Carp Blowing Bubbles

Reed has accidentally crossed over into a virtual reality game that is not due for release until a year later.
Inside the game, he is a Progenitor Vampire that has been hiding amongst humans to study magic that also owns an ancient castle with over 200 vampiric descendants. 
What a roller-coaster ride.
Thankfully, he can still return back to Earth. But the biggest crisis staring down upon him is the open beta scheduled for a year later, and the coming of the players.
How can he, as a vampire, get strong enough to fight against the oncoming catastrophe incarnates – the players themselves!!
This is the tale of a Progenitor Vampire leading a group of vampires and humans farming the land.

I Became the Progenitor Vampire

Lide was slowly regaining consciousness in a haze, feeling as though this level up had taken a century, as his body entered a strange state.


Finally, upon reaching a certain threshold, his body shuddered violently, and his eyes burst open.


What entered his sight was a dark crimson color, the shade of coagulated blood weathered by time.


Moments later, as consciousness took control of his body, he felt a constricting sensation, as if his whole body was bound by something.


"Again, like last time... did I become cocooned?"


No sooner had this thought arisen than the hard cocoon tightly enveloping him began to exude a pure force, the Power of Crimson, which circulated the cocoon several times before surging back into Lide's body.


After the Power of Crimson had left, the blood-colored cocoon began to crack like an eggshell.


Then, within a few breaths, it shattered rapidly, turning to ash.


Chapter 355: Level 19, A Step Away from Transcendent (Part 2) (5200 words)