlust and need to train in order to control themselves under any circumstance, even I didn't have it easy during my first kill."